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LoneStarCon 3, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention. August 29 through September 2, in San Antonio, Texas. Below the fold, Patrick and Teresa’s schedule of public appearances.
Thursday, 12 noon
The First Barbarian of Texas
(A general look at the work of Robert E. Howard, kicking off a track of several other items on the subject.)
Mark Finn (moderator), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Patrice Louienet, John Maddox Roberts, and Marie Bilodeau
Thursday, 1 PM
Scams Aimed at Writers
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (moderator), Alan J. Porter, Genese Davis, and Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Thursday, 4 PM
Self-Promotion: Everything You Know Is Wrong
Julie Barrett (moderator), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Gini Koch, Joshua Bilmes, and Genese Davis
Friday, 12 noon
Tor Presents
(Our usual quick look at the covers of recent and upcoming Tor books, with rapid-fire descriptions from various editors.)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky, Beth Meacham, David G. Hartwell, and Tom Doherty
Friday, 12 Noon
What Would Happen if We Could Easily Publish Fanfic
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (moderator), Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lee Billings, Gareth Kavanagh, and Jeremy Brett
Friday, 1 PM
Prometheus Awards ceremony
(Patrick accepts Cory Doctorow’s award for Pirate Cinema, and reads Cory’s prepared remarks.)
Friday, 2 PM
The Role of the Agent
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (moderator), Eleanor Wood, Joshua Bilmes, and John Berlyne.
Saturday, 12 noon
Art Show Docent Tour
(Led by Teresa, along with, we assume, Ctein; they’ve done this together at many previous Worldcon art shows.)
Saturday, 2 PM
Kaffeeklatsch
(Sign up early—seats will be limited.)
Teresa Nielsen Hayden and Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
Saturday, 4 PM
Brain-Melting Nonfiction Everyone Should Read
Carol Berg (moderator), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Jo Walton, Gail Carriger, and Rick Wilber
Saturday, 5 PM
Chiropractor, Please!
(Something to do with Jim Hines’s program of mocking the absurdly oversexualized female poses frequently found on the covers of genre publications. Silliness may be involved.)
Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Wesley Chu, Mary Robinette Kowal, Steven Gould, Bridget Duffy, Paul Benjamin, Paige E. Ewing, and Brad Aiken
Saturday, 8 PM
Future Myths for Dystopian Climate-Change Worlds
Tom Whitmore (moderator), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Catherine Asaro, David Brin, and Paolo Bacigalupi
Sunday, 10 AM
Disability in SF&F
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (moderator), Jo Walton, and Brad Aiken
Sunday, 11 AM
Fiction About Real Politics
David Nickle (moderator), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Gregory A. Wilson, Lou Antonelli, and Madeline Ashby
Sunday, 11 AM
Is Zelazny Still Relevant?
Julia Rios (moderator), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, David G. Hartwell, and Willie Siros
Sunday, 5 PM
Game of Thrones, Fourth Season
(Uninformed speculation, the best kind.)
Priscilla Olson (moderator), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tod McCoy, Perrianne Lurie, and Rory McCann
Sunday, 8 PM
Hugo Awards ceremony
Monday, 12 noon
Arouse Is Not the Past Tense of Arise
(The grammar-and-usage panel.)
Ginjer Buchanan (moderator), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Scott Edelman, and Alberto Chimal
Oh, I wish I could teleport in specifically to sit in on some of these. Particularly the "Chiropractor, Please!" one. Ah, well.
So, no Madeleine this year... :-(
May I just say how delighted I am to be sharing a panel with Teresa? (The fanfic one on Friday at noon.)
If we're not swamped in the dealer room, I will also be trying to attend the Chiropractor panel on Saturday and the grammar-and-usage panel on Monday.
Regarding the Game of Thrones panel: I just realized (from reading a post on GRRM's blog) who fellow panelist Rory McCann is. Oh.
I was at a panel of the 1983 worldcon in Baltimore, wondering what all the laughing was about in the room next door. I later found out and long wanted to kick myself in the butt for missing that. It was about the then-upcoming movie "The Right Stuff". If I remember correctly, its panelists included Gordo Cooper, Chuck Yeager, Scott Glenn and Dennis Quaid.
Sounds like an excellent time, and there are panels I'd love to attend (particularly the one about publishing fanfic; I suspect that'll be interesting, especially as the one business that to my knowledge has tried to make money off of fanfic specifically has demonstrated that they Just Don't Get It) - alas, my budget means no worldcon every year, so I picked the one that'll let me visit my grandmother. Enjoy yourselves a little extra for me, please.
Looks like I'm not on program this year, sigh. No idea why....
But I'll be at the con, and hanging out both with Karen at the dances and at the SF Outreach Program table handing out books. I'm bringing along a few cool show-and-tell items (like an original Fancyclopedia, a first of The Enchanted Duplicator, and more). Hope to see various people there!
Will recordings of the panels be available later?
Jim (#8), I have no idea. I don't recall this being a common feature of recent Worldcons, but maybe I just haven't been paying attention.
Tom (#7), I have reason to believe you may be hearing from this year's Worldcon about adding you at the last minute to a particular panel -- indeed, you may have heard from them already by now.
I'll be there. I'm volunteering at Reg and elsewhere, but I hope to make some of this list, if I don't melt first.
Yes, I have, Patrick (and I'd like to moderate that panel!). Turns out they had a typo in my e-address, and thought I hadn't responded. And there are a couple of other panels they're putting me on.
Alas, I will not be there.
Next year in Croydon!
(that's...missing something, that is)
Jim@8, I've seen a few panel recordings out on YouTube, but not very many. I try to do panel reports and put them up on LJ, but I make no promises, my time is not as free as once it was!
I hope you all have a fine Worldcon. K and I could not manage to attend. Probably next year.
Might see some of you in Boston on Valentine's Day:
After his death, NESFA decided to honor him by establishing the Hal Clement Science Speaker as a memorial. Each year we bring someone who shares his wide interest in science combined with a love of science fiction to speak at Boskone.
I am actually on 4 program items after all, but still the best place to find me is the SFOP "booth", which is near the back of the Exhibits area. Lots of interesting books there being given away, including some of the NESFA Press Chad Oliver hardcovers. And I'll have some oddities with me on various days, so come on by and chat -- I'll specifically plan to be there around noon each day, until one definitely and often later, since my program items are all at later times in the day.
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