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Panels are 1 ¼ hours long |
Track One Grand Canyon B |
Track Two Grand Canyon A |
Track Three Suite 104 Krushenko’s (across from pool) |
Track Four Yellowstone |
Track Five Suite 204 -upstairs Party room |
Other Events See program book for room locations |
FilmCon Track 1 Odana A+B |
FilmCon Track 2 Odana C |
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Friday |
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1:30PM |
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Overcoming procrastination F. J. Bergmann, Bill Farina*, Richard S. Russell |
Overflow Gaming |
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Gaming begins at Noon. Dealer's room setup begins at Noon |
See www.filmcon.org For Filmcon programming |
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3:00PM |
Hal Clement (1922-2003) An appreciation from those who knew him and read him Richard Chwedyk, Jim Frenkel*, Richard S. Russell, Richard Staats, Kathryn Sullivan |
Just Beyond the Street Lights: Fantasy that takes place in our own world Lisa Freitag*, Kenneth Hite, Sarah Monette, Tim Powers, |
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Overflow Gaming |
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Consuite and Dealer's room open at 3:00 PM |
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4:30PM |
You ought to be in pictures! Favorite stories we want to see on screen, and why it hasn’t happened (yet). F. J. Bergmann, Jim Frenkel, Tim Powers*, Richard Staats |
Lois McMaster Bujold reads Lois McMaster Bujold* |
Everyone wants to be the next Harry Potter: the bumper crop of fantasy for tweens and teens Jack Byrne, Matt Forbeck, Lisa Freitag, Kathryn Sullivan |
Black Box Reality: Why contemporary politics are starting to look more and more like SF conspiracy theory. Did we predict it? ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Kenneth Hite, Jim Nichols*,Lee Schneider |
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6:00PM |
Closed for skit rehersal |
Closed for skit rehersal |
A new Fan’s guide to World Con, and notorious World Con bids hoaxes, Wimpy Zone and Beyond Bill Farina* |
Gaming Panel - 21st Century RPG’s: State of the art Ivan Garczynski*, Kenneth Hite, Amalor Myrnnyx, Richard Staats, Paul Wiesner (Game) |
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7:30PM |
Opening Ceremonies Jerome Van Epps, Jennifer White. With The Barista Liberation Army performing. .
‘Steer Wars Episode V: The Holstein Strikes
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Dealer's room closes at 7:00 PM |
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9:00PM |
Performance by the Great Luke Ski Starts after Opening Ceremonies |
10:00pm The Nick Atoms Minneapolis Favorites |
9:00 ‘Tales of the Unanticipated’ Party Host – Eric Heideman* |
B-Grade Movie panel Richard Chwedyk*, ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Melissa Kaercher, |
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Fan Dance (Location To Be Announced) * |
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10:30PM |
The Nick Atoms continued |
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Party Continues –until late. |
10:00pm - meet in Odana C. Silent SF & F Films of 2003: Charade Game Richard S. Russell |
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Formal gaming ends at Midnight (open play gaming continues) |
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Panels are 1 ¼ hours long |
Track One Grand Canyon B |
Track Two Grand Canyon A |
Track Three Suite 104 Krushenko’s (across from pool) |
Track Four Yellowstone |
Track Five Suite 204 -upstairs Party room |
Other Events See program book for room locations |
FilmCon Track 1 Odana A+B |
FilmCon Track 2 Odana C |
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Saturday |
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10:30AM |
Wedding |
Are you a character writer, or a plot writer? Richard Chwedyk, Lois McMaster Bujold*, E. E. Knight, Tim Powers, Kathryn Sullivan |
H G Wells and Jules Verne – Giants upon whose shoulders we stand. Greg Rihn, James P. Roberts, Richard S. Russell*, Steven H. Silver, Richard West |
Makeover show: The editor’s eye for the fannish writer. Jack Byrne, Jim Frenkel, Eric Heideman* |
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ConSuite opens 9:00 AM Gaming and Dealer’s Room begins at 10:00AM |
See www.filmcon.org For Filmcon programming |
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Noon |
The Name is Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan: SF and the spy novel F. J. Bergmann, Jim Frenkel*, Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia Sayre McCoy, Greg Rihn |
Gods Among Us: Ancient deities walking the modern world. ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Lisa Freitag, Kenneth Hite, Georgie Schnobrich*, Lee Schneider |
The Matrix was supposed to be the first movie of a new era, what happened? Bill Farina*, Richard Russell |
Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink -thoughts from its creators and friends Christopher Jones, Melissa Kaercher, John Kovalic |
Presentation: bio-diesel cars – 2nd part will be outside with a bio-diesel car Mike Clark* |
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1:30PM |
California Dreaming: The west coast in SF and fantasy. Philip K. Dick, Christopher Moore, Tim Powers, and more ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Greg Kettering, Tim Powers* |
The World Ends in 24 Hours, what will you do? Dale, Mattheis, Jim Nichols*, Richard S. Russell, Lee Schneider |
Stephen King: Guilty Pleasure (No one wanted to do this panel last year, but I will give it another try.) Bill Bodden*, Kenneth Hite, Melissa Kaercher, E. E. Knight |
The Semantic Web:
An up and coming concept to organize the internet, and is the Computer making
the TV obsolete? F. J. Bergmann, Tom Havighurst*, Bhim Nimgade |
