{"id":10433,"date":"2017-07-13T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2017-07-13T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T21:30:38","slug":"readercon-pre-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/readercon-pre-game","title":{"rendered":"Readercon pre-game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readercon.org\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10434\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/readercon-pre-game\/readercon\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/readercon.gif?fit=335%2C75\" data-orig-size=\"335,75\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"readercon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/readercon.gif?fit=335%2C75\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/readercon.gif?resize=281%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a>Getting ready for <a href=\"http:\/\/readercon.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Readercon 2017<\/a>? Then check out my podcasts with some of this year&#8217;s guests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-212-samuel-r-delany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel R. Delany<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_212_-_Samuel_R._Delany.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-131-ever-after\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Clute 1<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_131_-_Ever_After.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-145-kathe-koja-and-john-clute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Clute 2<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_145_-_Kathe_Koja_and_John_Clute.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-126-people-from-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Hand 1<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_126_-_People_From_Away.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-164-kliph-nesteroff-liz-hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Hand 2<\/a>\u00a0(brief) \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_164_-_Kliph_Nesteroff__Liz_Hand.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-correction-of-taste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Dirda 1<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_2_Episode_13_-_The_Correction_of_Taste.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-bookmans-holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Dirda 2<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_29_-_Bookmans_Holiday.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-127-the-meandering-reflections-of-a-literary-sybarite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Dirda 3<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_127_-_The_Meandering_Reflections_of_a_Literary_Sybarite.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-readercon-2013-fairies-and-zombies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Edelman<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_14_-_The_Wonders_of_the_Audible_World.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-readercon-2013-fairies-and-zombies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Crowley<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_15_-_Readercon_-_Fairies_and_Zombies.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-readercon-2013-monsters-memories-and-mythmaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theodora Goss<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_16_-_Readercon_-_Monsters_Memories_and_Mythmaking.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a> (I <em>think<\/em> she&#8217;ll be there)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seeya there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for Readercon 2017? Then check out my podcasts with some of this year&#8217;s guests: Samuel R. Delany\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Clute 1\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Clute 2\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Liz Hand 1\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Liz Hand 2\u00a0(brief) \u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 1\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 2\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 3\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Scott Edelman\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Crowley\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Theodora Goss\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 (I think she&#8217;ll be there) Seeya there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[793,4,1183],"tags":[1461,171,1936,1450,65,1917,1943],"class_list":["post-10433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic-comics-criticism","category-literature","category-podcasts","tag-john-clute","tag-john-crowley","tag-liz-hand","tag-michael-dirda","tag-samuel-r-delany","tag-scott-edelman","tag-theodora-goss"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2Ih","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10556,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-235-liz-hand-and-john-clute","url_meta":{"origin":10433,"position":0},"title":"Episode 235 &#8211; Liz Hand and John Clute","author":"Gil","date":"September 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 235: Liz Hand and John Clute \"I think of a collector as a gardener, rather than someone who just buys books. 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I taught myself to type when I was 8 years old, because I couldn't write fast enough.\" Novelist and immersive theater director Kathe Koja joins the show to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;literature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/22236568714_8abb264749_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/22236568714_8abb264749_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/22236568714_8abb264749_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/22236568714_8abb264749_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/22236568714_8abb264749_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8986,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-131-ever-after","url_meta":{"origin":10433,"position":2},"title":"Episode 131 &#8211; Ever After","author":"Gil","date":"August 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #131: John Clute - Ever After \"In Fantastika, the metaphor tends to move to the literal. In a naturalistic novel, the literal tends to move into a metaphor.\" John Clute, winner of multiple Hugo Awards and World Fantasy Awards, joins the show to talk about the history\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;literature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"clute_med","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/clute_med-398x440.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10963,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-249-the-guest-list-2017","url_meta":{"origin":10433,"position":3},"title":"Episode 249 &#8211; The Guest List 2017","author":"Gil","date":"December 18, 2017","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2017 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show\u00a0tradition: The Guest List! 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