Eastercon Day One
Here’s our quick guide to all of today’s Eastercon action:
Friday 6th April 2012
14.00 Pushing the Boundaries of Genre
What are the boundaries of genre? Where does one begin and another end? Does definition limit imagination, or give it something to feed on. Come along, for all this and more in discussion with: Robert V.S. Redick, Sophia McDougall and Gillian Redfearn (as moderator!), alongside Guest of Honour Paul Cornell, and the marvellous Jon Courtenay Grimwood. Find us in Royal B&C.
15.00 DestinyQuest
It’s a new kind of gamebook for the 21st century – and you’re invited to come and give it a try (and maybe even snaffle a free copy!) with creator Michael J. Ward and editor Marcus Gipps, along with Joe Abercrombie, Chris Wooding and other Gollancz authors! Join in, in Room 40.
17.00 There’s a Hole in my Plot!
There’s one editor to moderate, and four authors to discuss the tricky subject of plotting. How do you plot, how do you deal with plot problems, and how might you try to avoid them in the first place? What are the biggest traps and pitfalls? Joe Abercrombie, Elspeth Cooper, James Barclay and Gavin Smith discuss, moderated by Jenni Hill. Check it out, in Room 38.
18.00 Message from the drowning world
Scientific disaster! The end of the world! Post-apocalyptic visions! Come and join the conversation with our very own Paul McAuley, who will be talking to Edward James, Dave the Planetbuilder, Jessica Yates and moderator Niall Harrison. Read the message in Room 38.
20.00 Beyond Red Mars
Join moderator Paul McAuley as he and his four panellists Geoffrey A. Landis, Gareth L. Powell, Mary A. Turzillo and Ian Whates navigate their way beyond the red planet and into space. What’s out there, in reality and in fiction? And, in fiction, what can or should follow Kim Stanley Robinson’s seminal Red Mars trilogy? Come and explore, in Royal B&C.
22.00 Where have all the Hippies gone?
Have you lost a hippie? This may be the panel to find out where they’ve gone! Four brave panellists will be examining the tricky hippy question tonight, namely: Gavin G. Smith, Gaspode, Dave Lally and Ian Millsted. Be part of the hippie hunt in Room 38.
Stuck for something to do in between panels? Why not drop by the dealer’s room at any time between 11.00 and 18.00 to say hi to the Gollancz Gang, and maybe even buy a book! Today we’re out in force, and you might bump into: Jen McMenemy, Darren Nash, Charlie Panayiotou, Marcus Gipps , Malcolm Edwards, Mark Stay, Jon Weir) or Gillian Redfearn. And watch out for friend-to-the-list, and marvellous stand manager Sara Mulyran!
. . . and if you don’t catch us there, why not say hi at a panel – or even in the bar!