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Saturday 12:20 am Film - The Fly (1986) - Regency Ballroom A 2:30 am Film - Liquid Sky (1983) - Regency Ballroom C/D 4:30 am Film - Seconds (1966) - Regency Ballroom C/D 6:25 am Film - The Navigator (1989) - Regency Ballroom C/D 8:30 AM Film - Phantom Empire 4-6 (1935) - Regency Ballroom A 9:45 am Film - The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Regency Ballroom A 10:00 AM Literary - Crossover Between Children's and Adult Fiction - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: C. Eddy R. Chilson, T. Dashoff, C. Eddy, B. Fleisher, H. Gbala, J.L. Nye, L. Stuckey Literary - Animals as Represented in SF and Fantasy - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: M. Reichert K. Hughes, H. Lisle, L. Synk, J. Wurts Science - UFOria: SF and Those Lights in the Sky - Columbus Hall K/L Moderator: A.J. Budrys P. Anthony, G. Boettcher, K. Randle, S. Sandusky After decades, Unidentified Flying Objects remain an enigma. What is the current understanding of the UFO? How does SF deal with the question? Science - Why SF Doesn't Deal with Death Well - Grand Ballroom B Moderator: L. Mangan P. Cirone, L. Mc Master Bujold, D. Skran Every one of us is going to die. Death is by definition an integral part of life. Yet much science fiction concerns running away from or denying death. Meanwhile, with extraordinary medical techniques and equipment, the world of death is becoming more science-fictional. We explore the relationship. Science - My Mother, My Host II: Legal, Moral, and Ethical Considerations in Surrogacy - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: C. FitzSimmons L. Freitag, M. Kenin, I. Neilson, L. Tilton Is it legal for a woman to contract to carry another woman's child? What rights does a surrgoate mother have? What rights do the natural parents have? Literary - China and Speculative Fiction - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: S. Shwartz C.N. Brown, E. Hull, F. Pohl Academic - Teaching Science Fiction II - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: R. Wilber J. Moffett, B. Rogers Art - Demo/Lecture: Art for the Non-Artist - Water Tower P. Breeding-Black Art - My! That's Disgusting! - Gold Coast Moderator: R. Eggleton T. Canty, M. McLaurin, S. Moore Fan - Introduction to Furry Fandom - Columbus Hall E/F Art - Artists and Editors - Buckingham Moderator: T. Czeczko T. Hamilton, P. Nielsen-Hayden - ASFA Meeting - New Orleans - WSFS Business Meeting - Grand Ballroom F Costuming - Media Costuming - Columbian K. Pauli, C. Salemi, K. Sanders, G. Wolfenden-Steib, J. Zetterberg Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South D. Kingsbury, R. Reed, P. Williams, P. Wrede Reading - Haymarket J.G. Betancourt Reading - Picasso E. Friesner Reading - Geneve/Bern Joe Haldeman Reading - Basel/Lausanne Joel Sherman 11:00 am Literary - Food and Fantasy - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: C. Eddy J. Brunet, K. Dalkey, C. Eddy, E. Friesner, L. Stewart Carl, H. Wood Literary - What's a Pulp? - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: R. Coulson S. Moskowitz, R. Weinberg, J. Williamson Literary - Getting the IRS to Believe In and Credit Your Work - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: R. Kirstein S. Blom, M. Glyer, M. Kube-McDowell, D. Sakers Science - The Science Education Bandwagon - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: M.J. Dyson G. Dazzo, L. Deck, M. Roberts, L. Runkle Finally, FINALLY the U.S. government is starting to notice the threadbare state of our science education. How can we do better? Can we play a role in our own communities? What sort of science teaching works in other countries? Where do corporations, museums, media fit in? Science - Will Encryption Set You Free? Nuggets from the New Cryptography - Columbus Hall K/L B. Schneier Cryptography is notjust for spies anymore. Users of electronic communications systems, from bank-teller cash robots to