NW Voices Presents Sci Fi Author Greg Bear

Greg Bear comes to Longview, Washington with his most recent book, CITY AT THE END OF TIME.  Two events are offered on Tuesday, October 21st.  Attend a Workshop at LCC in the Admissions Center Room 143 from 2 – 3:30 p.m., or attend a Reading in the evening at the Longview Public Library in the Auditorium at 7 p.m.  The subject of the workshop is “Where you get your ideas and how to know when one is ready to become a story.”

Greg Bear is the author of more than thirty books of science fiction and fantasy, including CITY AT THE END OF TIME, QUANTICO, BLOOD MUSIC, THE FORGE OF GOD, DARWIN’S RADIO and MOVING MARS.  Awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction, and one of two authors to win a Nebula in every category, Bear has been called the “Best working writer of hard science fiction” by The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. One of his most recent novels, QUANTICO, is a near future examination of law enforcement, politics and terror, both domestic and religious.  DARWIN’S RADIO and DARWIN’S CHILDREN (1999, 2003) form a sequence about viruses and human evolution.  His stories have been collected into an omnibus volume by Tor Books.  Bear has served on political and scientific committees and has advised the Microsoft Corporation, the U.S. Army, the CIA, Sandia National Laboratories, Callison Architecture, Inc., Homeland Security, and other groups and agencies.

Please join us as we meet and hear from this author who is widely regarded as one of the best imaginative writers of our time.  All events are free and open to the public.  Northwest Voices is funded by the Longview Public Library and Lower Columbia College, Friends of the LPL,  LPL Foundation, LCC Foundation, and, LCC’s ASLCC.

Here are just some of the author events happening around Dallas, Texas the week of October 5th-11th:

Brad Meltzer will discuss and sign THE BOOK OF LIES 7 p.m. Monday at Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.

Karen Joy Fowler, author of THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB and WIT’S END, will appear 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway.

Philippa Gregory will discuss and sign THE OTHER QUEEN 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Highland Park United Methodist Church, 3300 Mockingbird Lane.

Garrison Keillor will discuss and sign LIBERTY 7 p.m. Tuesday at Unity Church of Dallas, 6525 Forest Lane. $10 suggested donation. Tickets at 972-233-7106, ext. 6.

Stephen Hunter will sign NIGHT OF THUNDER 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Patricia Anthony, C. Dean Andersson, Christopher Fulbright, Angeline Hawkes, Mona Dean Sizer (a.k.a. Deana James) and Deborah K. Frontiera on a science fiction writers panel 7 p.m. Thursday at Mesquite Library North Branch, 2600 Oates Drive.

Hilda Ruch will sign WOMEN CREATE! 1 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 5301 Belt Line Road.

For anyone living in and around Mobile, Alabama, Nicholas Sparks will be at the Saenger Theatre, 6 S. Joachim St, on October 9th from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m to promote and sign his newest book,  THE LUCKY ONE.  The event is being presented by Page & Palette Bookstore of Fairhope.

VIP tickets for the event are $25 for seating in the first six rows, and general admission tickets are $15. With each ticket purchased, a $5 credit will go toward the purchase of THE LUCKY ONE from Page & Palette. (Books will be available for purchase at the bookstore and at the event.)

Currently, Nicholas Sparks is one of only two current authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists.  (J. K. Rowling is the other.)

Sparks has now also branched off into writing movies.  While he didn’t write the screenplay for NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, the third movie based on his books and out in theaters right now, he is currently writing a book and screenplay for Disney that is expected to be a starring vehicle for Miley Cyrus, Disney’s current pop singing/acting phenom.  Also coming to theaters will be DEAR JOHN, another film based on a Sparks’ book that has been picked up by New Line Cinema.