Reminder that we have another virtual meeting on June 6, 13:00h. The meeting will be on our website, www.monsffa.ca, and on our facebook goup, and facebook page.

There will be two major presentations, Sylvain’s third part to the Plagues in SF/F theme, and Joe Aspler’s presentation on Journalism in SF/F.

Journalism in science fiction and fantasy

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Why does journalism play a role in so many science fiction stories? Winston Smith of the Ministry of Truth in 1984 rewrote the news on a daily basis. William de Worde founded the Ankh-Morpork Times, the first newspaper on Discworld. The James Bond Villain in Tomorrow Never Dies was dedicated to ruling the world with Fake News. TinTin solved crime the old-fashioned way: with a typewriter and a twin-lens reflex camera. Sarah-Jane Smith, companion to the third and fourth Doctor, acted as snoopy journalist when necessary, and as the traditional 1970s SF Screamer at other times.

Today’s presentation shows how and why journalism as story-telling – or as fake story telling – is an important part of many cartoons science fiction stories.