Name: Aliens and Hurtful Stereotypes
Start: 2025-07-13T10:00:00-0400
End: 2025-07-13T11:00:00-0400

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Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Aliens are so tired of hurtful stereotypes! Many sci-fi alien species are defined by a single dominant characteristic: Warlike or peaceful, hot-tempered or zen, wise or foolish. What makes an alien culture "alien," and how can you create a rich alien culture that defies stereotyping based on a single trait?

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Dennis M Myers

Literary Guest

Born and raised in central Minnesota, Dennis M. Myers developed a serious reading habit early in life due to the influence of his grandmother. In late high school he read one particularly "awful" book and, with all that teenage hubris, decided that he could do better.After spending... Read More →

Jim Beall

Science Guest

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for 50 years, beginning as a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy. Civilian experience includes design, construction, inspection, enforcement, and assessment with a nuclear utility, an architect engineering firm, and the... Read More →

Jo Boone

Literary Guest

Jo Boone is the author of the Combined Service series: The Magnetar, Elaninae, and The Celestial Sea, published by Chris Kennedy Publishing/Theogony Press. Jo’s science fiction and fantasy stories have appeared in Remnants of Empire and (under the byline Jennifer Busick) in the... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
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