| Friday |
| 7/20/01
4:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Temporal Provincialism: On Keeping Up With Scientific and Social
Frontiers |
| The way
that science fiction authors portray the future has changed over the
years, always mirroring the society at the present. Panelists discuss
differences in forecasting social trends, especially those brought about
by unforeseen advances in technology. |
| Start: 7/20/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01
10:00:00 PM |
| Hal Clement |
| Kathryn E. Cramer |
| William H. Keith, Jr. |
| Paul Levinson |
| William Tenn (moderator) |
| 7/20/01
5:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Never Set The Editor on Fire: What Not to Do |
| Dos,
don'ts, and criminal missteps in the attempt to get yourself
published. |
| Start: 7/20/01
5:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 6:00:00
PM |
| Flonet Biltgen |
| Juanita Coulson |
| David G. Hartwell (moderator) |
| Kathryn Morrow |
| Robert J. Sawyer |
|
| New
Jersey Room: On
Killing |
| Tim Esaias
discusses actual studies that demonstrate the unexpectedly low likelihood
of soldiers firing a gun at another human being in the heat of
battle. |
| Start: 7/20/01
5:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 6:00:00
PM |
| Timons Esaias |
| 7/20/01
6:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: SF Romance: Combining Good Science With Good
Romance |
| Approaches
for using romance tropes in science fiction, without losing both
audiences. |
| Start: 7/20/01
6:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 7:00:00
PM |
| Sandra Lee Gould |
| Bud Sparhawk (moderator) |
| Wen Spencer |
| Diane Turnshek |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Guest of Honor Literary Beer (in hotel bar) |
| Start: 7/20/01
6:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 7:00:00
PM |
| David G. Hartwell |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: James
Morrow |
| Start: 7/20/01
6:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 7:30:00
PM |
| James Morrow |
| 7/20/01
7:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: How Basic Cable Saved SF TV |
| The recent
upsurge in good original sf and fantasy shows on channels such as the
Sci-Fi Channel and TNT suggests that cable may be able to do what network
TV never did well: bring us shows that truly reflect the
genre. |
| Start: 7/20/01
7:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 8:00:00
PM |
| Lee Gilliland |
| William H. Keith, Jr. |
| Paul Levinson |
| Sarah Zettel (moderator) |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Ken
Chiacchia |
| Start: 7/20/01
7:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 7:30:00
PM |
| Kenneth B. Chiacchia |
| 7/20/01
8:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: The Fandom Edit: How Technology is putting Media SF in the Hands
of the Fans |
| The
Phantom Edit is a fan-edited version of Phantom Menace with many scenes
removed. This is only the latest example (e.g., the South Park Star Wars
parody). The Internet and digital video are making it possible for fans to
produce video fanfic; will the trend continue and prosper despite the
legal issues involved? |
| Start: 7/20/01
8:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 9:00:00
PM |
| Grant Carrington |
| Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury |
| Charles Oberndorf (moderator) |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk 101: Who Are These People And What Are They
Singing? |
| What is
filk? Where did it come from? Where is it going? And what the heck does
"ose" mean? |
| Start: 7/20/01
8:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 9:00:00
PM |
| Randy Hoffman |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Phyllis
Gotlieb |
| Start: 7/20/01
8:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01 8:30:00
PM |
| Phyllis Gotlieb |
| 7/20/01
9:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Forgotten Authors: The Giants Whose Shoulders We Stand
On |
| Many
formerly forgotten authors are coming back into print, courtesy of many
small presses and even some big houses. What should we be looking for, and
who should be reprinted next? |
| Start: 7/20/01
9:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01
10:00:00 PM |
| Chris Logan Edwards |
| Art Henderson |
| Jim Mann (moderator) |
| Bud Sparhawk |
| Sarah Zettel |
| 7/20/01
10:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Trivia for Chocolate |
| How much
do you really know about science fiction? Pimp your knowledge for
chocolate. (Watch out for low-flying mars bars.) |
| Start: 7/20/01
10:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01
11:00:00 PM |
| Jim Mann |
|
| Maryland Room: Open Filk (until whenever) |
| Start: 7/20/01
10:00:00 PM |
End: 7/20/01
11:00:00 PM |
| Randy Hoffman |
| Saturday |
| 7/21/01
9:00:00 AM |
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Warm-up Exercises for Writers |
| Kick-ass
daily writing warmup exercises to get the creative juices flowing. Learn
some techniques to get around those writer's blocks. |
| Start: 7/21/01
9:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
| Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury |
| Robert Nansel |
| 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
| Delaware Room: Hal Clement Slideshow: "Gestation" |
| Start: 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Hal Clement |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Writer Scams:
How Not to Become Rich and Famous |
| Discussion
of common scams that new writers often fall prey to. |
| Start: 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Brenda Clough (moderator) |
| Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: Robin Wood |
| Start: 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Robin Wood |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Susan
Dexter |
| Start: 7/21/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
10:30:00 AM |
| Susan Dexter |
| 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Art
Show: Stained Glass Demo
