Caltech Speculative Fiction Anthology Celebration (In Person and Virtual)

332 S Michigan Avenue,Pasadena CA 91106

20 May, 2023

Description

Caltech's creative writing club, TechLit, invites the public to attend this free event celebrating the publication of Caltech's first speculative fiction anthology, Inner Space and Outer Thoughts: Speculative Fiction from Caltech and JPL Authors, on May 20 at 7:00 pm in Beckman Auditorium at Caltech and live streaming on Youtube. A full program is below. This event will feature story excerpt readings by renowned Caltech alumni such as David Brin, S. B. Divya, and Larry Niven as well as a panel Q&A where authors will answer questions about their stories, their science, and the intersection of the two. Seating is first come, first served. Inner Space and Outer Thoughts: Speculative Fiction from Caltech and JPL Authors Fact ignites fiction in this first-of-its-kind anthology of speculative tales by Caltech and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists, engineers, technologists, and students. Experts at the frontiers of their fields, along with renowned Caltech alumni such as David Brin, S. B. Divya, and Larry Niven, present stories about alien astrobiologists, AI parenthood, a quest to preserve our histories beyond the heat death of the universe, a heist to steal engineering secrets from an ancient monk-scientist, the recovery of a long-lost phase of the human life cycle, the demise of Earth's first intelligent species—billions of years before the rise of humanity, and much more!