Wiscon Schedule
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ann_leckieI can haz panels at Wiscon!
TYRANNOSAURS IN F–14S!!!! Fri 9:00 - 10:15PM Conference 5
Vicki Rosenzweig, E. Cabell Hankinson Gathman, Keffy R.M. Kehrli, Ann Leckie
"This is so cool!" "This is so stupid." How can a book or a show or a movie be incredibly awesome to half of the audience and incredibly dumb to the other half? Does turning everything up to eleven automatically mean risking total failure? What separates the gleefully over–the–top fun of, say, Hot Fuzz, from the cliche–ridden kitsch of Snakes on a Plane? And how can you tell if something you're working on is only awesome to you? Is it all just subjective, or can awesomeness be deconstructed and quantified?
So You Want to Be Published? Are You Your Own Biggest Roadblock? Sat 8:30 - 9:45AM Wisconsin
Liz L. Gorinsky, Lori Devoti, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Jordan Castillo Price
Is it possible you are doing something to keep yourself from selling? Come discuss what we do that keeps us from writing, submitting and ultimately selling—or selling again.
What Gender Is Your Roomba? Sat 10:30 - 11:45PM Assembly
Heidi Waterhouse, Hari Mirchi, Ann Leckie, Madeleine Robins
Why do so many robots and androids have a gender? Is this phenomenon more prevalent in fiction or reality? Was this always the case, or has it changed since the appearance of the first real and fictional robots? Is it all about the name, the voice, the looks, the attachments? Is it different across cultures? Does an otherwise genderless robot 'default' to male? Find out what pronoun you should be using to talk about your Roomba.
The SignOut Mon 11:30AM - 12:45PM Capitol/Wisconsin
*****
This is the first year I've been able to stay for the Sign Out. Every year previously I'm up with the sun and on the bus back home.
TYRANNOSAURS IN F–14S!!!! Fri 9:00 - 10:15PM Conference 5
Vicki Rosenzweig, E. Cabell Hankinson Gathman, Keffy R.M. Kehrli, Ann Leckie
"This is so cool!" "This is so stupid." How can a book or a show or a movie be incredibly awesome to half of the audience and incredibly dumb to the other half? Does turning everything up to eleven automatically mean risking total failure? What separates the gleefully over–the–top fun of, say, Hot Fuzz, from the cliche–ridden kitsch of Snakes on a Plane? And how can you tell if something you're working on is only awesome to you? Is it all just subjective, or can awesomeness be deconstructed and quantified?
So You Want to Be Published? Are You Your Own Biggest Roadblock? Sat 8:30 - 9:45AM Wisconsin
Liz L. Gorinsky, Lori Devoti, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Jordan Castillo Price
Is it possible you are doing something to keep yourself from selling? Come discuss what we do that keeps us from writing, submitting and ultimately selling—or selling again.
What Gender Is Your Roomba? Sat 10:30 - 11:45PM Assembly
Heidi Waterhouse, Hari Mirchi, Ann Leckie, Madeleine Robins
Why do so many robots and androids have a gender? Is this phenomenon more prevalent in fiction or reality? Was this always the case, or has it changed since the appearance of the first real and fictional robots? Is it all about the name, the voice, the looks, the attachments? Is it different across cultures? Does an otherwise genderless robot 'default' to male? Find out what pronoun you should be using to talk about your Roomba.
The SignOut Mon 11:30AM - 12:45PM Capitol/Wisconsin
*****
This is the first year I've been able to stay for the Sign Out. Every year previously I'm up with the sun and on the bus back home.