Science fiction convention (3rd of 2026)

This weekend is yet another science fiction convention for me. Well, that’s the wrong emotional weight. It’s actually only the third sf con I’ll be at this year—far too few compared to years past. At any rate, this weekend is Readercon in Burlington, Massachusetts. If you’re joining me there, look for me (first, foremost, and always), in the dealers’ room at the Fantastic Books table. The room is scheduled to be open Friday from 3 to 7pm, Saturday from 10am to 7pm, and Sunday from 10am to 3pm.

I’ll also be on programming, from which schedule you’ll see that the dealers’ room opening is not at the beginning of this convention, unlike most others. You’ll find me on the following panels:

Friday at 1pm in Salon C-D: “Sports in Speculative Fiction” with Carl Engle-Laird, Claire Houck, Marianna Martin, and Bethany Powell.

Friday at 2pm in Salon A-B: “Secretly Brilliant Strategists” with Elizabeth Porter Birdsall, Julie C. Day, Marissa Lingen, and Caitlin Rozakis.

Saturday at 1pm in Create-Collaborate [yes, that’s apparently the name of a meeting room]: “Rules Were Made to be Broken” with Kathleen Jennings, Bethany Powell, Robert V.S. Redick, and Gregory Wilson.

Saturday at 7pm in Salon A-B: “Miles to Go: The Vorkosigan Saga at 40” with Katherine Crighton, Kate Nepveu, and Meredith Schwartz.

I’ll have copies of the new anthology Resistance (which was so popular at its debut at Balticon) as well as my Punctilious Punctuation (which is new since last year’s Readercon), and of course a whole slew of other fantastic Fantastic Books books. Hope to see you there!

Science fiction convention weekend (sixth of 2024)

[And yes, for those of you paying attention, I didn’t post for the fifth: it was all dealers’ room, no programming.]

It’s another science fiction convention weekend—the first of three in a row for me. This weekend, I’ll be in Quincy, Massachusetts, for Readercon. As always, seek me out in the dealers’ room at the Fantastic Books table, where we’ll be debuting two new books: In Memoriam by Fred Lerner, and Disturbing Stories by Ron Miller. They’re both great, in completely different ways.

I’ll also be on programming, a bit. You can find me at my kaffeeklatsch Friday at 4pm in Basalt, and on the panel “The Breakup of the United States in Speculative Fiction” on Sunday at 10am in Salon 4 with Randee Dawn, Tom Greene, James Morrow, and Sarena Straus. I’ll also be at the Meet the Pros(e) event Friday night in Salon 3.

Hope to see many of you there… or the following weekend in Buffalo, New York, or the weekend after that in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (details on those two after I get back from this one)