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Land of mutation?

Overcoming Challenges To Mars

September 20, 2016 Daniel C. Handley 1608 Views 2 Comments alcubierre drive, artificial gravity, astronaut, Mars, MidAmericon II, NASA, nuclear reactor, Red Planet, The Martian, warp drive, Worldcon 74

The journey to Mars is full of obstacles. How can we overcome them and move beyond Earth?

Photo by Teresa Wickersham

Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: MidAmeriCon 1976 Chat

September 7, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1186 Views 0 Comments Big Mac, conventions, George R.R. Martin, Michael Swanwick, MidAmeriCon 1976, MidAmericon II, Panels, Pat Cadigan, Robert A. Heinlein, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Michael Swanwick, Pat Cadigan and George R. R. Martin talk about their wilder, younger days at the first MidAmeriCon.

Photo by Teresa Wickersham

Conventions & Events

WorldCon 74: “The Future of Afrofuturism” Panel

September 6, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1238 Views 0 Comments Afrofuturism, Ajani Brown, Bill Campbell, Cerece Murphy, conventions, diversity, Dr. Nick Wood, MidAmericon II, Panels, William Hayashi, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

What is the future of Afrofuturism? Will it become mainstream, remain a subgenre, or succumb to the biases of the publishing industry?

Conventions & Events Podcast

H2O #127: In Which We Discuss the Great Worldcon 74 Experiment

August 28, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1091 Views 0 Comments authors, conventions, Dragon*Con, H2O, interviews, Journey to Other Worlds, MidAmericon II, World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Dicussing the success and aftermath of our live coverage of the 74th annual World Science Fiction Convention from MidAmeriCon II.

Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: How the West Got Weird

August 27, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1331 Views 0 Comments conventions, Cowboys and Aliens, David Boop, dime novels, Jonah Hex, MidAmericon II, Panels, Weird West, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

How weird can the wild west be? Pretty weird, if you go by the imaginations of genre authors. David Boop presents a convention panel on weird westerns.

Photo by Teresa Wickersham.

Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Bad Boy Woobie Panel

August 26, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1401 Views 0 Comments 12 Monkeys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, conventions, Elise Matthesen, Foz Meadows, Harry Potter, Mark Oshiro, MidAmericon II, Panels, Sumana Harihareswara, tropes, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

How in the world do so many bad boys get turned into victims in need of comfort in fanfic and on screen? This panel has a few ideas.

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Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Masquerade Contest Honors Tradition, Innovation, and Hard Work

August 26, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1712 Views 0 Comments contests, conventions, cosplay, MidAmericon II, World Science Fiction Convention, World Science Fiction Society, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Worldcon 74 put on a great masquerade, with a lot of talented costumers with original and funny ideas. Here are the winners.

Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Interview with BIll Fawcett and Eric Flint – Dragon Awards & 1632

August 23, 2016 Sam Sentman 1132 Views 0 Comments Bill Fawcett, Dragon Awards, Dragon*Con, Eric Flint, interview, MidAmericon II, World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Dragon*Con was the topic of this interview at Worldcon 74.

Books Conventions & Events Podcast

Worldcon 74: SciFi X/Y — The Pern Episode, Live

August 22, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 1350 Views 0 Comments Anne McCaffrey, books, conventions, Dragonriders of Pern, dragons, Georgeanne McCaffrey, MidAmericon II, Pern, SciFi X/Y, SciFi4Me Radio, Todd McCaffrey, Warner Bros., World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon 74

Our eighth episode, as it was last year, is about Pern. And this year, we chat up special guest Todd McCaffrey about his caretaking of the universe created by his mother, Anne McCaffrey.