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Libraries, Nurse Logs, and Goats
This article examines how science fiction and speculative fiction are addressing the evolution of post-capitalism government, from AI to solarpunk.
realityskimming
May 511 min read


Terry Birdgenaw on Sustainability
Nina Munteanu interview on sustainability with Canadian SF author and academic Terry Bridgenaw.
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May 16 min read


Governance of Gods
SF author Jennifer Lott on optimism in fiction even when gods govern.
realityskimming
Apr 204 min read


The Sustainability of Snowpiercer
Nina Munteanu on sustainability as seen through the lens of popular TNT series Snowpiercer.
realityskimming
Apr 27 min read


Philosopher Kings in Days of Yore and Ice
Just who had the right to govern the newly organized sport of ice hockey, in the early days of the Stanley Cup? Craig Bowlsby describes governance in Hockey.
realityskimming
Mar 2312 min read


Why Political Winds Should Shape Worldbuilding
People sometimes fear politics, but it’s at the heart of who we are as human beings. As much of our fiction is about people, understanding the politics of the world your characters are living in can be critical in ensuring the world is real enough to such your reader in. Can you have a hereditary monarch in a supposedly enlightened science fiction age? Possibly, but your readers will require you to work hard to reasonably bring it about.
realityskimming
Mar 198 min read


Holly SchofielD On Sustainability
Nina Munteanu interview on sustainability with Canadian SF author Holly Schofield.
realityskimming
Mar 176 min read


Three Poems about Governance
Poet Chuck Fraser believes, with LF, that It is the duty of the poet to record atrocities of the day.
realityskimming
Mar 105 min read


The Hyperobject of Sustainability—A Fractal Phenomenon
Sustainability is a fractal phenomenon. A look at some theories addressing its complexities by Nina Munteanu.
realityskimming
Mar 26 min read


Governance anD What 'Others' Do in a Post-Capitalist Future
Post-capitalist futures explored by ecological SF author Nina Munteanu.

Lynda
Feb 2311 min read


Lynda Williams On Sustainability
Nina Munteanu interview with Lynda Williams, author of the Okal Rel Saga.

Lynda
Feb 1814 min read


Why we need government: A plaintive explanation
SF author Geoff Hart on how to create a government for your novel.
realityskimming
Feb 99 min read


Sustainability Before Ambition - A Call for Dialogue
Nina Munteanu introduces Sustainability Before Ambition, her Reality Skimming column on all things narrative and environment.
realityskimming
Feb 22 min read


Leadership in Strange Dimensions
Leadership features in Joe Mahoney's series, launching with the first book, Captain's Away, and set in his strange dimensions universe.
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Jan 267 min read


Things about Governance - 2026
Reality Skimming publisher and Okal Rel Author Lynda Williams launches the topic "Things About Governance" for Jan - June 2026 on the Reality Skimming Blog.
realityskimming
Jan 44 min read


On Becoming a writer
Andrew Burton explains how his relationship with his father impacted his relationship with writing, and encourages writers to "just do it"!
realityskimming
Dec 29, 202512 min read


Not a Writer, Just a Storyteller
Kyle was always a storyteller, just not a writer.
realityskimming
Dec 23, 20256 min read


The Story of Polar Borealis Magazine
The story of how R. Graeme Cameron created Polar Borealis Magazine and Polar Starlight Magazine, devoted to Canadian Speculative Fiction.
realityskimming
Nov 18, 20254 min read


First Sight of Green World
Amel, at 16, getting his first sight of a green world as he and Ayrium arrive on Barmi II.

Lynda
Nov 13, 20252 min read


Changing the World: One Performance at a Time
A practitioner of Augusto Boal's forum theatre illustrates its purpose and power through an example set in Mission, B.C.
realityskimming
Nov 3, 202511 min read
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