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Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams is the author of twenty-seven novels and three collections of short fiction.
His first novel to attract serious public attention was Hardwired (1986), described by Roger Zelazny as "a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe-light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars." In 2001 he won a Nebula Award for his novelette, “Daddy’s World,” and won again in 2005 for “The Green Leopard Plague.”
Walter's subject matter has an unusually wide range, and include the glittering surfaces of Hardwired, the opulent tapestries of Aristoi, the bleak science-tinged roman policier Days of Atonement, and the pensive young Mary Shelley of the novella "Wall, Stone, Craft," which was nominated for a Hugo, Nebula, and a World Fantasy Award.
His latest work is Deep State, a near-future thriller set in the world of alternate reality gaming.
Walter has also written for the screen and for television, and has worked in the gaming field. He was a writer for the alternate reality game Last Call Poker, and has scripted the recent mega-hit Spore.
Programming for Walter Jon Williams
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| Thu | 13:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Thu 13:00
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| Fri | 10:00 | (Naples5) | 2 hrs |
Writers Workshop, Section K
All workshop sessions required advanced sign-up and are filled. |
| Fri | 13:30 | (A15) | 30 min |
Reading: Walter Jon Williams
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| Sat | 15:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Can Computers Think? Watson, Jeopardy, and the Future of AI
Is your mobile phone smarter than you? Developments in artificial intelligence research. |
| Sat | 16:00 | (Hall 2 Bar) | 1 hr |
Literary Beer: Sat 16:00
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| Sun | 11:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Revolutions in SF, Fantasy, and the Real World
Revolutions vary from the disparate traditional tropes of the French and American revolutions to non-violent revolution (Gandhi’s India), The entrenched power may be colonial, class-based, or simply authoritarian. How well does SF & F represent the ideals and ambiguities of revolution, the need to rebuild, and the cultural stresses that result. |
| Sun | 12:00 | (A01+6) | 1 hr |
Wild Cards
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