Anthony Francis @xenotaur
By day Anthony Francis makes computers smarter; by night he writes science fiction and draws comic books. He lives in San Jose with his wife and cats. dakotafrost.com 37.320475000, -121.974811000 Joined May 2008-
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Dragon Con day five! The Cruxshadows didn't go on until 230am last night(!), so getting a late start on the last few panels today! #dragoncon
Dragon Con day 4! Tonight at 7, the Atlanta Radio Theater Company will perform Jeremiah Willstone and the Time of Ghosts, adapted for audio by my friend Tony Sarrecchia ! #dragoncon #artc #jeremiahwillstone
Day 3 at Dragon Con! My reading is going on right now in the Learning Center in the Hyatt. #dragoncon #jeremiahwillstone
Dragoncon, Day 2! At 7pm in Hyatt Regency VI-VII, ARTC will perform my story Jeremiah Willstone and the Hour of the Wolf, adapted for audio by Tony Sarrecchia (seen moderating an audio panel below). Come join us for two fisted steampunk adventure! #dragoncon #artc…
Heading to Dragon Con! I'm super stoked that two episodes of Jeremiah Willstone and the Plague of Gears will be performed by the Atlanta Radio Theater Company (adapted for audio by Tony Sarrecchia)! dresan.com/blog/2025/08/2… #dragoncon #artc #jeremiahwillstone
Worldcon, Day Five! Even though it was an abbreviated day, I got to see a lot of great talks and met with a lot of great people. You know you're where you need to be when you run into someone you wanted to see, but missed, at the con! #worldcon dresan.com/blog/2025/08/1…
Day four at Worldcon! My talk went well and the Hugo Awards ceremony was a blast! dresan.com/blog/2025/08/1… #worldcon
Day 3 at Worldcon! Some great costumes! dresan.com/blog/2025/08/1… #worldcon
Worldcon, Day Two! The Neurodiversiverse is selling out at the Liminal Fiction table, and lots of people have come by the Clockwork Alchemy / Milford table! #neurodiversiverse #worldcon dresan.com/blog/2025/08/1…
Day one of Worldcon! Lots of people have come by the Milford / Clockwork Alchemy Fan Table! #worldcon dresan.com/blog/2025/08/1…
Signing now at the Book Nook! Already sold a trilogy and Terry Brooks (yes, that Terry Brooks) stopped by to wish me luck! #Worldcon
Hey folks, I'm at Con Carolinas this weekend! I'll be on four panels: “Playing with AI”, “Science Fiction, Science Fact, Science Future”, “Neurodiversity in Science”, and “There and Back Again: A Doctor Who Tale”. #concarolinas dresan.com/blog/2025/05/2…
Also coming up later this month is the workshop on Advances in Social Navigation: Planning, HRI and Beyond at #icra2025 socialnav2025.pages.dev ... AI is changing rapidly, and we will be discussing how that expands what we can do with socially navigating robots.
Hey folks! The call for papers for the Embodied AI Workshop is open through Friday: embodied-ai.org/cvpr2025/#call… ... we welcome submissions on the themes of embodied AI solutions, advances in simulation, generative methods, foundation models, and related areas of #embodiedai #cvpr2025
The Neurodiversiverse is a finalist for the IBPA Book Award! We were selected as one of the three finalists for the "Neurodivergent Communities" category! ibpabookaward.org/winners-neurod… We'll find out May 16 whether we won gold or silver ... #neurodiversiverse
Hey folks! I'm proud to announce the Sixth Annual Embodied AI Workshop will be held June 12th this year at CVPR 2025 in Nashville! Our themes this year are: - Embodied AI Solutions - Advances in Simulation - Generative Methods for Embodied AI - Foundation Models for Embodied AI…
Hey folks! Thinking Ink's anthology "Some Time Later: Fantastic Voyages Through Alternate Worlds" is a Deal of the Day at Drive Thru Fiction! And I have a couple of stories in that one as well. You can get the ebook for $2.40 at: tinyurl.com/2e64scec Please share, spread…
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