My Denver Comic Con Schedule
Posted on June 27, 2017 Posted by John Scalzi 12 Comments
Hey! I’m going to Denver Comic Con this weekend! I’ll be on panels and signing books! Here is my schedule!
Panels:
Laughter in the Face of Disaster (Friday 6/30 11AM Room 407),
Military Scifi an Institution (Friday 6/30 3PM DCCP4 – Keystone City Room),
Fight the Power! Fiction for Political Change (Friday 6/30 4:30PM Room 402),
The Writing Process of Best Sellers (Saturday 7/1 12PM Room 407),
The Hardness Scale – Is Fiction Better Squishy or Solid? (Saturday 7/1 3PM Room 407),
Economics, Value and Motivating Your Character (Sunday 7/2 11AM Room 407).
Signings:
Friday 6/30 from 1PM-2:50PM at Tattered Cover Signing Booth 2,
Saturday 7/1 from 10:30AM-11:50PM at the Tattered Cover Signing Booth,
Sunday 7/2 from 2PM-4PM at Tattered Cover Signing Booth 2.
Come see me!
Also, thanks to Sisters in Geek, who collected up this information in this article on my and other authors’ schedules, so I didn’t have to. You’re the best, Sisters in Geek!
These are excellent, interesting, Scalzi-ish topics and I am insanely jealous of those of you who are going.
I’m only going on Saturday, but I’m looking forward to seeing you again.
I have to ask: what is squishy fiction? I even tried thinking of it as “not solid” but that didn’t help. Can you give any examples? Lack of a strong (solid) structure? I’m confused.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Have a great time. Can’t wait to hear all about it
How come every time you are in Colorado, I happen to be out of town? Are you avoiding me?
Arby: http://www.tor.com/2016/01/21/how-do-you-like-your-science-fiction-ten-authors-weigh-in-on-hard-vs-soft-sf/
The Martian – hard sf
The Martian Chronicles – softer sf
The Denver Post is telling us cow town hicks how to behave: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/06/27/how-to-approach-famous-people-cosplayers-comic-con/149162/
Looks like fun! Denver definitely seems to be stepping up their author game.
See you on Saturday! Can’t wait
Re “Fight the Power! Fiction for Political Change”
I remember watching a discussion for the 25 year anniversary of Do the Right Thing. Its still a great movie. And its still entirely relevant because not a damn thing has changed about racism in America.
It was very depressing.
About 130,000 people are expected to attend this year, up from 27,500 in 2012. Not bad. For comparison, Mile High Stadium, where the Broncos play, seats 76,125.
Security is expected to be tight. No gun props allowed.
http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/colorado/2017/06/26/security-bigger-than-ever-growing-denver-comic-con/427481001/