SFWA Pressbook
For Immediate Release
13 March 2007

Edward M. Lerner: Address at the Library of Congress (March 30, 2007)

Edward M. Lerner -- Photo by Michael Benveniste

Photo by Michael Benveniste

In his talk "Computer Science in SF: It's Not an Exact Science," technologist and science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner will discuss how most science fiction:

He will also address the challenges of dealing with such a fast-changing technology in fiction. There will be a book signing after the presentation.

Edward M. Lerner has degrees in physics, computer science, and business. Now writing SF full time, Lerner worked in high tech for thirty years (including seven years as a NASA contractor), as everything from engineer to senior vice president. His books include Probe, Moonstruck, and Creative Destruction. His short fiction has appeared in Analog, Artemis, Darker Matter, and Jim Baen's Universe magazines, on Amazon Shorts, and in the anthologies Year's Best SF 7 and Future Washington. His novels in the pipeline are Fools' Experiments and, in collaboration with Larry Niven, Fleet of Worlds and Juggler of Worlds.

Creative Destruction (2006) collects eight of Lerner's computer-themed shorter works, ranging from a few pages to a short novel, with an introduction is by Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.



Date: 30 March 2007
Time: Noon
Place: Library of Congress
Dining Room A
Washington, D.C.

Creative Destruction
Wildside Press
September 2006
ISBN: 0809557487

Moonstruck

Excerpt: Chapters 1-17
Baen Books
Paperback, February 2007
ISBN:1416521119

Edward M. Lerner: Online fiction

Edward M. Lerner: Website


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