![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Capricon Schedule
Jan. 9th, 2019 08:22 amWhile I contemplate my summer travel plans, here's what I'll be doing at Capricon, occurring February 14-17 in lovely downtown Wheeling Ill.
Military Culture In Science Fiction & Fantasy Botanic B Literature Thu 6:30 PM
Military characters loom large in genre fiction, starting with "military sci-fi" focused on battles, but also supplying protagonists or antagonists (or both!) to many other works. What do military characters and settings add, whether from an existing service or one created for the story? We'll discuss our favorite uses of the military in storytelling, and how a creator could best use it in something new.
Haters Gonna Hate: Reboot Edition Botanic B Media Fri 11:30 AM
Reboot. The word conjures two extreme reactions - eagerness and revulsion. Why do we, as a society, want to reject new visions of old tales? Is there a need to reject that this fills? Do we feel empowered in rejecting the new over the old? And where is the line? Why is this so much more visible in SF/F than in mainstream media? Why attack the new Star Wars, but not the new A Star is Born?
Themed Reading: Space Opera Birch B Reading Fri 2:30 PM
Authors read rollicking action adventure stories... IN SPACE! Features 4 authors in a 75 minute panel slot.
Kristine Smith
Jan Gephardt
Chris Gerrib
Things Authors Always Mess up! Birch B Writing Sat 2:30 PM
This panel allows us to share our expertise in areas like fighting, medicine, technology, and culture. What things bug you when you see them done wrong in writing? How can we fix them?
The Evolution of Monsters Birch B Theme Sat 5:30 PM
From Romero's Zombies to 28 days later, from Dracula to Twilight--how do you reconcile differences in the same kind of monsters? Does their evolution make them better or are modern interpretations of monsters just bastardizations of the original myth/concept? At what point does a monster change so much they become a new classification?
Military Culture In Science Fiction & Fantasy Botanic B Literature Thu 6:30 PM
Military characters loom large in genre fiction, starting with "military sci-fi" focused on battles, but also supplying protagonists or antagonists (or both!) to many other works. What do military characters and settings add, whether from an existing service or one created for the story? We'll discuss our favorite uses of the military in storytelling, and how a creator could best use it in something new.
Haters Gonna Hate: Reboot Edition Botanic B Media Fri 11:30 AM
Reboot. The word conjures two extreme reactions - eagerness and revulsion. Why do we, as a society, want to reject new visions of old tales? Is there a need to reject that this fills? Do we feel empowered in rejecting the new over the old? And where is the line? Why is this so much more visible in SF/F than in mainstream media? Why attack the new Star Wars, but not the new A Star is Born?
Themed Reading: Space Opera Birch B Reading Fri 2:30 PM
Authors read rollicking action adventure stories... IN SPACE! Features 4 authors in a 75 minute panel slot.
Kristine Smith
Jan Gephardt
Chris Gerrib
Things Authors Always Mess up! Birch B Writing Sat 2:30 PM
This panel allows us to share our expertise in areas like fighting, medicine, technology, and culture. What things bug you when you see them done wrong in writing? How can we fix them?
The Evolution of Monsters Birch B Theme Sat 5:30 PM
From Romero's Zombies to 28 days later, from Dracula to Twilight--how do you reconcile differences in the same kind of monsters? Does their evolution make them better or are modern interpretations of monsters just bastardizations of the original myth/concept? At what point does a monster change so much they become a new classification?
