I went to my first SF con in 1995 – ConQuest in Auckland, New Zealand. The primary reason I went was because Roger Zelazny, one of my personal literary gods,…Continue readingHow to Con it
A series of videos featuring some of the most bad-ass women in history is on the horizon, Lily Myers writes at Bust. The episodes will feature a Chinese pirate, Japanese…Continue readingWomen defying history
The last days of a Comic-con I had been hearing distinctive Artoo Detoo chirps and raspberries for a while but I couldn’t quite nail down where they came from –…Continue readingPeople people EVERYWHERE
My first Comic-con: Friday, Day 2 The closer I got to the Convention Center the more surreal the streets became. Pirates. Boba Fetts. Lots of Reys, of different ages and…Continue readingSurrealism in Seattle
My first Comic-con: Day 1 My knowledge of the comic-con phenomenon came from the legends of my tribe, the nerds and the geeks and the science fiction and fantasy people…Continue readingThe geeks and the nerds