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Future Consciousness Insights September 7, 2021 Future Consciousness Insights The Center for Future Consciousness September 7, 2021 In this Issue Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future - New Books - Volumes 2 and 3 The Evolution

Hello Friends and Colleagues,

You are invited to join me at the next Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar, Saturday, January 16, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM [EST].

The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar Series: Module Eight
H. G. Wells: The Father of Modern Science Fiction - The Father of Modern Futures Studies

H. G. Wells is one of the most creative, influential, and prolific writers and thinkers in both modern science fiction and modern futures studies. Author of over 120 fiction and non-fiction books, he wrote on human and natural history; evolution and life; politics, society, education, and economics; time travel, alien invasion, alien societies, biotechnology, and space travel; future war and atomic weaponry; numerous dystopias and utopias; and the future evolution of humanity. In this webinar, devoted entirely to Wells, we will examine the evolution of his philosophy and seminal publications from his youth (such as, “The Man of the Year Million” and “Human Evolution, An Artificial Process”); through his early great science fiction novels (including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon, and The War of the Worlds); his groundbreaking futurist writings (notably The Discovery of the Future, Anticipations, and The Open Conspiracy); and his later utopian and dystopian narratives and speculations (among them, The Food of the Gods, A Modern Utopia, The War in the Air, The Sleeper Awakes, The World Set Free, Men Like Gods, and The Shape of Things to Come).

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“Lombardo's encyclopedic knowledge of SF is remarkable and his accompanying analysis and assessment is full of insights.” Richard Yonck, Association of Professional Futurists and Author of Future Minds

“Tom combines his extensive knowledge of science fiction with insights from the history of culture, science, ideas and imagination, weaving stories with imagery into a thoughtful and thought-provocative mix. I leave the sessions invigorated, and thinking about what I’ve heard for days afterwards. Whether you are a science fiction aficionado, a futurist, or a casual reader interested in exploring this fascinating genre, there is something worthwhile here.” Hank Kune, EDUCORE and the World Futures Studies Federation


"A highly-unusual and very in-depth series of perspectives on how fables and legends morphed into tales of exploration and wonder, and then into thoughtful literature of extrapolation and possibilities.” David Brin, Author of Startide Rising, The Uplift War, and The Postman


"It is unmistakably the best webinar presentation, consecutively viewed or singly viewed, that I have ever spent as a participant or a viewer. Ever!" Cedar Sarilo Leverett, MFA, Society of Consciousness Studies

The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar Series: Module 8 H. G. Wells: The Father of Modern Science Fiction - The Father of Modern Futures Studies H. G. Wells is one of the most creative, influential, and prolific writers and thinkers in both…

You are invited to join me at the next Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar, Saturday, January 02 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM [EST].

Evolution & the Late Nineteenth Century: Utopias, Robots, the Mystical, & the Martians

In the late 19th century, two apparently opposed scientific viewpoints, the theories of evolution and entropy, emerge as fundamental perspectives on cosmic and natural change. These contrasting archetypal narratives would greatly influence science fiction. Covered in this webinar, in the last three decades of the 19th century a giant wave of future war novels were written; many new utopias were created; in Flammarion the cosmic and the spiritual were intricately woven together; future human evolution was examined in The Power of the Coming Race; and there were numerous tales of automata and robots. We repeatedly visited the Martians, and the Martians invaded us.

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The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar Series: Module 7Evolution and the Late Nineteenth Century: Utopias, Robots, the Mystical, and the Martians Evolution & the Late Nineteenth Century: Utopias, Robots, the Mystical, & the Martians Thomas…

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

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The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar Series on Zoom
Module Four: The Rise of Science and Modernity (1500-1750)

November 7, 2020 at 12 to 1:30 pm EST

Beginning with the European “Age of Exploration,” in this new webinar we discuss, how did the Scientific Revolution transform our understanding of nature, ourselves, and the heavens above? How did scientific and religious visions of reality of the period both clash and harmonize in thinking about the possibilities of the future and extraordinary adventures into the unknown? Other topics examined include: Bruno, Fontenelle, and Huygens‘ seminal speculations on alien worlds and alien intelligence; Leibniz’s vision of cosmic evolution; Kepler’s journey to the moon; and the earliest modern utopias.

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"It is unmistakably the best webinar presentation, consecutively viewed or singly viewed, that I have ever spent as a participant or a viewer. Ever!" Cedar Sarilo Leverett, MFA, Society of Consciousness Studies

The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar Series: Module 4 The Rise of Science and Modernity (1500-1750) The Evolution of Science Fiction Webinar SeriesModule Four: The Rise of Science and Modernity…