Terry Bisson, Samuel Delaney, Jonathan Lethem, Karen Joy Fowler, more

27 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

City Lights Books and PM Press present a weekend-long symposium celebrating the launch of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, published by PM Press, featuring numerous talks with authors in the science fiction genre, including "The Forever War: Vietnam's Impact on Sci-Fi," with Terry Bisson and Marge Piercy, a conversation with novelist Samuel R. Delaney, Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, "Ten Thousand Light Years From Home: Reflecting on the Work and Impact of James Tiptree Jr.," with Karen Joy Fowler and Jonathan Lethem, "False Dawns and Wandergrounds: Dystopia, Then and Now," with Matt Bell, Cory Doctorow, Vandana Singh, and Ann VanderMeer, online, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)