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Eileen Gunn
Eileen Gunn is the author of the story collection Stable Strategies and Others and the co-editor of The WisCon Chronicles Two. Her fiction has received the Nebula Award in the US and the Sense of Gender Award in Japan, and been nominated for the Hugo, Philip K. Dick, and World Fantasy awards and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. award. She was the editor/publisher of the late Infinite Matrix webzine, and on dark nights can hear it stomping about in the attic. She recently retired from the board of directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop after twenty-two years of service. Her most recent stories are “Thought Experiment,” in Eclipse 4, edited by Jonathan Strahan, and “The Trains that Climb the Winter Tree” written with Michael Swanwick.
Programming for Eileen Gunn
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| Thu | 13:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
The Moral Aesthetics of Steampunk
Steampunk is frequently realized as an idealized, shiny version of the Victorian era, with quite a few of the nasty bits missing or obscured. The real Victorian age was a mix of great wealth and progress with poverty, workhouses, and more. What does it say about us when the latter are left out? |
| Thu | 14:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Remembrances of Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ was one of the field's first feminist writers and a leading literary critic. While many are familiar with her fiction and her critical work, her influence went far beyond that. Our panel remembers Joanna Russ, and assesses her personal impact on them and on others in the field. |
| Fri | 10:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
SF We Love by Writers of Color
Are you curious about SF by writers of color. How do you find the good stuff? There are many reading options, and many ways of connecting with the various communities of color producing excellent SF. Join us to look at reading lists from the Carl Brandon Society and other sources. And bring your own suggestions and your squee. |
| Fri | 12:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Fri 12:00
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| Fri | 17:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Fri 17:00
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| Sat | 15:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
Exploring Social Justice via Science Fiction
How then does science fiction address social justice? How can writers convey ideas through characters and world-building without being preachy? Can authorial distance provide a single political interpretation? The reader's role in constructing the politics of the work will not be neglected in the discussion. |
| Sat | 16:00 | (D05) | 1 hr |
Ursula K. LeGuin at 80
Ursula LeGuin, one of the most important SF and fantasy authors of the last 50 years, is now in her 80s. The panel discusses and celebrates her contributions. |
| Sat | 17:30 | (A15) | 30 min |
Reading: Eileen Gunn
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| Sun | 12:00 | (A18) | 1 hr |
Whatever Happened to Cyberpunk? (Oh Wait, it is Still with Us...)
Starting with the early works of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and others, Cyberpunk was a major influence within SF in the 1980s and into the 90s. Where is Cyberpunk today? What do we see when we look beyond the convention North American view and past the confines of the strictly written word? |
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