with Nancy Janda |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Nancy Janda |
|
| Delaware Room: Young Adult Fantasy for Adults |
| The
completion of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy was possibly one of the
most important publishing events of last year. Much of the fantasy being
marketed to young adults is easily as complex and sophisticated as "adult"
fiction. Why is some of today's best fantasy being shelved in the
children's section? Which are the standouts? |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Flonet Biltgen |
| Brenda Clough |
| Merav Hoffman |
| Mary Soon Lee |
| Charles Oberndorf (moderator) |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Future
Medicine |
| Star
Trek's Doctor McCoy spent a lot of time dissing Twentieth Century medicine
as 'using beads and rattles', since he had incredible diagnostic beds and
noninvasive sensor equipment. How close are we really to having any of
this working? What even more magical techniques can we expect to
see? |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Kenneth B. Chiacchia (moderator) |
| Juanita Coulson |
| William H. Keith, Jr. |
| Robert Nansel |
|
| Registration area: Autographing Session: William Tenn and James
Morrow |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
11:15:00 AM |
| James Morrow |
| William Tenn |
|
| Reading
room: Sarah Zettel
Storytelling Concert |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Sarah Zettel |
| 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: The Changing Face of Hard SF |
| With the
increasing popularity of writers such as Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod, Vernor
Vinge, and Greg Egan, traditional rocketship stories are being crowded out
by far-future societies and technology that's indistinguishable from
magic. Where did this trend start, and where is it going? |
| Start: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Grant Carrington |
| David G. Hartwell (moderator) |
| Charles Oberndorf |
| Robert J. Sawyer |
| Sarah Zettel |
|
| New
Jersey Room: The Breath of
the Dragon, the Stink of the Crowd: Details in Medievaloid
Fantasy |
| What kind
of realism are we not getting in medievaloid fantasies, and do we really
want it? |
| Start: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 1:00:00
PM |
| C. Dale Brittain |
| Susan Dexter (moderator) |
| Alexis Gilliland |
| Wen Spencer |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: Robert J. Sawyer and Bud
Sparhawk |
| Start: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Robert J. Sawyer |
| Bud Sparhawk |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Sandra Lee
Gould |
| Start: 7/21/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01
12:30:00 PM |
| Sandra Lee Gould |
| 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Robin Wood Slideshow |
| Start: 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 2:00:00
PM |
| Robin Wood |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Jeeves and
Wooster and Wimsey and Bunter: The Butler Fiction of Sayers and
Wodehouse |
| The novels
of P. G. Wodehouse and Dorothy Sayers are among the favorites of many SF
fans. Is there any particular reason, or do we just have butler envy? What
influence have these books had on the genre? |
| Start: 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 2:00:00
PM |
| Hal Clement |
| Brenda Clough (moderator) |
| Kathryn Morrow |
| Linn Prentis |
|
| Registration area: Autographing Session: Phyllis Gotlieb and Paul
Levinson |
| Start: 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 1:15:00
PM |
| Phyllis Gotlieb |
| Paul Levinson |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Merav Hoffman |
| Start: 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 2:00:00
PM |
| Merav Hoffman |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Grant
Carrington |
| Start: 7/21/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 1:30:00
PM |
| Grant Carrington |
| 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
| Art
Show: Cartooning with
Alexis Gilliland |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 3:00:00
PM |
| Alexis Gilliland |
|
| Delaware Room: Psychohistory: Fact or Fiction? |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 3:00:00
PM |
| Joe Busche |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Igor: Victim
or Codependent Enabler? |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 3:00:00
PM |
| Brenda Clough |
| Mary Soon Lee |
| James Morrow |
| Robert Nansel (moderator) |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: Hal Clement and Paul Levinson |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 3:00:00
PM |
| Hal Clement |
| Paul Levinson |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: On the Mark |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 3:00:00
PM |
| On the Mark |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Wen
Spencer |
| Start: 7/21/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 2:30:00
PM |
| Wen Spencer |
| 7/21/01
3:00:00 PM |
| Art
Show: Amber Working Demo
with Nancy Janda |
| Start: 7/21/01
3:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:00:00
PM |
| Nancy Janda |
|
| Delaware Room: Guest of Honor Speech |
| Start: 7/21/01
3:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 4:00:00
PM |
| David G. Hartwell |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Dan and Melissa Glasser |
| Start: 7/21/01
3:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 4:00:00
PM |
| Dan Glasser |
| Melissa Glasser |
| 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Current Trends in AI |
| A
discussion of recent advances in artifical intelligence, and how well SF
is (or isn't) keeping up with the field. |
| Start: 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:00:00
PM |
| Paul Levinson |
| Andrew Moore (moderator) |
| James Morrow |
| Robert J. Sawyer |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Writing
Speculative Poetry |
| How is
speculative poetry different from the poetry you hear at your local coffee
