Archive Site: Fan, Fanzine and FanHistoriCon

Here are a series of panels about fandom, fanzines and fan history (FanHistoriCon 10.5). Some of the items are in the Fan Lounge, which is Marriott 690.

Fan Panels


     How to Enjoy Your First Convention
       Thu  1:00pm     CC204C
           An introduction to fandom by long-time fans.  Bring your questions,
           they'll have the answers.
                Gay Haldeman
                Rusty Hevelin

     How to Have Fun at a Worldcon Even if You Brought Your Children
       Thu  1:00pm     CC202B
                Lynn Cohen Koehler
                Joni Brill Dashoff
                
     Fannish Inquisition I: Worldcon Bidder Presentations
       Thu  3:00pm     CC201C
                Irv Koch
                Deborah M. Geisler
                Kim Campbell
                Vince Docherty
                Tom Whitmore
                Hiroaki Inoue

     Friends Don't Let Friends Run Worldcons: Worldcon Chairs Discuss Worldcon
       Thu  5:00pm     CC104A
                Anthony R. Lewis
                Tom Veal
                Tom Whitmore

     Docent Tour: Fan Exhibits
       Thu  5:00pm     CC2 Exhibit Fan
                Mike Resnick

     Fantiques Roadshow
       Fri 11:00am     CC2 Exhibit Auc
           Fantiques Roadshow is a participatory activity - all you need to do
           is bring along an item with some sort of SF significance (book, art,
           fannish item or collectible) and see if it's worth anything.  The
           first part of Fantiques Roadshow is an informal appraisal of items at
           tables in the auction area.  The appraisers will select a few items
           to bring up to the front table during the second part of the show.
                Jerry Weist
                Joe Siclari
                Jane Frank
                Rusty Hevelin

     Fan Art Jam
       Fri 12:00 noon  CC2 Exhibit Demo
                Sue Mason
                Brad W. Foster
                Teddy Harvia
                Alexis Gilliland

     So You Want to Start Your Own Convention: Advice from Experienced Conrunners
       Fri  1:00pm     CC201A
                Joe Siclari
                Ann Cecil
                Tom Whitmore
                Eric M. Van

     Con Running 101: Looking at Hotel Contracts
       Fri  4:00pm     CC203B
                Ben Yalow

     Fen Abroad - A Look at Fan Funds
       Fri  4:00pm     CC108A
                Naomi C. Fisher
                Sue Mason
                Janice Gelb
                Victor Gonzalez
                Pat Molloy

     Timothy Liebe's Dead:  Circulating (& Stopping) Death (& Other) Rumors at the Speed of Light
       Sat 10:00am     CC108A
                Laurie Mann
                Brad Ferguson

     The Neofan Manifesto - One Year Later
       Sat 10:00am     CC203B
                Julie Stickler
                Robert J. Gates
                Lenny Bailes

     Developing Convention Programs: A Philosophical (and Practical) Discussion
       Sat  2:00pm     CC202B
                Priscilla Olson
                Andrew Adams
                Jim Mann
                Edie Stern

     Conventions We Go To and Why
       Sun 11:00am     CC203A
           From an attendee's point of view, what makes a good convention? A
           group of folks who attend more than their share of conventions give
           their points of view.
                Hal Clement
                Teresa Nielsen Hayden
                Priscilla Olson
                Erik Olson

     Docent Tour: Fan Exhibits
       Sun  2:00pm     CC2 Exhibit Fan
                Leah Zeldes Smith

     Things to Come: Fandom in the Future
       Sun  4:00pm     CC202B
                Mark L. Olson
                Mike Glyer
                Jack Speer
                Erik Olson
                Victor Gonzalez

     The Growing Rift?  -- Pros and Fans
       Sun  5:00pm     CC202B
           A look at recent changes in fandom. Some pros view  themselves as
           separate from the fannish community -- and some fans view pros as
           separate. What's driving this change?
                Priscilla Olson
                Teresa Nielsen Hayden
                Janice Gelb
                Gay Haldeman

Fanzine Panels

     Fanzine Fandom Today
       Fri  1:00pm     M690
                Robert Whitaker Sirignano
                Arthur Hlavaty
                Hope Leibowitz
                Vicki Rosenzweig
                Joyce Scrivner

     Online with Fanzine Fandom
       Fri  2:00pm     M690
                Ted White
                Geri Sullivan
                Lenny Bailes
                Frank Lunney

     The Well-Read Fan: What Current Fanzines Should All Well-Read Fans Be Reading?
       Fri  3:00pm     CC202B
           The panel discusses the best current fanzines as well as some classic
           fanzines.
                Nicki Lynch
                Brad W. Foster
                Leah Zeldes Smith
                Teresa Nielsen Hayden

     Protecting Your Collection: Advice for Collectors of Books, Art, Magazines, and Fanzines
       Fri  5:00pm     CC203B
                Jerry Weist
                Joe Siclari
                Rusty Hevelin