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Hair Braiding Demonstration (In Consuite 2 Room 203) John Wardale* |
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3:00PM |
SF Culture shock – What happens when a feudal culture confronts the space age? Lois McMaster Bujold, Dale Mattheis, Greg Rihn, Lee Schneider, Steven H. Silver*, |
Catholicism and SF Richard Chwedyk, ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Tim Powers*, Jerome Van Epps, Julie Zachman |
Lord of the Rings Panel: Movie vs. Book Matt Forbeck, E. E. Knight, Sarah Monette*, Richard S. Russell, Richard West |
Rewind TV: Remembering the cartoons of our childhood Ivan Garczynski*, Amalor Myrnnyx, Dragon, Ann-Marie Schmid |
Balloon Animal Sculpting Demonstration John Wardale |
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4:30PM |
Harry Potter Panel: Movie vs. Book Dragon, Matt Forbeck, Lisa Freitag, Amalor Myrnnyx, Jerome Van Epps, Richard West*, |
Practical Demon Keeping - for fun or profit: Care and handling of handling of super natural creatures Kenneth Hite, Mike Jenkins, Greg Rihn*, Ann-Marie ‘Kittka’ Schmid |
Are Blogs killing amateur press? (Fans talk about blogs and APAs) F. J. Bergmann, Ruth Nichols, Steven H. Silver, Julie Zachman* |
Favorite Books: A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Richard Chwedyk, ‘Uncle’ Don Helley*, Dale Mattheis, Richard S. Russell |
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Book Signing by all authors Lois McMaster Bujold, Tim Powers, Not enough space to list all the authors. (GAME*) |
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Panels are 1 ¼ hours long |
Track One Grand Canyon B |
Track Two Grand Canyon A |
Track Three Suite 104 Krushenko’s (across from pool) |
Track Four Yellowstone |
Track Five Suite 204 -upstairs Party room |
Other Events See program book for room locations |
FilmCon Track 1 Odana A+B |
FilmCon Track 2 Odana C |
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6:00PM |
Starting at 7:00PM: Masquerade Host - Luke Collis Sienkowski Followed immediately by: (Masquerade participants, meet here at
6:00pm) |
Medicine in Fiction: Getting the Wounds right Dr. Lisa Freitag*, Dr. Ann-Marie 'Kittka' Schmid |
Setting down the bones: secrets of SF world building F. J. Bergmann, E. E. Knight, Dale Mattheis*, Sarah Monette, Steven H. Silver, Richard Staats |
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Dealer's Room closes at 6:00 PM |
See www.filmcon.org For Filmcon programming |
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7:30pm |
7:30 pm: Guest of Honor Speeches Host – Jim Frenkel. Featuring speeches by Lois McMaster Bujold and Tim Powers 8:30PM Masquerade award presentation Followed immediately by |
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Overflow Gaming |
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9:00PM |
OddCon Art Show Auction (new this year) followed by. . . FilmCon Charity Auction |
DiversiCon Party Host – Eric Heideman |
Overflow Gaming |
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Open Mic Poetry Location to be announced |
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10:30PM |
Charity auction continues - Join Eric Larson to raise
money for Breast Cancer Survivors. |
Party Continues |
Overflow Gaming |
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Formal gaming ends at Midnight (open play gaming continues) |
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Midnight |
Midnight Drumming (Saturday) – Drum until Daylight savings time! Host “Uncle’ Don Helley |
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Party Continues –until late. |
Overflow Gaming |
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Sunday |
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10:30AM |
Updating the space opera Jim Frenkel, Lois McMaster Bujold* |
Can you hear me now? Favorites on books on tape and radio drama SF ‘Uncle’ Don Helley*, Pete “Heartsong” Knezivich, John Wardale, Richard West |
Talking about American graphic novel and Japanese Manga Mike Jenkins, Ann Marie Schmid*, Joan D. Vinge |
Richard Russell’s Annual SF/Fantasy movie review 2004 Richard Russell* |
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Consuite opens at 9:00 AM Gaming begins at 10:00AM Dealer's room opens at 10:00 AM |
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Noon |
Dick Heads: Fans of Philip K. Dick spread the word of the master (Tim Powers was a personal friend of Dick) Jim Frenkel, Greg Kettering, Jim Nichols, Tim Powers* |
"Don't Older Women Get to Have Adventures, Too?" Panel examines works with older female protag-onists Lisa Freitag, Lois McMaster Bujold, Georgie Schnobrich* |
The Fermi Paradox: If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet? Richard Chwedyk, Bhim Nimgade*, Richard S. Russell, Lee Schneider |
Buffy Panel Pat Pagel, Luke Collis Sienkowski, Paul Wiesner* |
Arabic Music and Culture, a presentation Bulut Nesim |
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1:30PM |
H.P. Lovecraft panel Bill Bodden, Sarah Monette, Tim Powers*, Greg Rihn |
If there were an SF humor award, would Terry Pratchett win every year? (Humor in SF) Richard Chwedyk*, Matt Forbeck, Luke Collis Sienkowski. |
Is there such a thing as a distinct Wisconsin fandom? ‘Uncle’ Don Helley, Richard S. Russell*, Jerome Van Epps |
Around the world in a year on a sailing ship, stories and pictures Pat Hario* |
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See www.filmcon.org For Filmcon programming |
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3:00PM |
Genre Switching: When is a story best as either fantasy or SF? Richard Chwedyk, Jim Frenkel* |
Are computer games making role-playing games obsolete? Bill Bodden, Kenneth Hite, John Kovalic*, Lee Schneider (Game) |
Writer’s workshop Tim Powers* |
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Dealer's Room closes at 3:00 PM |
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