ConFrancisco 1993 Sunday Schedule

Thursday* * Friday* * Saturday* * Sunday* * Monday

7:00 AM
    Music Programming Closed for Cleaning         A FRAN
    Filking rooms (Franciscan, Commonwealth & City) closed for cleaning.  (2
    hrs)
8:00 AM
364 Open Filking         A CITY
     (7 hrs)
9:00 AM
    Open Gaming Continues (24 hours/day)     P DAVI
    Child Care Opens          P BARC1
    Batman the Movie (Adam West)        N GREY
    Beast From 20,000 Fathoms           N GRAN23
    Bubble Gum Crisis #7 & #8           N PINK
365 Tai Chi (Session III)          A METR3
    -- Steve Barnes
366 BoaF: Friends of Bill W.       N WHITE2
10:00 AM
367 Northern California in SF/F         M 110
    The where and why of using real world locations in speculative fiction,
with
    examples drawn from the world right outside the convention's doors.
    -- David Bratman (m), Don Herron, Pat Murphy, Diana L Paxson
368 Virtual World Building         M 111
    We all know (or think we know) what virtual reality will "look" like. What
    must designers and programmers take into consideration to make VR real?
    -- Ari J Hollander (m), Rudy Rucker, Bob Webber
369 Dozens of Good Ideas: Dream Anthologies       M 112
    Putting together theme anthologies: what anthologies can we only dream of?
    -- Ellen Datlow (m), Dean Wesley Smith, Brad Templeton, Toni Weisskopf
370 Horses: Behavior, Bangles and Breeds     M 113
    A panel for artists, writers and costumers on breeds, equine behavior,
tack
    and riding gear.
    -- Shelley Monson (m), Jennifer Roberson, Melinda Snodgrass, Janny Wurts
371 Writing with a Purpose         M 120
    How does one write from a background/agenda without writing a tract?
    -- Sheila Finch (m), Scott E Green, Alexander Jablokov, Amy Wolf
372 The Fixer-Upper Future         M 121
    Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Toxic Cleanup. Restoration
    technology.
    -- Gail S Abend, Gerald D Nordley (m), Paul Preuss, Vernor Vinge
373 Smoke-Filled Back Room         M 123
    Our Honored Guest jan howard finder presents a shadow cabinet as a
    presidential "candidate" who is pro-space. WOMBAT For President!  (2 hrs)
    -- Arlan Andrews, Ben Bova, jan howard finder (m), Steve Gillett, Mike
  Glyer, Hugh S Gregory, Bradford Lyau, Richard Lynch, Charles Sheffield
374 Cloning Dinosaurs: Fact & Fiction        M 130
    This presentation will show how scientists would really have to do it,
    including exciting state-of-the-art techniques notmentioned in the book
or
    movie.
    -- Joan Slonczewski
375 Anime: Love It or Hate It           M 131
    Why people either love or hate "Japanimation."
    -- Roe R Adams III, Stephen Hickman, Lawrence Alden Lewis, Craig Miller
(m),
  Frederick Patten
376 What a Beginning Writer Needs to Know         M 132
    Basic grammar, manuscript preparation, query letters, agent/transam,
secret
    incantations...
    -- Robert Chilson, Nicholas A DiChario, L Warren Douglas (m), Paula E
  Downing, Laura Anne Gilman
377 AIDS Benefit Auction           M 134
    David Gerrold, Auctioneer
378 Freddie Baer Collage Workshop       M 135A
    Art workshop (3 hrs)
    -- Freddie Baer
379 S M Stirling, Hal Clement, Martha Wells       M AUTO
    Autograph session.
380 M Brenneis, R Feist            A METR12
    Roundtable discussion with authors and others. Sign up at Information.  (2
    hrs)
381 Aerobics III         A METR3
    -- John Douglass
382 BoaF: Church of all Worlds/Live The Dream     N WHITE
    The Church of All Worlds and Live the Dream are two associated groups
which
    were inspired by Heinlein. (2 hrs)
383 ASFA Meeting         A FRAN
     (2 hrs)
10:30 AM
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters      N GRAN23
10:50 AM
    Urusei Yatsura Movie #3        N PINK
11:00 AM
    Batman (New)         N GREY
384 Gutless Publishing        M 110
    The recession has had an adverse effect on publishing: cutting titles,
    publishing low-risk sequels and series novels. Where is this heading? Will
    it doom SF/F?
