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Love in the time of video games and DiscordLove in the time of video games and Discord
Want more Love, Death + Robots? Read these 17 short stories onlineWant more Love, Death + Robots? Read these 17 short stories online
Many of the short stories that inspired Love, Death + Robots are free onlineMany of the short stories that inspired Love, Death + Robots are free online
Arizona State University released a free sci-fi anthology about the future of solar powerArizona State University released a free sci-fi anthology about the future of solar power
11 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out for the rest of March11 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out for the rest of March
Walking through space in NASA’s Virtual Reality Lab
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To train for space, you have to simulate it here on Earth

Loren Grush
Famous Men Who Never Lived is a powerful novel about alternate worlds and the plights of refugeesFamous Men Who Never Lived is a powerful novel about alternate worlds and the plights of refugees
Michael Moreci on writing a Star Wars-but-not-Star Wars adventureMichael Moreci on writing a Star Wars-but-not-Star Wars adventure
Francis Vallejo on creating the spectacular art for a new edition of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi BoysFrancis Vallejo on creating the spectacular art for a new edition of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys
11 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this March11 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this March
Xiaomi plans to triple its number of European stores by the end of the yearXiaomi plans to triple its number of European stores by the end of the year
Here are the 2019 Nebula Award nominationsHere are the 2019 Nebula Award nominations
Golden State updates the dystopian thriller for the #FakeNews eraGolden State updates the dystopian thriller for the #FakeNews era
10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February
Katherine Cross on moderating online gaming communities and artificial intelligenceKatherine Cross on moderating online gaming communities and artificial intelligence
Better Worlds: a science fiction project about hope
An AI video game moderator goes rogue in “Machine of Loving Grace”

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Katherine Cross
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A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Elizabeth Bonesteel
Elizabeth Bonesteel on the connecting power of virtual realityElizabeth Bonesteel on the connecting power of virtual reality
One of China’s best sci-fi authors is getting an English-language collectionOne of China’s best sci-fi authors is getting an English-language collection
Carla Speed McNeil on the pursuit of building a better worldCarla Speed McNeil on the pursuit of building a better world
Skin City

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Kelly Robson
Kelly Robson on burlesque and privacy in a futuristic TorontoKelly Robson on burlesque and privacy in a futuristic Toronto
A spacecraft carries precious cargo to a new planet in “A Sun Will Always Sing”
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A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Karin Lowachee
Karin Lowachee on how humanity can peacefully coexist with AIKarin Lowachee on how humanity can peacefully coexist with AI
The cast of the new Dune film is the Avengers of talentThe cast of the new Dune film is the Avengers of talent
Sci-fi space opera series The Vela tackles the fate of a solar system with an all-star writing teamSci-fi space opera series The Vela tackles the fate of a solar system with an all-star writing team
8 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in early February8 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in early February
How Rivers Solomon turned award-winning Afrofuturist song The Deep into a bookHow Rivers Solomon turned award-winning Afrofuturist song The Deep into a book
Fantasy author Myke Cole talks about writing novellas and ending an epic fantasy series in The Killing LightFantasy author Myke Cole talks about writing novellas and ending an epic fantasy series in The Killing Light
Wake Word: A game about the ridiculous future of bad AI

An algorithmic nightmare

Adi Robertson and William Joel
Peter Tieryas on first contact and the importance of empathyPeter Tieryas on first contact and the importance of empathy
Augmented reality helps decode a global hallucination in “The Burn”

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Peter Tieryas
The god box: an oral history of Avatara

Verge fiction: The Facebook game studio that built an AI god

Adi Robertson
Rivers Solomon on colonialism, the apocalypse, and fascinating fungusRivers Solomon on colonialism, the apocalypse, and fascinating fungus
A trash garden is paradise and prison in Rivers Solomon’s story, “St. Juju”
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A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Rivers Solomon
A new trailer for The Wandering Earth shows off a desperate plan to save the planetA new trailer for The Wandering Earth shows off a desperate plan to save the planet
Sci-fi author Marko Kloos on what it takes to build a brand new solar systemSci-fi author Marko Kloos on what it takes to build a brand new solar system
An AI combats hurricane season in “Monsters Come Howling in Their Season”

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

Cadwell Turnbull
Cadwell Turnbull on the implications of a collectively owned AI systemCadwell Turnbull on the implications of a collectively owned AI system

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