WisCon 31 Panels

May 15, 2007 – 12:05 am

And it’s almost WisCon again. This year I’m on two panels:
Celebrating the Fabulous Work of Pat Cadigan, Queen of Cyberpunk
Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
SF writer Pat Cadigan’s novels take us inside the lives of cybernetic therapists, cops, media artists, and even the dead. Cadigan’s futures are both fantastic and believable, intertwining virtual and real worlds in [...]

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Kitty Bennet, Vampire Slayer: Convention One Shot

April 14, 2007 – 10:52 am

In the comments to Jim Macdonald’s afformentioned post, Heresiarch outlines the convention one-shot version of the Jane Austen + Vampires plot.

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Jane, Joss. Joss, Jane.

April 8, 2007 – 7:15 pm

It is a truth universally acknowledged that in every generation, a Slayer is born.

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Regendering the Hugos

April 1, 2007 – 11:46 am

Helen and Campbell Award Nominations [ via Sharyn November ]

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One of Us

March 29, 2007 – 10:05 pm

Regarding the question of Scalzi’s fannishness:

Duck typing applies here.
Fandom, to most people outside the Hugo voting population, now means people who read and write fan fiction, not grizzled APA hackers, or twiltone slinging faneds such as we.
John can put Member, FWA in the header of his blog and be done with the matter.

PS: The thing [...]

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Everyone calls me “ma’am” these days

March 12, 2007 – 9:31 pm

Today’s the 10th anniversary of the first broadcast of Welcome to the Hellmouth. I didn’t get into BtVS until Cynthia urged me to watch around the end of season five, “I’m just getting into it and they kill off the title character.”
Of course, I got Cyn back: “hey, Avram mentioned this Japanese cartoon, His and [...]

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Potlatch

March 8, 2007 – 11:02 pm

While many of my tribe are off to Geek Spring Break, I’m in Portland for Potlatch, a small SF convention. Behave yourselves.
Potlatch doesn’t have a guest of honor, instead the committee selects a book. This year it’s a collection of stories by the late Robert Sheckley. You can read Bad Medicine, a story of his [...]

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Acronym Convergence

November 2, 2006 – 10:26 am

Anil Dash mentions the rise of the term TL;DR: the self-describing acronym for short attention spans in “social networking.” The antecedent to that one is RAEBNC, from APA hacking (what we did in fandom before rec.arts.sf.fandom and Live Journal).
It’s not new, Anil, it’s just that the cycles are shorter.

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Eyeballing Madison, WI

December 28, 2005 – 11:55 pm

Doc Searls flew over my former home of Madison, WI last month on the way to Boston, and shot a decent photo of downtown and the University from the plane. I put in a plug for WisCon in the annotations.

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H-Wing Crash

November 29, 2005 – 12:49 am

The Honda H-Wing art car, mentioned previously, was in a wreck last month. Shawn’s insurance company wrote it off as totaled, but he’s repairing it.

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She’s Such a Geek! Call for Submissions

November 15, 2005 – 7:26 pm

Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders want stories from women active in geek culture for a collection of essays:

We want introspective essays that explain what being a geek has meant to you. Describe how you’ve fought stereotypes to be accepted among nerds. Explore why you are obsessed with topics and ideas that are supposed to be [...]

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In UK, Women SF viewers outnumber Men

October 30, 2005 – 9:57 pm

Women watching the SciFi channel in the UK outnumber the male viewers.

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Culture Pulp interviews Joss Whedon

September 28, 2005 – 11:57 pm

M. E. Russell, who does the great Culture Pulp comics for the Oregonian, interviewed Joss Whedon about Serenity. One of Russell’s Culture Pulp comics covered a preview screening of the movie earlier this year.
I ordered Cynthia and myself a pair of the PvP “Joss Whedon” tshirts, look for us in them at the Shoreline Theaters [...]

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Mazel Tov, Laurel!

September 15, 2005 – 11:14 pm

Congratulations to Laurel Krahn, she’s marrying her sweetheart Kevin at the Minnesota Twins game this Saturday.
Laurel’s another of the first cadre of Webloggers from back in 1998. Her current web project’s TV Picks, where she points you at what’s worth your TV time, which grew out of her love for the series Homicide. She’s been [...]

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Obi Robe

September 11, 2005 – 1:56 pm

From Daily Variety (subscription req): Sir Alec Guinness’ Obi-Wan Kenobi costume found.
Star Wars memorabilia hunters mulling a bid shouldn’t get their hopes up. An Angels [the costume shop where the robes were found] spokesperson says there are no plans to sell the cloak — though auctioneers have valued it at as much as $45,000.

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