Birkbeck's science fiction PhD students have organised the London Science Fiction Research Community to bring together postgraduates and academics in the London area interested in science fiction. The group has its own Facebook page and has started meeting regularly for a reading group – the title for 2015's list of texts is "Transcending the Flesh: SF and Cognitive Technologies."
Reading List for 2015:
12 January 2015 | Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race, 1871
2 February 2015 | A. E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A, 1948
2 March 2015 | William Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984
13 April 2015 | Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, 1971
4 May 2015 | Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End, 1953
1 June 2015 | Stanislaw Lem, Golem XIV, 1981
6 July 2015 | Steven Hall, The Raw Shark Texts, 2007
3 August 2015 | Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker, 1937
7 September 2015 | Charles Stross, Accelerando, 2005
The group is open to all, so please do get in touch via the Facebook page if you would like to join the research community and attend future reading group meetings.
Banner image by Torley under a CC BY-SA license.
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