Thursday, August 9, 2007

Armadillocon off the port bow

Tomorrow is Armadillocon in Austin, and I still haven't quite caught my breath from Archon 31/NASFiC in St. Louis this past weekend. That'll teach me to look at the calendar more closely. In any event, fellow No Fear of the Future contributors Chris Nakashima-Brown, Jess Nevins and Alexis Glynn Latner will be in attendance as well. Here's my schedule (not included is Friday's day-long writers workshop):
ArmadilloCon 29 Schedule for Jayme Lynn Blaschke

Fr2200Dz Group blogging by SF authors
Fri 10:00 PM-11:00 PM de Zavala
Nevins*, Blaschke, Nakashima-Brown, Gould, Spector,
Denton, McHugh
Jess Nevins and Chris Nakashima-Brown, et al. proffer
dueling bloggers, complete with PowerPoint live
blogging.

Sa1200De Revolution SF
Sat Noon-1:00 PM DeWitt
Klaw*, Finn, Bey, Wilson, Blaschke, Porter
Being an editor for a small SF site can be
challenging.

Sa2000De Hypotheticals
Sat 8:00 PM-9:00 PM DeWitt
Porter*, Roberson, Sturges, Wilson, Blaschke, Benjamin
A role playing panel wherein comics professionals take
a set of interlinked and developing hypothetical
scenarios regarding the comic book industry and play
them out. There’s no audience participation, other
than the audience getting a lot of enjoyment out of
it.

Su1300De Mythology/Schmythology
Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM DeWitt
Wilson*, Gilman, Blaschke, Denton, Gould, Kimbriel,
Spector
In presupposing that only a "chosen one" and/or
demi-god can save the world, are Star Wars, Harry
Potter, Lord of the Rings and other such works
anti-humanist at the core?

I'm quite looking forward to Alan Porter's "Hypotheticals" panel, which I understand was originated in the U.K. by Alan Moore and some other folks whose names escape me. It should be an interesting romp. Also, we're finally doing an actual Revolution SF panel after several years of threatening to do so--any time you get Mark Finn and Rick Klaw on the same panel, watch out. $20 and a jelly donut says apes manage to creep into the conversation at some point.

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