Welcome to the wiki for Libraries in Fact and Science Fiction!
"Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made
it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played
right into my hands." Futurama
Lunacon 51 Program Listing
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2008
Time: 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Room: Bartell
| The Font of All Knowledge |
| Description: |
Whether a wizard's secret collection of magical tomes, the group of rebels who've memorized forbidden books in Fahrenheit 451, or a collection of disembodied brains in jars, libraries are a vital part of SFF literature. What are the expectations for libraries in novels versus those for realities? With reading on the decline and federal spending getting slashed, is it possible we could see the prophecies of darker fiction come true for our own libraries? |
| Participants: |
Bill DeSmedt[M], Paula Entin, Sharon Foster, |
Program Listing for Lunacon 50
This wiki was created by librarian Paula B. Entin and soon-to-be librarian Sharon Foster, for a panel they will be conducting at Lunacon 50. This is the program listing:
SATURDAY, MARCH 17TH
Track: Writing & Literature
Start Time: 03/17/07 10:00:00 AM End Time: 03/17/2007 11:00:00 AM
Room: Brundage A
Title: Libraries in Fact and (Science) Fiction
"A look at portrayals of libraries, both fictional and real, in SFF literature. From the tattered attempts to scavenge poorly understood fragments in Walter Miller's Canticle for Liebowitz to the repositories of all knowledge (with an agenda) in David Brin's Uplift series, how are expectations for libraries different in SFF than in reality?"
Please come also to the Friday night coffeeklatsch:
FRIDAY, MARCH 16TH
Track: Fandom
Start Time: 03/16/2007 8:00:00 PM End Time: 03/16/2007 9:00:00 PM
Room: Gazebo B
Title: Preserving Your Book Collection
Description:
How do you keep your books safe and avoid wear and damage?
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the generous folks at LIBREF-L, a Discussion of Library Reference Issues for their suggestions of novels, stories, and other items for this list. I would try to list all of you, but I'd be afraid that I'd leave someone out.
Thank you to Dr. Fred Lerner, who has been very generous with his advice and support. Dr. Lerner has conducted panels on libraries in imaginative literature and culture for several years at Readercon.
Thank you to author Bill DeSmedt, for consenting to join Paula and me in this experiment.
Many thanks to Mary Aileen Buss, who consented to join our panel at the last minute.
Thanks to everyone who braved the big storm and its aftermath, to get to Lunacon 50. It was worth the effort, don't you think?
Last but not least, thanks to all the volunteers who made Lunacon 50 possible.
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