I’ve been reading science books and SF as long as I’ve been reading.  In kindergarten, for show and tell, I brought in and read the first book I owned, a book about Alan Shepard’s sub-orbital Mercury flight.

My favorite authors? Samuel Delany, Robert Anton Wilson, John Brunner, Philip K. Dick, Charlie Stross, Ken McLeod, William Gibson, Tolkien.  The list goes on and on.

I love film as much as I love reading.  2001, Dark Star, Alien, the LOTR trilogy, Primer, Moon, Howl’s Moving Castle, X-Men, etc.  A big chunk of my formal education was in Film/TV production, with a healthy dose of media history and criticism, so I can get really boring on the subject really quickly.  A quick tap on the noggin will snap me out of it.

As far as comics go, I’ve never been a regular consumer, but, I do dive into some when they come out in graphic novel form, like Transmetropolitan, The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen.  I also seem to have absorbed quite a bit by osmosis, so I can usually follow comics conversations.  I’ve been reading Ellis’ and Duffield’s FreakAngels - http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23 - (just got caught up) and I love it.  I’m also reading Girl Genius - http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/.

I’m a inveterate conventioneer.  You can find me regularly at Arisia, Boskone, Balticon, Readercon, Worldcon, Gaylaxicon.  This year I’m actually on panels at Arisia, a little frightening, but, nothing a good martini won’t take care of.  Each year, I try and attend a convention I haven’t attended before.  Last year, it was Pi-Con.  I had a great time, so, I will be adding it to my list of regular cons. I haven’t decided what con I’ll try out in 2011.  Ravencon? I-Con? Philcon? Any suggestions?

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