Science Fictional Parabolas - Brian Attebery

The Olaf Stapledon Centre for Speculative Futures is proud to present:

Science Fictional Parabolas

Brian Attebery

Taylor Room, Sydney Jones Library

Monday 29 April 2019, 4-5pm

Covering a broad sweep of the genre of science fiction—from James Blish, Robert Heinlein, and Samuel Delaney to more contemporary works by Nnedi Okorafor, Joanna Russ, and Ursula Le Guin—and considering a combination of narrative formula and teaching story peculiar to the history of the genre, this talk promises to be a fascinating critical journey through narratology and genre presented by one of the foremost scholars of sf and fantasy. Please book via Eventbrite (https://sciencefictionalparabolas.eventbrite.co.uk), as spaces are limited.

Brian Attebery is Professor of English at Idaho State University and editor of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. He is the author or editor of six books, including Stories about Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth (2014), Parabolas of Science Fiction (2013), and Strategies of Fantasy (1992), and most recently Ursula K. Le Guin, The Complete Orsinia (2016), as well as numerous articles and chapters on science fiction, fantasy, and the fantastic.

With thanks to the Leverhulme Trust, and to the University of Glasgow.