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Sunday, October 29 • 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Group Reading and Discussion: Stranger in a Strange Land

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The fish out of water trope was popular in the SF/F genre long before Heinlein: Gulliver’s Travels, John Carter, and countless other examples. Panelists discuss the allure and share short readings.

Moderators
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Stant Litore

Stant Litore is the author of Ansible, The Running of the Tyrannosaurs, The Zombie Bible, and Dante’s Heart. Besides science fiction and fantasy, he has written the writers’ toolkits Write Worlds Your Readers Won’t Forget and Write Characters Your Readers Won’t Forget, as... Read More →

Guests of Honor
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Jason Heller

Jason Heller is a journalist, editor, and author whose books include: Strange Stars (forthcoming from Melville House); the alt-history novel Taft 2012 (Quirk); the Goosebumps tie-in Slappy’s Revenge (Scholastic); the Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook... Read More →

Participants
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Nathan M. Beauchamp

Acquisitions Editor, Centrifuge Press
Nathan serves as acquisitions editor for Centrifuge Press, an independent publisher of speculative fiction. He co-authored the award-winning YA science fiction series Universe Eventual under the pseudonym N.J. Tanger, including the novels Chimera, Helios, Ceres, and Ascension. His... Read More →
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Ronnie Seagren

Ronnie Seagren—when not writing—can be found photographing landscapes and flowers or leading moonrise hikes at Roxborough State Park. She's pleased that her novel, Seventh Daughter, has found a new home at Wolfsinger Publications, and she's working hard on the long-awaited sequel... Read More →
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Sam Knight

Author/Publisher, Knight Writing Press
Sam Knight is publisher of Knight Writing Press and author of six children’s books, five short story collections, three novels, and over 75 short stories, including three co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson. A Colorado native, Sam spent ten years in California’s wine country before... Read More →


Sunday October 29, 2017 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Mesa Verde A Ground Floor