A Grandmother's Oral Tradition Biography Wins the Ondaatje Prize, An Argument for Atheism, Q&A with Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo, and Science Fiction Without the Dystopia : Episode #52 of the Weekly Wrap
*Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian By Joyce Carol Oates Does Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories — Exhalation — support the claim that technology can be a force for human—and robotic—good? * If God Is Dead Your Time Is Everything https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/if-god-is-dead-your-time-is-everything By James Wood Savagely compressed, Hägglund’s argument goes something like this: If what makes our lives meaningful is that time ends, then what defines us is what Marx called “an economy of time.” * Ondaatje prize: Aida Edemariam wins for vivid biography of her grandmother https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/13/royal-society-of-literature-ondaatje-prize-aida-edemariam-the-wifes-tale Aida Edemariam’s The Wife’s Tale, a biography of her grandmother who was born in northern Ethiopia more than 100 years ago and married at the age of eight, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje prize. * Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/13/science-fiction-doesnt-have-to-be-dystopian In Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories, technology can be a force for human—and robotic—good. By Joyce Carol Oates *Q&A with Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo https://sethsingletonstoryteller.com/2019/04/19/qa-with-filipino-boxing-sensation-and-wbc-featherweight-rising-star-mark-magnifico-magsayo/ Featherweight Mark Magnifico Magsayo scored a fourth-round knockout against Erick Deztroyer at The Ring Boxing Community in Singapore. * Find me On Social Media Instagram https://www.instagram.com/seththewriter/ Twitter https://twitter.com/1MoreSingleton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SethSingletonStoryteller/ #Dystopia #Atheism #OndaatjePrize #JoyceCarolOates #MarkMagnificoMagsayo #ScienceFiction #NewYorker #StorytellingwithSeth #Boxing #Filipino #Knockout #KO #TedChiang #AidaEdemariam