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Panels are 1 ¼ hours |
Track One Grand Canyon C |
Track Two Grand Canyon B |
Track Three Grand Canyon A |
Track Four Suite 104 Krushenko’s (across from pool) |
Other Events See program book for room locations |
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Friday |
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1:30PM |
The new crop of SF on TV *Richard S. Russell |
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Gaming begins at Noon. Dealer's room setup begins at Noon |
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3:00PM |
The believable female protagonist *Jim Frenkel, Kathy Sullivan, David Weber |
Comics Panel Hank Lutrell, *Joan Vinge |
Discussion: What films and TV shows should be nominated for the Hugo? *Richard S. Russell |
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Consuite and Dealer's room open at 3:00 PM |
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4:30PM |
The Napoleonic Wars: Sharpe’s Rifles, Master and Commander, Horatio Hornblower, and more E. E. Knight, Dale B. Mattheis, Greg Rihn, *David Weber |
Recent developments in Pseudoscience Jeannie Bergman, *Richard S. Russell, Jay Simon, Kathy Sullivan |
Angel Panel Pat Pagel, *Paul Wiesner |
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6:00PM |
Closed for skit rehersal |
Closed |
Kathy Sullivan Reads Kathy Sullivan |
Presentation
about the Science Fiction, and Arts Museum *Ray Norton |
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7:30PM |
Opening Ceremonies ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, The Barista Liberation Army performing ‘The Mootrix: Re-milked’ |
Closed |
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Dealer's room closes at 7:00 PM |
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9:00PM |
Performance by the Great Luke Ski Luke Collis Sienkowski |
Closed |
Lord of the Rings Panel: The books and the films E. E. Knight, *Melissa Kaercher, Sarah Monette, Kathy Sullivan |
‘Tales of the Unanticipated’ Party Host – Eric Heideman |
Fan Dance (In Yellowstone Room 101) Until after Midnight DJ Bulut Nessim |
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10:30PM |
Bellydancing
presentation *Stephanie Fry |
Closed |
Silent SF & F Films of 2003: Charade Game *Richard S. Russell |
Party Continues –until late. |
Formal gaming ends at
Midnight (open play gaming continues) |
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Saturday |
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9:00 AM |
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2003 – Film reviews: The year of ‘The Return of the King.’ *Richard S. Russell |
ConSuite opens 9:00 AM Gaming and Dealer’s Room begins at 10:00AM |
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10:30 AM |
The future of SF in Film and TV. Melissa Kaercher, *Eric Larson |
Harry Potter Panel: The books and the films Armalor Mynnyx, *Jim Nichols, Ruth Nichols, Kathy Sullivan |
Where the metric system in SF?: that and other missing concepts in SF. Richard Chwedyk, Richard S. Russell, Georgie Schnobrich, John Wardale |
E. E. Knight Reads E. E. Knight |
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Noon |
Grand Master of SF: Jack Williamson *Jim Frenkel, Joe Haldeman, David Weber |
Star Wars Panel Ivan Garczynski, *Eric Larson, Luke Collis Sienkowski |
Matrix Panel: What’s so bad about living in the Matrix? Greg Rihn, *Richard S. Russell, |
Arrrr! Pirates! Swashbuckling in SF E. E. Knight, *Dale B. Mattheis, Jay Simon, John Wardale |
Presentation: bio-diesel cars – 2nd part will be outside with a bio-diesel car (Consuite 2 Room 103) Mike Clark |
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1:30PM |
Hemingway and American Fiction - “I read Heming-way. It was good.” (Or, has following Hemingway helped or hurt writing) Richard Chwedyk, Jim Frenkel, *Joe Haldeman, Jim Nichols |
How to run a convention (or not to) Melissa Kaercher, Eric Larson, * |
Readings by authors from Broad Universe Sarah Monette, *(Host) Kathy Sullivan, others |
Anime panel. Michael Jenkins, *Dr. Ann-Marie 'Kittka' Schmid |
Hair Braiding Demonstration (In Consuite 2 Room 203) John Wardale |
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3:00PM |
Where SF Meets Reality: The Vietnam War Joe Haldeman, *Jim Frenkel, Dale B. Mattheis |
Feminist SF and Fantasy *Sarah Monette, Kathy Sullivan |
Building a world in fiction: creating a world and inhabitants- human or alien. Ken Burnside, Richard Chwedyk, David Weber |
