{"id":320,"date":"2010-08-26T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/26\/come-hear-me-natter-on-at-armadillocon-32\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","slug":"come-hear-me-natter-on-at-armadillocon-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/26\/come-hear-me-natter-on-at-armadillocon-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Come hear me natter on at Armadillocon 32"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year, another Armadillocon<\/a>. This will be my 15th Armadillocon (since 1994, save one) as programming participant. I’m on six panels where I’m sure to be pissing someone off. Plus I have a reading. Hope to see everyone there. Drop by and say howdy.<\/p>\n

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Influential Graphic Novels Not Named Watchmen<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n Fri 5:00 PM-6:00 PM San Marcos room<\/p>\n

M. Sturges<\/a>, Ma. Finn<\/a>, R. Klaw*, A. Porter<\/a>, C. Conrad<\/a><\/span>
\n Most people agree that Watchmen<\/span> significantly influenced the development of graphic novels. What others have been influential? <\/p>\n

\nWhat You Should Have Read<\/a><\/span>
\n Sat 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Trinity room<\/p>\n

W. Siros<\/a>, R. Klaw*, A. Sowards<\/a>, L. Person<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

\nVampires: From Folklore to Fanfic<\/a><\/span>
\n Sat 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Sabine room<\/p>\n

Ma. Finn*, R. Klaw, S. Cupp<\/a>, N. Southard<\/a>, N. Holzner<\/a>, S. White<\/a><\/span>
\n Our panelists discuss the long history of vampires and the changes they have undergone over the years. <\/p>\n

\nCritics and Criticism: Should We Be Listening?<\/span><\/a>
\n Sun 10:00 AM-11:00 AM San Antonio room<\/p>\n

T. Wagner<\/a>, R. Klaw, D. Johnson<\/a>, S. Cupp, L. Person*, N. Kress<\/a><\/span>
\nHow seriously should you take critics and criticism? Should it be ignored or taken into account? <\/p>\n

\nReading<\/a><\/span>
\n Sun 11:00 AM-11:30 AM Pecos room<\/p>\n

Rick Klaw<\/span>
\n(Not sure what I’m reading yet. My most recent short story is too long.)<\/p>\n

\nFive Films on an Island<\/a><\/span>
\n Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Sabine room<\/p>\n

Ma. Finn*, R. Klaw, H. Waldrop<\/a>, D. Johnson, J. Lansdale<\/a><\/span>
\n Your ship got lost on some forsaken island due to the idiot first mate. Fortunately you have coconut electric power and a coconut projector. Unfortunately, you only have five films. Which five do you want them to be?<\/p>\n

\nJames Bond, CSI etc.: Science Fiction or Not?<\/a><\/span>
\n Sun 3:00 PM-4:00 PM San Antonio room<\/p>\n

A. Porter*, P. Benjamin<\/a>, Mi. Finn<\/a>, R. Eudaly<\/a>, R. Klaw, M. Bey<\/a><\/span>
\n Sure, they have sf elements, but are James Bond and CSI sf or not?<\/p>\n

\nOne of the country’s premier literary sf conventions, Armadillocon 32<\/a> is this weekend, August 27-29, at the Renaissance Hotel Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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