February 28th, 2019

South Korean Science Fiction Event - USC campus

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South Korean Sci-Fi talk held on University of Southern California campus, February 20, 2019. Opportunity to buy this new translation book of South Korean science fiction (LINK) and listen to speakers read science fiction in English and Korean languages. 

• Ted Chiang (Story of Our Lives book with story adapted into movie, "Arrivals")
• Soyeon Jeong reading from her book Yeongui Next Door
• Gord Sellar (speculative fiction writer, blogger, and chronicle of sci-fi culture in Korea)
• Sang Joon Park (editor and publisher of over 100 sci-fi works in Korean translation and cultivating new generation of Korean sci-fi writers
• Sunyoung Park (professor/monitor of event)

TED Chiang discussed his interest in broader issues-philosophical issues raised with new tech. Then he used the phrase, cognitive cyborg, to describe contemporary humans, suggesting, "our dependence on tech in daily lives may make us less human because of current reliance on smart phones and Google"