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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 21h
This week's episode of Griots and Galaxies features hosts Jenna Hanchey and @yvettel.bsky.social, and guests @chidomuchemwa.bsky.social and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. They explore grief and the unique challenges of losing parents overseas, and archiving the voices of black women after their passing.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
'Pemi is the author of 'One Leg on Earth' and 'Ghostroots', a finalist for the 2024 National Book Awards in Fiction, the LA Times First Fiction Prize, and the Penn Faulkner Award.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This week's #FreeFictionFriday is "30-Second Situation" by @tochitruestory.bsky.social, who imagines the world of 2071, in which a sensorially immersive Smithsonian exhibit connects visitors to events of Summer 2020 to reflect on its change, creativity, and resilience. slate.com/technology/2...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This week begins the epic read of China Mieville’s new novel, 'The Rouse'. Join the World-building Initiative and the Humanities Institute this Wednesday from 11:30-12:30 in Ross-Blakley Hall room 197, for the first of six lunchtime discussions on the expansive saga asuevents.asu.edu/event/worldb...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Take Three” by @drkarenlord.bsky.social. As humanity ventures to new extraterrestrial locations, our relationship with music evolves closely behind us. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/orches...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this month's #FreeFictionResponse, we’re delighted to spotlight “What Happens When Information is Severed From its Source?” by Dr. @monikasjones.bsky.social in response to @tinaconnolly.bsky.social's “Sunshine Hills Reality Edit”.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When she gets a surprise visit from some young idealists, the editor is forced to confront what it means to curate information some find dangerous. issues.org/futuretensef...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Last 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....
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stay tuned on their page for more information on book club meetings and a Q&A conversation with Miéville and @mdbell79.bsky.social about the book in February. Learn more about the book club and register here: asuevents.asu.edu/event/worldb...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This 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/
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Last week, OVMAE gave a special highlight to our friend and communications director here at Center for Science and the Imagination, Bob Beard.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A huge congratulations to our Imaginary Friend and colleague Rachael Kaye for successfully defending her dissertation.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In this episode, we discuss "I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (2022)", a science fiction narrative adventure developed by Northway Games and published by Finji, with speculative fiction writer/editors Troy L. Wiggins and CY Ballard. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/jX67PxT7UUg?...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination, is out now!
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This 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/
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Happy 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ooi parallels prompts in “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" to parables of Confucius from “The Analects”, unpacking how his teachings influence many East Asian social dynamics, and why similar themes are becoming common in East Asian media. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
But when the family immigrates to a place whose customs and language diverge from their own, the protagonist is torn between internal and external prompts—and discovers how quickly they can both become a trap. Read the story here: issues.org/futuretensef...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This 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/
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This program is free for ALL veterans in Arizona, with paid research opportunities available. Learn more and apply at csi.asu.edu/veterans. Art is by Ray Lopez made in collaboration with U.S. Air Force Veteran Xavier Ochoa.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We'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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This program is free for ALL veterans in Arizona, with paid research opportunities available. Learn more and apply at csi.asu.edu/veterans Art is by Ray Lopez made in conversation with U.S. Navy veteran Curtis Merritt
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This 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/
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Grab your tickets now: August 19th - The Running Man (1987) September 16th - The Iron Giant (1999) October 21st - Donnie Darko (2001) November 18th - Pacific Rim (2013)
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This program is free for ALL veterans in Arizona, with paid research opportunities available. Learn more and apply at csi.asu.edu/veterans Art is by Ray Lopez made in conversation with U.S. Army veteran Jonah Gibson
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"From the Earth to the Moon" is also available for 20% off with the code READMIT20 by using the link here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814346...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In 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.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today'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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In 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!
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Check 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This 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...
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In 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...
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