Have you tried PictCon yet? It’s a one-day SF and Fantasy micro-con run out of the Salutation Hotel in Perth. This year’s event falls on 17th October, and I’ll be appearing at a bunch of things across the weekend, not least interviewing Guest of Honour, author and musician, and my good friend Neil Williamson. There’ll be panels, dealer tables, workshops, even RPGs and board games, so lots to keep you entertained.
Here’s what I’m up to (please note shortened panel titles are not the official versions):
12:00pm
AI: Socialist Dream to Weapon of Capitalism (with Tobias Buckell (Moderator), Ricardo Pinto, Fiona Moore)
“Iain Banks dreamed AI would give us a socialist utopia, yet the new AI seems to be a capitalist tool for the destruction of the planet and the proletariat… Discuss.”
1:45pm
Neil Williamson Guest of Honour interview
4:00pm
Masculinities in SFF (with Fiona Moore (M), Raphael Torrubia, Jane Carnall)
“There are a whole range of masculinities explored in science fiction and fantasy: what new aproaches are sf/f writers taking?”
Tickets are still available from the Pictcon website – https://pictcon.com/.
If you can’t make this event, note that I’ll also be appearing at this year’s Fantasycon (9th – 11th October) in Glasgow and at the launch party for the GSFWC’s 40th anniversary anthology Haverin at Waterstones Sauchiehall ST on 21st October
