Weirdsday Blog: November is Military SF Month
Welcome to the Weirdsday Blog! Officially November is our Military SF month and we're talking a little about the history of Military SF and its influence on our culture and the genre. Some of you may already be fans and some of you are not, but I hope you find...
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Workshop: Glass Cutting with a Master
JordanCon Workshops is happy to make our first announcement for the 2019 schedule. On Friday and again on Sunday students can learn to make their own glass windows.
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Ancillary Read Along Part 2: Chapters 3 & 4
In this episode we talk about Chapters 3 & 4. Overall Thoughts Lots of information put forth in these two chapters. They are not info dumps, not exactly and the information itself seems important. We are learning more about why Breq has come to the wold Nilt and...
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Weirdsday Blog: Horror’s End
In this week's blog we see the end of SF Horror month and take a look into our scanners for what is coming in November. The Game is the Thing Gaming is a relatively new medium for delivering SF Horror content. Well if you consider thirty+ years or so to be "new". More...
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Weirdsday Blog: SF Horror Week 4 – Characters
In this week's blog we talk about SF Horror characters and the importance of characters in general. Plus the regular Track News for this week. As always, this blog is scary good. The Characters in Our Nightmares More than plot or location, the characters in SF Horror...
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Weirdsday Blog: SF Horror Week 3
Where we talk about SF Horror Tropes and give our impressions of Ancillary Justice Chapters 1 and 2. Trope or Treat Everyone loves tropes, don't they? Okay, perhaps everyone is a bit of an exaggeration. Tropes are fun touchstones that when done well add a familiar...
read moreWeirdsday Blog: SF Horror Month Week 2
Science Fiction and horror have always been linked together. From the very beginning in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus to Jeff Vandermeer's Annihilation, the two genres mesh very well. Especially when science and the consequences of science can...
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This week we have a fun topic and an update on the Ancillary Justice Read Along. So sit back and get ready SF Horror Month on the Weirdsday Blog! Let’s Talk Horror and Science Fiction All this month we will be showcasing Science Fiction that has elements of horror (or...
read moreWeirdsday Blog: Widening The Menu
JordanCon strives to be an inclusive experience for its membership. We work hard to make people of all kinds feel welcome and wanted within our great community. Since I came on board as director of the Science Fiction track, I have made a diversity of content part of...
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