"[Science Fiction] shapes the understanding of the public on things like artificial intelligence and biotechnology, which are likely to change our lives and society more than anything else in the coming decades.” https://t.co/yKqcbln6LP
A short list of ways to help an author:
--Buy their book
--Review/rate their book
--Tell people about their book
--Hide a copy of their book in your friend's bag
--Hide another copy in a stranger's hat
--Print out random pages and glue them to your body
some ideas for ways to honour Ursula K. LeGuin:
- punch a fascist
- pet a cat
- invent a gender
- join a collective
- have an orgy
- run for city council
- live in the woods
- protest in the streets
- dream
January 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." To commemorate, here's a swell hour-long BBC radio program on the origins and fortunes of FRANKENSTEIN! https://t.co/jTEjGclyZb
“Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.”
Susan Sontag, who would've been 85 today, on what it means to be a decent human being and her advice to aspiring writers: https://t.co/YcDPkbGdCs