Schedule: Sunday
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This is the L.A.con IV schedule, updated as of this date. We will try to keep this as up to date as possible. Be sure, at the convention, to check out the daily newsletter for the latest updates.
| when | where | what | who | which |
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| sun -1:59 | HILTON LAJO | - YOUR SECOND LIFE OR HOW TO GET ONE | Charles L. Perkins, Esther Capone | general rev. Sat Aug 26 11:35:27 2006 |
| sun 08:00 | HILTON SNSM | 914 FILM PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED | nocat rev. Sat Aug 12 23:49:35 2006 | |
| sun 09:00 | HILTON LAJO | 915 CATHOLIC MASS/CHRISTIAN SERVICE | Fr. John Blaker, Randy Smith | misc/sigs rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC 201-B | 924 DEL REY: WHAT'S COMING UP | Jim Minz, Betsy Mitchell | writpub rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What's ahead from this top publisher of science fiction and fantasy. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 201-D | 918 SCIENCE FICTION OF THE '70S & '80S | Robin Wayne Bailey, James Frenkel, Jim Young(M), George R.R. Martin | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A discussion of science fiction of the period. How was it different from what's out there today? From what came before it? Was it better? What are some of the best examples? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 202-AB | 919 THE X-HUNTERS AEROSPACE ARCHEOLOGY TEAM | Tony Moore, Peter W. Merlin | oneman rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Peter Merlin and Tony Moore talk about their adventures searching for historic aerospace relics in the deserts of the western United States, where they have located over 100 crash sites, mainly of experimental aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base and Area 51. They have recovered parts of supersonic rocket planes, stealthy spy craft and vehicles that have reached the edge of space. Each hunt combines C.S.I. skills with X-Files persistence, and a dash of Indiana Jones adventure. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 203-AB | 920 DINOTOPIA: BEHIND THE SCENES | James Gurney | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| James Gurney gives a presentation on his best-selling Hugo nominated works and talks about what goes into making realistic fantasy pictures, National Geographic illustrations, and fantasy art. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 205-A | 921 COMPUTER ART | Lydia C. Marano(M), Joe Bergeron, Rick Sternbach | art rev. Sat Aug 12 11:59:58 2006 |
| A discussion of computer art and graphics. How it's done, where it's used, and who's doing it. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 205-B | 922 FRANKIE THOMAS MEMORIAL | Charles Lee Jackson II(M), Mel Gilden, Len J. Moffatt | events rev. Thu Aug 24 08:42:44 2006 |
| Come share your memories -- happy and sad, funny and heartwarming -- about Frankie Thomas. L.A.con's Special Guest, the one and only Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, was an actor of note, an author of Sherlockian mysteries, a bridge teacher, and more. Come hear about his life and career and share your own memories of him as a friend or just what watching him perform meant to you. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 206-A | 923 LOW BUDGET FILMMAKING | Greg Pak, Robert Vogel(M), Rob Caves | media rev. Sat Aug 26 11:24:07 2006 |
| The average major studio film these days costs $40 million. But there are still plenty of films being made between $100,000 and $5 million. Independent filmmakers discuss their trials and triumphs. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 207-A | 916 RACE & RACISM IN SCIENCE FICTION | Tobias S. Buckell, William F. Wu, James Killus(M), Chris M. Barkley, Pat Cadigan | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Why is science fiction so white? The characters seem almost all to be Caucasian or Alien. Is this simply because so many of the writers are white? (And why is that?) Or are there marketing concerns at work? Should we care whether Kimball Kinnison or Teela Brown is Black, White or Hispanic? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 207-B | 925 THE SOUND OF THOMAS JEFFERSON SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE | Darrell Schweitzer, Walter H. Hunt, Richard Foss(M), G. David Nordley, David Brin | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Why do the descendants of rebels love reading about kings and wizards? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 207-C | 926 THE INFLUENCE OF EDITORS ON THE SF FIELD | David Hartwell, Lou Anders, Stanley Schmidt, Ellen Datlow(M), Sheila Williams | writpub rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Do editors publish what the readers want to buy or does the field reflect the editors' tastes? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC 207-D | 927 WHAT IS IT ABOUT BUFFY? | Eric M. Van, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Lee Martindale(M), Jane Espenson | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| There's something about Buffy and the Buffyverse that drew people in. What was so special about this show? The Big Bad? The characters? The dialogue? What made it so special to so many people, where other shows haven't connected? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC AR-1 | 928 MIGHT MAKES RIGHT | J.G. Hertzler, John Scalzi, Hank Reinhardt(M), Joe W. Haldeman, Steven Lopata | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| An awful lot of 'hard SF' is set in a military milieu. Is that to be our destiny in space? Or are Gordon Dickson, Robert Heinlein, and Jerry Pournelle just giving us some rip-roaring adventures? Besides, what's wrong with militarism? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC ATGR1 | 938 AUTOGRAPHING: BRENDA COOPER | Brenda Cooper | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC ATGR2 | 939 AUTOGRAPHING: MARGARET ORGAN-KEAN | Margaret Organ-Kean | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC ATGR3 | 940 AUTOGRAPHING: CYNTHIA FELICE | Cynthia Felice | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC ATGR4 | 941 AUTOGRAPHING: JEAN-NOEL BASSIOR | Jean-Noel Bassior | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC ATGR5 | 942 AUTOGRAPHING: ELLEN KLAGES | Ellen Klages | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON BALC | 929 THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION | Jean Lorrah, Ph.D., Lynda Williams, John Maizels(M), Courtney Willis, Howard V. Hendrix | general rev. Sat Aug 26 13:16:28 2006 |
| It's a system we all know is broken but what really needs to be done? What can be done? Our panelists share their thoughts with audience participation encouraged. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | HILTON CR9 | 946 READING: KEVIN ANDREW MURPHY | Kevin Andrew Murphy | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON ELCP | 930 KIDS PROGRAMMING: HARP WORKSHOP | Moira Stern | filking rev. Wed Aug 23 11:08:17 2006 |
| How a harp works to make music. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | ACC KAFF1 | 943 KAFFEKLATSCH: PAUL CORNELL | Paul Cornell | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC KAFF2 | 944 KAFFEKLATSCH: WIL MCCARTHY | Wil McCarthy | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | ACC KAFF3 | 945 KAFFEKLATSCH: JOHN MADDOX ROBERTS | John Maddox Roberts | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON LAJO | 931 SHAKESPEARE & SCIENCE FICTION | Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear, Mary A. Turzillo, Sheila Finch, Amy Sterling Casil(M) | writpub rev. Wed Aug 9 10:05:03 2006 |
| No, he didn't write any but he influenced a lot. Writers talk about how Shakespeare's work influence them and their writing. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | HILTON LIDB | 947 READING: MADELEINE E. ROBINS | Madeleine E. Robins | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON LIDC | - READING: JACK MCDEVITT | Jack McDevitt | readings rev. Mon Aug 21 14:11:19 2006 |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON MLBU | 932 MASQUERADE MISTAKES | Zelda Gilbert, Sandy Pettinger, Pierre E. Pettinger(M), Kate Morganstern | costuming rev. Tue Aug 8 08:33:56 2006 |
| How'd That Happen? Costuming mistakes, both large and small. The panel will discuss their flubs. Please feel free to bring yours. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | HILTON OCNSD | 933 CRAFTING YOUR LYRICS | filking rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON PLVD | 934 HOW TO START (AND END) A CLUB | Lee Whiteside, John Mansfield(M), Lenny Bailes, Mike Willmoth, James Bacon | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What is the lifespan of the average fan club? How do you define a successful club and what are the pitfalls associated with orchestrated group activities? | ||||
| sun 10:00 | HILTON SMCA | 935 MARS IN FICTION | Beth Meacham, Edwin L. Strickland III, Gary Westfahl(M), Geoffrey A. Landis | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A discussion of the tradition of Mars exploration stories in SF, exploring the evolution of the sub-genre from its planetary romance roots to the current hard SF mission-to-Mars stories. | ||||
| sun 10:00 | HILTON SNSM | 937 FILM PROGRAM: STAR TREK | nocat rev. Sat Aug 12 23:49:35 2006 | |
| sun 10:00 | HILTON SUNS | 936 WRITE THIS WAY! | Guy H. Lillian III(M), Milton F. Stevens, Jerry Kaufman | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A panel of fanzine reviewers discuss fanzine writing that works and why. Brief examples of brilliant technique will be shared. | ||||
| sun 10:30 | ACC 204-ABC | - ROBERT PICARDO - THE DOCTOR IS IN | Robert Picardo | trek rev. Wed Aug 23 14:20:28 2006 |
| Robert Picardo, the holographic doctor of Star Trek: Voyager talks about his time in sick bay and answers questions. He may even sing... | ||||
