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Meet the award-winning Jo Walton at Chessiecon

Guest of Honor Jo Walton joins Sarah Pinsker, contributor to the World Fantasy Award winning THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY, at the annual TSFS event Chessiecon, November 23-25, in Timonium, MD.

Thanksgiving Science Fiction Society (TSFS) is a non-profit organization for people who are interested in science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and related genres (SF/F) in all forms. TSFS was organized in September, 2013, following the unfortunate death of Jaelle of Armida, the much-beloved director of DarkoverCon for many years.

Jo Walton, Guest of Honor

Dr. Mary Crowell, Music Guest of Honor

Katherine Kurtz, Special Guest

Photo by Richard Man

Chessicon offers a large selection of panels. To find any of these authors, check out the entire schedule on their site.

For more info on STARLINGS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Camille André

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

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Here is a funny from Chessiecon, where I was this weekend.  At least it will be a funny to those of you who have also read Robert Heinlein's STAR BEAST, one of my favorite Heinleins (also available in Full Cast Audio format, with many of your favorite Full Cast Audio actors, as well as in book format).  About two-thirds of the way through the book it becomes clear that while the humans, particularly the succession of family men all named after their famous and space exploring heroes of the name "John Thomas" believe they have been raising the slow-growing star creature Lummox over their generations, Lummie believes that *she* has been raising "John Thomases."  (And it makes more sense her way.)

One of my fans explained to me, giggling all the way, that Daine should name one of her daughters Daine, and that daughter her daughter Daine, and so on.  This way the young dragon Kitten, who will be scarcely a toddler by dragon terms when Daine I shuffles off her mortal coil can apply herself to the task of "raising Daines."

It was the long way around the barn to go for a joke, but I am sorely tempted to steal this one.  After all, if you're going to steal, steal from the best!