Stephon Stewart, director, inventor, academic and author of the book ‘Dry’, looks at the impact sci-fi has on societal changes
LOS
ANGELES, California – (February 9, 2022) – Science fiction is one of the most popular genres when it comes to books
and movies. People like the escape and entertainment that it offers, but what
they may not realize is that what they are watching does at times come true.
One sci-fi author poses the question of whether or not the genre can lead
people to make changes when it comes to caring for the environment.
“Sci-fi plays an
important role beyond just entertainment because it gives people a visual of
how things may be if we don't make changes,” explains Stephon Stewart,
director and author. “It’s otherwise hard for people to envision what will
happen. Sci-fi can be an awakening in that regard.”
Science fiction
has been around for decades. There have been numerous scenarios depicted in the
stories that have come true. Such things as space travel, robots, earbuds,
self-driving cars, video calls, flip phones, and biometrics all first made
their appearance in science fiction books and movies. Today, these concepts are
a part of our everyday society.
According to the
dictionary, science fiction is fiction-based or imagined future events or
environmental changes. The encyclopedia describes it as fiction that deals with
the impact of actual or imagined science upon society.
In Stewart’s book
“Dry” (Markosia Enterprises, October 2021), the sci-fi fantasy graphic novel
has a mission of showing readers what the planet will be like if we don't
change our environmental habits now. Such changes are necessary to address
global warming because it's predicted by scientists that it will lead to heat
waves, hurricanes, weather extremes, shrinking of the ice caps, rising sea
levels, warming of the ocean, and ocean acidification.
“These problems
are dire and will lead to food insecurity, a major loss of the planet’s
biodiversity, and more war as people feud over resources,” added Stewart.
“Sci-fi is showing us that we are in big trouble if we don’t make changes now.
I hope that people will heed the warnings and act accordingly.”
Stewart’s book,
which was written for ages 13 and up, helps put things into perspective. The
story focuses on the journey a farmer and his daughter who take to find water
to survive because the earth has dried up due to global warming. Readers will
learn about the impact that each of us has on helping to address the problem,
which scientists say is human-caused.
Throughout the
story, we are constantly reminded to not take Earth for granted as we see
troubling visuals of our planet without oceans and agriculture. We see the
future of the alarming consequences of climate change and what would happen if
we continued to allow Earth’s atmosphere to remain in a vulnerable state.
Stewart wrote the book for teens so they may be inspired to grow up to be
scientists or inventors and create solutions for future generations. See how
the story ends and read the 186-page adventure story for yourself. “Dry” is out everywhere now
and available worldwide at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and markosia.com/dry/.
About Stephon Stewart
Stephon Stewart
is a director, writer, artist and academic. The stories
Stewart creates are metaphysical narratives and fantasy
thrillers that implement Nostradamus themes. His concern for the
future of humanity has inspired him to write a trilogy of scripts called DRY,
WET, and ICE. Stewart’s original adventure fantasy script, DRY, was
adapted into a 186-page graphic novel with art by David Cousens and lettering
by Kuen Tang. DRY was acquired by one of the UK’s leading publishers
in the industry, Markosia, and is now available at TARGET, Barnes &
Noble, Amazon and https://markosia.com/dry/. Stewart’s artistic vision is to inspire humanity to remain hopeful and
active in the clean energy transformation for Earth, while his passion has
directed him toward exploration in both science and environmental ethics. This
passion led him to paint on canvas depictions of what may happen to the Earth
if we don’t take care of our planet. Today that art is on apparel with climate
change messaging: Global Transfiguration.
In between filmmaking and writing, Stewart has continued his studies in physics
and has been published in the Open Journal for Biophysics, based on a theory
he's developed with a neuroscientist to unblock blood vessels and clogged
arteries, to extend life: https://www.scirp.org/pdf/ojbiphy_2021102914000143.pdf
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