    -- Tom Doherty, Betsy Mitchell, Dean Wesley Smith (m), Mark V Ziesing
385 The Holocaust in F & SF        M 111
    Does SF/F serve as a useful forum to discuss the Holocaust?
    -- Eve Ackerman (m), Esther M Friesner, Lisa Goldstein, David M Honigsberg
386 Disabled Characters in SF/F         M 112
    What if technology and magic can't "fix" everything (or if people don't
want
    to be fixed); how do we then deal with the effects of disabilities in the
    future or in a magical universe.
    -- Joseph Lazzaro, Edmund R Meskys, Andi Shechter (m), Guy W Thomas
387 Plague, Vampires and AIDS           M 120
    Are the increasing number of stories about future plagues and vampires
    related to the AIDS crisis?
    -- Barbara Hambly, Perrianne Lurie (m), Frank M Robinson, Elizabeth Ann
  Scarborough
388 Star Trek: Early Fandom        M 121
    Don't call them "Trekkies." History and anecdotes of the early years of a
    major fannish subculture.
    -- Devra M Langsam, Jacqueline Lichtenberg (m), Ben Yalow
389 Help! The Universal Translator Just Broke     M 124
    If and when we encounter an alien race, will we sing, gesture, paint
    pictures, use scientific symbols to communicate?
    -- Frank Catalano, Geary Gravel, Ari J Hollander, Craig M Jackson, Lyn
Paleo
  (m)
390 Smart Drugs          M 130
    What do we want, what are we getting? This lecture describes of some of
    these compounds, the diseases they target, FDA requirements, and how the
    pharmaceutical industry is attempting to market them.
    -- George Flentke
391 Moral Issues for the Near Term      M 132
    What are the moral choices the human race (or any nontrivial part of it)
    faces over the next quarter century? What makes those choices "moral
    choices"? What impact will those choices have on the fortunes of the human
    race?
    -- Nancy Etchemendy (m), Terry Garey, Dean Ing, Tappan King, Jon Singer
392 In Celebration of Larry Niven       M 133
    A combination roast and toast to one of our most influential living
writers,
    from some of his friends and collaborators.
    -- Steve Barnes (m), Michael F Flynn, John Hertz, Donald Kingsbury, Dr.
  Jerry E Pournelle
393 Rockets on a Kite String [YP]       P DANTE
    Balloons, those cardboard tubes again, string across the room & we're off!
    (2 hrs)
394 Costume Headdresses [YP]       P MEDI
    Headdresses, crowns and other neat things to go to your head.
     (2 hrs)
395 Reading by Teresa Edgerton          M 135C
396 Is There a Formula to Winning Costumes?       M 135B
    Are some themes and subjects more likely to impress the judges than
others?
    Or are "magic formulas" merely to help bring order to an irrational world
    (i.e., one in which your wonderful costume didn't win a prize).
    -- Aimee Hartlove, Leslie Johnston, Pierre E Pettinger Jr (m), Victoria
  Ridenour
397 Always Returning to Always Coming Home        M 135D
    A discussion of a complex and quietly controversial work of recent Science
    Fiction, its unusual structure, and its perspectives on people,
environment,
    technology and culture.
    -- David Bratman, Jeanne Gomoll, Janet Lafler (m), Debbie Notkin
398 Catherine Crook de Camp, L Sprague de Camp, Gentry Lee  M AUTO
    Autograph session.
399 Shotokan             A METR3
    -- Keith G Kato
400 BoaF: Runners Delight          M HOWARD
    See Thursday, 3:00 PM.
12 Noon
    Valley of the Gwangi           N GRAN23
401 Writing in Licensed Universes       M 110
    Creative cooperation and coping with a universe you didn't design.
Questions
    of ultimate rights and power, and the effect of these issues on
creativity.
    -- David Drake, George R R Martin, Sasha Miller (m), Elisabeth Waters
402 Escaping the Celtic Twilight Zone        M 111
    How to do a better job of mining other cultures and avoid the Fantasy
    Culture of the Month syndrome.
    -- George Alec Effinger, Guy Gavriel Kay, Holly Lisle (m), S. P. Somtow,
  Dirk van der Elst
403 Creating Your Character, Becoming Your Role        M 112
    Comparison of character-creation process used by costumers, writers,
gamers,
    artists, actors and others.
