{"id":414,"date":"2017-09-14T02:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T02:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/2017\/09\/14\/ecopunk-a-minterview-with-matthew-chrulew\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T02:49:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T02:49:45","slug":"ecopunk-a-minterview-with-matthew-chrulew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/2017\/09\/14\/ecopunk-a-minterview-with-matthew-chrulew\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecopunk! A minterview with Matthew Chrulew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over coming weeks we’ll have a series of mini interviews (“minterviews” if you will) with some of the awesome writers in our forthcoming Ecopunk! (check it out on kickstarter http:\/\/kck.st\/2xGeJ9x<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Next up is Matthew Chrulew. <\/strong>Matthew <\/a>is a research fellow at Curtin University. He co-edited the book Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations<\/em> (Columbia UP). His short stories have appeared in Cosmos<\/em>, Aurealis<\/em>, Canterbury 2100<\/em>, The Worker’s Paradise<\/strong>, Macabre<\/em> and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror<\/strong>. His novella The Angælien Apocalypse<\/em> (Twelfth Planet Press) was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award.<\/p>\n

1. Tell us a little about your Ecopunk! story, and the inspiration behind it. <\/b><\/p>\n

Well, as the story’s protagonist, an artist, says, “It’s hard to be too inspired by extinction.” But still, we seek a way to respond. I found my scholarly work helpful but insufficient. Screams of despair into the void are also insufficient, but still. I wrote this useless story.<\/p>\n

2. What science fictional technology do you wish we had now?<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m suspicious of the dream for a technical fix. We need the political technologies and technologies of the self that would destroy fascism and capitalism and all the other coming barbarisms.<\/p>\n

3. With all these scary climate events happening at the moment, it’s sometimes hard to see some light. What gives you the most hope for humanity and the world?<\/b><\/p>\n

The capacity of living things to learn and repair.<\/p>\n

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Ecopunk! – speculative tales of radical futures<\/strong> contains 19 optimistic tales, selected by two award-winning editors, showing how humanity can survive and flourish, despite the looming uncertainty from climate change. The incredible line-up includes some of Australia’s best science fiction writers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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