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Saturday, October 17 • 11:00am - 12:00pm
The End of the Age of Empires

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A panel discussing empires in SFF. Is an empire ever morally right? Why do we gravitate so commonly in this genre to tales of empire royalty? What is in these stories that attracts us can we break out of them still tell exciting adventure stories? Can you even have an adventure SFF without an "US vs THEM" dynamic? If empires fall...what comes next?
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C.L. Clark

Cherae is the author of The Unbroken, the first book in the Magic of the Lost trilogy. She graduated from Indiana University’s creative writing MFA and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow. She’s been a personal trainer, an English teacher, and an editor, and is some combination... Read More →

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Matt Wallace

Matt Wallace is a Hugo Award winner and the author of Rencor: Life in Grudge City, the Sin du Jour series, Savage Legion, and Bump. He’s also penned over one hundred short stories in addition to writing for film, television, and video games. In his youth he traveled the world as... Read More →
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Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine is speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She is currently a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation... Read More →
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K.S. Villoso

K.S. Villoso writes speculative fiction with a focus on deeply personal themes and character-driven narratives. Much of her work is inspired by her childhood in the slums of Taguig, Philippines. She is now living amidst the forest and mountains with her husband, children, and dogs... Read More →
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Aishwarya Subramanian

Reviews Editor, Strange Horizons
Dr Aishwarya Subramanian is an academic who researches fantasy, spatiality, and children's literature. She's also a reviews editor at Strange Horizons.

Saturday October 17, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
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