NORWESCON 2008 Day 3 (Saturday)
Special events and Saturdays are always a dichotomy of excellence and annoyance: the best events mixed with boisterous crowds. The panels were packed, but there were some great rewards too. Speaking of dichotomy, it was enjoyable to watch charismatic and spontaneous Jay Lake in the same panel with stoic Dan Simmons. These are two very talented authors with contrary demeanors and energy. It was also enjoyable to attend a panel with Namoi Novak: It was a good discussion with pertinent advice. Jay Lake brought out the best in everyone being the panel’s moderator.
as an author is interesting and he was enjoyable to listen to. What also stood out though was his current book Servant of the Manthycore, which was immediately appealing since it was set in the under-appreciated Bronze Age Mesopotamia. I love the familiar, and often cliché western cultures and mythologies, but so many fascinating, rich, and untapped cultural and mythological elements are demanding to be infused into popular fantasy fiction. Mr. Ehart has realized this potential and has brought it to publication. I wasted no time in purchasing Servant of the Manthycore due to this intrinsically undervalued setting; It also helped my decision knowing that Michael Moorcock loved it and wrote the forward in Ehart’s book. Michael will also be a participant in a 6 sided Q&A. I am extremely appreciative and excited.
Today was the day of the unnecessary, but oh-so-cool purchases: 2 T-shirts. Here are images of what they look like.
With the panels being so appealing and quite plentiful, I found myself
hungry and in need of a restroom break for most of the day. I just had
to soldier on forward...
