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Praise for the
Milkweed Triptych
"A major talent... I can't wait to see more."
—George R. R. Martin
"Mad English warlocks battling twisted Nazi psychics? Yes please, thank you. Tregillis's debut has a white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters-- an unstoppable Vickers of a novel."
Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds
"Ian Tregillis triumphantly concludes his astonishing, brilliant, pulse-pounding debut trilogy, The Milkweed Triptych."
Cory Doctorow on Necessary Evil
"Tregillis' conclusion of the Milkweed Triptych is the pièce de résistance of the series. Necessary Evil is a perfect marriage of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history."
RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on Necessary Evil
"Darkly fascinating…A thoroughly fascinating conclusion to an imaginative tour de force."
Kirkus on Necessary Evil
"A cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carré and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men... Despite the jaw-dropping backdrop and oblique plotting, the narrative is driven by character and personal circumstance...
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
—Kirkus on The Coldest War
"The characters come alive via [Tregillis's] imaginative dialogue and his storyline will keep readers spellbound and on the edge of their seats with an intense sci-fi/alternate history thriller plot."
RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on The Coldest War
"Well-drawn characters and a feel for time and place make this an excellent journey into an alternate Britain."
—Library Journal on Bitter Seeds
"Engrossing... Tregillis ably mixes cold war paranoia with his mythology."
Publishers Weekly on The Coldest War
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My WorldCon Schedule
Sunday, July 24 2011, 04:31 PM

Renovation, also known as the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as WorldCon, will take place in (where else?) Reno, Nevada from August 17 to August 21 this year. 

The programming folks gave me a fantastic schedule this year; I posted it below the cut, along with the relevant blurbs from the program book.

Thursday, August 18, 11:00 - 12:00

Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox

The emerging field of astrobiology has brought an interdisciplinary approach to the Fermi paradox and the question of whether [there] is extraterrestrial life.  If there is, why haven't we found it?

Mary A. Turzillo (M), Jim Young, Steve Gillett, Mary Rosenblum, Ian Tregillis

(This will be a lot of fun.  Jim came to Bubonicon last year, but I only know the others by their reputations.  I'm looking to meeting the rest of my panelists.)

Thursday, August 18, 17:00 - 18:00

The Works of Tim Powers

Tim Powers, author of such masterworks as The Anubis Gates, Last Call, and Declare, is one of the most important fantasy writers of the last thirty years.  The panel discusses what makes his works so compelling and so effective.

Andrew Wheeler (M), David Cake, John Berlyne, Gary K. Wolfe, Ian Tregillis

(Clearly my best bet will be to shut the hell up and listen on this panel.  What a lineup!)

Friday, August 19, 11:00 - 11:30

Reading

What will I read?  An excerpt from The Coldest War?  An excerpt from a brand-new novel in progress, ripped raw and bleeding from my netbook?  A short story? The newspaper?  The phonebook?  It could be anything.

Friday, August 19, 12:00 - 1:00

Signing

Katy Stauber, Eileen Gunn, Michael Capobianco, Scott Edelman, A. C. Krispin, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ian Tregillis

(I'll be there to fetch extra pens and pour water for the other folks while they're feverishly signing away!)

Saturday, August 20, 11:00 - 12:00

The Role of the Companion:  The Impact of the Companions on the Doctor

Charles Oberndorf (M), Beth Meacham, Seanan McGuire, Tara O'Shea, Ian Tregillis

(Hooray for Dr. Who!  This will be a blast.  I'm looking forward to hearing the others' thoughts.)

Sunday, August 21, 12:00 - 13:00

Wild Cards

GRRM (M), Carrie Vaughn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Paul Cornell, Keven A. Murphy, Daniel Abraham, David D. Levine, Walter Jon Williams, Ty Franck, Ian Tregillis

(Because you know there had to be one.  Wild Card panels are usually pretty entertaining.)

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Comments (1)
Tangents of imagination. - Daniel Goodman, Tuesday, July 26 2011, 11:16 AM
Wow! That looks stellar, a lot of these panels do. As I deduce from the 'Reading' section above, you have to be reading from a love letter to pygmy giraffes, composed from a steaming cup of late-night coffee and summer fever, written down in black ink and sealed with a lover's kiss. To be presented in Nevada.

Sorry, I got carried away there; I tend to be like that after writing for awhile. I'm sure you'll do just fine. Too bad it's so far; we'll have to get you up here to Canada sometime!

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Interviews
Interview with SFX Magazine
Unwalkers interview [English | French ]
Interview with Speculate! Podcast Interview with Adventures in SciFi Publishing
Ian Tregillis on the Sword and Laser Podcast
Ian Tregillis on John Scalzi's The Big Idea
Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with SFRevu
Interview with Mad Hatter Book Review
Interview with Apex Books

Interview at Literary Musings Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
An interview with the authors of Busted Flush at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with Travis Heermann at The Write Line
9-way interview with the contributors to the Wild Cards novel Inside Straight at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview in the February, 2008 newsletter of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
An extended interview with Ian Tregillis by Ty Franck, on www.wildcardsbooks.com.

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