Boskone 47

(Not the Boskone logo. Picture from here.)

Here's my preliminary Boskone 47 schedule:

Friday 8pm Biblical Themes and Religion in Genre Fiction
Jeffrey A. Carver (M)
Walter H. Hunt
Dani Kollin
Steven Popkes
Margaret Ronald
OK, it's full of some really fabulous stories. A lot of people are familiar with it, so there's resonance in the well of souls. Any other reasons writers keep coming back to these sources?

I've been playing in this field for a while. (Note: Fable for Savior and Reptile as an example.) So this should be fun.

Saturday10am SF/Mainstream Convergence? - yes/no, good/bad/
Kathryn Cramer
James Patrick Kelly (M)
Steven Popkes
Vandana Singh
Melinda Snodgrass
Is SF converging with the mainstream? Just as SF tropes have invaded films and TV, have they also become so much part of our common culture that the genre will simply be absorbed (or absorb) the rest of literature? What will this mean for SF and for us? Is it a Good Thing?

Hm? Threat or Menace? Recall I spoke about this somewhat here.

Saturday4pm Graphic Novels, Film Audio, Web Comics, +!? - Different Ways to Tell the Story Bruce Coville (M)
Steven Popkes
Everett Soares
Rene Walling
Jane Yolen
There's more than one way - and more than one media - in which to tell a story, isn't there? Discuss. But - why mix media? Is one picture really worth a thousand words? Can voices convey nuances better than the written word? Than art? What works (and what doesn't)? What's good and what's bad? Recommend some of these unusual and innovative newcomers in the science fiction/fantasy/horror field.

Yay. I get to talk about webcomics.

Sunday 10am Autographing

Not sure what I'm going to be autographing.

Sunday 2pm Werewolves (and Other Shapeshifters): Finally Getting the Respect They Deserve?
Bruce Coville
Leah Cypess
Adam Golaski
Steven Popkes (M)
In many ways, werewolves are the antitheses of vampires. Bursting with life (perhaps too much?) and deeply connected to the natural world in ways their dead, generally more elegant, and possibly darker bretheren can't begin to approach, werewolves *seem* to be beginning to make an impact on fantasy (and horror). True? If so, why is this happening? And -- besides wolves -- what other animals are shapeshifters simulating?

I get to talk about Stegosaurus Boy. Yay!
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Wall of Idiots
James M Inhofe, Senator, R Ok.
Consumerism
IPCC
Losing health care
Democratized investment
V: Colbert rips conservative pundits
Brown costs Democratic majority!
Michelle Bachmann
Pat Robertson

Links of Interest
Sequencing MRSA
Live longer

DIY
Microwave mitten warmers
Ice skating rink
Winter vegetables
Solar heater
Ski bike
Heated clothing
Instant hat and scarf
Quinzee (snow hut)
Hot chocolate
Sleep warm anywhere
Winter bike commute
Other winter fun
Things with coffee
Wood projects