Doesn’t this remind you of the Gadarene Swine (Luke 8:26-39)? Assuming you were paying attention in Sunday School, that is. And except for the absence of Jesus. Although, in a Hollywood here-comes-Satan spectacular, this would be one of those little mostly unnoticed news stories that heralds the beginning of the Apocalypse…remember, you heard it here …
Back home at last, and waiting for me was something I’d hoped to have with me in Calgary: a Stowaway Bluetooth folding keyboard for my Audiovox Harrier. This is just amazingly cool. It’s a full-size keyboard (minus the row of number buttons) with a good solid feel and a nice brace that makes it stiff …
The phrase “science fiction convention” conjures in many people’s minds images of strange people in strange costumes doing strange things. Well, last Sunday at Westercon, a major North American science fiction convention held this year in Calgary, I saw a blue-skinned woman, a green-skinned Medusa (complete with snaky hair), and (most frightening of all) a …
Another 10 a.m. panel Monday morning, this one on the Future of Energy (ironic, considering the distinct lack of energy to be had at 10 a.m. on the fourth day of a four-day SF convention). It actually went very well. My fellow panelists were Karl Johanson, Blair Petterson, A. M. Arruin and Hayden Trenholm. After …
Myself and S. M. Stirling, lost in contemplation about Group Dynamics in Speculative Fiction.
Alice (a.k.a. Princess Annelise, ruler of the Barbieverse), getting ready for the Westercon Masquerade.
UPDATE: Now with links! First, a welcome to any readers finding their way here from Kathryn Cramer’s blog! I ran into her at a panel this afternoon and she told me she’d linked to my coverage of Westercon–and sure enough, I see my readership has gone up. Some. At least temporarily. Please feel free to …
This morning I met with a few SF Canada members for breakfast, at which we tried to convince Danita Maslan to join. Then, after helping my wife and daughter get up to the pool for some swimming, I returned to the room to blog about yesterday’s events and to do some last-minute research for the …
Here I am, high (35th floor of the International Hotel) above Calgary, awaiting the results of this year’s Locus Awards. (UPDATE: This was initially live-blogged, with photos and links added later.) Charles Brown began with a comic introduction of Connie Willis (first pretending to think he was at a literary conference in China). Charles Brown …
From left to right: Calgary’s deputy mayor, Guest of Honour S. M. Stirling, Publisher Guest of Honour Tom Doherty, Editor Guest of Honour David G. Hartwell, Canadian Guest of Honour Dave Duncan, Artist Guest of Honour Mark Ferrari, Fan Guests of Honour Eileen Capes and Cliff Samuels. A busy day at Westercon yesterday. We attended …
Hot from Westercon: Long-form EnglishWolf Pack, Edo van Belkom Short-form EnglishWhen the Morning Stars Sang Together, Isaac Szpindel Long-form FrenchLes Mémoires de l’Arc, Michèle Laframboise Short-form FrenchCeux qui ne comptent pas, Michèle Laframboise English otherRelativity: Essays and Stories, Robert J. Sawyer Artistic achievementMartin Springett Fan publicationOpuntia, Dale Speirs Fan organizationBrian Upward, I.D.I.C. Fan otherKaren Linsley, …
The second panel I attended on Thursday night at Westercon was on Great Openings. S.M. Stirling was on hand again, along with Barb Geller-Smith, Andrew Foley and David G. Hartwell, a senior editor at Tor Books. Hartwell rather dominated the panel, mainly because all the would-be authors in the audience were most anxious to hear …
