I feel as if I didn't socialise half as much as I should have in general, there was so much to do!
I know exactly what you mean! I kept running around and then, all of a sudden, it was over! I can't fault the con for such great programming, but I do hope sometime we can catch up in person in a more leisurely way. That said, it was lovely to meet you. My goodness, you have a gorgeous accent and voice! I could listen to you read the back of cereal boxes and enjoy it. :)
And thank you so much for coming to my presentation and for your very helpful and kind comments. I'm thrilled to hear you think the possible links between this Ya dystopia phenomenon and current attitudes are interesting. I'm getting ready to give a longer version of this talk at the University of Louisville, but it's to a general audience that's not especially SF-savvy, so I think I'll spend part of the time giving more details about some of the key texts, as illustrations of the trends I described. I'm not comfortable making any stronger argument than I suggested (these things may be linked), but I hope that just raising the questions of what this means and how it will affect the genre and reading patterns, etc., is enough to create interest and get people thinking/talking. If you have any suggestions, I'd welcome them!
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I know exactly what you mean! I kept running around and then, all of a sudden, it was over! I can't fault the con for such great programming, but I do hope sometime we can catch up in person in a more leisurely way. That said, it was lovely to meet you. My goodness, you have a gorgeous accent and voice! I could listen to you read the back of cereal boxes and enjoy it. :)
And thank you so much for coming to my presentation and for your very helpful and kind comments. I'm thrilled to hear you think the possible links between this Ya dystopia phenomenon and current attitudes are interesting. I'm getting ready to give a longer version of this talk at the University of Louisville, but it's to a general audience that's not especially SF-savvy, so I think I'll spend part of the time giving more details about some of the key texts, as illustrations of the trends I described. I'm not comfortable making any stronger argument than I suggested (these things may be linked), but I hope that just raising the questions of what this means and how it will affect the genre and reading patterns, etc., is enough to create interest and get people thinking/talking. If you have any suggestions, I'd welcome them!
Thanks again. :)