J.L. (Jim) Doty

Running dog lackey

Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment

Participates in 10 items

Jim is a full-time SF&F writer, scientist (Ph.D. Electrical Engineering), laser geek, and former running-dog-lackey for the bourgeois capitalist establishment. He's been writing for over 30 years, with 10 published books. His first success came through self-publishing when his books went word-of-mouth viral, and sold enough that he was able to quit his day-job, start working for himself and write full time--his new boss is a real jerk. That led to contracts with traditional publishers like Open Road Media and Harper Collins Voyager, and his books are now a mix of traditional and self-published. His tenth novel, the third in his urban fantasy series The Dead Among Us, was released in February of 2017. Right now he's submitting his eleventh novel, The Witch of Val d'Ossa, to publishers; he's fleshing out ideas for the next book in The Dead Among Us; he's writing another episode in The Treasons Cycle; and he's just finished his twelfth novel, A Hymn for the Dying, the first in a new SF series, The Blacksword Regiment. Science is a passion, but writing is an addiction.

Sessions in which J.L. (Jim) Doty participates

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

15:00

How Do We Get Through It?

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Moderator)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Meg Elison (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Science Fiction and Fantasy as the Modern Mythology

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Moderator)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant)

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

11:30

Dystopia and disaster reactions: do we rebuild civilization or go feral?

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Anne Killpack (Moderator)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

13:00

Confused about Climate Science?

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Where can you go to get up to date science based (or reviewed) information on the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry of the Climate of Earth (or m...

17:30

Just Go With It

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Cheri Stryker (Participant)

Mr. A.E. Marling (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Just go with it! A panel of complete bs-ing. The panelists will take a topic from the audience and make up endless fact after fact stemming off of ...

Sunday 28 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

13:00

Is there too much violence in current entertainment?

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Katharine Kit Kerr (Moderator)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Helen Stringer (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

14:30

CSI and Magic

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

How do you solve crimes involving magic or magical beings and creatures? What kinds of evidence can you find using science? How can magic assist sc...

17:30

Military Science Fiction

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Whidbey Basin, Royal Manticoran Navy (Moderator)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Participant)

Tory (Participant)

McCovey Cove Garcia, Hotel Head (Participant)

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

The Dreaded Outline

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

11:30

Match Game

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

Chris OHalloran, Cengage Learning (real job) - Worldcon 76 in San Jose (Fannish job) (Participant)