my Readercon schedule
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gwynnegaHere is my Readercon schedule. The program is chock-full of great stuff (much of it occurring simultaneously, alas!). I will be Mary Shelleying it up. I look forward to seeing those of you who will be attending!
Friday July 11
12:00 PM
The Life of Mary Shelley
Gwynne Garfinkle, Theodora Goss, Theodore Krulik (leader), James Morrow, Adrienne J. Odasso
A cartoon by Kate Beaton shows Mary Shelley mired in misery over her recent miscarriage and having to constantly fend off Lord Byron's advances. She cries "Oh God this is monstrous!" before running off, presumably to write Frankenstein. We'll take a slightly more nuanced look at the factors in Mary Shelley's life that place her in the right place at the right time to make her such an influential force in the speculative genre.
1:00 PM
Reading
Gwynne Garfinkle
Gwynne Garfinkle reads from an ongoing series of poems inspired by classic films, TV, and pop culture.
Saturday July 12
12:00 PM
Interfictions Group Reading
Gwynne Garfinkle, Theodora Goss, Anil Menon, Sofia Samatar (leader), Sonya Taaffe
Contributors to the Interfictions online magazine read from their work.
6:00 PM
The Works of Mary Shelley
F. Brett Cox (leader), Gwynne Garfinkle, Adrienne J. Odasso, Diane Weinstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the daughter of the philosopher and novelist William Godwin and the feminist and educationist Mary Wollstonecraft. She married the poet Percy Shelley in 1816, and together with him and the poet Lord Byron and the doctor John Polidori, spent much of the summer of 1816 at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva. At Byron's suggestion, one evening each of the group told ghost stories that they had written; by far the most famous of these is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus (1818). Frankenstein is often viewed as the first science fiction novel, turning the Gothic tradition into a form distinctively responsive to the modern age. It has inspired countless successors—as well, of course, as translations into other media. Mary Shelley wrote many other works, including the SF tale The Last Man (1826), several Gothic stories, biographies, and travel narratives. This panel will primarily focus on her speculative writing.
Friday July 11
12:00 PM
The Life of Mary Shelley
Gwynne Garfinkle, Theodora Goss, Theodore Krulik (leader), James Morrow, Adrienne J. Odasso
A cartoon by Kate Beaton shows Mary Shelley mired in misery over her recent miscarriage and having to constantly fend off Lord Byron's advances. She cries "Oh God this is monstrous!" before running off, presumably to write Frankenstein. We'll take a slightly more nuanced look at the factors in Mary Shelley's life that place her in the right place at the right time to make her such an influential force in the speculative genre.
1:00 PM
Reading
Gwynne Garfinkle
Gwynne Garfinkle reads from an ongoing series of poems inspired by classic films, TV, and pop culture.
Saturday July 12
12:00 PM
Interfictions Group Reading
Gwynne Garfinkle, Theodora Goss, Anil Menon, Sofia Samatar (leader), Sonya Taaffe
Contributors to the Interfictions online magazine read from their work.
6:00 PM
The Works of Mary Shelley
F. Brett Cox (leader), Gwynne Garfinkle, Adrienne J. Odasso, Diane Weinstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the daughter of the philosopher and novelist William Godwin and the feminist and educationist Mary Wollstonecraft. She married the poet Percy Shelley in 1816, and together with him and the poet Lord Byron and the doctor John Polidori, spent much of the summer of 1816 at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva. At Byron's suggestion, one evening each of the group told ghost stories that they had written; by far the most famous of these is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus (1818). Frankenstein is often viewed as the first science fiction novel, turning the Gothic tradition into a form distinctively responsive to the modern age. It has inspired countless successors—as well, of course, as translations into other media. Mary Shelley wrote many other works, including the SF tale The Last Man (1826), several Gothic stories, biographies, and travel narratives. This panel will primarily focus on her speculative writing.
