All Tomorrow's Cultures

Occasional posts on anthropologically interesting science fiction, anthropological futures and my own future as an anthropologist.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

robots and agents

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The robot-gone-awry has been a theme in literature and popular culture from at least Goethe. The 20th century variant generally revolves ar...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

M. John Harrison

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I just finished M. John Harrison's Light (2002)--that novel, as well as those of Gaiman, Egan, and other contemporary, SF authors, seem...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Manufacturing the Alien

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I've been thinking on and off about aliens these days. One of the reasons must be because I'm on the CONTACT! listserve, which is f...
Thursday, May 8, 2008

"Circle" and the Spirit of Capitalism

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There's a really interesting (or at least suggestive) story in May's issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction : "Circle," by...
Friday, May 2, 2008

CONTACT lives!

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The word last year was that this wonderful, annual convocation of anthropologists, astronomers, artists, science fiction writers, visionarie...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Savage science fiction

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It doesn't bear trying the number of science fiction stories juxtaposing hyper-trophied, Gernsback-ian technologies with highly stereoty...
Friday, April 18, 2008

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All Tomorrow's Cultures: Anthropological Engagements with the Future by Samuel Gerald Collins List Price: $29.95 Product DescriptionHow...
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I'm a professor of anthropology at a mid-sized, state university in Maryland, USA. You can see my homepage here: http://samuelgeraldcollins.wix.com/SamuelCollins
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