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Jean-Michel and Patrick
AJ and Henry
Dennis’ dad and mom in front, with the rest of the party, at our informal gathering dinner at
Cask and Cleaver
on Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning we held our business meeting, Jean-Michel, Nicholas Saucy and his fiancée Christina, Henry, Julia, Art and I were in attendance.
Jean-Michel makes a point
The Carillon Tower at UC Riverside
A poster for the Eaton Conference
A poster for the
Science Fiction Studies
Symposium.
Some of the folks gathering for the symposium.
Rob Latham, University of California, Riverside...
...opens the symposium
The symposium attendees
“Science Fiction and Cultural History: Lines, Pyramids, Networks, Rhizomes” by Roger Luckhurst, University of London
“Aliens, Robots and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fiction” by De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Indiana University
“A History of the Future” by Veronica Hollinger, Trent University
The presenters take questions from the audience.
Julia Ree of the Eaton Collection goes over some of the particulars for the conference that begins tomorrow morning.
The Special Collections department at UC Riverside has a large collection of vintage printing presses.
There was a reception held after the symposium.
Henry is telling Julia something.
Some of the food at the reception.
Christina, Nicolas & Jean-Michel.
Numerous discussions...
...were going on.
Gwido Zlatkes showing...
...some of the items in the Eaton Collection.
Oops he was too quick for me; I missed taking a picture of the Hetzel!
Another old edition of a Verne work, which one I don’t recall.
Roger asks to see up close an edition of an Albert Robida work.
Roger, ever the illustrator, likes the art on the cover of this edition.
At the NAJVS traditional gathering dinner at
Ciao Bella
. From left to right: Anna Jean (AJ), Roger, Julia, Dennis’ dad and mom Ron & Carol.
Nicolas, Christina and Jean-Michel
James, Terry and Art
Kim (James’ wife), Henry and myself
Jean-Michel gets his registration packet.
The morning program.
Welcoming remarks from Dr. Ruth Jackson, University Librarian, University of California, Riverside Libraries.
Additional conference information was provided by Melissa Conway, Head of Special Collections, University of California, Riverside Libraries.
The opening panel on THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SF featured Brooks Landon, University of Iowa...
...initially talking about “Anticipating the Airship”...
...and its origins in the dime novels and pulps. Brooks is looking for help in this endeavor as not much has been done in this field to date.
Then came “Jules Verne and SF” as the next subject, talked about by...
...Arthur B. Evans, DePauw University and NAJVS.
Roger Luckhurst, University of London and...
Paul Alkon, University of Southern California continued on with the theme.
Moderated by Rob Latham...
...the panelists then answered...
...questions from the audience.
The next panel on THE TWO JULES VERNES was moderated by George Slusser, University of California, Riverside and NAJVS.
Panelists included Jean-Michel Margot who talked about Jules Verne the writer, playwright, etc. and...
...Jules Verne, the icon.
Other panelists included: Gregory Benford, UC-Irvine and...
...Marie-Hélène Huet, Princeton University and Terry Harpold, University of Florida and NAJVS
Gregory Benford speaks about the...
...Nemo statute and...
...the statue of Verne as a boy in Nantes, France.
Marie-Hélène Huet
Terry Harpold making a point.
The day’s plenary address was “Journey, Vehicle, and Destination: Some Variations on the SF Frontier” by John Rieder, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Parallel programming began after lunch, I couldn’t attend both, here Julia Mastro, NAJVS is moderating the first of the Steampunk paper sessions.
“Captain Nemo’s Nautilus as Instrumented Will” by Robert O’Connor, North Dakota State University
One of the best presentations of the conference (IMHO) was “Finding Nemo: Verne’s Antihero as Original Steam-Punk”...
... by Mike Perschon, University of Alberta
Then came “Verne Among the Punks, or ‘It’s Not All Just a Victorian Clockwork’” by Howard V. Hendrix, CSU-Fresno
and new NAJVS member
Questions and discussion ensued afterwards.
This was the afternoon programming I was unable to attend.
There was an exhibition hall where the autographs took place, as well as merchandise that was for sale.
Henry watched the NAJVS table for us throughout the weekend.
The Exhibition Hall.
John Rieder moderated a paper session on THE VERNE CONTINUUM.
The only paper in this session was “The ‘Verne School’ in France: Paul d’Ivoi’s Voyages Excentriques” by...
...Arthur B. Evans
...Arthur B. Evans
George Slusser also made a few points during this session.
The last panel of the evening is about to begin and Rob Latham introduces moderator...
...Terry Harpold who kicks off the panel...
...EXTRAORDINARY REVISION, REPETITION, AND PASTICHE
...Panelists included: Gregory Benford,...
...Patrick Gyger, director of Maison d’Ailleurs...
...and Rudy Rucker, writer.
Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler and Sherryl Vint (along with Adam Roberts
not present
) were editors of the recently published: The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
Programming began again the next morning.
Arthur B. Evans moderated the MICHEL VERNE RECONSIDERED (paper session)
“The Survivors of the
Jonathan
: A Drama” by Julia Mastro, NAJVS
With Peter Schulman unable to attend, Arthur B. Evans read a review from a forthcoming issue of
Science Fiction Studies
...
...on the recent edition of “The Golden Volcano”.
The Julia and Art took questions...
...from the audience.
This was the session going on in the other room.
