Founded in 1979 by four Claremont Graduate University students, the Claremont Institute’s once mutual relationship with the Claremont Colleges has changed drastically since the Claremont Institute’s origins.
Author: Vivian Fan
Speculative fixations: ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’: Will the revolution be televised?
Does doubling the deaths in the Hunger Games double the fun? Reviewing “Sunrise on the Reaping,” the latest book in the Hunger Games series, Vivian Fan PO ’28 determines whether or not, in this increasingly dystopian time, you should read this dystopian novel.
Speculative Fixations: ‘Stars Don’t Dream’ – Is there optimism in extinction?
In the future, how will humans deal — or not deal — with climate change and the threat of extinction? Reading the sci-fi novelette “Stars Don’t Dream,” which spans three hundred million years and tracks five people’s mission to ensure the survival of life in the universe, Vivian Fan PO ’28 examines how stories can inspire action.
Speculative Fixations: Once upon a stereotypical time in ‘Cinder’
Reading “Cinder,” a dystopian Cinderella retelling set in Asia written by a non-Asian author, Vivian Fan PO ’28, examines whether or not the Asian representation in the book is problematic, entertaining or both.
Speculative Fixations: A relationship made void in ‘As She Climbed Across The Table’
Do you ever feel like you could never live without AI? You’re not alone. In the sci-fi novel “As She Climbed Across the Table,” a physicist falls in love with her experiment, an intelligent void whom she can’t live without. Examining the book, Vivian Fan PO ’28 explores our relationship with AI and how this relationship benefits nonhumans.
Speculative Fixations: Who runs the world? In ‘Herland,’ it’s girls
What does Trump’s recent anti-trans executive order have in common with the 1915 feminist utopian novel “Herland”? Both explore what it means to be an ideal woman. Reading “Herland,” Vivian Fan PO ’28 examines this ideal and its present-day implications.