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Jim Young
Jim Young is a retired U.S. diplomat who served primarily in eastern Europe and Africa. After retiring as the U.S. Coordinator for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Young has worked primarily as an actor and writer. He's done several stage plays and films in the Los Angeles area, and has been writing away on a series of novels about the exploration of higher-dimensional space, the first of which is now on submission. His short stories have appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction and 10FlashQuarterly.
Programming for Jim Young
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| Thu | 11:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox
The emerging field of astrobiology has brought an interdisciplinary approach to the Fermi paradox and the question of whether this is extraterrestrial life. If there is, why haven't we found it? |
| Thu | 12:30 | (A15) | 30 min |
Reading: Jim Young
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| Thu | 15:00 | (A11) | 1 hr |
Near-Future SF in the Real World: The Origins and Future of the Arab Spring
SF sometimes examines the roots and consequences of dramatic societal and regional change. Occasionally, change in the real world matches the genre in scale. We look at one of the most dramatic changes of the past several years, the cataclysmic events in the Middle East. What were the roots of the Arab Spring? Where might this movement be headed? |
| Fri | 11:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Fri 11:00
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| Sat | 13:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 13:00
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| Sun | 12:00 | (A18) | 1 hr |
Whatever Happened to Cyberpunk? (Oh Wait, it is Still with Us...)
Starting with the early works of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and others, Cyberpunk was a major influence within SF in the 1980s and into the 90s. Where is Cyberpunk today? What do we see when we look beyond the convention North American view and past the confines of the strictly written word? |