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the scenario doesn’t know it’s a scenario: an interview with Madeline Ashby

the scenario doesn’t know it’s a scenario: an interview with Madeline Ashby

Few folk are better equipped to understand the art of worldbuilding from both sides of the futures/fiction border than Madeline Ashby, who has a fully justified reputation for excellence in both aspects. Find out how she does it!

worldbuilding from the shoulder: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 2)

worldbuilding from the shoulder: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 2)

It's finally here! The keenly anticipated second part of the Worldbuilding Agency interview with pioneering cyperpunk ideologue turned design critic and tech-art curator, the one and only Bruno Argento...

deliberate oxymorons: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 1)

deliberate oxymorons: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 1)

In the first part of this two-part interview, OG cyberpunk Bruce Sterling discusses the pursuit of deliberate oxymorons as a creative strategy, worldbuilding in the context of history and futurity, Berlusconi on the moon, and much, much more.

think local, act global : an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 2)

think local, act global : an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 2)

The second part of a long interview with solarpunk bannerman Andrew Dana Hudson. What was the Lucas Plan? What's worldbuilding good for? And where is my f*cking socially-provided jetpack? All these questions, and more, are answered within...

lost prophets of the hockey-stick: an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 1)

lost prophets of the hockey-stick: an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 1)

The first part of a long interview with solarpunk auteur and futurist-for-hire Andrew Dana Hudson, in which we discuss sci-fi, cli-fi, muay thai and wi-fi. (Actually, not those last two.)

computer says yes: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 2)

computer says yes: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 2)

The second part of an interview with artist, author and educator Georgina Voss, in which we discuss the role of humour and anger in narrating big, difficult things, and the aesthetic challenges of representing an international engineering scandal in words and images.

world-fleshing: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 1)

world-fleshing: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 1)

The first part of an interview with artist, author and educator Georgina Voss, in which worldbuilding is (sort of) distinguished from world-fleshing, and tips on artistic practice are gleaned from thought leader Hannibal Lecter.