My Philcon Schedule

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Philcon is this weekend and, as usual, I'll be there. Here's my schedule. But if you want to say hi, you can just walk up to me pretty much anytime. I'm a pretty easy-going guy.

Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)
ELVES WITH TRANSISTORS (2158)

[Panelists: Michael Swanwick (mod), Ken Altabef, Anastasia
Klimchynskaya, Christie Meierz, Alexis Gilliland]

Discussing the scientific rationales in fantasy worlds. Who created
the most coherent and believable premises for how their worlds
worked


Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
STORY STRUCTURE (2124)

[Panelists: Dina Leacock (mod), Michael Swanwick, Michael F. Flynn,
Marilyn Brahen, Gordon Linzner, Robert Kauffmann]

You need a beginning, middle and end...but not necessarily in that
order. How do you avoid losing a reader's interest when you're
telling a story in a non-linear manner


Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
USING REAL LIFE IN FANTASY (2132)

[Panelists: Michael Swanwick (mod), A.T. Greenblatt, April Grey, Ken
Altabef]

Is the way writers of fantastic fiction use their life experiences
in their work inherently different from the way mainstream writers
apply it


Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SCIENCE FICTION AWARDS (2172)

[Panelists: David M. Axler (mod), Michael Swanwick, Neil Clarke]

They're intended to reward quality and ensure that outstanding
writers of an overlooked genre received proper recognition, but are
they still serving that purpose? Or have our awards become nothing
more than a popularity contest

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