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Deji Bryce Olukotun
Sci-fi author and contributing writer, Necessary Tomorrows

Deji Bryce Olukotun is the author of two novels, and his fiction has appeared in five different book collections. His novel After the Flare won the 2018 Philip K. Dick special citation and was chosen as one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, The Washington Post, Syfy.com, Tor.com and Kirkus Reviews, among others. His short story “Between the Dark and the Dark,” published in Lightspeed magazine, was selected by editor Diana Gabaldon for Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He currently works for the audio technology company Sonos and he is a Future Tense Fellow at the Center for Science & the Imagination at Arizona State University.


Deji is a contributing writer for the Necessary Tomorrows podcast.


240115 Necessary Tomorrows S1E3 web
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S1 E3 Necessary Tomorrows

A Feast For Cobalt

What if we discovered that outer space has the green minerals we needed for a carbon-free future? Written by sci-fi author Deji Bryce Olukotun.

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240119 Necessary Tomorrows S1E4 web
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S1 E4 Necessary Tomorrows

Sharing the Stars

How can we explore space while avoiding the colonial mistakes of the past?

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