Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Margaret Atwood's lecture at ASU on the cli fi literature and the future...



Walton Initiatives @WSSIatASU · 1h 1 hour ago I prefer to call #climatechange everything-change because no matter what you believe everything will change @MargaretAtwood #climatefutures 0 replies 5 retweets 2 favorites Reply Retweet5 Favorited2 More Manjana Milkoreit @ManjanaM · 1h 1 hour ago #maddaddam is a fiction set in the NEAR future, in the realm of possibility. Speculative fiction = blueprints of possible futures #CliFi 0 replies 1 retweet 2 favorites Reply Retweeted1 Favorited2 More Manjana Milkoreit retweeted Piper Writers House @PiperWriters · 1h 1 hour ago “@jose602: .@MargaretAtwood reading a summary of Men in Black 3! #ClimateFutures #MiB” But she makes it look good (in Agent J's voice). View conversation 0 replies 2 retweets 1 favorite Reply Retweet2 Favorite1 More Manjana Milkoreit @ManjanaM · 1h 1 hour ago #margaretatwood#: "this could happen" is the subtext of #CliFi #ClimateFutures @WSSIatASU @imaginationASU @ASUgreen 0 replies 0 retweets 3 favorites Reply Retweet Favorited3 More Manjana Milkoreit retweeted Ed Finn @zonal · 1h 1 hour ago Having the surreal experience of watching @MargaretAtwood's lecture from backstage before I interview her for our #climatefutures event. 0 replies 4 retweets 8 favorites Reply Retweet4 Favorite8 More Manjana Milkoreit retweeted Nikki Steele @nnsteele · 1h 1 hour ago .@MargaretAtwood while talking about apocalyptic futures is the only person who could keep the whole audience laughing #ClimateFutures 0 replies 3 retweets 2 favorites Reply Retweet3 Favorite2 More Manjana Milkoreit @ManjanaM · 1h 1 hour ago The future is everybody's playground. #margaretatwood #imagination 0 replies 1 retweet 0 favorites Reply Retweet1 Favorite More Manjana Milkoreit @ManjanaM · 1h 1 hour ago Ed Finn opening the evening with #margaretatwood. Talking about #climatefiction #ClimateFutures and #imagination. Very exciting!

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Tina ‏@threeinthebed 14m14 minutes ago
@MargaretAtwood Brilliant. Funny. Engaging. Thank you. #ClimateFutures
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Sarah Glady ‏@gladyface 19m19 minutes ago
"It's all in there." -on the overlap of fairy tales, myth, sustainability, and more #ClimateFutures
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Jordan Loveridge ‏@jtloveridge 21m21 minutes ago
.@rachelandoga gets a shout out in the #ClimateFutures talk with @MargaretAtwood!
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Layal Rabat ‏@Layalzebub 23m23 minutes ago
If you're having a migraine headache, you cab heal it by putting a purring cat on your head. @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures #fb
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Jose Gonzalez ‏@jose602 23m23 minutes ago
.@robdelaney "If you have a migraine, you should put a purring cat on your head." - @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Cathrine McClure ‏@CathyAnnMac 25m25 minutes ago
Do you think that the God's Gardeners are a realistic model for sustainability in the future? #climatefutures
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Sarah Glady ‏@gladyface 26m26 minutes ago
"You got some mosquitos? It rained? You weren't ready for that, were you?" Margaret Atwood explains weather to AZ folks. #ClimateFutures
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Faris ‏@faris 28m28 minutes ago
@MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures what are your thoughts on companies offering to pay for women to freeze their eggs?
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Jose Gonzalez ‏@jose602 29m29 minutes ago
@MargaretAtwood talking about Oslo, Norway's Future Library project: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Library_project … #ClimateFutures
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Sarah Glady ‏@gladyface 29m29 minutes ago
Margaret Atwood on the future libraries project, "it is hopeful bc it assumes there will be people." #ClimateFutures
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Park Howell ‏@ParkHowell 32m32 minutes ago
@MargaretAtwood If we were at the top of our storytelling games in kindergarten, why does it become so difficult as we age? #ClimateFutures
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Justice ‏@erinmjustice 37m37 minutes ago
"I wish you much hope." - @MargaretAtwood #climatefutures
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katie dreke ‏@katiedreke 37m37 minutes ago Phoenix, AZ
Margaret Atwood #climatefutures - you can submit a question to her live talk right NOW via the above hashtag.

