People who are interested in learning about science fiction will be able to hear new information at a program entitled "Science Fiction in Literature and Film," tonight at 7 p.m. at the Council Bluffs Public Library.
The event is the second lecture of the Bluffs Arts Council's Winter Lecture Series. Dr. Brooks Landon, chairman of the University of Iowa Department of English, will make the presentation. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Landon is an expert on science fiction in literature and film. He not only wrote the book "Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars," but also created the Humanities Iowa library reading and discussion series "Journey to the Future."
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