Morning, all!
This weekend is ConDFW!
I’d meant to put up my schedule earlier, but life has been pure chaos lately. DOH!
Friday
PROGRAMMING 2 (MADISON) Friday, 3pm: Google Maps is Your Urban Fantasy Guide Panelists: Gloria Oliver (M), Seanan McGuire, Paul Black, Sue Sinor, Bradley H. Sinor Looking for a good location, and canât remember clearly where you grew up? Â Trying to figure out how long it takes to drive from Houston to Dallas when youâre riding the Great Hunt? Â Itâs amazing what technology can show you these days, and learning a neighborhood can be a little safer if you browse from the computer (at least at the beginning). Â Our writers talk about finding the perfect location for their urban fantasy stories.
Saturday
READING (ADAMS) Saturday, 12pm: Gloria Oliver, T. M. Hunter
MAIN PROGRAMMING (JEFFERSON) Saturday, 4pm: Magic vs Technology II: Exploring Technology in Urban Fantasy Panelists: Gloria Oliver (M), Seanan McGuire, Carole Nelson Douglas, P.N. Elrod, C. Dean Andersson, Mary GearhartâGray Last year we looked at the effect of technology on magic in Urban Fantasy. Â This year we flip the sides and look at how magic effects technology. Â A perfect example of this is in the Dresden Files, where magic can actively destroy modern technology by being used nearby. Â Does modern technology replace magic? Â Can it coexist? Â How modern should tech be so it isnât mistaken as magic itself? Â Our authors explore this knotty problem with SCIENCE!
PROGRAMMING 3 (HAMILTON) Saturday, 5pm: Where do Heroes Go to Die? Panelists: Tracy S. Morris (M), Barbara Ann Wright, Patrice Sarath, Gloria Oliver, Michelle Muenzler Last year we heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing Legend of Conan (eventually? Â Maybe? Â Now it looks like November 2016) as a direct sequel to the first Conan, where it ended with him being King, old and grizzled. Â As a concept, the idea is neat, and is something that Howard dealt with in his original stories as well. Â Just how do you write old heroes? Â Our writers of sword and sorcery discuss these topics and more.
Sunday
PROGRAMMING 2 (MADISON) Sunday, 1pm: Interstellar Archaeology: Part Two â The Debunking Panelists: Mel White (M), Chris Donahue, Gloria Oliver, Teresa Patterson, David Doub, Stina Leicht The second of two panels where we inflict discover startling artifacts of OBVIOUS alien origin. Â Our experts tell us how wrong the previous esteemed panelists were! Â Last year, Sundayâs panel thoroughly debunked Fridayâs experts. Â Help us, they can! Â Confuse us, they will not.
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