{"id":2993,"date":"2011-05-30T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2024-07-20T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:01:10","slug":"my-balticon-saturday-panels-a-reading-and-durian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/30\/my-balticon-saturday-panels-a-reading-and-durian\/","title":{"rendered":"My Balticon Saturday: Panels, a reading … and durian!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balticon 45<\/a> ran from Friday through Monday, but as usual for this local con, I only attended for a single day, Saturday. But on that day, I managed to squeeze in three panels, a reading, an autograph session, and on top of that\u2014a durian feast!<\/p>\n

My 1:00 p.m. panel, “Fantastic Books Presents,” was hosted by Ian Randal Strock, owner of (you guessed it) Fantastic Books, which published my collection of science fiction short stories, What We Still Talk About<\/em><\/a>. While Ian explained why he does what he does, a few of his authors (me, Walter H. Hunt, and Daniel Kimmel) talked up our books, and actually managed to sell a few copies.<\/p>\n

At 2:30, I read my short story “Goobers,” which originally appeared in <\/a>The Book of More Flesh<\/em><\/a> and was collected in my all-zombie collection What Will Come After<\/em><\/a>. You were probably not there, but in case you wish you were, my performance has been preserved below.<\/p>\n