Monday, September 9, 2019

Convention and Sightseeing - Dublin Trip day 5, part 5

We made it to the convention in time to get a sandwich for lunch and to look around the dealer room, before it was time for:


Sarah Gailey's signing!
They signed American Hippo and Magic for Liars for me, and I told them how much I love their character Hero in American Hippo.


Anna Stephens signed Godblind for me and posed for a picture.


And we ran into Heide Goody!
We met her at WFC in Brighton and I've read some of the books she wrote together with Iain Grant. They're really funny and cool as is Heide herself.


Next it was time for the panel with Nikki!


Technological regression in post-apocalyptic novels
The creation of post-apocalyptic worlds usually comes with a certain degree of technological regression. This is a logical assumption, but at the same time it can be an interesting and powerful tool in a writer’s hands. How do writers decide the level of technological regression they want for their post-apocalyptic world? What are some examples of convincing regressions, and what can this aspect of worldbuilding offer to readers?
William Ledbetter (M), Carrie Vaughn, Emil Hjörvar Petersen, James Smythe, Nicolette Stewart(!!)

They talked about what kind of Post Apocalyptic stories and what kind of Apocalypse they liked best and gave many examples and recommendations. They also talked a bit about slow versus fast happening apocalypses and about how in most post apocalyptic stories the power is gone and what that does to society.

They wondered if Post Apocalyptic stories are more Fantasy than Science Fiction, as there are some similar tropes in PA Fiction and Fantasy Fiction.

All in all it was a really fun panel with lots of great recommendations I will have to investigate.


I did try to get into the Time travel novellas after the end of history panel, but we were only just too late. The room was full... The next panel we had wanted to see started an hour later, but the author we had wanted to see on that panel didn't make it to the convention, so we decided to do some sightseeing instead.


We spotted this lonely arch.


Dark clouds were gathering, but it wasn't raining luckily enough.


An old water lock.


It was weird to see the lock without water and totally useless.


More cloud spam.


We took a break and had hot chocolate and a cookie.
We sat on the boardwalk next to the Liffey and enjoyed the sun that had come from behind the clouds.


We visited some shops and I spotted this house with lots of flowers.


This is Ha'penny Bridge, and it's a very popular bridge if I go by how busy it was. I didn't like crossing it, because it was so crowded, but at least they didn't charge me a ha'penny toll like they used to do in the past.


We were visiting a museum with Jeffe and David in the evening, so we made sure to get there in time. We were early, so sat down on a square next to the museum to wait.


And I took some more cloud pictures.




Jeffe and David were early as well, so we found a nice place to sit and had something to drink. This strawberry lime cider was delicious!


Next: Leprechauns

1 comment:

miki said...

sorry it you didn't get to meet every one you wanted but thanks for sharing your adventures with us