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The WisCon Chronicles

por L. Timmel Duchamp (Editor)

Otros autores: Suzy McKee Charnas (Contribuidor), Ted Chiang (Contribuidor), Samuel R. Delany (Contribuidor), Carol Emshwiller (Contribuidor), Eileen Gunn (Contribuidor)4 más, Ursula K. Le Guin (Contribuidor), Rosaleen Love (Contribuidor), Julie Phillips (Contribuidor), Joanna Russ (Contribuidor)

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The WisCon Chronicles is a collage of essays, interviews, panel notes and transcripts, and short fiction documenting and celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of WisCon, the annual feminist science fiction literary festival held on Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. The world's largest feminist science fiction convention, which many of the sf genre's luminaries attend, WisCon has become so popular that the ceiling limiting attendance to 1000 participants tops out months in advance. More than half those attending are women; and since the convention is openly feminist, women's issues dominate the programming. People attend to meet up with friends from other parts of the country (or the world) whom they?ve come to know online; they attend because the programming goes far beyond the ?feminism 101? that is the most they can hope for from most other science fiction conventions. But above all they come to experience the kind of community they can't get elsewhere.… (más)
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Lots of good, interesting articles and other things in here. Even a short story. It makes me more than ready to go to Wiscon this year!But it also makes me feel dumb. Lots of very smart people talking about things at a level way over my head. Or past my head, because it's not a subject I've thought a lot about or developed much of an interest in.This is sort of like a slice of Wiscon. If your slice is skewed towards the academic track and and some of the harder panels.But it did make me feel like I'd missed out. I missed out on the 30th Wiscon, where tons of past guests of honor were milling about, participating in programming, and being smart and interesting.This book is a little piece of Wiscon history and fascinating reading (even when it did go over my head). ( )
  Jellyn | Jun 16, 2010 |
What I admired most about the collection was that, far from being the kind of shiny 'aren't we marvellous' text that usually emerges from conventions as souvenir books, many of the pieces in the book are designed to ask the uncomfortable questions, or to point out some of the failings and inadequacies of previous panels or discussions at various Wiscons. These kinds of criticisms online can turn so easily into vicious and circular flamewars in which people end up spending more time shouting in defence of friends 'under attack' than actually discussing the important issues raised.

In the context of the book, however, the discussion seems far more productive and far less accusatory - indeed, the overall vibe is not 'what we did wrong' but 'look what we did wrong so we can talk about how to do it better in the future'. No one feels the need to defend their perspective as perfect or all-encompassing, as often happens online. Instead, we have considered and constructive criticism of issues that still haven't been resolved at Wiscon, let alone other conventions: gender or race balance on panels, for example, and how concentrating on one inequality or minority can make others feel closed off or unheard. Another issue is that of the assumptions of panelists, sometimes having conflicting ideas about what the panels are about. Personal experiences are shared and valued without ego or public face being a priority… I came away from this first volume feeling like I had participated in something special, even from half a world and three years away.
añadido por ltimmel | editarAs If, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Nov 14, 2009)
 
In addition to capturing the proceedings, [Duchamp] also was interested in exploring hot-button issues that emerged from the discussions. Homing in on those areas of discomfort fits with the convention's reputation as an event that goes beyond Feminism 101.
añadido por ltimmel | editarThe [Madison, WI] Capital Times (Jun 21, 2007)
 
In its mix of writing levels, range of expertise of the interviewers, interviewees, panel transcripts and shorter pieces, this work demonstrates that knowledge can be transmitted at various levels of discourse, underlining the value of events like WisCon and chronicles of those events like this text.
. . . I can recommend this book, especially as the chronicle of an event that cannot be repeated: a weekend in time that is also destined to be timeless. While it is neither a fanzine nor a critical work, it is a source document for future scholars of both fandom and the developmental states of feminism and science fiction.
añadido por ltimmel | editarFemSpec, Vol. 9, no. 2, Janice Bogstad
 

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Duchamp, L. TimmelEditorautor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Charnas, Suzy McKeeContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Chiang, TedContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Delany, Samuel R.Contribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Emshwiller, CarolContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Gunn, EileenContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Le Guin, Ursula K.Contribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Love, RosaleenContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Phillips, JulieContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Russ, JoannaContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado

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The WisCon Chronicles is a collage of essays, interviews, panel notes and transcripts, and short fiction documenting and celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of WisCon, the annual feminist science fiction literary festival held on Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. The world's largest feminist science fiction convention, which many of the sf genre's luminaries attend, WisCon has become so popular that the ceiling limiting attendance to 1000 participants tops out months in advance. More than half those attending are women; and since the convention is openly feminist, women's issues dominate the programming. People attend to meet up with friends from other parts of the country (or the world) whom they?ve come to know online; they attend because the programming goes far beyond the ?feminism 101? that is the most they can hope for from most other science fiction conventions. But above all they come to experience the kind of community they can't get elsewhere.

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