See You at Balticon...
...plus rats and hopepunk
Balticon Ho!
This post is going to make you all question my sanity. I love being on panels. I adore being on panels all day.
Go ahead and question my sanity, but here is my “final” (subject to emergency change) Balticon schedule:
Friday, 4pm, “There’s No Such Thing as Apolitical Fiction”
Friday, 5:30pm “Playing the X Card: What Should Not Be At The Table”
Friday, 8:30pm “WTF Is Going On With The Hugos and Can We Fix It?”
Friday, 10:00pm “Dice Goblins Anonymous”
Saturday, 11:30am “More than 30 Years of Babylon 5”
Saturday, 2:30pm Signing. I will have plenty of books.
Saturday, 8:30pm “Late Night Tales From The Slush Pile (MOD) - I do have a story even though I’m moderating.
Sunday, 1pm “Ecology, Technology, Hope, and Despair”
Sunday 2:30pm “Beyond Robot Arms: Writing Physical Disabilities in SFF”
Sunday 4:00pm “The AIs We Love”
Sunday, 7:00pm Reading
Sunday 8:30pm “The Future of Education (MOD)
Monday 10:00am “Gender in Genre (MOD)
Monday 11:30am “Recognizing Predatory Publishing Practices” (MOD)
Don’t worry, there’s a break between all of those panels and I do have time to eat! And maybe even sleep…
…and I’m free a good chunk of Saturday if people want to hang.
Earth 2100
The Earth 2100 hopepunk anthology is now available, with a bunch of stories expressing different hopes for the future.
I like all of these stories - Coatsworth puts together a really good anthology, especially for a small press. I want Other Worlds to become more and more successful (and then be able to pay more and attract better writers!)
Rattus Futura
Rattus Futura from Manawaker Press is also now available…including in hardcover! This book explores our ambiguous relationship with rodents through a variety of stories, not all of them about rats.
I really like this anthology and am proud to be a part of it. Yes, there are capybaras. Surprisingly, there are no squirrels. Did everyone else think there would be too many squirrel stories?
Hoping to have more news soon!