If you're going to be near Westchester County, New York this weekend, please consider stopping by the Hilton Westchester hotel in Rye Brook for Lunacon, New York's venerable science fiction convention. I'll be there, and here's my schedule:
Friday, March 14, 5pm: Alternate Technologies in Historical Fiction — I'll be moderating a panel as we discuss what technologies might have come early, what alternative paths technology might have taken, and what's just flat-out impossible.
Saturday, March 15, 12 noon: Autographing — Bring me anything and I'll sign it. Copies of A Darkling Sea are a good choice if you can't think of something you want signed.
Saturday, March 15, 1pm: Kipling's Fantasies — I get to join a very distinguished group of panelists to talk about Kipling's beast-fables, ghost stories, and science fiction.
Saturday, March 15, 2pm: Gamification in Education — Once again I'm moderating a very distinguished panel as we talk about how to use games in education, and how to make games educational.
Saturday, March 15, 4pm: Inter-Temporal Trade — How would trade between different times work? This should be a fun exercise in pure science fiction idea-banging.
Saturday, March 15, 5pm: The Mission of Gravity — I get to put on my movie-geek hat and talk about the recent hit film Gravity.
Saturday, March 15, 7pm: What IS It About We People? — Do we portray humans accurately? Can a human really view our species objectively?
Sunday, March 16, 10am: Mix-and-Match Myths — A panel about a subject which has vexed me for a long time: if all myths are true, how do you deal with the contradictions?
Sunday, March 16, 12 noon: Game Design Workshop — I'll help aspiring game designers figure out how to turn their ideas into games.
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