Hey readers! Apologies for the unexpected hiatus. A triple-whammy of Wiscon, Readercon, and some (positive, but time-consuming) personal developments has slowed down Positron updates. But! More coming at you soon! We've got podcasts coming up on Yoon Ha Lee & military SF, followed by an episode looking at the changing face of epic fantasy, featuring novels by Sofia Samatar, Seth Dickinson, and N.K. Jemisin. We've also got some Wiscon & Readercon recaps coming your way.
In the meantime, some things to catch up on or stick on your calendar:
On Positron:
- Quite a few updates over the summer: check out the archives!
- We did a pretty fun podcast covering our Wiscon adventures.
- Notes from Cory Doctorow's talk with Mary Robinette Kowal at Printer's Row.
- Notes from the DePaul Pop Culture Conference on Harry Potter: The Banality of Evil, The Occult Potter, and Defending Tom Riddle.
- Lots of Jeff VanderMeer coverage, including his talks at DePaul & Volumes, as well as our Weirdest Podcast (thus far).
- The celebrated Newberry Library Book Fair is July 27-30.
- Mythcon, the academic conference of the Mythopoeic Society (focused on Tolkien, Lewis, other Inklings, and related literature) is being held in Champaign-Urbana this year. July 28-31.
- Author Talks of Note:
- 7/29: "History in Fiction and Nonfiction" with Steve Bellineger and Joe Rulli (included for Time Travel Reasons) @ Edgewater Library.
- 8/1: "The Punch Escrow" by Tal Klein book release @ Volumes.
- 8/19: Jac Jemc discusses her novel "The Grip of It" @ Volumes.
- Genre friendly/focused reading events:
- Tuesday Funk: 8/1 @ Hopleaf
- Bad Grammar Theatre: 8/4 @ Volumes
- Gumbo Fiction Salon: 8/10 @ The Galway Arms
- Unreal Open Mic: 8/15 @ Schuba's
- MuseCon is August 4-6 @ the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL.
- Two local comic events: Sulzer Library's Comic Fest (8/5-6) and RETcon (8/12-13)
- Wizard World Chicago is August 24-27.
- As always, check our Upcoming Events Page and Facebook Events for tons of book clubs and many more miscellaneous events.
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