Personal Appearance
To any of my readers in New York, I will be giving a short lecture on Null-A and Science Fiction, and speaking about my new book NULL-A CONTINUUM at the Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and Creating the Future Symposium to be held this weekend.
It is free and open to the public, with the exception of the dinner preceding the AKML, which is $90. The information is available on the
Institute of General Semantics website at
http://www.generalsemantics.org/index.php/discov/alfred/memoir.html
Sunday, Nov. 16
8:30 AM Breakfast and Registration
9-10:15 Program: Media Futures
Moderator: Brian Cogan, Molloy College
Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College, "The End of Intellectual Property"
Robert Blechman, St. George’s University, "Things Come in Fours"
Jessica K. Crowell, Fordham University, "The Umbilical Cord: Corrections,
Connections and the Role of Media in America’s Prisons"
10:30-12 Program: Science Fiction: Sequels and Adaptations
Moderator, Meir Ribalow, Fordham University
John C. Wright, Tor Books, "Null-A Continuum "
Marleen Barr, Fordham University, "Science Fiction Tells Us Why the Obama
Family is a Sequel to The Cosby Show"
Paul Levinson, Fordham University, "From the Page to the Screen"
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
