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Eytan Kollin
Eytan Kollin was born in a mid-sized American city back when flower power and Star Trek were new ideas. He had a typical American existence of going to a public school where he pretended to learn from people who pretended to teach. In between, he did the typical growing up things for a future sci-fi author: role playing games, drugs, sex, movies and television, and lots of reading science fiction. In a humorous turn of events, he became one of the mindless drones of bureaucracy, a public school teacher. He found allot of teaching could be accomplished as long as it didn't get in the way of the job. Then his brother came along and said, "Hey story man, we should write a book together.” Eight years later in April 2009, The Unincorporated Man was published by Tor. Happily this did well enough that The Unincorporated War came out in May of 2010 and the first book won the Prometheus Award for best novel. A third book The Unincorporated Woman will come out in August 2011 and four short stories have been completed. So by some strange turn of events this has turned into a prolific career for the Kollin Brothers. Eytan hopes this turns into a profitable career as well (Bwa-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha)
Programming for Eytan Kollin
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| Thu | 15:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
What's Up with Zombies?
Why are zombies so popular anyway and what is it about all these mash-ups? Is this the future of the field? (with Seanan McGuire's "alter ego" Mira Grant) |
| Thu | 18:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Who Was the Most Influential Doctor?
Who was the most influential Doctor? Patrick Troughton? Tom Baker? David Tennant? One of the other 8? Maybe the answer is what is more cool - a very long scarf or a fez? |
| Fri | 10:00 | (Naples1) | 2 hrs |
Writers Workshop, Section J
All workshop sessions required advanced sign-up and are filled. |
| Fri | 13:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Fri 13:00
No additional description |
| Fri | 17:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Brothers and collaborators Dani & Etyan Kollin discuss economics. |
| Sat | 10:00 | (C01) | 2 hrs |
Weapons and Armor Demonstration for Fantasy Writers
For a fantasy writer it is often not enough to merely see weapons and armor in a museum. This demo will show how various melee weapons work. The physics involved will be explained as well as the basics of cleaning, transporting and storing these weapons and armor. At the end of the demo the audience will be allowed to sample these weapons and armor in a safe and monitored fashion to get a true "hands on" feeling for them. |
| Sat | 14:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Sat 14:00
No additional description |
| Sat | 15:00 | (A14) | 30 min |
Reading: Eytan and Dani Kollin
No additional description |
| Sun | 10:00 | (E02+03) | 1 hr |
Fight Like a Pirate
An introduction to swordsplay for kids. |
| Sun | 12:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
One More Season
Panelists each take a TV show that they feel deserved one more season, explaining why and where the show might have gone. |
| Sun | 14:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
What Happened to Stargate Universe?
Stargate Universe distanced itself in many ways from previous versions of the franchise. Why? Was this influenced by its creators' exposure to SF and SF fandom, and the resulting desire to do something more meaningful? Was it that it was the first post-Battlestar Galactica Stargate series, and that show's tone impacted SGU? Did this contribute to its cancellation? |
Home Page: http://www.theunincorporated.com