[Sfts-students] [Sfts-faculty] August 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim

[eric.schwitzgebel at ucr.edu]

See (some of you) there!

I'll be in a session with Eric Linus Kaplan (writer for Big Bang Theory and
Futurama among others) on alien and robot consciousness.

Best wishes,

Eric

On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM andré carrington via Sfts-faculty <
sfts-faculty at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Greetings, everyone,
>
> The World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) is the longest-running
> gathering for science fiction fans, authors, and artists. It's taken place
> in many cities throughout the world. You'll see photos from many past
> conventions in the Jay Kay Klein photographs and papers
> <https://calisphere.org/collections/26943/>, and you can access many more
> in the Eaton Collection. Members/attendees also vote to decide the Hugo
> Awards <https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hugo>.
>
> I'm working on providing free or subsidized membership for UCR grad
> students to attend WorldCon this August in Anaheim, CA. I've created a
> Google form to register interest. If you'll be in California this August
> and would like to attend, please complete this form. To maintain the
> integrity of the process, please don't share it.
>
> https://forms.gle/kP4U4ccWQ1noUvSL7
>
> --
> andré m. carrington
>
> Associate Professor of English
> University of California, Riverside
> Director, Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions & Cultures of
> Science <https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report>
> --
> Editor, *The Black Fantastic*
> <https://www.loa.org/books/the-black-fantastic-20-afrofuturist-stories-paperback/>, Library
> of America, 2025
> *Audiofuturism: Science Fiction Radio Drama & the Black Fantastic
> Imagination*
> <https://fordhampress.com/audiofuturism-hb-9781531513320.html>
> *Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction*
> <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness>
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