Welcome to Hieroglyph

Rekindling our grand ambitions for the future through hopeful, technically grounded visions of the near future by Neal Stephenson and other leading science fiction authors.

In a collaboration with Neal Stephenson, ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination teams up authors with scientists, engineers and other researchers to write science fiction stories that envision a near future radically changed by technological innovation. The project aims to break out of the gloomy, dystopian rut that dominates so many of our visions of the future by inspiring people to think critically and creatively about science, technology and society. CSI hosted an online platform that enables quick, easy collaboration between writers and researchers and invites broad public participation.