Middle eastern culture: focus on sufi mysticism and music *Bulut Nesim, |
Balloon Animal Sculpting Demonstration (In Consuite 2) John Wardale |
Sat. Cont |
Track One |
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Track Three |
Track Four |
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4:30PM |
Computer Generated Graphics in SF film and TV *Eric Larson |
Older Gamers, or how to stay active in gaming when you can’t stay up all night. Pat Pagel, *Greg Rihn, Paul Wiesner (GAME*) |
Costume panel: Mad Scientists of Costuming * |
Zine, Amateur Press, and Small Press Panel ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Eric Heideman, Kathy Sullivan |
Book Signing by all authors (Yellowstone Room 101)Joe Haldeman, David Weber - and others. (GAME*) |
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6:00PM |
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Medicine in Fiction: Getting the Wounds right *Dr. Lisa Freitag, Dr. Ann-Marie 'Kittka' Schmid |
Read Any Good Books recently? And what out of print author needs to be back in print? Eric Heideman*, Greg Rihn, Kathy Sullivan |
Dealer's Room closes at 6:00 PM |
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7:30PM |
Guest of Honor Speeches Host – Jim Frenkel. Joe Haldeman, David Weber, Eric Larson |
Closed |
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8:30 Masquerade set up – Yellowstone Room 101 |
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9:00PM |
Masquerade Host - Luke Collis Sienkowski |
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Apocalyptic Literature E. E. Knight, Sarah Monette, Richard S. Russell |
DiversiCon Party Host – Eric Heideman |
SF Poetry Jam: 20 minutes to write a SF poem on a topic (Host) Richard Chwedyk, Joe Haldeman, Jim Nichols, James P. Roberts, Luke Jay Simon (location TBA) |
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10:30PM |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The show and the fans Pat Pagel, Luke Collis Sienkowski, *Paul Weisner |
Party Continues |
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Midnight |
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Midnight Drumming (Saturday) – Drum until Daylight savings time! Host “Uncle’ Don Helley |
Midnight Horror Panel Christopher Jones, Melissa Kaercher |
Party Continues –until late. |
Formal gaming ends at Midnight (open play gaming continues) |
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Sunday |
WARNING: TIME WARP ! Day Light Savings Time Begins at 2:00AM. |
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10:30 AM |
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Setting SF in a chaotic world – from Cyberpunk to Baghdad *E. E. Knight, Dale B. Mattheis |
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Midwestern Fandom: Twin Cities, Chicago and beyond to World Cons |
Consuite opens at 9:00 AM Gaming begins at 10:00AM Dealer's room opens at 10:00 AM |
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Noon |
Writing with a partner David Weber |
Still Stomping Tokyo: 50 years of Godzilla 1954-2004 Richard Chwedyk, Eric Heideman, Richard S. Russell |
Humor in SF and fantasy Christopher Jones, Melissa Kaercher, Dale B. Mattheis, *Kathy Sullivan |
Joe Haldeman Reads Joe Haldeman |
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1:30PM |
Why write? Quote -“Nobody but a blockhead writes for any reason but money.” –Samuel Johnson Richard Chwedyk, *Joe Haldeman, E. E. Knight, Kathy Sullivan |
Star Trek: How do you save the franchise? Eric Larson, Armalor Mynnyx, Greg Rihn, Luke Collis
Sienkowski, John Wardale |
Tolkien Panel ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Dale B. Mattheis, Sarah Monette,
*Georgie Schnobrich |
James P. Roberts Reads from Famous Wisconsin Authors James P. Roberts |
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3:00PM |
Doctor Who Panel: Has the Doctor run out of lives? Jim Nichols, Kathy Sullivan, John Wardale |
David Weber Reads David Weber |
Humor in Gaming *Jay Simon, Paul Wiesner (GAME*) |
Writer’s Workshop Joe Haldeman – Host (Sign up sheet at the registration desk.) |
Dealer's Room closes at 3:00 PM |
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4:30PM |
Closing Discussion: Throw flowers or brickbats at the ConCom Eric Larson, * |
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ConSuite closes at 4:00PM Gaming ends at 5:30PM |
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6:00PM |
Dead Cow Party at J. T. Whitney’s Brew Pub 674 S. Whitney Way |
Moooooo! |
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