    -- Aaron Allston, Hilary Ayer (m), Sandra G Pettinger, Carrie Richerson,
  Jennifer Roberson
404 Wake For Roger Weddall         M 113
    Last year's energetic, unstoppable DUFF winner charmed us all. Friends
meet
    to toast (and roast) his memory.
    -- Andy Hooper, Richard Lynch, Art Widner
405 So You Want To Be a Computer Game Designer    M 121
    When creativity and software collide.
    -- Corey Cole, Lori Ann Cole (m), Carolly Hauksdottir
406 How to Buy SF and Fantasy Art       M 123
    For years, people on this panel have told you to Buy What You Like. We
will
    now, carefully, explore what constitutes a quality work of art.
    -- Allison Hershey, Margaret Organ-Kean (m), Peggy Ranson, Diana Harlan
  Stein
407 Inventing Languages for Fiction          M 124
    Do you have to invent an entire alien language to be realistic, or will a
    few words do?
    -- Suzette Haden Elgin, Jane Frank (m), Stanley Schmidt, Don Simpson,
  Timothy L Smith
408 "My Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands"        M 131
    Mark Twain was famous notonly for his writing, but for his tour on the
    lecture circuit. Come see him give his most popular speech "in the flesh."
    (2 hrs)
409 Saturday Morning Cartoons: Rights vs. Reality      M 132
    A discussion of all the aspects of cartoons on TV, including violence and
    censorship.
    -- Craig Miller (m), J. Michael Straczynski, Len Wein
410 Peace, Love and Posters        M 133
    Art of the 60's, then and now.
    -- Alicia Austin, Roger Dean, Frank Kelly Freas, Luise Perenne (m),
William
  Rotsler
411 Rings of Saturn [YP]           P MICH
    Learn more about this facinating and lovely planet from Mark Bourne of the
    Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
412 Reading by Carol Severance          M 135C
413 When Ugly & Beautiful Collide       M 135B
    Aesthetics of the future: If beauty becomes cheap and easy, how far can we
    go with ugliness? With our own images as an artistic drawing board, what
do
    we do next?
    -- Patricia Davis, Alexander Jablokov, Dana MacDermott (m), John Shirley
414 Esperanto, World Bridge Builder          M 135D
    Esperanto, from A to Z. Learn about the genesis and evolution of this
    "universal" language.
    -- Forrest J Ackerman, Harry Harrison (m), David Wolff
415 David Brin, Diana L Paxson, Michael Whelan    M AUTO
    Autograph session.
416 BoaF: Star Trek Wellcommittee       N WHITE
    Star Trek Wellcommittee members meet & discuss STW policy. All Star Trek
    fans are welcome.
417 WSFS Meeting         A FRAN
    Submitted business will be debated and the winner of the 1996 Worldcon
Site
    Selection will be formally announced.  (2 hrs)
12:39 AM
    Doomed Megalopolus #1          N PINK
1:00 PM
418 I Robot, You OK?          M 110
    Jobs are being lost to robot arms and computer technology faster than new
    ones are being created by it. Can machines take all our jobs? What will we
    do for a living?
    -- Kevin J Anderson, Greg Bear, Janet Catherine Johnston (m)
419 Where do You Start With Art?        M 111
    How do you begin the path from concept to finished work?
    -- Robert Alexander (m), Beckett Gladney,  Jael, Christine Markel, Diana
  Harlan Stein
420 When Genres Collide            M 112
    Combining two genres in one book is a lot of work and may make some of
your
    fans unhappy. Why do it? Are there any tricks to make it easier or better?
    -- James P. Killus, Donald Maass, Julian May, Charles Sheffield (m),
Chelsea
  Quinn Yarbro
421 Tokenism in SF/F          M 113
    How to tell the difference between tokenism and real diversity in fiction.
    -- Michael F Flynn, Althea McMurrian (m), Cynthia McQuillin, Deborah
Wheeler
422 Evolving Visions of the Future      M 120
    What do our visions of the future tell us about ourselves today?
    -- Gerri Balter, James Brunet, David Joiner (m), Robert Silverberg,
Cynthia
  Ward
423 Art as a Business         M 121
    Business practices for the artist.
