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Worldcon, Reno, NV
17 August at 12:00
- 21 August at 12:00
Join Allen at Renovation, in Reno, NV He'll be doing panels, signings, maybe some hiking, and more. So, if you are in Reno, stop by and say hi. Here is the website for more info http://www.renovationsf.org/
Conjecture 2011 in San Diego, CA
09 September at 12:00
- 11 September at 15:00
Allen will be making his first appearance at a West Coast Convention in 13 years. He will be the Guest of Honor at Conjecture 2011. Here's all the Details
Coyote Rising Characters...
James Alonzo Garcia
James Garcia came to Coyote on The WHSS Magnificent Voyage. A quiet figure, with a grey beard, and wire frame glasses. he was the architect, and chief engineer of The Garcia Narrows Bridge, the first large scale, man made structure built on Coyote. He compares architecture with poetry, describing his bridge as a poem, using physics and maths as his words, a poem of gravity, resistance and tension.
His previous projects made him renowned famous. When they said it couldn’t be built, James Garcia built it. On earth in 2246, Aquarius was opened, an underwater, self-sustaining colony, built to house the large sea-mining population, off the coast of Florida. In 2258, The Alice B. Stanley Bridge was completed on Mars, allowing passage between the Valles Marineris Canyon.
James Garcia was often described as both genius and mad. He always dressed in black, and showed little interest in woman, or indeed anyone socially, rarely leaving home. He was a lonely man; unable to communicate with anyone, except through the things he built. He became known as ‘Crazy Jimmy’, as his eccentricity and insecurities, were often perceived by others as arrogance. As result he was often temperamental, with no-one rarely understanding him.
He also had a fear of anything that left the ground, and a dislike of The WHU and social collectivism. Which is why many were surprised when James Garcia left Earth for Coyote. However, he had little choice. The Union had realised that eventually, they would need the world’s best architect and engineer, to realistically colonise Coyote in the long term. He thought about fleeing, but The Union froze his means of credit, cut off his phone, and none of his regular contacts would speak to him. So, not having anything on Earth to hold him back, Crazy Jimmy found himself aboard The Magnificent Voyage, and arriving on Coyote, where Matriarch Hernandez requested he design and build her a bridge…
The bridge was another miracle on the James Garcia CV of extraordinary engineering accomplishments. It was his masterpiece. Yet he hated it. When the crowds waited for him to make his speech at the historic opening, James Garcia did something no body on New Florida expected…
