This coming Saturday I will be selling/signing books and paneling at Vikingcon 2014 at Western Washington University. Would love to see you there. Here are the planned panels (May be subject to change). Or look at the Program here and notice that I get to be on a panel with Greg Bear. Oh, my… I was on another panel with him once. THE STEALTH HEINLEIN HEROES: David M. Silver (M), Greg Bear, Robert L. Slater at Norwescon 2005. SOooooo Coooollll.

Schedule:
11:00 – 12:00pm         Panels Session #1
•    From Silver Age to Silver Screen: Superhero Cinematic Universes
•    Lights! Camera! Kickstarter!: How to Make an Epic Kickstarter Project
•    The Women of Webseries

12:15 – 1:15pm           Panels Session #2
•    TBA
•    To Batwoman and Beyond!: Queer Heroes and Representation
•    Young Justice: How Heroes Affect Children

1:45 – 2:45pm             Panels Session #3
•    Text Me, Scotty: The Blur Between Science Fiction and Fact
•    The Making of “Legends of the Knight”
•    The Boogeyman’s Journey: Shifting Roles of Monsters in Fantasy

3:00 – 4:00pm             Panel Session #4
•    Terraforming the Tabletop: World-Building in Tabletop RPGs
•    8-bit to Orchestral: Video Game Music Masterpieces
•    Cosplay & Prop-Making 101

 Text Me, Scotty: The Blur Between Science Fiction and Fact
“The imaginary worlds of science fiction creators have always been linked with real-life science, technology, and innovation – like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy + the iPad and Wikipedia. Explore the relationship between science fiction and actual science in this panel, where we will learn where local science fiction creators draw their inspiration from and see how sci-fi creations can steer the course of the future.​”