| sun 11:00 | ACC ATGR1 | 949 AUTOGRAPHING: NAT GERTLER | Nat Gertler | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | ACC ATGR3 | 950 AUTOGRAPHING: KIM STANLEY ROBINSON | Kim Stanley Robinson | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | ACC ATGR4 | 951 AUTOGRAPHING: HUGH S. GREGORY | Hugh S. Gregory | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | ACC ATGR5 | 952 AUTOGRAPHING: ROBERT J. SAWYER | Robert J. Sawyer | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | HILTON CR9 | 956 READING: NAOMI NOVIK | Naomi Novik | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | ACC KAFF2 | 954 KAFFEKLATSCH: TERESA & PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN | Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Patrick Nielsen Hayden | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | ACC KAFF3 | 955 KAFFEKLATSCH: TOM WHITMORE | Tom Whitmore | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | HILTON LIDB | 957 READING: MIKE SHEPHERD MOSCOE | Mike Shepherd Moscoe | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:00 | HILTON LIDC | 958 READING: DAVID D. LEVINE | David D. Levine | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 11:30 | ACC 201-B | 962 PAGE 119 | Amy Thomson(M), Ellen Kushner, Nicki Lynch, Genevieve Dazzo, Todd McCaffrey | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Can you really tell if a book is good by randomly opening it and reading a page or two? Our panelists will read selected works aloud and let the audience decide if it was any good. Then they'll reveal what it was they were reading from. Oops. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 201-C | 963 FILMMAKING: THE PROCESS | Mark Altman, Michael Goldenberg, Robert Gordon, Ronald B. Moore(M), Mike DeMeritt | media rev. Wed Aug 23 11:14:10 2006 |
| A lot has to happen before a film is ready for showing. What is the actual filmmaking process that transforms a vague idea into a finished 70mm dolby stereo blockbuster? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 201-D | 964 COOL NEW TECHNOLOGY | John Maizels, Mark L. Olson(M), Christopher J. Garcia, David Brin | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What new technology is out there, knocking on our doors, just waiting for us to make use of? Some of it's useful, some of it's good (some not), and some of it's just silly. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 202-AB | 966 CONNIE WILLIS - THE SERIOUS SIDE | Connie Willis, Charles N. Brown | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Charles N. Brown, editor in chief of Locus, conducts an indepth interview with Guest of Honor Connie Willis about her work, but more about her life, the reasons she writes, and where her humor comes from. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 203-AB | 965 INSIDE CASSINI | Bridget Landry, John C. Smith Jr., Scott Edgington, Trina L. Ray, Kelly L. Perry, Dr. Kevin R. Grazier | scitech rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What it's like to work on a space mission. Horror stories, favorite moments, how life imitates science fiction, SF influences, and more. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 204-ABC | 961 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA | Anne Cofell Saunders, Bradley Thompson, Ronald D. Moore, Craig Engler, Mark Verheiden, Michael Taylor, David Weddle | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A look at the series with Executive Producer Ron D. Moore and others. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 205-A | 960 SFWA EMERGENCY MEDICAL FUND AUCTION | misc/sigs rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| sun 11:30 | ACC 205-B | 967 ANCIENT DISCOVERIES | Howard V. Hendrix, Sean McMullen(M), Justin Lloyd | scitech rev. Fri Aug 25 16:07:04 2006 |
| How did ancient peoples living on the banks of the Nile know that crocodile dung had medicinal properties? A discussion of the innovations of the ancient world before the scientific empirical method and double blind studies were de rigeur. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 206-A | 968 HIDDEN FRONTIER | Rob Caves, John Whiting, J.T. Tepnapa, Simon Fraser, Jennifer Cole, Adam Browne | trek rev. Fri Aug 25 16:43:23 2006 |
| Rob Caves and members of the cast and crew of these new, internet tales of the Federation talk about these adventures of Star Fleet's other ships. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 207-A | 969 THE AUTHOR/EDITOR RELATIONSHIP | Louise Marley, Betsy Mitchell, Jim Minz, Steven Barnes | writpub rev. Wed Aug 23 15:48:46 2006 |
| What makes a book great? Where does the editor's input begin? Where does it end? When does the author have to assert his/her creative authority? Are the relationships between editor and author today like they were years ago? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 207-B | 970 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND CONSERVATION | J.G. Hertzler, Christian B. McGuire(M), Rich Lynch, Geoffrey A. Landis | general rev. Fri Aug 18 16:23:29 2006 |
| Thirty years since the first energy crisis and what have we accomplished? The cost of gasoline has gone through the roof and is going higher while the supply dwindles away. Hydrogen power is in the distance but does it even make sense (other than to the oil companies)? What about windmills and solar panels? Ethanol and bio-diesel? Nuclear fission (or even fusion) are another kettle of fish, plagued with problems and bad PR. What's to be done? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 207-C | 971 HOW TO DO RESEARCH | Robert B Hole, Jr., Karen Willson(M), Harry Turtledove, David Keck | writpub rev. Thu Aug 24 11:51:04 2006 |
| The trick to "getting it right" is doing research. Experienced researchers and writers will tell you the secrets to good research. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC 207-D | 972 FIREFLY: GREAT SHOW, LOW RATINGS | Fr. John Blaker(M), Keith R.A. DeCandido, John O'Halloran, Lorien Gray | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Firefly was a show that connected with some people yet left others cold. Why didn't it find an audience. Could audiences just not see past the dirt roads and western trappings? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC AR-1 | 959 BOOK EXHIBIT RAFFLE | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| "All of the books on display in the Book Exhibit will be raffled off (in lots worth app. $100+ each) with proceeds going to pro-literacy charities. Come see if you've won. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | ACC AR-2 | 973 IN DEFENSE OF ESCAPIST LITERATURE | Stephen Eley, Brandon Sanderson(M), Pat Cadigan, Lou Anders | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Science fiction has had a moniker of being junk food for the mind; escapist fare only. Is that true? Not all of it is literature but surely some of it must be? Mustn't it? What literary trends can be found? What will withstand the test of time? And does it matter? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON CAPAB | 974 HISTORY OF FILK: THE CENO- AND MODERN FILKISH ERAS | Roberta Rogow, TJ Burnside-Clapp, Joey Shoji | filking rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A discourse on the Cenofilkish Era, 1980-1990 dominated by Cassette Tape technology; and the Modern Filkish Era, which began with the introduction of the Filk CD. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON LAGB | 976 HYMNAL SING: RISE UP SINGING | Blind Lemming Chiffon, Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss, David Kushner | filking rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Sing along with the from the Rise Up Singing folk collection. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON LAJO | 975 LOVING THE ALIEN (OR I MARRIED A FAN FROM OUTER SPACE?) | Vanessa Van Wagner, David Cake(M), Devra Langsam | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Looking at any SF convention these days, it's easy to see that many people in attendance are weird even by Fandom's standards -- S&M practitioners, vampires, modern primitives, gender benders. Is this part of the continuum of oddness that fandom has always embraced? What is the cross-over between fandom and society's covert culture? | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON PLVD | 977 WHAT CAN GO WRONG? -- CONVENTION HORROR STORIES | Perrianne Lurie, Patrick Molloy(M), Michael J. Walsh, Priscilla Olson | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Veterans of the convention wars tell their favorite stories. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON SLNS | 978 LIVE THE DREAM MEETPOINT | furry rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| Live the Dream is an education and support group for those who, originally inspired by the writings of Robert Heinlein, Robert Rimmer, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, are now ready to LIVE such alternative lifestyles as cooperative living, open relationships and group marriage. Come find out more. | ||||
| sun 11:30 | HILTON SUNS | 979 501(C)3-PO: TAX EXEMPTION FOR SF GROUPS | John Pomeranz | oneman rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A presentation on obtaining and maintaining tax exempt status for your club or convention. | ||||
| sun 12:00 | ACC ATGR1 | 981 AUTOGRAPHING: ROBERT CHARLES WILSON | Robert Charles Wilson | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC ATGR2 | 982 AUTOGRAPHING: ADAM-TROY CASTRO | Adam-Troy Castro | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC ATGR3 | 983 AUTOGRAPHING: NAOMI NOVIK | Naomi Novik | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC ATGR4 | 984 AUTOGRAPHING: TIM POWERS | Tim Powers | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC ATGR5 | 985 AUTOGRAPHING: SHARON SHINN | Sharon Shinn | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | HILTON CR9 | 989 READING: ROBERT J. SAWYER | Robert J. Sawyer | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC KAFF1 | 986 KAFFEKLATSCH: JOHN BARNES | John Barnes | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC KAFF2 | 987 KAFFEKLATSCH: ALAN RODGERS | Alan Rodgers | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | ACC KAFF3 | 988 KAFFEKLATSCH: PAUL FISCHER | Paul Fischer | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | HILTON LIDB | - READING: KATHLEEN ANN GOONAN | Kathleen Ann Goonan | readings rev. Wed Aug 9 18:00:55 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | HILTON LIDC | 990 READING: JEAN LORRAH, PH.D. | Jean Lorrah, Ph.D. | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | HILTON SMCA | 991 READING: KIM STANLEY ROBINSON | Kim Stanley Robinson | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 12:00 | HILTON SNSM | 980 FILM PROGRAM: HIDDEN FRONTIER | nocat rev. Sat Aug 12 23:49:35 2006 | |
