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P1010508 Lawrence Person and Joe Haldeman
at the pre-ArmadilloCon FACT dinner with special guests at Threadgills.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 263
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P1010511 Scott Zrubek and Gay Haldeman
at the pre-ArmadilloCon FACT dinner with special guests at Threadgills.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 128
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P1010512 John Scalzi and Roderick Hanlon from Ireland
wait for the bats to come out from the Congress bridge. After the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner, FACT people and guests went to watch the famous Austin bats. The bats, as usual, were underwhelming, but the guests were not allowed to escape this Austin ritual.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 134
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P1010522 Leslie in a cheerleader getup poses against Austin downtown skyline
Bat watching is really more about people watching: the most spectacular "bat" I saw that night was Austin's famous Leslie! This is why I love my adopted city!
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 265
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P1010527 Julie Kenner, Kimberly Frost, Thomas M. (Martin) Wagner, Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Presenters / teachers at the writers' workshop. Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 140
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P1010528 Don Webb, Julie Kenner, Kimberly Frost, Thomas M. (Martin) Wagner
Presenters / teachers at the writers' workshop. Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 175
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P1010530 Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Sheila Williams, Phoebe Kitanidis and Martha Wells
were among the presenters / teachers at the writers' workshop. Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 169
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P1010542 John Scalzi and Stina Leicht
John Scalzi gives a closing speech while the workshop coordinator Stina Leicht watches on. Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 163
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P1010538 Ted Kenny, who was in my group (rightmost) and other people in the writers' workshop
Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 157
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P1010539 L-R: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Chuck Emerson, and others
Students of the ArmadilloCon 2008 writers' workshop. Writing advice, collaboratively constructing stories, John Scalzi on the power of suck: click on the image to read more about the writer's workshop.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 140
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P1010552 Joe and Gay Haldeman and Sheila Williams
The special guests and the editor Guest of Honor at the ArmadilloCon 2008 opening ceremonies
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 127
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P1010553 John Scalzi and Kelly Persons
The writer GOH and fan GOH at the ArmadilloCon 2008 opening ceremonies. Scalzi promised I won't get a straight picture of him the whole weekend. :-)
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 137
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P1010555 Bill Crider gives toastmaster's speech
In the background: editor GOH Sheila Williams and artist GOH David Lee Anderson
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 550
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P1010559 An anniversary calls for a cake
ArmadilloCon 30 web page -- now available as a cake! But what happens if I press a frosting hyperlink? Will the picture on the cake change?
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 545
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P1010562 The three ArmadilloCon 30 cakes
were placed in the hotel lobby on Friday night for the congoers to partake -- but not before they were ceremoniously cut.
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 147
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P1010560 Another ArmadilloCon 30 cake -- looks like a t-shirt
A cake good enough to wear
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 268
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P1010565 Camille Alexa and M. K. Hobson
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 161
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P1010568 Steven Utley and Jessica Reisman
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 131
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P1010571 Kurt Baty and John Scalzi begin the cake-cutting ceremony
Kurt Baty (left) directs the anniversary cake-cutting procedure; John Scalzi cuts the cake
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 148
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P1010575 David Lee Anderson cuts the cake
The artist Guest of Honor David Lee Anderson cuts the second cake
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 143
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P1010584 Steven Utley, Sheila Williams, and her daughter
at the Meet The Pros party after the ArmadilloCon opening ceremony
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 356
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P1010589 Angie Ku (?)
In her "The universe exploded out of nothingness... and all I got is this lousy T-shirt".
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 387
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P1010765 John Moore, Kimberly Frost, Kelly Persons
On "Getting the Biology Right in SF" panel. The panelists discuss a wide range of questions, from how much damage can a human body survive, to what's wrong with "Dune"'s ecology. Click on the image to read more about the panel.
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 426
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P1010767 Melanie Fletcher, Paige Roberts, John Moore
On "Getting the Biology Right in SF" panel. The panelists, discuss a wide range of questions, from how much damage can a human body survive, to what's wrong with "Dune"'s ecology. Click on the image to read more about the panel.
