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what’s the difference between As the graphic novel is increasingly
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writing for young adults and writing being accepted as a legitimate
for everyone else? Is there a form of literature, what makes a
difference at all? great SF comic? Why are writers from
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tV and literature interested in the
We ask these experts to give us the
format? We discuss these issues with
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low-down on writing successfully in
some of the finest practitioners of the
this very competitive niche.
medium.
Panel discussion with:
Panel discussion with:
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PAUL STEWART/CHRIS RIDDELL
BRYAN TALBOT
OISIN MCGANN
PAUL DUFFIELD
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CHRIS WOODING
PAUL CORNELL
CHINA MIÉVILLE
sAt 2nd MAY 2.30PM
sAt 2nd MAY 11.00AM
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Robots And ReALItY
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It’s 1899 – tHe RIse of steAMPUnK
we live in a world where robots
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replace real people all the time,
yet fictional robots are everything
Steampunk has been bubbling
from cleaners to companions, sex
away for years, but now Steampunk
toys to sidekicks. Are we being
theatre and cabaret scenes are
realistic about robots in our fiction?
slowly establishing themselves,
Does the robot reality really matter?
traditional ‘goths’ are replacing
their eyeliner for goggles, cogs and
Panel discussion with:
gentleman’s jackets and Solaris TONY BALLANTYNE
has just published an anthology of
OISIN MCGANN
Steampunk writing.
Followed by the official launch of
So why has it taken so long for
tony ballantyne’s new novel
Steampunk to break through? Why
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now? And where do we think it is
going?
sAt 2nd MAY 5.15PM
Panel discussion with:
STEPHEN HUNT
CHRIS WOODING
BRYAN TALBOT
PAUL DUFFIELD
sAt 2nd MAY 12.30PM
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009
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