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Climate change and science fiction: Emeritus Professor Andrew Milner
14 minutes Posted Jan 31, 2017 at 10:39 pm.
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Where is our society going? Where is our culture going? Will it be better or will it be worse in the future? Science fiction deals critically with questions about utopia and dystopia today. Emeritus Professor Andrew Milner, from Monash University’s School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, talks about how understanding science fiction can help us understand literature, climate change and the very future of our planet.
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Music credits: ‘Underwater Bubbles Sound - Meditation White Noise Relaxation’, Sounds Majestic. ‘Retro sci-fi sound effects (free)’, MediaFire.com, ‘Floating’ Poddington Bear, HUSH Records.