house (or wherever they read it)? Are there ways to use poetry to explore
science fiction tropes that are not available in the standard prose
forms? |
| Start: 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:00:00
PM |
| Carolyn Clink |
| Phyllis Gotlieb |
| Robert Nansel (moderator) |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: Sarah Zettel and Sandra Lee
Gould |
| Start: 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:00:00
PM |
| Sandra Lee Gould |
| Sarah Zettel |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Juanita Coulson |
| Start: 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:00:00
PM |
| Juanita Coulson |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Kathleen
Dalton-Woodbury |
| Start: 7/21/01
4:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 4:30:00
PM |
| Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury |
| 7/21/01
5:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Torah! Torah! Torah! ...Judaism in SF |
| How
Judaism has been reflected through the years in sf literature, media, and
fandom. |
| Start: 7/21/01
5:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 6:00:00
PM |
| Phyllis Gotlieb |
| Shoshana Kaminsky (moderator) |
| Fruma Klass |
| Robert Nansel |
| William Tenn |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Joe Giacoio |
| Start: 7/21/01
5:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 6:00:00
PM |
| Joe Giacoio |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: C. Dale
Brittain |
| Start: 7/21/01
5:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 5:30:00
PM |
| C. Dale Brittain |
| 7/21/01
6:00:00 PM |
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Pete Grubbs |
| Start: 7/21/01
6:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 7:00:00
PM |
| Pete Grubbs |
| 7/21/01
8:00:00 PM |
| Maryland Room: Reading: William Tenn |
| Start: 7/21/01
8:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01 9:00:00
PM |
| William Tenn |
| 7/21/01
10:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Featured Filk Concert: Heather Rose-Jones |
| Start: 7/21/01
10:00:00 PM |
End: 7/21/01
11:00:00 PM |
| Heather Rose-Jones |
| 7/21/01
11:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Open Filk (until whenever) |
| Start: 7/21/01
11:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 1:00:00
AM |
| Randy Hoffman |
| Sunday |
| 7/22/01
10:00:00 AM |
| Delaware Room: Good Short SF |
| Where can
you find it today? Fandom brags that this genre still supports multiple
magazines, a lively marketplace for the story writer. Do the statistics
support this image? Are things changing? Are the on-line magazines
beginning to challenge the traditional print markets? |
| Start: 7/22/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/21/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Tobias Buckell |
| David G. Hartwell (moderator) |
| Mary Soon Lee |
| Bud Sparhawk |
| Diane Turnshek |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Icelandic
Sagas and Eddas |
| Start: 7/22/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Timons Esaias |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: James Morrow and Brenda Clough |
| Start: 7/22/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Brenda Clough |
| James Morrow |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Paul
Levinson |
| Start: 7/22/01
10:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
10:30:00 AM |
| Paul Levinson |
| 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
| Delaware Room: Print-on-Demand Publishing |
| Print-On-Demand is finally becoming a reality. How is this going to
affect the midlist, the bestsellers, and the publishing process? Will it
ever become more than a curiosity, or can it attain a meaningful market
share? |
| Start: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
| C. Dale Brittain |
| Kathryn E. Cramer |
| Susan Dexter (moderator) |
| Linn Prentis |
|
| New
Jersey Room: Poetry
Round-Robin |
| Start: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Timons Esaias (moderator) |
|
| Registration area: Autographing Session: Robert Sawyer and Hal
Clement |
| Start: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
11:15:00 AM |
| Hal Clement |
| Robert J. Sawyer |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Bud
Sparhawk |
| A reading
of "Sam Boone's Super Fantastic, Intragalactic, Ass-Kicking,
Body-Slammin', Foot-Stomping Rassling Extravaganza" |
| Start: 7/22/01
11:00:00 AM |
End: 7/22/01
12:30:00 PM |
| Bud Sparhawk |
| 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Coming Soon to PA: Worldcon Propaganda |
| Why should
you go to Worldcon? What to expect from worldcon, and how to get the most
out of it. |
| Start: 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Jim Mann |
| Laurie Mann |
|
| Kaffeeklatsch room: Kaffeeklatsch: Ramona Louise Wheeler and Wen
Spencer |
| Start: 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Wen Spencer |
|
| Maryland Room: Filk Concert: Bob Esty |
| Start: 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 1:00:00
PM |
| Bob Esty |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Fruma
Klass |
| Start: 7/22/01
12:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01
12:30:00 PM |
| Fruma Klass |
| 7/22/01
1:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: Reviewers, Critics, and Quote Whores |
| A
discussion of the discussion of books. |
| Start: 7/22/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 2:00:00
PM |
| Tobias Buckell |
| Kathryn E. Cramer |
| Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury |
| Kathryn Morrow (moderator) |
|
| Reading
room: Reading: Robert
Nansel |
| Start: 7/22/01
1:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 1:30:00
AM |
| Robert Nansel |
| 7/22/01
2:00:00 PM |
| Delaware Room: William Tenn speaks: Campbell and
Contemporaries |
| William
Tenn discusses his experiences with John W. Campbell and other figures of
the Campbell era |
| Start: 7/22/01
2:00:00 PM |
End: 7/22/01 3:00:00
PM |
| William Tenn |