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 383
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P1010650 John Scalzi's GOH interview
Click on the image to read more about John Scalzi's Guest of Honor interview
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 149
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P1010590 John Scalzi, Renee Babcock and Rhonda Eudaly
John Scalzi was an excellent guest of honor. Few GOHs I've seen mingled with fans as eagerly as he. He established the rule "no lurkers!" Whoever stopped by the circle of fans that surrounded him, had to join the circle and participate in conver
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 124
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P1010593 John Scalzi, Chris Roberson, Mark Finn and John Gibbons
John Scalzi was an excellent guest of honor. Few GOHs I've seen mingled with fans as eagerly as he. He established the rule "no lurkers!" Whoever stopped by the circle of fans that surrounded him, had to join the circle and participate in conver
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 124
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P1010597 Marshall Ryan Maresca and unidentified woman
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 144
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P1010604 C. J. Mills, John Picacio, and John Scalzi
on the Space Opera panel. As mentioned earlier, Scalzi said I won't get a straight picture out of him all weekend, but he also led John Picacio astray! :-)
Date: 08/15/2008
Views: 120
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P1010638 Filker Fax Paladin
Late on Saturday night I had the pleasure to hear his rendition of Austin Lounge Lizards' hilarious song "Old Blevins". Sadly, filk was very poorly attended.
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 123
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P1010752 Fax Paladin and Wade
At the filk party, Fax Paladin entertains his two listeners -- me and Wade -- with his rendition of Austin Lounge Lizards' "Old Blevins". I hope filking was better attended when I wasn't there.
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 113
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P1010753 Filksingr license plate
I guess its owner truly has a license to filk. :-) (Seen in the ArmadilloCon 2008 filk room.)
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 124
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P1010640 Sally Hamilton with a creature on her shoulder
She girl had a most amazing creature on her shoulder. You could be forgiven for thinking it was alive. (Well, at least at a science fiction convention, you could.)
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 132
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P1010642 Sally Hamilton with a creature on her shoulder, and A. Lee Martinez
The creature unexpectedly moved on Sally's shoulder! Then she showed me she was manipulating a string between her fingers. (And A. Lee Martinez looked on with a warmly indulging smile. :-))
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 128
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P1010671 Patrice Sarath and others
Listening to a contestant read his flash fiction at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar on Saturday night.
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 120
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P1010672 Bethe Bugbee reads her flash fiction
at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar on Saturday night
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 135
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P1010675 Right to left; Patrice Sarath, Wade, and others
write their pieces for the flash fiction contest at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar on Saturday night.
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 116
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P1010654 Eric Marin and Sheila Williams
on "What You Should Have Read" panel. It's a traditional panel at ArmadilloCon, where a bunch of experts of the genre -- writers, editors (such Asimov's Sheila Williams) and booksellers recommend recent must-read science fiction / fantasy books.
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 117
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P1010658 Eric Marin on "What You Should Have Read" panel
It's a traditional panel at ArmadilloCon, where a bunch of experts of the genre -- writers, editors (such Asimov's Sheila Williams) and booksellers recommend recent must-read science fiction / fantasy books. Click on the image to read more about the panel
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 117
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P1010755 Gay Haldeman, David Lee Anderson's wife, Karen Lansdale
on the "Living with a Creator" panel. I regret I didn't catch the name of David Lee Anderson's wife -- it's not listed in the ArmadilloCon program. Click on the image to read more about the panel.
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 138
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P1010754 Troyce Wilson and Warren Spector
husbands of Martha Wells and Caroline Spector, on the "Living with a Creator" panel. Click on the image to read more about the panel.
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 128
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P1010759 David Lee Anderson and Caroline Spector
The culprits for the "Living with a Creator" panel - the creative professionals that presumably pose interesting challenges to their spouses - sit in the audience, while the panelists (their husbands and wives) share embarrassing tidbits of thei
Date: 08/17/2008
Views: 126
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P1010678 People at the Space Squid party
Various people, of which I recognize only J. M. Mcdermott (center, in a suit) at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar, listening to the flash fiction contestants read their pieces, and scribbling their own.
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 136
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P1010680 J. M. Mcdermott reads his piece
for the flash fiction contest at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 136
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P1010691 Paige Roberts reads her piece
for the flash fiction contest at the Space Squid party on the patio of Bikini's bar
Date: 08/16/2008
Views: 148
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