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Boskone Schedule!
Feb. 10th, 2012 11:48 amWow, Boskone is NEXT WEEK! I suppose I should start plugging my schedule. *grin*
I'll be arriving at Boskone on Friday and leaving Sunday afternoon. Below is my schedule. Who else is attending this year?
Saturday, February 18th
10:00 - 11:00: Creating Alien Characters: From the outside, how do we create alien species that are not just giant X or sentient Y -- like big ants or smarter cats? From the inside, how do we even conceive mentation that is fundamentally nonhuman, rather than just like us with an obsession for Z -- like money, honor, or status? (Claire Eddy (M), Geary Gravel, Benjamin Tate, Brianna Spacekat Wu, Michael F. Flynn)
13:00 - 14:00: Science Fiction and Fantasy Pictionary: Two teams of four celebrities vie for bragging rights, drawing pictures so their team works out titles of science fiction and fantasy books/films/TV shows suggested by the audience. (Bob Kuhn (M), Alan F. Beck, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Benjamin Tate, Suzanne Palmer, Ruth Sanderson)
14:00 - 15:00: Certainty Is For Wimps: Unstable Reality In SF: SF starts speculating early that reality may be purely subjective, as in the 1941 Heinlein short story "They" or practically anything by Philip K. Dick. But recently, the unease grows in movies such as THE MATRIX, INCEPTION, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, and SOURCE CODE. Why now? Is blaming current societal, economic, or political instability too easy? Are the aliens moving our interdimensional furniture again? (Benjamin Tate (M), Steven Popkes, Daniel Kimmel)
Sunday, February 19th
11:30 - 12:00: Reading: Benjamin Tate
13:00 - 14:00: Autographing: Benjamin Tate, Catherynne M. Valente
I'll be arriving at Boskone on Friday and leaving Sunday afternoon. Below is my schedule. Who else is attending this year?
Saturday, February 18th
10:00 - 11:00: Creating Alien Characters: From the outside, how do we create alien species that are not just giant X or sentient Y -- like big ants or smarter cats? From the inside, how do we even conceive mentation that is fundamentally nonhuman, rather than just like us with an obsession for Z -- like money, honor, or status? (Claire Eddy (M), Geary Gravel, Benjamin Tate, Brianna Spacekat Wu, Michael F. Flynn)
13:00 - 14:00: Science Fiction and Fantasy Pictionary: Two teams of four celebrities vie for bragging rights, drawing pictures so their team works out titles of science fiction and fantasy books/films/TV shows suggested by the audience. (Bob Kuhn (M), Alan F. Beck, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Benjamin Tate, Suzanne Palmer, Ruth Sanderson)
14:00 - 15:00: Certainty Is For Wimps: Unstable Reality In SF: SF starts speculating early that reality may be purely subjective, as in the 1941 Heinlein short story "They" or practically anything by Philip K. Dick. But recently, the unease grows in movies such as THE MATRIX, INCEPTION, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, and SOURCE CODE. Why now? Is blaming current societal, economic, or political instability too easy? Are the aliens moving our interdimensional furniture again? (Benjamin Tate (M), Steven Popkes, Daniel Kimmel)
Sunday, February 19th
11:30 - 12:00: Reading: Benjamin Tate
13:00 - 14:00: Autographing: Benjamin Tate, Catherynne M. Valente
