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The Future Fire
''The Future Fire'' is a small press, online science fiction magazine (), run by a joint British- US team of editors. The magazine was launched in January 2005 and releases issues four times a year, with stories, articles, and reviews in both HTML and PDF formats. At times (notably 2006–7, 2010–11) issues appeared more sporadically than this. Contents ''The Future Fire'' publishes both fiction and nonfiction. For fiction it publishes Speculative Fiction, Cyberpunk and Dark Fantasy, with a focus on social and political themes and mundane rather than hard SF. In the area of nonfiction it publishes reviews and interviews with people such as Cory Doctorow, author of '' Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom'', and Kevin Warwick the Cyborg scientist, articles on new media, posthumanism, and artificial intelligence. In 2010 ''The Future Fire'' published themed issues on Feminist science fiction and Queer science fiction. The Future Fire has published stories by: * Neil Ayres * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posthumanism
Posthumanism or post-humanism (meaning "after humanism" or "beyond humanism") is an idea in continental philosophy and critical theory responding to the presence of anthropocentrism in 21st century thought. It encompasses a wide variety of branches, including: # Antihumanism: a branch of theory that is critical of traditional humanism and traditional ideas about the human condition, vitality and agency. #Cultural posthumanism: a branch of cultural theory critical of the foundational assumptions of humanism and its legacy that examines and questions the historical notions of "human" and "human nature", often challenging typical notions of human subjectivity and embodimentMiah, A. (2008) A Critical History of Posthumanism. In Gordijn, B. & Chadwick R. (2008) Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity. Springer, pp.71-94. and strives to move beyond archaic concepts of "human nature" to develop ones which constantly adapt to contemporary technoscientific knowledge. # Philosophical posth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Kuppers
Petra Kuppers (born 1968) is a community performance artist and a disability culture activist. She is a professor of English, Women's and Gender Studies, Theater and Dance, and Art and Design, teaching mainly in Performance Studies and Disability Studies, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and she serves on the faculty of Goddard College's MFA program in Interdisciplinary Arts. Her book ''Gut Botany'' (Wayne State University Press, 2020) was named one of New York Public Library's "Best Books of 2020." Early life and education Petra Kuppers was born April 1, 1968, in a small town in northern-western Germany. She left Germany when she was 24 and then spent 10 years in Wales, where she learned about disability culture before moving to the United States. She was the first in her immediate family to go to university. She went on to gain an MA in Film Studies from the University of Warwick; an MA in Germanistik, Cultural Anthropology, Theatre, Film and TV Studies from the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vylar Kaftan
Vylar Kaftan is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. A Clarion West Workshop graduate, she lives on the U.S. West Coast. Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in Farah Mendlesohn's anthology '' Glorifying Terrorism'', and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have also been published. Her short story " I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You In Reno", published in the June 2010 issue of Lightspeed Magazine]'', was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2010. Her novella " The Weight of the Sunrise", published in the February 2013 issue of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the Sidewise Award.; it also was a nominee for the 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award. Her novellaHer Silhouette, Drawn In Water" published May 21, 2019 by Tor.com, was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Hughes
Rhys Henry Hughes (born 1966, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh fantasy writer and essayist. Career Born in Cardiff, Hughes has written in a variety of forms, from short stories to novels. His long novel ''Engelbrecht Again!'' is a sequel to Maurice Richardson's 1950 cult classic ''The Exploits of Engelbrecht'' and is the most radical of Hughes's books, making extensive use of lipograms, typographical tricks, coded passages and other OuLiPo techniques. His main project consists of authoring a 1,000-story cycle of both tightly and loosely interconnected tales. Bibliography Novels * ''The Percolated Stars: An Astro-Caffeine Romp in Three Cups Featuring Batavus Droogstoppel Merchant and Scientist and Bourgeois Monster: One Lump or Two?'' (RazorBlade Press; 2003) * ''Engelbrecht Again!'' (Dead Letter Press; 2008; ) * ''Mister Gum; Or: The Possibly Phoney Profundity of Puerility'' (Dog Horn Publishing; 2009) * ''Twisthorn Bellow'' (Atomic Fez Publishing; 2010; ) * ''The Abnormalitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Grimwood
