CIMG6882 I Fell in Love with an Octopus panel

CIMG6882 Laura Anne Gilman at ArmadilloCon 2007. Here is the following quote from her from the “Mythology/Schmythology” panel:

“Is a hero someone who knows he has a destiny, or someone who fights against the odds to do something heroic? Somebody like Harry Potter, who knew he had a destiny, who was told by everybody he was special, and people trained him for that and protected him? I don’t think that’s a hero, that’s cannon fodder.”

ArmadilloCon is a speculative fiction convention that takes place every year in Austin, Texas.

Austin, Texas, July 2007