who are these people?

[alsih2o]

I know this is a silly question, but is the con in Memphis, as in Memphis, TN?

I'm in north AL and might be able to head up there for it! Where do you live, alsih2o?

yes, sorry i didn't specify i sometimes forgot that the community here is so large, one of the downfalls of being a small-town guy.

i live about 20-30 minutes east of memphis, in oakland, fayette county. feel free to drop me an email to discuss getting together at/for the con, there have to be several ways for you to get here that go by me

 

[Michael Tree]

Rober J Sawyer is one of the BEST sci-fi authors out there. He's Canadan, but his works are prevalant in the USA as well.

I would recommend reading something of his if you like speculative fiction. He typically starts with the real world, then strange events happen (an alien arrives, everyone has a vision of what they're doing 20 years in the future, and such), from which he writes on the possible human consequences. He also does a lot of research, so even if you don't like the story you're bound to learn something interesting anyway.

He's also a really good speaker. I was at a reading at University of Toronto a couple years ago where he and Charles deLint read, and even though I much prefer deLint's writing, Sawyer was a more captivating speaker.

 

[tarchon]

yes, sorry i didn't specify i sometimes forgot that the community here is so large, one of the downfalls of being a small-town guy.

Crud; I already bought my tickets to Egypt.

They have a little biogaphy page on the site somewhere, having foreseen the possibility that we wouldn't immediately recognize Mark Hamil's gardener's cousin's accountant.