Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention (to be held in Montreal this year) is almost upon us, and the programming committee has put together a kick-ass program, and they’ve put it online. Here’s my program items — hope to see you there!
- Friday
- 10 AM: Intellectual Property and Creative Commons, with Laura Majerus and Felix Gilman (2-032, P-512CG)
- 12:30PM: The New Media, with Melissa Auf der Maur, Tobias Buckell, Neil Gaiman, and Ellen Kushner (2-126, P-511BE)
- 3:30PM: Reading, with Charlie Stross and Connie Willis (2-224R, P-512AE)
- 8PM: Prometheus Awards, with Fred Moulton, Jo Walton, John C. Wright and Charlie Stross (2-349, P-524A)
- 9PM: Cecil Street Irregulars: A Canadian Writing Group, with Doug Smith, Karl Schroeder, Madeline Ashby, Michael Skeet, Dave Nickle, Jill Snider Lum and Sara Simmons
- Saturday
- 9AM: Stroll With the Stars (a morning walk!), with Ann Vandermeer, Gay Haldeman, Joe Haldeman, Peter Atwood and Stu Seigel, 3-005, Riopelle Fountain
- 10AM: Autographs, with Ellen Datlow, Jean-Claude Dunyach, David Anthony Durham, Felix Gilman and Robert Silverberg, 3-053S
- 5PM: Kaffeeklatsch, 4-263K, P-521C
- 9PM: Gaiman Reads Doctorow (Neil records one of my stories for an upcoming audiobook), with Neil Gaiman, 3-342, 5-511BE
- Monday
- 9AM: No User Servicable Parts Inside, with C Meeks, Howard Davidson and Jack William Bell
Oh, and a note to Montrealers: the convention centre WiFi is CAD$395 a day!, so I’m hoping to rent someone’s 3G modem, like the Fido Stick modem. I’ll pay your whole month’s data-tariff and I promise not to download porn or warez or anything else likely to get you in trouble with your ISP. I’ll need it from Aug 6-10 (and ideally, I’d like to rent two, so my wife can have one.) If you’re headed to the cottage for the weekend or similar, I’d really appreciate it.