Penguicon 2010
I'll be guest of honour at this event
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Apr 30, 2010 12:00 AM
to May 02, 2010 12:00 AM |
| Where | Troy Marriott, Troy Michigan |
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"Penguicon is a convention with two major emphases: open source software and science fiction. We also have tracks including the EcoGeek track, Gaming, Music, Media, Literature, webcomics, and panels on everything people can think of. We make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and serve home-brewed OpenCola. The attendees throw parties in their hotel rooms all night, so the fun never stops. Our website is at http://penguicon.org."
My schedule
Individual Worldbuilding vs. Shared Worldbuilding
How do authors create fully-realized worlds to write in? Even more challenging, how do authors create fully-realized worlds to write in together?
Saturday 11AM
Cherie Priest, Patrick Rothfuss, Karl Schroeder (m), Tobias S. Buckell
Author Reading
Saturday 1PM
Karl Schroeder, Mary A. Turzillo, Michael Z. Williamson
Science Foresight: Can SF truly predict where Science is Headed?
A TV show once said "This room would be four times larger without Star Trek." Does science fiction predict or drive science fact?
Saturday 4PM
Karl Schroeder (m), Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary A. Turzillo
Mass Autograph session
All our authors at the Con are pen-ready to sign your books!
Saturday 6PM
Mary Turzillo, Cherie Priest, Karl Schroeder, Tobias S. Buckell, Doselle Young, Patrick Rothfuss, Michael Z. Williamson, Sarah Monette, Mary Robinette Kowal
Post-scarcity Futures
The post-scarcity future seems to be replacing the post-nuclear holocaust in the SF novel. Will the trend continue? Is this future more plausible than the earlier post-disaster future? Is it a possible or inevitable future? How much do either have to say about the times in which each sort is written?
Saturday 8 PM
JD DeLuzio, Karl Schroeder, Geoffrey A. Landis (m)
NOBODY Understands Quantum Physics
Are we writing Sci-Fi in an age where most people can't understand the science? What is a particle accelerator anyway? Why use an ion drive instead of FTL? Do we "dumb down" the science or try to make the complex more accessible?
Sunday 12PM
Geoffrey A. Landis, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary A. Turzillo (m), Karl Schroeder
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