Diversicon Schedule
Jul. 30th, 2009 07:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmerriamThe grant is sent and out of my hands. Now off to Diversicon this weekend. Yeah, I've been doing a lot of conventions this year.
Saturday:
Disabilities in Science Fiction: 1:00-1:55 pm Krushenko's Annex (Northern Pacific)
On the differently-abled in SF, from Wells' "The Country of the Blind" to Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon," John Varley's "The Persistence of Vision," and Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan saga. Geordi La Forge is blind without his visor; so are many without glasses. Well also talk about the challenges and solutions, technological and otherwise--encountered by SF writers with disabilities.
Michael Merriam, mod.; Roy C. Booth, Emma Hawkes
Genres and Subgenres: 3:00-3:55 pm Krushenko's Annex (Northern Pacific)
What is a genre? Who came up with these classifications and are they useful? What purpose do they serve? What's a subgenre? What makes it "hard SF?" What is "science fantasy?" What subgenres are currently recognized in speculative fiction? What are the rules/tropes/expectations of these various subgenres?
S.N. Arly, mod.; Dana M. Baird, Janice Bogstad, Tyree Campbell, Michael Merriam
Massive Autographing: 5:00-5:30 PM SF Minnesota Table (Lobby, by Registration)
Kay Kenyon, Michael Levy, Sandra Lindow, Michael Merriam, et al.
Saturday:
Disabilities in Science Fiction: 1:00-1:55 pm Krushenko's Annex (Northern Pacific)
On the differently-abled in SF, from Wells' "The Country of the Blind" to Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon," John Varley's "The Persistence of Vision," and Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan saga. Geordi La Forge is blind without his visor; so are many without glasses. Well also talk about the challenges and solutions, technological and otherwise--encountered by SF writers with disabilities.
Michael Merriam, mod.; Roy C. Booth, Emma Hawkes
Genres and Subgenres: 3:00-3:55 pm Krushenko's Annex (Northern Pacific)
What is a genre? Who came up with these classifications and are they useful? What purpose do they serve? What's a subgenre? What makes it "hard SF?" What is "science fantasy?" What subgenres are currently recognized in speculative fiction? What are the rules/tropes/expectations of these various subgenres?
S.N. Arly, mod.; Dana M. Baird, Janice Bogstad, Tyree Campbell, Michael Merriam
Massive Autographing: 5:00-5:30 PM SF Minnesota Table (Lobby, by Registration)
Kay Kenyon, Michael Levy, Sandra Lindow, Michael Merriam, et al.
