When I was a budding science fiction fan, I stepped into a con — a science fiction convention — for the first time. I was into SF, you know, for the books. The convention, it soon became clear, was ...

Every year in July, writers and readers of fiction gather for Readercon, in Burlington, Massachusetts. The conference, which has been held every summer for the past quarter century (at least), is ...

Two weeks after the sci-fi/fantasy blogosphere exploded over Readercon’s mishandling of sexual harassment claims, the popular convention announced during the weekend that all of its board members have ...

Last month, writer Genevieve Valentine was harassed at Readercon (a science fiction/fantasy convention) by a man named René Walling, a high-profile attendee who told her to stop saying things that ...

I was a guest of honor at a large convention when a drunk con-goer grabbed my ass as I exited the elevator. By the time my brain got past “Wait, did that just happen?” the elevator had closed. I told ...

Mine is an enviably privileged if essentially fuddy-duddy life built around reading, writing, daydreaming and occasional household chores. Dull routine suits me. Nonetheless, as D.H. Lawrence declared ...

Over the past few months, three of the most influential conventions in geekdom — Readercon (for science fiction writers), The Amazing Meeting (for skeptics), and DefCon (for hackers) — have been at ...