*CFP* “PRODUCTIVE FUTURES: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SCIENCE FICTION”, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON

Productive Futures: The Political Economy of Science Fiction

12-14 September

Bloomsbury, London

Organization: London Science Fiction Research Community

Keynote speakers: Dr Caroline Edwards, Dr Joan Haran

Guest authors: Aliette de Bodard, Zen Cho, Tade Thompson

The history of science fiction (SF) is a history of unreal economics: from asteroid mining to interstellar trade, from the sex-work of replicants to the domestic labour of the housewives of galactic suburbia, from the abolition of money and property to techno-capitalist tragedies of the near future.

London Science Fiction Research Community invites abstracts of 300 words, plus 50 word bios, addressing economic themes in SF, and/or exploring how SF can help to widen and evolve our sense of the economic. We encourage submissions from collaborators across disciplines and/or institutions. 

Please submit to lsfrcmail@gmail.com by 31st May 2019.

For the full length call for papers, and more information, please visit www.lsfrc.co.uk or email lsfrcmail@gmail.com.