Andy Sawyer, course director of the science fiction studies MA program at the University of Liverpool and reviews editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, is speaking at the University of Jyväskylä this Thursday as part of the “Cult and Identity: Conference on the study of cults and audiences” event. His subject is “The Enchanted Duplicator and Other Fables: British Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s”. Among other programming at the event is also a presentation by Irma Hirsjärvi on sex and gender in sf literature. Don’t miss this if you just have a chance to be there!
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Darn, probably a bit late to get a flight. Say hi to Andy for me. And Ipa, of course.
Unfortunately I can’t whip up an excuse to go to Jyväskylä on a workday, so I’ll miss it too. Double darn.
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