In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "Symphony for the Boo Hag" by Deji Bryce Olukotun, a group of children ventures into an abandoned musician’s home, searching for lost instruments, but instead finds an ally who helps them reimagine what it means to make harmony. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4qsb4...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday response essay, investigative journalist Alice Driver reflects on Gabriela Damián Miravete's "Coser y Cantar," examining the growing intersection of human labor and automation. 🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday feature, "Coser y Cantar" by Gabriela Damián Miravete, we follow aspiring designer Trix as she chases her dreams to Los Angeles. But after uncovering deep-rooted corruption in the factory where she works, Trix is forced to take a stand. issues.org/futuretensef...

Join us for a free virtual event on Monday, October 27, at 11:00 AM MT to celebrate the launch of Sound Systems and reflect on pathways towards conceptualizing and shaping the future of orchestras. Guests include DJ Spooky, Deji Bryce Olokuton, and Ashley Lauren Frith 🔗 asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "The Baker of Mars" by @karlschroeder.bsky.social follows Myrna, a chef serving settlers colonizing Mars. Relocation seems promising, until a visit with a friend reveals the expansion is quickly draining the planet's aquifers. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ipli...

Continuing our commemoration of Black Speculative Fiction Month, the Center for Science and the Imagination has compiled a collection of Black voices and art celebrating the diversity of the speculative fiction genre. Watch, listen, and read at the link below! 🔗 csi.asu.edu/black-futures/

In a recent interview for the Siemens Xcelerator Community, author and Professor @edfinn.bsky.social joins David Erhard and Bill Johnston in examining the critical role that imagination plays in helping us solve complex, modern-day challenges. 🔗 community.xcelerator.siemens.com/public/video...

Join us on October 16 at 6:30 PM for a special screening of THE B.A.T.U. Project: ADAM THE FIRST. After the showing, stay for a conversation with Afrofuturist scholar Ingrid LaFleur and assistant professor of Space and Society, Professor Timiebi Aganaba. 🔗 asuevents.asu.edu/event/batu-p...

Join us on October 16 at 1:30 PM for a discussion with scholar Ingrid LaFleur! Drawing on Afrofuture principles, LaFleur will guide participants in understanding how ritual, imagination, and ethical foresight can become tools for conjuring new possibilities. 🔗 asuevents.asu.edu/event/being-...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday feature, "Bigfeet" by @thekibosch.bsky.social , a group of scientists successfully brings an extinct species back from the dead: the elusive Bigfoot. The main problem? It never actually existed in the first place! 🔗 slate.com/technology/2...

Our new book, Sound Systems, features speculative fiction and art, alongside essays from musicians, music educators, arts leaders, activists, and scholars, including thinkers from the fields of civil engineering, learning science, and public health. 🔗 csi.asu.edu/books/sounds...

In a recent article for Doing Well News, @edfinn.bsky.social joins @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social in examining climate anxiety. The conversation explores the concept of a "protopia," and the role imagination plays in helping turn our anxiety into action. doingwellnews.substack.com/p/climate-an...

Join us at Tempe's Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill on Wednesday, October 15, at 7 PM for a showing of "The Matrix Reloaded." This standalone screening will feature a talk by Rizwan Virk, bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis. Interested in tickets? www.majesticphx.com/movie/Realit...

Join us in commemorating Black Speculative Fiction Month at Arizona State University! This series of events on October 16 explores how artists, scholars, and cultural leaders use speculative storytelling to imagine more just and inclusive futures. 🔗 asuevents.asu.edu?searchText=b...

Don't miss Mars Attacks! at 7 PM MST on Wednesday at Tempe's Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill! Prior to the film, join us for a discussion with @deschscoveries.bsky.social, a Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Earth and Space Exploration. 🔗 www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "Scent of the Freetails" by @Deji Bryce Olukotun, we're introduced to Raj, a man visiting his sister-in-law's off-grid community with his family. But the town of La Estrella has garnered quite a reputation, leaving Raj with concerns. issues.org/scent-freeta...

Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month! We're celebrating with a series of lectures and events with Afrofuturist Ingrid LaFleur, exploring how artists and scholars use tools of imagination to engage with diverse perspectives and possibilities for a better world. 🔗 asuevents.asu.edu?searchText=b...

Get ready for a night of Martian madness for the third showing of our History of the Future film series, "Mars Attacks!" Grab tickets from Majestic Theaters and dive into this stellar cult classic with @deschscoveries.bsky.social on Wednesday, October 8, at 7 PM! www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

In a recent interview with the Center for Science and the Imagination, Brenda Cooper joined us on Zoom to discuss her latest collection of speculative fiction and share insights into her lifelong fascination with the future and the role of imagination in shaping it. 🔗 csi.asu.edu/ideas/from-s...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday response essay, urban planner and CEO Kate Gordon discusses the world presented in Pippa Goldschmidt's "The Way Out," exploring how we emotionally distance ourselves from disaster until it's at our doorstep. Use the link below to read! issues.org/futuretensef...

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "The Way Out" by @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, we're introduced to Drover, a solitary researcher who spends his time carefully monitoring bat heart rates, flight patterns, and behavior, to help predict oncoming natural disasters. 🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...

Check out the latest episode of @progressntwrk.bsky.social "What Could Go Right?", in which CSI Founding Director Ed Finn joins Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas to discuss the intersection between sci-fi and real-world science in our daily lives. 🔗 theprogressnetwork.org/podcast/turn...

🤖Can today’s science fiction become tomorrow’s guidebook for change? 🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it link.chtbl.com/PxqfcV-v

Catch Ghostbusters at 7 PM MST this Wednesday at Tempe's Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill! Before the film, enjoy a discussion with Jenna Hanchey, a senior global futures scholar and assistant professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. 🔗 www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, “Out of Ash,” by futurist and sci–fi author Brenda Cooper, Washington’s governor relocates and builds a new state capital after historic Olympia is flooded and destroyed. The only problem with New Olympia? No one’s moved in! 🔗 slate.com/technology/2...

Get ready for another showing in our History of the Future film series with the 1984 classic Ghostbusters! Grab your tickets from Majestic Theaters and dive into this supernatural comedy with @jennahanchey.bsky.social on Wednesday, September 24, at 7 PM. 🔗 www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

Check out the premiere of @issuesinst.bsky.social's "Not Now, But Soon," a brand new podcast miniseries that challenges the stories we often tell about disasters and explores how we can use speculative fiction to create better futures and policies. 🔗 issues.org/hurricane-of...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, “Galansiyang,” by author Sigrid Marianne Gayangos, Community 3 has stripped language down to its most simple form. Community members now speak in short, direct sentences using as few words as necessary. csi.asu.edu/story/galans...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday pick, “Things That Bend, But Don’t Break”, teenager Tanama is offered acceptance to Columbia University. But driven by her motivation to improve her home from within, Tanama declines and sets out to better her and the community’s future. csi.asu.edu/story/san-ju...

Check out this week’s #FreeFictionFriday, “The Middle” by author @erinkwagner.bsky.social , in which a Michelin-starred restaurant installs a robotic sous-chef, and the human staff walk out. Nate, the head chef, is the only one who remains to oversee the transition. 🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...

The latest issue of Imaginary Papers, a quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination, is out now! 🔗 mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imag...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, “Divided Light,” by Corey S. Pressman, Radrian leaves behind his fast-paced city to visit the desert-dwelling Ramish community. Amidst the cultural differences of the Oasis, he begins to see the world and himself in a new light. csi.asu.edu/story/smallr...

Start your engines, today is History of the Future’s first screening! Catch Death Race 2000 at 7 PM MST tonight at Tempe’s Majestic Neighborhood and Cinema Grill! Before the film, enjoy a discussion with acclaimed author and professor @mdbell79.bsky.social ! 🔗 www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social follows Varuna, a young Earthling visiting Mars. Traveling with their wealthy family on vacation, Varuna rejects the luxurious resorts and tourist-curated tours and searches for something real. issues.org/futuretensef...

