The future has arrived (as predicted)
Reviewers love to point out what sci-fi got wrong (‘where’s my flying car?’ etc). But my new book focuses on what many sci-fi films were really warning us about - the dystopian future(s) - and how in these respects they were fundamentally right.
Why The Creator is so important to the future of science fiction on film
What the The Creator might mean for the future of serious science fiction on film.
“Now read on… into the fantastic world of the future!”
Here’s the draft preface to the book I’ve completed recently. You’ll hopefully get the idea of the book from this - let me know what you think!
Read the Introduction from Stay Alive: “Real or not real?”
Here’s an edited version of the introduction to my new book, Stay Alive: Surviving Capitalism’s Coming Hunger Games - out now from Zero Books.
“At this point, unity is essential for our survival”
On International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day in many countries, here’s a short excerpt from chapter nine of my new book, Stay Alive: Surviving Capitalism’s Coming Hunger Games.
The four words that explain why The Hunger Games resonates politically with young people
(Hint: It’s not “Welcome to the Capitol.”)
Read the preface from Stay Alive: “If we burn, you burn with us”
Why The Hunger Games series continues to resonate with young people and protest movements today.
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #10: “Because that’s what you and I do. Protect each other”
The real revolution that lies hidden at the heart of The Hunger Games
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #9: “They’re afraid of you”
How regimes try to contain young people
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #8: “It’s all a big show. It’s all how you’re perceived”
How elites try to manipulate reality – and how we feel about ourselves
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #7: “I’ve never been a contender in these Games anyway”
The games the Capitol makes us play are not natural at all
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #6: “You sit on a throne of lies”
How The Hunger Games reflects a philosophy that’s still very much alive in our world
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #5: “Look at the state they left us in”
The disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires... Panem is post-collapse. It’s also coming here
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #4: “Welcome to the Capitol”
A corrupt elder elite controls society from a shining city. The Capitol already exists in our world
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #3: “District 12, where you can starve to death in safety”
How The Hunger Games reflects inequality and economic segregation in our world
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #2: “They messed us up pretty good, didn’t they?”
How The Hunger Games resonates with alienated and anxious young people today
10 ways The Hunger Games is our present – and our future. #1: “Real or not real?”
It’s not a high school drama, it’s a political coming-of-age story, for its characters and its audience
“There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?”
Whatever you thought about the conclusion of the Skywalker saga, the rebellion politics of Star Wars are more relevant than ever.
