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My Worldcon Schedule

Thu 1:30 PM-3:00 PM Summers in Oz: L. Frank Baum in Macatawa, MI (and Chicago)
Thu 4:30 PM-6:00 PM What Is Next for Body Modification?
Fri 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Are You a Dickhead? (Re: Philip K Dick)
Friday 1:20 PM–Chicago Cubs game
Fri 7:30 PM-9:00 PM Explore the Philosophical Side of Science Fiction
Sat 10:00 AM-12 noon Writing Workshop
Sat 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Murray Leinster: Dean of Science Fiction

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Book Signing June 16th

On June 16th, 1PM, at the Dupont Circle Books-A-Million, I’ll be signing copies of Writers of the Future Vol. 28, which features my award-winning story, “While Ireland Holds These Graves.” (After 2PM, we’ll adjourn to the James Hoban’s Irish Restaurant just across the Circle.)

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My Balticon schedule (5/27-5/30):

My reading is Monday 2PM. I think it’ll be a new not-yet-published story about the heroine of “Crossing Borders,” but I’ll take requests, and give cookies.
Fri. 5PM. The Singularity and Eschaton
Sat. 4PM History as a Source of Fantasy
Sat. 7PM. Living in an SF World

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My Capclave Schedule

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

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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)
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)
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

 

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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.