Chicon 1991 Thursday Schedule

Thursday* * Friday* * Saturday* * Sunday* * Monday

Thursday
12:00 pm
 Literary -    Evolution of Comics Style - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: R. Meyers
     D. Kosinski, S. Saffel, J. Schwartz, L. Wein

 Film -   Zardoz (1974) - Regency Ballroom C/D

1:00 PM
 Science -     Another Martian Odyssey: Return to the World of Stanley G. Weinbaum
     - Columbus Hall K/L
     H. Clement

Weinbaum's story of a lost astronaut encountering strange Martians is
an SF classic.  What was his Mars like, and how has our new knowledge
of the  planet changed the picture?

1:45 PM
 Film -   The Invisible Man (1933) - Regency Ballroom C/D

2:00 pm
 Science -     Smart Robots From Dumb Parts: Applying Subsumption Architectures -
     Columbus Hall K/L
     D. Doughty

A new approach to robot design builds complex, fairly smart behavior
from layers of fairly dumb processors.  Don Doughty demonstrates robot
hardware using this principle and explains  practical applications.

3:00 pm
 Science -     Solar Power for the Lunar Night - Columbus Hall K/L
     G. Landis


Solar power is great, but where do you get electricity at night on the
Moon, where the Sun doesn't rise for 14 days?

 Science -     Physics Demonstrations for the Irregular Teacher - Columbus Hall
     C/D
     P. Insley

Peter Insley reaches into his bag of tricks to demonstrate how we
teach physics in Chicago. DO try this at home!

 Art -    Acrylic Painting - Water Tower
     A. Cabrera, D. Cherry

 Art -    Lecture: Printing Techniques - Buckingham
     I. Neilson
 -   Opening Ceremonies - Grand Ballroom F
 Film -   The Man with Two Brains (1983) - Regency Ballroom C/D

4:00 PM
 Literary -    The Blue Collar Worker in SF - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: J.     Eisen
     G. Cook, D. Houseman, L. Mixon, R. Reed, G. Wolfe

 Science -     Boy, Did We Get It Wrong: Great SF Stories Overrun By Science -
     Columbus Hall C/D
     Moderator: E.     Raymond
     S. Blom

When you build your fiction around science, you're taking a risk.
Which classic SF tales have become obsolete as new scientific results
appeared? Why are they still worth reading?  Which of today's favorite
stories run the risk of obsolescence?

 Art -    Star Pictures - Gold Coast
     Moderator: A.     Cabrera
     B. Avary, R. Eggleton

 Art -    Go Away, Kid - Buckingham
     Moderator: P.     Breeding-Black
     D. Cherry, T. Hamilton, M. White

 Art -    Who Lives in Greenwich and What Are They Up To? - Water Tower
     Moderator: R.     Meyers
     R. Thompkins, D. Usher

 Film -   Slaughterhouse 5 (1972) - Regency Ballroom A

4:35 pm
 Film -   Darkman (1990) - Regency Ballroom C/D

5:00 pm
 Literary -    The Uncut Robert A. Heinlein - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: J.     Klein
     P. Eisenstein, L. Mangan, P. Nielsen-Hayden, G. Price, V.S.
     Trestrail

 Science -     See You on the Net: Computer Communities Today and Tomorrow - Grand
     Ballroom B
     Moderator: E.     Leeper
     C. Dunn, M. Kube-McDowell, R. Sawyer, C. Stoll, C. Von Rospach

Thanks to computer networks, millions now participate in social and
professional exchanges using electronic mail.  What effect is this
having on society?  What will happen when the Net is available to
almost everybody?

 Science -     Zeppelins in Science Fiction - Columbus Hall K/L
     Moderator: P.J.   Farmer
     A. Steele, S.M. Stirling, P. Williams

Zeppelins (and other types of airship) seem to hold a special appeal
for SF people.  We examine airships of the imagination, from Verne and
Kipling  to the present.

 Science -     The Science in Space Opera - Columbus Hall C/D
     Moderator: L.     Mc Master Bujold
     C. Fields, J. Grimm, D. Kyle, E.b. Shahar, T. Zahn

You love those galaxy-spanning tales of adventure.  Here's the
science.  The geography of stars, planets, gas clouds; the physics
behind the colossal weapons of superscience; the chemistry and biology
of exotic alien landscapes.  And more.