     The Fan Writing Hall of Fame
       Sat  4:00pm     CC203A
           We have a hall of fame containing the best written SF. Why not one
           for fan writing?  The panel discusses the best fan writing of all
           time and reads samples of the favorite writers/pieces.    
                Art Widner
                Joe Siclari
                Ted White
                Dick Smith

     Care and Feeding of a Fanzine Collection
       Mon  1:00pm     M690
                Moshe Feder
                Gregory Trend
                Joe Siclari

FanHistoriCon Panels


     Fandom in the Fifties: WSFS Inc. and All That Jazz
       Fri 12:00 noon  CC202B
           How was fandom developing (changing? evolving?) in the Eisenhower
           years? Were fannish cultures and politics as stagnant as those of the
           mundane world? What was going on in the convention arena?
                Art Widner
                Rusty Hevelin
                Ray Faraday Nelson

     Previously in Philadelphia: the 1947 and 1953 Worldcons
       Fri  2:00pm     CC202B
                Hal Lynch
                Jack Speer
                Frederik Pohl
                E. M. Korshak

     Famous Fannish Lawsuits and Scandals
       Fri  4:00pm     CC202B
                Jack L. Chalker
                Brian L. Burley
                Jack Speer
                E. M. Korshak

     History of Philadelphia Fandom and First Fandom
       Sat 11:00am     CC203B
           The First Fandom Hall of Fame will be given out at the begnning of
           this panel.
           Find out about the history of Philadelphia fandom and the connections
           of First Fandom to Philadelphia fandom.
                George H. Scithers
                Wilma Meier
                Hal Lynch
                Gary Keith Feldbaum
                Peggy Rae Sapienza

     Leeds vs. Philadelphia: The First Convention
       Sat 12:00 noon  CC203B
                Jack Speer
                Joe Siclari

     How (the Hell) Did Heidelberg Happen?
       Sat 12:00 noon  CC202B
           The 1970 Worldcon was held in Heidelberg. U.S. fans found themselves
           to be strangers in a strange land. But  why (and how) did Heidelberg
           hold the Worldcon? What are the advantages (and problems) of non-
           English-speaking conventions: past-present-future?
                Anthony R. Lewis
                Robert Silverberg
                Richard Lynch

     Baycon '68: Barely Beating the Boom
       Sat  3:00pm     CC203A
           A look at a pivotal year, when the 60's drew to a close, and the
           great explosion of the next ten years was just beginning. What was it
           all like -- and how did the convention mirror the changes and
           foretell the future?
                Astrid Anderson Bear
                Andrew I. Porter
                Ted White
                Roger Sims

     The Fan Writing Hall of Fame
       Sat  4:00pm     CC203A
           We have a hall of fame containing the best written SF. Why not one
           for fan writing?  The panel discusses the best fan writing of all
           time and reads samples of the favorite writers/pieces.
                Art Widner
                Joe Siclari
                Ted White
                Dick Smith

     The Great Explosion: Fandom in the 60s and 70s
       Sat  5:00pm     CC202B
           Was it really only caused by Star Trek/Star Wars? How did the massive
           changes in fandom (size, gender ratio, age, etc.) impact the
           community? Did we learn anything from the explosion? Is there another
           fannish explosion in the future?
                Toni Weisskopf
                Wilma Meier
                Anthony R. Lewis
                Ben Yalow

     When It Changed: Discon '74 and After
       Sun 11:00am     CC202B
           Discon was the first Worldcon that had a separate "fan" lounge,
           possibly marking the pivotal moment that
           fanzine fans found themselves superseded by convention-running fans.
           Discuss/analyze this statement -- and cheer or bemoan this
           climacteric change in fandom.
                Guy H. Lillian
                Alexis Gilliland
                Moshe Feder
                Jack L. Chalker
                Jack C. Haldeman

     The First Carpool: A Look at Chicon and Denvention (1940/41)
       Sun 12:00 noon  CC203A
                Art Widner

     A History of Japanese Fandom
       Sun  1:00pm     CC201C
                Takumi Shibano
                Masahiro Noda
                Takayuki Tatsumi
                Mari Kotani
                Hiroaki Inoue
                Yasuo Kawai
                Masayuki Muratani

     A Fragmentation of Fans: The Growth of Separate Fandoms
       Sun  2:00pm     CC202B
           An examination of the background (and continued growth) of the
           separation of the fannish community into
           separate fandoms. From the SCA to Costumecons, and early comics
           fandom to filk convention ,,, what's going on, why, and what will be
           the outcome?
                Don Sakers
                Edmund R. Meskys
                Laurie Mann
                Mike Glyer
                Moshe Feder

     60 Years of the N3F
       Sun  5:00pm     CC203A
                Catherine Mintz
                Art Widner

     First Fandom Then and Now
       Mon 12:00 noon  CC202B
                Hal Clement
                Forrest J. Ackerman