After a break, Mike Perschon moderated THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE IN OTHER MEDIA (paper session)
“From Michael Strogoff to Tigers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne in Classics Illustrated” by William B. Jones, Jr., independent scholar and new NAJVS member.
William showed several of the Classics Illustrated covers...
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There was a pause during a minor technical difficulty.
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...along with a history of the publishing company.
The Dark Horse “20,000...”
A picture of Jules Verne seated.
Then followed “Oceans of Noise: Archetypal Readings of Jules Verne in The Abyss” by Matthew Snyder, University of California, Riverside.
After lunch, this was the afternoon’s programming.
First some remarks from Dr. Stephen Cullenberg, Dean, University of California, Riverside College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Melissa Conway introduces Terry Harpold, who was going to fill in for Walter James Miller, who due to illness was unable to attend.
Terry Harpold went through the introduction he had prepared for Walter and then read the text of Walter’s plenary address “The Role of Chance in Verne’s Rehabilitation in America” by Walter James Miller, New York University and NAJVS.
Terry had also asked Arthur B. Evans and Jean-Michel Margot to speak about Walter James Miller.
Before starting the next panel on COLLECTING VERNE, George Slusser shows a book that was published containing works from one of the Eaton Conference’s long time participants in the early days. He also talked about the early days of the Eaton Collection.
Then Patrick Gyger of...
...of the Maison d’Ailleurs...
...talks about the history of their collection, which was built from Pierre Versins’ collection and now also includes “The Margot Collection” of Jules Verne material.
They also added a complete collection of pulp magazines.
After institutional collections were covered, George introduced Bradford Lyau...
...a private collector and new NAJVS member. Brad shared some collecting stories, including his relationship with world renowned Sci-Fi collector, the late Forrest Ackerman.
Jean-Michel then told the story of the building of his collection, which has its new home at the Maison d’Ailleurs.
George opened up the panel for questions...
...which Jean-Michel, Patrick...
...and Bradford...
...all fielded.
Just before a break began, Terry interjected to the attendees about the online Verne scholarly journal
VERNIANA
.
Rob Latham introduces and presents some awards on behalf of
Science Fiction Studies
.
Here one recipient gets a check...
...as does another.
Three awards were given out; only two of the recipients were present.
The awards for the Second Annual Science Fiction Short Story Contest were given out by judge Sheila Finch.
The first prize winner was Ching-In Chen.
An honorable mention was given to Leah Williams.
Melissa Conway then presents the Second Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in abstention to...
Frederik Pohl; who made a speech that was pre-recorded and played for the conference attendees.
The elderly, but still very sharp sounding Pohl, thanked the attendees and one of the helpers that he has around his house.
He then introduced us to his wife.
Melissa shows the plaque that will be displayed in the library.
The Science Fiction Poetry Association then...
...started their Poetry Reading program for the evening.
Some of us had dinner that evening, AJ and Roger...
...James and Henry...
...Julia, Carol & Ron (Dennis’ parents)...
...myself and Jean-Michel.
Sunday’s programming.
Melissa Conway started the day.
Standing in for Peter Schulman, Jean-Michel moderated VERNE’S FRENCH LEGACIES (paper session).
“Intra-Ordinary Voyages: From Jules Verne to Surrealism” by George Slusser, University of California, Riverside and NAJVS
With the next paper about impressionist Magritte, Jean-Michel mentions artist Paul Delvaux’s art and its connection with Jules Verne.
“Magritte and Verne: Extraordinary Worlds” by Ben Stoltzfus, University of California, Riverside
Ben showed several Magritte paintings...
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...and connections with Verne’s
Extraordinary Voyages
.
Jean-Michel then introduced the next speaker.
“Surrealism in Verne” by Nicolas Saucy, Université de Genève and NAJVS. Unable to make a satisfactory translation of his paper, Nicolas made his presentation in French.
Jean-Michel...
...then opened up a discussion...
Terry asks Nicolas about something in his presentation.
And George makes a point.
The last plenary address was “Icescape” by Marie-Hélène Huet, Princeton University and new NAJVS member.
Her address covered Verne’s
Sphinx of the Ice Fields/em> the sequel to Poe’s
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
.
While doing her research, Marie-Hélène found this interesting image. The picture she confessed is from the North Pole, and not the southern one featured in the novel.
In scholarly synergy, Marie-Hélène used this Magritte painting in her presentation...
...because Magritte himself featured Poe’s original novel in the painting.
Melissa Conway introduces the final paper session IN THE ABYSSES OF THE GLOBE...
...moderated by Lisa Raphals, University of California, Riverside.
Terry Harpold’s paper is...
...“Professor Lidenbrock and the Mole Men”
A quote from the novel.
Terry made an...
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...effective use...
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...in his presentation.
“From Halley’s ‘More Ample Creation’ to Symzonia’s ‘Economy of Providence’: A Case Study of Divine Utility in Hollow Earth Theory and Fiction” by Peter W. Sinnema, University of Alberta
Lisa introduces the final paper...
“Technology, Humanity, and the Hollow Earth” by Sherryl Vint, Brock University
Melissa Conway makes some closing remarks...
...and thanked some of the staff, who helped make the conference what it was. From left to right: Mario?, ?, ?, Julia Ree, Sarah Allison, Gwido Zlakeas
Finally Jean-Michel Margot reminds us that “Captain Hatteras discovered the North Pole”...
...“and Captain Nemo discovered the South Pole”
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