Sasquan Schedule
It appears I'm going to be busy. Particularly because I'm going to be making a cake for Friday night's Book View Cafe party. See you there?
Kaffee Klatche - Book View Cafe - Vonda N. McIntyre, Jeffrey A. Carver, Brenda Clough, Nancy Jane Moore, Pagricia Nagle, Madeleine Robins
Thursday 13:00 - 13:45, 202A-KK1 (CC)
Join 6 members of Book View Cafe and up to 16 other fans for a discussion. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor.
Reading - Madeleine Robins
Friday 11:30 - 12:00, 303B (CC)
Writers Workshop section 05
Friday 13:00 - 16:00, 201A (CC)
Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry professionals. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants.
Vonda McIntyre's Dreamsnake
Saturday 11:00 - 11:45, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B (CC)
Over 35 years after it was published, Vonda McIntyre's Dreamsnake is a se...an ovular award-winning novel of a healer's quest on a post-apocalyptic planet to help care for people and to find a new snake with healing properties. Our panel discusses why this is such an important book and why you should undertake a quest to find it (as it's currently out of print). Dreamsnake won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Locus Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the National Book Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Madeleine Robins (M), Elizabeth Bear, Molly Gloss, Alan Stewart
Finance for Writers
Saturday 14:00 - 14:45, 303A (CC)
What are the implications for writers under contract to a publisher vs. self-published writers? Tax issues.
Gail Carriger (M), Doug Farren, Madeleine Robins, Kevin Wiley
The Past Is Another World: Historical Fiction for SF Fans
Sunday 13:00 - 13:45, Bays 111A (CC)
One attraction of SF is its glimpses of alien worlds and cultures. Our past can be a similar alien culture. What historical works do a good job of capturing the past and conveying the unfamiliar amidst the familiar.
Madeleine Robins (M), Tananarive Due, Walter H. Hunt, Eric Swedin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Kaffee Klatche - Book View Cafe - Vonda N. McIntyre, Jeffrey A. Carver, Brenda Clough, Nancy Jane Moore, Pagricia Nagle, Madeleine Robins
Thursday 13:00 - 13:45, 202A-KK1 (CC)
Join 6 members of Book View Cafe and up to 16 other fans for a discussion. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor.
Reading - Madeleine Robins
Friday 11:30 - 12:00, 303B (CC)
Writers Workshop section 05
Friday 13:00 - 16:00, 201A (CC)
Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry professionals. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants.
Vonda McIntyre's Dreamsnake
Saturday 11:00 - 11:45, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B (CC)
Over 35 years after it was published, Vonda McIntyre's Dreamsnake is a se...an ovular award-winning novel of a healer's quest on a post-apocalyptic planet to help care for people and to find a new snake with healing properties. Our panel discusses why this is such an important book and why you should undertake a quest to find it (as it's currently out of print). Dreamsnake won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Locus Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the National Book Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Madeleine Robins (M), Elizabeth Bear, Molly Gloss, Alan Stewart
Finance for Writers
Saturday 14:00 - 14:45, 303A (CC)
What are the implications for writers under contract to a publisher vs. self-published writers? Tax issues.
Gail Carriger (M), Doug Farren, Madeleine Robins, Kevin Wiley
The Past Is Another World: Historical Fiction for SF Fans
Sunday 13:00 - 13:45, Bays 111A (CC)
One attraction of SF is its glimpses of alien worlds and cultures. Our past can be a similar alien culture. What historical works do a good job of capturing the past and conveying the unfamiliar amidst the familiar.
Madeleine Robins (M), Tananarive Due, Walter H. Hunt, Eric Swedin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden