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Thomas M. Wagner
Feb 13, 08 - 1:48 PM |
Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
I'll be a program participant at ConDFW 2008, in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, the weekend of 2/22-24. Peter S. Beagle is the GoH, which means I'm currently in fifth gear reviewing no fewer than 5 of his fantasies for posting before I leave town. Look for the classics The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place, as well as Tamsin, The Innkeeper's Song and The Folk of the Air to be covered. (Yes yes, that review of Steven Kent's The Clone Alliance is coming too.) If you're living in Texas and can make it that weekend, please do. It's a really nice, cozy little con, in an attractive hotel, and the folks are friendly in that Texas way. Not a relaxacon, but not full of high-pressure programming either. |
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Thomas M. Wagner
Feb 18th, 2008 - 12:15 PM |
Re: Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
Okay, I just got my programming schedule. They're keeping me busy, starting with one of those 3PM-Friday first-panels-of-the-con that no one will be there to attend. But I like having stuff to do when I go to one of these. So drop in and say hi. FRIDAY 3 pm Panel Room 1: All About Critique! Hosted by Linda Donahue and Thomas M. Wagner. If a manuscript is critiqued before it is published, why is there so much criticism afterwards? Find out the differences in review and critique styles for before and after publishing. What will get you published and what will make your final product successful? 5 pm Panel Room 2: The History of Imaginary Places: The Origins of Science Fiction and Fantasy Hosted by Scott Cupp, Chris Donahue, Thomas W. Knowles, Francis May and Thomas M. Wagner. So who really was the first modern science fiction author and who was the most influential? How did we arrive at what people think of as sci-fi today? Take a fascinating journey back to those thrilling days of yesteryear with our noted panel of experts. Could it be that this generation didn’t quite invent everything? 9 pm Panel Room 1: Talking During the Movies Hosted by Thomas M. Wagner, K. Hutson Price, Chris Donahue, Connor Cochran, Peter Beagle, and Teddy Harvia In what is sure to become a ConDFW tradition, we screen a double feature of utter drek that makes “Plan 9 from Outer Space” look like “Citizen Kane”. In the grand tradition of MST3K, join our celebrity guests in giving these turkeys the roasting they so dearly deserve. Tonight’s program includes “Hercules in New York”, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s very first movie now with his original barely intelligible quasi-English dialogue restored, and “Planet of the Vampires”, a 60s Italian sci-fi muddle complete with vinyl clad spacemen, disco cannons and the most brain dead galactic explorers ever to be attacked by the undead. SATURDAY 11 am: Panel Room 3: Books into Movies Hosted by Peter Beagle, John Davis, Tom Monteleone, Thomas M. Wagner, and Chris Roberson. Books and movies are very different media with their own separate language and translating one to the other successfully is no mean feat. Industry pros discuss what works and what doesn’t. Are there any movies that are shining examples of good translation? What can writers do to see their work turned into film? Hang on for a one hour crash course on what it takes to turn books into movies. 12 pm Panel Room 2: Facts in Your Fiction: Research for Writers Hosted by Thomas Knowles, Frances May, Amy Sisson and Thomas M. Wagner It’s a cliché that good writing requires good research. Industry pros discuss what exactly good research means, what sources writers too often ignore, and how an aspiring writer can hone their skill at researching their chosen genre. 1 pm Panel Room 4: Understanding Today Through Tomorrow: Science Fiction as Literature Hosted by Scott Cupp, Frances May, Chris Roberson and T.M. Wagner Academia, by and large, doesn’t think much of science fiction. Mostly regarded as disposable populist trash, is it possible that science fiction could be more? Of course it is. And this panel will try to prove that very proposition. |
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Thomas M. Wagner
Feb 20th, 2008 - 8:05 AM |
Re: Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
Well, they've added me to yet another Saturday panel. At least I won't be bored! Saturday 5 pm Panel Room 2 (Rose/Magnolia) Show Don’t Tell: Screenplay Writing 101 Hosted by John Davis, Kevin Hopkins, Tom Monteleone and Thomas M. Wagner Industry pros deliver a one hour crash course on screenplay writing delivered with the sci-fi/fantasy writer in mind. What resources should every screenwriter know about? What are the most common pitfalls? How is screenwriting similar and yet frustratingly different from writing prose? |
Joel Calhoun
Feb 22nd, 2008 - 12:35 PM |
Re: Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
I just thought you should know...I saw Beagle at Dragon-Con last year when they screened the animated adaptation of "The Last Unicorn". It was a very unusual experience,like one of those audio commentaries on DVD. Except the person is right there in the same room as I was. |
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Thomas M. Wagner
Feb 22nd, 2008 - 5:32 PM |
Re: Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
Yes, he's doing that here on Saturday afternoon. Apparently he hasn't seen a penny from the movie in 25 years. I'm told litigation is pending. |
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Joel Calhoun
Feb 22nd, 2008 - 6:29 PM |
Re: Attending ConDFW in Dallas the weekend of 2/22
I believe that was mentioned back then as well... He also said he wasn't too fond of the band America(which,in case you don't remember, peformed the songs{Jimmy Webb wrote them})but his kids were...how ironic. |
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