The wonderful folks at Penguicon have invited me to join the fun as a "Nifty Guest." It's flattering to be invited as a Program Participant, and that "Nifty" title is a special upgrade which puts me in illustrious company. I'm honored. Here's the 411 on Penguicon:
Time again for the Linux/OSS and Science Fiction/Fantasy convention, Penguicon, in Troy, Michigan April 20 through April 22nd, 2007. This year's guests include Bruce Schneier, Charlie Stross, Christine Peterson, Steve Jackson, Randy Milholland, and Elizabeth Bear.
It's an anarchic hotbed of intelligence and creativity, a geek Woodstock, a true Nerdvana. At Penguicon, you can be discussing characters with your favorite author one moment, getting help installing Linux on your laptop the next, and enjoying a swordfighting demonstration in your spare time. Penguicon is where creative and technical dreamers meet the visionaries who are creating the future.
Should be a whole lot of fun, and hopefully no one will mind that I know very little absolutely nothing about Linux. I've signed up for a couple of panels, including one that's featured in the advertising:
SF authors John Scalzi and Nick Sagan, and the filker Tom Smith, and "The TRON Guy" Jay Maynard will give goofy films the MST3K treatment.
Epic, no? Two deranged science fiction writers, a master filker, and a veritable internet phenomenon. I'd like to see the goofy film this panel can't riff on.
All in all, I'm looking forward to panelling, hanging out with friends, signing books, meeting all kinds of new people, and drinking myself silly generally having a good time. If you're going to be in the Troy area, I hope you'll swing by and say hello.
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Hey, Nick, I'll look forward to seeing you there!
Posted by: tobias s buckell | April 03, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Sounds great, Tobias, it'll be fun to catch up!
Posted by: Nick Sagan | April 03, 2007 at 01:31 AM
Perhaps you didn't hear - The convention is being relocated to Wichita, Kansas..
So I'll see you there! :)
* meanwhile back in the real world.. *
I'm so bummed that Michigan is 1,000 miles away.. I want to be the new people that you meet and remain perfectly sober with - and hang out with my friend Mr. Cuervo. He's an interesting character, always bringing out the best in me. :)
Posted by: Audrey | April 03, 2007 at 02:40 AM
What I'll be doing while you're having fun at the convention...
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Posted by: Audrey | April 03, 2007 at 04:29 AM
I'm looking forward to the con, and especially hanging with real live SF authors.
Oh, and Audrey: Fairmont to Troy is 750 miles, more or less, and I'm driving...
Posted by: Jay Maynard | April 03, 2007 at 08:15 AM
Thanks for posting this, Nick! Never fear, half the people who attend Penguicon know nothing about Linux. I never used it until years after I started helping run the event. Even these days I'm allergic to the command line. But if you attend this SF convention long enough, you never know what will happen to your computing habits...
I look forward to meeting you there!
-Matt Arnold
Schedule Wrangler
Penguicon 5.0
Posted by: Matt Arnold | April 03, 2007 at 10:39 AM
jay - great! so you'll be picking me up along your journey?
Posted by: Audrey | April 04, 2007 at 03:05 AM
Uhm...Wichita is about 600 miles in the wrong direction...sorry.
Posted by: Jay Maynard | April 04, 2007 at 06:18 AM
Anything with the root word of penguin in it and the relating to the word "nifty" sounds amazing. Too bad Phoenix is farther from Troy than Witchita and Fairmont combined.
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 12, 2007 at 11:51 PM
Sounds like a fun con!
Posted by: Mandy | April 23, 2008 at 04:52 PM