My Wiscon programming schedule

[ellen_datlow]

So I'm going to Wiscon for the second time--the first was ten years ago. My official programming schedule arrived today and these are the two panels I'll be on:

Do you suffer from zombie fatigue? Are you getting superbored with superheroes? Excellent books like World War Z and Soon I Will Be Invincible seem to be the exception to the rule of endless zombie and superpowered crap being produced -- but are they? Or does there have to be a pop culture saturation of a certain kind of genre--a laying of the groundwork--before we can get the kind of detailed and finessed dissection and resurrection of tropes that these books pull off?
Saturday, 4:00-5:15 P.M.
Assembly
M: Liz Gorinsky
Jim Munroe
David Schwartz
Nicole Bunge
Ellen Datlow


Title: Does Written SF Have a Future?
"Is the print SF/F book or magazine as outmoded as the dodo? Is online writing the wave of the future, or will that, too, fall by the wayside in favor of other media? Is the sky falling, or has it always been falling, or is it not falling so fast after all?"
Sunday, 2:30-3:45 P.M.
Assembly

M: Susan Groppi
John Klima
Stephen Eley
Ellen Datlow

Comments

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

YAY! I'll see you there :D

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Exellent! Looking forward to it.

[ethereal-lad.livejournal.com]

I'll see you there! Yay!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that!

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

With any luck, we'll run into each other at some point. I'll be spending most of the Gathering behind the chum table (aka the "buy a galley for a dollar" table), so if nothing else, we can wave at each other then.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely come by (and try NOT to buy anything--no more books/galleys in MY apt!). And perhaps in the bar?

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

I can often be found in the bar downing a Spotted Cow.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

oooh--what's that?

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

It's a locally-brewed beer that's just perfect for warm weather, and tends to be served with a wedge of lemon. But even though the taste is fairly light, it's a cloudy beer, so it's got a bit of an edge to it. It's just lovely.

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

I'd like to sit in on the discussion that flows from "Does Written SF Have a Future?"

WisCon is a convention I definitely want to attend someday.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

Welcome back to WisCon :)

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[vylar-kaftan.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to seeing you there!

[mssrcrankypants.livejournal.com]

Though I won't be there, I can give you a little help. The answer to both questions in the panel descriptions is: YES!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree with that succinct answer :-)

[pm-again.livejournal.com]

Great news that you're going!

Hope you have a fun time!

(Two exclamations equals twice the fun) :)

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I think I will-I've already set up several dinners and lunches.

Hmmm...

[themadblonde]

we were both in the same state on the same weekend? Ah well, I was away @ the top of the thumb. Where was the Con?

Re: Hmmm...

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Madison at the Concourse--right near the Capitol.