{"id":3403,"date":"2008-08-15T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/15\/speaking-of-armadillocon-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-15T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T20:09:08","slug":"speaking-of-armadillocon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/15\/speaking-of-armadillocon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of Armadillocon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armadillocon.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Armadillocon XXX<\/a> with Guest of Honor John Scalzi and Special Guest Joe Haldeman starts today.  As usual I\u2019m on several panels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/109282423448a5e1fe3260a.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Interstitial Fiction<\/span><br \/>\n    Fri 9:00 PM-10:00 PM deZavala <br \/>\n    Denton, Klaw, Person, Richerson, Trimm* <br \/>\n    A lot of recent fiction falls between the cracks of genre. There have been anthologies devoted to it, and now there is the Interstitial Arts Foundation. The most recent Nebula-winning novel falls into this category. What are the essential works and authors, and is this a full-fledged literary movement?<\/ul>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">What You Should Have Read<\/span><br \/>\n    Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM deWitt <br \/>\n    Dimond*, Hevelin, Klaw, Marin, W. Siros, S. Williams <br \/>\n    Our distinguished panel of writers, editors, and book-sellers discuss their take on the most important, influential, and enjoyable books and stories of the year. <\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Reading<\/span><br \/>\n    Sat 6:30 PM-7:00 PM Robertson <br \/>\n    Rick Klaw <\/ul>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Metafiction in Comics<\/span><br \/>\n    Sat 9:00 PM-10:00 PM deZavala <br \/>\n    Benjamin, Blaschke, Klaw*, Porter, Potter <br \/>\n    Metafiction has a long and rich history in comic books and graphic novels. Recent works such as Dr. 13, Nextwave, Scott Pilgrim and Ambush Bug have ushered in a new era for this insightful and entertaining storytelling method. What are some of the best examples, why do writers &amp;amp; artists use this method, and why has it become so popular?<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Movies<\/span><br \/>\n    Sun Noon-1:00 PM deWitt <br \/>\n    Klaw, Leicht, Miles, Scalzi, Person, M. Williams* <br \/>\n    This has been a booming year for science fiction, comic book, and fantasy movies. Our panelists tell us which ones you should have seen, and which you can safely avoid. Of course, they\u2019ll probably talk about movies of the past as well.<\/ul>\n<ul><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Autographing<\/span><br \/>\n    Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dealers\u2019 Room <br \/>\n    Anderson, Klaw <\/ul>\n<p>RevSF editors (past and present) Matthew Bey, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Mark Finn, Alan Porter and Steve Wilson will also be there.  Stop by and say howdy!<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/15\/speaking-of-armadillocon\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking of Armadillocon\u2026<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armadillocon XXX with Guest of Honor John Scalzi and Special Guest Joe Haldeman starts today. As usual I\u2019m on several panels. 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