Swancon pt 2
Apr. 12th, 2015 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrFirst, my Dragon Age Inquisitor cosplay.
Second, some random recs:
the movie Joint Security Area
Safety Not Guaranteed
What if my Baby Is A Squib Subtle, dark, Harry Potter fanfic that pokes at the squib=disability thing
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lianne Hearn (next year's guest)
Husbands (by Jane Espenson, ditto, omg)
Third, panel notes:
Has Science Fiction Changed Society?
The general consensus was that it reflects existing changes and can inspire/help individuals, but is rarely on the forefront of any change. It's really bad at predicting the future so not much good at preparing for or inspiring it. I might write up the rest of my notes but while I enjoyed the panel none of it seems worth the effort.
John Scalzi Guest of Honour Speech
The meaning of life is unverifiable.
Poison Elves
I went to this by accident but have always been vaguely curious after seeing the comics in shops, and was amused to discover the hero's name is Lusipher. I wonder if there's a Saetan too.
Science in Speculative Fiction
Getting shot in the shoulder is not a minor wound, you have lost the use of that arm.
Young people are learning the wrong physics from YA!
Notably good science: Ender's Game, Catherine Asaro, Space Cadet, Andy Weir the Martian, Keith Stephenson Horizon
Notably bad: Across the Universe, Star Trek 2009
Any movie that doesn't make sense happen in the Matrix (...which also doesn't make sense)
Don't overexplain. Character says "I would explain it but you don't have the math".
People would not survive being thrown about by Terminators. In Old Man's War they have improved bodies so he can gloss over that stuff.
If the plot revolves around it it should make sense.
Editors will not check this for you. Even magazines don't have fact checkers any more.
Genre affects expectations.
Talk to people, make friends, read widely.
Second, some random recs:
the movie Joint Security Area
Safety Not Guaranteed
What if my Baby Is A Squib Subtle, dark, Harry Potter fanfic that pokes at the squib=disability thing
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lianne Hearn (next year's guest)
Husbands (by Jane Espenson, ditto, omg)
Third, panel notes:
Has Science Fiction Changed Society?
The general consensus was that it reflects existing changes and can inspire/help individuals, but is rarely on the forefront of any change. It's really bad at predicting the future so not much good at preparing for or inspiring it. I might write up the rest of my notes but while I enjoyed the panel none of it seems worth the effort.
John Scalzi Guest of Honour Speech
The meaning of life is unverifiable.
Poison Elves
I went to this by accident but have always been vaguely curious after seeing the comics in shops, and was amused to discover the hero's name is Lusipher. I wonder if there's a Saetan too.
Science in Speculative Fiction
Getting shot in the shoulder is not a minor wound, you have lost the use of that arm.
Young people are learning the wrong physics from YA!
Notably good science: Ender's Game, Catherine Asaro, Space Cadet, Andy Weir the Martian, Keith Stephenson Horizon
Notably bad: Across the Universe, Star Trek 2009
Any movie that doesn't make sense happen in the Matrix (...which also doesn't make sense)
Don't overexplain. Character says "I would explain it but you don't have the math".
People would not survive being thrown about by Terminators. In Old Man's War they have improved bodies so he can gloss over that stuff.
If the plot revolves around it it should make sense.
Editors will not check this for you. Even magazines don't have fact checkers any more.
Genre affects expectations.
Talk to people, make friends, read widely.
no subject
Date: 2015-04-11 06:14 pm (UTC)also you look excellent on that throne. i think you should accessorise with it more often. ;)
no subject
Date: 2015-04-13 02:29 am (UTC)Thank you! Yes I am very excited! I had actually considered adapting my chair to match the Inquisition Throne, but ran out of energy, so I was pretty happy that the con provided their own spiky throne. Alas I think it might have practical issues as an every day accesory.
no subject
Date: 2015-04-14 12:44 am (UTC)Huh, there have been some SF works which have excelled at predicting the future, and have changed me to become the person I am now:
Skallagrigg
The Sheep Look Up & Stand On Zanzibar
The Dispossessed
Solitaire
The Parable of the Talents & The Parable of the Sower
Finding HUSBANDS seems to be trickier than it needs to be. It seems like seasons 1 & 2 were on YouTube, and season 3 is on CWSeed.
The official site is all-images, and many blank pages.
The IMDB has an episode guide
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056091/episodes?season=1
Here's a YT compilation of many Husbands-related playlists
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFjFZygoIbflvSfd5t40U0g/featured
no subject
Date: 2015-04-15 02:57 pm (UTC)(Some of thoe others I would also recommend, some have been on my to read list for a while....)
no subject
Date: 2015-04-16 09:30 am (UTC)Huh, I had never heard of it!
no subject
Date: 2015-04-26 12:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-28 12:57 pm (UTC)Hmmmmmm. Ok, if it's not too much trouble!
no subject
Date: 2015-05-18 10:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-21 04:30 pm (UTC)That's ok I forgot too :)
no subject
Date: 2015-04-16 09:41 am (UTC)Thankyou! I hadn't looked into watching Husbands yet and that looks very helpful.
Yes a few people talked about books that had changed them as individuals, and the Dispossesed was given as an example. It certainly gave me a lot to think about.