Here's my schedule for Boskone 57, February 14-16 2020, at the Boston Westin Waterfront:
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Remembering the Star Trek Aliens
Friday 17:00 - 17:50, Harbor II
Vulcans, Klingons, and Romulans all have their fans. Let’s look beyond these familiarly fantastic faces to other memorable aliens (and cultures) within the Star Trek macroverse, and discuss why ( Read more... )

Here are my panels etc. for WorldCon 77, Dublin, Ireland, which runs August 15-19, 2019:

Orville vs Discovery

18 Aug 2019, Sunday 11:00 - 11:50, Liffey Room-2 (CCD)

One is seen as the next version of True Trek. The other is canonical Trek, by definition, since it has the imprimatur of being a Trek production. Fans usually love one or the other, but ( Read more... )

I will be attending MidAmericaCon II in Kansas City, August 17-21: my first Worldcon ever!  I'm very excited.

Here's my schedule:

Whose DNA is it?
Thursday, 1:00 p.m., Room 2206
Helen Pennington (moderator), Marguerite Kenner, Howard Rosenblat, Kenneth Schneyer
Panelists discuss DNA and your privacy, from a legal perspective. What can be done ( Read more... )

Here's my schedule for Arisia 2016, January 15-18, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel:

The Future of Mars - Literature, Panel - 1hr 15min - Faneuil (3W) - Friday 8:30 p.m.
We grew up reading about Barsoom and the Mars of Wells and Bradbury. Today, we’re finally exploring the reality of the red planet. Where does our fictional treatment of Mars go ( Read more... )

My report from the Clarion Writers Workshop, Week 4

( Under the cut -- includes photos )

The twitterzine Nanoism is going to publish (and pay me for) a twitterfic that I call "Without Sentimentality" (although officially it has no title). It'll appear on May 29th. I'd love it if you'd all take the twenty seconds to read it. (Hey, the cents-per-word rate for Nanoism are higher than the SFWA minimum! *Snort*)

Somebody recently did a ( Read more... )