Octopodicon

So our journalists are soon heading to Oklahoma for the fun and frolics of Octopodicon.

They will be signing and selling while there—including paper copies of the Ministry Protocol. Here’s where you can track them down.

Friday

2:00pm    Tee & Pip Reading/Book Signing 

5:00pm    Mechanics in Steampunk Diesel

Machinery, especially steam machinery, is an important motif in steampunk. Discuss how to include believable mechanics in your novel.

Tee Morris, Rachael Acks

6:00pm    Steampunk Sub-Genres Diesel

Steampunk was originally a sub-genre of science fiction, but it has evolved to develop sub-genres of its own. What are they? Do they help or hinder steampunk as a literary genre? What are your favorite sub-genres of steampunk?

Martha Wells, Jennifer Ash, Pip Ballantine

Sunday

9:00am    Social Steam Lumiere

Steampunk in social media

Tee Morris, Ramon Leon del Mar

11:00am    Why Steampunk Matters Tesla

How steampunk is important in literature, culture, science and the future

Tee Morris, Bev Hale

1:00pm    The Tee & Pip Panel Spectacularium