My travel plans and preliminary schedule are as follows:
Flight to Montréal:Departure: Tuesday August 4 @ 15.20 hrs. with flight KL 0671;
- Arrival: Tuesday August 4 @ 16.35 hrs (flying time approx. 7.15 hrs.)
After clearing customs & immigration I'll be heading to the Best Western Europa for a full week (there was a CAN$ 80 per night special if I booked a full week, so why not...;-).
This gives me the Tuesday night and the Wednesday daytime for preparations, especially -- I hope -- to do some shopping for a special event.
Also, an 'unofficial' event: Pubcrawling with the Pros.Last year, Jim Minz had the luminous idea to do a Microbrew Pubcrawl in Denver (actually two: one on the Wednesday before, and one on the Sunday afternoon). As it happened, only two people showed up on the Wednesday (Jim and me), but we had a great time, and tasted some great beers. Sunday we redid it with a nice group (Jim Minz, Jeremy Lassen, John Picacio, Chris Roberson, Allison Baker, John Picacio, Diana Rowland, Christian Dunn, George Mann, Mark Newton and a few others whom I can't recall right now) to great acclaim.
Montreal supposedly has Belgian type beers, so I think a repeat is in order.
So, the way things look right now, there will be two pubcrawls:
- Wednesday evening August 5 from 8 PM onwards: where I will be waiting in the bar of the Hotel Delta Centre-Ville for the estimable Mr. Jim Minz to arrive, after which we set off;
- Monday afternoon August 10 from 1 PM onwards: we gather in Le Fourquet Fourchette restaurant (which is located right in the Palais des Congrés), and from there we will set off;
Since we expect that the group on the Monday will be much larger, the Monday pubcrawl will be less extensive (we'll concentrate on a group of brewpubs which are within crawling distance) than the Wednesday evening one.
Anybody who wishes to join us, feel free to drop me an email at Jetse.deVries@gmail.com .
At Thursday the WordCon takes off, and -- so far -- I have the following items scheduled:
--> Thursday August 6:
When: Thu 2:00 PM
Location: P-511A
Session ID: 345
Title: Translation Challenges
Description: What are the artistic and professional challenges faced by translators? How do they tackle translating between languages whosegrammars are incompatible?
Language: English
Track: Literature in English
Moderator: Kari Sperring
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
All Participants: Jetse de Vries, Kari Sperring, Rani Graff, TomClegg, Fabio Fernandes, Eileen Gunn.
NB: Fábio Fernandes is still listed as a participant, but unfortunately he will not make it. Too bad: I was looking forward to meeting him, as well.
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When: Thu 5:00 PM
Location: P-518A
Session ID: 549
Title: Putting the World into Worldcon
Description: Our information about SF outside the English language isoften provided by (mediated by) Anglophone experts who have been tothe foreign land in question and brought back what interests them.Here, instead, we gather experts from SF/fantasy traditions outsideEnglish to tell us what we should look out for.
Language: English
Track: Literature in English
Moderator: Jetse de Vries
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
All Participants: Aliza Ben Moha, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Jetse de Vries, Stefan Krzywicki, Tara Oakes, Tore A. Hřie
NB: a handy map for the locations (which is available on the Anticipation website):
Furthermore, on Thursday evening -- as things stand now -- I will be having dinner with a few very good friends: Adam Rakunas and Daryl Gregory and his family in Au Pied de Cochon.
--> Friday August 7:
When: Fri 3:30 PM
Location: P-523A
Session ID: 1008
Title: Anatomy for Writers, Heroes and Tavern Brawlers.
Description: Author, karate instructor, fencer and first aid officerSean McMullen provides a tour of how the human body can and cannot bedamaged. Want to know where a hero can be punched without any effect?Worried about his vascular dilation? Curious about the real-lifeversion of Mr Spock's nerve pinch? Not sure whether a really longsword fight is three hours or seven seconds? Wondering why readers arelaughing because your hero has microsecond reactions? Come along andfind out in complete safety.
Language: English
Track: The Light Programme
Moderator: Sean McMullen
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
All Participants: Jetse de Vries, Sean McMullen, Darlene Marshall, Kirsten Britain
NOTE: this should be great fun: I will be the wild barbarian who gets his arse kicked by the Master. Or maybe, maybe the unwashed barbarian can pull a quick one...
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When: Friday 7.00 PMLocation: Room 2231, Party Level, Hotel Delta Centre-Ville
Session ID: C2H5OH
Title: Angry Robot Launch Party.
