| Midnight - 4:00 PM |
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Internet Lounge |
Hilton Pacific B |
| 24 |
Japanese Animation |
H-Avila B |
| 6:00 am |
"Rich and Famous" |
H-Avila A |
| 8:00 am |
Aerobics(559) John Douglass |
H-Pacific C |
| 8:00 am |
"Tragic Hero" |
H-Avila A |
| 8:00 am - 1:00 PM |
Registration Open |
M-North Hall |
| 9:00 am |
Art Show Auction II (if required)(560) |
H-California A |
| 9:00 am |
Tai Chi(561) Steven Barnes |
H-Pacific C |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 AM |
Dealers Setup |
| CC-Hall A |
| 9:00 am - 1:00 PM |
Silent Death Miniatures Starfighters Demo |
M-Orange Co. 4 |
| 10:00 AM |
Why Flying Saucer Aliens Can't Be Real(562) Dr. Jack Cohen skewers the beliefs of those who say they've been abducted.
Jack Cohen |
CC-B2 |
| 10:00 AM |
Fanzine Fans From Furry Fandom(563) Furry Fandom has its own artists, writers, and zines. Come meet them!
Find out how their zines differ and how much we're all alike. Craig
Hilton, Mark Merlino, Rod O'Riley, Fred Patten |
CC-C1 |
| 10:00 AM |
Images of Mars(564) As one of our closest neighbors, Mars has long filled man's imagination.
Our ideas of what we'd find there have changed greatly over the years,
both in science and in science fiction. Listen to passages from literature
and science and discover how our images of Mars have changed over the years.
And, with the possible discovery of a fossil record, how our image of
Mars may change again. Stephen Baxter |
CC-C2 |
| 10:00 AM |
Obscure Dick(565) Discussion and appreciation of the lesser-known works of Philip K. Dick.
What did you think of "Now Wait For Last Year"? David Bratman, Grania
Davis, David G. Hartwell, Greg Ketter, Spike Parsons |
CC-C3 |
| 10:00 AM |
Turning Mental Blocks Into Building Blocks(566) How to break out of that most dreaded prison of creativity: writer's block.
Having trouble finishing things? Ego notgetting enough strokes? Our
panelists will tell you what's worked for them. George Alec Effinger,
Karen E. Willson, Marv Wolfman, Marc Scott Zicree |
CC-C4 |
| 10:00 AM |
Behind Highlander: The Series(567) The writing staff of this cult favorite gives a look behind the scenes.
Gillian Horvath, Donna Lettow |
CC-C7 |
| 10:00 AM |
Alien Craft Cavalcade(568) Finishing up the alien world building project. |
H-Monterey |
| 10:00 AM |
WSFS Business Meeting and/or Mark Protection Committee Meeting(569) A full Business Meeting of the Society will only be held if the meetings
previous to this one were insufficient to conclude the business on the
agenda. If no Business Meeting is necessary, the WSFS Mark Protection Committee
will meet to discuss the Society's various service marks. |
H-Pacific A |
| 10:00 AM |
Wild Wild D. West(570) Who is this brilliant and pathetic British fan writer and artist? Readings
from D's work, explication of his theories, and assassination of his character.
Extra credit for West impersonators! Andrew P. Hooper, Christina Lake,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa B. Nielsen Hayden |
H-Palos Verdes |
| 10:00 AM |
Adventurers Club Meet and Greet(571) The club gathers anxiously to find out the results of last night's vote.
A new Curator is installed! The victors plan proper punishments for the
villains. And all would be well IF Dr. Carbuncle could only remember how
to put the Time Scepter back together! |
H-Salinas |
| 10:00 AM |
Bone Hunt, Part II(572) After the club meeting, another bone hunt! Amateur paleontologists welcome!
Timothy M. Griffin |
H-Sunset |
| 10:00 AM |
JPL Employees Gathering(573) |
M-Grand Blrm A-B |
| 10:00 AM |
Designing Computer Games(574) What makes for an addictive computer game? Why do we waste hundreds of
hours looking for the solution? Computer game designers discuss what they
do. Corey Cole, Lori Ann Cole, Noah Falstein, Christy Marx |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 pm |
Dealers RoomOpen |
| CC-Hall A |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 pm |
Book Exhibit |
CC-Hall A |
| 10:00 AM - 2:00 pm |
Children's Programming: Adventurer's Club |
Hilton Sunset/Salinas |
| 10:00 AM |
Favorite Hong Kong Fantasy Movies (by your votes) |
H-Avila A |
| 10:00 AM - 2:00 pm |
Art Show Sales |
H-California |
| 10:00 AM - 5:00 pm |
The Rat 3 Gift Shopopen |
M-Gift Shop |
| 10:00 AM |
Designing Computer Games |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| 11:00 am |
|
A 2-person comedy version of Star Wars will be presented |
CC-Concourse Stage |
| 11:30 AM |
Is Art The Inspiration For Madness?(575) Writers are like gods. Whatever they want their characters to do, they
do. If they want lightning to strike, the sky is shattered by electricity.