e-mail to cable TV, can make use of new developments to enhance privacy and reliability. Secure voting by computer, digital cash, digital signatures, certified electronic mail, and more. Academic - Canon Formation in Science Fiction: How works Become Classics - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: G.K. Wolfe M. Greenberg, R. Letson Art - Preparing a Portfolio - Buckingham Moderator: T. Canty D. Anderson, D. Maitz, K. Parkinson Art - Slide Show: Space Craft - Gold Coast J.A. Douglas Fan - Keeping the "World" in Worldcons - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: L. Penney R. Goudriaan, E. Hauser, Jon Stopa, P. Wells Media - Star Trek - Silver Threads Among the Gold - Grand Ballroom E Moderator: H. Clement J. Lorrah, M. Snodgrass Costuming - Techniques in Fiberglass - Columbian E. Endres Literary - Abuse Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: L. Edison J. Moffett, K. Rusch Literary - The Myths We Write By - Grand Ballroom B Moderator: J. Morrow C. Barker, R. Lafferty, J. Mayhew, M. Swanwick, G. Wolfe Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South A. Gilliland, R. Mac Bride Allen, L. Watt-Evans Reading - Haymarket J. Clayton Reading - Picasso C. Severance Reading - Geneve/Bern P. Hodgell Reading - Basel/Lausanne J. Roberson 11:20 am Film - Phantom Empire 4-6 (1935) - Regency Ballroom A 12:00 pm Literary - Horror Fiction as an Expression of the Masculine Experience - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: T. King C. Barker, E. Datlow, J. Gomoll, D. Hartwell, K. Rusch Media - Sell To Movies - Grand Ballroom E Moderator: F. Ackerman R. Meyers, F. Saberhagen, M. Snodgrass, D. Wixon Science - What Will Interplanetary Culture and Economy Be Like? - Grand Ballroom B Moderator: Joe Haldeman R. Green, T. Johnson, T. Jones, K. Kimbriel, M. Rosenblum We've a global economy now. What will a multi-global one be like? Where will people live in the solar system? What will they trade with each other? What projects will they undertake? Asteroid mines? Power from Mercury's sunlight or Jupiter's magnetism? Terraforming? Starships? Our panelists speculate. Science - Cousin Albert's No-Nos: Are There Loopholes in Physics? - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: J. Cramer D. Beason, P. Cirone, R. Joyner, K. Kato, C. Lane What about faster-than-light drives? Antigravity? Time Travel? Teleportation? Are these favorite SF devices doomed to remain between lurid covers forever? Or can loopholes in today's physics make some of them possible? Science - Secrets of the F-117A Stealth Fighter - Columbus Hall K/L J. Grimm How any "Stealth" vehicle such as a plane or spaceship can hide from radar, infrared, or other detection means-- and why it costs so much money. Literary - The Alien Enemy/the Enemy Alien - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: L. Tilton P. Anthony, B. Bova, D. Hatch, E. Moon, T. Zahn Trivia - Trivia Bowl - New Orleans Cities - The Evolution of the High Rise II - Grand Ballroom D - North D. Brin, J. Gibbons, W. Humphries, J. Morningstar, G. Rosenblum, R. Silverberg, D.A. Smith Art - Do-It-Yourself Aliens - Buckingham Moderator: J. Gurney W. Barlowe, T. Hamilton, K. Parkinson Art - Making a Living - Gold Coast Moderator: M. Hanson-Roberts T. Canty, S. Honeck, M. Javins, L. Kelly-Freas, M. McLaurin, M. Whelan Fan - Economics of Egoboo (Costs & Rewards of Fanzining) - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: N. Lynch M. Cantor, E. Meskys, K. Moore Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South R. Chilson, G.R.R Martin, Joel Sherman, D. Zindell Reading - Haymarket A. Thomson Reading - Picasso K. Randle Reading - Geneve/Bern F.G. MacIntyre Reading - Basel/Lausanne Josepha Sherman Film - TBA - Regency Ballroom C/D 12:30 PM Film - Sneak Peak:Batman II Hook & more - Regency Ballroom A 1:00 PM Literary - SF and the Prophet - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: N. Kress G. Effinger, D. Fratz, R. Lafferty, H. Turtledove