Philcon 2004 Schedule - By Room

302-305

Sat 10:00:00 - MK Unrestricted Event (396311)

Sat 10:00:00 - MechWarrior Demo (396341)

Sat 10:00:00 - Mech Warrior Constructed Event (396313)

Sat 10:00:00 - Open HeroClix: Constructed Event (396315)

Sat 13:00:00 - HeroClix Demo (396342)

Sat 14:00:00 - Mage Knight Constructed event (396318)

Sat 14:00:00 - Open HeroClix: Unrestricted Event (396320)

Sat 14:00:00 - Pirates of the Spanish Main (396321)

Sat 16:00:00 - MageKnight Demo (396340)

Sat 18:00:00 - Marvel HeroClix (396329)

Sat 18:00:00 - Mech Warrior Unrestricted Event (396319)

Sat 18:00:00 - Pirates of the Spanish Main (396316)

Sat 19:00:00 - Pirates of the Spanish Main Demo (396343)

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Fri 20:00:00 - Reading: Greg Frost

Sat 10:00:00 - Reading: Lawrence M. Schoen

Sat 11:00:00 - Reading: Susan Shwartz

Sat 12:00:00 - Reading: Jack McDevitt

Sat 13:00:00 - Reading: Stephanie Burke

Sat 14:00:00 - Reading: Paul Levinson

Sat 15:00:00 - Reading: Esther Friesner

Sat 17:00:00 - Reading: Keith DeCandido

Sat 23:59:00 - Reading: Margaret Riley/Changeling Press

Sun 09:00:00 - Reading: Eric Kotani (Yoji Kondo)

Sun 10:00:00 - Reading: Pam Sargent

Sun 11:00:00 - Reading: George Zebrowski

Sun 12:00:00 - Reading: Kevin J. Anderson/Rebecca Moesta

Sun 13:00:00 - Reading: Judith Berman

Sun 15:00:00 - Reading: Josepha Sherman

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Fri 19:00:00 - ROOTS AND STRANGE BEGINNINGS

Fri 20:00:00 - SF IN 3D

Sat 10:00:00 - The Sins Of Blurb Writers, Or Hype And Hysteria

Sat 11:00:00 - ARTISTS' BILL OF RIGHTS

Sat 12:00:00 - PRESTADIGITAL!

Sat 13:00:00 - MY FAVORITE MAR...UH, SUBJECT

Sat 14:00:00 - REALLY GRAPHIC STORIES

Sat 15:00:00 - INDIVIDUAL ART DEMOS AND/OR SLIDE SHOWS

Sat 16:00:00 - JURASSIC ART

Sat 17:00:00 - SPACE ART

Sat 20:00:00 - What Are The Big Ideas In SF Today?

Sat 21:00:00 - The Passing Of The Golden Age

Sat 23:59:00 - Spooky Stories At Midnight

Sun 10:00:00 - Finding The Science Fiction In The Science Fiction Section Of Your Local Bookstore

Sun 11:00:00 - Slipstream

Sun 12:00:00 - GOT IT COVERED

Sun 13:00:00 - Realism in SF, Fantasy, and Horror

Sun 14:00:00 - A Tribute To Asimov’s During The Gardner Dozois Years

Sun 15:00:00 - Great Openings

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Fri 20:00:00 - Animal welfare-not Animal Rights

Fri 21:00:00 - Space Debris

Fri 22:00:00 - Robots in the Military

Sat 09:00:00 - Space Laws

Sat 10:00:00 - Artemis Project

Sat 11:00:00 - Hubble Presentation

Sat 12:00:00 - Black Holes

Sat 13:00:00 - Sex in Zero G

Sat 14:00:00 - Careers in Space

Sat 15:00:00 - Computer/Internet Fraud

Sat 16:00:00 - JPL Presentation

Sat 17:00:00 - Filk Concert: Ariel Cinii

Sun 10:00:00 - Clean fuel alternatives/recycling

Sun 11:00:00 - Cyborg Supreme

Sun 12:00:00 - Dinosaur Panel

Sun 13:00:00 - The Future of Communication

Sun 14:00:00 - Mars Homestead Project

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Fri 19:00:00 - Sex Toys Of The Future

Fri 20:00:00 - George Lucas’ Forever Wars

Sat 10:00:00 - Re-Exploring The Solar System In SF

Sat 11:00:00 - The Sid and Marty Krofft Super-Fantastic Groovy Saturday Morning Color Festival

Sat 12:00:00 - Look, upon the shelves! It's a comic… No, wait, it's a video game... Naw, it's a ride! Maybe it's a book… A TV show? I guess it's a movie, sorta…

Sat 13:00:00 - Battlestar Galactica: Red Eyes versus Red Spines

Sat 14:00:00 - Story Arcs: Everybody Wants to be Leo Tolstoy

Sat 15:00:00 - Stargate, Atlantis, and the sideways flushing

Sat 16:00:00 - Farscape: Whose cell are you sleeping in tonight?

Sat 17:00:00 - The Sci-Fi Channel: The Good, the Bad, and the Boa

Sat 18:00:00 - Blogging a Dead Horse

Sat 20:00:00 - The Industry Fans Do Not See

Sat 21:00:00 - We Lack The History

Sun 11:00:00 - Heaven is Not Heaven Anymore

Sun 13:00:00 - We Come in Peace, so Shoot to Kill

Sun 14:00:00 - No, I am NOT the Least Common Denominator!

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Fri 19:00:00 - Can Comic Books be for Kids Again?

Fri 20:00:00 - The Economy Of The Future

Fri 21:00:00 - Hot New Writers You’ve Never Heard Of

Fri 22:00:00 - Beyond The Black Gate: Voyages To Hell And Back From Orpheus To Frodo.

Sat 11:00:00 - Historical Costumes & Fantasy

Sat 12:00:00 - How to move on stage

Sat 13:00:00 - What do the Masquerade Judges Look For?

Sat 14:00:00 - Do They Call It Hard SF Because It Is Difficult To Write?

Sat 15:00:00 - I Know This Means Something, But What?: Difficult Works And Why We Stay With Them.

Sat 16:00:00 - My Favorite Minor Characters

Sat 17:00:00 - Noire in Science Fiction

Sat 20:00:00 - The Romantic Time Travel Story

Sat 21:00:00 - The Strangeness Horizon

Sun 11:00:00 - Masquerade: Debriefing

Sun 12:00:00 - The Hall Costume: Threat or Menace?

Sun 13:00:00 - Changing The Past With An Idea

Sun 14:00:00 - Dreams As A Source Of Fantasy

Sun 15:00:00 - Meet The Editors Panel

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Fri 20:00:00 - Radio is the Sound Salvation

Fri 21:00:00 - Beating SF Writers At Their Own Game

Sat 11:00:00 - How The Mighty Have Fallen – Shifting Tastes And The Ex-Classics

Sat 12:00:00 - Books That Changed My Life

Sat 13:00:00 - Non-Western Influences on Science Fiction


Sat 15:00:00 - Making Characters Vulnerable Without Making Them Wimps

Sat 16:00:00 - Overlooked Books And Overrated Novels

Sat 17:00:00 - No One Would Ever Believe It If I Made It Up

Sun 10:00:00 - For Those About To Grok…

Sun 11:00:00 - The Magical World Of T.H. White

Sun 12:00:00 - Why Harry Potter?

Sun 13:00:00 - Lords of the "New" Church

Sun 14:00:00 - Ruining Your Life, But Filling Your House With Books

Sun 15:00:00 - Post 9/11 SF

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Fri 20:00:00 - Getting The Message To The Mundanes

Fri 21:00:00 - Demons, Gargoyles, and Imps…Oh, My!

Sat 10:00:00 - Put a Fork in It

Sat 11:00:00 - Getting Started

Sat 12:00:00 - Changing Parameters Of Censorship In Science Fiction

Sat 13:00:00 - Never Give a Succubus an Even Break: Funny Horror

Sat 15:00:00 - I’ll Remove Your Third Set Of Limbs And Rip Out Your Eyestalks

Sat 16:00:00 - Steaming Spurts of Hot Subtext: Literature vs. Erotica

Sat 17:00:00 - Imaginary Authors And Non-Existent Boos

Sun 11:00:00 - So God Is Dead, Now What?

Sun 12:00:00 - Living Forever

Sun 13:00:00 - Sex and Aliens

Sun 14:00:00 - Does Size Really Matter?

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Fri 20:00:00 - Theme filk: Seasonal songs

Fri 21:00:00 - Gaming 103 - Roleplaying

Sat 11:00:00 - Heroic Rodents And Questing Chickens

Sat 12:00:00 - Abracadabra…who was that demon I saw you with last night?

Sat 13:00:00 - Writing Workshop

Sat 15:00:00 - Klingon Language Institute

Sat 16:00:00 - McDonald’s Uber Alles

Sat 17:00:00 - Fantasy Without Fairies And Wizards

Sat 23:00:00 - Gaming 117 - Gaming after midnight

Sun 11:00:00 - The New Novels of Kevin Anderson

Sun 12:00:00 - You Don’t Have To Be Crazy, But It Helps

Sun 13:00:00 - The Role of Stupidity in SF and Fantasy

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Fri 19:00:00 - Anime Obscura

Fri 21:00:00 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Scenes

Sat 10:00:00 - A.B.C.'s of Anime

Sat 12:00:00 - The Influence of Japanese Culture on American Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sat 15:00:00 - Science Fiction and Fantasy in Animation

Sat 17:00:00 - In Their Own Words

Sun 12:00:00 - Bad Anime, Bad!!

Sun 14:00:00 - Anime, Your History

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Fri 16:00:00 - Animation: Megazone 23 - Part 1

Fri 18:00:00 - Animation: Last Exile

Fri 20:00:00 - Animation: Escaflowne - The Movie

Fri 22:00:00 - Animation: X

Fri 23:59:00 - Animation: Texhnolyze

Sat 09:00:00 - Animation: Magic User's Club Vol 1: I'll Follow You (OVA)

Sat 10:00:00 - Animation: Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

Sat 12:00:00 - Animation: Chrono Crusade

Sat 14:00:00 - Animation: Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex)

Sat 16:00:00 - Animation: Megazone 23 - Part 2

Sat 18:00:00 - Anime Mixer

Sat 22:00:00 - Animation: Infinite Ryvius

Sat 23:59:00 - Animation: Wolf's Rain

Sun 10:00:00 - Animation: Full Metal Panic

Sun 12:00:00 - Animation: Read or DIE!

411/412

Fri 15:00:00 - Film: Babylon 5 - A Call To Arms

Fri 17:00:00 - Film: Gamemaster, Gamemaster, what have you done?

Fri 18:00:00 - Film: SECONDS

Fri 20:00:00 - Film: Revenger's Tragedy

Fri 22:00:00 - Film: Tale of Two Sisters

Fri 23:59:00 - Film: The Convent

Sat 09:00:00 - Film: Dungeon Rubber

Sat 11:00:00 - Film: The Eldritch Influences

Sat 13:00:00 - Film: Dagon

Sat 15:00:00 - Film: Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Sat 17:00:00 - Film: Robot Stories

Sat 19:00:00 - Film: Metal Tears

Sat 20:00:00 - Film: The Assassination Bureau

Sat 22:00:00 - Film: Battle Royale

Sun 01:00:00 - Film: Ginger Snaps Unleashed

Sun 10:00:00 - Film: Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Sun 12:00:00 - Film: Wonderful Days (aka Sky Blue)

Sun 14:00:00 - Film: Doctor Strangelove

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Fri 20:00:00 - Her Breasts Trembled as He Looked at Her Across the Room

Fri 21:00:00 - Date-of-the-Art

Fri 22:00:00 - Yes, I AM the Least Common Denominator!

Fri 23:00:00 - Campfire Tales

Sat 11:00:00 - As the Wolfsbane Blooms

Sat 12:00:00 - Filmmaking 101 in the Digital Age

Sat 14:00:00 - Alternate Historical Vampire Cat Detective Stories And Other Strange, Generic Mixes

Sat 15:00:00 - All Our Yesterdays, Forgotten?

Sat 16:00:00 - I was only a child at the time, but...

Sat 17:00:00 - Meet the new Who...Same as the Old Who?

Sun 12:00:00 - Bad Writers Who Refuse to Die

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Fri 16:00:00 - LEGO moon buggy racing

Fri 17:00:00 - Story time #1

Fri 18:00:00 - Gaming with LEGO #1

Fri 19:00:00 - Slide show: LEGO starships

Fri 20:00:00 - LEGO stop motion film festival

Sat 09:00:00 - Crafts: Make a bookmark

Sat 10:00:00 - Yarnish science fun

Sat 11:00:00 - Theme song singalong

Sat 12:00:00 - Get physical: Theatrical makeup

Sat 14:00:00 - SF-Think: See a picture, write a tale

Sat 15:00:00 - How to draw dinosaurs

Sat 16:00:00 - Get physical: Belly dancing

Sat 17:00:00 - SF-Think: Design an alien

Sat 18:00:00 - Gaming with LEGO #2

Sat 19:00:00 - Slide show: LEGO mecha

Sat 20:00:00 - Story time #2

Sun 09:00:00 - Crafts: Decorate a visor

Sun 10:00:00 - Get physical: Warm up with tai chi

Sun 11:00:00 - Gaming: "Toon" RPG

Sun 13:00:00 - Crafts: Junior origami #1

Sun 14:00:00 - How to draw dragons

Sun 15:00:00 - Show and tell

Franklin A

Fri 11:00:00 - Art Show: Setup

Fri 21:00:00 - Meet The Pros Party

Fri 21:00:00 - Art Show: Reception

Sun 13:00:00 - Art Show: Sales

Sun 15:00:00 - Art Show: Teardown

Franklin B

Sat 10:00:00 - LEGO open building event & contest

ALL LIBERTY

Sat 10:00:00 - Masquerade: Rehersal

Sat 20:00:00 - Masquerade

LIBERTY A

Fri 20:00:00 - PSFS Meeting - Speaker: Tom Purdom

LIBERTY B/C

Fri 22:00:00 - SF Quiz Show

Fri 23:59:00 - Eye of Argon Reading

SALON L

Sat 11:00:00 - Future Satire Becomes Reality

Sat 14:00:00 - Filk Concert: Sassafrass / Mark Mandel

Sat 16:00:00 - Filk Singalong

Sun 15:00:00 - Filk Concert: Dr. SETI / One Shots

SALON K

Sat 10:00:00 - Hey! Let's put on a show!

Sat 14:00:00 - Special Effects Makeup Workshop

Sun 15:00:00 - Lovecraft Goes Mainstream

SALON J

Sat 11:00:00 - Gaming 101 - An Introduction to Gaming

Sat 14:00:00 - Gaming 110 - Gaming and Parenting, what is PG-13 or R

Sat 15:00:00 - Gaming 102 - War Gaming

Sat 16:00:00 - Gaming 104 - The art of game mastering

Sun 11:00:00 - Gaming -001 Local Gaming Resorces

Sun 13:00:00 - Art Show Auction

SALON I

Sat 10:00:00 - Things I Wish Some Pro had Told Me

Sat 11:00:00 - Science Fiction And The Literary Establishment

Sat 12:00:00 - Is Phillip Pullman The Next J.K. Rowling?

Sat 13:00:00 - Bad Guys Are More Fun

Sat 14:00:00 - Fascinating Disgusting Ideas for SF Stories

Sun 11:00:00 - Preposterous SF Ideas

Sun 13:00:00 - Why The World Would Be A Better Place If We Could All Read Science Fiction

Sun 14:00:00 - Women as Eye Candy?

Sun 15:00:00 - Fantasy Worlds We Don’t Want To Live In, But Still Want To Read About

SALON G

Sat 12:00:00 - SFWA EMF Benefit Auction

Sun 16:00:00 - Feedback Session

SALON H

Sat 14:00:00 - Guest of Honor Speech: Anderson & Moesta

Sat 15:00:00 - Artist Guest of Honor Slideshow: Joe Devito

Sat 16:00:00 - Principal Speaker: Pam Sargent and George Zebrowski

Sun 10:00:00 - Kong: King of Skull Island - GOH Joe Devito

Sun 12:00:00 - Guest of Honor Speech: Blackburn and Johannsen