FICTION

• Novels
  
  • - Transcendence available everywhere
  • - Empire Ship almost ready to submit!
  • - The Galactic Adventures of Jack & Stella draft complete, beta-readers' feedback in hand, undergoing revision!

• Short Fiction
  
  • - "Waking the Predator" now out in THE HANGING GARDEN!
  • - "Orpheus' Engines" now out in MISSION TOMORROW!
  • - "The Recursive Man" available in AFTERMATHS
  • - "Surveyor of Mars" available in WESTWARD WEIRD

• Poetry
  

• Nonfiction Bibliography

• "James Gunn: Science Fiction's Dad" (book intro for Saving the World Through Science Fiction: James Gunn, Writer, Teacher and Scholar), now available from McFarland

• "Frederik Pohl: Mr. Science Fiction (A Love Story)" now available in FOUNDATION

• Guest Editor: World Literature Today "International Science Fiction" Issue:
    - exclusive online content

• Piracy, Freedom, and Making a Living as a Writer
• Stories from a Perilous Youth
• The Meaning of Life
• How We Will Defeat Terrorism
• Our Non-Human Masters

• Biography
   
• Chris on the Interwebs:
  • - Blog Index -
  • Academia.edu
  • Center for the Study of Science Fiction
  • Dreamwidth
  • Facebook
  • Goodreads
  • Google+
  • Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • LinkedIn
  • LiveJournal
  • Tumblr (my primary hangout)
  • Twitter
  • Wikipedia

APPEARANCES

• ConStellation 8
    - Special Guest for Lincoln's regional convention. Workshop, talks, signings, panels - lovely!

• Houston Speculative-Fiction Writing Workshop
    - Full weekend of workshopping with a dozen talented authors. Plus a VIP tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center!

• The Science of Science Fiction
    - Kickoff event for the Lawrence Public Library's 2016 Read Across Lawrence event. Visual presentation: "Exploring Mars: The Red Planet Through History."

• WorldCon 2016 (MidAmeriCon) in Kansas City
    - Hosting the Campbell Conference academic-program track! Awards, panels, reading, and more!

• University of Iowa Medical Science Training Program 2015
    - keynote speech: "Positive Feedback Loops: Science and Science Fiction"

• The Schrödinger Sessions: Science for Science Fiction 2015
• Campbell Conference 1992 - 2015
    - presentations, discussions, emcee, and more

• Speculative-Fiction Writing Workshop 1992 - 2016
• Intensive Institute on Teaching Science Fiction 1992 - 2016
• Lawrence Free State Festival 2014 - 2015
• ConQuesT 1993 - 2015
    - panels, readings, and more
• Southwest Philosophical Society Conference 2014
    - keynote remarks on science fiction
• Reading: Don Allmon, Ben Cartwright, and Chris McKitterick - Other Worlds (In Progress)
    - 2014, at The Raven Book Store
• NPR Appearances:
  • - The Future Is Now: How 2015 Stacks Up Against Predictions
    
  • - Science Fiction and Science Fact in Interstellar
    
  • - Science Fiction Conference Explores Reality and Imagination
    
  • - The best SF novels for your summer reading list
    
  • - What did SF writers predict for 2012?
• Beecher's Day of the Dead Reading at the Raven Bookstore
    - streaming online on KJHK

• WorldCon 1997, 2013, and 2016
• Science on Tap
• World SF Annual Conference, hosted by the Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies and the English Department of St. Teresa's College, Kochi, Kerala, India
• Prospero's Books Readings
• UCO Liberal Arts Symposium
    - keynote speech: "Science Fiction: Mythologies for a Changing Age"

• SFRA/Eaton Conference 1994 - 2014
• Hastings Bookstore Readings
• Heinlein Centennial
• ICFA
• Langston Hughes Fest
• Nebula Awards
• NorWesCon
• OryCon
• SFRA
• VikingCon
• World Fantasy

SCIENCE FICTION LINKS

• AboutSF
• Gunn Center for the Study of SF
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best SF Novel
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for Best Short SF
• James Gunn's Ad Astra Magazine
• Reading for the Future
  
  
• Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop:
  Author-Instructors: Andy Duncan, James Gunn, and McKitterick -->

VEHICLE STUFF

• Greaserama 2009 Car Show Gallery
• 1951 Chevy
• 1962 Ford Pickup
• 1964 Lincoln Restoration
• 1966 Chrysler Newport Hot Rod
  • - undergoing transformation to fuel injection...
• 1968 Chevelle SS396 Sports Car Transformation
  • - updated: control-arm removal tutorial
• 1972 Ford Wagon
• 2000 Ford Focus Kona
• Lil' Vehicle of Danger!
• Motorcycles

OTHER FUN STUFF

• Crazy Clock
• Dave Archer Art
• Gallery of Space
• Gaming
• Great Links
• Gallery of Monkeys
• Rockets and Spaceships
• Nebula Awards 2007 Photos
• World Fantasy 2004 Photos

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Last updated August 18, 2017
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