In Korean SF, the Internet has been important from the 1990s, with a lot of writers serializing their work online before landing themselves book contracts. But the importance of Internet platforms extends beyond print to a variety of multimedia, and I have also been considering webtoon representations of Seoul. Here are a couple: 1). 일호선 (이은재). (Line 1). The usual zombie-love story, with a mysterious plague turning most of Seoul's residents into flesh-eating zombies. You know the drill. 2). 레테 (Lethe). 강도하. Imagining the afterlife as existing as a shadow in Seoul's 서촌 neighborhood.
Occasional posts on anthropologically interesting science fiction, anthropological futures and my own future as an anthropologist.