Orycon Schedule!
Where it appears that I will be very moderate, as I am moderating far more often than actually opining…..:)
Orycon is in Portland, Oregon, November 8-10
Reading (Probably from The Diamond Deep!)
Sat Nov 9 10:00am-10:30am
Grant
Political Systems in SF
Sat Nov 9 11:00am-12:00pm
Hawthorne
Why don’t writers get it right? What to think about when developing local, national, global, and interplanetary governments. How governments with different cultural values really operate and (fail to?) interact.
I will moderate this session
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
Sat Nov 9 12:00pm-1:00pm
Ross Island
Join members of Broad Universe–an organization dedicated to women in genre fiction–for a whole bunch of really short readings crammed into one hour. Editorial note – there are always REALLY FUN. You get to hear SEVEN women in short time….and I promise, some will blow your socks off! Consider grabbing a sack lunch and joining us for this fun panel.
Ann Gimpel, Phoebe Kitanidis, Cat Rambo, (*)MeiLin Miranda, S. A. Bolich, Brenda Cooper, Laurel Anne Hill
Can the USA become a nation of makers again?
Sat Nov 9 2:00pm-3:00pm
Idaho
What’s stopping us? What’s helping us? What do we need to do?
I will moderate this session
300 years from now
Sat Nov 9 3:00pm-4:00pm
Alaska
What will Earth be like? Will we recognize it? Will we have left? Will we have survived?
Copy Machines – Precursor to Replicator?
Sat Nov 9 4:00pm-5:00pm
Idaho
It’s not Star Trek yet, but 3D printers are getting better and cheaper fast. Higher end machines can do complex multi material objects. What are the economic and social implications? Is SF taking note?
Science and Spirituality
Sat Nov 9 5:00pm-6:00pm
Idaho
Are science and spirituality mutually exclusive or intertwined?
I will moderate this session
**** BOOK LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE DIAMOND DEEP, for the anthology RAY GUN CHRONICLES, and for J.A. Pitt’s collection, BRAVADO’s HOUSE OF BLUES *** location TBA
How can we become energy independent?
Sun Nov 10 12:00pm-1:00pm
Alaska
Natural gas powered cars? Cold fusion? Tapping the earth’s core? Compost for energy?
I will moderate this session
Starting from scratch
Sun Nov 10 1:00pm-2:00pm
Idaho
How would you rebuild society from the ground up?
I will moderate this session
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