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salineaMirrormask was of course amazing.
Graphically it's unique. Something that's neither an animation nor a movie. You've got to see it to get it, but it's all pure McKean. The story is great, simple, but gripping in the way most Gaiman's stories are. It's sometimes offputting too, in that creepy-twisted-magical-odd way I like. The characters are fun. There's a thousand ideas jumping from the movies to take hold of your imagination. Great kitty-sphinx. Good books too. I want them.
I also watched a japanese animated movie that was mostly boring. Some good ideas and great realization, but characters dull as hell.
There were several very interesting conferences and writers' interview. As I mentionned I got the occasion to fully fangirl Elizabeth Vornargurgh. Neal Stephenson, alas, had a very bad interviewer so his wasn't much interesting. Joe Haldeman was also there but I missed his.
One of the most interesting debate was one about shape changing, shattering body, metamorphes & gender bending in Science Fiction. One very fascinating subject. (It's funny how much it's a subject I love in Sci-Fi given I really not interested in androgynie in fanfics)
Right in the theme since was also that point when they "redefined" Science Fiction as Trans-Fiction during another conference (with a hand-raised vote XD) I do love the term.
Someone said (I think it was Dunyach, a French writer, director of collection and what-have-you) that starting when you touched with the Human, with the frontiers and borders and definitions of it, you were fully in one of the main theme of Sci-Fi (You tell 'em !)
I tried out a gorgeous French Kung Fu game called Qin which i plan to buy at some point. I also tried a fun board game based upon paranoia called "Le Loups-Garou de Tiercelieux" which was very fun.
I bought too many books, some for the only purpose of having them signed ^_^
I got a book on writing stories too, by Vornarbourgh. It's not findable in France and she had brought with her only one exemplar, and I sorta was there (and jumped on her) and seized the occasion. Nothing planned you know.
On the bad side... I sorta felt a difficulty to connect with the people, though some of them I know from a long time, I think maybe because I read too much in English nowadays...
And I was, as usual, pissed off at the way the French Sci-Fi fans insist on setting Sci Fi and Fantasy as two very different domains because Sci Fi is better and more intellectual and whatever, you understand. (grrrr) The guy who interviewed poor Neal Stephenson kept on insisting on this among other things XD
Graphically it's unique. Something that's neither an animation nor a movie. You've got to see it to get it, but it's all pure McKean. The story is great, simple, but gripping in the way most Gaiman's stories are. It's sometimes offputting too, in that creepy-twisted-magical-odd way I like. The characters are fun. There's a thousand ideas jumping from the movies to take hold of your imagination. Great kitty-sphinx. Good books too. I want them.
I also watched a japanese animated movie that was mostly boring. Some good ideas and great realization, but characters dull as hell.
There were several very interesting conferences and writers' interview. As I mentionned I got the occasion to fully fangirl Elizabeth Vornargurgh. Neal Stephenson, alas, had a very bad interviewer so his wasn't much interesting. Joe Haldeman was also there but I missed his.
One of the most interesting debate was one about shape changing, shattering body, metamorphes & gender bending in Science Fiction. One very fascinating subject. (It's funny how much it's a subject I love in Sci-Fi given I really not interested in androgynie in fanfics)
Right in the theme since was also that point when they "redefined" Science Fiction as Trans-Fiction during another conference (with a hand-raised vote XD) I do love the term.
Someone said (I think it was Dunyach, a French writer, director of collection and what-have-you) that starting when you touched with the Human, with the frontiers and borders and definitions of it, you were fully in one of the main theme of Sci-Fi (You tell 'em !)
I tried out a gorgeous French Kung Fu game called Qin which i plan to buy at some point. I also tried a fun board game based upon paranoia called "Le Loups-Garou de Tiercelieux" which was very fun.
I bought too many books, some for the only purpose of having them signed ^_^
I got a book on writing stories too, by Vornarbourgh. It's not findable in France and she had brought with her only one exemplar, and I sorta was there (and jumped on her) and seized the occasion. Nothing planned you know.
On the bad side... I sorta felt a difficulty to connect with the people, though some of them I know from a long time, I think maybe because I read too much in English nowadays...
And I was, as usual, pissed off at the way the French Sci-Fi fans insist on setting Sci Fi and Fantasy as two very different domains because Sci Fi is better and more intellectual and whatever, you understand. (grrrr) The guy who interviewed poor Neal Stephenson kept on insisting on this among other things XD
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Date: 17 November 2005 07:16 am (UTC)The thought of there being conventions for Sci-Fi on its own sounds nice. I went to a book convention type of thing once and Sci-Fi (and fantasy too) barely got a mention. Strange that anyone is saying that Sci-Fi is better than Fantasy, though. Last time I checked, any given piece of writing is only as good as its author. It's a pity about the division, since after all Sci-Fi and Fantasy can work very well together.
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Date: 17 November 2005 09:52 pm (UTC)I reccomand the cyrcle of Tyrannael, it reads like Darkover with a high quality level that stays. (Also the world is very different, ofcourse)
and Chronique du Pays des Mères. I don't know how this one would sound in English, however. the interesting thing about that story is it's set in a society where there's very, very few men and all the words that are, by default, male in French, are there female, you know ? Realy exploring what a society dominated by women would be like.
Oh yes, it's absolutly ridiculous. Especially when some writers mix both Sci Fi and Fantasy in ways that are undistinguishable, like Zelazny !
There's plenty of Sci-Fi cons in other places. I think 2007's Worldcon is going to happen in Japan actually.
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Date: 18 November 2005 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 November 2005 06:32 pm (UTC)How long do you have to wait ? ^^