Science-Fiction Writer Ted Chiang Visits GT

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"Mobile Technologies and New Narratives of the Self"

Please join us for an exciting night of conversation and discussion with science-fiction writer Ted Chiang, the award-winning author of this year's common reading, "Truth of Fact, Truth of Feeling.”

When: September 30, 5pm–6:30pm (welcome reception at 4:30)
Where: Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom (3rd Floor Student Center)
RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/chiang (SHARE LINK FAR AND WIDE)

Ted Chiang is the author of Stories of Your Life and Others and The Lifecycle of Software Objects, and this year’s author for Project One. He was born and raised in Port Jefferson, New York, and attended Brown University, where he received a degree in computer science. His work has received the John W. Campbell Award, four Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, a Sidewise Award, and a British Science Fiction Association Award. He lives outside of Seattle, Washington.

ALL PUBLIC EVENTS DURING HIS VISIT

September 29
— 1pm-2pm: A Conversation on "Technologies of the Self." Interview in Clough Common Lounge (205Q) for WREK, "Lost in the Stacks”.

September 30
— 9:30-11 am: Open Class on Science Fiction, 02 Skiles;
— 1:30-3 pm: Open Class on Creative Writing, 02 Skiles; and
— 5-6:30 pm: Plenary speech on "Mobile Technologies and New Narratives of the Self," Student Center Ballroom.

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