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This is the first time I applied, and I got accepted! It’s going to be one of the chapters from my thesis (on Otherness and Gender in Science Fiction). It’s at the Fantasy Matters Conference at the University of Minnesota in November. I’m so excited that I got accepted. Now I have to register and then make the paper work as an oral presentation. I can also sit on a panel too, so I’ll have to research which one I want to do. Wheeee! *I know, I’m a big dork!*
that is awesome! make sure you talk to a lot of people at the conference to make contacts in your field.
What do you mean, you’re a dork? This is so exciting!!!! And I’d like to read your thesis; I find that subject fascinating. Good luck and congrats!
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmThey’re having a whole conference on it! It’s one of my goals that science fiction and fantasy genres become viewed in a more accepting light in academia. It’s already started, but people like me need to keep the ball rolling.
Congrats! That’s awesome! And I agree – scifi and fantasy need to be accepted as literature. Years ago I took a class on fairy tales and fantasy just because the last book was The Hobbit (although I did learn ALOT about fairy tales – yech! the originals are not for the faint of heart). It was kind of funny – no one else ever had their reading of the fairy tales done on time except me (I’m a dork) and then we got to Thanksgiving break and the TA just said to start The Hobbit. We got back and everyone but him had read the whole book! We had the best discussion without him. I think he stayed up the whole night to finish it.
Look at Mercedes Lackey’s Magic trilogy – Vanyel was the first positivily portrayed gay character I can remember reading about. And scifi often discusses ethical questions WAY before the general population. I can remember reading Anne McCaffrey in the 70’s and she talked about AI, cloning, etc. Not to mention Heinlein, Asimov….
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