So this is a solo set at the Darkover Convention, noon on Saturday in Dulaney Valley Ballroom 1. Here's the rest of my programming for the weekend: Friday, November 23rd (Greenspring Ballroom) 3:00 PM - Placing Your Story in the Here and Now.Traditionally, fantasy took place in another world, usually with a medieval set-up. Increasingly fantasy takes place in contemporary, or near contemporary times. Is such fantasy more or less believable, and harder or easier to write? Meriah Crawford, Tim Liebe, Scott MacMillan, Sarah Pinsker, Don Sakers. Carl Cipra, Moderator Saturday, November 24th (Greenspring Ballroom) 3:00 PM - Non-medieval European fantasy. All fantasy doesn't have to based on the European middle ages. Our authors talk about other sources, and other writers who have done so. Katherine Kurtz, Rahul Kanakia, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Pinsker. Diana Bastine, Moderator Saturday, November 25th (Chesapeake Room) 7:00 PM - Alien Romance. What will happen to love and marriage, when there are intelligent non-humans around? Will politicians try to pass Defense of Human Marriage Laws? What form will romance take? Margaret Carter, Rahul Kanakia, Heather Rose Jones, Sarah Pinsker. Carl Cipra, Moderator Sunday, November 25th (Greenspring Ballroom) 12:00 NOON - LGBT: Have the Lines Blurred? Is it still a separate genre or has it become more mainstream? Are characters' gender choices still important? Rahul Kanakia, Nalo Hopkinson, Sarah Pinsker, Warren Rochelle, Melissa Scott. Carl Cipra, Moderator
$50 (entire weekend convention)