Description: Launch party for new HarperCollins imprint Angry Robot. With introduction speech by Neil Gaiman. Drinks, drinks, drinks & snacks arranged by your Moderator who has a reputation (Interzone party, LACon IV; Pyr party, Denvention) to uphold. Wine aficionados will be attended to by connoissuer Adam Rakunas; beer lovers will be helped by The Flying Dutchman; there will even be soft drinks and mineral water for teetotallers. This is the party to be on the Friday night: don't miss it!
Language: English/Français/others/
Track: The Party Floor
Moderators: Jetse de Vries, Adam Rakunas (wine master)
Hosts: Marc Gasoigne & Lee Harris (Publishers/Editors)
Duration: ??:?? hrs:min (depending on when your 'Moderator' decides to call it quits, or when the booze runs out, or when the suite needs to be vacated: whichever comes first...;-)
Special Guests: Neil Gaiman & Mystery Guest, various Angry Robot authors
Note that Neil Gaiman, as Guest of Honour, has a very full schedule, so will make an appearance at 7 PM and give a short speech. If you want to see him, be early!
All Participants: everybody is invited!
Be often, drink early! (Or was it the other way around?)
--> Saturday August 8:
When: Sat 12:30 PM
Location: P-521A
Session ID: 1625
Title: Jetse de Vries--Kaffeeklatsch
Description: A chance to ask those burning questions.
Language: English
Track: Kaffeeklatsch
Moderator:
Duration: 1:00 hrs:min
All Participants: Jetse de Vries & all who wish to show up. Come by & ask anything you want!
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When: Sat 3:30 PM
Location: P-516AB
Session ID: 586
Title: How to Pitch Your Novel ... And How Not to
Description: You're an aspiring writer, you've run into an editor oragent in a bar. After buying them a drink, what's the next thing to do? Talk about your just-completed novel? Thrust the printout into their hands? Or ... something else? Some advice from those who know.
Language: English
Track: Literature in English
Moderator: Cathy Petrini
Duration: 1:30 hrs:min
All Participants: Cathy Petrini, Jetse de Vries, Mike Resnick, Sean Wallace, Ginjer Buchanan
--> Sunday August 9:
When: Sun 10:00 AM
Location: P-511CF
Session ID: 87
Title: When the Oil Runs Out
Description: Oil is a limited resource but is the basis of much ofour energy usage. What are we going to do as it becomes more expensiveand eventually runs out? Turn your bicycle into a dynamo to power yourphone or laptop?
Language: English
Track: Science and Space
Moderator: Jetse de Vries
Duration: 1:00 hrs:min
All Participants: Chuck Cady, Jetse de Vries, Paul Kincaid, MichčleLaframboise, Richard Lynch, Paolo Bacigalupi.
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When: Sun 12:00 PM
Location: Other
Session ID: 1527
Title: Jetse de Vries Signing
Description: Jetse de Vries Signing ehrm ... something.
Language: English
Track: Autographs
Moderator:
Duration: 12:30 hrs:min (this is what it literally says in the email I received from programming: I'll just assume that it's a typo and it'll take 00.30 hrs:min. Or they've mistaken me for J.K. Rowling...;-)
All Participants: Jetse de Vries
NOTE: from 8.00 PM onwards you have the Hugo Awards Ceremony, followed by the Hugo Losers Party (actually Hugo Nominees Party, but as a four-time loser 'Losers Party' just sounds better) and various other parties.
NB: I understand from Jim Minz that the Baen party will also be on the Sunday night. There will be -- as ever -- no lack of booze.
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-->Monday August 10:The second pubcrawl.
Gasthering time: 1.00 PM
Gathering spot: Le Fourquet Fourchette restaurant (which is located right in the Palais des Congrés).
As Jim has something scheduled at 6.00 PM, we intend to return before that time.
It's also much better to do this before the Dead Dog party, as then you can actually taste the great beers Montréal has to offer. After that it's Dead Dog time, and all will be well...;-)
Then I'll be flying back home on Tuesday August 11:
Flight from Montréal:
- Departure: Tuesday August 11 @ 18.25 hrs. with flight KL 0671;
- Arrival: Wednesday August 12 @ 07.05 hrs (flying time approx. 6.40 hrs.)
No rest for the wicked, as then I need to finalise the Shine ToC, and reminisce about SF plans for the future. Next Con will be World Fantasy in San Jose.
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