Lecture: The Politics of Science Fiction | SOMA

Submitted by the Event Organizer

From H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler, from New Wave to Cyberpunk to the Slipstream of today, SF has been a tool to agitate, organize speculate and explore utopian alternatives. Join a panel of working SF pros in a lively discussion of the perils and possibilities. Co-sponsored by PM Press.

Panelist include

• John Shirley – Bram Stoker award winner, cyberpunk pioneer, author of Bleak History , Black Glass …
• Richard Kadrey – Comix pro, celebrated Wired journalist, author of Sandman Slim, Metrophage …
• Lisa Goldstein – American Book Award winner, charter member of SF’s “Shameless Hussies,” author of “The Red Magician,” “The Divided Crown”
• Amelia Beamer – Locus magazine editor, critic, author of “The Loving Dead”.
• Terry Bisson (moderator) Hugo-winning author of “They’re Made out of Meat,” “Fire on the Mountain,” biographer of Mumia Abu Jamal.

TALKS!: Politics of Science Fiction
Wednesday, March 24
7:30pm
Free

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