Literary - When the Chips are Down: What Really Goes on at Poker Night - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: G. Buchanan J. Cavelos, E. Datlow, E. Lang, B. Mitchell Science - Fandom Online: SF and the Computer Networks - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: S. Jaffe B. Delaplace, J. Lazzaro, M. Soukup, J. Stith, R. Zellich Meet the fans and pros who hang out in Cyberspace. Traditional meeting places for SF people, such as fanzines, apas, and lettercols, have been joined by the the floating, freewheeling electronic discussions of the computer networks. Science - It'll Never Work: The 'I Hate Nanotechnology' Panel - Grand Ballroom B Moderator: A. Dormire H. Davidson, A. Gilliland, J. Killus Is nanotechnology-- control of matter with microscopic machines-- a realistic hope? Are there fundamental obstacles to making it work? Some scientists and SF writers are tired of the nanotech hype. Is nanotechnology-- control of matter with microscopic machines-- a realistic hope? Are there fundamental obstacles to making it work? Some scientists and SF writers are tired of the nanotech hype. Literary - History, Fantasy, and War - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: S.M. Stirling G. Cook, R. Glaub, G. Kay, S. Shwartz, J. Tarr Science - Narrow Escapes in Space: The Failures That Didn't Quite Happen - Columbus Hall K/L Moderator: H. Spencer R. Cesarone, D. Hardison, W. Higgins, G. Lee Some of the great successes of interplanetary exploration were almost failures. Engineers who built and operated Viking, Voyager, and Galileo swap spaceport-bar stories. Academic - Theory of Hard Science Fiction - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: G. Benford D. Hartwell, P. McAuley, T. Shibano Art - Demonstration: Airbrush - Water Tower A. Cabrera Art - Slide Show: 30 years of SF and Comics - Gold Coast E. Vartanoff Art - Waxworking - Buckingham Moderator: J. Guthrie P.J. Beese, D. Coltrain, R. Eggleton, B. Guarino Fan - Evolution of Costuming - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: D. Sanders N. Mildebrandt, C. Resnick, Joni Stopa Filk - Appropriate Orchestration - Grand Ballroom E Moderator: G. Laskowski D. Clement, K. Mar, G. Van Dorn Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South J. Conly, J. Lorrah, J. May Reading - Haymarket V.S. Trestrail Reading - Picasso J. Flynn Reading - Geneve/Bern B. Denton Reading - Basel/Lausanne J. Morrow Reading - Guest of Honor Reading - New Orleans H. Clement Art - Computer Animation at Home - TBA 1:30 pm - Art Auction Part I - Grand Ballroom F Film - Dick Tracy (1990) - Regency Ballroom A 2:00 pm Science - Making a Buck in Space: The Commercial Frontier - Columbus Hall K/L Moderator: R. Lovell B. Bova, J. Davidson, K. Kato, D. Meyer, M. Wallis One sure way to get space developed is to show that it can be profitable. Alas, the record of success is somewhat spotty. Why? Are there promising markets and methods for space commercialization on the horizon? What will it take to make them work? Science - Maim 'Em Right: How to Break Bones and Otherwise Damage Your Characters - Columbus Hall C/D L. Freitag The medical principles behind battlefield wounds, accidents and other infirmities. Learn to maim and cripple in convincing ways (ugh). Literary - Wild Cards - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: G.R.R. Martin E. Bryant, S. Leigh, M. Snodgrass, W.J. Williams Literary - High Weirdness Update - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: R. Shea P.J. Farmer, T. Leary, R.A. Wilson Literary - Robert E. Howard: His Life and Work - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: L.S. De Camp C. Crook De Camp Science - Stalking the Wily Hacker and Other Midnight Adventures - Grand Ballroom B C. Stoll For a year, a German hacker broke into over forty military computers around the world. By silently tracking him back, Cliff Stoll learned that he was a spy, passing information to the Soviet KGB. Recently he