| sun 13:00 | ACC 201-B | 1001 SPINTRONICS: UNDERSTANDING THIS NEW SPIN ON ELECTRONICS WITHOUT GETTING DIZZY | Kevin Roche | scitech rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Spintronics -- technology that harnesses electron spin as well as its charge -- has already dramatically changed the world we live and work in today. IBM Almaden Research Center scientist Kevin Roche will introduce you to this emerging technology: what spin is, what it does and how we are beginning to harness it, as well as a virtual tour of his laboratory and the giant robots they use to study these nano-engineered materials. He also promises to do it in terms that won't make your head spin. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 201-C | 994 THE NEW DR. WHO | Paul Cornell, Shaun Lyon | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Three of the writers for the new Dr. Who TV series (each nominated for a Hugo award this year) talk about the new series. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 201-D | 995 THE FUTURE OF RELIGION | John Skipp(M), John-Henri Holmberg, Chris Weber, Scott E. Green | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What should we expect from our many religions as we enter the new century? If we ever leave Earth will we take our religions with us? Should we? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 202-AB | 996 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "SCIENCE" IN SCIENCE FICTION? | Larry Niven, Robert Gounley, Greg Bear, James Killus(M), Dr. Gregory Benford | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| SF once was primarily a written medium which inspired countless young people to seek careers as engineers, scientists, and astronauts at NASA and in the aerospace industry. Today, SF covers a broad range of media, and many of its most well-known incarnations -- e.g. Star Wars -- present the visual window-dressing of science fiction without attempting to ground it in anything resembling science fact. Does contemporary science fiction still inspire young people to have science and engineering careers? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 203-AB | 1000 JERRY POURNELLE: INVENTING THE FUTURE | Jerry Pournelle | oneman rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| How to change the world. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 204-ABC | 992 RAY BRADBURY, HIMSELF | Ray Bradbury | lit rev. Sun Aug 13 08:35:02 2006 |
| Ray Bradbury, one of the mainstays of science fiction and fantasy literature, talks about himself, the field, and the world. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 205-A | 997 THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS | Mark von Schlegell, Michael Ward(M), John DeChancie | general rev. Sat Aug 26 13:13:53 2006 |
| Were Pohl & Kornbluth right in The Space Merchants? Will the future see mega-corporations instead of countries? Where is business going? What will it be like 50 or 100 years from now | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 205-B | 998 CLASSICS REMEMBERED: "NO WOMAN BORN" | John F. Hertz, Joe W. Haldeman, Toni Weisskopf(M), Jim Young | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| C.L. Moore wrote well with her husband Henry Kuttner; she wrote well alone. This masterly novelette explores beauty and attraction with almost inhuman resonance. It probably could not have been written by a man or in any other genre. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 206-A | 999 WHY ISN'T IT MILITARY FANTASY? | David Friedman, John G. Hemry, Jacqueline Lichtenberg | writpub rev. Fri Aug 25 09:15:34 2006 |
| Military SF is a common term for novels featuring lots of combat, but you rarely hear the term military fantasy even though works like the Lord Of The Rings feature a huge amount of fighting between individuals and armies. Why does SF dealing with war get consigned to a sub-genre while fantasies that include war are regarded as just part of mainstream fantasy writing? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 207-A | 993 BUILDING MAGICAL SYSTEMS | Hilari Bell(M), David Keck, ElizaBeth Gilligan, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Kurt Miller | writpub rev. Sat Aug 12 12:54:45 2006 |
| You can't just wave your wand and do whatever you want. Fiction that features magic as an intrinsic part of the world requires rule-setting and interweaving culture, religion, "science," and law. What are the challenges and opportunities in building a functional magical world? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 207-B | 1002 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN EDITOR | Beth Meacham, Ginjer Buchanan(M), Sheila Williams | writpub rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Just what is it an editor does all day? Read manuscripts? Take Stephen King out to lunch? Plot nefarious plots? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 207-C | 1003 COMIC BOOKS TO MOVIES | Robert Meyer Burnett, Len Wein, David Lloyd | comics rev. Fri Aug 11 09:52:08 2006 |
| There seems to be no end of movies based on comics, ranging from Superheroes to the more esoteric V for Vendetta. Some of them work creatively, some financially, some do both. But some don't. What works? What doesn't? And where do filmmakers go wrong? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC 207-D | 1004 YOU CAN'T MAKE A CUTTING EDGE BY GRINDING YOUR AXE | Lee Martindale(M), John Barnes, Scott Edelman, Tim Powers, Vera Nazarian | lit rev. Wed Aug 9 08:40:27 2006 |
| It's an accepted truism in critical circles that If your motivation in writing is to promote a political, social, or cultural agenda, you're not going to produce great art. Is that really true? What about the works of Joanna Russ, Octavia Butler, Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs, or Neil Young? Is the truism actually false or is there something more to it? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC ADEM1 | 1007 JAMES GURNEY PAINTING DEMO | James Gurney | art rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| James Gurney, L.A.con's Artist Guest of Honor, gives a demonstration of figure painting. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC AR-1 | 1005 CLASSIC TREK, NEW TREK, OR DIET CHERRY TREK: WHICH IS BEST? | Margaret Wander Bonanno, Chris M. Barkley(M), Marah Searle-Kovacevic | trek rev. Tue Aug 15 02:06:29 2006 |
| A discussion of Star Trek's various incarnations, what worked, what didn't work in each. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC AR-2 | 1006 IT CAME FROM THE 1950S | Eric L. Hoffman, Frank Wu, Bob Eggleton, Bill Warren | media rev. Tue Aug 8 08:24:08 2006 |
| There was a deluge of science fiction movies made in the 1950s. Many people who grew up in that decade have made those movies part of their lives but even people born much later have embraced them, and not just on a "so bad they're good" basis. Why does this continue to happen? What is the appeal of these movies? Are they unique? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | ACC ATGR1 | 1013 AUTOGRAPHING: G. DAVID NORDLEY | G. David Nordley | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC ATGR2 | 1014 AUTOGRAPHING: RIC MEYERS | Ric Meyers | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC ATGR3 | 1015 AUTOGRAPHING: VERNOR VINGE | Vernor Vinge | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC ATGR4 | 1016 AUTOGRAPHING: WALTER H. HUNT | Walter H. Hunt | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC ATGR5 | 1017 AUTOGRAPHING: KATE ELLIOTT | Kate Elliott | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | HILTON CR9 | 1019 READING: JAY LAKE | Jay Lake | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC KAFF1 | 1018 KAFFEKLATSCH: HARRY HARRISON | Harry Harrison | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | ACC KAFF2 | 802 KAFFEKLATSCH: CORY DOCTOROW | Cory Doctorow | kaffe rev. Wed Aug 9 12:15:21 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | HILTON LAGA | 1009 THE KAMIKAZE MORON | filking rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| A Star Trek Parody in 1 Act. | ||||
| sun 13:00 | HILTON LIDB | 1020 READING: CATHERINE S. MCMULLEN | Catherine S. McMullen | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | HILTON LIDC | 1021 READING: DEBORAH J ROSS | Deborah J Ross | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | HILTON PLVD | 1011 ANYTHING TWO FANS DO TOGETHER (OR WHAT IS FANAC THESE DAYS)? | John R. Douglas(M), Dave Weingart, Milton F. Stevens, Geri Sullivan, Len J. Moffatt | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| We think everyone would pretty much agree that fanac has changed over the decades, but we might not be so sure as to what it now consists of. Just what is "fanac" and what's just doin' stuff? | ||||
| sun 13:00 | HILTON SLNS | 1012 FUN WITH THE FURRIES! | furry rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| An Activity Group in collaboration with Children's Programming. Young fans! Come meet the furry characters, and learn how they're drawn too -- you can even take home your own hand-drawn cartoon! | ||||
| sun 13:00 | HILTON SMCA | 1022 READING: GARDNER DOZOIS | Gardner Dozois | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 13:00 | HILTON SUNS | 1008 COMING ACROSS: CURRENT UK FANZINES | Jerry Kaufman, Bridget Bradshaw, Spike(M), James Bacon | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Highlights of the British fannish press. Examples will be shown, addresses shared. | ||||
