Archive for July, 2011
Readercon: fanfic vs. original fiction
Warning: Unedited liveblog in progress. Borders (If Any) Between Fan Fiction and “Original Fiction”. Panelists: Gwynne Garfinkle (GG), Eileen Gunn (EG), Kate Nepveu (KN), Madeleine Robins (MR), Kenneth Schneyer (KS, leader). Panel description: Maguire’s Wicked books. Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Chabon’s The Final Solution. Kessel’s “Pride and Prometheus.” Resnick’s “The Bride of Frankenstein.” [...]
Readercon: Teleological SF panel
Unedited liveblog in progress. Illiteracies and other mistakes are mine, not the panelists’. Well, We Know Where We’re Going: The Pseudo-Religiosity of Teleological SF Panelists: John Crowley (JC), Barry N. Malzberg (BM), James Morrow (JM), Kathryn Morrow (KM), Graham Sleight (GS) (leader). Panel description: The late Charles N. Brown was a great advocate of the [...]
Readercon: Eucatastrophe panel
Rough liveblog in progress. Panelists: Chesya Burke (CB), John Kessel (JK), John Crowley (JC), Graham Sleight (GS), James Morrow (JM). Tolkien defined the term. Quotation from “On Fairy Stories.” Discussion of examples Lord of the Rings, of course. Endings of O Brother Where Art Thou and Magnolia. (JC: On the table in OBWAT: Charles Fort’s Lo!) [...]