was convicted of espionage. What techniques did he use to crack into computers? Where are the holes in our systems? How do you trace someone across the worldwide computer networks? Who was willing to help -- and who wasn't? Academic - The Origins of Science Fiction - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: D. Schweitzer H. Hendrix, B. Lyau, L. Stover Art - Lecture: Composure 101 - Buckingham C. Lundgren Fan - Fabulous Fandoms of the 50's - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: R. Sims R. Coulson, L. Hickman, C. Korshak, E. Korshak Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South J. Ecklar, K. Kimbriel, B. Linaweaver, D. Maitz, R. Silverberg Reading - Haymarket R. Mac Bride Allen Reading - Picasso M. Rosenblum Reading - Geneve/Bern D. Brin Reading - Basel/Lausanne K. Koja Film - TBA - Regency Ballroom C/D 3:00 pm Literary - The Warrior Mystique - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: L. Mc Master Bujold G. Cook, R. Meluch, S.M. Stirling, G. Wolfe Literary - Anthology Markets - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: K. Haber E. Datlow, M. Greenberg, D.W. Smith, G. Van Gelder Literary - Slush Pile - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: C. Eddy R. Killheffer, B. Mitchell, Josepha Sherman, B. Young Science - Designer Illnesses: How to Build a Disease - Columbus Hall K/L Moderator: M. Reichert S. Farber, J. Lazar, E. Moon, A. Shepherd, S. Willis Lots of authors know how to design a spaceship or a planet for an SF story, but designing a disease eludes them. How to go about it, with examples good and bad from SF. Cities - The Development of Cities II - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: L. Watt-Evans K. Meyer, G. Rosenblum, D. Sakers, Joel Sherman Art - Lecture/Demonstration: Comic Book Illustrating - Buckingham S. Rosema Art - Slide Show: Dinotopia - Gold Coast J. Gurney Fan - The First Chicon (1940) - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: W. Tucker F. Ackerman, E. Korshak, D. Kyle, R. Madle, V.S. Trestrail - Aerobics - New Orleans J.A. Douglas - Aerobics - New Orleans J.A. Douglas Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South D. Beason, R. Green, T. Pratchett, R. Sawyer, C. Sheffield Reading - Haymarket T. McGarry Reading - Picasso J.R. Douglas Reading - Geneve/Bern S. McKee Charnas Reading - Basel/Lausanne N. Holder 3:20 pm Film - Brazil (1985) - Regency Ballroom A 4:00 PM Literary - Rock 'n' Roll 'n' SF - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: S. Brust E. Bryant, K. Houghton, K. Logue Literary - Fantasy Worldbuilding - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: P. Wrede P. Hodgell, K. Hughes, K. Kimbriel, P. McKillip Literary - Self-Publishing, Electronic Publishing and All That Scary Stuff - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: C. Jones M. Bentley, B. Foster, A. O'Connell, A. Porter, B. Ross, M. Ward Science - 'Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Scientists' - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: H. Parker B. Gehm, K. Kato, K. Meltsner, R. Nakkula, S. Scheiner The hours are long. The education takes forever. The pay may be low. And it's notas glamorous as you think. Many scientists don't even have a hunchbacked assistant, let alone a haunted castle. Our scientists will set you straight. Science - Green Engineering: Healing the Environment in the 21st Century - Grand Ballroom B Moderator: F. Pohl J. Killus, L. Mixon, A. Thomson A look at technological solutions to environmental problems. Is better engineering the only way out of our difficulties? Or is this just more of the techno-fix thinking that got us into a mess in the first place? What approaches might be fruitful in trying to save our air, water, climate, and ecologies? Science - So Where's the OTHER 90% of the Universe? Shedding Light on the Dark Matter - Columbus Hall K/L C. Lane Most of the mass in the universe seems to be stuff we can't see, and possibly noteven