    -- Armand Cabrera, Jane Frank (m), Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Lawrence
Alden
  Lewis
424 In Memoriam: Fritz Leiber           M 123
    Bring your memories of Fritz or his writing to share.  (2 hrs)
    -- Charles N Brown, Heather Gladney, Don Herron
425 New Ethnography of Science Fiction Fandom     M 124
    The Hugo nominated author of "Television, Fandom, And The Creation Of
    Popular Myth" talks about her latest research into fandom and the
    publishing, tourism and computer industries, and interviews audience
    participants.
    -- Camille Bacon-Smith
426 Molecular Manufacturing        M 130
    Today's manufacturing methods arrange atoms statistically, without control
    over the placement of individual atoms. In the future we will manufacture
    products in which each individual atom is in its proper place.
    -- Ralph C Merkle
427 TAFF DUFF Auction II           M 134
    Buy Neat Stuff! Help finance an international fannish exchange!  (2 hrs)
428 Make Light With Jello [YP]          P DANTE
    Would you believe you can make a lens or prism from jello?  Would we kid
    you?
    -- Pat Murphy
429 Building Bridges & Other Things [YP]     P MEDI
    Workshop for children 8 and up (including interested adults). (2 hrs)
430 Reading by Michaela Roessner        M 135C
431 Costume Designs: Where to Start          M 135B
    What is your inspiration, and how do you identify a genuine muse?
    -- Kayta Barrows (m), Charles Cady, Pierre E Pettinger Jr, Sandra G
  Pettinger, Victoria Ridenour
432 Art You Can Touch: Sculpture and Other Forms       M 135D
    How does the tactile experience of sculpting influence the artists
    relationship with his or her work?
    -- Darlene P. Coltrain, Michelle Lee, Arlin Robins (m), Don Simpson, Ron
  Walotsky
433 Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Kim Stanley Robinson     M AUTO
    Autograph session.
434 Masquerade Post Mortem         M ESPL
    Meet the crew who did the show and the folks responsible for next year's
    event. Tell 'em what they did right and what can be improved. Pick up
    awards, tapes, documentation.
1:20 PM
    Flash           N GREY
1:50 PM
    3 x 3 Eyes Volume 3            N PINk

2:00 PM
    Mysterious Island         N GRAN23
435 Going to the Dentist for a Living        M 110
    Swapping personalities around between bodies is a cliche in SF. How would
    this affect society? Could someone make a living going to the dentist in
    other people's bodies while those people relax somewhere else in rental
    bodies?
    -- Pat Cadigan, Jack L Chalker, George Alec Effinger, David Gerrold (m),
  Laurence M Janifer
436 Where's the Beef...Cake?       M 111
    Why aren't there more male nudes in SF/F art?
    -- Ginjer Buchanan, Paul S Clift, Claire Eddy, William Rotsler, Michael
  Whelan (m)
437 Getting Around the Solar System          M 112
    What will life be like when we're notconfined to Terra?
    -- Jim Baen, Suzanne Casement, William S Higgins, Gentry Lee, Jonathan V.
  Post (m)
438 Limitations of Different Media      M 113
    How is a story told in one medium (art, comix, novel, hypertext, play,
etc.)
    is different than the same story told in another one.
    -- Stephen Goldin, Sherry Gottlieb (m), Douglas Herring, Steve Leialoha
439 Transgender Costuming          M 120
    How do you clothe yourself as a being of another sex? How do you learn to
    move and talk "right"? Where do you buy shoes?
    -- Kayta Barrows, Adrian Butterfield, P G Cwick (m), Kevin P Roche,
Jennifer
  G Tifft
440 Expanding Minds/Teaching SF/F       M 121
    The ways and values of teaching SF/F, from elementary school through
    graduate level college work. Can SF/F be used to teach other subjects?
    -- Charles K Bradley, John L Flynn, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Betty Lane
441 Has Star Trek "Sold Out"?           M 124
    Has Star Trek betrayed and/or forgotten the qualities (Real SF, Social
    issues) that made it a success?
    -- Gail S Abend (m), Franklin Hummel, Devra M Langsam, Jean Lorrah
442 Future Implications of Cryonics          M 130
    Following the lecture on nanotechnology, this panel discusses the
    controversial topic of cryonics from viewpoints pro, con, and in the
middle.
