My first of four panels (three posted here, one over on the Academic side of my site) at the 2010 Ad Astra convention in Toronto, and I thought this was the best–it was ostensibly a panel on “overdone” settings in fantasy and science fiction, but as it happened the discussion ranged more widely than that…but without going off the rails, which can sometimes happen. Thoughtful discussion and a good mix of writers in the group made for a good panel (and actually well-attended, despite starting at 9 p.m. on Friday night)! I joined Rick Wilber, Karina Sumner-Smith, and Derek Kunsken for this one. (Be warned that the audio for all the 2010 Ad Astra material, while good quality most of the time, has some occasional volume spikes despite my best attempts to smooth them out.)
Author: Gregory Wilson
Conference Report–Ad Astra 2010
So much for the writing trick of “keeping secrets,” as Pat Rothfuss likes to put it–I think you all pretty much know what this post is about from the title, so I might as well dive in! It’s actually going up later than I intended…we’re in the home stretch of the spring semester, and so […]
Continue reading →Ad Astra 2010
Just a reminder that I’ll be at Ad Astra in Toronto this weekend–and other than leaving summer in New York for winter in Ontario, I’m really looking forward to it. I’m on the following panels: Friday, April 9, 9:00 p.m., Salon 343–Same Old Settings, with Rick Wilber, Karina Sumner-Smith, Karl Schroeder and Derek Kunsken; Friday, […]
Continue reading →Ad Astra 2010
This is my second go-round at Ad Astra, and beyond the fact that it’s a solid convention, any excuse to go to Toronto is a good one. The schedule looks like this: Friday, April 9: 9-10:00 p.m.–Panel–Same Old Settings, with Rick Wilber, Karina Sumner-Smith, Karl Schroeder and Derek Kunsken 10-11:00 p.m.–Panel–The Joy(s) of Teaching Speculative […]
Continue reading →Me and the media…
…so to speak! I’m happy to announce that thanks to the work of my friend and talented webmaster Kevin Grinberg, I now have a Media section on my website (both Author and Academic sides of it, actually), where you can find interviews, readings and even video clips of panel appearances I’ve done. Feel free to […]
Continue reading →Me and the media…
…so to speak! I’m happy to announce that thanks to the work of my friend and talented webmaster Kevin Grinberg, I now have a Media section on my website (both Author and Academic sides of it, actually), where you can find interviews, readings and even video clips of panel appearances I’ve done. Feel free to […]
Continue reading →International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 2010
Hard to believe this is my third go-round at the ICFA, but time flies when you’re having fun (and I always do at this conference). My specific reading time is 4-5:30 p.m., along with Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Geoffrey A. Landis and Nick Mamatas, who’s got some serious credentials too…please stop by and check […]
Continue reading →Paper Presentation at the SAMLA Conference–November 11, 2007
This is a presentation I did at the SAMLA Conference in Atlanta on liminal space in Ben Jonson’s PRINCE HENRY’S BARRIERS–some of this material ended up in my academic book LIMINAL SPACE AND THE COURT MASQUE, published by Clemson University Press in the same year.
Paper Presentation at Virginia Woolf Conference–June 12, 2007
This is a presentation I did on sympathy in MRS. DALLOWAY at a conference in Ohio–which gave me the chance not only to talk about Virginia Woolf, but to see the home of the Miami Redhawks up close. And you thought Miami was an exclusive Florida creation!
Paper Presentation at Tenth Nordic Conference for English Studies–May 25, 2007
This was a presentation I did on V.S. Naipaul’s A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS at a conference in Bergen, Norway. Not shown is the academic who asked me whether or not Naipaul was really “British enough” to be taken seriously as a critic of British imperialism. The mind boggles sometimes…
