Reno Worldcon photos

More photos from Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Reno, Nevada, August 17-21, 2011.

Tim Powers
Guest of Honor Speech

Liza Groen Trombi and Gary K. Wolfe
on "The Best Reviews and Reviewers of 2010" Day One.

Atlantis Casino Resort

Sunset over the convention center (lower left)
at the end of Day One, view from the Atlantis.

Howard V. Hendrix and Louise Marley
on "Far Future SF, Then and Now" Day Two.

Poster proclaiming Atlantis
the official party hotel.

Connections in fan history, Hall 2,
with Dave Kyle (red jacket).

Gardner Dozois and Pat Cadigan
on "Science Fiction in the Seventies" Day Three.

Robert Silverberg
signing books in Hall 2.

Jo Walton
reading from "Among Others" on Day Three.

Robert Silverberg and Connie Willis
on "Three Conversations about Charles N. Brown"

An inexpensive nearby alternative
to smokey casino restaurants, open until 3:30 a.m.

Kathleen Ann Goonan
reading from "This Shared Dream" on Day Four

Ian McDonald
signing autographs in Hall 2 on Day Four 

Saladin Ahmed and Lev Grossman
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Seanan McGuire, moderator and last year's winner,
with Lauren Beukes,
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Saladin Ahmed
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Lauren Beukes and Sloth
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Larry Correia
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Dan Wells
on "Meet the Campbell Award Nominees."

Eileen Gunn and Jo Walton
on "Ursula K. Le Guin at 80"

Kim Stanley Robinson
on "Ursula K. Le Guin at 80"

Jo Walton and Kim Stanley Robinson
on "Ursula K. Le Guin at 80"

Michael Swanwick
reading on Day Five

Michael Swanwick holding the artwork
he used as inpiration for his short story.

George R.R. Martin
sitting on the Iron Throne on Day Five.

George R.R. Martin
signing books on Day Five.

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Related links:

2011 Hugo Awards ceremony photos

Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention

A Collection of Links

Huffington Post has launched a new Books section, with a lead-off column by section editor Amy Hertz, prompting discussion in the science fiction community by Adrienne Martini at Locus Rountable and Niall Harrison at Torque Control.

Charles Stross on “Why I hate Star Trek.” Scripts using “tech the tech” confirm my worst fears about how Star Trek: The Next Generation was written. Stross says, “It's the antithesis of everything I enjoy in an SF novel” and he’s just getting started.

A pair of interesting articles online from the Los Angeles Times:

            The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard. Amusingly, the review dances around the title of the memorable Ballard story about Ronald Reagan, an utterly caustic and painfully prescient little masterpiece. Ballard is sadly underappreciated here in America. This collection is essential for any science fiction aficionado.
      Surprised author Tim Powers finds himself setting sail with “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Apparently the next movie in the Pirates series will be based, at least in part, on Powers’ novel On Stranger Tides (Ace, 1987). The article, by Geoff Boucher, now includes a correction and acknowledgement to yours truly, SF Strangelove, for his one line description of Powers’ novel Declare (William Morrow, 2001).


     Edit:

     At Sci Fi Wire, John Clute weighs in with a review of The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard: 
     "(H)is genius could almost be defined as a kind of preternatural alertness . . . Ballard seemed almost superhumanly awake to the flavor of the disaster of the world . . . Ballard is the great poet of the belatedness of the uncanny . . . The world is amnesia . . . "
     The nonpareil critic of science fiction, Clute has found a subject to match his wit.