Jean-Michel and Patrick AJ and Henry Dennis’ dad and mom in front, with the rest of the party, at our informal gathering dinner at Cask and Cleaver on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning we held our business meeting, Jean-Michel, Nicholas Saucy and his fiancée Christina, Henry, Julia, Art and I were in attendance. Jean-Michel makes a point The Carillon Tower at UC Riverside Some of the folks gathering for the symposium. Rob Latham, University of California, Riverside... ...opens the symposium The symposium attendees “Science Fiction and Cultural History: Lines, Pyramids, Networks, Rhizomes” by Roger Luckhurst, University of London “Aliens, Robots and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fiction” by De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Indiana University “A History of the Future” by Veronica Hollinger, Trent University The presenters take questions from the audience. Julia Ree of the Eaton Collection goes over some of the particulars for the conference that begins tomorrow morning. The Special Collections department at UC Riverside has a large collection of vintage printing presses. A poster for the Science Fiction Studies Symposium. A poster for the Eaton Conference There was a reception held after the symposium. Henry is telling Julia something. hgfiii_pics