Schedule
This is the rough draft of the schedule. It is tentative and will have several changes. Please refer to your pocket program at the convention for the finalized schedule.
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Friday |
Robertson |
DeWitt |
de Zavala |
Phoenix North |
Pre-Function Area |
Austin |
5:00 PM |
Fr1700R Setup
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Fr1700De Con disaster stories
Gelb*, PWells, Boucher, Denton, Ward |
Fr1700Dz Who runs ArmadilloCon?
Babcock*, Bobo, Baty, Cupp, Meschke, Gibbons |
Fr1700PN Heroes vs. 4400
Spector*, Campbell, Leicht, Oliver, de Orive |
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Fr1200A Art Show
Zrubek* |
5:30 PM |
6:00 PM |
Fr1800R Broad universe: Rapid Fire Readings
Burton*, Cheney, Henderson, Marley,
Latner,
Oliver,
Sanger,
Sullivan
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6:30 PM |
7:00 PM |
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Fr1900PN Opening Ceremonies
Waldrop*, Marley, Lippincott, November, PWells, Babcock |
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7:30 PM |
8:00 PM |
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Fr2000PR Meet the Pros
Babcock*, Bobo |
Fr2000A Art Show Reception
Zrubek*, Anderson, Sherlock, Taggart |
8:30 PM |
9:00 PM |
Fr2100R Reading
Maureen McHugh |
Fr2100De Ever lost your work in the bit bucket?
Osborne*, Cardin, Carl, Latner,
Miles |
Fr2100Dz Robert F. Jones: Negelected Slipstream Master
Cupp*, Crider, Spencer, Lansdale, Person |
Fr2100PN A History of Sci-Fi Vernacular
JMann*, Ambrose, Jackson, Siros, Taylor, |
9:30 PM |
Fr2130R Reading
Jay Lake |
10:00 PM |
Fr2200R Reading
Debbie Lynn Smith |
Fr2200De So Happy Together
Rountree*, Gibbons, Mills, Trimm, Cardin, Henderson |
Fr2200Dz Group blogging by SF authors
Nevins*, Blaschke, Nakashima-Brown, Gould, Spector, Denton, McHugh |
Fr2200PN The Story Unwritten
Richerson*, Moore, Schwabach, MWells, Chester |
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10:30 PM |
Fr2230R Reading
Cary G. Osborne |
11:00 PM |
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Fr2300De Professor Farnsworth's Doomsday Device
Antell*, Martinez, Whittemore |
Fr2300Dz Why are most comic books that are made into movies so friggin' bad?
Roberson*, Nakashima-Brown, Porter, Wilson, Miles, Klaw |
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11:30 PM |
Saturday |
DeWitt |
de Zavala |
Phoenix North |
Robertson |
Phoenix Central |
4th Floor Conference Room |
10:00 AM |
Sa1000De Expect Unexpected Evil
Carl*, Gould, Kimbriel, Klages, Sturges, Finn |
Sa1000Dz The Greatest Fantasy Novel Ever Written?
Gelb*, Barrett, Dimond, Eudaly, Henderson, Nevins |
Sa1000PN The Interactive, Sci-Fi Channel Line-Up
LMann*, Caine, Swendson, Miller, JMann, Kosatka |
Sa1000R Reading
Sharon Shinn |
Sa1000PC Autographing
Picacio*, Benjamin, Crider, Dayton |
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10:30 AM |
Sa1030R Reading
Don Webb |
11:00 AM |
Sa1100De Cover Lovers Anonymous: Confessions From All Over
Anderson*, Taggart, Picacio, Kelley, Lippincott, Sherlock |
Sa1100Dz Now What Do I Do?
