Upcoming Presentation

[eldritchhobbit]

I'm tickled to share that my paper "Star Trek’s Son of the Royal Navy: Malcolm Reed’s Subversive Voyage in Space, Then and Now" has been accepted for NavyCon 2025, a conference sponsored by the Center for International Maritime Security, King’s College, and the Naval War College. The theme is “The Influence of Navies on Science Fiction, NASA, and the Future of Space,” and the event will be held online on December 6. 🖖

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[divadiane]

Oooh! That sounds interesting!

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks so much! I'm hoping the conference will be open and easily accessible to everyone online. I'll post again when I know more!

[goodbyebird]

That is very cool. Congratulations!

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks so much!

[eldritchhobbit]

Thank you so much!

[egret]

Congratulations! Tell us more when you can!

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks so much! Will do. I'm hoping the conference will be open and accessible to everyone online.

[wellinghall]

Congratulations!

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks so much!

[wellinghall]

Really just some belated witterings, three snippets come to mind:
- the character generation process in Traveler results in a high correlation between senior Navy rank and aristocratic titles
- many years ago I read something about this correlation in Traveler - wish I could remember where! (White Dwarf, maybe?)
- CS Forester's WW2 novel The Good Shepherd (filmed as Greyhound) introduces a Royal Navy officer who is an earl (?) right at the end.

Ooh, and one more that I have just thought of - the link between naval officers and the aristocracy in The Mote in God's Eye.

[eldritchhobbit]

Oh, great connections here! I love how you've connected these science fictional dots. You should submit a proposal for next year's NavyCon!

[wellinghall]

Thank you! :-)

[ankh_hpl]

Thanks for putting in the good word for Malcolm Reed and the Reed Alert. I think he got overlooked way too often, & it's good to know this is being corrected!

[eldritchhobbit]

My pleasure! And I agree with you! My chapter in the Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier book is sort of my love letter to that character and how he developed/grew over the seasons, and I'm using that as a springboard for this presentation. You're right about his being overlooked too often!

[ankh_hpl]

Maybe you can repurpose it for "Looking Back At Genre History," somehow?

[eldritchhobbit]

Oooh! I totally could do this! Thanks for your interest. I love the idea! I'll plan on this.