Are they responsible for the themes, the ideas, and the actions in their
works? Is there a responsibility notto show how to make a bomb? Should
good always triumph over evil? Steven Barnes, Lisa Goldstein, Alexandra
E. Honigsberg, Randy Smith |
CC-B2 |
| 11:30 AM |
Conventions: Butchering The Sacred Cows(576) Are Masquerades, Art Shows, Dealers Rooms, etc. really worth their cost
in money and manpower? Or are they just so habitual that cons never think
about getting rid of them? What would happen if a con did get rid of them?
What would we replace them with? Richard Brandt, Shaun Lyon, Joyce Scrivner,
Kevin Standlee, Janet Tait, Art Widner, Noel Wolfman |
CC-B3 |
| 11:30 AM |
Time Meddlers of Los Angeles and Gallifrey Conventions(577) A gathering of members of the Time Meddlers of Los Angeles and the people
who put on Gallifrey Conventions, Los Angeles' own Doctor Who and British
science fiction media club and annual convention. Catherine Beckstead,
Robbie Cantor, Christian McGuire, Arlene Satin |
CC-B4 |
| 11:30 AM |
Debate: There Are Some Things Man Was notMeant To Know(588) David M. Honigsberg, Michael J. Ward |
CC-B4 |
| 11:30 AM |
Someday My Prints Will Come(578) Following the long, sometimes tortuous trail from artist's original to
print, be that limited edition, lithograph, serigraph, photo, or offset
print. How are they made? What are the differences? Should the buyer really
care? David A. Cherry, James C. Christensen, Patricia Davis, Laura B.
Kelly Freas, Ric Meyers |
CC-C1 |
| 11:30 AM |
Low Budget Filmmaking(579) The average major studio film these days costs $18 million. But there
are still plenty of films being made between $100,000 and $5 million. Independent
filmmakers discuss their trials and triumphs. Tom Doran, Fred Olen Ray,
S.P. Somtow, Jim Wynorski |
CC-C2 |
| 11:30 AM |
The Japanese Publishing Industry(580) The science fiction publishing world is going through many changes, much
like the industry in the United States. The number of original science
fiction works being published is declining while books based on games,
anime, and other related areas are flourishing. Where will this trend
lead? Yoshio Kobayashi, Yoichi Shimada, Makoto Yamagishi |
CC-C3 |
| 11:30 AM |
Metropolis: The Future Of Big Cities(581) What changes will the future bring to the concept of the big city? Will
the megalopolises continue to grow, until we have literal city-states,
or will we see a move back to the 'burbs? James W. Fiscus, Patrick Nielsen
Hayden, Tim Powers, Walter Jon Williams |
CC-C4 |
| 11:30 AM |
Writing For Children And Young Adults(582) Is writing YA fiction different than writing for adults? How about writing
for younger kids? What basic assumptions and strategies (and vocabularies)
have to change? Scott Ciencin, Mel Gilden, Bobbi J.G. Weiss, Karen E.
Willson |
CC-C5 |
| 11:30 AM |
SETI: Search For Extra-terrestrial Intelligence(583) A presentation on the latest information and the SETI program itself.
H. Paul Shuch |
CC-C6 |
| 11:30 AM |
Seeing Isn't Believing(584) A presentation on the art of computer graphics and image manipulation.
Dr. Robert Hurt |
CC-C7 |
| 11:30 AM |
Docent Tour: The Art Show(589) William Rotsler |
H-California B |
| 11:30 AM |
Advanced Fiberglass Model and Mold Making(585) Model-making for fiberglass molds, gel coat surface systems, and tooling
will be covered. Fyberdyne Laboratories |
H-Coronado |
| 11:30 AM |
Have A Blast In The Past: SCA Demo(586) Singing! Dancing! Fighting! You can try your hand at so many arts as
the Society for Creative Anachronism presents a sampler of fun things to
do from centurties past. |
H-Sunset |
| 11:30 AM |
Horror Stories In Gaming(587) Bring your favorite (?) stories of things and people who have gone wrong
in roleplaying games. Scott Bennie, Corey Cole, Lori Ann Cole |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| 11:30 AM |
Horror Stories in Gaming Roundtable |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| All day
|
| 16mm Roger Corman Movies, USC Series: The Best Little Films You Never Saw |
Hilton San Simeon |
| TBA
|
| Author's Choice Film Series |
H-Carmel |
| 12:00 Noon
|
| Author's Choice Film Intro: A Matter of Life and Death(590) James White |
H-Carmel |
| 12:00 Noon - 5:00 pm |
Sector General Table Setting Competitiontear-down |
| Conv Ctr, Sector General Councourse |
| 12:00 Noon
|
| Favorite Hong Kong Fantasy Movies (by your votes) |
H-Avila A |
| 12:00 Noon - 2:00 pm |
The Usual; Richard & Nicki Lynch |
H-Huntington |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm
|
| Kids Film Program |
H-Carmel |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Starwolf(591) David Gerrold provides a preview of the new television series he created,
in production in Canada and to begin shortly in syndication. Ed Elbert,
David Gerrold |
CC-C5 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Mistakes Future Historians Will Make About Our Time(592) If we were to read a story written in the 23rd Century but set in our time,
what might we find wrong with it? Hal Clement, Michael F. Flynn, Bradford
Lyau, Mike Resnick, Dave Smeds |
CC-B2 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Time Travel -- Just Who Is Your Grandfather?(593) Time travel is a staple of science fiction, but just what is it that so
fascinates us about traveling to another time and place? Is it possible?
What are the benefits and paradoxes of time travel? John Collin Attwood,
John G. Cramer, John L. Flynn, Geoffrey A. Landis, Larry Niven, Connie
Willis |
CC-B3 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Survival Tips For The Mercenary Artist(594) How to make a living as an artist and notend up with the short end of
the paint brush. An artist may create for the joy of creating but you
still have to eat. People who make their (and their family's) livelihood
from their artwork tell why it isn't a sin to sell. Bev Doolittle, Brad
W. Foster, Butch Honeck, Victoria Poyser Lisi |
CC-C1 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Exploring The Seas(595) TOPEX/POSEIDON is a joint US/France project doing ocean studies. Representatives
from JPL will present some of what they have learned and discuss how this
information will help us to understand our planet and things such as the
El Nino phenomenon. Sara Hyman |
CC-C2 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| The Mythopoeic Society: A Visual History(596) Founded in the 1960s, the Mythopoeic Society organizes discussion groups,
produces several publications including a scholarly journal and a fiction
magazine, and holds an annual convention, all focused on the works of J.R.R.
Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. Join the society's founder
for a look back at the organization's events and accomplishments. Glen
GoodKnight |
CC-C3 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| The Long Term Future Of Life In The Universe(597) What physical and astrophysical problems will life face as the universe
grows old? Astrophysicist Dave Clements has some ideas and some solutions.
Dave Clements |
CC-C4 |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Screaming Queens(598) The role of Gay and Lesbian characters and themes in horror literature and
movies, including the works of Anne Rice, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.
Carl L. Cipra, Mark Shepherd, Fang A. Van Took, Cecil L. Young |
CC-C7 |
| 1:00 PM |
Treasure Craft Cavalcade(599) Finish up your treasures to take home! |
H-Monterey |
| 1:00 PM |
Kids As Creators - A Writer's Workshop(600) Nancy Berman |
H-Sunset |
| 1:00 PM |
Magic Stories(601) Strange tales of Magic playing. Everyone bring their favorite Magic story.
No Killer Deck stories, please. Larry DiTillio, Benita Gagne |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| 1:00 PM
|
| Debate: Series and Shared World Universes(602) David G. Hartwell, George R.R. Martin |
CC-B4 |
| 1:00 PM |
Magic Stories |
M-Grand Blrm K |
| 2:00 pm
|
| Favorite Hong Kong Fantasy Movies (by your votes) |
H-Avila A |
| 2:00 - 4:00 PM |
Worldcon FanGoHs Past, Present, & Future; Bruce Pelz |
H-Huntington |
| 2:15 pm |
Adventurers Club Closing Meeting(603) New members inducted! Time Scepter repaired at last! Awards given! Prizes
handed out! Thanks offered! The Adventurers will say farewell, until
we all meet again in 100 years. |
H-Salinas |
| 2:30 PM
|
| The Worldcon Suggestion Box(604) 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!
Bobbi Armbruster, Robbie Cantor, Daniel G. Deckert, Mike Glyer, Craig Miller,
Elayne F. Pelz, Drew Sanders, Ben Yalow |
CC-B2 |
| 3:00 pm |
|
Doors open for Closing Ceremonies seating |
CC-Arena |
| 3:30 pm
|
| Closing Ceremonies Warm Up(605) |
CC-Arena |
| 3:30 pm |
|
Closing Ceremonies Warm-Up |
CC-Arena |
| 4:00 PM
|
| Closing Ceremonies(606) The handshakes, the sighs, the tearful goodbyes. The 54th World Science
Fiction Convention is now over. Join us as we say farewell to our Guests
of Honor and all of our guests and attendees. |
CC-Arena |
Sachiko Shibano, Takumi Shibano, James White, Connie Willis
| 4:00 PM
|
| Building Fannish Bridges(607) Learn a little about fandoms around the Pacific Rim and join a brainstorming
session on how to improve communication between the fandoms, overcoming
language and other barriers. Perry Middlemiss, Janice Murray, Masamichi
Osako, John Trimble |
CC-C7 |
| 4:00 PM |
|
Closing Ceremonies begin |
CC-Arena |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm |
Roscoe's White Elephant Auction |
H-Huntington |