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SUMMARY:Annalee Newitz | A Wall is Also a Road
DESCRIPTION:Phoenix Books is happy to welcome author Annalee Newitz to Ph
 oenix Books Burlington on Thursday\, October 15 at 7:00 PM for a convers
 ation with Andrew Liptak about their latest book\, A Wall is Also a Road
 ! Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the USA
  Today bestselling author of the novella Automatic Noodle\, the books Fo
 ur Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Stories Are Weapon
 s: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind\, and the novels The Terr
 aformers (a Nebula Award finalist)\, The Future of Another Timeline (win
 ner of the Sidewise Award) \, and Autonomous (winner of a Lambda Literar
 y Award). As a science journalist\, they are a writer for the New York T
 imes and elsewhere\, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They ha
 ve published in The Washington Post\, Slate\, Popular Science\, Ars Tech
 nica\, The New Yorker\, and The Atlantic\, among others. They are also t
 he co-host of the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are
  Correct. Previously\, they were the founder of io9\, and served as the 
 editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. Andrew Liptak is a writer and historian from
  Vermont. He is the author of Cosplay: A History (Saga Press\, 2022)\, a
  comprehensive look at how cosplay evolved into a mainstream cultural fo
 rce and what it reveals about our relationships with the stories we love
 . He co-edited War Stories: New Military Science Fiction with Jaym Gates
  in 2014\, and his fiction has appeared in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine\, Star
 ship Sofa\, Horizon 2045’s Far Futures\, and Future Tense Fiction. He ha
 s spent more than a decade working as a journalist\, with work appearing
  in Clarkesworld Magazine\, Gizmodo\, Grist\, io9\, Kirkus Reviews\, Lif
 ehacker\, OneZero\, Pando Daily\, Polygon\, Slate\, Tor.com\, Uncanny Ma
 gazine\, VentureBeat\, The Verge\, and other publications. He is the Pub
 lic Relations and Guest Services Coordinator for the Vermont Historical 
 Society. About the book: Gardenpath is a graduate student. They also hap
 pen to be an amoeba-a slime mold\, to be exact-from an ancient civilizat
 ion that dwells in the space between the stars. And when they turn their
  many eyes to researching a remote spot on one spiral arm of the galaxy\
 , they stumble upon a discovery that will change everything they thought
  they knew: a mysterious planet teeming with unexpected life\, language\
 , and culture. One of these alien animals is a creature named Murtis\, w
 ho lives in a city she calls Pompeii and works in a brothel known as "th
 e lupanar." Unfazed when her strange visitor says she's from the stars\,
  Murtis takes Gardenpath into her care\, introducing her to the seaside 
 tourist town full of immigrants and shopkeepers who are just trying to g
 et by. Before they met Murtis\, Gardenpath expected to finish their rese
 arch\, present their discovery\, and return home to become an acclaimed 
 scientist. But as they look into their new friend's bizarre sensor bulbs
  from within the suit that allows them to survive and blend in on her su
 rprising planet\, they are beginning to wonder if there's more to life t
 han academic achievement. They're not sure what it is\, but they're goin
 g to use science to find out. A thought-provoking and heartwarming novel
  about science\, the meaning of life\, and love\, perfect for fans of Be
 cky Chambers\, Ryka Aoki\, and Martha Wells. DATE: Thursday\, October 15
  at 7:00 PM LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington\, 89 Church Street\, Burl
 ington\, VT TICKETS: Tickets are FREE. Phoenix Books has adopted an RSVP
 -based system\, and you can RSVP through the Seven Days Tickets website.
  Your RSVP grants you a $3.00 off coupon for A Wall is Also a Road that 
 can be used during the day of the event! BOOKS: Copies of A Wall is Also
  a Road will be available for purchase at the event.\n\nTickets: https:/
 /sevendaystickets.com/e/annalee-newitz-a-wall-is-a-road\n\nhttps://findl
 ocal.community/event/4e67d501-c13c-4f3c-90f3-a4bda60f1b2a
LOCATION:Phoenix Books Burlington\, 191 Bank St\, Burlington\, VT 05401
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/4e67d501-c13c-4f3c-90f3-a4bda60f1b2
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