worldcon

[adelaidesean]

UPDATE: Due to illness sudden (not serious, but sudden and dreadfully inconvenient) I am unable to attend Worldcon. Apologies to everyone I'd planned to meet up with or appear on panels with. This is the first time that I've had to pull out of anything at last minute, and it's a biggie. :-(

PS. Au Contraire was terrific, and is in no way to blame!

Here's my Worldcon schedule. In addition, I'm presenting at the Hugos, going to at least one other launch, and even hosting a party (there's probably going to be a bash in the SFWA suite after the Voyager party on Friday; more on that later). I'll also be in and out of the SFWA suite, so stop by and say hello. It'll be great to see you there!

THURSDAY
5:00 - Film, TV and spec fic (I arrive late Thursday, so I'm a maybe for this one)
(Note: I'm down for a kaffeeklatsche at 3:00 but won't have landed yet. Sorry!)

FRIDAY
3:00 - What is SFWA?
4:00 - Macabre launch & reading
5:00 - What can the mystery teach science fiction?

SATURDAY
10:00 - Building a bigger galaxy
2:00 - Kim Stanley Robinson interview
3.00 - Deborah Kalin Shadow Bound launch

SUNDAY
12:00 - Classic Australian SF
1:00 - Q&A: Writing YA speculative fiction
4:00 - Partners in crime: How to collaborate
5:00 - Objects in space (this clashes with the Hugo pre-event, so I'm a maybe here too) 

MONDAY
11:00 - Reading
12:00 - Signing;
2:00 - Shared universes and united visions

Of course, prior to all this I'll be in New Zealand as GOH of Au Contraire. Will post that program soon. Exciting times!

Comments

[thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com]

Oh no, there's no chance of a Kaffee with you? :(

I'll be there for all I possibly can be. On your profile it says you went to Nightcliff Primary... so you used to live in Darwin?

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

There may be another Kaffee scheduled, so watch for an update. :-)

I did indeed live in Darwin, way back when. 1971-1979, to be exact. Seems like forever ago...

[thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'll keep my fingers crossed then :)

Wow, have you been back to Darwin since? Even in the last 10 years it's completely changed, you may not recognise the place hehe

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was back a couple of years ago and barely recognized a thing, not even the house I lived in. It was weird...

[thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com]

Even if I spend a few weeks writing and don't leave the house, I don't recognise parts anymore hehe

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

See you there!

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Looking forward to it.

[tallaudrey.livejournal.com]

If you come to Kaaron's and my book launch, I can promise Haigh's choclit frogs :-)

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Yay! If I'm not stuck at the SFWA suite, I will definitely be there. Friday morning sometime, isn't it?

[tallaudrey.livejournal.com]

Yarp :-) 11. Follow the trail of frogs ...

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

I've done that before and it's got me into a LOT of trouble.

[tallaudrey.livejournal.com]

Surely only when they're latex frogs?

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Frogs *in* latex. *shakes head* Never again...

[tallaudrey.livejournal.com]

And a Gary Numan soundtrack.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Like I said to everyone else, I'll wave as you go rushing past.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Watch out for the wake. :-)

Au Contraire program?

[dr-squeaky.livejournal.com]

Hi Sean

Great session on collaboration today! Are you going to be about on Sunday? I thought perhaps you might be bailing after your signing on Saturday night. I'm trying to squeeze in a day off somewhere this fortnight but don't want to miss out on the chance of a coffee or just a longer conversation than we managed this afternoon. Will you be around on Sunday? Feel free to slap me with a wet fish if I'm too forward. :)

cheers
Ryan

Re: Au Contraire program?

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Hi Ryan
No wet fish required! I will indeed be around Sunday. There's a kaffeeklatsch scheduled for 4pm, I think. Check with someone on the concom; there should still be space. Failing that, I'll be lurking about somewhere, and attending the cocktail party.
Glad you enjoyed the session. Hope to see again this weekend!

[thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com]

Sean! I heard you got really sick. Are you still coming to WorldCon?

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Alas, no! I'm just doing an update to my JL now. :-(

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Gah! I mean LJ, of course. Such is the state of my head at the moment...

[thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com]

brb crying now. :( Kidding! Get better soon. If you ever do a authory writing talk event in Adelaide sometime I'll have to come down :)

You shall be missed!