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Jim Fiscus
Jim Fiscus works in Portland as a writer and photographer. After time served as a photographer in the Navy, he freelanced as a photojournalist for a decade before going to grad school. After completing his MA in Middle East and Asian History, he worked as a medical and political writer in Oregon, and has written history books for high school students. (And a book on the original King Kong, which was great fun to write.) His fiction has generally made use of his history, both as a source of stories and as the basis for alternate history stories. He has also worked as a medical writer, covering the clinical and political aspects of health care.
He in his second term as Western Regional Director for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
Programming for Jim Fiscus
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| Thu | 15:00 | (A11) | 1 hr |
Near-Future SF in the Real World: The Origins and Future of the Arab Spring
SF sometimes examines the roots and consequences of dramatic societal and regional change. Occasionally, change in the real world matches the genre in scale. We look at one of the most dramatic changes of the past several years, the cataclysmic events in the Middle East. What were the roots of the Arab Spring? Where might this movement be headed? |
| Thu | 17:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Infections and Viruses that Could Doom Humankind
What could create the next pandemic? A virus from animals? Food-borne illness? An engineered retrovirus? |
| Sat | 10:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Writer Beware
A joint service of SFWA and RWA, Writers Beware tracks, exposes, and raises awareness of the prevalence of fraud and other questionable activities in and around the publishing industry. |
| Sat | 13:00 | (A02) | 2 hrs |
SFWA Meeting
Meeting of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Members only. |
| Sat | 15:00 | (A13) | 1 hr |
Photography and the Photographer: Experiences and Practice
Once you've caught it, you never lose the photography bug. Where might photography take you, and what does it take to get started? What have been some of your favorite photographs or photography experiences? |
| Sat | 16:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Urban Planning, SF&F, and the World to Come
Most science fictional futures and alternative fantasy worlds feature cities and urban areas. Here in our world and timeline, urban planning has become a well established discipline with a track record of both successes and calamitous failures. How does state of the art urban planning play into SF&F visions of cities? What is the influence of new ideas and technology on urban planning? |