[Board] SF Author GOH?

[john guest]

Matt --

Do we have contact information for RCF?  Let's invite him, in addition
to Tamora Pierce, and if things fall through with her, then we have an
author GoH by default.  If we get both, then great.

--John

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
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