Capricon

Is anyone on the list going to Capricon later this week? I've just looked at all the panels and events in which Gene Wolfe is due to take part. The list is as follows: . Destiny vs. Free Will . Hidden Religion in SF/F . Write SF, but I'm a Techno-Idiot . Is SF/Fantasy a Dying Genre or Just Evolving? . Reading: Gene Wolfe . Religion and Science: At Odds? . The Way the Future Was (with Boskone) I'd love to hear what he has to say on all those topics! If anyone is going, is there any chance of their making an audio recording of any of these panels? Nigel

Please, please...I too would love to hear what Gene Wolfe has to say about all of these, particularly the religion-related panels.\ Matt

I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. A few Wolfe panels are every bit as useful as (or more than) a semester long Creative Writing course. Wolfe's advice about being a productive writer are always more practical and objective based than those of any other writer I've heard. Perhaps it is because creative writers do not tend to be analytical. Every other successful writer seems to only vaguely understand exactly how he got there (at least anything beyond "Go to lots of cons and share your writings!"). Wolfe knows exactly step-by-step how he got to where he is and can describe and discuss each leg of the trip. If you know someone who would like to write fiction and get paid for it, you should encourage them to go to invest in the price of a con where Wolfe is attending. J