Just in case you're going to be in the San Diego area during next weekend's Comic-Con, there's going to be a terrific panel of speculative fiction literary greats on Friday, July 27th. From R.A. Salvatore's website:

Friday, July 27
11:00-12:00 She/He Who Understands History Gets to Rewrite It - Authors discuss how an appreciation of world history and modern events as well as mythology influences and colors their worlds of fantasy, science fiction, and alternate realities. Panelists Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy series), David Anthony Durham (Acacia: Book One: The War with the Mein), David Keck (In the Eye of Heaven), Harry Turtledove (Settling Accounts: In at the Death), Peter David (Darkness of the Light), R.A. Salvatore (The Ancient), and Mel Odom (Quest for the Trilogy) adapt and build on world events for their own purposes. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy moderates. Room 8

Mr. Salvatore will also be appearing during another session on Saturday... possibly to talk about the new MMO (Massively Multi-player On-line) role-playing game that he and 38 Studios have planned for the near future?

Saturday, July 28
4:00-5:00 Mission: McFarlane - Todd McFarlane (Spawn, McFarlane Toys), R. A. Salvatore (Drizzt Do’Urden, 38 Studios), Brett Close (38 Studios president and CEO), Brian Haberlin (editor-in-chief Spawn Comics), and in a special appearance Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead and Invincible) talk about all the stuff about the McFarlane Companies that they can talk about in one hour, including company announcements. Room 5AB

There's a lot more great stuff going on, so if you're going to be around, check out the full day-by-day schedule here: San Diego's Comic-Con