{"64011":{"#nid":"64011","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Nano@Tech with Author Kathleen Ann Goonan","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENano@Tech welcomes Kathleen Ann Goonan, a visiting assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication and Culture, on \u0022Nanotechnology in Science Fiction: Uses, Projections, Perils and Delights\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENOTE:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Nano@Tech seminar series provides lunch only to those who have pre-registered by Friday, February 4, 2011 at:\n \n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nrc.gatech.edu\/?q=content\/nanotech-rsvp\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nrc.gatech.edu\/?q=content\/nanotech-rsvp\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENanotechnology, from the time Eric Drexler introduced the concept in \u0022The Engines of Creation\u0022 to the present day, when increasingly refined and nuanced discoveries and applications are heralded daily, has been a rich source of science fictional ideas and possible futures. These range from the simple (but frightening) possibilities put forth in Crichton\u2019s \u0022Prey\u0022 to more complex utopian and dystopian projected futures found in a wide range of science fiction literature. This talk summarizes the inceptions, projections, and possibilities put forth by a number of well-known science fiction writers. The author will discuss the issues raised in her own Nanotech Quartet; she will also relate her involvement in various think tanks as the realities of nanotechnologies have unfolded in the public debate over uses and ethics in disciplines and fields influencing and influenced by nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0027s Bio: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.goonan.com\u0022\u003EKathleen Ann Goonan\u003C\/a\u003E is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and speaker. Her latest novel, \u0022In War Times,\u0022 won the Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2007, and was chosen as the American Library Association\u2019s Best Genre Novel of 2008. The novels of her Nanotech Quartet \u2014 \u0022Crescent City Rhapsody,\u0022 \u0022Queen City Jazz,\u0022 \u0022Mississippi Blues,\u0022 and \u0022Light Music\u0022 \u2014 gathered recognition from the New York Times (Notable Book of the Year), as Nebula Award finalists, and by receiving the Darrell Award.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENano@Tech welcomes Kathleen Ann Goonan, a visiting assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication and Culture, on \u0022Nanotechnology in Science Fiction: Uses, Projections, Perils and Delights\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Nanotechnology in Science Fiction: Uses, Projections, Perils and Delights\u0022"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-02-02 10:42:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:00","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-02-08T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-02-08T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-02-08T12:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-02-08 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-02-08 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-02-08 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3747","name":"literature"},{"id":"4315","name":"nano@tech"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Katie.Hutchison@mirc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKatie Hutchinson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-0814\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}