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Sean McMullen
Sean McMullen is an Australian SF and fantasy author, although he is published mostly in the USA and Europe. He has had seventeen books and seventy stories published, and has won over a dozen awards. Sean got the loyalty of a large readership with Souls in the Great Machine (Tor, 1999), a novel of a future Australia ruled by a caste of psychopathic librarians and run by a human powered computer. His latest novel is Changing Yesterday (2011), a YA time travel story (described as "Alien on the Titanic") which is the sequel to Before the Storm (described by one critic as the "Terminator Meets the Bronte Sisters"). Sean works in scientific computing, has a PhD in medieval fantasy literature, and teaches karate in Melbourne University.
Programming for Sean McMullen
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| Thu | 11:00 | (C01) | 1 hr |
The Ethics of AI
What rights and responsibilities should/would artificially developed sentient beings (of whatever sort) have? |
| Fri | 13:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Fri 13:00
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| Sat | 11:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
The Real Middle Ages
Since the time of William Morris, much fantasy has been set in a pre-industrial world of warriors and castles. Why do writers love the Middle Ages? What do the authors leave out, or get wrong? |
| Sat | 13:30 | (A14) | 30 min |
Reading: Sean McMullen
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| Sun | 11:00 | (A10) | 1 hr |
Fantasy and the Personal View
Experiences inform a writer's work with authenticity and insight in a way that research in the library never could. The reader’s experiences then color their perception of the text. Panelists will discuss their background and experiences and the ways in which they and others translated those experiences to and from the page. |
Home Page: http://www.seanmcmullen.net.au
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