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Jonathan Strahan
Jonathan Strahan is the World Fantasy Award winning and three-time Hugo award-nominated editor of the best-selling The Locus Awards (with Charles N. Brown) and The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series (with Jeremy G. Byrne). He is the co-editor of the annual anthology series Science Fiction: The Best of... and Fantasy: The Best of... (both with Karen Haber), editor of the Best Short Novels annual anthology series for the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club, and Reviews Editor for Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. He has won the Australian National Science Fiction Achievement Award, the William J Atheling Award for Criticism or Review, and the McNamara Achievement Award.
Programming for Jonathan Strahan
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| Thu | 14:00 | (D05) | 1 hr |
Short but Containing the World: A Look at Novellas
Novellas (often called simply short novels outside the genre) have been described as long enough to contain the world but short enough to be read in an afternoon. Some of the great works of fiction both in SF and elsewhere are in this form. What makes novellas such a good form and what are some of the best examples. |
| Fri | 13:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
Selecting the Best Short Fiction of the Year
The editors discuss how they put together their best of the year anthologies. They look at their philosophies, the results, and the importance of such anthologies. Great Best of the Year series of past years may be used as examples. |
| Fri | 15:00 | (A01+6) | 1½ hrs |
Three Interviews about Charles N. Brown
Charles N. Brown passed away in 2009 just a month before he was announced as a Guest of Honor at Renovation. Charles was recognized for his many contributions to science fiction and fandom, from before the early days of Locus through the present day. Gary K. Wolfe interviews three of Charles’s friends and colleagues from his long life in fandom. |
| Fri | 17:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
The New Space Opera -- Still Going Strong
Space opera was once a term used to dismiss some types of science fiction. But things changed, and now space opera is not only thriving but a respected part of the genre. The panel looks at the space opera today. |
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