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At the Margaret Atwood lecture? Tweet your questions for the Q&A session using #ClimateFutures
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Jose Gonzalez ‏@jose602 1h1 hour ago
On future:
"First we imagine it. Then we make it."
Negative: "Nightmares about it, hope it won't come true." @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Dee Perry ‏@deebperry 1h1 hour ago
Note to self "there are parts of your body you should not plug into a vacuum cleaner." @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Nikki Steele ‏@nnsteele 1h1 hour ago
"Let me add there are body parts you should never stick into a vacuum cleaner." . @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Piper Writers House ‏@PiperWriters 1h1 hour ago
“@jose602: .@MargaretAtwood reading a summary of Men in Black 3! #ClimateFutures #MiB” But she makes it look good (in Agent J's voice).
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Ed Finn ‏@zonal 1h1 hour ago
Having the surreal experience of watching @MargaretAtwood's lecture from backstage before I interview her for our #climatefutures event.
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Nikki Steele ‏@nnsteele 1h1 hour ago
.@MargaretAtwood while talking about apocalyptic futures is the only person who could keep the whole audience laughing #ClimateFutures
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Manjana Milkoreit ‏@ManjanaM 1h1 hour ago
@MargaretAtwood : "Art and science are part of the same - humanness." #ClimateFutures #climatechange
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Terry GreeneSterling ‏@TGSterling 1h1 hour ago
"clifi" = climate fiction by @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Devoney Looser ‏@devoneylooser 2h2 hours ago
I'd love Atwood to talk abt 19th c. women's lives & why that era has proven a fertile canvas for her fiction and poetry #climatefutures
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Walton Initiatives ‏@WSSIatASU 2h2 hours ago
It's a packed house at @herbergertheatr tonight for @MargaretAtwood! #CliFi #climatefutures
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Prosser Architects ‏@ProsserArch 2h2 hours ago
I'll be posting nuggets from @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures talk as it happens
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Prosser Architects ‏@ProsserArch 2h2 hours ago
Waiting for Magaret Atwood to speak at Herberger Theater in Phoenix #ClimateFutures
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Terry GreeneSterling ‏@TGSterling 2h2 hours ago
pins and needles -- just about to hear @MargaretAtwood talk about fiction and #climatefutures
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The Lonely D12 Team ‏@thelonelyd12 2h2 hours ago
#ClimateFutures what are your favorite climate fiction novels?
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Heather Gabel ‏@HeatherGabel 2h2 hours ago
Stoked to hear @MargaretAtwood speak tonight in Pheonix! #climatefutures
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Piper Writers House ‏@PiperWriters 2h2 hours ago
Don't wait to tweet your questions for Margaret Atwood! Use the hashtag #ClimateFutures
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Nikki Steele ‏@nnsteele 3h3 hours ago
I can't contain the squees. So excited to see @MargaretAtwood tonight! #ClimateFutures

DANIELBLOOM said...


"You got some mosquitos? It rained? You weren't ready for that, were you?" Margaret Atwood explains weather to AZ folks.



Margaret Atwood on the future libraries project, "it is hopeful bc it assumes there will be people."



Why is that? Should I tell you? Yes. You need to know. Sea bird poop fertilizes algae and increases fish populations.

DANIELBLOOM said...

If you're having a migraine headache, you cab heal it by putting a purring cat on your head.
@MargaretAtwood

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Nature will take care of it. Trouble is, you may not like it. Nature's methods can be a little harsh. -

@MargaretAtwood #climatefutures

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The very charming @MargaretAtwood 'bc of speculative fiction like hunger game & walking dead, we're ready for apocalypse




Why is that? Should I tell you? Yes. You need to know. Sea bird poop fertilizes algae and increases fish populations.


I love how Margaret Atwood cracks herself up.

