imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Our monthly series, Future Tense Fiction with @issuesinst.bsky.social features an original speculative fiction story plus a non-fiction response essay that delves deeper into the themes and real-world resonances that underpin the narrative. 111
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This week's #FreeFictionFriday story is "Sunshine Hills Reality Edit" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social. In a remote cabin, an online encyclopedia editor has collected a vast library of books that she hopes can counteract a polarized online information environment. 122
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Last week, Reactor Magazine published a piece by Dr. @anaklimchy.bsky.social, author, literary scholar, and editor of our book "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for the Spacefaring Age", on the nuance behind Verne's writing. Read more from the article here: reactormag.com/misunderstan.... 000
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We're partnering with our friends at the humanities institute for a special visit from China Miéville, who will discuss his new book “The Rouse”, a defining work twenty years in the making and a deeply moving, decade and continent spanning epic of personal grief, global tumult and grim conspiracy. 140
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Divided Light” by Corey S. Pressman. Two systems of energy production in Phoenix evolve convergently within two communities. The separation gives rise to cultural division until they find shared humanity in environmental reverence. csi.asu.edu/story/smallr... 000
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Happy Pub Day to our friend and Imaginary College Fellow, @leopoldogout.bsky.social! If you’re in New York, catch his discussion with Marlon James tonight at Twisted Spine Bookstore and stay tuned for an event with CSI later this Fall. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc... 000
Reposted by @imaginationasu.bsky.socialLeopoldo Goût @leopoldogout.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Brooklyn! Join me and #MarlonJames on Sept 15 at 7 PM for a raw conversation to launch my new novel, Rooted, at The Twisted Spine bookstore in Brooklyn. Areal talk, drinks after, and an open studio night RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc... torpublishinggroup.com/rooted/ 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Mozart on the Kalahari” by @kundalinisteve.bsky.social. Tourism and exploration become a luxury industry of space travel, leaving those without the means on Earth to create innovations in biotech that revolutionize the habitability problem csi.asu.edu/books/vvev/ 002
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Last week, OVMAE gave a special highlight to our friend and communications director here at Center for Science and the Imagination, Bob Beard. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Into the Storm” by Yakos Spiliotopoulos. Legislative apathy towards increasingly unusual weather continentally causes a long-standing era of political inaction for climate change in Canada to find ambition elsewhere. csi.asu.edu/books/everyt... 000
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A huge congratulations to our Imaginary Friend and colleague Rachael Kaye for successfully defending her dissertation. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026CSI Skill Tree is a series that examines and celebrates how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and interpreting stories. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Last week, our founding director, @edfinn.bsky.social, appeared on AZfamily news to discuss a study from Villanova University on audience reception to stories written by AI compared to those by humans, and imagines how AI and creative writers might coexist. www.azfamily.com/2026/08/27/s... 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Our monthly series, Future Tense Fiction, from @issuesinst.bsky.social features an original speculative fiction story plus a non-fiction response essay that delves deeper into the themes and real-world resonances that underpin the narrative. 210
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This week's #FreeFictionFriday is "Where the Wild Things Grow" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu from @issuesinst.bsky.social. A grief-stricken daughter struggles to defend her late mother’s vision of sustainable housing against financial, regulatory, and personal hurdles. issues.org/futuretensef... 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Our latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination, is out now! 110
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Our Veterans Imagination Project isn't just designed for veterans transitioning to civilian life; it's built by men and women who have walked that same road. Meet Ray Lopez, a concept artist who has been with VIP since its inception. 110
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Too Big to See” by @karlschroeder.bsky.social. A seemingly recreational innovation in aerospace provides an unexpected change in perspective, allowing world leaders splitting hairs over geopolitical conflict to see the bigger picture. medium.com/@imagination... 001
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Our Veterans Imagination Project isn't just designed for veterans transitioning to civilian life; it's built by women and men who have walked that same road. Meet Eliza DelaPaz, a Marine Corps veteran and graduate student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Arizona State University. 110
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “The Use of Things” by @ramez.bsky.social. In a world where robots have optimized all tasks, routine and extraordinary, the value of human contribution is weighed with risk calculable in dollars. Read the story here: csi.asu.edu/books/vvev/ 002
Reposted by @imaginationasu.bsky.socialimaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026 CSI’s founding director @edfinn.bsky.social will share his reflections on how and why this story persists—from the pages of H.G Wells’ ground breaking novel, to the infamous radio broadcast, and its enduring influence on science fiction over a century later. 001
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Happy pub day to our friend and colleague, Dr. Cassandra Vieten. Imagine That is the culmination of decades of research into how imagination actually works in the brain and body — and, more importantly, how to use it intentionally. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Our Veterans Imagination Project isn't just designed for veterans transitioning to civilian life; it's built by men and women who have walked that same road. Meet Alain Monroy, a US Army veteran currently completing his Master of Social Work degree at Arizona State University. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “For the Snake of Power” by @bjcooper.bsky.social. Solar energy takes over as the nation’s main fuel source, prompting solar panels to snake through Phoenix as the country’s designated clean-energy powerhouse. csi.asu.edu/story/bigurb... 000
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Next week! Join us at Chandler Museum’s Film Friday for a screening and discussion of the science fiction classic, "War of the Worlds." Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-frida... 111
