ReaderCon: Afterward
It wasn't what I expected.As I've said before, I've been to a lot of comic book conventions. I have little patience for most of the superhero fare that's considered "mainstream" in the comics world,...
View ArticleOff to Arisia
I'm on a bus (with WiFi!) to Arisia, "New England's largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention". I decided that after the wonderful time I had at ReaderCon, I should take a look at...
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Fan Service
"When I moved here from the west coast," said Marlin May, a black, homosexual SF fan who I met first on Twitter, and who compared "coming out" as an SF fan to "coming out" as gay, "I didn't know a lot...
View ArticleConsidering Fandom
One thing I seem to have gleaned from the flurry of comments to Tuesday's post about Arisia is that I went to the wrong convention. In the words of one of the commenters: Arisia started as a "reaction"...
View ArticleDown and Out in the SF Ghetto
Attention people who argued with us that fandom isn't creepy, or who claimed I was wrong about the convention culture enabling predatory behavior, please consider the...
View ArticleThe ReaderCon Interviews
ReaderCon is the science fiction and fantasy convention devoted specifically to books and reading, and attracts some of the best authors in the field (and in some cases, out of it). Below are my...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Novelty: Convention, Form, Genre and an Existential Crisis
What is a Convention?Allow me to describe a conception of art based around the twin poles of convention and novelty (which I will resist calling Convention and Novelty, because I am not French). A...
View ArticleReaderCon Update
ReaderCon was amazing; stay tuned for new interviews with Neil Gaiman, Samuel Delany, Junot Diaz and more as well as footage of the Wold Newton event!
View ArticleThe ReaderCon 2011 Interviews
Once again I interviewed many wonderful people at ReaderCon, though I aimed for fewer interviews with more in depth questions this time. Click "Read More" for video interviews with Junot Diaz, Samuel...
View ArticleOff to ReaderCon
Off to ReaderCon once again to hold a Wold Newton Reading Extravaganza. The convention, held in Burlington MA, is dedicated to speculative fiction books, and is full of amazing writers. The Wold Newton...
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