Philcon Program Grid

Friday

301302303304305306307362364407408409411413414
4:00 PMTheremin Fun #1
5:00 PMFirefly: "Serenity" Parts 1 & 2
6:00 PMArt game: Exquisite CorpseTodd and the Book of Pure Evil (6:30 PM start)
7:00 PMSilly Rabbit, Cartoons Aren't For Kids Anymore!Orientation: Philcon 101Sci-Fi In ComicsThe Frivolous Uses of TeleportationFrivolous Literary Theory as an ArtformLEGO Gaming 101AragamiAnime Obscura
8:00 PMFilk Concerts: Mark A. Mandel, Dr. H. Paul ShuchFrom Start to FinishThe Tinkerer in the Basement, or Big Science vs. Garage ScienceTrends of Science Fiction and Fantasy in the MediaBiologists Rule!From the Page to the TableThe Devil...or Delight: Both Are in the DetailsReading: Lawrence M. SchoenArt As A LifestyleMyth and the 21st CenturySo Do You Need a Ph.D to Read this Stuff?Anime ObscuraPSFS Meeting: The Creation of Honor Harrington
9:00 PMIn the Footsteps of Apollo: Return to the MoonA Poseur Society: Recycling 70s Classics. Remaking Japanese Hits.Livin' La Vida Dorka: How to live a fannish lifeScience Fiction about "Touchy" SubjectsSoitenly! Why SF People Love the Three StoogesVidocqThese Are A Few Of My Favorite Scenes
10:00 PMTheme Filk Circle: Teaching Science in Song"Dear Diary: Still Not King": Blogging and FandomWhat We Don't KnowSandman and BeyondThe Impact of Online Magazines on the GenreWhen Hollywood Comes A KnockingThese Are A Few Of My Favorite ScenesSF Quiz Show
11:00 PMHandmaid's Tale
11:59 PMUndeadEye of Argon Reading

Saturday

301303304305306362364366411413414415Liberty ALiberty BLiberty CSalon G
10:00 AMFantasy Costumes on a BudgetDoves Among the HawksMeet the Garden State Horror WritersCreative Book Collecting...Knowing When to Let Them Go (for a price)Reading: Talisman of ZandriaReading: P.D. CacekSky Captain and the World of TomorrowSF & Fantasy Cartoons And Why We Love ThemWebcomixWill Harry Potter Endure?Science Fiction: Gen X
11:00 AMFantasy Costumes on a BudgetWhy We Got Up So Early on Saturday Mornings: Fantastic FilmationWonderland, Oz, and MeRising Sun, Setting SunEscaping the Pigeon Hole: How To Escape the NicheLEGO game: Dark Mansion ChallengeReading: Shane TourtellottePlot Driven SF vs. Character Driven SFAnime ApocryphaOrientation: Philcon 101 (Second Chance)Real Places as SettingsSF Digital ArtComputer/Internet SecurityScience Fiction Without Space Travel
12:00 PM"Frankenstein Should Be Required Reading For All Scientists"Her Heaving Bosom Trembled in Zero-GAll I ever needed to know I learned from gamingAdding Complex Depth and Dimension to Your WritingHow to draw dragonsReading: Laura Ann GilmanDoes the Hugo Still Mean Anything?Selected ShortsHere Lies Star Trek...Jurassic Art 2005Fiction Based on Dreams and NightmaresThe New Arms RaceAlien Invasions: Doing it Right
1:00 PMCostumes: From Concept to CreationI'm Not Dead...I Just Write Like I AmThe Shatner ConundrumCreative Promoting 101Reading: Judith MoffettWriter's WorkshopThe Influence Of Japanese Culture On Western Science Fiction & FantasyBuilding a better game: Space combat simulationsCopyrights And Contracts, Part IIYet even more of the best films you've never heard ofFrom Scientific Breakthrough to Societal ChangeSpace Opera as Myth
2:00 PMFilk SingalongWriting for an Online AudienceParadise Lost, Paradise Regained: Is Fandom Splintering?Why Everyone Should be Reading Science FictionH.P. Lovecraft, King of all Media!OrigamiReading: David WeberWriter's WorkshopThe Influence Of Japanese Culture On Western Science Fiction & FantasyFuture ImperfectIf I Knew Then What I Know NowAlternate Histories That Are Not about WarYou Got Science in My Religion! You Got Religion in My Science!Why America is "Lost"
3:00 PMFilk Concert: Lady MondegreenScience Fiction and Fantasy as Secret HistorySo Long And Thanks For All The FishYou Don't Have to be Crazy, but it HelpsThe Great Summer Slump of 2005Theme Song Sing-AlongReading: Esther FriesnerWhite OutHistory Of AnimeWriting Mistakes I've MadeWar as Video Game: The Future of Military TechWhat's the Matter, You Want to Live Forever?SF, Fantasy, and Horror--The Year in ReviewJet Propulsion Laboratory PresentationMy Illustrious Career -- Artist David Mattingly's Guest Speech
4:00 PMThe Books We Really ReadI Have a Great Idea...How Do I Make It into a StoryHead Games, Or What to do when I can't afford therapy or bubble wrapRead-aloud storytimeHistory Of AnimeHot Topics...Hot ButtonsYou Always Call It ResearchDoctor Who: The New Era?Principal Speaker - David Weber
5:00 PMThe Past and Future of Philip K. Dick AdaptationsThe Five Clauses You Will Meet In Publishing: Who, What, When, Where & WhyKlingon 101: The BasicsHelloramaIn Their Own WordsLook ma... I'm not cancelled!
6:00 PMThe Controversy of Director's Cuts: Rewriting the PastSkepticism Is Not a Dirty WordTheremin Fun #2Strands
7:00 PM"No School like the Old School"Art project: Surreal CollageFirefly: "Trash"
8:00 PMOther World PoetsSF EroticaHellevator: Bottle FoolsIs Slipstream the New Wave All Over Again?Masquerade (Enter through Salon L)
9:00 PMCall of Cthulhu (during Masquerade Intermission)
10:00 PMBatman BeginsMasquerade (Enter through Salon L)
11:00 PM"Don't Go To An Orgy In Pon-Far": Alternative lifestyles in fandomThe Scarlet G: the Media Quote Game
11:59 PMVersus28 Days Later

