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Jacob Weisman
Jacob Weisman is the editor and publisher of Tachyon Publications, which he founded in 1995. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Realms of Fantasy, The Louisville Courier-Journal, The Seattle Weekly, The Cooper Point Journal, and in the college textbook, Sport in Contemporary Society, edited by D. Stanley Eitzen. He has been nominated several times for the World Fantasy Award for his work at Tachyon. Jacob is rumored to be hard at work on his first novel.
Programming for Jacob Weisman
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| Wed | 17:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
Tachyon Publications
Information on what's coming up over the next few months from Tachyon Publications. |
| Thu | 17:00 | (A13) | 1 hr |
Perspectives on the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Our panel encountered the Golden Age of Science Fiction at different points in the twentieth century. What was it like to to discover science fiction in the Golden Age, and Golden Age SF in later decades? |
| Fri | 15:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Scientific Romances of the Victorian Era
Steampunk that wasn't really steampunk because it was contemporary. What was it like? How does it compare with what is being written now? |
| 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? |
Home Page: http://www.tachyonpublications.com