Before I Forget-
Behold! For those who may be interested, for those who were wondering, or even if you don't give a rat's caboose, my programming schedule for the San Antonio worldcon:
Datlow-Cadigan Dialog
Thursday 15:00 - 16:00
Pat Cadigan talks with Ellen Datlow about her life working in the genre of the fantastic - science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and all the subcategories from New Wave to New Weird.
A Look at London in SF and the London Worldcon
Friday 13:00 - 14:00
London calls. It has an allure that has made it the target of much mayhem. What makes it so attractive in this way? Next year's Worldcon will be held in London; what sites can one visit that have been destroyed over and over....
Robin Hobb (M), Pat Cadigan, Nigel Furlong, Martin Easterbrook
Accessible vs. Hard Science Fiction
Friday 14:00 - 15:00
Hard SF is often derided as being hard to read. What can be done to make it more accessible? Or is this a project doomed to failure?
Bud Sparhawk (M), Pat Cadigan, Daryl Gregory, Derek Kunsken, Patricia MacEwen
Punking It: Lowlife, Dystopia, and the Punk Suffix
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
Cyberpunk, steampunk, clockpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, martial punk: speculative fiction has seen a heavy influx of sub-genres bearing the "punk" suffix. But are these punk? Is there any real connection between these different sub-genres? What makes an SF or fantasy story into punk?
James Patrick Kelly (M), Pat Cadigan, David Farnell, Liz Gorinsky
The Legacy of Omni
Sunday 11:00 - 12:00
Ellen Datlow (M), Howard Waldrop, Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, Pat Cadigan
Jim Gunn's Teaching
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
Kij Johnson (M), Elizabeth Hull, Pat Cadigan, James Gunn, Christopher McKitterick
Datlow-Cadigan Dialog
Thursday 15:00 - 16:00
Pat Cadigan talks with Ellen Datlow about her life working in the genre of the fantastic - science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and all the subcategories from New Wave to New Weird.
A Look at London in SF and the London Worldcon
Friday 13:00 - 14:00
London calls. It has an allure that has made it the target of much mayhem. What makes it so attractive in this way? Next year's Worldcon will be held in London; what sites can one visit that have been destroyed over and over....
Robin Hobb (M), Pat Cadigan, Nigel Furlong, Martin Easterbrook
Accessible vs. Hard Science Fiction
Friday 14:00 - 15:00
Hard SF is often derided as being hard to read. What can be done to make it more accessible? Or is this a project doomed to failure?
Bud Sparhawk (M), Pat Cadigan, Daryl Gregory, Derek Kunsken, Patricia MacEwen
Punking It: Lowlife, Dystopia, and the Punk Suffix
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
Cyberpunk, steampunk, clockpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, martial punk: speculative fiction has seen a heavy influx of sub-genres bearing the "punk" suffix. But are these punk? Is there any real connection between these different sub-genres? What makes an SF or fantasy story into punk?
James Patrick Kelly (M), Pat Cadigan, David Farnell, Liz Gorinsky
The Legacy of Omni
Sunday 11:00 - 12:00
Ellen Datlow (M), Howard Waldrop, Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, Pat Cadigan
Jim Gunn's Teaching
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
Kij Johnson (M), Elizabeth Hull, Pat Cadigan, James Gunn, Christopher McKitterick