Simon Ings: Cupid's Dart (Sonic Acts XV, 2013)


About Sonic Acts XV - The Dark Universe: The Dark Universe is the unknown universe, the universe that remains mysterious. The Dark Universe is also the weird universe that draws us in and enfolds us in its shroud, blacker than burned black. Seekers of the unknown and the undiscovered must be able to imagine the impossible. About this talk: Simon Ings explores a world without visible light: a world in which the sense of sight is explained by an odd-sounding theory of vision called ‘extromission’, that held the world in its sway and served science well for over a thousand years. Simon Ings (UK) is the editor of Arc. He has written several well-received novels, including Dead Water and The Weight of Numbers, as well as a study about the eye, The Eye, A Natural History. This talk was part of Sonic Acts XV's panel 'Futures of Science and Fiction' in which we prepared an impressive line-up of speakers in close collaboration with the magazine Arc, a futuristic collection of fact, fiction and opinion from the makers of New Scientist. Time to speculate on the future…

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