 Academic -    The New York Review of SF/The Australian SF Review - Grand Ballroom
     D - North
     Moderator: D.     Hartwell
     M. Kandel, J. Webb

 Art -    Demonstration: Button Making - Buckingham
     M. Hanson-Roberts

 Art -    Slide Show: Art of the Cosmos - Gold Coast
     B. Avary

 Art -    Demonstration: Calligraphy - Water Tower
     Corinna Taylor

 Fan -    The First Fandom - Prozine Letter Hacking of the 30's, 40's, and
     50's - Columbus Hall E/F
     Moderator: W.     Tucker
     R. Madle, F. Pohl

 Filk -   What Is This Filk Stuff? - Grand Ballroom E
     Moderator: J.     Coulson
     W. Roper, J. Voros

6:00 pm
 Art -    Convention Art Shows - Gold Coast
     Moderator: J.     Hetherington
     R. Asplund-Faith, J. Mayhew, I. Neilson

 Art -    The IRS and the Artist - Buckingham
     Moderator: A.     Cabrera
     T. Harvia, N. Jainschigg

 Film -   The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - Regency Ballroom A

6:15 PM
 Film -   The Witches (1990) HUGO NOMINEE - Regency Ballroom C/D

8:00 pm
 Film -   Star Trek I:The Motion Picture (1979) - Regency Ballroom C/D

8:25 pm
 Film -   The Navigator (1989) - Regency Ballroom A

9:00 pm
 Literary -    SF Poetry Workshop - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: M.     Rich
     J. Dorr, M.J. Dyson, T. McGarry, K. Stein

 Literary -    Antiwar War Stories - Columbus Hall I/J
     Moderator: J.     Morrow
     M.S. Bell, R. Green, J. Rosenberg, K. Rusch, M. Van Name

 Science -     My Favorite Science Books:  Crosswired Scientists - Columbus Hall
     C/D
     Moderator: B.     Gehm
     J. Grimm, K. Meltsner, M. Roberts, M. Sestak

Greetings, scientists.  "Crosswired" means we'd like to hear you  talk
about science books-- but only books OUTSIDE your own field.  Favorite 
biology books of astronomers.  Favorite physics books of
mathematicians.   That sort of thing.  Got it?  Good.

 Science -     The Ambivalent Hacker - Columbus Hall K/L
     Moderator: J.     Thomas
     M. Godwin, G. Meyer, C. Stoll

Our fiction offers two images of the hacker: One is a benign wizard
who is hip to a mysterious world closed to ordinary people, who can
quickly get computers to give you what you need.  The other meddles,
using arcane knowledge to exploit the vulnerability of your
complicated computer-dependent systems.  Why are we fascinated by the
image of the hacker?  Why do we have deeply divided feelings about
him?  

 Fan -    Fandom in "Fallen Angels" - Columbus Hall E/F
     Moderator: L.     Niven
     M. Flynn, J. Pournelle

 Filk -   Hey There, Filker, New In Town? - Gold Coast
     Moderator: J.     Coulson
     J. Voros

10:00 PM
 Literary -    Real Addiction - Columbus Hall I/J
     Moderator: K.     Logue
     G. Effinger, P. Robinson, A. Shepherd

 Science -     The Space Program We Should Have Had - Columbus Hall C/D
     Moderator: H.     Spencer
     R. Cesarone, V. Haldeman, K. Randle, J. Strickland, H. Vanderbilt

Americans spent without limit to reach the Moon in eight years; the
Soviets fell behind, tested some lunar hardware, but abandoned the
quest and turned to space stations.  Did we take a wrong turn?  When? 
Could we have had spaceflight superior to Shuttle, Soyuz, and Mir,
without spending much more?

 Fan -    Fan Artists vs Fan Editors (You did WHAT to my Illo?) - Columbus
     Hall E/F
     Moderator: D.     Stein
     M. Cantor, B. Foster, G. Laskowski, M. Ranson

 Late Night -Why it's notOkay to Write about Black Magic - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: S.     McKee Charnas
     R.L. Byers, R. Knaak, R. McCollum, E.b. Shahar

10:15 pm
 Film -   Tremors (1990) - Regency Ballroom C/D

 Film -   Futuropolis - Regency Ballroom A

10:30 pm
 Filk -   The Rise Up Singing Harmony Circle - Gold Coast
     Moderator: C.     Roper
     B. Reidel, J. Shoji, M. Wessels-O'Cain

11:00 PM
 Literary -    How to Unfairly Judge a Book by Page 117 - Columbus Hall A/B
     Moderator: T.     Nielsen-Hayden
     E. Leeper, L. Mann, K. Massie-Ferch, R. Reed, A. Thomson, C. Von
     Rospach

 Late Night -Abuse Themes in F&SF - Discussion - Columbus Hall K/L
     Moderator: K.     Logue
     S. Honeck, K. Houghton, M. Kenin, R. Meyers, A. Shepherd, M. Soukup

 Literary -    Censorship From the Left - Columbus Hall K/L
     Moderator: M.     Flynn
     S. Green, Jack Haldeman, J. Hetherington, J. Lichtenberg, J. Norman

11:45 PM
 Film -   Zardoz (1974) - Regency Ballroom A

12:00 am
 Film -   Lair of the White Worm (1988) - Regency Ballroom C/d

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