So, the antibiotics flattened me. Here is my schedule for Arisia. It is much, much smaller than any previous year's, but I appreciate that I have four days to recover before I have to say intelligent things in the morning.
WWII in SF/F
Friday 8:30 PM
Terry Franklin (m), Lisa J. Evans, Megan Lewis, Sonya Taaffe
With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II approaching, an assessment of how the conflict influenced and affected science fiction and fantasy is in order. SF/F cinema has not dealt with World War II extensively, and much of it has been done obliquely. Television has not been much more prolific. The printed word has seen far more treatment of World War II, from alternative histories to time travel stories, to first-hand accounts and stories that defy easy categorization.
Ballads of the Supernatural
Saturday 4:00 PM
Sonya Taaffe (m), Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Merav Hoffman, Elizabeth Birdsall
Many traditional songs tell stories of the supernatural: ghosts, faeries, shape-changers, and so forth. Come listen or sing in this themed song circle.
Poetry Reading: Daniels, Odasso, Taaffe
Sunday 4:00 PM
Gillian Daniels, Adrienne Odasso, Sonya Taaffe
Gillian Daniels, Adrienne Odasso, and Sonya Taaffe read selections from their works.
Non-Genre Books That Fans Love
Monday 11:30 AM
Adam Lipkin (m), Max Gladstone, Grant Carrington, Meredith Schwartz, Sonya Taaffe
Many of us are very well-versed in genre classics and new genre work - but some fiction that's not specifically SF/F has rooted itself in our canon as well. Which books that aren't genre are familiar and beloved by genre readers?
The Wonderful Panel of Oz
Monday 1:00 PM 01:15
Toni K.P. Kelner (m), Greer Gilman, Merav Hoffman, Sonya Taaffe, Daniel Miller
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and its 13 sequels constituted a truly American fairy tale, replete with mythology but without the harsh moral lessons that tales such as the Brothers Grimm had become infamous for. To this day, scholars and enthusiasts debate the great world that Baum shaped, from whether he originally intended a metaphor for early twentieth-century American Progressive Party politics, to the role of women in the series, to the seeming predictions of modern technology in its pages.
The Post-Meridian Radio Players are continuing their run of genderswapped Star Trek with "Space Seed." That's Saturday night and I'll be there.
On Sunday, I will be reading from Ghost Signs. [edit: Reviewed here by Francesca Forrest!] I will have copies for sale with me. If you want one and haven't yet gotten around to it—or if you want it signed, annotated, little notes in the margins, whatever—here's where to fix that.
Who will I see there?
WWII in SF/F
Friday 8:30 PM
Terry Franklin (m), Lisa J. Evans, Megan Lewis, Sonya Taaffe
With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II approaching, an assessment of how the conflict influenced and affected science fiction and fantasy is in order. SF/F cinema has not dealt with World War II extensively, and much of it has been done obliquely. Television has not been much more prolific. The printed word has seen far more treatment of World War II, from alternative histories to time travel stories, to first-hand accounts and stories that defy easy categorization.
Ballads of the Supernatural
Saturday 4:00 PM
Sonya Taaffe (m), Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Merav Hoffman, Elizabeth Birdsall
Many traditional songs tell stories of the supernatural: ghosts, faeries, shape-changers, and so forth. Come listen or sing in this themed song circle.
Poetry Reading: Daniels, Odasso, Taaffe
Sunday 4:00 PM
Gillian Daniels, Adrienne Odasso, Sonya Taaffe
Gillian Daniels, Adrienne Odasso, and Sonya Taaffe read selections from their works.
Non-Genre Books That Fans Love
Monday 11:30 AM
Adam Lipkin (m), Max Gladstone, Grant Carrington, Meredith Schwartz, Sonya Taaffe
Many of us are very well-versed in genre classics and new genre work - but some fiction that's not specifically SF/F has rooted itself in our canon as well. Which books that aren't genre are familiar and beloved by genre readers?
The Wonderful Panel of Oz
Monday 1:00 PM 01:15
Toni K.P. Kelner (m), Greer Gilman, Merav Hoffman, Sonya Taaffe, Daniel Miller
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and its 13 sequels constituted a truly American fairy tale, replete with mythology but without the harsh moral lessons that tales such as the Brothers Grimm had become infamous for. To this day, scholars and enthusiasts debate the great world that Baum shaped, from whether he originally intended a metaphor for early twentieth-century American Progressive Party politics, to the role of women in the series, to the seeming predictions of modern technology in its pages.
The Post-Meridian Radio Players are continuing their run of genderswapped Star Trek with "Space Seed." That's Saturday night and I'll be there.
On Sunday, I will be reading from Ghost Signs. [edit: Reviewed here by Francesca Forrest!] I will have copies for sale with me. If you want one and haven't yet gotten around to it—or if you want it signed, annotated, little notes in the margins, whatever—here's where to fix that.
Who will I see there?
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