The Readercon response has continued to build, which is gratifying and speaks, I hope, to a general shift in con culture, but that’s a post for later. In the meantime, there are some more links happening that I want to address, and a couple of brief updates. Firstly, the inimitable BC Holmes has been keeping […]
[This is an update to the events of this post.] Harassment Readercon has always had a zero-tolerance harassment policy. Harassment of any kind – including physical assault, battery, deliberate intimidation, stalking, or unwelcome physical attentions – will not be tolerated at Readercon and will result in permanent suspension of membership. As always, Readercon reserves the […]
[A more fun roundup of things is here.] So, a couple of pretty frustrating things happened this year at Readercon. Programming guidelines decreed I had to be on a panel in order to do a reading; despite not being comfortable on panels as a rule, I signed up for the Frankenstein panel. I was the […]
I got back last night from Readercon. As always, I love seeing my friends and meeting new awesome people. In fact, the best parts of the SF community were on display this week. (Also, so were the worst, but we’ll get there!) On Thursday evening, Neil Clarke had a heart attack. Upon hearing he would […]
Mechanique‘s release date is only a few weeks away! I’m excited, and have been thinking of possible launch parties that would be both vaguely thematically relevant and actually involve being outside my apartment. (In order to be relevant to my usual interests, I will have to write a book called “Uneventful Weekend: A Story of […]