# Event Details - **Event Name**: Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us at our February Cosmic Cafe when Fred Burton talks about his new book, “Man Made”. Book Description: The near-future reality portrayed in Man Made is eerily familiar. But the AI, social media, and surveillance are more advanced, and the populace more dispirited. The collective gaze has shifted to cyborg intelligence and its promise of speed learning; one more layer of technology to fix the problems caused by all those that came before it. But the amazing talents displayed by Milo, the first cyborg to come online, uncovers one surprising finding: the awesome power contained within each of us. Milo realizes he must find a way, a third way, to free humanity from the stalemate it finds itself in. He goes on the run and lands in Baltimore. The city has been altered by the dystopian government. Its western half has been walled off and outcasts, those that won’t be controlled, are exiled to this depleted land. It is here where Milo’s powers extend beyond what most of us can see and accomplish. We have entered an age where many of us feel there is no center, no agreed upon sources of truth. We are creeping, or lunging, towards authoritarianism. We are looking for answers. Man Made suggests a way forward that invites questions and discussion. Like much of the best fiction, Man Made wraps its ideas in flesh and blood. The experience is visceral because the characters struggle to retain their humanity, but may find that goal beyond their grasp. It does all this with a compelling and entertaining narrative that moves between realistic and surreal realms of experience. Review: "Original, deftly crafted, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Man Made" by Fred F. Burton is a seminal work of metaphysical fiction that blends a kind of magic realism with extrapolated vision to create a memorable (and occasional iconoclastic) work of speculative fiction that is especially and unreservedly recommended." - Midwest Book Review Bio: One thing I strive for in my writing is to avoid easy answers. I try to carefully construct situations and characters so that at a certain point they place demands on me as the author, and I become a conduit for the action that needs to unfold. My hope is that this approach gives readers the opportunity to reflect on different threads of experience. Then they can decide what’s important to them, and affirm what rings with the sound of truth. I grew up in Queens, New York and wrote fiction through my early 20s. This was my first passion and I returned to it after my sons reached their teens years. I’ve lived most of the past 35 years in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Please visit https://www.fredfburton.com/ to learn more about my work. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lemoyne/cosmic-cafe-features-fred-burton-guest-author/200029684417442 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 20 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Lemoyne - **state**: PA - **country**: United States - **location**: 510 N. Front Street, Wormleysburg, PA - **lat**: 40.26114 - **long**: -76.90596 - **full address**: 510 N. Front Street, Wormleysburg, PA, 510 N Front St, Lemoyne, PA 17043-1016, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1ced9b171b75765d3691720f6b75506e2a3777d0de71d2778679c8b888dd5223-rimg-w973-h1411-dc060606-gmir?v=1771444542 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author being held? - **A:** Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author takes place on Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm at 510 N. Front Street, Wormleysburg, PA, 510 N Front St, Lemoyne, PA 17043-1016, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author? - **A:** Cosmic Cafe features Fred Burton, Guest Author is organized by WEST SHORE REIKI Alliance. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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