‘Ground Control to Reverend Tom?’ Nineteenth-Century Science Fiction and the Great Moon Hoax

Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

Description

This is part of a series of Discussion Seminars – St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science This talk recounts the biggest ‘fake news’ story of the nineteenth-century, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, a pioneering science fiction in more ways than one. It also considers the hoax as a satire of Creationist astronomy and its legacy in the themes and techniques of ‘lost’ Scottish-American SF writer, Robert Duncan Milne. Both live and online.
Period11 Dec 2024
Event titleCentre for Exoplanet Science related Talks and Discussion Seminars
Event typeSeminar
LocationSt Andrews, United KingdomShow on map