When Reality Meets Science Fiction
Bay Area Book Festival Podcast
English - December 04, 2019 15:55 - 1 hour - 31 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture interview comedy news health entrepreneurship culture politics books leadership business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Large-scale, far-in-the-future stories tend to get most the glory in the sci-fi canon. But what happens when reality already feels like science fiction? Like George Orwell’s ‘1984,’ near-future narratives exploit current technology, politics, and fears to explore what life could be like in 10 years, one year, or even a hour. Our panelists consider how to predict the tantalizing possibility of what might be.