Virtual Futures has crossed the Atlantic for a New York City edition of its Near Future Fictions event series. Continuing its mission to reassert the significance of science-fiction as a tool for navigating our interactions with technology in the future, this event aims to bring together American and U.K writers to delve beneath the Big Apple's luminescent veneer. By exploring the near future through an academic introduction, a short story reading by each of our authors, and a moderated panel discussion, it hopes to cast light on how the technological innovations lurking around the corner will affect our lives. This is an evening of staring the future deep in the eyes and challenging everything it seems to promise. Featured speakers: Tim Maughan - Author and journalist using both fiction and non-fiction to explore issues around cities, class, culture, technology, and the future. His work regularly appears on the BBC, New Scientist, and Vice/Motherboard. Joanne McNeil - Writer, editor and critic who has contributed to The New York Times and Rhizome. Brendan C. Byrne - Fiction author and critic, whose work has appeares in The Baffler, Rhizome, Terraform and Flapperhouse. Jennifer Marie Brissett - Science fiction author whose debut novel Elysium was the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation, and who's short stories have been published in The Future Fire and Terraform.
New York City, NY; NYC