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Thursday
12:00 pm
Literary - Evolution of Comics Style - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: R. Meyers
D. Kosinski, S. Saffel, J. Schwartz, L. Wein
Film - Zardoz (1974) - Regency Ballroom C/D
1:00 pm
Science - Another Martian Odyssey: Return to the World of Stanley G. Weinbaum
- Columbus Hall K/L
H. Clement
Weinbaum's story of a lost astronaut encountering strange Martians is
an SF classic. What was his Mars like, and how has our new knowledge
of the planet changed the picture?
1:45 pm
Film - The Invisible Man (1933) - Regency Ballroom C/D
2:00 pm
Science - Smart Robots From Dumb Parts: Applying Subsumption Architectures -
Columbus Hall K/L
D. Doughty
A new approach to robot design builds complex, fairly smart behavior
from layers of fairly dumb processors. Don Doughty demonstrates robot
hardware using this principle and explains practical applications.
3:00 pm
Science - Solar Power for the Lunar Night - Columbus Hall K/L
G. Landis
Solar power is great, but where do you get electricity at night on the
Moon, where the Sun doesn't rise for 14 days?
Science - Physics Demonstrations for the Irregular Teacher - Columbus Hall
C/D
P. Insley
Peter Insley reaches into his bag of tricks to demonstrate how we
teach physics in Chicago. DO try this at home!
Art - Acrylic Painting - Water Tower
A. Cabrera, D. Cherry
Art - Lecture: Printing Techniques - Buckingham
I. Neilson
- Opening Ceremonies - Grand Ballroom F
Film - The Man with Two Brains (1983) - Regency Ballroom C/D
4:00 pm
Literary - The Blue Collar Worker in SF - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: J. Eisen
G. Cook, D. Houseman, L. Mixon, R. Reed, G. Wolfe
Science - Boy, Did We Get It Wrong: Great SF Stories Overrun By Science -
Columbus Hall C/D
Moderator: E. Raymond
S. Blom
When you build your fiction around science, you're taking a risk.
Which classic SF tales have become obsolete as new scientific results
appeared? Why are they still worth reading? Which of today's favorite
stories run the risk of obsolescence?
Art - Star Pictures - Gold Coast
Moderator: A. Cabrera
B. Avary, R. Eggleton
Art - Go Away, Kid - Buckingham
Moderator: P. Breeding-Black
D. Cherry, T. Hamilton, M. White
Art - Who Lives in Greenwich and What Are They Up To? - Water Tower
Moderator: R. Meyers
R. Thompkins, D. Usher
Film - Slaughterhouse 5 (1972) - Regency Ballroom A
4:35 pm
Film - Darkman (1990) - Regency Ballroom C/D
5:00 pm
Literary - The Uncut Robert A. Heinlein - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: J. Klein
P. Eisenstein, L. Mangan, P. Nielsen-Hayden, G. Price, V.S.
Trestrail
Science - See You on the Net: Computer Communities Today and Tomorrow - Grand
Ballroom B
Moderator: E. Leeper
C. Dunn, M. Kube-McDowell, R. Sawyer, C. Stoll, C. Von Rospach
Thanks to computer networks, millions now participate in social and
professional exchanges using electronic mail. What effect is this
having on society? What will happen when the Net is available to
almost everybody?
Science - Zeppelins in Science Fiction - Columbus Hall K/L
Moderator: P.J. Farmer
A. Steele, S.M. Stirling, P. Williams
Zeppelins (and other types of airship) seem to hold a special appeal
for SF people. We examine airships of the imagination, from Verne and
Kipling to the present.
Science - The Science in Space Opera - Columbus Hall C/D
Moderator: L. Mc Master Bujold
C. Fields, J. Grimm, D. Kyle, E.b. Shahar, T. Zahn
You love those galaxy-spanning tales of adventure. Here's the
science. The geography of stars, planets, gas clouds; the physics
behind the colossal weapons of superscience; the chemistry and biology
of exotic alien landscapes. And more.
