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Diversicon schedule and minirant
Jul. 31st, 2007 08:26 pmSo here's where I'll be while obsessing about home safety issues. You can come by and commiserate if you like. :-) Or ply me with chocolate, which is better. The f***rs stole my beloved insulated lunch sack with the dragonflies embroidered on it. Found that out this morning.
Here's hoping the convention makes things better!
Friday, August 3, 2007 CE:
6:00-6:50 PM Mainstage (Beacon/Duchess)
Panel: The State of GLBT Characters and Issues in Speculative Fiction
Our annual look at the state of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
characters and issues in science fiction and fantasy, both in print
and electro-celluloid media. Rachel Kronick, mod.; Catherine Lundoff
Saturday, August 4, 2007 CE:
11:00-11:50 AM Krushenko?s (Concierge)
Panel: Good Blog/Bad Blog?Modern Technology and Artists
What modern technology is available for artists (for self promotion,
research, etc.)? What purpose can a blog serve? What are the ways
things can go wrong? Discussion boards?good, bad, or dependent on how
they?re used? S.N. Arly, mod.; Melissa S. Kaercher, Greg L. Johnson,
Rachel Kronick, Catherine Lundoff, Lyda Morehouse
Sunday, August 5, 2007 CE:
Noon-12:50 PM Regent/Waldorf
Panel: Marion Zimmer Bradley: Robert Heinlein for Women?
MZB's books were the ones we turned to when we were shy 13-and
14-year-olds looking for strong female characters and situations we
could imagine ourselves into. For some of us, the Free Amazons of
Darkover were the first positive portrayals of feminists and queer
women that we read in SF. So is that enough to make her the equivalent
of Heinlein for the other half of the fen population? Catherine
Lundoff, mod.; Terry A. Garey, Rebecca Marjesdatter, Joan Marie Verba
3:00-3:50 PM Regent/Waldorf
Panel: Old School: YA Fantasy Before Harry Potter
The precursors to Hogwarts are many and varied, and deserving of a
much wider audience than they generally get today. E. Nesbit, Edward
Eager, Mary Norton, Margot Benary-Isbert, the list goes on. Let's talk
about pre-H.P. kid's books that are worth a reread. Catherine Lundoff,
mod.; Ruth Berman, Terry A. Garey, P.M.F. Johnson, Rebecca Marjesdatter
Eric
Here's hoping the convention makes things better!
Friday, August 3, 2007 CE:
6:00-6:50 PM Mainstage (Beacon/Duchess)
Panel: The State of GLBT Characters and Issues in Speculative Fiction
Our annual look at the state of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
characters and issues in science fiction and fantasy, both in print
and electro-celluloid media. Rachel Kronick, mod.; Catherine Lundoff
Saturday, August 4, 2007 CE:
11:00-11:50 AM Krushenko?s (Concierge)
Panel: Good Blog/Bad Blog?Modern Technology and Artists
What modern technology is available for artists (for self promotion,
research, etc.)? What purpose can a blog serve? What are the ways
things can go wrong? Discussion boards?good, bad, or dependent on how
they?re used? S.N. Arly, mod.; Melissa S. Kaercher, Greg L. Johnson,
Rachel Kronick, Catherine Lundoff, Lyda Morehouse
Sunday, August 5, 2007 CE:
Noon-12:50 PM Regent/Waldorf
Panel: Marion Zimmer Bradley: Robert Heinlein for Women?
MZB's books were the ones we turned to when we were shy 13-and
14-year-olds looking for strong female characters and situations we
could imagine ourselves into. For some of us, the Free Amazons of
Darkover were the first positive portrayals of feminists and queer
women that we read in SF. So is that enough to make her the equivalent
of Heinlein for the other half of the fen population? Catherine
Lundoff, mod.; Terry A. Garey, Rebecca Marjesdatter, Joan Marie Verba
3:00-3:50 PM Regent/Waldorf
Panel: Old School: YA Fantasy Before Harry Potter
The precursors to Hogwarts are many and varied, and deserving of a
much wider audience than they generally get today. E. Nesbit, Edward
Eager, Mary Norton, Margot Benary-Isbert, the list goes on. Let's talk
about pre-H.P. kid's books that are worth a reread. Catherine Lundoff,
mod.; Ruth Berman, Terry A. Garey, P.M.F. Johnson, Rebecca Marjesdatter
Eric