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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Epic Confusion - I'm So There

GoH, Patrick Rothfuss
On Friday, I'm hopping a flight to Detroit, Michigan.  Why you ask?  I'll be attending Epic Confusion, an annual science fiction and fantasy convention held just outside Motor City.  Programming starts Friday evening and goes through to about 3 PM on Sunday.  The program covers all kinds of topics, but mainly SF literature, movies and TV.  Patrick Rothfuss is the Guest of Honor and Jim C. Hines is the Toastmaster, isn't that nice?

It also turns out that Joe Abercrombie, Peter Brett, Brent Weeks, and Robin Hobb are attending as guests of Subterranean Press.  You can see why I'm getting a little excited about the event.  I fear sounding like Vince from Slapchop, but wait... there's more.  Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, Saladin Ahmed, Douglas Hulick, Myke Cole, Bradley Beaulieu, Kameron Hurley, Howard Andrew Jones, and, a bunch of authors I don't really know much about, are also attending.

I don't know about you, but that sounds like one kick ass line-up to me.  So what are my plans at the con?  Well, first of all I'm going to attend a lot of panels.  And then I'm going to spend a lot of time at the bar.  I hope to meet a bunch of the people listed above, buy them a drink, and ask for a look at their next manuscript.  That always works, right?  I'm also planning to live-blog/tweet the event as much as I can.  I'll be posting which panels and reading I'm at, and if there's an opportunity to ask questions, I'll be asking you all for suggestions.

Also... word on the street is that Peter Brett, Myke Cole, Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, and Saldin Ahmed are putting together a AD&D game Friday night.  I'm going to do my best to get a peek at that.  Stay tuned.

In the meantime, if there's anyone on that list of authors you think I should spend some extra time trying to interview or glean some information from, let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can do.


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7 comments:

  1. Civilian ReaderJanuary 18, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Jealous...

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  2. Paul WeimerJanuary 18, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    Definitely want to see an outsider's perspective on that D&D game.

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  3. redheadJanuary 18, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    If you don't get photos of that D&D game I will not buy you a drink Saturday night.

    I'll be the short girl with long red hair who is stalking Scott Lynch.

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  4. Bryce L.January 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    Wow, that sounds good. I'm dying to go to a con, hopefully I'll be back in California soon so at least I'll be close.

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  5. Aidan MoherJanuary 18, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    So jealous.

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  6. Mieneke van der SalmJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:34 PM

    Jealous! Have fun :-D

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  7. NethJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    Really envious. I look forward to a time when I have enough flexibility in my schedule to do something like this. The most I can do is occaisionally make it to the local con down in Phoenix, and they may get one or two authors I really want to meet, they rarely get many. This con in Detroit has a really awesome lineup.

    Have fun, and make sure you report back on all the fun had.

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