G. S. Jennsen

The book were, at least. I'm happy to report that I nearly sold out of both Starshine and Exin Ex Machina.

Photobombed by a giant John Jackson Miller.

Me, dressed as a pirate and imbibing some liquid courage so I could go dance on a stage in front of people, all to support the wonderful literary cosplay Page to Stage Costume Contest , organized by the utterly heroic Cisca Small. Not pictured: one eyepatch.

With a panel that included renowned scifi author (and terrific human being) Chuck Gannon and an absolute legend of sci-fi, Gregory Benford, there was no way this wasn't going to be a stimulating, challenging and insightful hour of lively discussion and debate, and it delivered in spades.

I had the incredible honor of speaking on this panel with two absolute legends of science fiction, Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. Nathan Ameye and I soaked in all the stories they told, and it was a joy to hear about the impact Heinlein had on so many in the audience.

Chatting with the High Lord of the Bard’s Tower, Alexi Vandenburg, and awesome sci-fi author and terrific human being Steve Ruskin.

We tried to get Kevin J. Anderson to simply talk for the entire hour, but the moderator insisted on the rest of us pitching in. So we talked about ornithopters in action and how they managed to fit so many, ah, 'lovely' people into the film. Also a little about that book the move was based on….

It was 10pm, so we got a little punchy and spilled the dark secrets of our fan fiction beginnings. And laughed a great deal.

This was where it all began - getting ready for my first panel! I was fortunate to land a *very* engaged and opinionated audience to welcome me to the show.

Brian Anderson is a rockstar fantasy author and an absolutely hilarious (and wonderful) human being!

5 days, 5 Amaranthe shirts.