| sun 14:00 | ACC ATGR1 | 1023 AUTOGRAPHING: GARDNER DOZOIS | Gardner Dozois | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC ATGR2 | 1024 AUTOGRAPHING: SIMON R GREEN | Simon R Green | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC ATGR3 | 1025 AUTOGRAPHING: DEBORAH J ROSS | Deborah J Ross | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC ATGR4 | 1026 AUTOGRAPHING: RAY BRADBURY | Ray Bradbury | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC ATGR5 | 1027 AUTOGRAPHING: JEAN LORRAH, PH.D. | Jean Lorrah, Ph.D. | autog rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC KAFF1 | 1028 KAFFEKLATSCH: G. DAVID NORDLEY | G. David Nordley | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC KAFF2 | 1029 KAFFEKLATSCH: RICHARD CHWEDYK | Richard Chwedyk | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | ACC KAFF3 | 1030 KAFFEKLATSCH: AMY THOMSON | Amy Thomson | kaffe rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | HILTON LAJO | 1033 READING: DAVID GERROLD | David Gerrold | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | HILTON LIDB | 1031 READING: K. A. BEDFORD | K. A. Bedford | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | HILTON LIDC | 1032 READING: CORY DOCTOROW | Cory Doctorow | readings rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| sun 14:00 | HILTON SNSM | 1034 THE YELLOW SIGN | nocat rev. Sat Aug 12 23:49:35 2006 | |
| sun 14:30 | ACC 201-B | 1044 BAEN BOOKS TRAVELLING SLIDE SHOW -- WITH PRIZES! | Toni Weisskopf | writpub rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| See what's coming up from Baen Books. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 201-C | 1036 FANTASY ON TELEVISION | MaryAnn Johanson(M), ElizaBeth Gilligan, Len Wein, Jane Espenson | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Spooks and ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Has there ever been so much fantasy on television? And such successful shows, too. Buffy and Angel were fantasy shows and while they had definite followings, they weren't the hits that Medium and Ghost Whisperer are. Why are they so successful? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 201-D | 1037 BEYOND HARRY POTTER | Dave Weingart, Laura Frankos, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Catherine S. McMullen, Delia Sherman(M) | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| What books would interest kids (or adults) who enjoyed Harry Potter? For many, Harry was the first fantasy they read. Why has it drawn so many and where can they go now? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 202-AB | 1038 DOES HARD SF HAVE TO BE DRY? | Beth Meacham(M), Bridget Landry, Greg Bear, Stanley Schmidt, Ben Yalow | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Some people feel that "seeing all the rivets" is what makes science fiction good. But does it make Hard SF too stiff? Are there interesting characters in Hard SF books? Can they have the action of an old-fashioned sword-and-starship swashbuckler and still be good? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 203-AB | 1039 IS STAR TREK DEAD? NOT AS LONG AS WE REMEMBER IT (PRESENTED BY GEEK & CFQ MAGAZINES) | Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett, Bill Hunt, Jeff Bond, Steve Melching, Daren Dochterman | media rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| A fond look back at 40 years of Star Trek along with a hopeful look forward at what J.J. Abrams may or may not do with the franchise in the coming years. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 204-ABC | 1040 SUGGESTION BOX | Christian B. McGuire, Craig Miller | misc/sigs rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Was it good for you? If you have ideas for running a better Worldcon or just have questions about how it happened this year, you're invited! | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 205-A | 1041 THE WORLD'S MOST USELESS SUPERPOWERS | James Hay(M), Kevin Andrew Murphy, Kathryn Daugherty, Vernor Vinge | comics rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Sure, super strength, invulnerability, being able to fly, being invisible are all really cool powers. But not everyone can be blessed with good, useful powers. Someone's got to be Allergy Boy or Mr. Droopy Socks. What are your ideas for the world's most useless super powers? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 205-B | 1042 HOLDING BACK THE TIDE | Todd McCaffrey, Don Sakers(M), Jerry Pournelle | scitech rev. Sat Aug 26 09:49:56 2006 |
| The Arctic Ocean could be an open sea within our children's lifetime. Melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica are raising sea levels. Can we build dikes around Florida and the Gulf states? How will America handle the rising tide? How will the rest of the world cope, and how will the West deal with populations displaced by shoreline change? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 206-A | 1043 OBSCURE DICK | John R. Douglas, Lenny Bailes(M), Mark von Schlegell, Paul Williams, David Hartwell, Eric M. Van | lit rev. Wed Aug 23 11:17:26 2006 |
