NSDM: Verne, Wells, etc.: Future Seen from 19th Century
Title:
NSDM: Verne, Wells, etc.: Future Seen from 19th Century
Year:
2020
Original Order:
3004
Game:
2020-SEM20186634
Group:
National Security Decision Making Inc.
Short Description:
Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and others, and the future as they envisioned it in the Victorian Era. What they got right and what they got wrong, at least so far. Panel discussion by the NSDM staff.
Long Description:
Island of Dr. Moreau, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Time Machine, From the Earth to the Moon, The World Set Free. These are just a few of the works of prolific authors Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, projecting scientific achievement ahead into the future, while making tangential social and political commentary on their society and times. Generally considered the fathers of science fiction, and often informed by the state-of-the-art technologies of their day, they got a lot right, a lot wrong, and a lot somewhere in-between. And it is informative to see the way that their own perspectives mirror those of the day in the class struggle, the trajectory of the industrial revolution, the spoils of colonialism and imperialism, nationalism, militarism, religion, and how new orders in their utopian visions were to address these. Presented by the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
Event Type:
SEM - Seminar
Minimum Players:
1
Maximum Players:
100
Age Required:
Teen (13+)
Experience Required:
None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)
Materials Provided:
Yes
Duration:
2.5
Game Master Names:
Mark McDonagh, Michael Tucker, Merle Robinson, Gregory Maus, Jason Corner, Brian Garland, Ryan Good, Ted Hale, David March, Ronald Homer, Shawn Kratzert, Evan Siegling, Ryan Pierce, Joseph Shelby