Entry tags:
Con schedules, contrarianism, other things starting with con.
Slogging through my inbox today (I have no idea where all this e-mail comes from. I grow resentful of it) and I have an update to my schedule for SFContario, which is next weekend in the beauteous downtown T-dot:
Saturday 10:00AM, Ballroom BC
Short stories and Novellas: Where’s the Love?
Sure, we say we love reading shorter works, but it’s the novels that sell, and awards for shorter fiction tend to go to successful novelists. Why don’t short stories and novellas get more respect?
(Stephanie Bedwell-Grime(M), Leah Bobet, Michael Swanwick, Hayden Trenholm)
Saturday 8:00PM, Gardenview
Best Books of 2010
Hugo and Aurora nominations open soon. What novels and stories caught your attention this year?
(Leah Bobet(M), Sandra Kasturi, Michael Martineck, Fiona Patton)
Sunday 12:00PM, Ballroom A
Review and Criticism in the SF Field
How is science fiction and fantasy being reviewed? Is it only amongst readers of SF or is it getting more mainstream attention. Are reviews helping or harming the genre, and where can the most reliable reviews be found? Are there things, aside from writing a brilliant story of course, that a writer can do to insure a positive review or should the writer ignore reviews altogether?
(Leah Bobet, Peter Halasz, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tony Pi(M), Brett Savory)
Considering how spread out this is and considering how the con itself is in the downtown core and a reasonable walking distance from home, I cannot say I will necessarily be in the bar otherwise; I expect I'll have some errands to run, and may slip out to run 'em. But I will be about, and look forward to seeing whoever's there!
Saturday 10:00AM, Ballroom BC
Short stories and Novellas: Where’s the Love?
Sure, we say we love reading shorter works, but it’s the novels that sell, and awards for shorter fiction tend to go to successful novelists. Why don’t short stories and novellas get more respect?
(Stephanie Bedwell-Grime(M), Leah Bobet, Michael Swanwick, Hayden Trenholm)
Saturday 8:00PM, Gardenview
Best Books of 2010
Hugo and Aurora nominations open soon. What novels and stories caught your attention this year?
(Leah Bobet(M), Sandra Kasturi, Michael Martineck, Fiona Patton)
Sunday 12:00PM, Ballroom A
Review and Criticism in the SF Field
How is science fiction and fantasy being reviewed? Is it only amongst readers of SF or is it getting more mainstream attention. Are reviews helping or harming the genre, and where can the most reliable reviews be found? Are there things, aside from writing a brilliant story of course, that a writer can do to insure a positive review or should the writer ignore reviews altogether?
(Leah Bobet, Peter Halasz, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tony Pi(M), Brett Savory)
Considering how spread out this is and considering how the con itself is in the downtown core and a reasonable walking distance from home, I cannot say I will necessarily be in the bar otherwise; I expect I'll have some errands to run, and may slip out to run 'em. But I will be about, and look forward to seeing whoever's there!