Got in my first bike ride in more than a week yesterday. Just beat today’s rain. I’m so close to the end of Avender in America, I’ve been working through the exercise hour every day. Not that I ever get anything done in that extra hour or two. But at least I think I’m trying.
When: Thu 19:00
Location: P-511CF
Title: That Was the Noughties, That Was
Session ID: 538
All Participants: Carl Fink, Helen Gbala, Michael Skeet, S.C. Butler, Virginia O’Dine
Moderator: S.C. Butler
Description: We’re four months off the end of a decade – time for a
retrospective. What were the best sf/fantasy novels of the last ten
years? What will the decade be remembered for?
Duration: 1:00 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Literature in English
AV/Internet request: None
When: Fri 11:00
Location: P-511D
Title: The Golden Duck Awards for Children’s and YA Science Fiction
Session ID: 565
All Participants: Ben Jeapes, Cathy Petrini, Helen Gbala, Henry
Melton, Janet McNaughton, S.C. Butler, Michèle Laframboise,
Jean-Pierre Guillet, Lindalee Stuckley
Moderator: Lindalee Stuckley
Description: For picture books, the Eleanor Cameron Award for middle
grade books and the Hal Clement Award books for young adults, this
award is designed to encourage the people to write those books that
capture future SF fans. Lindalee Stuckey introduces the award, and is
joined by a number of current authors for children and young adults
for discussion.
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Literature in English
AV/Internet request: None
Notes: This is a session given by Lindalee Stuckley about the Golden
Duck. It is on your programme so that you can go along and join in the
discussion if you want to.
When: Fri 13:00
Location: D-Vitre
Title: Writing Workshop T
Session ID: 668
All Participants: Jean Lorrah, S.C. Butler
Moderator: Yourself
Description: Critique session for previously submitted manuscripts
Duration: 2:00 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Creative Writing
AV/Internet request: None
When: Sat 11:00
Location: P-522B
Title: Reading In and Out of Your Genre(s)
Session ID: 762
All Participants: Brenda Cooper, Candas Jane Dorsey, Jeff DeLuzio, S.C. Butler
Moderator:
Description: Some SF writers prefer to read fantasy, and vice versa.
Beyond that, does it behoove writers to read as far and wide as
possible?
Duration: 1:00 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Creative Writing
AV/Internet request: None
When: Sun 15:30
Location: P-513B
Title: SF and Economics
Session ID: 741
All Participants: Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Hayden Trenholm, Karl
Schroeder, S.C. Butler, Charles Stross
Moderator: Karl Schroeder
Description: How does a writer incorporate events like the past 12
months into their future society? How does a writer extrapolate
economic theory into far future societies?
Duration: 1:00 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Creative Writing
AV/Internet request: None
When: Sun 17:00
Location: P-512AE
Title: Author Reading
Session ID: 242
All Participants: Janet McNaughton, S.C. Butler, Eoin Colfer, Alison Baird
Moderator:
Description: S. C. Butler; Janet McNaughton; Alison Baird; Eoin Colfer.
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
Language: English
Track: Reading
AV/Internet request: None
The movie, not the book. Though I suppose I’d hate the book too.
I don’t know how many people I’m going to piss off by saying this, because I seem to remember everyone loving this movie when it came out, but I turned it off the moment Sam kisses the teacher. At that point, I felt bludgeoned to death by the MESSAGE. I know, I know, it’s a kids movie. But one of my pet bugaboos is kids books and movies that are weighed down with MESSAGE, no matter how good or important that MESSAGE is.
Reading is supposed to be fun, not instructive. It can be both, and I’m sure Holes is both for lots of people. But it didn’t work for me. I thought it made the Three Stooges look subtle, and not in a fun way.
Nor am I buying the dried-up lake metaphor. I’ll bet it rains by the end.
And living in the Adirondacks, apparently.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/nyregion/25bear.html?ref=todayspaper
I mean, how could I not? It’s happy and sweet and funny and weird. And I love the bright colors - Paris as a gigantic Fiestaware table setting.
I’m on a Jeunet kick right now. Can’t wait for the next one to come out.
And here’s my schedule:
Sa 10am Willow
Magic Systems - SC Butler Sarah Zettel Kathryn Morrow
Sa 1pm Jr Ste
Kaffee Klatsch - SC Butler Diane Turnshek
Sa 4pm Salon A
World building - stories vs game modules - Bill Keith, SC Butler, Mike Velichansky, Walter Hunt
Su 10am Salon A
Are our trends affected by Political and Economic Trends? - S Andrew Swann, SC Butler, Walter Hunt
Su 11am Salon A
Iconic Tropes of SF Fantasy and Horror - Alan Katerinsky, SC Butler, S Andrew Swann, Susan Dexter
Su 2:30pm Willow
Reading SC Butler
This one could have gone either way. I love Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s visual style, and I love Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, but his earlier movies can be confusing. For example, in The City of Lost Children I always knew what was going on. I just wasn’t sure why.
But, like I said, I find myself mesmerized by the images. Jeunet is the French Tim Burton. Not to mention seven Dominique Pinons!
In honor of the sixth movie, which opened today.
Harry Potter 1 - A good children’s book.
Harry Potter 2 - A better children’s book.
Harry Potter 3 - A fabulous, fantastic, and wonderful children’s book.
Harry Potter 4 - An overwrought children’s book.
Harry Potter 5 - A bad children’s book. (Though it does contain my favorite scene in the entire canon, the Weasley twins’ escape from Hogwarts in all its riot glory.)
Harry Potter 6 - A fine example of telling rather than showing.
Harry Potter 7 - A letdown. Could it have been anything else?
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