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Wiscon Schedule
It has been made public, so I can share it. Here is my schedule for Wiscon 46, to be held over the Memorial Day weekend in lovely downtown Madison Wisconsin.
The Schadenfreude of the Evil Rich Character
Assembly • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Fri 7:30 PM–8:45 PM
We love to watch our fictional rich guys living their luxurious and scandalous lives, but we love it even more when we get to watch their downfall. And yet, these stories still allow us to empathize with the 1% in intimate ways. TV shows like Succession and Billions, movies like Knives Out, and other stories seem to fill a need we have to watch the rich and powerful suffer. But are we just glorifying their lifestyles in the end by consuming their stories anyway?
Plague Fiction in the Plague Times
Assembly • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Fri 9:00 PM–10:15 PM
Station Eleven, 12 Monkeys, The Stand, Sweet Tooth, Zone One, 28 Days Later, The Doomsday Book…these plague stories hit kind of different now. How does the ongoing worldwide trauma of the covid pandemic change our reading/writing practices around this longstanding sff trope? And what has our real-life pandemic revealed to us about the assumptions and biases behind these kinds of stories, especially given that this pandemic, like plagues throughout history, has been unequally distributed?
A Speculative Fiction Sampler
Conference 2 • Readings • Sun 10:00 AM–11:15 AM
Four authors read their works. Joining me are:
Anjali Patel
Kris Raymond Silva
Nikki Kallio
Why (Not) Pirates?
Online Zoom Room 1 • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Mon 10:00 AM–11:15 AM
Pirates are hot right now, and not just because 60% (totally unfounded estimate) of adults fantasized about being pirates as children. What makes the current moment so pirate-friendly? Let's talk about the appeal of pirate stories, the way pirates have been represented in books, movies, and TV shows—from historical fiction about real-life buccaneers to SFF epics about space pirates—and how the depictions of pirates have differed at different times and in different cultures.
I have also applied to be at the SignOut, Wiscon's end of con autograph party, set for Monday at 11:30.
The Schadenfreude of the Evil Rich Character
Assembly • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Fri 7:30 PM–8:45 PM
We love to watch our fictional rich guys living their luxurious and scandalous lives, but we love it even more when we get to watch their downfall. And yet, these stories still allow us to empathize with the 1% in intimate ways. TV shows like Succession and Billions, movies like Knives Out, and other stories seem to fill a need we have to watch the rich and powerful suffer. But are we just glorifying their lifestyles in the end by consuming their stories anyway?
Plague Fiction in the Plague Times
Assembly • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Fri 9:00 PM–10:15 PM
Station Eleven, 12 Monkeys, The Stand, Sweet Tooth, Zone One, 28 Days Later, The Doomsday Book…these plague stories hit kind of different now. How does the ongoing worldwide trauma of the covid pandemic change our reading/writing practices around this longstanding sff trope? And what has our real-life pandemic revealed to us about the assumptions and biases behind these kinds of stories, especially given that this pandemic, like plagues throughout history, has been unequally distributed?
A Speculative Fiction Sampler
Conference 2 • Readings • Sun 10:00 AM–11:15 AM
Four authors read their works. Joining me are:
Anjali Patel
Kris Raymond Silva
Nikki Kallio
Why (Not) Pirates?
Online Zoom Room 1 • Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction • Mon 10:00 AM–11:15 AM
Pirates are hot right now, and not just because 60% (totally unfounded estimate) of adults fantasized about being pirates as children. What makes the current moment so pirate-friendly? Let's talk about the appeal of pirate stories, the way pirates have been represented in books, movies, and TV shows—from historical fiction about real-life buccaneers to SFF epics about space pirates—and how the depictions of pirates have differed at different times and in different cultures.
I have also applied to be at the SignOut, Wiscon's end of con autograph party, set for Monday at 11:30.