Archive for the ‘appearances’ Category

Worldcon

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Yes, I'm going to Worldcon. But no, I will not be on any programming. Why? Because I'm an almost pathological procrastinator and never got around to signing up to be a participant. Amazing how that works. In any case, I will still be in attendance, slacking, bar-flying and ...

Readercon

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I'll be at Readercon this year, July 17-20. Here's my schedule: Friday 11:00 AM, ME/ CT: Talk / Discussion (60 min.) Science Fiction as a Mirror for Reality. Robert J. Sawyer with discussion by Paolo Bacigalupi, Michael A. Burstein, Lancer Kind, Hildy Silverman, _et al_ Science fiction has always ...

goin’ to O-HI-O

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Where it is apparently hot and sweaty. Going to be doing a group signing and QA in Columbus along with Tobias Buckell, Charles Coleman Finlay, Sandra McDonald, Paul Melko and Sarah Prineas before heading off for a week of novel critique and drunken stupor at Blue Heaven. The details on the signing ...

I-CON Science Fiction Convention

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I'll be going out to I-CON this weekend at Stonybrook University and I've got my schedule from the organizers. Lots of stuff to do: The Essence of Pure SF: what exactly is it? Bacigalupi(M), Bear, Malzberg, J VanderMeer, Calvin Fri, 7 S302 Sat 11-12 Signing SF ...

Podcast of “The People of Sand and Slag”

Monday, March 10th, 2008

When I was out at SF in SF, Rick Kleffel of the Agony Column recorded my reading of "The People of Sand and Slag." If you're one of those people who likes audio, I don't stumble too much as I read. :-) Rick also recorded our after-reading panel discussion where ...

A chat with Michelle Nijhuis

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Award-winning science journalist Michelle Nijhuis interviews me over at Grist Magazine. We have a conversation about the connections between the work she does as a science journalist and how I work as a science fiction writer... and how a lot of her articles directly inspire the stories I write. ...

Reading in San Francisco

Monday, February 4th, 2008

I'm going to be doing a reading at SF in SF on Feb 23 along with Carter Scholz. We'll be reading and doing a Q&A with Terry Bisson and then hanging around and chatting. If you're in the area, you should come. It'll be fun. Here's the info ...

MileHi Con, Yes; World Fantasy, No.

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I'm going to be at MileHiCon at the end of this month (Oct 26,27,28), doing a reading (probably from the novel in progress) and also a panel or two. That's the good thing. I'm really looking forward to getting out of town and meeting up with various writer friends. ...

Going to Readercon 2007

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

All of sudden, and at the last moment, I'm going to be attending Readercon, out in Burlington, MA, in the early part of July. I'm probably going to be doing a couple panels and also a reading and kaffeeklatch. http://www.readercon.org/ for details. I'm looking forward to the ...

In New York City

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

I'm in New York City for the Nebula Awards and James Gunn's induction into SF Grand-Masterdom. Check it out, this is the view from my friend Doug's apartment. It's so high... Pretty nifty, huh? I feel like I clicked my heels and teleported out of Kansas. Right now, ...