I’ll be presenting at the annual American Libraries Association conference in Washington DC on Monday, June 28th at 10:30. The panel is called “Science Fiction: Past, Present, and Future” and also features professor Eric Rabkin (talking about the history of the genre) and author and futurist Cory Doctorow (talking about where science fiction is going). My portion of the panel will focus on practical advice for librarians in working with science fiction and fantasy readers.
The following link contains the notes for my presentation, including ideas about who science fiction readers are and are not, basic ideas for collection development in SF, ten ideas for SF programming at your library, recommended science fiction writers for readers with various subject and genre interests, and list of other classic SF writers, YA and juvenile SF writers, and up and coming SF writers.
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