My Worldcon Schedule

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The 2025 Worldcon in Seattle is almost upon us! And, following ancient tradition, here is my Worldcon Schedule:

Friday

1:30pm-2:30pm

Science Fiction Beyond The Grave

From Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld to TV's Upload, science fiction has often speculated about the afterlife. Is this always fantastical? Does it tread on religious beliefs? This panel will discuss the intersection of science fiction and what Shakespeare described as The Undiscovered Country.

Marie Guthrie, PhD (M), Amy Sundberg, Andrew Sweet, Emily C. Skaftun, Michael Swanwick

3:00pm-4:00pm

Generational Tension: Old Guard vs Revolutionaries

Revolutions in SFF writing come with conflict as the establishment looks down its nose at the ruffians overturning "settled"genre conventions and creating space for stories"”and authors"”previously unwelcome. Has it always been thus? Do things look different to yesterday's bomb-throwers a few decades after they've become the new Old Guard? Come hear writers and editors who straddle revolutionary time periods going back to the New Wave of the 1960s and 70s talk about generational literary conflict.

Gary K Wolfe (M), Ctein, F. Brett Cox, Michael Swanwick, Tim Bennett

6:00pm-7:00pm

Autographs

Saturday

12:00pm-2:30pm

Flash Fiction Workshop (double slot)

Flash fiction can delight a heart or deliver a punch in the space of 500-1000 words, which may be why it's one of speculative fiction's favorite and most sellable forms. Learn how to write, edit, and submit your own flash fiction.

Michael Swanwick

6:00pm-7:00pm

The Radical Fiction of Joanna Russ

Joanna Russ, author of The Female Man, wrote some of the most radical fiction of the 1960s and 1970s. The Female Man has remained consistently in print and is one of the most experimental and challenging books of our genre. This panel will discuss her work (short stories and novels) and its effects.

Sue Burke (M), Catherine Lundoff, Langley Hyde, Michael Swanwick, Rich Horton

Some intersting stuff there. Will we live up to it? There's only one way to find out.

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