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Brief excerpt from the 6th annual Justify the Science Flaw Panel: Part 2. With Joe Fulgham, BJ Allan, Robert J. Sawyer, Judy McCrosky, Lynda Williams, Jaymie Matthews, and Karl Johanson. Presented at VCon 41 in Surrey (Vancouver), BC, October 2, 2016. This part was an aside about Maniacal laughter and who should use it.
Joe Fulgham: VCon Bio: "Joe makes podcasts about things he loves. For six years he hosted, produced, and edited “Caustic Soda”, the podcast of the weird, gross, and disturbing. His latest project is “The Dreaming”, a Read-Along podcast for Neil Gaiman’s comic book treasure “The Sandman”, hosted by the Mote of Dust podcast network."
joefulgham.com
BJ Allen: VCon bio: "Bored with circus life, BJ (adopted as a nom de lab) ran away with a group of itinerant biologists, lured by the smell of phenol and the roar of the centrifuge. Today he seeks to share the wonder and weirdness of the natural world with ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages."
Robert J. Sawyer. VCon Bio at: http://vcon.ca/guests-of-honor/robert...
sfwriter.com
Judy McCrosky: VCon Bio: "I’m the author of several books, with two new ones due out this year. I’m an experienced speaker and teacher of writing in a variety of genres."
http://judymccrosky.com/Judy_McCrosky...
Lynda Williams: VCon Bio: "Lynda Williams is the author of the Okal Rel ten-novel saga and the owner of Reality Skimming Press. Lynda works within the realms of optimistic sci-fi and new era publishing for her own works and the press. The press is releasing reboots of the saga and original anthologies. Lynda also works in the post-secondary industry with Simon Fraser University and BCIT."
okalrel.org/lynda-williams
Jaymie Matthews: "Dr. Jaymie Mark Matthews is an Associate Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. He is a leading expert in the field of stellar seismology: literally using the surface vibrations of vibrating stars to probe their hidden interiors and histories."
https://www.phas.ubc.ca/users/jaymie-...
http://archive.victoria.rasc.ca/event...
Brief excerpt from the 6th annual Justify the Science Flaw Panel: Part 2. With Joe Fulgham, BJ Allan, Robert J. Sawyer, Judy McCrosky, Lynda Williams, Jaymie Matthews, and Karl Johanson. Presented at VCon 41 in Surrey (Vancouver), BC, October 2, 2016. This part was an aside about Maniacal laughter and who should use it.
Joe Fulgham: VCon Bio: "Joe makes podcasts about things he loves. For six years he hosted, produced, and edited “Caustic Soda”, the podcast of the weird, gross, and disturbing. His latest project is “The Dreaming”, a Read-Along podcast for Neil Gaiman’s comic book treasure “The Sandman”, hosted by the Mote of Dust podcast network."
joefulgham.com
BJ Allen: VCon bio: "Bored with circus life, BJ (adopted as a nom de lab) ran away with a group of itinerant biologists, lured by the smell of phenol and the roar of the centrifuge. Today he seeks to share the wonder and weirdness of the natural world with ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages."
Robert J. Sawyer. VCon Bio at: http://vcon.ca/guests-of-honor/robert...
sfwriter.com
Judy McCrosky: VCon Bio: "I’m the author of several books, with two new ones due out this year. I’m an experienced speaker and teacher of writing in a variety of genres."
http://judymccrosky.com/Judy_McCrosky...
Lynda Williams: VCon Bio: "Lynda Williams is the author of the Okal Rel ten-novel saga and the owner of Reality Skimming Press. Lynda works within the realms of optimistic sci-fi and new era publishing for her own works and the press. The press is releasing reboots of the saga and original anthologies. Lynda also works in the post-secondary industry with Simon Fraser University and BCIT."
okalrel.org/lynda-williams
Jaymie Matthews: "Dr. Jaymie Mark Matthews is an Associate Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. He is a leading expert in the field of stellar seismology: literally using the surface vibrations of vibrating stars to probe their hidden interiors and histories."
https://www.phas.ubc.ca/users/jaymie-...
http://archive.victoria.rasc.ca/event...
