WorldCon Schedule

While I wish I was at ComicCon now, at least I will actually be at WorldCon next month. This is my first one since 2006.


Thursday

Thu 10:00 - 12:00, Writers Workshop, Section E (Workshop), Naples5 (Peppermill)
This is an event you had to sign up for in advance and submit a story. We'll be workshopping with three participants.
Gregory A. Wilson, Martha Wells


Thu 4:00 - 5:00, Writing Non-Human Characters (Panel), A05 (RSCC)
In writing a fantasy or SF story, how do you create non-human characters that are more than just humans with funny ears attached?
Carol Berg (M), Amy Thomson, Robert J. Sawyer, Martha Wells


Thu 8:00pm? Party Hosted by Night Shade Books Debut Authors, in Atlantis suite 1535
This party is for everybody, so come on by.


Friday


Fri 11:00 - 12:00, The Continuing Popularity of Jane Austen (Panel), A05 (RSCC)
Jane Austen remains very popular, including among SF fans. Her books continue to be read, and they've spawned numerous movies as well as a number of spin off novels. The panel discusses Austen's continuing popularity.
Darlene Marshall (M), Brenda W.Clough, Ellen Asher, Madeleine E. Robins, Martha Wells


Fri 1:00 - 2:00, Autographing: Fri 13:00 (Autographing), Hall 2 Autographs (RSCC)
Robin Hobb, Lucienne Diver, Carol Berg, Sharon Shinn, Sean McMullen, Patricia Briggs, Kim Stanley Robinson, Martha Wells


Fri 2:00 - 3:00, KaffeeKlatsch: Fri 14:00 (KaffeeKlatsch), KK1 (RSCC)
Martha Wells
This is a thing where you sign up and we sit around and talk for about 50 minutes. So please sign up! (At this point we may be talking about how tired we are.)


Saturday


Sat 12:00 - 12:30, Reading: Martha Wells (Reading), A15 (RSCC) Martha Wells


Sat 1:00 - 2:00, The Comeback Genre: Sword & Sorcery (Panel), A16 (RSCC)
Sword and Sorcery has a rich history, going back to at least Howard and Smith. And it's making a comeback. Our panelists talk about its rich history and why it's back and better than ever.
Lou Anders (M), Dale Ivan Smith, S.M. Stirling, Martha Wells


Sat 5:00 - 6:00, Designing Believable Archeaology and Anthropology (Panel), A03 (RSCC)
Using anthropology and archaeology to build realistic SF and fantasy worlds.
Martha Wells (M), Rachel Swirsky, Jessica Axsom, S.M. Stirling



And a link:

SF Novelists: Birds, Dinosaurs, and the Secret Life of Labels by Chris Moriarty

Well, another month has passed, and here is another post from me that contains more questions than answers. This post is particularly question-ridden because it arises from a very recent experience that I'm still digesting. I went to Readercon last weekend, where I spoke on several panels about gender in science fiction. Most of those panels turned into discussions not of gender in the abstract, but of women in science fiction. And specifically of the problem of there not being enough of them.