    -- George Flentke (m), Joe Haldeman, Ralph C Merkle, Charles Sheffield
443 Larry Niven: Honored Guest Speech        M 131
     (2 hrs)
    -- Larry Niven
444 The Fannish Inquistion: WorldCon '94, '95, '96     M 132
    Representatives of Conadian, Intersection, and the 1996 winning bid
discuss
    their plans for three years of wonderful WorldCons. (2 hrs)
445 Dinotopia Presentation         M 133
    Slide show on the Hugo-nominated book.
    -- James Gurney
446 Drawing Heads and Hands        M 135A
    For artists, costumers, costumers and others who want to overcome their
fear
    of faces and fingers. (3 hrs)
    -- Luise Perenne
447 Reading by Maureen McHugh           M 135C
448 "That's notArt!"         M 135B
    What is "legitimate" artwork? Can craft be art? Are some subjects more
    acceptable than others? What about borrowed themes, characters, and icons?
    -- Beth Avary, John D Berry, Darlene P. Coltrain, David B Mattingly (m),
  Shea Anton Pensa
449 Forrest J Ackerman, Glen Cook, Jack Williamson     M AUTO
    Autograph session.
450 Regency Afternoon Tea Dance         A METR12
    Our dancing master John Hertz takes you back in time to the elegant period
    of the late 18th and early 19th century. Period costume is encouraged, but
    notrequired. (3 hrs)
451 BoaF: Starfleet Region 4       N WHITE
    Hosted by Region 4, for Starfleet members to formally meet, and for
    interested Star Trek fans to learn about Starfleet.
2:30 PM
    Orange Road #2 & #3            N PINK
3:00 PM
    Superman             N GREY
452 Are All Creative Arts the Same?          M 110
    Computer and paper game designers, playwriters and screenwriters, authors
    and artists: what's the same and what's different about their creative
    lives.
    -- Greg Costikyan, Shira Daemon, Raymond Feist, Dale Hoover, Janny Wurts
(m)
453 The Future of Interactive Entertainment       M 111
    Where are computer games going?  What about virtual reality? When will
Dream
    Park be a reality? What is after that?
    -- Russell B Dawe, Keith Henson, Michael J McLaughlin, Brian Moriarty,
  Michael J Ward (m)
454 Editing Fiction           M 112
    How to read like an editor.
    -- Gardner Dozois, John Jarrold, Beth Meacham (m), Toni Weisskopf
455 Time Bind-its: Young Turks Look in the Mirror...   M 113
    ...and see Old Pharts. Through fanzines, future old pharts connect with
one-
    time young turks. Radical fannish nostalgia.
    -- Andy Hooper, Peter Larsen (m), George (Lan) Laskowski, Nicki Lynch, Art
  Widner
456 Why Speculative and Fantasy Art?         M 120
    With so many subjects in the "real" world, why do artists choose the
future,
    the strange, the fantastic, the wondrous, the weird?
    -- Bob Eggleton, Beckett Gladney, Don Maitz, Barclay Shaw, Michael Whelan
  (m)
457 Good Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Readers      M 121
    Are the standards different when the readers are young? What would YOU put
    on a recommended list?
    -- Charles Cady, Mary J Caraker, Marian Huntsman Gibbons (m), Rick Wilber
458 The Past Seen Through Fictional Eyes     M 124
    How historical fictions (including alternate history ones) really reflect
    present day concerns.
    -- Stu Shiffman, Susan Shwartz (m), S M Stirling, Harry Turtledove,
William
  F Wu
459 Contact Pacific           M 133
    Alien design teams from US/UK meet alien design team from Japan for first
    contact between the inhabitants of Alpha Centauri & those of Epsilon Indi.
    -- Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Greg Barr, David A. Boulton, Paula
Butler
  (m), Randall M Clague, Craig M Jackson, Hideyo Ogino, Masamichi Osako
  (m), Masaya Sakamoto, Motoko Takebayashi, Mitsuhiro Toma
460 Clarion-West Auction           M 134
    For Clarion West science fiction writing program. (2 hrs)
461 What Will Life Be Like for Kids in Space? [YP]     P MICH
    What do YOU think life will be like on a space station, or a colony on the
    Moon or Mars?  What about a space ship to Alpha Centauri?
    -- Gerald D Nordley
462 Reading by Mary H Rosenblum         M 135C
463 Melanie Rawn, Stanley Schmidt, Vernor Vinge        M AUTO
    Autograph session.
