Dr. Tom Whalen (State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart): "The Straw That Broke; Or, Science Fiction and Ontology in the Age of Post-Humanism."

Tuesday, 25.11.2014, 18:00-20:00 Uhr, U9/01.11

Allusive, punning, intricately plotted and exponentially self-referential, science fiction which ultimately explores the science of fiction or, more aptly, the art of narrative, is how Brad Richard in American Letters & Commentary has described Tom Whalen’s science fiction novels. Whalen will read from his new novel, The Straw That Broke, and discuss some of the challenges in writing literary, wide-screen baroque SF.