![]() What would man made climate change skeptics make of this fabulous book?ĭaniel Suarez has gained serious street credibility amongst the sci-fi reading developer, coder, system admin, and database administrator crowd. The book is a NYC history lesson, a treatise on comparative economic systems, and an entertaining adventure story. New York 2140 is so much more than a climate change fable. Robinson pulls off a completely believable world of rising oceans, coastal flooding, and economic cataclysm brought on by un-checked unchecked carbon emissions and the resultant global warming. You may have seen some mixed reviews about New York 2140 (too long, too much, etc.). I take it that he has an enthusiastic following of fans. The 6 books that I’ll lobby for Bryan to include in his Near-Future Science Fiction Book Club (with special emphasis on the first 3) are: A good sci-fi book can recharge the batteries for that next digital learning / organizational change push. It is exhausting to always be thinking about all the bad paths that our higher ed industry could travel, and all the ways that technology has not actually improved much of anything in postsecondary education. ![]() Summertime for me is a time to escape into escapist fiction. In a shameless effort to influence which book Bryan chooses to discuss next, I’ll share the 6 latest sci-fi books that have been in my ears and eyes. ![]() The center of the higher ed / edtech universe for discussing sci-fi books is Bryan Alexander’s Near-Future Science Fiction Online Book Club. ![]()
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