Communications Forum: The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach: An Evening With Jeff VanderMeer on Apr 16, 5pm

Communications Forum presents The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach: An Evening With Jeff VanderMeer April 16, 2015 5:00-7:00pm 32-123 Stata Center Events are free and open to the public. More information: http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum Jeff VanderMeer, author of the New York Times bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), will join G. Eric Schaller, Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth, for a broad-ranging discussion about the scientific and philosophical ideas that inspired the series. The two friends and occasional collaborators will discuss conservation science, VanderMeer’s relationship with the natural world, the theme of extinction in “slow apocalypse” fiction, and the role of real-world science in science fiction. There will be a book signing after the event. Moderator: Seth Mnookin.