Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140
Science and Fiction: Envisioning our Region's Future Under Extreme Sea-Level Rise
Science and Fiction: Envisioning our Region's Future Under Extreme Sea-Level Rise
Event: Public talk, panel discussion, and book signing
Date: April 5, 2017 Time: 7:30pm - 9:45pm Location: Rutgers Academic Building, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 About the Event
Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson will read from and discuss his new novel, New York 2140, which presents a vision of our region in a future of extreme sea-level rise. After his talk, Robinson will join a panel of distinguished Rutgers faculty with expertise in climate science (Robert Kopp), urban planning (Clinton Andrews), urban agriculture (Laura Lawson), and the environmental humanities (Jorge Marcone). The panel will discuss the novel and its vision. A book signing opportunity will follow. Livestream of this event will be available here. About the Author Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt, and 2312. In 2008, he was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California. |
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Photo credit to Sean Curtin
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Co-Sponsors: Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Initiative; Cook Campus Dean; Honors College of Rutgers University; Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Rutgers Climate Institute; Rutgers University-New Brunswick America Converges Here; SEBS Executive Dean; and Undergraduate Academic Affairs.