Escape from the Body (WisCon 31 panel)

182 SF & The Escape From The Body

Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Wisconsin• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.

Science fiction, preeminently the literature of the mind, has historically had an uneasy relationship with the body, from (one of) its seminal text(s), Frankenstein, to modern works like The Ship Who Sang, "The Girl Who Was Plugged In," Old Man's War, the Alien movies. Vernor Vinge's notion of the Singularity provides a way for science fiction to escape the restraints of the body entirely. But should we want to?

M: Anne Harris, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Kay Kare, Alicia Kestrell Verlager, Élisabeth Vonarburg