Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, P.W. Singer reveals how science fiction is fast becoming a reality on the battlefield in his new book Wired for War. Singer argues that a massive shift in military technology and the advent of robotic warfare is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself. The author of the eerily prescient award-winning books Corporate Warriors, about private military contractors, and Children at War, about child soldiers, Singer will discuss his recent work.

Admission is free for UCSB students with valid UCSB ID.

P.W. Singer
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $12.00
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PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author T.C. Boyle, “a writer who can take you anywhere” (The New York Times), follows 2009’s critically-acclaimed novel on the romantic life of celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright, The Women, with a rich new collection of stories titled Wild Child. With nature as the dominant player, Boyle’s fourteen tales engage, shock, and ultimately gratify in a powerful investigation of what it means to be human. The author of twenty books of fiction including World’s End and Drop City, a National Book Award finalist, Boyle will read and discuss his recent work.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

T.C. Boyle
Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:30 pm
Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
General public $10.00, UCSB Students $8.00
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