Lou Anders
A 2007 Hugo Award nominee, Lou Anders is the editorial director of Prometheus Books' science fiction imprint Pyr, as well as the anthologies Outside the Box (Wildside Press, 2001), Live Without a Net (Roc, 2003), Projections: Science Fiction in Literature & Film (MonkeyBrain, December 2004), FutureShocks (Roc, January 2006), and Fast Forward (Pyr, February 2007). He served as the senior editor for Argosy magazine's inaugural issues in 2003-04. In 2000, he served as the Executive Editor of Bookface.com, and before that he worked as the Los Angeles Liaison for Titan Publishing Group. He is the author of The Making of Star Trek: First Contact (Titan Books, 1996), and has published over 500 articles in such magazines as The Believer, Publishers Weekly, Dreamwatch, Star Trek Monthly, Star Wars Monthly, Babylon 5 Magazine, Sci Fi Universe, Doctor Who Magazine, and Manga Max. His articles and stories have been translated into Danish,Greek, German, Italian and French, and have appeared online at SFSite.com, RevolutionSF.com and InfinityPlus.co.uk. Visit him online at www.louanders.com
Recently published - Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge - anthology.
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| Day | Time | Title | Description | Participants |
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| Fri | 1000 | Sprawl Fiction | "Sprawl fiction" was coined to show how new writers, most in their thirties, are trying to expand our genre yet still loving its very core, straight SF. Terms like "new Weird", "interstitial", "strange fiction" or "new fabulist" don't cover the trend fully. It is a natural reflection of our urban society and probably heralds the new stage of our evolution; to the stars. We talk about why the new generation slipstream is not the fusion of literary fiction and SF/F. | Ellen DATLOW, Gavin J. GRANT, Lou ANDERS, Yoshio KOBAYASHI |
| Fri | 1200 | Remembering Robert Anton WILSON | Remembering the golden days of the geeks. | Jack William BELL, Lou ANDERS, Yoshio KOBAYASHI |
| Fri | 1500 | Pyr: Upcoming Books Slideshow | A look at Pyr's upcoming schedule. | Lou ANDERS |
| Sat | 1000 | What Editors Want From Artists | Is it realism? A particular color? Many editors return to the same artists again and again. What sets these paragons apart? Style? Originality? A distinctive look or varied approach? Reliable telepathy? (Oh, and must the artist read the story, or what?) | Bob EGGLETON, Jennie FARIES, John PICACIO, Karen HABER, Lou ANDERS, Betsy MITCHELL |
| Sat | 1100 | Kaffeeklatsche | | Lou ANDERS |
| Sat | 1300 | Autographs | | Lou ANDERS |
| Sat | 1400 | SF Tribes? The New Communities in Internet Society. | Our community has grown so big, we have many small cabals, each of which cares nothing for the others. Through the Internet, blogging and e-mails our ties are strengthened and old community values wear thin, as proved by Hurricane Katrina. Any connection there? | Lou ANDERS, Mark L. VAN NAME, Yoshio KOBAYASHI |