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Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro grew up in Europe, mostly, and despite the advice of his betters earned a BS in Theoretical Physics and studied creative writing. He now lives in California. Alvaro is a recent Finalist of the Writers of the Future contest, and his fiction has appeared in Farrago’s Wainscot, Neon Literary Magazine, Basement Stories, New Dead Families and other online venues. His reviews and critical essays have appeared in The New York Review of Science Fiction, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, Salon Futura, Strange Horizons, Foundation and elsewhere.
Programming for Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
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| Wed | 14:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Designing Believable Physics
Is it possible that the laws of physics behave differently in different parts or times of the universe? How would that impact world creation? Would biological development even happen, or might intelligence arise in some other way? |
| Wed | 21:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
What Does Your SF Sound Like?
What means science fiction music to you? A majestic piece by Williams or Holst? The theremin in The Day the Earth Stood Still? Our panel discusses trends in science fiction music and plays some samples. |
| Thu | 11:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
The 1960s, 50 Years On
The 1960s saw a number of great SF writers come into the forefront -- Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick, Samuel Delany, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, and others. It also saw huge changes in SF, with the coming of the New Wave and the reactions for and against it. Looking back, how do we view 1960s SF. |
| Fri | 17:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
Applied Quantum Mechanics: The Ultimate Mind Trip
Quantum mechanics has always been a mind trip. Particles altering their behavior based on what other particles will do. Particles that are in multiple places at once or that can suddenly tunnel through a barrier and appear elsewhere. But the trip can get even stranger as we apply this knowledge. Quantum mechanics is no longer just about the subatomic universe. |
| Sat | 11:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Generation Gap? Is the Conversation in Written SF Fractured by Cohort?
Elizabeth Bear noted there are different conversations amonst the Greatest Generation, the Baby Boomers, and Generation X. How differentiated (or segregated) are the different generations editors and writers conversations? Is the on-going conversation between SF writers, the playing with each other’s ideas restricted to writers of a roughly similar age? |
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