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Annalee Newitz on the sci-fi roots of the current "psyop" war
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Annalee Newitz on the sci-fi roots of the current "psyop" war

Salon  

The "culture wars" raging around us with white-hot intensity are better understood as psychological warfare. To gain a foothold to make sense of it all — to “stop feeling the dread” and gain a deeper perspective — Newitz turned to history, especially to World War II and the early Cold War era, when the practice of psychological warfare was formalized …

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How to watch sci-fi author Annalee Newitz at the L.A. Times Book Club
1 year, 9 months ago

How to watch sci-fi author Annalee Newitz at the L.A. Times Book Club

LA Times  

Sci-fi author and science journalist Annalee Newitz joined the L.A. Times Book Club March 28 to discuss “The Terraformers.” Newitz talked with columnist Carolina A. Miranda about flying moose, sentient technology and growing up in Irvine. The author also answered reader questions about the challenges of creating science fiction worlds, and cited Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and Octavia E. …

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Book club: Annalee Newitz dreams up a wild, more hopeful future
1 year, 9 months ago

Book club: Annalee Newitz dreams up a wild, more hopeful future

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Newitz says Destry, the novel’s tough but empathetic environmental ranger, gets her name from the lead character in “Destry Rides Again,” a 1939 western starring Jimmy Stewart. In the acknowledgements, Newitz explains, “I wrote this book because I wanted to dream up a more hopeful world.” Raised in Irvine …

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How sci-fi writer Annalee Newitz turned to real-life scientists to build a (better) future
1 year, 10 months ago

How sci-fi writer Annalee Newitz turned to real-life scientists to build a (better) future

LA Times  

Annalee Newitz’s newest science-fiction novel, “The Terraformers,” is a sprawling saga set 60,000 years in the future. “He’s like, ‘Have you heard of lava dams, where volcanic rocks and lava creates a dam and reroutes the river?’” Newitz recalls. “I read a lot of those as a kid, and I always enjoyed that feeling of like, ‘Oh, now we get …

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Dear Prudence: I’m terrified of my new neighbor.
55 years ago

Dear Prudence: I’m terrified of my new neighbor.

Slate  

Slate is now asking those who read the most to support our journalism more directly by subscribing to Slate Plus. If you can get someone else to walk with you, stopping short of this neighbor’s house at the end of the block might make these necessary walks safer. My sibling called them and said how much they wanted to be …

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