Sunday

303304305362364406411415Salon ASalon CSalon GSalon HSalon J
10:00 AMReading: Greg FrostJason & The ArgonautsBang! You're DeadComics For Kids, Where Are They?
11:00 AMNew modes for distributing SFFiction as Autobiography/Autobiography as FictionHow to draw dinosaursReading: James Patrick KellyRare Earth: Are We That Special?Support Characters Who Steal the ShowHot New Writers (you have not heard of yet)On a scale of 1 to Highlander 2: A Survivalist guideDavid Does HollywoodFantastic HistoryWhy did you write/paint/sew it like that?
12:00 PMBad Anime, Bad!!Alternate Historical Vampire Cat DetectivesEnd of the World SFReading: Tom PurdomAnatomy of a FilksongBrazilYet Even More Grimm....A Bit of Nastiness...But We Enjoy Reading About ItCan You Trust Your Own Brain?Starting Your Own Religion for Fun and ProfitSpace War: How Would It be Waged and Why?A Series of Unfortunate Endings
1:00 PMRich Fantasy Lives: How Science Fiction & Fantasy Saved My LifeOffspring From Another Planet: Raising kids in fandomFun with Egyptian (Goa'uld) hieroglyphsReading: Victoria McManusIs the Pen Mightier than the Tongue?Tolkien's WomenImagine No ReligionWhat's the Plural of Apocalypse?Flash FictionMeet the EditorsAnd You Thought Galileo Had It Bad: Science Under Siege
2:00 PMEverything You Always Wanted To Know About Anime (...but were afraid to ask)Flower Children Gone to SeedOuter Limits vs. Twilight ZoneLEGO game: Lunar Robo-BallThe BusinessFilk Concerts: Roberta Rogow, Rob BalderTransforming a RPG Campaign into the Next Great NovelThe New Weird: Fantasy in the Tradition of Mervyn PeakeAttack of the SuperbugsIs there More to Space Opera than Space Fleets and Exploding Planets?What do editors want?GAFIA as a Lifestyle
3:00 PMEverything You Always Wanted To Know About Anime (...but were afraid to ask)The Evolution of Monsters from Frankenstein to TerroristsSETI on the Web: Two Alternative StrategiesRereadingFilk concerts: Open sign-upMoral Absolutes in FictionThe Politics of Writing GroupsWhich Version Did You See?Philly Geeks: Looking ahead at what's coming up in Philadelphia fandomExplicit and ImplicitThe Mists of Time
4:00 PMFeedback SessionSpace Isn't Star Trek