Name: Your Military SF Alien Isn't An Alien!
Start: 2025-06-20T20:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-20T21:00:00-0400

Friday June 20, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Your MilSF Alien Isn't An Alien! - Jason Cordova moderates this discussion on the difficulty of writing about the truly alien – versus a human in an alien suit. How to do it well, and who has done it well and how it translates to the screen.

Moderators

Jason Cordova

Bestselling author Jason Cordova was born in California and is both a John W. Campbell Award and Dragon Award finalist (though not in the same year). He is the editor of the anthology Dancing with Destruction, author of the novel Mountain of Fire, and co-author of Monster Hunter Memoirs... Read More →

Guests

David Shadoin

David "Shady" Shadoin is a trouble-making, scotch-drinking, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. All of his publications can be found at Chris Kennedy Publishing or Amazon, as some are a part of the famous... Read More →

Monalisa Foster

Monalisa is an award-winning science fiction author whose writing career really began when she taught herself English by translating Heinlein juveniles at the public library. She would copy sentences in English, translate them into Romanian, and then write out new words ten times... Read More →

Jay Peterson

Jay Peterson has been everything from a nightclub bouncer to a chess coach. He once considered taking over the world, but balked once he had a look at the paperwork involved. His debut novel, Renfield Blues, was released in 2023. A sequel, Ghost Light, is currently in the works. When... Read More →

Robert S. Evans

Robert S. Evans is a Georgia native film writer and director. He attended the New York Film Academy, and shortly afterwards caught the attention of industry veteran Jeff Burr (Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3) . Robert caught his first break with the film "The Last Piece Standing... Read More →

Julie Frost

Julie Frost is an award-winning author of every shade of speculative fiction. She lives in Utah with a herd of guinea pigs, her husband, and a “kitten” who thinks she’s a warrior princess. She enjoys birding, and is on a quest to photograph 500 bird species in a calendar year... Read More →

Friday June 20, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom A Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

Literary/Publishing, Panel

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