"Alien Life in Science Fiction" presentation

Apr. 7th, 2011 at 1:50 PM

What with LJ being under perpetual DoS attacks, I've forgotten to post this!

In about an hour, I'm giving a little presentation to the University of Kansas Astrobiophysics people:

ASTROBIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
"Alien Life in Science Fiction"
Thursday, April 7, 2011
2:30 p.m.
Room 2055 Malott Hall, KU

It's just a brief overview of how and why SF writers use aliens, with lots of photos of cool creatures ;-) You're welcome to join!

Best,
Chris

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mabfan

Apr. 7th, 2011 07:12 pm (UTC)

Oh, I wish I could.

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mckitterick

Apr. 7th, 2011 08:52 pm (UTC)

It was a blast, and we had much excellent discussion. Well-attended, too!

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klingonguy

Apr. 8th, 2011 08:08 am (UTC)

did you happen to record/film it?

::hopes you included buffalitos in the curriculum::

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mckitterick

Apr. 12th, 2011 04:26 pm (UTC)

Not recorded, sorry, though I'm thinking it would be fun to reprise at ConQuesT. It was a short presentation, so I only covered a few of the classic aliens, but I brought up a bunch of newer beasties - including buffalitos - in the discussion afterward!

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klingonguy

Apr. 12th, 2011 04:41 pm (UTC)

Despite my name listed on the website, I don't currently have plans to be at ConQuesT this year.

Thanks for the inclusion of the buffalitos!

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karin_gastreich

Apr. 8th, 2011 01:17 pm (UTC)

Hey Chris--

I'm sorry I missed this; it sounded like a lot of fun. With a little more notice, I might be able to make it should you do a discussion like this again.

(It looks like there are a couple panel discussions on this topic slated for ConQuest -- do you plan to do any of those?)

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mckitterick

Apr. 12th, 2011 04:28 pm (UTC)

Not sure yet what I'll be doing at ConQuesT, but that could be fun! I was thinking of doing something not unlike this there, too, with lots of images of the aliens.

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