SCIENCE FICTION– OR REALISM?

Hello! With writers and actors strikes against giant movie conglomerates in Hollywood; with every scam artist on the planet joining the AI-hype techno-bubble big money bandwagon– and contentious politics on all sides (plus ongoing war in Ukraine), we thought we’d present a moment of summer escapism. NOT! Our feature story, “The Henry Plan” by screenwriter Matt O’Reilly (on break from his usual writing for some reason– it’s perplexing) is not exactly designed to lower any widespread fear and paranoia. But it might wake people up to the direction in which this technology-at-all-costs mindset is taking us.

He continued toward the far end of the hall, but well before he got there, he spotted something that made him stop short and stare, wide-eyed. Staining the floor ahead of him were years-old blood stains that trailed down the hall. Henry followed the blood stains with great eagerness. Where would the trail lead? It was as much excitement as he had felt on the station for as long as he could remember.

(Speaking of AI and writers, and ongoing happenings, we still have our “Save the Writer!” petition out there, our small contribution toward saving human creativity– one of numerous petitions and actions from a wide variety of artists and writers of all kinds across the world.)