/lit/ - Literature

>As an attendee of (and panelist at) Mr. Maynard’s much-maligned PenguiCon, I would like to draw your attention to a GoH he entirely overlooked: Ada Palmer, author of Too Like the Lightning, among other works.

>If you ever have the chance to invite her to your con or to see her speak, seize it. She is a fascinating & compelling speaker, whether on the history of information dissemination & suppression, atheism through the ages, or her own world building. She & Cory Doctrow did a great panel comparing censorship in the middle ages & the digital era. Also, she loves to talk. She decided she wanted to do an extra panel, just rambling about history and asked for a room for Saturday night. Reliable sources inform me that panel went on for 3 hours, and was great. She brought a variety of very old books for a show & tell, passing around a sample of papyrus,15th century texts, & 13th century vellum sheets through the room, while talking about the history of books. When time ran out & the audience was still interested, she packed up & found an overflow room, and continued on for another hour. She is incredibly generous with her time & expertise.

Is she /ourgirl/?