On Saturday, September 21, 2024 Timons Esaias will be our Guest as he leads a discussion on “Finding the Future in the Past.”
PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Organization meets
via ZOOM and IN PERSON at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Squirrel Hill. Meeting 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. Open to the public
Please note, this is a NEW Zoom meeting link as of May 2024! If you registered for the Zoom meetings prior to May, you will need to register again using the new Zoom meeting link
Timons will discuss his technique of “Finding the Future in the Past” for science fiction story ideas. This involves mining 19th century Scientific American articles, Sunday supplement newspaper feature articles, old catalogs, The illustrated London News, and other rich veins of inspiration. Old photographs will come in for special scrutiny. These artifacts raise interesting questions about the expectations of the past, our views today, and the possible surprises laying in ambush in the future. Tim will discuss how this technique has worked for him. He most likely will go on and on about the fundamental question behind most good fiction: What, exactly, is wrong with this picture? He also teaches workshops.