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Our Veterans Imagination Project isn't just designed for veterans transitioning to civilian life; it's built by men and women who have walked that same road. Meet Calvin Garrett, a United States Marine Corps veteran and Game and Entertainment Design student at Otis College of Art and Design. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This week’s #FreeFictionResponse essay is “From Gospel to Guide” by @yenooi.bsky.social in response to “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter” by @aijiang.bsky.social from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Ooi is a narrative designer, writer, editor, and researcher specializing in life, storytelling, and philosophy 133
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life. 164
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is "Luna" by David Samuel Hudson from “Everything Change: Volume II”. After learning to communicate with an orca in their study, a small team of researchers contemplate what it means to protect her species and honor life on earth. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/luna/ 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Prepare to transition from military service to civilian life with the Veterans Imagination Project. Bringing together the shared resources of ASU, this free 10-week program equips veterans for careers beyond the military with futures thinking, collaborative storytelling, and speculative art tools. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We're thrilled to be included in this special issue of the Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice. Alongside a network of international scholars, we examine how science fiction and technological assessment can help us navigate technological futures. Read here lnkd.in/emh_vFqK. 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Blackstart” by @bjcooper.bsky.social. One torrid July night, the citizens of Arizona find themselves in a blackout. Disaster response and civilians work together to stay cool while volunteers try to solve the problem before the sun rises. medium.com/@imagination... 010
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026For the 200,000 veterans who leave military service each year, adjusting to civilian life can be difficult to navigate alone. Two Marine Corps veterans and researchers at ASU know these challenges well and are working to address them through a new community-based intervention. 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Death on Mars” by @madelineashby.bsky.social. Crew members on a mission to Mars first become a community, then a family, who must learn to adapt and heal with one another when the imperfect nature of our species causes emotional rifts. csi.asu.edu/books/vvev/ 010
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026In this last episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social talks with Matt Heffernan, writer, software developer, and sharer of indigenous voices, about the effect of imagination on creating art, language, technology, and identity. Listen onApple Podcasts and Spotify. 010
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We’re thrilled to bring you a new set of classic sci-fi films that have sparked our imaginations. Each screening at Tempe’s Majestic Theater is paired with a scholarly discussion from a local speaker offering new perspectives on the films and how they reflect the hopes and dreams of decades past. 101
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026For years, we at CSI have been helping organizations like NASA, Google, and the Smithsonian prepare for the future through scenario planning, storytelling, and speculative art. Now, we’re using those tools to inspire personal transformation for service members transitioning to civilian life. 101
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Efficiency” by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social. After solar energy supersedes fossil fuels as the dominant energy source in Chicago, its flaws and limitations become contentious. csi.asu.edu/story/chicag... 063
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Our own Om Gawali recently talked to @anaklimchy.bsky.social about how Jules Verne’s story "From the Earth to the Moon" inspired us to consider the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific, humanistic, social, legal, and ethical angles. Watch here: youtu.be/pgGL_J1o7K8?... 100
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and @patpat.bsky.social, professor at MIT and founding director of the cyborg psychology research group, discuss the impact of AI on human growth and ethical considerations of AI addiction and dependency. Listen on Spotify and Apple Music. 011
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Today we launch the debut book in our "Imagination, Annotated" series with @mitpress.bsky.social, "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age" edited by @anaklimchy.bsky.social. 20% off code: READMIT20 30% off code [TODAY ONLY]: MITP30 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814346... 042
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Today's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "In the Blink of an Eye" by Will Hellwarth in response to Sofia Samatar's "Mirror, Mirror" from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Hellwarth compares the creation process seen in "Mirror, Mirror" to his experience creating "Before Your Eyes". issues.org/futuretensef... 010
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This week's #FreeFictionFriday is "Mirror, Mirror" by Sofia Samatar from @issuesinst.bsky.social. What happens when you hold someone’s gaze—really hold it? An artist and an inventor try to recreate that experience in Sofia Samatar’s Future Tense Fiction story. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef... 010
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026In this episode, @edfinn.bsky.social is joined by @brianchristian.bsky.social to talk about the intersection of art and technology and the pitfalls of co-creating with AI, brainstorming a hopeful future of AI and imagination and AI's effects on creative agency. Listen on Spotify and Apple music! 030
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Check out this conversation with @edfinn.bsky.social and Deji Olukotun with moderator @beritanderson.bsky.social. Join FiRe next year for more at the 2027 conference www.futureinreview.com/event-details-registration/future-in-review-2027 Or see this year's conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaB... 011
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Plasticized” by Katheryn E. Hill, part of the “Everything Change: Volume III” collection. In this story, Hill thinks through the ways that plastics manifest in our daily lives, our culture, and our biology through motherhood. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/plasti... 021
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026In case you missed it, author @monicabyrne13.bsky.social joined Jason Lloyd on Substack in collaboration with @issuesinst.bsky.social for a conversation on world-building in speculative fiction. View the full conversation here: futuretensefiction.substack.com/p/world-buil... 122
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Join Grist’s @torystephens.bsky.social, founder of Imagine 2200: Climate Future for Future Ancestors, for a deep conversation on speculative climate fiction with renowned author @ShereeReneeThomas.bsky.social, professor of physics Vandana Singh, and engineer @wtalabi.com. luma.com/19l5xgr9 132
imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We’re excited to present the first episode of our all-new season of The Imagination Desk, a discussion on AI and the imagination, hosted by our own Ed Finn with Doctor @anna-abraham.bsky.social, professor and neuroscientist.The full season is available to listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 000
