Under normal circumstances I would have posted my schedule for Readercon at the beginning of the week, but everything medically is really just the pits and so I am getting around to it now. The convention this year is virtual and stripped-down and I expect it to be wonderful. So is my schedule.
Children of the Daughter of the Night: Descendants of Tanith Lee
Friday 7 pm, Main Track 3
KT Bryski, Gemma Files (m), Nicole Kornher-Stace, Yves Meynard, Sonya Taaffe
The fiction of Tanith Lee slyly and subtly glides along and over the margins, enchanting rather than enlisting its fans. Tracing her influence can be a challenge; her fiction is liminal, syncretic, frequently funny, and occasionally preposterous, and a great many authors have been inspired by one or more of those aspects. This panel of Lee devotees will trace the literary taproots and tendrils that drink from her work.
Improbable Research Dramatic Readings
Saturday 8 pm, Main Track 1
Marc Abrahams (m), Robin Abrahams, C.S.E. Cooney, Sara Dion, Rose Fox, David Kessler, Sonya Taaffe
Highlights from Ig Nobel Prize-winning studies and patents are presented in dramatic mini-readings by luminaries and experts (in some field).
Grappling with Imperialism's Traumas
Sunday 4 pm, Main Track 1
Aliette de Bodard, Anil Menon, Sherwood Smith, Sonya Taaffe, teri.zin (m)
In a 2019 interview for the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Zen Cho suggested that white Westerners who write SF/F tales of rebellion against empire are trying to shake off guilt about benefiting from real-world empires. Many white Western readers seek out those stories for the same reason. But underdog daydreams do little to confront or process the traumas wrought by imperialism. What are better options, for writers and readers?
Who may I expect to see digitally there?
Children of the Daughter of the Night: Descendants of Tanith Lee
Friday 7 pm, Main Track 3
KT Bryski, Gemma Files (m), Nicole Kornher-Stace, Yves Meynard, Sonya Taaffe
The fiction of Tanith Lee slyly and subtly glides along and over the margins, enchanting rather than enlisting its fans. Tracing her influence can be a challenge; her fiction is liminal, syncretic, frequently funny, and occasionally preposterous, and a great many authors have been inspired by one or more of those aspects. This panel of Lee devotees will trace the literary taproots and tendrils that drink from her work.
Improbable Research Dramatic Readings
Saturday 8 pm, Main Track 1
Marc Abrahams (m), Robin Abrahams, C.S.E. Cooney, Sara Dion, Rose Fox, David Kessler, Sonya Taaffe
Highlights from Ig Nobel Prize-winning studies and patents are presented in dramatic mini-readings by luminaries and experts (in some field).
Grappling with Imperialism's Traumas
Sunday 4 pm, Main Track 1
Aliette de Bodard, Anil Menon, Sherwood Smith, Sonya Taaffe, teri.zin (m)
In a 2019 interview for the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Zen Cho suggested that white Westerners who write SF/F tales of rebellion against empire are trying to shake off guilt about benefiting from real-world empires. Many white Western readers seek out those stories for the same reason. But underdog daydreams do little to confront or process the traumas wrought by imperialism. What are better options, for writers and readers?
Who may I expect to see digitally there?
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