Episode 12 - SciFi


How do novels predicting the future influence the tech we’re making right now? Who are the writers creating science fiction novels for the military, and why? Whose future does sci-fi imagine? Why is space always being “colonised” in literature? We interview author of “Nigerians in Space” and “After the Flare”, Deji Bryce Olukotun, for his insights on these questions and more.

References

  1. William Gibson Has a Theory About Our Cultural Obsession With Dystopias, Abraham Riesman

  2. How Indigenous and black artists are using science fiction to imagine a better future (CBC radio)

  3. Why I Write Indigenous Sci-Fi, Drew Hayden Taylor

  4. Why Science Fiction Is a Fabulous Tool in the Fight for Social Justice, Laura Flanders

  5. Return of the Deji

Deji Bryce Olukotun @dejiridoo

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