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SCI-FI AUTHOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON LECTURES AT UCSD APR. 17

Acclaimed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson will deliver a University of California, San Diego Regents’ Lecture, "UCSD and Permaculture: A Science Fiction Story," on Monday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Price Center Theatre on the UCSD campus. Sponsored by the Department of Literature, the lecture is free and open to the public.

Robinson is an alumnus of UCSD, having earned a B.A. (1974) and a Ph.D. (1982) in English and American Literature. He is the author of 14 books, including his landmark space exploration trilogy, Red Mars (winner of the 1993 Nebula Award for Best Novel), Green Mars (winner of the 1994 Hugo Award), and Blue Mars (winner of the 1996 Hugo Award). A New York Times review of his novel Antarctica said, "There is no finer writer of science fiction today than Kim Stanley Robinson." His "Three Californias" trilogy of novels set in Orange County following a nuclear war was praised by The Washington Post for its ability to "celebrate . . . the persistent joyful survival of human persons in the interstices of the American juggernaut."

For further information, please contact Barbara Saxon, Department of Literature, (858) 534-4618.