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Ketstrait: /* Adventures in Collaboration */

2015-03-02T06:16:22Z

Adventures in Collaboration

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	==Literature/Writing==		==Literature/Writing==
	===Adventures in Collaboration===		===Adventures in Collaboration===
	Many of our attending authors have co-authored narrative works with other writers. How did such collaborations come about? How do authors with distinct voices come together to create a cohesive tale? What affect (or benefit) does collaborating have for an author at the beginning of his/her career versus when it is well-developed? ~~(panelists?: Larry Niven, Brandon Sanderson, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Steven Brust, Marissa Lingen)~~		Many of our attending authors have co-authored narrative works with other writers. How did such collaborations come about? How do authors with distinct voices come together to create a cohesive tale? What affect (or benefit) does collaborating have for an author at the beginning of his/her career versus when it is well-developed?

	===Celebrity Picture Book Reading===		===Celebrity Picture Book Reading===

Deanna at 20:15, 25 February 2015

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	From ringworlds to Dyson spheres, science (fiction) abounds with ideas for EXTREMELY large structures to maximize energy usage and deal with the population problem. While still hypothetical, do today's advances in technology and materials science make any of them more likely? What does the future of astroengineering hold?		From ringworlds to Dyson spheres, science (fiction) abounds with ideas for EXTREMELY large structures to maximize energy usage and deal with the population problem. While still hypothetical, do today's advances in technology and materials science make any of them more likely? What does the future of astroengineering hold?

	===The Space Program in the Obama Years, Year Six=== Continuing a long-term series about the challenges facing space science and exploration under the cash-strapped Obama administration.		===The Space Program in the Obama Years, Year Six===
			Continuing a long-term series about the challenges facing space science and exploration under the cash-strapped Obama administration.

	===Warping Hyperspace===		===Warping Hyperspace===
	Planning a pan-galatic empire? It's going to be tough if you can't actually travel to all its planets... But wait! Would you believe real research is being done today on FTL travel? A discussion of the growing work being done today in		Planning a pan-galatic empire? It's going to be tough if you can't actually travel to all its planets... But wait! Would you believe real research is being done today on FTL travel? A discussion of the growing work being done today in

Deanna at 19:38, 25 February 2015

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	===Speculative Poetry Round Robin===		===Speculative Poetry Round Robin===
	Come one, come all. Bring your poetry to share with the group - everyone who wants will get a few minutes to read until we run out of time.		Come one, come all. Bring your poetry to share with the group - everyone who wants will get a few minutes to read until we run out of time.

			===Second Foundation Meeting: The Works of Larry Niven===
			Back in 1983 in the very first Krushenko's, the then-new speculative fiction book club Second Foundation held a discussion of the works of Author Guest of Honor Larry Niven with Mr. Niven present and participating. We'd love to repeat the magic.

	===Sex with Aliens===		===Sex with Aliens===
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	===Anime and Manga for Speculative Fiction Fans===		===Anime and Manga for Speculative Fiction Fans===
	From the days of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and its intelligent robots, manga and anime with science fiction and fantasy themes have been popular. Let's discuss some of the most interesting ones for speculative fiction fans, both current and vintage.		From the days of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and its intelligent robots, manga and anime with science fiction and fantasy themes have been popular. Let's discuss some of the most interesting ones for speculative fiction fans, both current and vintage.

			===Cinematic Gold===
			A quest for the best fantastic (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and unclassifiable) films released since Minicon 1 in January 1968. Prepare to brainstorm!

	===Fool's Gold: When Adaptations Go Bad===		===Fool's Gold: When Adaptations Go Bad===
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	===Megastructures - What to Build When There are No Limits===		===Megastructures - What to Build When There are No Limits===
	From ringworlds to Dyson spheres, science (fiction) abounds with ideas for EXTREMELY large structures to maximize energy usage and deal with the population problem. While still hypothetical, do today's advances in technology and materials science make any of them more likely? What does the future of astroengineering hold?		From ringworlds to Dyson spheres, science (fiction) abounds with ideas for EXTREMELY large structures to maximize energy usage and deal with the population problem. While still hypothetical, do today's advances in technology and materials science make any of them more likely? What does the future of astroengineering hold?

			===The Space Program in the Obama Years, Year Six=== Continuing a long-term series about the challenges facing space science and exploration under the cash-strapped Obama administration.

	===Warping Hyperspace===		===Warping Hyperspace===

Ketstrait: /* Literature/Writing */

2015-02-15T20:06:51Z

Literature/Writing

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	===Publishing After the Door Slams===		===Publishing After the Door Slams===
	What do you do when you discover you can't sell to the big New York publishers? Writers talk about self-publishing, small press, Kickstarters, short stories, and more.		What do you do when you discover you can't sell to the big New York publishers? Writers talk about self-publishing, small press, Kickstarters, short stories, and more.

			===Recreating the Fairy Tale===
			Fairy tales are in their own quiry way more prominent now than in past years. They are simply everywhere - they have infiltrated poetry, novellas, novels, musicals, TV, advertising, movies, music... and there seems no stopping them. They are imagined, re-imagined, stood on their heads, flung into outer space, moved into the twenty-first century and beyond. What is it about the fairy tale that makes it so compelling? Where will we take them (or they take us) next?

