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FLAC Hosts Science Fiction Writer Nancy Kress


In collaboration with the Creative Arts Committee, FLAC (Fantasy Literature and Arts Collective) is hosting a free, public reading and book signing by acclaimed science-fiction writer Nancy Kress on Wednesday, March 15, at 7 p.m., in the MCC Theater (Building 4). Kress is the author of twenty-one books: thirteen novels of science fiction or fantasy, one young-adult novel, two thrillers, three story collections, and two books on writing. She has won three Nebulas: in 1985 for Out of All Them Bright Stars, in 1991 for the novella version of Beggars In Spain, which also won a Hugo, and in 1998 for The Flowers of Aulit Prison. Her work has been translated into Swedish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Croatian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Greek, Hebrew, and Russian.

Richard Deverell, an MCC student in Professor Carl Silvio’s Science Fiction class, describes Kress’s novella Beggars in Spain as “a captivating story about what it means to be human set in a plausible vision of the future.” Rocky Mountain News says of Kress’ 2003 novel Nothing Human, “Although her three Nebulas and one Hugo Award have come from her short fiction, Nancy Kress’ latest work might put her in line for the best novel award this year. In Nothing Human, the author has combined two of science fiction’s most enduring themes: man’s destruction of his planet and first alien contact. The result is a riveting and thoroughly engaging story.”

The co-sponsor of this exciting event, FLAC, is a network of teachers and scholars at Monroe Community College with a special interest in such genres as fantasy, science fiction, and horror as expressed in film, video, painting, graphic novels, and linear print.  They are dedicated to the development, refinement, and valorization of the teaching and study of fantastic and speculative literature. Much of their work thus focuses on designing course content in the area of the fantastic; creating and nurturing networks of mutual interest and intellectual exchange among faculty, students, and members of the general community; and contributing to the advancement of fantastic art as an academic discipline through the production of scholarship

For more information about FLAC or about Nancy Kress’ visit to MCC, contact Carl Silvio of MCC’s English and Philosophy Department.  "mailto:csilvio@monroecc.edu"csilvio@monroecc.edu.

Carl Silvio
English/Philosophy
02/27/2006