Saturday, July 12, 2008

San Diego Panel Update

Here's the official listing for the SDCC panel, on Thursday July 24:

2:00-3:00 Science Fiction That Will Change Your Life— A discussion of science fiction stories intended to make you rethink your whole life or alter your perceptions. With Annalee Newitz (editor-in-chief, io9.com; contributor, Wired), Austin Grossman (author, Soon I Will Be Invincible), Charlie Jane Anders (news editor, io9.com; contributor, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet), Graeme McMillan (weekend editor, io9.com, contributor, Newsarama), and Patrick Lee (editor, Sci-Fi Wire). Room 2

Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Writers & Writing


Come one, come all!

Feel free to post if you want to suggest SF novels and stories that deserve to be mentioned...

5 comments:

Jim who is slightly balding said...

I'd say that Childhood's End by Sir Arthur would be a given.

Austin Grossman said...

I would too! I think the panel is weighted toward more recent SF, which makes it harder.

Jim who is slightly balding said...

Neuromancer recent enough?

Austin Grossman said...

Hard to say, but I'm going to bring it up anyway. This month is the 25th anniversary of its composition, so it will probably be older than most of the people in the room. So now it's like part of their DNA at this point. Which is my seque into Childhood's End!! Problem solved.

JSE said...

I read a lot of SF as a younger kid, read little now, but just read (on Steve's recommendation) Engine Summer, which was, as promised, just about perfect. And it certainly would have changed my life had I read it at the right age. I regret not doing so.