| Discussion and appreciation of the lesser-known works of Philip K. Dick. What did you think of "Now Wait for Last Year"? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 207-A | 1035 A QUIET PLACE TO WRITE | Fiona Avery(M), Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen, Madeleine E. Robins, Connie Willis, Harry Turtledove | writpub rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Does where you write matter? How about whether or not you face a window? Authors will talk about how they set up their writing spaces -- a separate office, the living room couch, the dining room table? -- what's in the room, what they listen to, and what they wear (if they wear anything at all). | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 207-B | 1045 WHY IS EVERYTHING SO DARK? | Adam-Troy Castro(M), Robert Vogel, Alan Rodgers, Bradley H. Sinor, Nick Sagan | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Batman has become the "Dark Knight". The X-Files is filled with conspiracies and people wearing dark clothes walking around in dark rooms. Before that, the great New Wave of SF, which called itself literary, was deeply pessimistic. Is this mature, childish, or the swing of a pendulum? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC 207-C | 1046 I, ROBOT TO MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER | Greg Pak, Elisabeth Malartre, Roger MacBride Allen, James P. Hogan(M), Tom Galloway | general rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Right now robots are pretty much remotely-controlled devices to conduct certain tasks like bomb disposal or mindless repetitive-motion machines for chores like vacuuming rugs. But what will "real" robots be like? Will be Asimov's dutiful three-laws obeying pals or our sneaky lords and masters a la the Magnus comics? The singularity suggests, perhaps, the latter. Or will it be somewhere in between? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC AR-1 | 1047 THE QUERY LETTER | Hilari Bell, Jean-Noel Bassior(M), Jacqueline Lichtenberg | writpub rev. Thu Aug 10 08:14:27 2006 |
| You've come up with the idea, worked out the story. Maybe you've written the entire novel. Just one thing left to do. Sell it. There's little harder than writing that synopsis. How long should it be? How hard should you sell? Just what will it take to get that agent, that editor, to want to read your work or to offer you a contract to write it? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC AR-2 | 1048 ART DIRECTION FOR MOTION PICTURES | Mike DeMeritt(M), Scott Essman, Bob Eggleton, Vladimir Blokh | media rev. Tue Aug 15 02:17:22 2006 |
| Art Directors have to take today and make it look like tomorrow. How do they do it? What's their track record been like? | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON BALC | 1049 RUNNING CONVENTIONS -- WHY DO YOU DO IT? | Marah Searle-Kovacevic, Lance Sibley, Suzanne Tompkins, Chaz Boston Baden, Priscilla Olson(M) | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. And if they didn't, we wouldn't be here. But why do they do it? It can't be the money. There isn't any. Come see con runners from around the country fumble for an answer. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON LAGA | 1050 DEAD DOG JAM | filking rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| sun 14:30 | HILTON MLBU | 1051 IT'S WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT COUNTS | Sandy Pettinger, Janet Wilson Anderson(M) | costuming rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Add variety and distinctiveness with supports, structures, and frameworks. Alter and manipulate your silhouette with corsets, bustles, bustiers, and more. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON PLVD | 1052 TIMEBINDING FANNISH HISTORY | Vanessa Van Wagner, Andrew I. Porter(M), Jerry Kaufman, Joe Siclari, Len J. Moffatt | fandom rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Joe Siclari has Project FANAC. There's the Timebinders, Trufen, and other fannish e-mail lists. And LASFS and NESFA and other groups have their libraries and archives. Come discuss the hows, whys, and wherefores of keeping our fannish history from ending up in the dust bin. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON SLNS | 1053 OUR FAVORITE FURRY VILLAINS AND WHY WE LOVE TO HATE THEM! | furry rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 | |
| Discussion group on a popular topic: Furry characters who are mean, selfish, cruel, and oh-so-watchable! From General Woundwort to Dr. Zaius to Scar and beyond. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON SMCA | 1054 HORROR'S CHANGING FACE | Scott Alan Woodard, Kurt Miller(M), Ginjer Buchanan, Lee Martindale, Stephen Eley | lit rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| It's not just Cthulu anymore. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | ACC SPL | 1055 THE TRANSLATORS | performances rev. Sun Aug 13 08:35:02 2006 | |
| A story theater performance by the Patchwork Players Story Theatre. | ||||
| sun 14:30 | HILTON SUNS | 1056 SECRETS OF AREA 51 | Peter W. Merlin | oneman rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| Area 51, The Ranch, Dreamland. The names conjure images of mysterious black airplanes and UFOS. For half a century this remote desert outpost has served as a breeding ground for cutting edge technology. It is a place with a history of dark rumors and speculation and a name that has become an object of folklore. Based on declassified government documents, personal interviews and extensive fieldwork, aerospace historian Peter W. Merlin reveals the secrets of Area 51. | ||||
| sun 16:00 | ACC 204-ABC | 9999 CLOSING CEREMONIES | Christian B. McGuire, Craig Miller | events rev. Tue Aug 8 06:20:27 2006 |
| The official conclusion of this year's Worldcon. Come bid farewell and see what last surprises are in store. | ||||
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