Comic-Con: This Blog Post (Is About Sci-Fi That) Might Just Change Your Life

Discover has descended in force upon the unexpecting San Diego International Comic-Con, not only to host our own panel ("Abusing the Sci of Sci-Fi," tonight, 6pm, Room 6AB) but to pore over the rest of the conference and bring the choicest nuggets back to our own SNF readers. To that end, I just emerged from a great panel hosted by the sci-fi blog (and new Discover syndication partner) io9 about “Sci-Fi That Will Change Your Life.” The panel included some io9ers (Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Meredith Woerner, Cyriaque Lamar) plus some sci-fi industry folks (Marc Bernardin, Bonnie Burton, Doug Wolk, and Lou Anders). Among this big panel of very dialed in sci-fi heads, they covered a really wide range of recent work, picking out their favorite, most “life-changing” material. Here are the recommendations that sounded the most recommendable of all: 1) Wolk recommended a graphic novel called Bodyworld (not ...