David Brin is coming to Escape Velocity 2018!

David Brin joins us for EV 2018!
Award-winning science fiction author and Museum advisory board member, David Brin is coming to Escape Velocity! David’s book, Heaven’s Reach is perfectly on-theme for this year’s event: Other Worlds. David will be discussing Fractal World of his Uplift series (a fresh spin on the Dyson Sphere idea), a cluster of space habitats circling a white dwarf and the science behind building artificial worlds. You can check out David’s latest work here.

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Catalysts, Explorers & Secret Keepers: Women of Science Fiction
Just in time for holiday shopping – the Museum of Science Fiction’s latest take-home exhibit has been released! It’s $9.99 on Amazon. Check out what io9 had to say about our first anthology here.

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Shape the Future: Arthur C. Clarke and the Power of Imagination!

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Arthur C. Clarke, renowned writer, futurist, and technologist. In honor of Sir Arthur, the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation is launching an intergenerational imagination movement to unleash imagination’s power to address the momentous challenges that will shape humanity’s future. The kickoff for this undertaking will be the first “Unleash Imagination – Shape the Future” Conference on be December 9, 2017 at George Washington University —a few days shy of Sir Arthur’s birthday. We will follow it with presentation of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Awards and a special Centenary Celebration Dinner. Click here to read more.


Open Call For Escape Velocity Panels
The deadline for EV 2018 panel suggestions is January 31. Don’t miss your chance to bring a panel to Escape Velocity! Whether it’s “How to build a Mars habitat” or “What’s an exo-planet?” – submit your idea today and add to the 100+ hours of EV programming!   Click here to share!


Our Third Annual Competition is Open!

International Costume Competition and Fashion Show
To celebrate the importance of fashion and costume design to creating rich worlds and expanding our imaginations, the Museum is holding an international costume competition and fashion show. See finalists raising the bar with wearable technologyand coded costumesAstrid Bear, grand master costumer and wife of science fiction author Greg Bear will be on the jury panel to evaluate the finalists.


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Early Bird Special: book two hotel room nights and get 30% off on two weekend passestwo  EV 2018 t-shirts, and two Museum of Science Fiction pins (offer ends onDecember 15, get a jump on holiday shopping)!

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