Cardin*, November, Gilman, Dimond, Hitchcock, Leahy |
Sa1100PN Patty Wells, We Hardly Know Ye
LMann*, PWells, Bobo, Boucher, JMann, Levine |
Sa1100R Reading
Martha Wells |
Sa1100PC Autographing
Burton*, Shinn, Marley, Carl |
11:30 AM |
Sa1130R Reading
Jessica Reisman |
Noon |
Sa1200De Revolution SF
Klaw*, Finn, Bey, Wilson, Blaschke, Porter |
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Sa1200PN Fannish Feud
Allston*, Babcock, Marley, November, MWells, Shinn, Waldrop, PWells, Antell, Felix, Bobo, Boucher |
Sa1200R Reading
Lillian Stewart Carl |
Sa1200PC Autographing
Eudaly*, McHugh, Sheridan, Gould |
12:30 PM |
Sa1230R Reading
Neal Barrett, Jr. |
1:00 PM |
Sa1300De Hollywood and Sci-Fi: The "Romance" Continues
de Orive*, Barrett, Smith, Spencer, Wheeler, Reisman |
Sa1300Dz I hate the word Sci-Fi
Jackson*, Kofmel, Anderson, Crider, Denton |
Sa1300PN The Unabridged Louise
Shinn*, Marley |
Sa1300R Reading
Chris Roberson |
Sa1300PC Autographing
Kosatka*, Klages, Richerson, Gilman |
1:30 PM |
Sa1330R Reading
James P. Hogan |
2:00 PM |
Sa1400De I Fell in Love with an Octopus
Babcock*, Felix, Carl, Gilman,
Smith |
Sa1400Dz Low budget horror DVD's
Webb*, Allston, Eudaly, Henderson, Hitchcock, Osborne |
Sa1400PN Reading
Louise Marley |
Sa1400R The Masters of Art
Picacio*, Kelley, Taggart, Conrad, Lippincott, Sherlock |
Sa1400PC Autographing
Lake*, Person, Waldrop |
2:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Sa1500De Reading
Alexis Glynn Latner |
Sa1500Dz Archetypical genre heroes (and heroines)
Swendson*, Robins,
Davis, Denton,
Spencer |
Sa1500PN Great lines in SF/F/H TV and Film
Sarath*, Chester, de Orive, Person, Spector, Sturges |
Sa1500R Charity Auction
Finn*, Babcock |
Sa1500PC Autographing
MWells*, Barrett, Caine, Hitchcock |
3:30 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Sa1600De The Writers' Sampler
Sullivan*, Bey, Cardin, Eudaly, Leicht, Levine, Schwabach, Whittemore, Sheridan, Kofmel, Ward, Oliver |
Sa1600Dz What should you have read this year?
Klaw*, Siros, Crider, Lansdale, Mills, Reisman |
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Sa1600PC Autographing
Sarath*, Hogan, Chester, |
4:30 PM |
5:00 PM |
Sa1700De Surprising Your Audience
de Orive*, Barrett, Miles, Benjamin, Oliver, Richerson, MWells |
Sa1700Dz Genesis Mission -- Hard Landing to Hard Science
Gibbons* |
Sa1700PN Don't Mind the Woman Behind the Hair
Klages*, November |
Sa1700R Dream Realm Awards
Burton* |
Sa1700PC Autographing
Osborne*, Bey, Sturges |
Sa17004 ALAMO Board Meeting
Baty*, Meschke, Miller, Kofmel |
5:30 PM |
6:00 PM |
Sa1800De Reading
Chris Nakashima-Brown |
Sa1800Dz What good is an editor?
Ambrose*, November, Cardin, Carl, Martinez, Robins |
Sa1800PN 102: Introductory Orbital Mechanics
Latner*, Baty, Hogan, Gibbons, Jackson, Ward |
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Sa18004 2008 Nebula Meeting
Meschke* |
6:30 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Sa1900De Dr. Who: The Physics of the TARDIS
Miller*, Sturges, Sheridan, Schwabach, Sherlock, Spector |
Sa1900Dz Reading
CJ Mills |
Sa1900PN An hour with Howard and Jay
Lake*, Waldrop |
Sa1900R Art Auction
Conrad*, Anderson, Zrubek |
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7:30 PM |
Sa1930Dz Reading
Rick Klaw |
8:00 PM |
Sa2000De Hypotheticals
Porter*, Roberson, Sturges, Wilson, Blaschke, Benjamin |
Sa2000Dz Orion
Jackson*
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Sa2000PN Who would win in a fight?
Bey*, Klaw, Allston, Siros, Lansdale |
Sa2000R Reading
Rachel Caine |
8:30 PM |
Sa2030R Reading
Gail Dayton |
9:00 PM |
Sa2100De Does sex have a place in fantasy or science fiction?
