I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I had not read Jack McDevitt until I heard he was coming to this year’s Crossroads Conference. I’m embarrassed because I’m supposed to be up on all things science fiction. His novel Seeker won a Nebula award in 2006 for best novel (and most of his other novels have been nominated), and I [...]
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Photos from the NMS Conference 2008
I finally managed to go through all my photos from Provincetown this year. This year’s conference of the Norman Mailer Society was another great time. I learned much about Mailer, socialized with good friends, and enjoyed what will probably be my final time in Provincetown. Enjoy the photos. Buy one.
NMS 2008
During the final panel of a conference last year, a panelist tried to squeeze a 15-page paper into his allotted 20 minutes. He read so quickly, that I’m not sure what his paper was about. Therefore, I decided that I would never go to a conference and read a paper again. The following video is my presentation for the Norman Mailer Society Conference for 2008.
Jesus & Norman Mailer
I’m in the process of composing my paper for the Norman Mailer Society’s annual conference. Here’s the proposal: I moved to the American South almost six years ago. About that time, I was introduced to Norman Mailer’s work. Both gave me an interesting perspective on America, its values and its problems (sometimes stemming from said [...]
Norman Mailer Society 2007
The conference was another hit this year. Even though NM himself had to undergo surgery for a collapsed lung and could not make it to this year (we hear he’s recovering nicely: even thumb wrestling any contenders from his hospital bed), I think the conference was a stunning success. We had many excellent papers about [...]
Poor Start
D’OH! The panel I was supposed to chair the IAFA panel on J. G. Ballard that began at 8:30, not 9. I walked in about 10 minutes late, sat through the panel, then apologized to the panel and those in attendance. I was able to ask some questions and facilitate the rest of the panel, [...]