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Benjamin C. Kinney

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Participates in 5 items

Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientist, science fiction & fantasy writer, and five-time Hugo Award finalist. By day he leads a rehabilitation neuroscience laboratory, but he still somehow finds time to be a writer, cat-spoiler, spouse, and father. He serves as Assistant Editor of the science fiction magazine Escape Pod from 2017-2023. His short stories have appeared in dozens of major science fiction and fantasy magazines including Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Sunday Morning Transport, Strange Horizons, and many more. He is represented by Marisa Cleveland of the Seymour Agency.

Sessions in which Benjamin C. Kinney participates

Saturday 13 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

Van Allen Plexico (Participant)

Prof Daniel Yezbick, St Louis Community College at Wildwood (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Does Science Fiction Still Give Us Hope?
1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Lasalle

Panel

Cindy A. Matthews (Moderator)

Christine Amsden (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Editing: Behind the Scenes
1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Elizabeth Donald, The Literary Underworld (Participant)

Cindy A. Matthews (Moderator)

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

Prof Daniel Yezbick, St Louis Community College at Wildwood (Participant)

Edward Stasheff II, Pickman's Press (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D

Panel

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Moderator)

David Benem (Participant)

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

Ms Judi Cook, None (Participant)

Mr Thomas Stratman, Self (Participant)

Sunday 14 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Understanding Non-Human Point of View
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Kathryn Sullivan (Moderator)

Kasey Mackenzie (Participant)

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Sessions in which Benjamin C. Kinney attends

Friday 12 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Science and Fantasy: Where the Magic Lies
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Joey Froehlich (Moderator)

Christine Amsden (Participant)

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Participant)

Kasey Mackenzie (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Why do science fiction and fantasy get so often placed in opposition? Are there fundamental differences between scientific and magical worldviews, ...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Opening Ceremonies
30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Gateway Center - Center Hall B

Event

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Rand Bellavia (Participant)

Rick Burchett, na (Participant)

Adam English, Ookla the Mok/Nerd Circus (Participant)

Jim Murray (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Using Mythology In Your Fiction
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Sela Carsen (Moderator)

Celebrating Androids in Fiction
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Gateway Center - Salon 6

Panel

Bob J Koester, Dueling Genre Productions (Participant)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Anna Mulch, Fort Kickass (Participant)

Kasey Mackenzie (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Diversity in Speculative Fiction
1 hour, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Camille Faye (Participant)

Debbie Manber Kupfer, Paws 4 Puzzles (Moderator)

Jennifer Stolzer (Participant)

Jamie Krakover (Participant)

Kathleen Kayembe (Participant)

The world is full of unique and colorful people from all different races, creeds, and orientations.  The worlds in our stories should be so as...

Saturday 13 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Business Side of Writing
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Kathryn Sullivan (Moderator)

Elizabeth Donald, The Literary Underworld (Participant)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Participant)

Thomas Carpenter K. (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Mr Ryan Dalton (Participant)

Sherri Dean, n/a (Participant)

World-Building: The Devil is in the Details
1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Kasey Mackenzie (Moderator)

Lettie Prell (Participant)

Glen Cook, Bavarian Illuminati (Participant)

Deborah Millitello, SFWA (Participant)

Henry Melton, Wire Rim Books (Participant)

Stories can seem flat and unrealistic if there isn't sufficient detail of the world your characters are living in. Learn to balance too little vs. ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D

Panel

Kathryn Sullivan (Moderator)

Les Haven (Participant)

Brock J. Hanke, Self-employed (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Mr Ryan Dalton (Participant)

We do not live in the era when the Skylark series was written, nor in the Golden Age, the Cyberpunk Era, nor many others. As culture and social mor...
What To Do About H.P. Lovecraft?
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B

Panel

Edward Stasheff II, Pickman's Press (Moderator)

Ms Judi Cook, None (Participant)

Mr. Brian Katcher, Harper Collins Publishing (Participant)

Mr Thomas Stratman, Self (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Gateway Center - Lasalle

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Grant Carrington (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Dr. Jack Glassman Ph.D., SIUE Department of Physics (Participant)

Donald Price (Participant)

Brock J. Hanke, Self-employed (Participant)

AI and robotics have been improving at a quick pace in the last decade. At what point do they become people? At what point should they be given rig...
Negative Comparisons
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Mr. Brian Katcher, Harper Collins Publishing (Participant)

Mr Ryan Dalton (Moderator)

Mr. Adrian Matthews (Participant)

Kathryn Sullivan (Participant)

Lettie Prell (Participant)

9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Dance
6 hours, 9:00 PM - 3:00 AM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D

Event

Sunday 14 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Gateway Center - Salon 6

Panel

Mr. Brian Katcher, Harper Collins Publishing (Moderator)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Marguerite Reed (Participant)

Mr. Adrian Matthews (Participant)

Mars Colonization, Farming, and Food
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Gateway Center - Ballroom A

Panel

George Thomas, MARSfarm (Moderator)

Nicholas Kirschman, webster groves school district (Participant)

Ms Christine Nobbe (Participant)

In space, whether in zero gravity like the ISS, or in gravity, as in rotating station or on the Moon or Mars, room is tight, and mass is expensive!...
The Hero Quest
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Mr Brian Trent (Moderator)

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Participant)

Jimmy D. Gillentine (Participant)

Susan Baugh (Participant)

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

Mrs. Jan Gephardt Sherrell, Weird Sisters Publishing LLC (Participant)

Lettie Prell (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Moderator)

Cole Lanahan (Participant)

Jimmy D. Gillentine (Participant)

Marguerite Reed (Participant)

Okay, we can't know everything about everything. Listen to our experts reveal what they have done to become knowledgeable on a subject or at least ...