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Ty Franck
Ty Franck was born in Portland, Oregon, and has lived in most of the western and southwestern states at one time or another. He has had nearly every job known to man, including a variety of fast food jobs, rock quarry grunt, newspaper reporter, radio advertising salesman, composite materials fabricator, director of operations for a computer manufacturing firm, and part owner of an accounting software consulting firm. He is currently the personal assistant to fellow writer George R.R. Martin, where he makes coffee, runs to the post office, and argues about what constitutes good writing. He mostly loses.
His first book, Leviathan Wakes, hits the shelves in June of 2011, and was written in collaboration with his good friend Daniel Abraham.
He lives in New Mexico with his astonishingly brilliant wife and one very stupid cat.
Programming for Ty Franck
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| Thu | 11:30 | (A14) | 30 min |
Reading: Ty Franck
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| Thu | 13:00 | (D05) | 1 hr |
The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology
The Amish do use technology, but they reject the idea that technologies are value-free tools, and they acknowledge that they can change social order, so all technology must be evaluated before being allowed into the community. Would we be wise to adopt this cautious approach? |
| Thu | 16:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Thu 16:00
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| Sat | 12:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
Appreciating Nature in Fiction and Non-fiction
Science fiction can often treat nature, even an intriguing alien environment, in a very sterile manner. By contrast, both fantasy and nature writing often celebrate nature and make the reader want to run outside and explore. How can writers use the language of nature writing to help bring alien countrysides to life? What are some of the good and bad examples of writing about the great outdoors in science fiction, fantasy and nature narratives? |
| Sun | 12:00 | (A01+6) | 1 hr |
Wild Cards
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