Anonymous said...

I prefer to call #climatechange everything-change because no matter what you believe everything will change @MargaretAtwood #climatefutures

DANIELBLOOM said...

"Let me add there are body parts you should never stick into a vacuum cleaner."

Anonymous said...



MargaretAtwood reading a summary of Men in Black 3! #ClimateFutures #MiB” But she makes it look good (in Agent J's voice).

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Ed Finn ‏@zonal


Having the surreal experience of watching @MargaretAtwood's lecture from backstage before I interview her for our #climatefutures event.

DANIELBLOOM said...


.@MargaretAtwood while talking about apocalyptic futures is the only person who could keep the whole audience laughing #ClimateFutures


@MargaretAtwood : "Art and science are part of the same - humanness." #ClimateFutures #climatechange

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Esjay Buttons ‏@esjaybuttons 30m30 minutes ago


For those who are new to CliFi, what other storytellers would you recommend?

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Esjay Buttons ‏@esjaybuttons 30m30 minutes ago


For those who are new to CliFi, what other storytellers would you recommend?

Anonymous said...

Do you think that the God's Gardeners are a realistic model for sustainability in the future? #climatefutures

DANIELBLOOM said...

@MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures

what are your thoughts on companies offering to pay for women to freeze their eggs?

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Microphone issues while @MargaretAtwood is talking about technology....sentient technology, perhaps? #climatefutures #skynet

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Jose Gonzalez ‏@jose602 48m48 minutes ago
"Telling a story is our preferred method of knowledge absorption." - @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures
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Faris ‏@faris 48m48 minutes ago
“@katiedreke: Margaret Atwood #climatefutures - you can submit a question to her live talk right NOW via the above hashtag.”
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Prosser Architects ‏@ProsserArch 49m49 minutes ago
We are all storytellers. @MargaretAtwood #ClimateFutures

Anonymous said...

‏@erinmjustice
hi dan at @clificentral

transcript of atwood speech and video not yet, happening live...#ClimateFutures includes quotations so far. Planning on posting a recap tomorrow, though!

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5 feet four inches! cool

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Nikki Steele ‏@nnsteele 2h2 hours ago
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MargaretAtwood while talking about apocalyptic futures is the only person who could keep the whole audience laughing #ClimateFutures

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Small Talk: Margaret Atwood
Interview by Trisha Andres

FT UK

What am I most proud of writing? I’m Canadian. We’re not allowed to have emotions like that



Who is your perfect reader?
Somebody who gets the joke.

Which books are on your bedside table?
My bedside table is quite large – and on it are some of the 145 novels that I’m reading for the Scotiabank Giller Prize [for Canadian fiction] of which I’m a judge. I’m also reading Feral by George Monbiot and Richard Mabey’s Weeds and Turned Out Nice Again.
Where do you write best?
Planes, trains and ships are good because nobody phones.


What would you go back and change?
I would like to be taller. Not a lot taller, just 3in taller. I’d prefer to be about 5ft 7in, which is the new normal. I used to be the normal, but not any more.

What’s your current favourite word?
The most peculiar word that I’ve just come across, not necessarily my favourite, is “jorts”, meaning jean shorts. It actually sounds like something I might have made up myself.

How do you relax?
Cross-country skiing. I always take a foghorn in case I topple over and can’t get up.

What book do you wish you had written?
The complete works of William Shakespeare would do me nicely, thank you.

What are you most proud of writing?
I’m Canadian. We’re not allowed to have emotions like that.

How would you earn your living if you had to give up writing?
A highly paid position in which I didn’t have to do very much work. If I could go back in time, I could be a lord and have a lot of perks and wouldn’t have to do anything. All I would have to do is gamble, drink and squander my estate.

Which literary character would you like to play in a film?
Miss Havisham. I think I’d be very good at that. I used to dress up as a witch for Halloween, so I could dig up my costume and my cackling voice.

What is your favourite place in the world?
The Canadian Arctic. It is spectacular – a life-changing landscape.

Who are your literary influences?
I’m too old to have any at the moment. In high school, it was Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Mansfield and Ray Bradbury.