	===Rivendell Discussion Group===		===Rivendell Discussion Group===

Ketstrait: /* The Uses and Abuses of Enchantment */

2015-02-15T19:10:43Z

The Uses and Abuses of Enchantment

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	===The Uses and Abuses of Enchantment===		===The Uses and Abuses of Enchantment===
	~~About folklore~~ in ~~books..~~. ~~more description forthcoming from Jane~~?		Ever since Bettleheim's seminal work in using fairy tales as therapy with disturbed children was both a bestseller and a critical success, people have been psychoanalyzing folk tales in a major way, for good or bad. So are you a Freudian, a Jungian, or just a Story-ian (as opposed to an Historian) when it's the matter of tales?

	===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===		===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===

Ketstrait: /* GOH Panels */

2015-02-15T02:18:33Z

GOH Panels

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	===The Business of Brandon===		===The Business of Brandon===
	(not for volunteers) Ben, Isaac, and Michael talk about working with/for our GOH.		(not for volunteers) Ben, Isaac, and Michael talk about working with/for our GOH.

			===Cats Laughing: The Panel===
			Adam and the band sit around and talk (and answer questions?)???

	===Golden Panels===		===Golden Panels===

Ketstrait: /* Readings */

2015-02-15T02:09:46Z

Readings

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	*Brandon Sanderson		*Brandon Sanderson
	*Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (Together Again)		*Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (Together Again)
	*Lady Poetesses from ~~Hello~~ (Jane et al)		*Lady Poetesses from Hell (Jane et al)

	===GOH Interviews===		===GOH Interviews===

Ketstrait: /* Literature/Writing */

2015-02-15T01:45:11Z

Literature/Writing

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	===Sex with Aliens===		===Sex with Aliens===
	Writers talk about their stories (safe for work and non-) about sex and romance with other sorts of creatures. Bonus: how much will Eleanor and Naomi blush?		Writers talk about their stories (safe for work and non-) about sex and romance with other sorts of creatures. Bonus: how much will Eleanor and Naomi blush?

			===The Uses and Abuses of Enchantment===
			About folklore in books... more description forthcoming from Jane?

	===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===		===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===

Ketstrait: /* Fandom and Zeitgeist */

2015-02-15T00:29:39Z

Fandom and Zeitgeist

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	===Why Are We Still Having This Panel?===		===Why Are We Still Having This Panel?===
	There are panels that have been done a thousand times (you know the ones we mean) - which ones are still necessary? Which ones will we all gouge our eyes out if we have to see it again?		There are panels that have been done a thousand times (you know the ones we mean) - which ones are still necessary? Which ones will we all gouge our eyes out if we have to see it again?

			===Will SF be Destroyed by its Own Success?===
			What do we do now that the walls are down? The Guardian has an SF columnist, and the boundary between SF and literary fiction is becoming increasingly blurred. The SF ghetto may have been intended to keep our sort from contaminating literary fiction, but it also made it easier to find our community. Now that nerds have become mainstream and cool, do we still have a future or will we dissolve into the greater society like Jello in the ocean?

	==Gaming==		==Gaming==

Ketstrait: /* Literature/Writing */

2015-02-15T00:04:06Z

Literature/Writing

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	===Let's Write the World We Built===		===Let's Write the World We Built===
	(run by Deanna S) You made it, now take the world and start writing. It could be a character, a story, whatever you like. This exercise is meant to get your creative juices flowing!		(run by Deanna S) You made it, now take the world and start writing. It could be a character, a story, whatever you like. This exercise is meant to get your creative juices flowing!

			===Linked Short Stories and Modular Novels===
			The fix-up novel is a novel pieced together out of short stories. What are the advantages of writing this way? What are the problems?

	===The Lure of Ages Past===		===The Lure of Ages Past===
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	===Novel Beer===		===Novel Beer===
	Our favorite characters like a sudsy glass of brew now and then. From George RR Martin and Ommegang Brewery to Harry Potter and Butterbeer (what IS it exactly) to writing about beer in your own novel. We can talk about the basics of brewing and the different styles of beer in addition to the impact of beer on literature and the writer! Great for brewers, writers, fans, and drinkers.		Our favorite characters like a sudsy glass of brew now and then. From George RR Martin and Ommegang Brewery to Harry Potter and Butterbeer (what IS it exactly) to writing about beer in your own novel. We can talk about the basics of brewing and the different styles of beer in addition to the impact of beer on literature and the writer! Great for brewers, writers, fans, and drinkers.

			===Publishing After the Door Slams===
			What do you do when you discover you can't sell to the big New York publishers? Writers talk about self-publishing, small press, Kickstarters, short stories, and more.

	===Rivendell Discussion Group===		===Rivendell Discussion Group===
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	===Speculative Poetry Round Robin===		===Speculative Poetry Round Robin===
	Come one, come all. Bring your poetry to share with the group - everyone who wants will get a few minutes to read until we run out of time.		Come one, come all. Bring your poetry to share with the group - everyone who wants will get a few minutes to read until we run out of time.

			===Sex with Aliens===
			Writers talk about their stories (safe for work and non-) about sex and romance with other sorts of creatures. Bonus: how much will Eleanor and Naomi blush?

	===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===		===What's New for Middle Grade Readers===