Philcon 1999 Programming Grid

Day Start Ballroom A Ballroom B Ballroom C Ballroom D Ballroom E Ballroom F Delaware 2 Delaware 3 Executive Boardroom Franklin 1 Franklin 2
Friday 7:00 PM Reading
Michael F.Flynn
Were We Born to be Fans?
Dick Eney, Lee Gilliland, Perrianne Lurie
Is This Your First Convention?
Shane Tourtellotte, Michael J. Walsh, Diane Weinstein
South Jersey Rebellion Productions Comics
Tony DiGerolamo
Time Travel Today
John Ashmead III
Reading
David Sherman
Stranger than (Science) Fiction
Bruce Adelsohn, Stephen Brinich, Matt Legér
Regency Dance Workshop
Crystal Paul
Friday 8:00 PM Whose 'Toon is it Anyway?
Andrew Bergstrom, Marguerite Rutkowski, Wayne Zimmerman
Cliques in Fandom
Perrianne Lurie, Joe Mayhew, Diane Weinstein, Eric Van
Y2K and Science Fiction
Allan D. Edels, Glen Engel-Cox, Bud Sparhawk
PSFS Meeting
James Morrow
Bookaholics Anonymous
John Ashmead III, Steve Carper, Dina Leacock, Tamar J. Lindsay
Reinventing Horror Fiction
P.D. Cacek, Alexandra E. Honigsberg, Marvin Kaye, Jack Passarella, Roman Ranieri
Biotechnology in the 21st Century
Dave Mangus
Reading
Brenda W. Clough
The Great Avram Davidson Revival
Gardner Dozois, Gregory Frost, Darrell Schweitzer, George Scithers, Michael Swanwick
Friday 9:00 PM Will There Ever Be Another Golden Age of Science Fiction?
Joe Mayhew, John Norman, Matt Ruff, George Scithers, Andrew Wheeler
Why is There So Much SF (or maybe Sci Fi) On Television?
Lee Gilliland, Kimberly Ann Kindya, Paul Levinson, Shane Tourtellotte
Y2K and the Real World
David M. Axler, Allan D. Edels, Glen Engel-Cox, Richard K. Lyon, Aly Parsons
Meet the Pros Party Real Men Do Wear Costumes
Robert M. Himmelsbach, Sandy Swank
Free Energy: Breakthrough or Bunkum?
Tom Napier
Reading
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Guilty Pleasures
David Honigsberg, Roberta Rogow, Lawrence M. Schoen, Mark Wolverton
Great Alternate Technologies That Didn't Happen
Eric Kotani, Bud Sparhawk, Michael Swanwick
Friday 10:00 PM Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. High School in Real Life
John Ashmead III, Camille Bacon-Smith, Ginjer Buchanan, Jack Passarella, Misty Pendragon
Smut and Nothing But?
Susan Casper, Alexandra E. Honigsberg
SF Quiz Show
Oz Fontecchio, Esther M. Friesner, Roman Ranieri, Mike Flynn
Dance
Timothy Binder, Rock Robertson
(till late)
Reading
Marvin Kaye
Space Exploration, Robotic vs. Human
Catherine Asaro, Earl J. Bennett, Hal Clement, Bill Engfer, Gary Fisher, Dr. H. Paul Shuch
Reading
Paul Levinson
Lucid Dreaming
Dick Eney, Tamar J. Lindsay, Jane T. Sibley
Intro to Anthropomorphics
Friday 11:00 PM Sex Toys of the Future Part II
Catherine Asaro, David M. Axler, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Alexis Gilliland
Day Start Ballroom A Ballroom B Ballroom C Ballroom D Ballroom E Ballroom F Delaware 2 Delaware 3 Executive Boardroom Franklin 1 Franklin 2
Saturday 9:00 AM SFWA Meeting
members only
Belly Dancing
Workshops
and
Hafla
Saturday 10:00 AM The Third Dimension: Sculpture
Andrew Bergstrom, Helen Fleischer, Sally Mayer, Paul Sorton
Death as a Career Move
Paul Levinson, Richard K. Lyon, George Scithers, Michael Swanwick, Michael J. Walsh
Classic Science Fiction and the Young Reader
David M. Axler, John G. Hemry, Dr. Susan M. Shwartz, A.L. Sirois
If Science Fiction is Now Mainstream, What's on the Edge? Marina Frants, David Hartwell, Joe Mayhew, James Morrow Reading for the Future
Lynn E. Cohen-Koehler, Kathryn Cramer, Oz Fontecchio, Sandy Pomerantz, Mary Stanton
Computers and Art
Joseph L. Bellofatto, Jr., Charles J. Divine, Jael, Joel T. Keener
Space Commercialism
Earl J. Bennett, Hal Clement, Bill Engfer, Mitchell Gordon, Jay Haines, Michael Stewart
What Makes a Story Publishable?
