Bradford Lyau
he/him
Entrepreneur and Independent Scholar, Globosocks LLC
Community Guest of Honor
Participates in 8 items
Bradford Lyau has been a life-long reader of science fiction, part of fandom for over forty years, and a panelist for over twenty-five years. He is a historian by training (BA, UC-Berkeley; MA, PhD, University of Chicago) and once taught at several universities in California and Europe. He presently works for a start-up company and is a political activist/consultant. He remains active in formal scholarship, publishing academic articles on American, British, French, and other European science fiction. He was an invited program participant in 1984 for the George Orwell Conference held in London, and in 1991 for the Utopian Conference held in Yverdon-les-Bain, Switzerland, as part of Switzerland’s 700th Anniversary celebration. One of his recent articles analyzed Cixin Liu’s recently translated novels, his first attempt to analyze science fiction from a non-Western culture. His book analyzing French science fiction, The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction: Stepchildren of Voltaire, received very positive reviews from leading academic SF journals and is listed as a reference for further reading in the “France” entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Sessions in which Bradford Lyau participates
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- The Seduction of Utopia. San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What would you be willing to give up for utopia? Why is it so many portrayals are rigid and limiting? Why do they take the concept of other and use...
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- People of Color in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Fandom - Is everyone invited? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 16:30 - 18:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Fandom often prides itself on being open and inclusive. Join us for a discussion about whether that is a universal truth or whether the experience ...
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- Building Utopia (A Canticle for Liebowitz) San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
- 10:00 - 11:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- A Human Mars beyond the Planetary Protection Wall San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 - 13:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How long will it take to decide Mars is free of native life? Should astronauts go there before that? What challenges does that represent and who is...
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- Learning from History San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Story to Screen San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" was made into the movie "Arrival". Philip K. Dick has had many of his short stories made into Hollywood movies. W...
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- Appreciation vs. Appropriation San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
- 17:30 - 19:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- When using cultural and religious ideas and themes from cultures and societies other than your own, what obligations, if any, are parts of that “bo...
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- The Eternal Importance of Research San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 11:30 - 13:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- SO, what would have happened if the Brits won the War of 1812? Well, actually - they kind of did. Research before you write alternatives to the wro...