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So here's my Worldcon schedule. I'm still recovering from the illness that made me miss Readercon, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was, so I should be able to pull this off (I hope). And my schedule is quite light. I'm arriving Thursday afternoon, leaving Monday.
Fri Aug 31 3:00pm-4:30pm Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
Members of the Broad Universe organization read short excepts from current works.
Brenda Cooper Carol Berg Cat Rambo Catherine Asaro Catherine Lundoff Deirdre Murphy Dr. Sandra M. Grayson Gwynne Garfinkle J. Kathleen Cheney Kathryn Sullivan Laurel Anne Hill Lyda Morehouse Mary Robinette Kowal Roberta Gregory Roberta Rogow Sandra Ulbrich Almazan Sue Burke
Sun Sep 2 4:30pm-6:00pm Incorporating the Personal into Speculative Fiction
If the sampling of short fiction presented and discussed in the New Yorker Fiction podcast is any indication, mainstream literary writers draw heavily on events from their own lives, sometimes barely veiled, as inspiration for their work. Since science fiction is generally regarded as writing of ideas, is there any room for this same mining of one's personal experiences? Our panel will discuss to what extent when writing the fantastic they a re writing about themselves.
Bill Shunn Cat Rambo Gwynne Garfinkle Inanna Arthen / Vyrdolak Nick Mamatas
Fri Aug 31 3:00pm-4:30pm Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
Members of the Broad Universe organization read short excepts from current works.
Brenda Cooper Carol Berg Cat Rambo Catherine Asaro Catherine Lundoff Deirdre Murphy Dr. Sandra M. Grayson Gwynne Garfinkle J. Kathleen Cheney Kathryn Sullivan Laurel Anne Hill Lyda Morehouse Mary Robinette Kowal Roberta Gregory Roberta Rogow Sandra Ulbrich Almazan Sue Burke
Sun Sep 2 4:30pm-6:00pm Incorporating the Personal into Speculative Fiction
If the sampling of short fiction presented and discussed in the New Yorker Fiction podcast is any indication, mainstream literary writers draw heavily on events from their own lives, sometimes barely veiled, as inspiration for their work. Since science fiction is generally regarded as writing of ideas, is there any room for this same mining of one's personal experiences? Our panel will discuss to what extent when writing the fantastic they a re writing about themselves.
Bill Shunn Cat Rambo Gwynne Garfinkle Inanna Arthen / Vyrdolak Nick Mamatas