Academic - The New York Review of SF/The Australian SF Review - Grand Ballroom
D - North
Moderator: D. Hartwell
M. Kandel, J. Webb
Art - Demonstration: Button Making - Buckingham
M. Hanson-Roberts
Art - Slide Show: Art of the Cosmos - Gold Coast
B. Avary
Art - Demonstration: Calligraphy - Water Tower
Corinna Taylor
Fan - The First Fandom - Prozine Letter Hacking of the 30's, 40's, and
50's - Columbus Hall E/F
Moderator: W. Tucker
R. Madle, F. Pohl
Filk - What Is This Filk Stuff? - Grand Ballroom E
Moderator: J. Coulson
W. Roper, J. Voros
6:00 pm
Art - Convention Art Shows - Gold Coast
Moderator: J. Hetherington
R. Asplund-Faith, J. Mayhew, I. Neilson
Art - The IRS and the Artist - Buckingham
Moderator: A. Cabrera
T. Harvia, N. Jainschigg
Film - The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - Regency Ballroom A
6:15 pm
Film - The Witches (1990) HUGO NOMINEE - Regency Ballroom C/D
8:00 pm
Film - Star Trek I:The Motion Picture (1979) - Regency Ballroom C/D
8:25 pm
Film - The Navigator (1989) - Regency Ballroom A
9:00 pm
Literary - SF Poetry Workshop - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: M. Rich
J. Dorr, M.J. Dyson, T. McGarry, K. Stein
Literary - Antiwar War Stories - Columbus Hall I/J
Moderator: J. Morrow
M.S. Bell, R. Green, J. Rosenberg, K. Rusch, M. Van Name
Science - My Favorite Science Books: Crosswired Scientists - Columbus Hall
C/D
Moderator: B. Gehm
J. Grimm, K. Meltsner, M. Roberts, M. Sestak
Greetings, scientists. "Crosswired" means we'd like to hear you talk
about science books-- but only books OUTSIDE your own field. Favorite
biology books of astronomers. Favorite physics books of
mathematicians. That sort of thing. Got it? Good.
Science - The Ambivalent Hacker - Columbus Hall K/L
Moderator: J. Thomas
M. Godwin, G. Meyer, C. Stoll
Our fiction offers two images of the hacker: One is a benign wizard
who is hip to a mysterious world closed to ordinary people, who can
quickly get computers to give you what you need. The other meddles,
using arcane knowledge to exploit the vulnerability of your
complicated computer-dependent systems. Why are we fascinated by the
image of the hacker? Why do we have deeply divided feelings about
him?
Fan - Fandom in "Fallen Angels" - Columbus Hall E/F
Moderator: L. Niven
M. Flynn, J. Pournelle
Filk - Hey There, Filker, New In Town? - Gold Coast
Moderator: J. Coulson
J. Voros
10:00 pm
Literary - Real Addiction - Columbus Hall I/J
Moderator: K. Logue
G. Effinger, P. Robinson, A. Shepherd
Science - The Space Program We Should Have Had - Columbus Hall C/D
Moderator: H. Spencer
R. Cesarone, V. Haldeman, K. Randle, J. Strickland, H. Vanderbilt
Americans spent without limit to reach the Moon in eight years; the
Soviets fell behind, tested some lunar hardware, but abandoned the
quest and turned to space stations. Did we take a wrong turn? When?
Could we have had spaceflight superior to Shuttle, Soyuz, and Mir,
without spending much more?
Fan - Fan Artists vs Fan Editors (You did WHAT to my Illo?) - Columbus
Hall E/F
Moderator: D. Stein
M. Cantor, B. Foster, G. Laskowski, M. Ranson
Late Night -Why it's notOkay to Write about Black Magic - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: S. McKee Charnas
R.L. Byers, R. Knaak, R. McCollum, E.b. Shahar
10:15 pm
Film - Tremors (1990) - Regency Ballroom C/D
Film - Futuropolis - Regency Ballroom A
10:30 pm
Filk - The Rise Up Singing Harmony Circle - Gold Coast
Moderator: C. Roper
B. Reidel, J. Shoji, M. Wessels-O'Cain
11:00 pm
Literary - How to Unfairly Judge a Book by Page 117 - Columbus Hall A/B
Moderator: T. Nielsen-Hayden
E. Leeper, L. Mann, K. Massie-Ferch, R. Reed, A. Thomson, C. Von
Rospach
Late Night -Abuse Themes in F&SF - Discussion - Columbus Hall K/L
Moderator: K. Logue
S. Honeck, K. Houghton, M. Kenin, R. Meyers, A. Shepherd, M. Soukup
Literary - Censorship From the Left - Columbus Hall K/L
Moderator: M. Flynn
S. Green, Jack Haldeman, J. Hetherington, J. Lichtenberg, J. Norman
11:45 pm
Film - Zardoz (1974) - Regency Ballroom A
12:00 am
Film - Lair of the White Worm (1988) - Regency Ballroom C/d