normal matter. Dr. Chuck Lane of Drexel University looks at the evidence for dark matter, and discusses some of the experiments that try to find it. Academic - Intimate Technology - Grand Ballroom D - North D. Brin, Joe Haldeman, T. Leary, J. Pransky Art - Demonstration: Model Making and Kit Bashing - Water Tower M. Runyon Art - Slide Show: Don & Janny's Dog & Pony Show - Gold Coast D. Maitz, J. Wurts Art - Portfolio Review - Buckingham F. Kelly-Freas Fan - The Year in Fanzines (A 1990 Fanthology) - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: M. Glyer M. Cantor, A. Hooper, T. Nielsen-Hayden, P. Wells Reading - FALLEN ANGELS Signing - Wrigley M. Flynn, L. Niven, J. Pournelle - Powers Retrospective - Grand Ballroom F R. Powers Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South K. Cramer, G. Effinger, M. Sargent, L. Stewart Carl, J. Tarr Reading - Haymarket J. Stith Reading - Picasso M. Van Name Reading - Geneve/Bern H. Turtledove Reading - Basel/Lausanne J. Ecklar 5:00 pm Literary - Can We Revive the Pulps? Should We? - Columbus Hall I/J Moderator: T. Weisskopf J.G. Betancourt, A.J. Budrys, J. DeChancie, R. Lafferty Science - Terraforming: Why? How? When? - Columbus Hall K/L Moderator: B. Schneier C.J. Cherryh, D. Houseman, S. Scheiner, J. Williamson Jack Williamson coined the term; it means "rendering an uninhabitable planet habitable." Someday we may find ways to terraform Mars, Venus, Europa, or worlds unknown. But would we do it? And is it ethical? Science - Dinosaurs Are People, Too: Man, Lizard, and Intelligence - Columbus Hall C/D Moderator: R. Sawyer R. Charrette, P. Dunn, R. Walters Why did intelligence appear in evolution? Could dinosaurs have developed intelligence? If so, would it have been radically different from ours? Could intelligence develop in other types of animals? Cities - How Transportation Shaped & Will Shape City Functionality - Grand Ballroom D - North Moderator: T. Van Horne D. Krause, G. Price Literary - That's notFunny - Columbus Hall A/B Moderator: E. Friesner S. Casper, T. Pratchett, C. Willis Literary - Our Angry Earth - Grand Ballroom A Moderator: F. Pohl I. Ballantine Art - Round Table: Our Place in the Fine Art World - Gold Coast J. Wurts Art - Demonstration: Hand-Pulled Paper - Buckingham E. Vartanoff Fan - Bow Ties Allowed Here (SMOF Panel) - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: B. Yalow S. Dennis, C. Miller, R. Pavlac Literary - Jim Baen and Baen Books - New Orleans J. Baen Autograph - Grand Ballroom C - South M.S. Bell, C. Crook De Camp, L.S. De Camp, Josepha Sherman Reading - Haymarket L. Mc Master Bujold Reading - Picasso J.F. Moore Reading - Geneve/Bern S. Brust Reading - Basel/Lausanne T. Bisson 5:45 pm Film - Robocop (1987) - Regency Ballroom A 6:30 pm - ASFA Reception - Columbus Hall E/F Moderator: L. Smith D. Anderson, H. Clement, M. Greenberg, R. Powers, M. Randall, Jon Stopa, Joni Stopa 7:00 PM Film - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - Regency Ballroom C/D 7:30 PM - Chesley Awards Ceremonies - Columbus Hall A/B 7:45 pm Film - Metropolis (1926) - Regency Ballroom A 8:30 PM - Masquerade - Grand Ballroom 9:00 pm Late Night -Discussion: Schlocky Movies - New Orleans T. Hamilton, P. Kotula, G. Krause, J. Scrivner, J. Varley Filk - 2/3 of Tech Dif & Joey - Gold Coast Moderator: L. Melnick J. Shoji, S. Willis Film - Ghost (1990) HUGO NOMINEE - Regency Ballroom C/D 9:30 pm Film - Blade Runner (1982) - Regency Ballroom A 10:00 PM Late Night -Ghost Stories - New Orleans R.L. Byers, K. Dalkey, R. Garcia, A. Honigsberg, B. Rogers, C. Springs, L. Stuckey 10:30 pm Filk - Decadent Dave & Friends - Gold Coast Moderator: D. Clement N. Bucklin, D. Elms, G. Leathers, J. McKenty 11:00 PM Late Night -Psychological vs. Splatter Horror - New Orleans Moderator: N. Holder E. Bergstrom, J. Dorr, R. Garcia, S. Honeck, D. Schow 11:15 pm Film - The Computer Animation Show - Regency Ballroom C/D 12:00 am Film - Destroy All Monsters (1968) - Regency Ballroom a