I’ve returned from another glorious weekend at WisCon, the World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction Convention. Excellent panels and discussions–more about those below. But first, photos! When I arrived in Madison late on Friday, the sky was all vermillion and dreamy. It boded well. Next, I befriended an imposing Dalek. This stunning creature was fashioned from […]
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Wiscon 37 Convention Report
So, I’m back from Wiscon 37! What is Wiscon? It’s the World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, for one thing. It’s also the place where writers and scholars and SF/F fans get to talk about ideas and books that they love. Every time I go to Wiscon, I come home with a huge list […]
The Moon has a Thousand Faces
In preparation for a film panel at WisCon 37, I’ve been catching up on my sci-fi and fantasy films. (More about my WisCon panels in another post.) So I finally got around to seeing Duncan Jones’ mesmerizing film Moon. To dismiss this film as an ordinary sci-fi thriller is really an injustice, since Moon pays […]
WisCon 35
Memorial Day weekend, we drove east to WisCon, Madison’s one-and-only feminist science fiction and fantasy convention. WisCon is my favorite con: great programming for fans and academics and writers, a strong and very real sense of community, and lots of old friends. And there was cheese! (More about that later.) WisCon 35 was really the […]