Pi-Con really is one of my favorite cons. There's such a wonderful sense of nerdly camaraderie! I love talking books, and, with thirteen panels, I really did a bunch of it. I got to hang out with a bunch of Spencer Hill Press people, as well.
As for the hurricane... my husband and kids lost power back home in New Hampshire, but everyone's okay. We just got a bunch of wind and rain here--no real problems or damage. I stayed on an extra day, though, just in case, which seems like a good idea, since my normal driving route would have taken me through Brattleboro, VT:
Showing posts with label con panels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label con panels. Show all posts
Monday, August 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Convention Panels
I really enjoyed Readercon. Now Arisia and some of the others are calling for new panel topics. I have an idea for one: would you go to this?
School of the Supernatural
Harry Potter had Hogwarts; Ender Wiggins had Battle School. Fantasy and SF stories with adolescent characters need places to train them. What makes a school a compelling setting in speculative fiction? Which ones stand out? How has the new resurgence of YA spec-fic changed the concept of these "special" schools? How have they diverged from the standard of the European boarding school?
What would YOU like to hear about?
School of the Supernatural
Harry Potter had Hogwarts; Ender Wiggins had Battle School. Fantasy and SF stories with adolescent characters need places to train them. What makes a school a compelling setting in speculative fiction? Which ones stand out? How has the new resurgence of YA spec-fic changed the concept of these "special" schools? How have they diverged from the standard of the European boarding school?
What would YOU like to hear about?
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