464 Dave Clement Does Stan Rogers       A CITY
465 Music From Assorted TV Shows and Movies       A FRAN
    -- Gary Ehrlich, Spencer Love, Jane Mailander, Kathy Mar, Gary McGath,
Linda
  Melnick, Roberta Rogow, Acacia Sears, Jean L Stevenson
3:50 PM
    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth      N GRAN23
4:00 PM
466 Taboos of Science Fiction & Fantasy      M 110
    What sort of topics are never seen in SF/F? What kinds of characters and
    relationships are never portrayed. What can, or should, the SF/F community
    do about these taboos?
    -- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Laurence M Janifer, Bridget McKenna (m), Pat
Murphy,
  Eleanor Wood
467 How to Talk to Those Game People         M 111
    What are those gamers doing? Why are they yelling like that? Is it as
weird
    as it looks?
    -- Aaron Allston, Rembert N Parker, Steve Perrin
468 Law for Future Societies       M 112
    Cops, courts, & constitutions-- how will we govern ourselves in the
future?
    -- Paula E Downing, Rick Foss, Alys Hay, Rick Katze, Melinda Snodgrass (m)
469 Tinkerbell in the Big Apple         M 120
    Contemporary Fantasy: How do you sustain the fantasy element when your
    setting is the mundane world?
    -- Lisa Goldstein, Robert Mark Shepherd, Martha Soukup (m), William F Wu
470 Getting Away with ...          M 121
    ...using humor to make social statements, insult other forms of
literature,
    make snide remarks about public figures.
    -- John DeChancie (m), Esther M Friesner, Terry Pratchett, Connie Willis
471 Mark Twain as a Character in Science Fiction       M 124
    Twain has been a major character in many SF/F stories. Why? What are the
    advantages and disadvantages of using a well-known person in fiction?
    -- Mark Twain, Jody Lynn Nye, Hayford Peirce, Bruce Holland Rogers (m)
472 Tachyons as Neutrinos          M 130
    Is it possible the electron neutrino is a tachyon? What would be the
    implications of such a discovery? Tachyons and their relation to FTL
    communication, causality, space drives, and black holes.
    -- John G Cramer
473 Can a Realistic Future Society be Portrayed?       M 131
    Can future projections avoid the LeGuin ("Always Coming Home")-Wells
    ("Things to Come") axis of ultimate provinciality to ultimate conformity?
    --  Ctein, Janet Kagan, David M Kushner, Kim Stanley Robinson, Edie Stern
  (m)
474 Tell a Story  [YP]        P MICH
    Tell or read a story to younger kids.
475 Reading by Bradley Denton           M 135C
476 Maureen F McHugh, Len Wein          M AUTO
    Autograph session.
477 Chesley Awards            A METR3
    ASFA Awards Presentation (2 hrs)
478 BoaF: Klingon Assault Group         N WHITE
    Everything you always wanted to know about Klingons, but were afraid to
ask.
4:30 PM
    Robotech Perfect Macross       N PINK
5:00 PM
479 How Hard Can It Be to Start a Game Company?        M 111
    Panel by people who know.
    -- Corey Cole (m), Greg Costikyan, Noah Falstein, Paul Kidd
480 Children in SF/F          M 120
    How real are children in SF/F? Does the presentation of childhood differ
in
    literature written for children, young adults, and "Gr'ups"?
    -- Ben Bova, Bob Klaehn (m), Marti McKenna, Martha Wells
481 Two Cultures/Two Genders --An Analogy         M 123
    Studies show that men and women have different communications styles,
    although they use the same words. Do members of the 'Two Cultures'
(science
    and the humanities) have analogous problems? If so, how can we learn to
    understand each other?
    --  Ctein (m), Shariann Lewitt, Kate Elliott, Joan Slonczewski
482 Fannish Demographics           M 124
    The Worldcon is a small town that exists for five days in a different
    location every year. Who lives in that town? How does it work? Is fandom
    becoming more diverse, or less?
    -- Jack C Haldeman II, George (Lan) Laskowski (m), Mary Mason, Mark L
Olson,
  Leah Zeldes Smith
483 Fixing the Ozone Hole          M 130
    The proposals are vast, expensive and daring and have political economic
and
    ideological issues as well.
