I finally got to meet Charles Stross in person at the pre-ArmadilloCon pizza lunch. The pizza place, Mangia, is crowded at lunchtime. Its acoustics would…
Turkey City is a science fiction writing workshop where people gather and critique each others’ stories (which they have read in advance). Traditionally it’s followed…
On October 4, 2004 Neal Stephenson was at Book People in Austin, TX, where he read an excerpt from his then-latest book, “The System of…
Following the ArmadilloCon tradition, toastmaster K. D. Wentworth gave a humorous speech. She addressed the audience as a fourth grade schoolteacher, which she actually was…
Synopsis from ArmadilloCon program book. A plethora of new markets for what we used to call slipstream has blossomed over the past two years, with…
Panelists: C. J. Mills (moderator), Alexis Glynn Latner, Louise Marley, Wendy Wheeler, Elizabeth Moon, Uncle River Synopsis, according to the ArmadilloCon program: You need a…
Official synopsis: Several books have come out this year. What did you miss? Why should you read it? Panelists: Willie Siros (moderator), Chris Brown (then…
Synopsis, according to the ArmadilloCon program: Myths as springboard for worlds and plot ideas in fantasy and science fiction. Mythic elements in science fiction. The…
Synopsis from ArmadilloCon program book: Why have the cyberpunks abandoned the future? Do William Gibson’s “Pattern Recognition” and Bruce Sterling’s “The Zenith Angle” evidence a…
Participants: Vernor Vinge, John Gibbons (interviewer) Vernor Vinge talked about how he got started writing science fiction, about numerical parametrization of group minds, about some…