Not long now until Fantasycon, which this year takes place at The Queen Hotel, Chester over 19th – 21st October. The programme is online now, and here’s where you can find me across the weekend.
FRIDAY
5:30pm – Robot Companions in Film and Television
The Albert (Panel Room 2)
Stewart Hotston (m), Russell Smith, Eric Ian Steele, Dominic Dulley, Ruth EJ Booth
50 full minutes of my Kryten impression, including such highlights as smug mode, smeeeee heeeee, and Space Corps Directive 34124 (NSFW).
SATURDAY
1:00pm – Readings: Fantasy
The Disraeli (Reading Room)
Steve McHugh, Sandra Unerman, Ruth EJ Booth
Just a heads up: for fantasy, read dark fantasy. Very, very dark fantasy.
7:00pm – Writers and Computer Games
*UPDATE* The Victoria (Panel Room 1)
Allen Stroud (m), Ruth EJ Booth, Ben P Holden, Jaine Fenn, Powder
Join us for my in-depth analysis of why the recent World of Warcraft expansion has completely ruined my chances of getting my paper on Sylvanas Windrunner — which, by the way, I got a really decent mark on in class — from ever getting published. Not that I’m bitter or anything.
SUNDAY
3:00pm – The British Fantasy Awards
The Jubilee Room
Oh blimey. Well, fingers crossed, eh?
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Apart from that, I’ll be floating about the convention all weekend, so please feel free to say hi. Do note that, as I have Social Anxiety Disorder, it’s a good idea to use the Frozen Rule of Chat. If I’m sat down, especially with a group of people, that’s a good time to say hello. If I look like I’m running on my way somewhere, then make like Elsa and let it go, let it go.
If you’re going, hope to see you there!