Nancy Northcott is the Comics Track Director for ConTinual. She's also a lifelong fan of comics, science fiction, fantasy, and history. Her published works include the Boar King's Honor historical fantasy trilogy and the Arachnid Files romantic suspense series. Collaborating with Jeanne Adams, she also writes the Outcast Station science fiction mystery series.
R.E. Carr used to review video games and now writes novels. While many writers might say they have imaginary friends, she doesn’t stop with those. She keeps going into imaginary universes, which she enjoys sharing with other people through her work. Daily Dragon (DD): When did you know you wanted to write fiction? R.E. Carr (REC): Well, I wrote my… Read more →
The Sci-Fi Literature track is sponsoring a special Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) game that will be played live onstage in Hyatt Regency V on Sunday at 8:30PM. John Hartness will be the Dungeon Master with Matt Dinniman, Paul Barrett, Bill Fawcett, Jody Lynn Nye, and R.R. Virdi playing. One seat in this game is available through an online auction. The… Read more →
This year’s Literary Guest of Honor, T. Kingfisher, writes dark fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance. Her alter ego, Ursula Vernon, writes comics and children’s books. Under the two names, she has been nominated for or has won the Hugo, the Nebula, the Eisner, the Mythopoeic Award, the Washington Small Press Award, the Eugie Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Dragon… Read more →
On Saturday at 7PM in Hyatt Embassy CD, Dwayne Keith Goetzel, James A. Hunter, Bethanne Kim, Courtney Lytle, James P. Nettles (Moderator), and Toni Weisskopf presented a program called “IP Here, IP There, Intellectual Property” that focused on copyright, patents, and trademarks. Nettles started the panel by stating that no attorney-client relationship resulted from the presence of attorneys on the… Read more →
The Dragon Con Parade took over Peachtree Street on Saturday morning in an exuberant celebration of fandom. Two Atlanta Police Department motorcycles, accompanied by a Captain America cosplayer on a third motorcycle, led the Dragon Con Parade banner up Peachtree Street. Behind them came a dazzling, joyous array of fannish groups. The Dragon Queen Corvette, the HALO 405th Infantry, and… Read more →
Friday at 11:30AM in Hyatt Embassy EF, Darin M. Bush, James J. Butcher, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Seressia Glass, AJ Hartley, and Trisha J. Wooldridge participated in a panel on worldbuilding, “Where in the World Are We Anyway?” Wooldridge, the moderator, opened the panel by asking the panelists to describe their approaches to worldbuilding. DeCandido pointed out that setting defines fantasy… Read more →
Robert E. Hampson (“Dr. Rob”) was already a fan of science fiction when watching The Six Million Dollar Man stimulated his interest in the science of bionics. He earned a PhD in physiology from Wake Forest University and has spent decades studying memory encoding. He teaches neuroscience, mentors numerous students and post-docs, and trains them in communicating their science to… Read more →
On Thursday at 7PM in Hyatt Hanover CE, Jarrod Carl Alberich, Jer Alford, Michael A. Gordon, and Bobby Nash discussed the adaptation of comic book properties to other media. Gordon, the moderator, opened the panel by noting that Superman made the jump to radio and then to movie serials and the Fleischer animated short films soon after his debut in… Read more →
