{"id":11265,"date":"2020-05-28T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:19:02","slug":"an-update-to-our-meeting-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=11265","title":{"rendered":"An update to our meeting, June 6!"},"content":{"rendered":"

There will be two major presentations on June 6. Be sure to tune into our website at 13h.<\/span><\/h4>\n
SF&F Plagues and Diseases, PART 3, presented by Sylvain St-Pierre<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

For the past two months, we have been covering all sorts of disgusting and deadly diseases. As colourful as some of them might be, it’s all rather depressing.<\/p>\n

For a change, the third and final instalment of SF&F Plagues and Diseases will cover the genre’s response to ailments: the strange and wonderful (and often weird) realm of Science Fiction and Fantasy Healing.<\/p>\n

No matter what your Health Care coverage is, you will find yourself wanting for some of those procedures right now.<\/p>\n

Journalism in science fiction and fantasy, presented by Joe Aspler
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Why do so many science fiction characters work as journalists? Is it simply their day job? Or does X-ray vision give you an advantage in snooping out stories? Maybe science fiction and cartoon characters are extra nosy. Think Peter Parker or Lois Lane.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s presentation shows how and why journalism as story-telling \u2013 or as fake story telling \u2013 is an important part of many cartoons science fiction stories.<\/p>\n