Buckle up for the first installment of our History of the Future film series featuring Death Race 2000! Grab your tickets from Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill and join us to dig into this thrill ride with author and professor @mdbell79.bsky.social on Aug. 20 🔗 www.majesticphx.com/movie/Histor...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, the powerful and wealthy evacuate Earth to relocate offplanet, leaving those without the means of escape behind. Jules Hogan’s “Those They Left Behind” explores collective action and the power of having hope for the future. csi.asu.edu/story/those-...

In the latest episode of the Federal News Network’s “What’s Working in Washington?” CSI Founding Director @edfinn.bsky.social joins entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman in examining our ever-revolving relationship with AI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Go see a couple of our Imaginary Friends this week at Changing Hands Bookstore on Thursday, August 7th, at 6:30 PM! @mdbell79.bsky.social sits down with journalist and sci-fi author @annaleen.bsky.social to discuss "Automatic Noodle", a novella about leftover robots opening their own restaurant.

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday response essay, author and algorithmic bias expert Jeanna Matthews examines the world in Deji Bryce Olukotun's “When We Were Patched,” and the importance of collaboration when planning our future. slate.com/technology/2...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, FogoTennis, a high-speed version of pickleball, is taking the world by storm. But when an AI referee for the game witnesses foul play that his human counterparts miss, he must decide what fair play really means. issues.org/futuretensef...

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday Feature, “Big Rural” by Cat Rambo, corporate investigator Trish returns to her Southwestern rural hometown to investigate sabotage at her employer’s power plant. But what happens when the culprit isn’t who she expected? 🔗https://csi.asu.edu/story/bigrural/#big

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday, writer Ramez Naam explores a future where humanity’s goal is off-planet relocation. But in a system that’s almost entirely automated, where does a human astronaut fit in? Use the link below to read "The Use of Things"! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ipli...

In this week’s Future Tense Fiction response essay, Anna Pigott analyzes Margrét Helgadóttir’s “Tunnel Fever,” encouraging readers to resist narrow survivalist thinking and confront the complexity of ecological crises. 🔗https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/tunnel-vision-climate-change-anna-pigott/

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday, author Margrét Helgadóttir explores a world where humanity has relocated underground. But what happens when a string of crimes reveals that there may be more than meets the eye? 🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...

She preserves the past, but what about her future? Check out this week’s #FreeFictionFriday pick, “Invasive Species,” in which writer Amanda Baldeneaux explores a world shaped by climate change and one woman’s fight to reclaim her identity within it. 🔗https://csi.asu.edu/story/invasive-species/

In the latest episode of the Foresight Institute’s Existential Hope podcast, Ed Finn joins Beatrice Erkers in examining the impact of speculative fiction on fueling innovation. 🔗https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts/ed-finn-how-science-fiction-can-inspire-real-world-innovation

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday pick, “Efficiency” by Paolo Bacigalupi, takes us to a Chicago where energy systems are co-managed by humans and AI assistants. AI. But even algorithms know that progress takes partnership. Read it now! 🔗 csi.asu.edu/story/chicag...

History of the Future is returning this fall! Ready for a brand new collection of sci-fi movies and speakers? August 20th - Death Race 2000 (1975) September 24th - Ghostbusters (1984) October 8th - Mars Attacks! (1996) November 19th - Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Which one are you looking forward to?

Check out this week’s #FreeFictionFriday feature, “Vanguard 2.0,” in which Carter Scholz dives into a world where the battle over space isn’t limited to exploration, but corporate privatization. 🔗https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ipliv0uz59oajn8vcapt/VVEV.epub?rlkey=cen1tf2s9dh1htrdrhh01ndd3&e=1&dl=0

In this week’s #FreeFictionFriday response essay, “The Limits of Heat Resilience,” researcher Pope Moseley analyzes the physiology behind Harrison Cook’s short story “The Shade Technician” and discusses how far the human body can go before hitting its thermal limit. 🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...