PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Organization meets on September 21st, 2024 via ZOOM and IN PERSON at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Squirrel Hill, Meeting Room B. Meeting 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm; meeting room and the ZOOM both open for chat at 12:30 pm. To Register for the meeting, visit our website at https://parsec-sff.org/ or use the direct Registration link at https://bit.ly/NewParsec
Our Program:
On Saturday, September 21st , Timons Esaias will be our Guest as he leads a discussion on “Finding the Future in the Past.”
Timons will discuss his technique of “Finding the Future in the Past” for science fiction story ideas. This involves mining 19th century Scientific American articles, Sunday supplement newspaper feature articles, old catalogs, The Illustrated London News, and other rich veins of inspiration. Old photographs will come in for special scrutiny. These artifacts raise interesting questions about the expectations of the past, our views today, and the possible surprises laying in ambush in the future. Tim will discuss how this technique has worked for him. He most likely will go on and on about the fundamental question behind most good fiction: What, exactly, is wrong with this picture? He also teaches workshops.
Meeting Registration
Meeting Registration is at https://bit.ly/NewParsec, or visit our website at https://parsec-sff.org/