Language in Fantasy (Worldcon Panel)

[ellenkushner]

Yes, I am cleaning out/up my open web pages (see under: "You want to do something with this so don't close it or you'll forget") . . . here's another one:

I was on a terrific panel on Diction in Fantasy at Montreal Worldcon in Sept. 09 with Guy Kay, David Anthony Durham, Pat Rothfuss & Mark Gascoigne (no, I wasn't the Token Girl. The panel did not in fact have any girls assigned to it. I was having tea with Guy in the Green Room, and said I wished I'd been put on that panel as it is exactly the sort of thing I like to talk about, and Guy - as moderator - said, "Well come on, then!" So I did). I just discovered that a kindly man* took notes, and posted the gist of what was a very interesting conversation - the kind you always hope a panel will be, but so seldom actually is. I credit Guy as Best Moderator Ever, and the other panelists for all-around brilliance. We really got a chance to chew on some big ideas.

Here's the link.

*Niall Harrison of the editorial staff of Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association, on the Vector Blog. Thank you, Niall!

Comments

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I wish I could have seen that panel, too. Very cool topic.