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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