sciencefiction 2012 - For the ORU Conference on Science and Science Fiction When Worlds Collide: Science, Faith, and the Imagination

Science and Science Fiction Conference
Conference on science and science fiction to be held at Oral Roberts University
April 12-13, 2012
The 2012 ORU Science and Science Fiction Conference, When Worlds Collide: Science, Faith, and the Imagination will explore the relationship between science and science fiction in a two-day interdisciplinary event to be held on the idyllic campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
http://lxsrv7.oru.edu/~alang/sciencefiction
The call for papers solicits papers/abstracts to be submitted on the conference theme covering all forms of speculative science and speculative fiction, including story, film, television, radio, graphic novels, and theoretical physics. Conference registration is sponsored by ORU's colleges of Arts and Cultural Studies; and Science and Engineering and includes the costs of all meals. The recommended hotel is the Hilton: Tulsa Southern Hills. For the schedule of events, see the conference program (coming soon).


Guests of Honor

Templeton Prize winning physicist and bestselling author of popular science books Paul Davies.

Campbell award winning hard science fiction author and biologist Joan Slonczewski.