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Saturday, October 19 • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
The Ace of Possibilities

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Time and again in speculative fiction, sex is portrayed as a universal definition of the human experience, but in reality that's not the case for everyone. How has asexuality been treated in speculative fiction? What authors are writing from an asexual perspective today? In a future world where advanced reproductive technologies exist, should sex even be a thing anymore?
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Kari Maaren

Author
Kari Maaren is a writer, cartoonist, musician, and academic whose first novel, the YA fantasy Weave a Circle Round, was published by Tor Books in 2017. It tied for the 2018 Copper Cylinder Award (YA category), was a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Young Adult Science... Read More →

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Phoebe Barton

Attendee
Phoebe Barton is a queer trans science fiction writer based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Analog, Lightspeed, and Kaleidotrope, anthologies from Neon Hemlock and World Weaver Press, and she wrote the interactive Nebula Award-finalist... Read More →
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Sienna Tristen

Sienna Tristen is a writer and artist based out of Toronto. She is the author of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming, the flagship fantasy story of The Shale Project, and her first work of poetry, The Insomniac's Assistant , is available through Penrose Press. A purveyor of many skills... Read More →

Saturday October 19, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Salon D - 20 seats
  Literary, Panel

Attendees (22)