Author: mongreldogs
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Lunacon 2014 (2c): Reading by Merav Hoffman
Saturday 12 Noon Panelist: Merav Hoffman (duh) I don’t attend a lot of readings, because I generally prefer reading things at my own pace. I don’t find the timbre of the author all that engaging. On the other hand, Merav was a very welcoming presence at my first Lunacon and I wanted to make sure…
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Lunacon 2014 (2a): Altering Time and Perception
Saturday 11 AM Odelle Panelists: Walter Hunt, David Sklar This was not especially well-attended: at first, just the panelists and me. By the end, another 6 or so people had shown up. First panel on a Saturday is probably a dead zone. There were really two topics to be discussed: How is a story paced?…
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Lunacon 2014 (2b): Write What You Don’t Know
Saturday 12 noon Panelists: Walter H. Hunt, Laura Anne Gilman, KT Pinto Sadly, this was not (imho) a very successful panel. The panelists talked around the topic but never addressed head-on how to avoid the pitfalls of writing about things you haven’t experienced. Walter Hunt mentioned that he’s spent a lot of time volunteering at a living farm…
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Lunacon 2014 (1c): Firefly the Game
I was excited to attend this game demo. I am a fan of all things Firefly, and actually have a copy of this game but hadn’t had a chance to play it yet. So when a game got underway in the gaming room, I dropped by to check it out.
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Lunacon 2014 (1): Friday
OK, so it’s really Saturday when I’m writing this. But it’s about Friday. 🙂 I attended three panels (and one fire alarm): “Building Character“, “Alternate Technologies in Historical Fiction“, and “Firefly: The Game“. I also poked around the dealer’s room for a bit,
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Lunacon 2014 (1b): Alternate Technologies in Historical Fiction
Panelists: Russ Handelman, James Cambias, Paul Calhoun And here he is, That Annoying Guy From One Seat Over. This archetype shows up at every con, like a restless spirit. One of the panelists pointed out that, more or less by definition, this would actually have to be about alternate historical fiction. Examples of a missed…
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Lunacon 2014 (1a): Building Character
Panelists: Mike Flynn and Ken Atlabef. I was a little disappointed to see that the first panel sported Mike Flynn as a guest. At the last Lunacon, Mike Flynn was the moderator for the panels I consistently liked least. My recollection was that he was a know-it-all who made points only to emphasize his intelligence…
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Lunacon 2014 (0): Arrival
After a five-year hiatus, I am back at Lunacon, at the suggestion of my lovely wife (who says it’s important we tend to our individual needs as well as our married ones, and who — I believe — also might like having the apartment to herself for a weekend. 🙂 ) Standing in line to…
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Marc Cohn and guests at the City Winery : 2013 Feb 14
I’ve sort of blown the deadline on my 30 Days of Marc Cohn, but I can at least offer up this playlist. 🙂 “From the Station” “Ghost Train” “Perfect Love” “The Letter” with Jon Leventhal “29 Ways” “Listening to Levon” with Dave Mansfield “Healing Hands” with Rebecca Pidgeon “Witness” with Rebecca Pidgeon “Silver Thunderbird” “Walking…
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Art and Design, Fail
I’ve been doing a little reading on the art of design and the failure of art as design. (For example, see this piece about how objects for human use should be designed for, you know, humans.) That led me to the International Push/Pull Pictogram Design Competition, tasked with designing exactly what it says: a non-verbal…