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URI’s ''Are You Ready For the Future?'' colloquium in brief

Robots and lab-grown bladders
The future is about more than the singularity, of course. It's about robots, lab-grown organs, and watching hopelessly as the Chinese pilfer our military secrets.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 28, 2011

Dark side of the future

Utopia or the end of humankind? A URI forum explores “the Singularity”
When the University of Rhode Island kicked off its invigorating "Are You Ready For the Future?" speakers series a few weeks back, there was only one man for the job: inventor and provocateur Ray Kurzweil.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 28, 2011

The future is boring

Failure
More dispatches from the year 2311.
By KARL STEVENS | August 22, 2011

Just outside the Milky Way

Failure
In the year 2311.
By KARL STEVENS | August 09, 2011

Review: Stake Land

Tale of a vampire plague
From producer Larry Fessenden ( Wendigo ) and filmmaker Jim Mickle ( Mulberry Street ) comes this minimal, profound tale of a vampire plague in America.
By PEG ALOI | April 27, 2011

Duncan Jones on solving Source Code

Game plan
It's the elephant in the room when you're talking to Duncan Jones: this guy is Zowie Bowie, Ziggy Stardust's son. It's uncool to bring it up, but how can you not at least mention it?
By PETER KEOUGH | March 31, 2011

Make It So: 7 of the geekiest sex toys ever made (NSFW)

To boldly go
It's a common misconception that nerds don't have sex. On the contrary. Nerds have more sex, and weirder sex, than you're having.
By S.I. ROSENBAUM | February 10, 2011

Photos: Arisia 2011

Arisia 2011 | Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel | January 14-17, 2011
Sci-fi and fantasy fans attend Arisia 2011 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel at January 14-17, 2011.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | January 24, 2011

How to create a readable future

Future Boston authors Jon Burrowes, Alexander Jablokov, Steven Popkes, David Alexander Smith, and Sarah Smith show us how it's done.
The actual future is a collaboration between nearly seven billion people worldwide. But creating a future can be a fun indoor sport for you and your friends.
By SEVERAL FUTURE BOSTON AUTHORS | January 24, 2011

Interview: The authors of Future Boston on building the Boston of tomorrow

Future Boston, 15 years later
We only have three years before the aliens land. This was the future envisioned in Future Boston , an anthology by a group of local science-fiction writers published in 1995 .
By S.I. ROSENBAUM | January 21, 2011

COMIC: The illustrated history of Boston's future, 2020-2100 AD

Forget politicians, economists, or inventors -- the future of Boston belongs to the comics
We approached this future-Boston project as a sort of moderated "jam comic." Result: post-singularity MBTA robots, Menino clones, Citgo aliens, and donut zombies.
By BOSTON COMICS ROUNDTABLE | January 21, 2011

11 Fictional glimpses of the Boston of tomorrow

Futures past
The history of the future is not long.
By PHOENIX STAFF | August 08, 2011

11 Fictional glimpses of the Boston of tomorrow

Futures past
The history of the future is not long.
By PHOENIX STAFF | August 08, 2011

To boldly go ... to Framingham: A trek to fan con Super Megafest

Super Megafest offers the relics of our escapist fantasies. Make it so.
The entire 20th century is crammed into a ballroom in the Sheraton hotel.
By S.I. ROSENBAUM | January 05, 2011

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Sam Costello is Rhode Island's king of dark comics

The horror!
The farmer desperate to save his dying wife. The aging photographer trying to resurrect his career. The funeral director who goes to extreme measures to cut costs.
By CHUCK O'DONNELL | October 27, 2010

Review: William Gibson's Zero History

Fashionista: Gibson in the present tense
It’s been more than 10 years since he’s set a book anywhere but the present. Regardless, cyberpunk visionary William Gibson’s new novel still occupies top spots in multiple amazon.com science-fiction rankings this week.
By JOHN BOWKER | September 14, 2010

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Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi talks about The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi talks about The Windup Girl
By ARAFAT KAZI | August 06, 2010

Photos: ConnectiCon 2010

ConnectiCon at the Connecticut Convention Center | July 9-11, 2010
ConnectiCon, a multi-genre convention, took place at the Connecticut Convention Center on July 9-11, 2010.
By MADDY MYERS | July 13, 2010

Days of future past

'SF-1970' at the Harvard Film Archive
Science-fiction films have been with us since Edison’s 1910 version of Frankenstein , but they bloomed in the ’Nam era, nourished by a volatile cocktail of cultural ingredients.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | June 26, 2010

Review: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Pallid documentary on Japan's insect obsession
The cheeky title conjures up belovedly tacky 1950s Japanese sci-fi films, but Jessica Oreck’s actual effort is a pallid, thinly poetic documentary essay about Japan’s obsession with insects.
By GERALD PEARY | June 01, 2010

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