Fantasy Worldbuilding at #ICFA with Kameron Hurley et. al.

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The panel on fantasy worldbuilding at ICFA was packed, every chair taken, people standing in the back, etc. I ended up sitting on the floor at the foot of the panelists’ table. It was well worth it! What I present here is a partial transcript of the conversation and I emphasize PARTIAL because I can only capture maybe half of what is actually said. I assure you if there are non-sequiturs or nonsense in what follows it is my fault in omission/transcription and not in what was said, which was highly intelligent, coherent, and thought-provoking.

Moderator, A.P. Canavan: Welcome to the annual fantasy panel where we try to get academics and writers in polite conversation with each other. Barring that we try for as much bloodshed as possible! (audience laughter)

The panelists:
Sarah Pinborough (BBC, The Dead House, Dog-Faced Gods)
Steven Erikson (Forge of Darkness),
Kameron Hurley (Gods War, Mirror Empire, etc)
Audrey Taylor (academic, Building Worlds- book on Patricia McKillip)

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