Canvention Guest at SFCOntario 2
SFCOntario is back for its second year, and I'm the Canvention Guest!
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Nov 18, 2011 12:00 AM
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NOVEMBER 18-20, 2011
Ramada Plaza Hotel
300 Jarvis Street, Toronto
International Guest: JOHN SCALZI
Canvention Guest: KARL SCHROEDER
Editor Guest: GARDNER DOZOIS
Filk Guest: TOYBOAT
Here's my preliminary schedule which may be subject to change, amendment, eliding, obfuscation or eructation at any time. In particular, I may add spontaneous interpretive dance sessions in any empty slot I find.
Opening Ceremonies – Fri. 7 PM, Ballroom BC
Canvention Guest of Honour interview – Sat. 11 AM, Ballroom BC (Laurence Schoen as interviewer.)
Linguistics for Fiction – Sat. 3 PM, Solarium
From Tolkien to Game of Thrones writers and moviemakers have paid attention to the development of created languages. What goes into creating an authentic language? How do biology and psychology help determine language? This panel will introduce you to the study of languages on Earth and to what may determine the development of language on an alien world. (Matthew Johnson(M), Alex Pantaleev, Lawrence Schoen, Karl Schroeder)
Kaffeeklatsch – Sat. 4:00 PM, Room 207
Sun of Suns Graphic Novel Sneak Peek – Sat. 6 PM, Parkview
Aurora Award Banquet – Sun. 11 PM Shade Restaurant
Aurora Award Ceremony – Sun. 12 PM. I'll be MC'ing.
Cyberpunk: Is It Dead? Did It Ever Really Exist?- Sun. 2 PM Ballroom
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Bruce Sterling once said that if you claim to be writing cyberpunk, you aren’t. Others who have been linked to the cyberpunk movement have disavowed any knowledge of its actions. What is this literary movement in science fiction, and why do writers seem to either run towards or away from the label? (Kathryn Allan, Simon McNeil, Ira Nayman(M), Karl Schroeder, Allan Weiss)
Closing Ceremonies – Sun. 3 PM, Ballroom BC