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Late Post: Futurecon 2021

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FutureCon – The Future Happens Everywhere

If you missed our panel “POSTHUMOUS POSTHUMANITY: What’s Beyond The Human Species? Augmentation, Hybridization and Externalization; New Identities Arising in Contemporary Science Fiction” last 4th of September 2021, you can now catch it on YouTube –


I talked about the future of humanity with Aliette de Bodard (France), Stanley Chan Chen Qiufan (China), Daniela L. Guzmán (Mexico), Renan Bernardo (Brazil), and our wonderful moderator Leonardo Espinoza Benavides (Chile).

My Singapore Writers Festival 2019 Schedule

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SWFVersionThree_V1_BlackWow, where did the year go? It’s hard to believe we are coming to that time of year when the Singapore Writers Festival comes a cracking.  I have two events this year, the details of which are listed below:

  • [Conversations] Is Science the New Religion?

Sat, 9 Nov, 11.00am – 12.00pm, Asian Civilisations Museum, Ngee Ann Auditorium

Yuval Noah Harari theorized that religion is humankind’s greatest invention. But do spiritual belief and faith still have a place in this age of science and technology? This conversation considers the relationships between science fiction, science, faith, hyperreality, and the future of humankind.

Featuring: Chen Qiufan (Stanley Chan), Neon Yang, Tony Estrella

Moderator: Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

  • [Conversations] Ruling the Galaxy

Sat, 9 Nov, 5.00pm – 6.00pm, The Arts House, Living Room

When writing about intergalactic empires and space adventures, to what extent do writers need to be mindful of scientific plausibility? Should they abide by space travel rules at all? Three writers discuss why they’ve chosen to set their stories in space and how they’ve imagined an entire interstellar universe.

Featuring: Victor Dixen, Boey Meihan, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

Moderator: Jason Erik Lundberg