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The Evolution of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
December 02, 2009 1:59 amThe Center for Fiction
Presented in collaboration with The Center for Fiction
Tuesday, December 1st at 7pm
17 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
Followed by a wine reception
Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author and the translator of the seminal Indo-Islamic epic The Adventures Of Amir Hamza. His most recent work is his critically acclaimed translation of the first book of the 24-volume Hoshruba, the world’s first magical fantasy epic.
Michael Kandel has translated Polish writer Stanislaw Lem for Harcourt. He has written science fiction, short stories, and a few novels and is presently an editor at the Modern Language Association. He is putting together an anthology of short stories and novellas entitled A Polish Book of Monsters.
N.K. Jemisin is a speculative fiction writer currently living in New York City. Her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, is forthcoming in February 2010 from Orbit Books.
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