The Parsec Monthly Meeting is now the Parsec Monthly Event!
Please note the venue change for March!
Date: Sat March 15, 2025.
Location: ZOOM and IN PERSON at the Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15228. Event is in Room A, lower level.
Time: 12:30 to 3:30pm
Open to the Public!
Our program this month is to brainstorm about this year’s Confluence Conference, to be held at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel on July 25, 26 & 27 2025.
The focus of this months event is to propose and discuss panel topics for the Confluence conference. We welcome input and ideas from all Parsec members and guests of Parsec.
Come and help us plan an outstanding year for Confluence!
Below are some panel ideas just to get you thinking:
- Pittsburgh as a Speculative Setting
- How can Pittsburgh’s industrial history and modern reinvention inspire unique SFF
- narratives?
- AI as Co-Creator of Genre Fiction
- Discuss the role of artificial intelligence in writing
- Cross-Genre Mashups: When Sci-Fi Meets Fantasy Meets Noir
- Inspired by Rambo’s eclectic work, discuss the appeal and challenges of blending genres.
- Finding Beauty in Broken Worlds
- Explore the balance of hope and darkness in SFF narratives.
- How Today’s Tech Shapes Tomorrow’s Fiction
- Examine how AI, robotics, modern space efforts, and biotechnology influence
- speculative storytelling, with a nod to Pittsburgh’s tech hub status.