T-minus one week to DragonCon
This year marks the long-overdue DragonCon debut of WEIRD TALES. On a less important note, it will also be my own first time attending. We'll be taking part in several very cool program items:
FRI 4PM: Steampunk: From Fiction To Reality. I'm excited to be sitting on this panel, which promises to be a lot of fun, with a lineup including novelist and Weird Tales contributor Cherie Priest, Nathaniel Johnstone from Abney Park, and more.
FRI 7PM: Lights! Cthulhu! Action! Talkin' bout everybody's favorite (and not-so-much) Lovecraftian movies! Me, Dark Horse editor Scott Allie, and a host of luminaries.
SAT NOON-6PM: Echoes of Devil's Reef. A Lovecraftian LARP from Lurking Fear Productions that's sponsored by Weird Tales -- all participants will get a free magazine, special discount offers, and the chance to win excellent prizes.
SUN 7PM: Weird Tales, Then & Now. Join me and WT contributing artist Steven Archer (of the band Ego Likeness) for special sneak peeks at the stuff we've got lined up as 2008 heads toward 2009! Art, videos, free prizes for audience members, and more!
SUN/MON 1:30 AM: Weird Tales & Steampunk Magazine present Ego Likeness in concert. (Featuring guest drummer DJ Mindcage of the band Mindless Faith.)
...hey, didn't I just get back from Worldcon? Speaking of which, I see that one Avram Grumer was "paper-blogging" his Worldcon experience, which included a page of notes on the fun Lovecraft panel I was privileged to moderate. I see that Avram has managed to preserve for posterity my two favorite punchlines of the week, particularly the bit about "putting down Lovecraft's prose is like putting down Shatner's acting."
FRI 4PM: Steampunk: From Fiction To Reality. I'm excited to be sitting on this panel, which promises to be a lot of fun, with a lineup including novelist and Weird Tales contributor Cherie Priest, Nathaniel Johnstone from Abney Park, and more.
FRI 7PM: Lights! Cthulhu! Action! Talkin' bout everybody's favorite (and not-so-much) Lovecraftian movies! Me, Dark Horse editor Scott Allie, and a host of luminaries.
SAT NOON-6PM: Echoes of Devil's Reef. A Lovecraftian LARP from Lurking Fear Productions that's sponsored by Weird Tales -- all participants will get a free magazine, special discount offers, and the chance to win excellent prizes.
SUN 7PM: Weird Tales, Then & Now. Join me and WT contributing artist Steven Archer (of the band Ego Likeness) for special sneak peeks at the stuff we've got lined up as 2008 heads toward 2009! Art, videos, free prizes for audience members, and more!
SUN/MON 1:30 AM: Weird Tales & Steampunk Magazine present Ego Likeness in concert. (Featuring guest drummer DJ Mindcage of the band Mindless Faith.)
...hey, didn't I just get back from Worldcon? Speaking of which, I see that one Avram Grumer was "paper-blogging" his Worldcon experience, which included a page of notes on the fun Lovecraft panel I was privileged to moderate. I see that Avram has managed to preserve for posterity my two favorite punchlines of the week, particularly the bit about "putting down Lovecraft's prose is like putting down Shatner's acting."