{"615766":{"#nid":"615766","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Science Fiction Day Recommendations from Georgia Tech\u0027s Science Fiction Faculty","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScience Fiction Day, also known as the birthday of renowned science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, is Jan. 2. While it\u0026rsquo;s a great day to watch Star Wars for the 17th time (what day isn\u0026rsquo;t?), it is also a great time to dig deep into the science fiction archive for some undiscovered or forgotten treasures and look at the genre from a new viewpoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn that spirit, we asked the science fiction experts in\u0026nbsp;the School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u0026nbsp;to offer some suggestions for your Science Fiction Day consideration. They came back with recommendations ranging from a Civil War zombie story to a tour through the history of science fiction imagery to recommendations that will familiarize you with the stories that influenced some of science fiction\u0026#39;s biggest franchises.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo see the recommendations, read, \u0026quot;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/science-fiction-day\u0022\u003EScience Fiction Day Recommendations for Science Fiction Day from Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Science Fiction Faculty\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScience fiction faculty in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication offer suggestions for Science Fiction Day, Jan. 2.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Science fiction faculty in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication offer suggestions for Science Fiction Day, Jan. 2."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2018-12-31 22:42:02","changed_gmt":"2018-12-31 22:50:26","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615765":{"id":"615765","type":"image","title":"Scrappy","body":null,"created":"1546295574","gmt_created":"2018-12-31 22:32:54","changed":"1546295574","gmt_changed":"2018-12-31 22:32:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234432","name":"2-scrappy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2-scrappy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2-scrappy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":332577,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2-scrappy.jpg?itok=Oh2_xW7y"}}},"media_ids":["615765"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/out-world","title":"Out of This World: Science Fiction is About More Than Entertainment"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/4\/ivan-allen-science-fiction-scholar-lisa-yaszek-featured-amc-series\/605633","title":"Ivan Allen Science Fiction Scholar Lisa Yaszek Featured on AMC Series"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/5\/raising-bar-2001-space-odyssey-50-years\/606156","title":"Still Raising the Bar: \u20182001: A Space Odyssey\u2019 50 Years On"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/3\/georgia-tech-expert-afrofuturism-reflects-black-panther-phenomenon\/603799","title":"A Georgia Tech Expert in Afrofuturism Reflects on the \u0027Black Panther\u0027 Phenomenon"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"209","name":"Jay Telotte"},{"id":"11021","name":"Lisa Yaszek"},{"id":"177419","name":"Susana Morris"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.2290\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}