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Posted onFebruary 22, 2021March 18, 20212006

China Mieville kaffeeklatch at the Readercon 2006

by Elze

China Mieville held a kaffeeklatch at the Readercon 2006, at which he chatted with the audience about writing, politics, and other topics. On how wanting…

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Posted onFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 20212006

Social Class in Science Fiction panel at Readercon 2006

by Elze

This was another panel where I heard some new-to-me ideas, and enjoyed it a lot. The most unusual one was that the very notion of…

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Posted onFebruary 1, 2021March 18, 20212006

China Mieville interview at Readercon 2006

by Elze

On China Mieville’s influences and early writing China Mieville. In my mid-teens I came to a decision that I wanted to do this (i. e.…

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Posted onJanuary 31, 2021February 3, 20212006

Readercon 2006: horror literature and a kaffeeklatsch with Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden

by Elze

From Within It Devours: a panel on horror This was a panel where I heard some novel thoughts. Maybe it’s because I don’t know much…

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Posted onJanuary 30, 2021February 20, 20212006

A panel on the uncomfortable in science fiction and fantasy at Readercon 2006

by Elze

According to my notes, this was a panel on “the uncomfortable” in science fiction and fantasy. I don’t have a more concrete title. But the…

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Posted onJanuary 24, 2021January 24, 20212006

Readercon: Meet The Pros party, July 2006

by Elze

Readercon is a literary science fiction convention that takes place in Burlington, Massachusetts. The guests of honor in 2006 were authors China Mieville and James…

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Posted onSeptember 24, 2020September 26, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Authors We Gave Up On

by Elze

Synopsis. To quote from Linucon program book: “What does it take for an author you used to really like to honk you off so badly…

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Posted onSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Austin Linux Group

by Elze

This small post is dedicated to the now-defunct Austin Linux Group. Though my interest in Linux has never been more than casual (learned a few…

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Posted onSeptember 20, 2020September 22, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Pros and cons of the GNU General Public License

by Elze

Synopsis from Linucon program book: “The most popular open source license, the GPL, inspires controversy to this day. Eric Raymond recently expressed some ambivalence about…

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Posted onSeptember 19, 2020September 19, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Steve Jackson’s Chaos Machine

by Elze

Steve Jackson’s Chaos Machine is, to quote the convention program book, “a giant communal build-it-yourself project that’s a cross between an erector set, model trains,…

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