My Capclave schedule this weekend (10/22 to 10/24):
Friday 7PM: Reading (I’ll have cookies)
Saturday 6PM: Music in Books (panel)
Sunday 1PM: Summers in Oz: L. Frank Baum and Macatawa, MI (presentation)
Sunday 2PM: Charms of Dystopia (panel)
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NASFiC Schedule
I’ll be in Raleigh, NC for NASFiC the weekend of August 5. My reading is Thursday, 7 PM.
Panels:
Friday, 10AM: 50 Years Ago Today
Sat. 11AM: The Worst Future You Can Imagine or Have Written About
Sat. 5PM: Fantasy Doesn’t Have to Be about Kings/Que…ens and Wizards
Sat. 9PM: The Short Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
Balticon Schedule
This weekend, I’ll again be a program participant at Balticon.
My reading is on Saturday at 1:30. Unless there are other requests, I’ll be reading “Inversions.”
My panel schedule is as follows:
Friday:
5:00PM Fads in First Novels (Salon B)
This year, it’s vampires and werewolves, last year we had necromancers and vampire hunters. We’re seeing a lot more female protagonists lately. Where do trends in first novels come from? Jhada Rogue Addams, Tom Doyle, Ray Ridenour, Elaine Stiles(m)
5:00PM Fads in First Novels (Salon B)
This year, it’s vampires and werewolves, last year we had necromancers and vampire hunters. We’re seeing a lot more female protagonists lately. Where do trends in first novels come from? Jhada Rogue Addams, Tom Doyle, Ray Ridenour, Elaine Stiles(m)
Sunday:
3:00PM Hell in Science Fiction (Salon C)
Talk about Niven and Pournelle and others who portray the Christian afterlife for major sinners. Start with Inferno and Escape from Hell and go from there. How do writers use the kingdom of Hell? Note: One of our Crook candidates this year is Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, an excellent example of this subgenre. Robert R. Chase, Tom Doyle, William Freedman, Bernie Mojzes, Drey Mychalus(m)
3:00PM Hell in Science Fiction (Salon C)
Talk about Niven and Pournelle and others who portray the Christian afterlife for major sinners. Start with Inferno and Escape from Hell and go from there. How do writers use the kingdom of Hell? Note: One of our Crook candidates this year is Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, an excellent example of this subgenre. Robert R. Chase, Tom Doyle, William Freedman, Bernie Mojzes, Drey Mychalus(m)
6:00PM Fahrenheit 451–Fifty Years Later (Salon B)
Has any part of American culture escaped Bradbury’s indictment. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Wendy S. Delmater(m), Tom Doyle, Laura Anne Gilman, Michael Spence
Has any part of American culture escaped Bradbury’s indictment. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Wendy S. Delmater(m), Tom Doyle, Laura Anne Gilman, Michael Spence
Reading Tonight at WSFA Meeting
I’ll be reading “Consensus Building” tonight at the WSFA meeeting. The meeting begins at 9PM, and the reading is at 10. The story has the virtue of being my shortest published work.
Talk on Frank Baum at Library of Congress, Feb. 18, 12:10 pm
I’ll be giving a talk on “Summers in Oz: L. Frank Baum and Macatawa, MI.” I’ll discuss the the real and imagined relationships between Oz and the Michigan resort community where Frank Baum spent his summers. This presentation is part of the “What If” forum series at the Library of Congress. The forum will meet in the LoC’s Madison Bldg. 3rd Fl., Pickford Theater.
The talk will end at 1:00 pm. An expedition to a restaurant will follow afterwards–please contact Nathan Evans (natev@loc.gov) to RSVP for that portion of the event.
Philcon Schedule
Here’s my draft Philcon schedule–no reading this time.
Fri 6:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
WHY CALL IT A “SINGULARITY” IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM? (142)[Panelists: John Ashmead (mod), Tom Doyle, Christopher Weuve,
Catherine Asaro]
WHY CALL IT A “SINGULARITY” IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM? (142)[Panelists: John Ashmead (mod), Tom Doyle, Christopher Weuve,
Catherine Asaro]
The “Singularity” is a theoretical point in the future where
something happens beyond which we cannot imaging what life will be
like. Artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, virtual reality,
and genetic engineering have all been suggested as possible
triggers for this supposed future event. But is the singularity
even feasible, and if so, will it be in a form that we can even
recognize
Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza I (One) (1 hour)
FANTASY BASED ON NON-EUROPEAN SOURCES (92)
[Panelists: Victoria Janssen (mod), Stephanie Burke, James L.
Cambias, Christine Norris, Tom Doyle]
You don’t have to go “”all medieval on me”” to write fantasy. What
are the best examples of fantasy not based on European backgrounds to date
Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
THE NEW FEUDALISM (43)
[Panelists: Tom Doyle (mod), Gail Z. Martin, Stuart Jaffe]
Why does there seem to be very little Science Fiction about labor
unions in the future? Is this a good or bad thing? What will
industry look like in the future
Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven) (1 hour)
“OUTSIDER” FICTION (72)
[Panelists: Stephanie Burke (mod), Robert Jeschonek, Tom Doyle,
John Grant, Jim Stratton]
Outsider Art is art created by those with no formal training or
those with mental disabilities. Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright,
an author who created his world as a hobby and never intended to
publish it may be an example in the genre. The novels of Patience
Worth are supposed to have been written entirely by Ouija board.
Our panelists discuss examples of their own.
Capclave Schedule
Capclave (our DC area SF/F con) is this weekend at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center,
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Here’s the list of my panels and reading:Friday, 7 PM: Alternate Dogcatchers
What makes a good alternate history work and bad ones fail? What points of departure do you change? How do you build a good alternate history? What alt histories aren’t done that we would like to see?
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Here’s the list of my panels and reading:Friday, 7 PM: Alternate Dogcatchers
What makes a good alternate history work and bad ones fail? What points of departure do you change? How do you build a good alternate history? What alt histories aren’t done that we would like to see?
Saturday 11 AM: Reading
Saturday 9 PM: WSFA Small Press Award CeremonySunday 11 AM: What Is Human?
Exobiology panel. How will cloning, genetic engineering, and cyborg technology affect what it means to be human?Sunday 12 PM: Why the Civil War?
Why are Americans still fascinated with the civil war? In an America with a black president is the civil war still relevant? Is there room for new civil war alternate histories or is it all tapped out? Do civil war books sell outside the U.S.?
Tom on TV
I’m on this month’s edition of Fast Forward, a series devoted to SF & F. You can view or listen to the interview online: http://www.fast-forward.tv/
This Week’s Schedule
On Tues. June 16th, I’ll be a Bloomsday Ulysses reader at Mackey’s on L St., event at 6, readings at 7, and I go first.
On Wednesday, I’ll be attending the “What If” Forum lunch at the Library of Congress to hear Catherine Asaro.
Balticon Schedule
My schedule at Balticon this weekend:
Fri. 6 PM: Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Sat. 3 PM: My reading of “Crossing Borders”
Sat. 5 PM: Are Short Stories Still Worth Writing?
Sun. 6 PM: Can Magic and Science Exist in the Same World?