Ginjer Buchanan, Judy DiCanio, Nicholas A. DiChario, Scott Edelman, David Sherman
Saturday 11:00 AM Art and Religion
Joseph L. Bellofatto, Jr., Charlene Taylor D'Alessio, Barbara J. Selletti, Hannah M.G. Shapero
Military SF: We're Not All Warmongers, or, Die Stereotype, Die!
Catherine Asaro, Alexis Gilliland, John G. Hemry, Tom Purdom, David Sherman
It's All Bat Durston
Ellen Asher, Steve Johnson, Perrianne Lurie, John Norman, Marguerite Rutkowski
The Three Editors Theory of Science Fiction
Steve Carper, Marvin Kaye, Paul Levinson, A.L. Sirois, Michael J. Walsh
The Political Agendas of Children's Fantasy
P.D. Cacek, Brenda W. Clough, Kathryn Cramer, Ken Houghton, Mary Stanton
Sculpting Action Figure Prototypes
Daniel R. Horne
Technology, Technique, and the Future
Dr. Edward Tenner
Meet the Editors
Gardner Dozois, Scott Edelman, Darrell Schweitzer, Patrick Thomas, Diane Weinstein
Saturday 12:00 PM Health, Safety, and Preservation
Jill Bauman, Ric Frane, Wendy Mitchell Frane
Robert Heinlein Conquers the World
Jack L. Chalker, J.R. Dunn, Eric Kotani, Richard K. Lyon, Dr. Susan M. Shwartz, Mike Flynn
Science Fiction as a Vehicle for Otherwise Unacceptable Ideas
Steve Carper, Brenda W. Clough, Joe Lazzaro, James Morrow, John Norman
High Fantasy
Judith Berman, Esther M. Friesner, Gregory Frost, Alexandra E. Honigsberg, David Honigsberg, Rosie Smith
Babylon 5 is Over
Lee Gilliland, Steve Johnson, Perrianne Lurie, Misty Pendragon, Mark Wolverton
An Animé Primer
Marina Frants, Kimberly Ann Kindya, Edward Rutkowski, Tony DiGerolamo
Work or Passion?
N. Taylor Blanchard, Daniel R. Horne, William O'Connor, Marianne Plumridge
The Science of Flirtation
Timothy Perper
Mensa IQ Testing
Muriel Hykes
Saturday 1:00 PM Sex, Violence, and Elephant Dung
Joseph L. Bellofatto, Jr., Bob Eggleton, Friedrich A. Haas, Joel T. Keener
Big Brother and the Convergence of Technology
Jeff Bredenberg, Cory Doctorow, J.R. Dunn, Lois H. Gresh, Shane Tourtellotte
Some While After the Death of God
Marcos Donnelly, Pamela D. Hodgson, Katherine Kurtz, James Morrow, John Norman
Marion Zimmer Bradley Retrospective
Jack L. Chalker, Mary Frey, Roxanna Pierson, Dr. Susan M. Shwartz
The Ultimate Taboos
Mattie Brahen, Eric Kotani, Tom Purdom, Ian Randal Strock, Pat York
Fantasy Cliches vs. Archetypes
Ellen Asher, Esther M. Friesner, Gregory Frost, Rosie Smith, Andrew Wheeler
Costumes: Concept to Creation
Elaine Mami, Pat Ritter, Carol Salemi
Jet Propulsion Lab Missions
Michelle Baker
Writers' Workshop
Hal Clement, Judy DiCanio, Darrell Schweitzer, George Scithers, Bud Sparhawk
Saturday 2:00 PM Finding the Muse
Charlene Taylor D'Alessio, Cheryl Fisher, Ric Frane, Wendy Mitchell Frane
Bloat Books and Bug-Crushers
Ellen Asher, Tom Purdom, Marguerite Rutkowski, David Sherman, Andrew Wheeler
The Influence of the Deryni Series on Modern Fantasy Ginjer Buchanan, Laura Anne Gilman, Katherine Kurtz, Hannah M.G. Shapero Science Fiction Writers Actually Attempt to Predict the Future
Catherine Asaro, Lois H. Gresh, Richard K. Lyon, Shane Tourtellotte, Robert Weinberg
Costume: Creation to Stage
Laurel Cunningham-Hill, Elaine Mami
How Can We Keep Fiction Out Of Science?
Paula Crock, Walter Cuirle, Bob Glickman, Eric Krieg, Tom Napier
Writers' Workshop
Hal Clement, Judy DiCanio, Darrell Schweitzer, George Scithers, Bud Sparhawk
Saturday 3:00 PM The Pulps and Their Lingering Influence (or is it Stench?)
Hal Clement, Darrell Schweitzer, A.L. Sirois, Robert Weinberg
Zombies of Montrose
Shira Daemon, David Hartwell, Ken Houghton, Robert K.J. Killheffer, James Morrow, Kathryn Morrow
Art Guest of Honor Speech
Jill Bauman
Romance and Hard SF
Catherine Asaro, Brenda W. Clough, Judy DiCanio, Lee Gilliland, Tom Purdom
The Media Tie-In Book
Keith R.A. DeCandido, Scott Edelman, Misty Pendragon, Tony DiGerolamo
Costume Photography
Ken Warren
Living on Mars
Michelle Baker, Rudy Behrens, Gary Fisher, Rich Mallon-Day
Reading
Michael Swanwick
Saturday 4:00 PM The BIG ART Panel
Jill Bauman, Bob Eggleton, William O'Connor, Eric Peterson, Bob Walters
Cartoonists' Jam
Alexis Gilliland, Joe Mayhew
Writer Guest of Honor Interview
Katherine Kurtz, Hannah M.G. Shapero
Media Novels as Cancer
Ginjer Buchanan, Steve Johnson, Jack Passarella, Misty Pendragon, George Scithers
Unsuccessful Predictions
Steve Carper, Pamela D. Hodgson, Paul Levinson, A.L. Sirois, Michael Swanwick
Dinosaurs of the Delaware Valley
Dr. William Gallagher
No One Expects the Fannish Filk Recursion
Gary Ehrlich, Crystal Paul, Roberta Rogow
Reading
John Norman
Saturday 5:00 PM Reading
Esther M. Friesner
Day Start Ballroom A Ballroom B Ballroom C Ballroom D Ballroom E Ballroom F Delaware 2 Delaware 3 Executive Boardroom Franklin 1 Franklin 2
Saturday 9:00 PM Masquerade Poetry Slam
Marcos Donnelly, Alexis Gilliland, Alexandra E. Honigsberg, Darrell Schweitzer
Saturday 10:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 PM Dance
Timothy Binder, Rock Robertson
(after Masquerade till late)
Saturday 12:00 AM
Day Start Ballroom A Ballroom B Ballroom C Ballroom D Ballroom E Ballroom F Delaware 2 Delaware 3 Executive Boardroom Franklin 1 Franklin 2
Sunday 9:00 AM Tai Chi
Dave Borofsky
Sunday 10:00 AM Art, Craft, or Both?
Douglas Ayen, Lee Gilliland, Pat Ritter, Roberta Rogow
A Survey of Recent Science Fiction About Dinosaurs Michael Swanwick, Bob Walters Raymond Chandler's Influence on Science Fiction Gregory Frost, Paul Levinson, Andrew Wheeler The Artemis Project
Ian Randal Strock
The SF I Read as a Kid
Hal Clement, Jeff Ford, Laura Anne Gilman, Katherine Kurtz, Eva Whitley
Origami
Mark Kennedy
Pulling the Anthropologist's Leg
Oz Fontecchio, Lawrence M. Schoen, Diane Weinstein
Sunday 11:00 AM Lost Wax Casting Slide Show
Butch Honek
The Rosy Future and Hell in Space: Why Do We Like Them Both?
Jeff Bredenberg, Michael F. Flynn, Lois H. Gresh, Paul Levinson, Diane Weinstein
Mystery and SF
Nicholas A. DiChario, Cory Doctorow, Katherine Kurtz, Dina Leacock
Would We Really Want to Live Forever?
Ellen Asher, Marcos Donnelly, Alexandra E. Honigsberg, Eric Kotani, James Morrow
Moving Beyond Tolkien
Shira Daemon, Stephen C. Fisher, Joe Mayhew, Aly Parsons, Rosie Smith
Hugos, Nebulas, Howards, the Daedalus, the Coveted Balrog, etc.
Scott Edelman, Bud Sparhawk, Michael Swanwick
Beyond the Conan Movies
Keith R.A. DeCandido, Darrell Schweitzer, Robert Weinberg
The Creator as Icon
Susan Casper, Glen Engel-Cox, David Hartwell, Eric Van
Reading
Catherine Asaro
The Way We Weren't
John G. Hemry, Jennifer Hershey, George Scithers
Spacemen in Wonderland
Kathryn Cramer, A.L. Sirois
Sunday 12:00 PM Mark Rogers Slide Show
Mark Rogers
The Utopian Tradition in SF: Is it still viable? Steve Carper, Alexis Gilliland, Pat York Shakespeare in Fantasy
Ginjer Buchanan, Carol Buggé, Marvin Kaye, Lawrence M. Schoen
H.P. Lovecraft and the Attack of the Purple Prose from Yuggoth
John Ashmead III, David M. Axler, Steve Johnson, Darrell Schweitzer, Michael J. Walsh
Promoting Your Art: An Art Director Speaks
Michael Apice
Is There Life Out There?
Earl J. Bennett, Hal Clement, Mitchell Gordon, Dr. H. Paul Shuch
Reading
James Morrow
Rhyming & Scansion Tools
Stephen Brinich, Crystal Paul, David Weingart
Who Determines Which Books Get Published and How? Keith R.A. DeCandido, David Hartwell, Andrew Wheeler, Brian Youmans
Sunday 1:00 PM The Appeal of Flawed Characters
Catherine Asaro, Camille Bacon-Smith, Jack L. Chalker, Michael F. Flynn, Aly Parsons
The Alien Planet as Island
Jeff Ford, George Scithers, A.L. Sirois, Michael Swanwick
The Science Fiction of 1998
John Ashmead III, Gardner Dozois, Glen Engel-Cox, Brian Youmans
Adapting Earth Religions to Life on Other Planets Mattie Brahen, Greg Fishbone, Pamela D. Hodgson, Katherine Kurtz, Joe Mayhew Art Auction Different Facets of Gaming
Don Corcoran, Lovell T. Harmon, Becky Jollensten, Eric M. Lang
Space Academy
Dr. H. Paul Shuch, Michael Stewart, Ian Randal Strock
Reading
Gregory Frost
The Role of SF in Preparing for Social Change Stephen C. Fisher, Ken Houghton, Paul Levinson Novels About Fandom
Diane Weinstein, Eva Whitley
Sunday 2:00 PM Analog Mafia
Michael F. Flynn, Joe Lazzaro, Paul Levinson, Bud Sparhawk, Shane Tourtellotte
The Different Roles of Aliens in Science Fiction Jack L. Chalker, John G. Hemry, Pamela D. Hodgson, Eric Kotani, David Sherman It Came from the Slushpile
Gardner Dozois, Scott Edelman, Greg Fishbone, George Scithers
Racial Stereotyping in The Phantom Menace
Brenda W. Clough, Marvin Kaye, James Morrow, Ian Randal Strock, Pat York
Masquerade Review
Alex Latzko, Sandy Swank, Vicki Warren
Does Science Drive SF or Does SF Drive Science? Catherine Asaro, Stephen C. Fisher, Alexis Gilliland Reading
Lois H. Gresh
Scanning
Bridget Joyce Boyle
Furry Art 101
Sunday 3:00 PM "Reality" is The Only Word That Should Always Be Used in Quotes
Allan D. Edels, James Morrow, Roxanna Pierson, A.L. Sirois, Eric Van
Filk One Shots How To Edit an Anthology
Kathryn Cramer, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Marvin Kaye, Robert Weinberg, Brian Youmans
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea...and Then What?
Hal Clement, John G. Hemry, Joe Lazzaro, Bud Sparhawk
Reading
Katherine Kurtz
Picture Manipulation
Bridget Joyce Boyle
Klingon Language 101
Lawrence M. Schoen
Sunday 4:00 PM Feedback Session

Last Updated on 11/11/99
By Timothy Binder