[Board] Re: SF Author GOH?

[Matt Arnold]

By the way, I have RCW's direct e-mail contact info, which is on this page.
http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/
-Matt

On 7/5/06, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last year we had seven GoHs, the year before that, six. Can we afford
> six GoHs again this year? Sorry, I've really got my heart set on
> having a science fiction author GoH. We've had Fantasy GoHs three out
> of four years and are sending out another invite to one this year, and
> fantasy fans still feel overlooked. But we only ever had one SF author
> GoH. I understand if we can't, but I would dearly love to have a Hugo
> finalist. They are Scazi, Charlie Stross, Ken MacLeod, and Robert
> Charles Wilson.
>
> There is also George R.R. Martin but he's a fantasy author and we're
> already inviting Tamora Pierce.
>
> Scalzi, Charlie Stross, and Robert Charles Wilson decided to create an
> ebook package of their novels which are competing for the Hugo award
> this year, and made it available for free to Hugo voters. I think
> that's a very Penguicon-like thing to do. Scalzi's already coming to
> Penguicon, of course. I understand why you had to decline the idea of
> Charlie Stross (the ultimate Penguicon GoH) because of his
> business-class trans-atlantic airfare. Of course I guess the same
> would apply to the other Hugo finalist, Ken MacLeod.
>
> Robert Charles Wilson lives just north of Toronto (affordable for
> travel!), and his novels are mind-boggling hard SF. Scalzi says he's
> an excellent choice, great at conventions, a multiple Hugo nominee and
> all-around nice guy. Two finalists for the 2006 attending Penguicon
> would be fantastic. I suggest RCW!
>
> -Matt
>