If you ’re lucky enough to be in New York , then October is endure to be a magnificent calendar month for you — the Center for Fiction is frame on a whole calendar month of scientific discipline fiction and fancy discourse , in award of Ursula K. Le Guin ’s A Wizard of Earthsea . It ’s all part of “ The Big Read , ” a calendar month - long program focalize on a single book .
And the calendar month ’s discussions include :
Anna North , Charles Yu and Kathleen Ann Goonanon Zion and dystopiaon Oct. 3
apanel discussion on “ why phantasy matters,”with Lev Grossman , Kelly Link , Felix Gilman , Laura Miller and Naomi Novik , on Oct. 5
Atalk by Margaret Atwoodon Oct. 12
A group of young - adult authorson the roots of young - grownup fantasy , on Oct. 13
N.K. Jemisin , David G. Hartwell , Michael Swanwick , John Wray and Ellen Kushner discussing Le Guin on Oct. 19
live interpretation of the Earthsea cycle , on Oct. 20
Apanel on “ outsiderness ” in SF / fantasy , include Samuel R. Delany , Alaya Dawn Johnson , Andrea Hairston , Steve Berman and Carlos Hernandez , on Oct. 24
adiscussion of the earliest roots of phantasy , include John Crowley and Elizabeth Hand
It ’s all free , except for the Margaret Atwood talk . [ viaGenreville ]
BooksFantasySamuel R. DelanyUrsula K. Le Guin
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