Stephen Euin
Cobb
…was
a Guest Author at
LibertyCon
2003
Howdy, and come on in.
Look out! Stephen’s got a really big knife!
Hank Reinhart gave a cool sword demo.
(That’s David Drake in
the white shorts & S.M.Stirling in the black shorts)
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Click the image of Lady
Liberty to go to the LibertyCon website.
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Stephen preparing to sign a few books
alongside fantasy author David B. Coe
David Weber,
honored by a little Honor
(Harrington, that is)
Stephen chatting with David Drake
Lady Liberty crowning Uncle Timmy
with an “Uncle Sam” hat.
(John
Ringo—LibertyCon’s Special Guest—laughing in the doorway.)
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Three professional scientists discuss
the future of spaceflight
(specifically,
when and if we will ever travel “faster than light”).
Left to right:
Dr. Travis Taylor (DOD launch vehicles
and laser weapons),
Dr. Greg Matloff (professional
astronomer),
Dr. Les Johnson (NASA scientist at
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LibertyCon had no less
than Nine Guest Authors.
Here they are all
gathered in one big semicircle.
(Links to author sites
are at the bottom of this page.)
Clockwise (starting to the left of the
fan with his back to the camera):
John Ringo (holding a cigar)
David B. Coe
Stephen Euin Cobb
S. M. Stirling (LibertyCon’s Literary Guest of Honor)
David Drake
Karen Zimmerman (David Drake’s webmaster)
Toni Weisskopf Reinhart (head editor at Baen Books)
David Weber
Timothy Zahn
Here’s a picture of the far end of the
semicircle.
Left to right: Timothy Zahn (in black),
David Creek,
and Andrew Fox (also in black)
David Drake (off camera to right) has just
told a humorous anecdote.
(John Ringo, David B.
Coe, Stephen Euin Cobb)
Stephen telling S.M.Stirling a funny
story.
(Either that or he’s walking like an Egyptian.)
David Weber speaking with
Toni Weisskopf Reinhart, his editor.
S.M. Stirling penning a few lines so
Stephen can analyze his handwriting.
Stephen analyzing S.M.Stirling’s
handwriting.
David Drake (off camera again) sharing
another story
John Ringo has a few stories of his own
Stephen telling another anecdote
Is S.M.Stirling laughing so hard his
head hurts?
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Discussion Panel:
“Is there life in the
universe?”
The three scientists were joined by two
hard SF writers.
The main question on each panelist’s
mind seemed to be:
“If intelligent life is out there, why
haven’t we detected any evidence of them whatsoever?”
The discussion was amiable but lively,
since nearly every panelist had a different theory.
Panelists (left to right):
Dr. Travis Taylor, Dr. Greg Matloff,
Dr. Les Johnson,
Timothy Zahn, Stephen Euin Cobb
Les Johnson soliciting questions from
the audience
Timothy Zahn emphasizing a point with
humor
Travis Taylor making a point
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Stephen with Dr. Travis Taylor
Stephen has a yellow ribbon because
he’s a guest author.
Travis has both yellow and red.
Red, because he is a guest scientist;
and yellow because he too is a guest
author.
The doctor’s first novel—“Warp Speed”
published by Baen Books—will be in bookstores soon.
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A writer’s discussion
group
formed spontaneously
on the patio
Clockwise from left:
Julie Cochrane (now
collaborating with John Ringo on Cally’s
War for Baen Books),
David Creek,
Patrick A Vanner (an
aspiring writer),
Stephen Euin Cobb,
and two more aspiring
writers
Stephen is always ready to share what
he has learned.
Fielding questions from the floor.
Julie Cochrane shares some of her
experience.
(David doesn’t have a
novel out at this time,
but many of his short
stories have been published in magazines.)
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A butterfly-girl fluttered by
Bacchus with a friend
More of Bacchus’ friends
(What’s a Con without togas?)
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All these photos were taken by
Stephen’s loyal assistant
and sister:
Peggy Sue Cobb-Gregory.
(Except of course this one, which
Stephen took.)
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Links to Author Sites:
Timothy Zahn (Star Trek & Star Wars novels, and much more)
(Not his personal website
but a very good fan page)
David Drake
(author of fifty or more SF novels)
John Ringo
(bestselling author of military SF)
David Weber (author of the “Honor Harrington” series, and many
other novels)
S. M. Stirling (author of military and alternate history SF)
(His page at Baen Books.
I could not find his personal site.)
David B. Coe (award winning author of fantasy novels)
Andrew Fox (author
of the novel: “Fat White Vampire Blues”)
Dr. Travis S. Taylor (Professional Scientist and, soon to be, hard SF
author)
Larry Niven
(Ok, Ok, he wasn’t at this con. But hey,
he’s Stephen’s hero.)
(Where many more fine authors can be found)
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