{"id":694,"date":"2016-10-14T18:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/?p=694"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:00:00","slug":"charlie-jane-anders-in-our-reading-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2016\/10\/14\/charlie-jane-anders-in-our-reading-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Jane Anders in our reading room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/heydeadguy.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc7a970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc7a970c img-responsive\" title=\"20160912_142249_resized\" src=\"http:\/\/heydeadguy.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc7a970c-320wi\" alt=\"20160912_142249_resized\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, science fiction author and io9 founder <a href=\"http:\/\/allthebirdsinthesky.tumblr.com\/\">Charlie Jane Anders<\/a> visited Colorado College as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/academics\/dept\/english\/visiting-writer-series\/\">Visiting Writers<\/a> series. Writers usually meet with students in CC fiction and poetry classes, and Anders was no exception. This time, though, we held the student session in Special Collections, so that we could look at rare and valuable science fiction publications with her.<\/p>\n<p>It was a blast. I put out an 1869 edition of Mary Shelley&#8217;s <em>Frankenstein<\/em>, a first edition of George Orwell&#8217;s <em>1984<\/em>, an Arion Press edition of H.G. Wells&#8217;s <em>Tono-Bungay<\/em>, issues of SF zines such as <em>Lady Churchill&#8217;s Rosebud Wristlet<\/em> and <em>Pandora<\/em>, pulp paperbacks of <em>Slaughterhouse-Five<\/em> and <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, a 17th century <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2016\/08\/10\/aldrovandis-illustrated-monsters\/\">history of monsters<\/a>, and more. We spent a happy hour or so talking about reading and writing science fiction, and as I said goodbye and gathered up the books from the tables I realized it was the first time I&#8217;d ever had all my department&#8217;s science fiction stuff in front of me at the same time. Glorious!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/heydeadguy.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc74970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc74970c img-responsive\" title=\"20160912_141031_resized\" src=\"http:\/\/heydeadguy.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451fdc069e201b8d229bc74970c-320wi\" alt=\"20160912_141031_resized\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Anders is standing in front of a humongous painting by <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2016\/05\/20\/sandy-kinnee-paintings-on-loan-at-tutt-library\/\">Sandy Kinnee<\/a>, on loan to the library for one year while we renovate.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, science fiction author and io9 founder Charlie Jane Anders visited Colorado College as part of our Visiting Writers series. Writers usually meet with students in CC fiction and poetry classes, and Anders was no exception. 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