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Panel Ideas For Continuum X
Jun. 13th, 2013 09:06 pmMostly extracted from my previous locked post, plus some additions. Putting this here so that I can point to it when I know who to point here.
* The Heroine's Journey - is it the same as the Hero's Journey or not?
* Worldbuilding - panel or workshop
* Culture-building - a subset of worldbuilding; could also touch on Appropriation, How Not To.
* Linguistics 101 - from Nyota Uhura to fantasy languages (if one could tempt an actual linguistics academic to come, this would be great)
* Eat, Drink and Be Merry - food, drink and song in SF/F
* The Many Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
* Gone Too Soon - underrated shows that were cancelled after one season
* Here All Along - SF/F authors who have been hidden, blocked or dismissed because they were women or persons-of-colour or some other discriminated group.
* Religion and Atheism in SF/F
* Where's My Jetpack? - the futures that didn't happen
* Paranormal Romance - Romance, SF or both?
* Kids' SF/F - is our affection merely nostalgia, or were they actually good?
* Utopias: Construction and Deconstruction
* Made of Awesome - a panel purely for squee.
* Subverting the Dominant Paradigm - no idea what this would be about, but it's a cool title, yes?
Edited to Add:
* Mining Gutenberg - the best of the public domain SF/F available on Project Gutenberg
* Bwa-ha-ha! - The villains we love to hate.
* Anti-heroes - why do we like them so much?
Edited to Add More:
The "We Do This Stuff So You Can Write About It" panel was a great idea, but not quite so workable in the execution of it. I've been pondering alternatives. What I'm wondering is if it could be a sort of mini-stream, where it has multiple slots in a smallish room with a large table (so as to promote informality), and each slot has only two people scheduled for that slot. I say two, because if nobody turns up for that slot, at least they can talk to each other. Possibly two tables, one person at each table.
* The Heroine's Journey - is it the same as the Hero's Journey or not?
* Worldbuilding - panel or workshop
* Culture-building - a subset of worldbuilding; could also touch on Appropriation, How Not To.
* Linguistics 101 - from Nyota Uhura to fantasy languages (if one could tempt an actual linguistics academic to come, this would be great)
* Eat, Drink and Be Merry - food, drink and song in SF/F
* The Many Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
* Gone Too Soon - underrated shows that were cancelled after one season
* Here All Along - SF/F authors who have been hidden, blocked or dismissed because they were women or persons-of-colour or some other discriminated group.
* Religion and Atheism in SF/F
* Where's My Jetpack? - the futures that didn't happen
* Paranormal Romance - Romance, SF or both?
* Kids' SF/F - is our affection merely nostalgia, or were they actually good?
* Utopias: Construction and Deconstruction
* Made of Awesome - a panel purely for squee.
* Subverting the Dominant Paradigm - no idea what this would be about, but it's a cool title, yes?
Edited to Add:
* Mining Gutenberg - the best of the public domain SF/F available on Project Gutenberg
* Bwa-ha-ha! - The villains we love to hate.
* Anti-heroes - why do we like them so much?
Edited to Add More:
The "We Do This Stuff So You Can Write About It" panel was a great idea, but not quite so workable in the execution of it. I've been pondering alternatives. What I'm wondering is if it could be a sort of mini-stream, where it has multiple slots in a smallish room with a large table (so as to promote informality), and each slot has only two people scheduled for that slot. I say two, because if nobody turns up for that slot, at least they can talk to each other. Possibly two tables, one person at each table.
