The Impact of the Space Race on the Mediums of Fiction Writing, Television and Movies

Nov. 25, 2019, 2 - 3:15 p.m.

VSTA 205, Dandini Campus

The Race for Space was not only a journey into the unknown, it was an opportunity to further explore Science Fiction Writing and Science Fiction Application to TV and Movies. English Professor Rob Lively will talk about these impacts.

The Library Committee is presenting a series of four presentations on the impacts of the 1960s upon the soul of the American Experience. These faculty presentations include:

• The Music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan 
• The Civil Rights, Womens' Liberation and Gay Rights Movement 
• Vietnam, Student Protests, and Assassinations 
• The Impacts of the Space Race on Fiction Writing, Television and Movies