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Summer of Sci Fi

A guide to support 2020 online events for the Lobo community

Read a book with us!

Wednesday, July 15, 5:00-6:00 PM


Connect with other Lobos and science fiction fans! The library will host an online group book discussion of Sarah Pinsker’s Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea. In this collection of science fiction short stories, the award-winning author uses lyrical and humorous tales to explore themes such as technology, time travel, space exploration, music, and memory. We’re excited to hear your thoughts about it! Please read the book prior to the event; you can check out the digital version of the book here: https://bit.ly/unmsosf2

Pre-registration by July 13 with a UNM email address is required. After you register, you will receive an email with Zoom log-in information and other details. 


Register: https://libcal.unm.edu/calendar/register/sosf2

About the Author

Sarah Pinsker is the author of over fifty works of short fiction, including the novelette "Our Lady of the Open Road," winner of the Nebula Award in 2016. Her novelette "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" was the Sturgeon Award winner in 2014. Her fiction has been published in magazines including Asimov's, Strange Horizons, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed and Uncanny and in numerous anthologies and year's bests. Her stories have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, French, and Italian, among other languages, and have been nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, Eugie, and World Fantasy Awards.

She is also a singer/songwriter with three albums on various independent labels (the third with her rock band, the Stalking Horses) and a fourth in the works. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Source: author's website 

Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea won the 2020 Philip K. Dick Award. You can listen to Sarah Pinsker read part of the story "Wind Will Rove" for the award ceremony:

Interviews

Interview with Sarah Pinsker about "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" (featured in Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea).