SIBF 2025 18-22 June, 2025 l COEX Halls A & B1
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SF Lecture
Next Step for Korean Sci-fi ㅣ Why Korean Sci-fi Now?
Next Step for Korean Sci-fi
Though largely unknown in the greater world, Korean sci-fi books have been around for a long time—they were simply waiting to be discovered. Now that these works have entered their first golden era, what will the next stage bring? Active writers with keen understanding of the genre forecast the future of Korean sci-fi.
ㅣ Speaker: Park Hae-ul (Sci-fi Writer), Lee Jong-san (Novelist), Lim Tae-woon (Sci-fi Novelist)
ㅣ Moderator: Park Sang-joon (CEO of Seoul SF Archive)
- Date/Time: June 1 (Wed) 14:30–16:00
- Location: Readers Hall 1
Why Korean Sci-fi Now?
Science fiction, ranging from literary classics like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, 1984, and Brave New World to movies such as the Star Wars and Star Trek mediafranchises, is part of pop culture. In Korea, sci-fi novels have rapidly gained popularity since the 2019 release of Kim Cho-yeop’s If We Can’t Move at the Speed of Light. But what is drawing Korea to sci-fi and why now? This session tries to answer these and other questions about the genre.
ㅣ Speaker: Kim Chang-gyu (Sci-fi Witer), Cheon Seon-ran (Novelist), Hwang Mo-gwa (Sci-fi Writer)
ㅣ Moderator: Park Sang-joon (CEO of Seoul SF Archive)
- Date/Time: June 2 (Thu) 16:30–18:00
- Location: Readers Hall 1
