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The 2025 Worldcon in Seattle is almost upon us! And, following ancient tradition, here is my Worldcon Schedule:

Friday

1:30pm-2:30pm

Science Fiction Beyond The Grave

From Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld toTV's Upload, science fiction has often speculated about theafterlife. Is this always fantastical? Does it tread on religiousbeliefs? This panel will discuss the intersection of science fictionand what Shakespeare described as The Undiscovered Country.

Marie Guthrie, PhD (M), Amy Sundberg,Andrew Sweet, Emily C. Skaftun, Michael Swanwick

3:00pm-4:00pm

Generational Tension: Old Guard vsRevolutionaries

Revolutions in SFF writing come withconflict as the establishment looks down its nose at the ruffiansoverturning "settled"genre conventions and creating spacefor stories"”and authors"”previously unwelcome. Has italways been thus? Do things look different to yesterday'sbomb-throwers a few decades after they've become the new Old Guard?Come hear writers and editors who straddle revolutionary time periodsgoing back to the New Wave of the 1960s and 70s talk aboutgenerational literary conflict.

Gary K Wolfe (M), Ctein, F. Brett Cox,Michael Swanwick, Tim Bennett

6:00pm-7:00pm

Autographs

Saturday

12:00pm-2:30pm

Flash Fiction Workshop (double slot)

Flash fiction can delight a heart ordeliver a punch in the space of 500-1000 words, which may be why it'sone of speculative fiction's favorite and most sellable forms. Learnhow to write, edit, and submit your own flash fiction.

Michael Swanwick

6:00pm-7:00pm

The Radical Fiction of Joanna Russ

Joanna Russ, author of The Female Man,wrote some of the most radical fiction of the 1960s and 1970s. TheFemale Man has remained consistently in print and is one of the mostexperimental and challenging books of our genre. This panel willdiscuss her work (short stories and novels) and its effects.

Sue Burke (M), Catherine Lundoff,Langley Hyde, Michael Swanwick, Rich Horton

Some intersting stuff there. Will we live up to it? There's only one way to find out.

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