Dayton*, Leicht, Caine, Smith, Kosatka, Kimbriel |
Sa2100Dz Women in the SF field
PWells*, November, LMann, Mills, Oliver, Davis, Reisman |
Sa2100PN Politics in the 21st century and beyond
Conrad*, Nakashima-Brown, Rountree, Taylor, Stoddard, Trimm, Spencer |
Sa2100R Reading
Shanna Swendson |
9:30 PM |
Sa2130R Reading
Patrice E. Sarath |
10:00 PM |
Sa2200De Our favorite villains and heroes
Sarath*, Leicht, Moore, Swendson,
Schwabach |
Sa2200Dz What is the island?
Babcock*, Davis, Levine, Nevins, Finn, de Orive |
Sa2200PN Will the best Doctor Who please stand up?
Bey*, JMann, LMann, Osborne, Roberson, Sullivan |
Sa2200R Reading
Steven Gould |
10:30 PM |
Sa2230R Reading
A. Lee Martinez |
11:00 PM |
Sa2300De Teen Fiction: Sex, Drugs and Urban Fantasy
Leicht*, Gould, Rountree, November, Whittemore, Sullivan |
Sa2300Dz Doing the Nasty in the Pasty
Gibbons*, Hitchcock, Porter, Moore, Chester |
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11:30 PM |
Sunday |
Robertson |
DeWitt |
de Zavala |
Phoenix North |
Phoenix Central |
9:00 AM |
Su900R FACT Board Meeting
Allston, Babcock, Burton, Siros, Ward |
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9:30 AM |
10:00 AM |
Su1000De Liar's Panel: Hard Science
Lake*, Finn, McHugh, Nevins |
Su1000Dz Create a World
Latner*, Henderson, Caine, Conrad, Chester, Stoddard, Trimm |
Su1000PN Before and After Xena and Buffy
Wheeler*, Benjamin, Dayton,
Kenner, Kosatka |
10:30 AM |
11:00 AM |
Su1100R Reading
Julie Kenner |
Su1100De Mythic Journeys
Wheeler*, Benjamin, Kosatka, Leahy, McHugh, Stoddard |
Su1100Dz The Small Press Boom
Cupp*, Person, Klaw, Roberson, Waldrop, Burton, Lansdale |
Su1100PN The Electric Universe
Hogan* |
Su1100PC Autographing
Allston*, Lippincott, Swendson, Martinez |
11:30 AM |
Su1130R Reading
Madeleine E. Robins |
Noon |
Su1200R Reading
Ellen Klages |
Su1200De Writing Faith
Dimond*, Marley, Shinn, Dayton, Webb |
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12:30 PM |
Su1230R Reading
Joe R. Lansdale |
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1:00 PM |
Su1300R Reading
Aaron Allston |
Su1300De Mythology/Schmythology
Wilson*, Gilman, Blaschke, Denton, Gould, Kimbriel, Spector |
Su1300Dz LoneStar Con 3
Baty*, Meschke, Taylor, Miller, Kofmel |
Su1300PN Lippincott: Uncut
Lippincott* |
Su1300PC Autographing
Cupp*, Klaw, Leahy |
1:30 PM |
Su1330R Reading
Mark Finn |
2:00 PM |
Su1400R Reading
Laura Anne Gilman |
Su1400De The Other Cons
Miller*, Kofmel, PWells, Meschke, Cupp |
Su1400Dz That's a FACT
Hamilton*, Siros, Baty, Dimond |
Su1400PN Pictionary
Eudaly*, Campbell, Felix |
Su1400PC Autographing
Kenner*, Latner, Leicht, Whittemore |
2:30 PM |
Su1430R Reading
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel |
3:00 PM |
Su1500R Reading
Lawrence Person |
Su1500De Authors and the fans who love them: maybe a little too much
Babcock*, Shinn, LMann, Hogan, Chester, Spencer |
Su1500Dz The Art of the Tchotchkie
Felix*, Bobo, PWells, Meschke, Baty |
Su1500PN Harry Potter and the Sword of Puberty
Gibbons*, Miles, Ambrose, Webb, Rountree |
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3:30 PM |
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4:00 PM |
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Su1600PN Reading
Howard Waldrop |
4:30 PM |
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