Terry Grimwood (formerly Terry Gates-Grimwood) is a British writer of horror and science fiction. He publishes The Exaggerated Press. He has written and directed three plays, and is married to Regional Director Debra Wilkins.http://69flavorsofparanoia.com/BIOGALLERY/menu5VIP.html#TerryGrimwood Bibliography Books * ''Demons and Demons'' (chapbook, D-Press, 2004) * ''The Exaggerated Man and other stories'', Exaggerated Press, 2008. . * ''The Places Between'', Pendragon Press, 2010. * ''Bloody War'', Eibonvale Press, 2010. * ''Axe'', Double Dragon eBooks, 2012. . * ''There is a Way to Live Forever'', Black Shuck Books, 2017. * ''Skin for Skin'', Luna Press, 2021. * ''Interference'', Elsewhen Press, 2022. Short stories (not including reprints) * John (''Peeping Tom'' 24, 1996) * The Friends of Mike Santini (''Nemonymous'' one, 2001) * The Last Knight of Llanth (''Legend'', 6 & 7, 2002-2003) * Red Hands (''Darkness Rising'' 7, 2003) * Chemo (''Nemonymous'' three, 2003) * Coffin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 25 April 1981) is a Mexican Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher. Early life and education Moreno-Garcia was born 25 April 1981, and raised in Mexico. Both her parents worked for radio stations. She moved to Canada in 2004. Moreno-Garcia completed a master's degree in science and technology studies from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in 2016. She presently lives with her family in Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Moreno-Garcia began her career publishing in various fiction magazines and books, including '' Exile Quarterly''. She was a finalist for the 2011 Manchester Fiction Prize. Her first short story collection, '' This Strange Way of Dying'', was published in September 2013 by Exile Editions. Her second collection, ''Love and Other Potions'', came out in 2014 from Innsmouth Free Press. Her debut novel, '' Signal to Noise'', was published in 2015 by Solaris Books. She serves as publisher of Innsmouth Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Buchanan
''Eternal Haunted Summer'' is an ezine dedicated to Pagan poetry and short fiction. It also features reviews of Pagan works and interviews with Pagan authors, as well as reviews and interviews with authors of works that might interest a Pagan audience. Currently, ''Eternal Haunted Summer'' (''EHS'') is the only ezine to accept poetry, short fiction, reviews and interviews from any Pagan tradition. ''EHS'' also seeks to connect creators and publishers by posting submission calls for other collections and journals. ''EHS'' was created and is edited by Rebecca Buchanan. While attempting to publish her own poems and stories, Buchanan discovered that options for Pagan authors to sell their literary works were limited, and thus she created ''EHS'' to fill the niche. ''EHS'' publishes new issues quarterly at the solstice A solstice is an event that occurs when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial spher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Boston
Bruce Boston (born 1943) is an American speculative fiction writer and poet. Early years Bruce Boston was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California.Diane SeversonInterview with Bruce Boston''Amazing Stories'' March 15, 2013 (accessed Sept. 18, 2013) He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1965, and an M.A. in 1967. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1961 to 2001, where he worked in a variety of occupations, including computer programmer, college professor (literature and creative writing, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California, 1978–82), technical writer, book designer, gardener, movie projectionist, retail clerk, and furniture mover. According to Boston, he meant to major in math at university and write on the side, but soon found that he was more interested in writing. After being advised by a friend that he should not major in English to become a writer, he decided on economics instead. Writing career Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Ayres
Neil George Ayres is an English short fiction writer, born in east London in 1979. He grew up in Tower Hamlets, Essex and Spain. His fiction includes the literary novel, ''Nicolo's Gifts'', and short speculative fiction published in many international small and independent press publications, including ''Apex Digest'', ''Electric Velocipede'' (his story "Sundew" received an honorable mention in the ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' 2004), ''Trunk Stories'' and online at Infinity Plus, Cabinet des Fees, The Future Fire and Simulacrum. His non-fiction has appeared in '' Aesthetica magazine'' and on LauraHird.com. Neil has worked for '' Battersea Dogs' Home'', ''Nature'', ''Time'', ''The Economist'' and ''Design Week''. He lives in Surrey with his partner and their dog. In 2005 he project managed and helped launch Book of Voices: a short story anthology for Sierra Leone PEN, for Flame Books. The collection included stories by award-winning authors such as Patrick Neate, Gregory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |