GalaxyCon: Where Worlds Collide @ Your Library
Categories: In the News , Entertainment , Movies & Books , Graphic Novels , Science Fiction & Fantasy , Nonfiction , Fiction
You're not imagining things if you've been seeing Imperial Stormtroopers at the library.
In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, we're launching GalaxyCon, an out-of-this-world celebration of all things science fiction.
It hasn't even started yet, and already it's a blast. I've had some great conversations with fans of all ages and families who plan to join us for the stellar events we have planned.
Science fiction is such a part of our culture, in fiction, film, and TV. Were you one of the wide-eyed kids who watched Flash Gordon serials on Saturday mornings, or did you stand in line for Spiderman and its sequels? Did you get your kicks from superhero comics or have your consciousness raised by the sociological sf of Sheri S. Tepper or Margaret Atwood? Are you hooked on Heroes or daffy for Dr. Who?
Even if you're not a techie, a Trekker, or a towel-carrying hitchhiker through the galaxy, how can you resist? (Resistance is futile, you know!)
The kickoff is at the Sharonville Branch on Friday, May 4 with a presentation and book signing by popular Star Wars novelist Matthew Stover.
There are all-day festivities at the Main Library on Saturday, May 5. Join us for a panel discussion and book signing with Stover and award-winning local science fiction writer Mike Resnick. Have your intergalactic collectibles evaluated by experts from the Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club and Cincinnati's Earth Toy Mall. Learn to speak Klingon! Attend a costume workshop. Bring a camera for photo-ops with Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Spiderman, and X-men Wolverine and Storm. Enroll the kids for Jedi training! Teens and kids can join Star Wars video, role-playing, and board games.
There are more events throughout the month at many library branches.
We've also got some terrific reading suggestions, from making of Star Wars titles, to explorations of the science in science fiction, to sf magazines and graphic novels.
(Ten bonus points: Which library branch manager wrote her college senior thesis about Princess Leia and the image of the heroine in American culture?)
