Writing Beyond the End of History

Rite Gud

Sci-fi and fantasy are imaginative genres that can show us new, impossible worlds. Sometimes, they offer us escape from our dreary lives. But there’s one thing contemporary SFF can’t seem to escape. As Mark Fisher once said, “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

” In this episode of Rite Gud, Simon McNeil joins us to talk about writing beyond the end of history.

Links:

• Gothic Anti-Realism: Art for the Unsatisfied
• The Problem with the Middle
• The Problem of Neoliberal Realism in Contemporary Fiction
• Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History
• The End of History revisited
• Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour
• Murasaki Shikibu and The Tale of Genji

About Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes and more.

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