The Uncanny Valley in Fiction: Writing the Nearly Human

Room 370D

Friday May 25, 2018 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm


Evoking the uncanny, as understood by Housman and Freud, is one of the most evocative ways to add a skin-crawling sense of horror to your fiction. This panel will focus on how the uncanny works, what its roots and motifs are, and how to use it. Examples will include works by Neil Gaiman, Salvador Dali, Susan Cooper and David Lynch.


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