Comments on: Neal Stephenson on Science Fiction

By: Great Neal Stephenson Talk : gordsellar.com

Great Neal Stephenson Talk : gordsellar.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:56:12 +0000

[...] at mssv posted about the talk here… it seems he was there! And Adrian’s observation about Stephenson’s concept of [...]

By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: May 16, 2008

The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: May 16, 2008 — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:25 +0000

[...] Neal Stephenson recently spoke at a a symposium on Science Fiction as a Literary Genre at Gresham College. [...]

By: Links of The Day: May 11th through May 13th

Links of The Day: May 11th through May 13th — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:31:01 +0000

[...] Neal Stephenson on Science Fiction | Mssv – Nice write-up of a talk Neal Stephenson recently gave called “The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture”. Love the bit about vulcan ears and sci-fi celebrities. And I completely agree with his thoughts on geeks! [...]

By: Gresham College Reviews | Tombstone

Gresham College Reviews | Tombstone — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:00 +0000

[...] awaiting Tombstone’s own coverage of the Gresham engagement (with pics!), MSSV.net has a good detailed account of what Neil discussed, all in all sounds like it as a VERY good talk [...]

By: Roscoe’s Public Notes » Blog Archive » Early links for Saturday, 10 May 2008

Sat, 10 May 2008 05:20:50 +0000

[...] Mssv :: Neal Stephenson on Science Fiction I took the afternoon off today to attend a symposium on Science Fiction as a Literary Genre at Gresham College. However, the main reason I went was because Neal Stephenson (author of Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, Quicksilver, etc) was the keynote speaker. Aside from being one of my favourite science fiction authors, Neal is also an excellent speaker. I last saw him give a talk at Trinity College in Cambridge a few years ago, and since he rarely makes public appearances, I was looking forward to today. … [...]

By: angela

angela — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:19 +0000

That “Vulcan Ears” part is so true! (I also love that Lucy Lawless story).

The fact that a scientist wanted to name the planet he discovered Xena is concrete proof of this. And although the name was dropped eventually, he named the planet Eris, also referring to lawlessness. COINCIDENCE? No way! He had to put Xena somewhere!! :)

By: SF as a Literary Genre « Torque Control

SF as a Literary Genre « Torque Control — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:26:57 +0000

[...] further discussion of Stephenson’s talk here and (second-hand) [...]

By: Adrian Hon

Adrian Hon — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:12:39 +0000

The date on the Gresham website is in the UK format, not the US format ;)

By: Joebob

Joebob — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:45:57 +0000

Nice time dilation – the post precedes the event!