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Brave New World re-imagined Creative Commons Image By Abode of Chaos via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

24 January 2012

80 years since the publication of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, Geoff Andrews wonders how it might be re-imagined today in the context...  Read more : Brave New World re-imagined

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We make the cities, and the city makes usCreative Commons Image Al_HikesAZ under CC-BY-NC licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Professor Sophie Watson (The Open University), Professor Matthew Gandy (Guest)

23 May 2011

As Phoenix grows a square mile a day, Eastern European cities are knocking down unwanted housing. Our relationship with cities is increasingly complex...  Read more : We make the cities, and the city makes us

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Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Derek Neale (The Open University), Iain Banks (Guest)

27 January 2011

Author Iain Banks talks to the OU's Derek Neale about the digitisation of books, his writing process, the impact of world events on his work...  Read more : Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind

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The death of Arthur C ClarkeBBC

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

19 March 2008

Reflections on the death of Arthur C Clarke, the science fiction writer who predicted the development of satellite communications technology.  Read more : The death of Arthur C Clarke

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A reader's guide to Never Let Me GoCreative Commons Image bloomgal under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Stephanie Forward (The Open University)

01 April 2007

Let us be your guide to the story of strange events in the English countryside, as we introduce Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel.  Read more : A reader's guide to Never Let Me Go

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A reader's guide to Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?BBC

By Dr Stephanie Forward (The Open University)

01 January 2007

Get under the realistic-looking skin of the book which inspired Blade Runner.  Read more : A reader's guide to Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

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A reader's guide to FrankensteinCreative Commons Image ensh under CC-BY-NC-SA

By Dr Stephanie Forward (The Open University)

01 January 2006

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, first published in 1818, tells the story of a scientist obsessed with attempting to create life and stop death.  Read more : A reader's guide to Frankenstein

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The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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