    -- Jim Benford
484 Reader's Theatre: A Play by S.P. Somtow       M 132
    The Asian American Festival Theater presents a readers' theater preview of
    an exciting new work by S.P. Somtow. (2 hrs)
485 Reading by K. W. Jeter         M 135C
486 Steve Barnes, Mary J Caraker, Eileen Gunn     M AUTO
    Autograph session.
487 CONTACT/COTI: Expedition to the Stars         P RAPH
    The human team considers the kinds of exploration and experimentation they
    will do when they reach their destination. They examine the ethics of
    meeting new cultures and races. (2 hrs)
    -- Greg Bear, Dirk van der Elst, Israel Zuckerman
488 CONTACT/COTI: An Alien Culture      P RUBE
    The alien team establishes behavior, culture and language appropriate to
the
    creature and its environment for their organisms. (2 hrs)
    -- David Brin, Dirk van der Elst, Israel Zuckerman
489 Heather Rose Jones in Concert       A CITY
490 Filk Publishing           A COMM
    The ins and outs of publishing tapes, CD's, songbooks, and other music
    related goodies.
    -- Jordin Kare, Bob Laurent, Gretchen Van Dorn, Rick Weiss, Leonard N
  Zubkoff
491 Music From the Worlds of Mixed Media     A FRAN
    One hour of the LA Filkharmonics.
5:30 PM
    Batman Returns            N GREY
    Rodan           N GRAN23
6:00 PM
492 Cartoonists Jam           M 120
    Several cartoonists, lots of paper!
    -- Phil Foglio, Alexis A Gilliland, Teddy Harvia, William Rotsler (m)
493 Faerie Tales: Alternative Sexuality Themes in SF/F      M 121
    How well does SF/F serve as a forum for exploring "alternate" sexual
    interests, both real and imaginary?
    -- Andy Hooper (m), Maureen F McHugh, Melissa Scott
494 Hear the Symbols Clash!        M 123
    Are we literate enough to use symbolism deliberately? When is it
dangerous?
    Who has final word on symbolism?
    -- Michael Blumlein, P C Hodgell, Tappan King, Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Mary
  A Turzillo (m)
495 Star Trek: Federation Science       M 133
    A behind-the-scenes tour of the nationally traveling, interactive science
    exhibit that will open at the Academy of Science in San Francisco in
    February. Slides, video clips, anecdotes, and an insider's view of how the
    Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
    -- Mark Bourne
496 Reading by Tara Harper         M 135C
497 Media Costuming: How Do I Make It?       M 135B
    Information, tricks and tips from the experts.
    -- Paula Crist-Pickett, Brian Mix
498 Open Filking         A CITY
     (3 hrs)
499 Music From the Worlds of C J Cherryh     A FRAN
    -- Heather Alexander, Leslie Fish, Kathy Mar, Cynthia McQuillin
6:30 PM
    Robotech Perfect Southern Cross          N PINK
7:00 PM
    Dark Star            N GRAN23
500 One Shot Performances --New Material Only     A FRAN
7:45 PM
    Warner Pilot         N GREY
8:00 PM
501 Gold Rush Victorian Ball       A METRO
    Travel back to San Francisco's Victorian heyday as our dancing master
Kevin
    Hay leads us in waltzes, polkas, quadrilles and other dances of the time.
    Frock coats, hoops, and bustles are encouraged, but notrequired.
Beginners
    are welcome. (4 hrs)
502 Hugo (and Other) Awards Ceremony         M ESPL
    Guy Gavriel Kay is Toastmaster for the show which also "Celebrates 40
Years
    of the Hugos." (3 hrs)
8:30 PM
    Robotech Perfect Mospeada           N PINK
9:00 PM
503 Roll-Your-Own Filking          A CITY
    Whatever style audience and performers agree on. (10 hrs)
504 Bardic Circle Filking          A COMM
    Everyone gets a turn to pick, play, or pass. (10 hrs)
505 Chaos Filk           A FRAN
    Unmoderated, jump in with a follower, midwestern style filk singing. (10
    hrs)
9:15 PM
506 Dracula (1931)            N GRAN23
10:30 PM
    Riding Bean          N PINK
11:00 PM
507 The Hugo Award Winner          N GRAN23
11:15 PM
    Dirty Pair           N PINK
2:00 AM
    Child Care Closes         P BARC1

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