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Caltech Speculative Fiction Anthology Launch Celebration: Author Reading and Q&A

Saturday, May 20, 2023
7:00pm to 8:30pm
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Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event

Come celebrate with us! Caltech's creative writing club, TechLit, is proud to present Caltech's first-ever anthology of speculative fiction, Inner Space and Outer ThoughtsTM, at a formal launch event at the Beckman Auditorium and live streaming on the Caltech YouTube channel on May 20 from 7:00-8:30 pm. This free public event will feature an introduction by Caltech PhD Candidate and anthology editor-in-chief Rachael Kuintzle; excerpt readings by renowned Caltech alumni David Brin, S. B. Divya, and Larry Niven; and a panel Q&A where audience members will be invited to ask the authors questions about their stories, their science, and the intersection of the two. Reserve your free ticket at https://bit.ly/Caltech-reading-tickets. Or, you can live stream the event on the Caltech Youtube channel--find the streaming link in the program here: https://techlit.clubs.caltech.edu/reading-QnA-May20.

The book will not be sold at this event, but the Kindle Ebook and paperback versions are now available for purchase on Amazon, and the paperback can also be purchased at Barnes & Noble, the Caltech bookstore, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, and Once Upon a Time in Montrose (please buy locally to support our local businesses if you are able to). All royalties from book purchases will go directly to the TechLit club to support club events and projects.

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!

For more information, please contact Rachael Kuintzle by email at rkuintzl@caltech.edu or visit Eventbrite - Caltech Anthology Launch Celebration Tickets.