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

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

13:30

The Seduction of Utopia.

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Ty Franck (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

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...

16:30

People of Color in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Fandom - Is everyone invited?

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr. Dr. Yvonne White, Teen Lounge (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

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 ...

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Building Utopia (A Canticle for Liebowitz)

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

11:30

A Human Mars beyond the Planetary Protection Wall

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

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...

16:00

Learning from History

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Moderator)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

Sunday 28 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

16:00

Story to Screen

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Karen Brenchley (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

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...

17:30

Appreciation vs. Appropriation

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

Dr. Dr. Yvonne White, Teen Lounge (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

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...

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

11:30

The Eternal Importance of Research

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Karen Brenchley (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

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...