I am starting to get very excited – Continuum starts tomorrow! If you don’t know what Continuum is, the short answer is that it is going to be four days of hanging out with awesome people who love speculative fiction. The long answer is:
Continuum is an annual Melbourne speculative fiction and pop culture fan convention celebrating creativity across genre and media. From hard-edge science fiction to high-flown fantasy, comic books to film noir, high culture to sub-culture… we sink our teeth into it all! Continuum is run on a not-for-profit basis and all revenue goes towards venue and equipment hire, transport and accommodation for our guests, and other convention specific expenses. The Continuum conventions are supported by the Continuum Foundation and we are grateful for their support.
Continuum 9 will take place on the Queen’s Birthday Weekend, June 7 — 10, 2013. Our guests of honour this year are N.K. Jemisin and Paul Collins. Supporting them will be a wide range of other speakers and panellists in a fabulous line up of panels, presentations and special events.
Check out the website here. With tomorrow night being gold coin donation entry, there is no reason not to check it out.
I am going to have an action packed time, I am on the committee and have a number of panels. If you want to say hello, my schedule is below, or you’ll see me wandering around with a dazed look on my face. Or, I will be spending a fair bit of time on the registration desk. It’s going to be an awesome convention, we have wonderful guests and the programming has something for everyone. See you there!
Continuum 101
From Friday 18:30 until Friday 19:00 (30 Minutes)
Panellists: Hespa , Nicole Canal, David McDonald, Brendan Podger
Everything you wanted to know about fan conventions and con-going – an ideal starting point for anyone new or relatively new to conventions. Learn the secrets from those who have been around long enough to know better.
Venue: Harmony Room
Meet and Greet
From Friday 19:00 until Friday 19:30 (30 Minutes)
Panellists: Nicole Canal, David McDonald
If you’re new to Continuum, or just feeling social, come along and meet some people!
Venue:Foyer
Reboots and Retcons
From Saturday 10:00 until Saturday 11:00 (60 Minutes)
Panellists: Lucy Baker, Nicole Canal, George Ivanoff, David McDonald
/Reboot/: to trash all known series history and just start over. /Retcon/ (retroactive continuity): to “discover” new events from series history that supposedly always happened. Some consider rebooting and retconning simply helpful ways of freshening up a mature comics, TV, or film series. Others consider them big frickin cheats. Discuss.
Venue:Fire Room
Continuum 101
From Saturday 11:00 until Saturday 11:30 (30 Minutes)
Panellists: Hespa , Nicole Canal, David McDonald, Brendan Podger
Everything you wanted to know about fan conventions and con-going – an ideal starting point for anyone relatively new to conventions. Learn the secrets from those who have been around long enough to know better.
Venue:Fire Room
Deeper Than Swords
From Sunday 19:00 until Sunday 20:00 (60 Minutes)
Panellists: David McDonald, Ben McKenzie, Jane Routley, Darren Sanderson
The Panel of Ice and Fire! Is the TV series gratuitous in its portrayal of sex and violence? Has Tyrion become too unsympathetic? Is there a divide between those who watch the series without reading the novels? Are we holding our breath for the next book?
Venue:Earth Room
Tolkien v Jackson
From Monday 14:00 until Monday 15:00 (60 Minutes)
Panellists: Kathryn Andersen, Richard Harland, David McDonald, Paul Poulton
From the animated Hobbit to the Peter Jackson and 48 frames per second, a discussion of films based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Venue:Fire Room