This is a great list! One of the reasons I seldom go to cons is that they don't have a lot of topics of interest that get me excited. About half the items on this list represent things I would like to learn more about, which makes me want to attend even though I'm not big on the socializing aspects of the event. There's a nice balance here of sci fi and fantasy, new ideas, and fresh takes on old ones. For people like me who are extremely short on time (and money), this makes me much more interested in attending. Let's hope there's not a major conflict with one of my daughter's many events...
Linda On Sep 15, 7:12 am, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrot > Rick Taubold has provided a peek at Astronomicon's Panels. Any other > ideas? > > Here's one that occurred to me: > > Wrecking the Genre-- Do Zombies steal cred from serious spec fic? Does > a steely gaze into our future take so much fun out that it is not > worth reading? > > Preliminary List of ASTRONOMICON PANELS & PRESENTATIONS > > PRESENTATIONS > > (1) Dr. Alex Pantaleev > (Computer Gaming) > > (2) Malcolm Guy Spaull > (Short Films) > > (3) Dr. David Stephenson > "Mr. Myazaki's Wonderful Flying Machines" > > (4) Writing convincing fight and battle scenes (tentative) > > PANELS > > (5) Alternate History -- What if: how to do it right and how far > should you go? > > (6) Getting Published -- traditional & alternate writing markets > > (7) Writing for the young and YA audience > > (8) Cross-gender writing > > (9) Maim 'Em Right > > (10) Sci-Fi Poetry > > (11) "Twitter My Jetpack" -- Future Technologies, expectations, > disappointments, surprises > > (12) Writing convincing fight and battle scenes > > (13) Fantasy or Sci-fi? Where do we draw the line? What falls > between the cracks? > > (14) "Does Dark Matter Matter?" -- using the concept in your writing > > (15) Time Travel -- the hows and whys of doing it and getting it > right in writing > > (16) What is time? > > (17) Promotion--selling yourself and using the Internet to sell > your works > > (18) The Anguish of Immortality > > (19) "Full Steam Ahead" -- steampunk > > (20) Writing for the steampunk audience > > (21) Religion and religious issues in sci-fi and fantasy > > (22) You Think That's Funny? -- adding humor to serious works > > (23) R-Spec > > (24) Self-publishing -- should you? The advantages and dangers. > > (25) Projecting current science into the future -- Why can't we > get it right? > > (26) How much romance can we put into sci-fi and fantasy and still > call it sci-fi and fantasy? > > (27) "It's been done before" -- how to make old ideas new and are > there any new ideas to be had? > > (28) Vampires vs. werewolves -- why do vamps seem to get the good > roles while werewolves get the bad rap? > > (29) Shapeshifters -- Can we make them plausible? Do we need to? > > (30) Writing about characters who are smarter than you are? > > (31) Podcasting, the current state of affairs. Is it still a > viable medium or has it gone the way of the CB radio? > > (32) Alien languages -- How much should we do? How can we make > aliens talk alien without the reader needing a dictionary? > > (33) Series of novels. Can you write a fantasy epic without > needing a dozen books in the series? Should you? How do you know > when you should end a series? > > (34) Short stories -- Are they still viable, or have novels taken > over? Markets for short story readers and writers. > > (35) "I Have An Idea..." This is a discussion panel/informal > workshop consisting of the room audience with one moderator. Writers > can bring along their ideas for a story or a novel (either proposed or > in progress) and throw them out for discussion and critique. > > (36) Is World War III still a viable concept? > > (37) 1984 -- Are Big Brother and similar themes in sci-fi still > worth considering? If so, how has it changed and when might it happen? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
