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ConCarolinas 2019 / Deep South Con 57  ||  May 31st - June 2nd
Friday, May 31 • 5:00pm - 5:50pm
The Politics of the Alternate

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How can speculative fiction use alternate history and alternate present to celebrate people whose real histories bear the scars of colonialism, genocide, and/or slavery? How can alternate histories that don't center on these themes avoid making light of, or reinforcing the inevitability of, these atrocities?

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avatar for A.J. Hartley

A.J. Hartley

A.J. Hartley (also writing as Andrew Hart) is the internationalbestselling author of 22 novels for kids and adults, including the awardwinning Steeplejack series, Lies That Bind Us (thriller), Cold BathStreet (a ghost story), Cathedrals of Glass (scifi), and the SekretMachines series... Read More →
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Faith Hunter

Author, Writing
New York Times bestselling author Faith Hunter has written the Jane Yellowrock series and the Rogue Mage series, as well as the Rogue Mage Role Playing Game. The Soulwood series will be a paranormal crime solving trilogy featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram. Under the pen name Gwen Hunter... Read More →
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Quincy J. Allen

Author, Quincy J. Allen
National Bestselling Author Quincy J. Allen is a cross-genre author with a wide assortment of publications under his belt. His media tie-in novel Colt the Outlander: Shadow of Ruin was a Scribe Award finalist in 2019, and his noir sci-fi novel Chemical Burn was a Colorado Gold Aw... Read More →


Friday May 31, 2019 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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