I love saying that. People are so impressed, as well they should be—with the library not me. As part of the What IF… Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum series, I’ll be speaking on “What I’ve Learned Teaching Science Fiction.” The lecture will be held Thursday, August 5 at 12:10 pm in the Pickford Theater in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress. Please come. I promise it will be wildly entertaining and brief. I spoke in this series a few years ago and found them a very congenial bunch. Any former students out there who’d like to tell me what I should’ve learned by now, keep it clean.
I won’t be able to make it, I’m afraid– I can’t make a 10 hour drive just for a lunch speaker. But I’d be curious to hear how it goes and/or if it gets recorded and put on the internets.
Just for a lunch speaker. What if I threw in a snack? I’ll be traveling 2 and a half hours to get there. I don’t know if they’re recording or not.