Odyssey Con II - March 2002

 

Odyssey Con II Programming Guide

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Asterisks indicate the panel moderator.

A Gaming badge is only good to get into panels marked GAME and dealers' room. See separate schedule at the con for games.

(All panels 1 1/4 hour long)

Track One

First Floor
Assembly Room

Track Two

6th floor
Room 629

Track Three

6th floor
Room 634

Track Four

6th floor
Room 619

Other events

Friday          

1:30 PM

What's New at Tor Books?

Jim Frenkel

T. W. Miller Reads

T.W. Miller

 

 

Gaming begins at Noon

Dealer's room setup begins at Noon

3:00 PM

Interspecies relations in fiction - Why can't we all just get along?

Jan Bogstad, Jeff Lowery, Joan D. Vinge*, Timothy Zahn

Andromeda - Herclues in Space?

Jim Frenkel*, Paul Wiesner

David B. Coe reads

David B. Coe

  Consuite and Dealer's room open at 3:00 PM

4:30 PM

Looking Big Brother in the eye - What happens to civil liberties now?

David B. Coe, Karl Hailman, Phil Kaveny, Jim Nichols*, Richard Russell, Dr. Rich Staats

Timothy Zahn reads

Timothy Zahn

Doctor Who panel, "Doctor, Doctor, I got a bad case of loving you."

Ruth Nichols*, Paul Richards

20 SF/Fantasy Films I would seal in a Time Capsule

Jennifer Menken

 

6:00 PM

CLOSED FOR SKIT REHEARSAL

How to invent a language

Dorothea Salo

Why there are no squirrels in space - Designing believeable eco-systems in space

Jennifer Menken

Hair Braiding Demonstration

John Wardale

6:00 PM 6th Floor Car Wars! bring a radio controlled car, or use ours (First of 3 times) Alan Spoonem (GAME*)

7:30 PM

Opening Ceremonies

'Uncle' Don Helley, Jerome Van Epps, and 'The Ready for the Concourse Players'

CLOSED FOR DANCE
SET-UP
  ROOM RESERVED FOR PARTIES FOR REST OF EVENING Dealer's room closes at 7:00 PM

9:00 PM

The Internet after the tech stock crash

Phil Kaveny, Jeff Lowery*, Julie Zachman

Fan Dance

Dance and World Music

With DJ Bulut Nesim

Until 1:00 AM
(GAME*)

Gary Gygax Talks About Gaming

Gary Gygax (GAME*)

   

10:30 PM

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 'Is this show bitching or what, Dude?'

David B. Coe,* Paul Wiesner

Dance continues

Fans talk about new SF/Fantasy movies: more than just Harry Potter and The Fellowship of the Ring

Richard Russell

   

12:00 Midnight

Midnight Horror Panel - What still scares us after Sept. 11th?

Jim Frenkel,* Dr. Rich Staats, T. W. Miller

Dance continues

Silent Films of 2001: A Charade Game

R. Russell

Followed by: Uncle Don Explains the Universe to You

'Uncle' Don Helley

 

Gaming ends at Midnight

           

Saturday

         

10:30 AM

Working with an agent to get published

Jack Byrne, Jim Frenkel*

Going to the Mars and the Moon

Jim Nichols*, Paul Richards

"So long, and thanks for all the fish." Remembering Douglas Adams

Jan Bogstad, Richard Russell* Jerome Van Epps (To include a videotape interview of the author)

10:00 AM Car Wars! bring a radio controlled car, or use ours (2nd of three times)

Alan Spoonem (GAME*)

ConSuite opens at 9:00 AM

Gaming begins at 10:00AM

Dealer's Room opens at 10:00 AM

12:00 Noon

Dealing with Good and Evil in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Jack Byrne, David B. Coe,* T. W. Miller, Joan D. Vinge, Timothy Zahn

Terrorist or freedom fighter - Fighting the powers that be

Jeanne Gomoll,* "Uncle" Don Helley, Jim Nichols, Gregory Rihn, Richard Russell

Babylon 5 panel

Jan Bogstad, Dorothea Salo,* Richard West

Puppetry in SF/Fantasy on screen

Jennifer Menken, Gordon Smuder

 

1:30 PM

Lord of the Rings - book vs. movie

Richard Russell,* David Salo, Richard West

 

Laughing at the unspeakable - black humor and satire

Cat Jaster, John Kovalic, Gregory Rihn*

The physics of Space Opera

Ken Burnside*, Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch, John Wardale

Costume Panel

Stacey Lee-Feldman*, Nancy E. Mildebrandt

 

3:00 PM

What makes a good villain?

David B. Coe, Georgie Schnobrich, T. W. Miller, Dr. Rich Staats, Timothy Zahn*

Comics in the 21st Century

Hank Luttrell,* John Kovalic, Joan D. Vinge

Christopher Moore, the Funniest SF/F Writer you never heard about

Tracy Benton, Bill Bodden, Jeanne Gomoll*

Prop and Costume Builder's Safety - use of safe equipment and materials

Gordon Smuder, Jennifer Menken

 

4:30 PM

Presentation of Elvish in Tolkien by the "Lord of the Rings" movies' official linquist

David Salo, Dorothea Salo

Looking at cannon balls through a crystal ball - looking at the tradition of writing about what the next big war will be like

Phil Kaveny, Gregory Rihn,* Dr. Rich Staats, T.W. Miller. Julie Zachman

   

4:30 PM Book signings David B. Coe, G. Gygax, Joan D. Vinge, Timothy Zahn and others

(GAME*)

6:00 PM

Screening of new SF and Fantasy film previews. There will be free promotional items!

Glenn A. Boettcher

Everything I know about bioterrorism

Dr. Lisa Freitag

Poul Anderson Remembered - Looking back at the Golden Age of SF

Roberta Stemke

Car Wars! bring a radio controlled car, or use ours (3rd of three times)

Alan Spoonem

(GAME*)

Dealer's Room closes at 6:00 PM

7:30 PM

Guest of Honor Speeches: Toastmasters Jim Frenkel and Richard Russell

David B. Coe, Gary Gygax, Timothy Zahn

8:30 PM Masquerade preparation in Caucus Room on first floor   ROOM RESERVED FOR PARTIES FOR REST OF EVENING  

9:00 PM

Masquerade (Host Greg Rihn)

Gaming as a storytelling medium

Gray Gygax,* John Kovalic, Dorothea Salo, Dr. Richard Staats

(GAME*)

Star Trek panel: 'Enterprise,' boldly going where many have gone before

Eric Larson,* Jerome Van Epps

   

10:30 PM

Drumming (Host - Uncle Don)

(Until 1:00 AM)

Saturday night Open mike poetry (Host - Phil Kaveny)

Publishing yourself - amateur press and 'zines

Cat Jaster,* Dorothea Salo, Dr. Rich Staats

   

12:00 Midnight

   

Fans Talk about new SF/Fantasy movies, some of which you may have missed: The Tick, Smallville, Dune and more

Richard Russell

 

Gaming ends at Midnight

           

Sunday

         

10:30 AM

What's this game called again? - our favorite odd or obscure games

Lory Aitkin, Bill Bodden*, John Kovalic

(GAME*)

Richard Russell reviews 2001 SF and Fantasy Films "The Year of Amazing Animation"

Richard Russell

   

ConSuite opens at 9:00 AM

Gaming begins at 10:00AM

Dealer's room opens at 10:00 AM

12:00 Noon

Writing in someone else's fictional world

Jack Byrne, T.W. Miller, Timothy Zahn*

Harry Potter panel - book vs. Movie

David B. Coe, Josh Frenkel, Hope Kiefer, Jim Nichols, Ruth Nichols, Richard Russell*

Putting a female face on gaming

Dorothea Salo
(GAME*)

Balloon Animal Sculpting Demonstration

John Wardale

 

1:30 PM

Star Wars Panel: 'Send in the Clone Wars'

Timothy Zahn,* Eric Larson, Gordon Smuder

What do we mean when we say Feminist Science Fiction

Jan Bogstad, Jim Frenkel, Ruth Nichols,* Dorothea Salo

Writers workshop - bring short works to read and discuss

Hosts Tom Havighurst, Karen. Massey-Ferch,* Bhim. Ningadah

John Kovalic talks about comics

John Kovalic

 

3:00 PM

Fantasy in a medieval setting - adding new rooms to the house Tolkien built

Jan Bogstad, David B. Coe,* Jim Frenkel, Kathleen M Massie-Ferch

Farscape Panel

Richard West

Collectables Pre-1960 - Art, pulps, toys and more

Gordon Smuder, Jennifer Menken

Joan D. Vinge reads

Joan D. Vinge

Dealer's Room closes at 3:00 PM

4:30 PM

Closing Discussions: throw flowers or brickbats at the ConCom

Tom Havighurst, Hope Kiefer, Bill Farina, Jerome Van Epps*
(GAME*)

     

ConSuite closes at 4:00PM

Gaming ends at 5:30PM

6:00 PM

Dead Cow Party at Angelic Brew Pub

332 West Johnson Street
(GAME*)

       
Gaming badge is only good to get into panels marked GAME* and dealer's room. See separate schedule for gaming events.