Boston's big January SF convention, ARISIA, is coming up in two weeks, over the weekend of January 17-20 at the fabulous Hyatt Regency Cambridge (a.k.a. "The Ziggurat"), just next door to M.I.T. As always, I'll be there. If you want to drop by, here's my schedule.
Saturday, January 18, 12:30 p.m. — Reading: Stop by and hear a sneak preview of my new novel The Miranda Conspiracy!
5:30 p.m. — Creating Relatable Non-Humans: How do you make aliens properly non-human, while still keeping them sympathetic to an audience of humans? Join me and a team of SF and fantasy powerhouses to find out.
6:45 p.m. — Improv on a Page: A discussion of how methods and concepts from roleplaying games can be used in fiction. Useful new technique? Erosion of literature? Let's find out.
You can also find me in and around the hotel Friday through Sunday, and don't hesitate to say hi.
The illustration is what I got when I asked Midjourney AI for a picture of "Arisia." It might be a slightly de-aged Clarissa MacDougal from the Lensman books.
She doesn't have the exotic skin color, but the age makes me think of the Green Lantern by that name.
Posted by: William H. Stoddard | 01/11/2025 at 08:27 AM