Month: November 2011

For the first time, the original novel will be available as an eBook (trade paper will also be available) with a brand new cover by J.K. Woodward. And in VERY short order, the long-awaited sequel will be coming out as well.

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Preamble: We, the fans and pros of www.peterdavid.net, in order to form a more perfect union of fan/pro interaction, wish to let it be known that: with conventions and the Internet providing extensive opportunities for fan/pro interaction and; with new fans not quite understanding the “rules” and social mores and expectations of conventions and thus feeling uncomfortable or uncertain of what is expected of them and; partly in response to some conventions where fans in general and female fans in particular were targeted for harassment and abuse, and; in order to fill what is perceived as a needed guide for fans and pros to know and/or understand what to expect of each other in order to minimize or eliminate misunderstandings or ill-will; it is hereby resolved that this document will serve as an attempt to fill that need by spelling out the specifics of these matters to the best of our abilities. This is being done unilaterally by an assortment of fans and pros, and all the matters addressed within this document are drawn from genuine, real-life experiences of the participants (as hard as that may be to believe in some cases.) The rights set forth herein are not intended to represent the opinions or policies of any conventions or organizations, and may be considered by some to be merely guidelines. Nevertheless, it is our intent to present a series of simple, common sense, basic rights to which all fans and pros should be entitled.

For the purpose of this document, “fan” will be taken to mean anyone not working professionally in the science fiction/fantasy industry, and “pro” will include writers, artists, actors, or anyone—particularly for the purpose of convention-going—who is an advertised guest and/or panelist and/or is scheduled for autographing sessions and/or is set up with a table at either artist’s alley or the dealer’s room or an exhibition hall. The male pronoun is uniformly used to refer to all pros and all fans, not to give short shrift to the female gender, but simply for convenience sake.

The order in which this list is presented is not intended to reflect on the relative priorities of each right, save for the first one, which we have decided to call:

The Prime Directive

Fans and Pros have the right to be treated by each other with the same courtesy that they themselves would expect to be treated.* Fans and Pros who act like jerks abrogate the right to complain when they themselves are treated like jerks.

*The expectations of masochists notwithstanding.

Continue Reading “The Fan/Pro Bill of Rights” →

Now people are bìŧçhìņg because Obama didn’t mention God in his Thanksgiving address?

Here’s a thought: How about people complain because he didn’t mention that we screwed over Native Americans? Certainly that’s certainly as relevant to the day, if not more so.

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A nationally published picture of me as part of the Marvel/Macys team in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. No, that’s not the natural glow of my charisma; that’s a highlight my brother Wally dropped around me in order to make it easier to see me.

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Just a heads up that Peter will be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade today with the Spider-man Balloon.

just look for this guy

with this Balloon

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Kath