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2:00:00 PM, MR 15, 1F516, How to Enjoy Your First WorldCon, So you took the Big Step and came. Here's some help in making yours a great convention, Kathei Logue, Bill Farina, jan howard finder, David W Clark, Leah Zeldes Smith, Richard Smith, Robin Wulff 2:00:00 PM, Sheraton, 1F862, Writers Workshop , Registration Closed - Pre-Reg and Writing Submission Required1f 3:00:00 PM, MR 15, 1G002, Steps in Getting From Manuscript to Finished Book, Does the "finished book" exist? Should "finished book" become an anachronism? What comes after the finished book? Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dr. William Sarjeant, Richard Knaak, Dean Wesley Smith, Moshe Feder, 3:00:00 PM, MR 2, 1G134, Genre Crossing, When is an SF story notan SF story? Joe Haldeman, Dr. Janice Bogstad, Adrienne Foster, Ron Sarti, Peter J Heck, 3:00:00 PM, MR 1, 1G646, 1973 Worldcon Remembered Ken Smookler, 4:00:00 PM, MR 7, 1H006, Living With a Writer, Is living with a writer like living alone? Are all writers insane? The ups and downs of living with a writer, Christine Valada, Jeremy Bloom, Richard Chwedyk, Carolyn Clink, Laura Frankos, 4:00:00 PM, MR 9, 1H051, German SF, German SF: A short market report. Who publishes SF after four out of six publishing houses (pocket books) closed their SF section in 1986? What goes on SF-wise besides books, like movies (The High Crusade) and the Fantasy Filmfest? Myra Cakan, Waldemar Kumming, , 4:00:00 PM, MR 13, 1H096, SF Origins, Are we running the Chicken and the Egg theory again? How did SF begin? Bradford Lyau, David Kyle, Arthur Kyle, Ariane Von Orlow, Jean-Louis Trudel, 4:00:00 PM, MR 2, 1H615, The Technology of Magic, Are there any universal rules? How can you keep the magic consistent? How much can you borrow? Greg Costikyan, Harry C Stubbs, Maia Cowan, Jack L Chalker, Julia Martin, Edmund R. Meskys, 4:00:00 PM, MR 1, 1H640, 1997 Worldcon Bid Presentations, , Mike Glyer, 5:00:00 PM, MR 4, 1I017, Should SF Have Rivets? Everything in life and beyond has a structure, but must we know the "science" behind every facet of existance? Ken Meltsner, Jonathan V. Post, Maia Cowan, Bart Kemper, Allen Steele, 5:00:00 PM, MR 13, 1I236, Virtual Reality, How real can it be if you can't touch it? A discussion of VR and how it can work for you, Dr. Arlan Andrews, Amy Thomson, Ashley D Grayson, Jack Nimersheim, Perry Mark Stratychuk, 5:00:00 PM, MR 14, 1I361, Hands-On Parliamentary Procedure Workshop, An introduction to parlimentary procedure and Robert's Rules of Order, the rules which govern the WSFS Business Meeting. We'll cover basic procedure, with special emphasis on procedures you'll see at most WSFS Meetings. If you've ever wanted to participate in the WSFS Business Meeting, but felt intimidated by the procedural rules, you'll want to attend this meeting, Kevin Standlee, , 5:00:00 PM, MR 2, 1I614, Never Make It Easy On Your Hero/Heroine, After all, what kind of hero is he if he lives in Care Bear Land? Jean Lorrah, Geoff Ryman, Shariann Lewitt, K. D. Wentworth, 5:00:00 PM, MR 1, 1I633, Is It Fantasy If You Rip It Off From History, How to use history to help shape a good fantasy story, Anthony Bryant, Kate Soley, Roger Burton-West, Sasha Miller, 7:00:00 PM, WINW, 1K641, Mark Protection Committee Meeting, The WSFS Mark Protection Committee administers the service marks on "Worldcon," "Hugo Awards," and the other WSFS marks. This committee meeting is open to all members of ConAdian, seating permitting. The committee will consider its report to the WSFS Business Meeting, Kevin Standlee, 8:00:00 PM, MR 7, 1L009, Tarot Workshop, Basic workshop for beginners. Covers choosing, initiating, and maintaining a deck. Also what to do when a deck goes "bad.," Sunnie Andreu, 8:00:00 PM, MR 9, 1L675, Enterprise 2067, Bent Science Demonstration: We came in peace for all mankind-future space conquistadors will have to make ships which can fight in space. The lecture and demo is on how to design and build a real interplanetary cruiser, David Stephenson, 8:00:00 PM, Norwood Hotel Bar, 1L741, Spider's Place, This year's nonfilk musical extravaganza - 1/2 hour sets of mostly accoustic music. Entertainers include Joe Haldeman, Peter Heck, Tam Gordye, Steve Fahnestalk, Andy Reichert, David Honigsberg, Alexandra Honigsberg, David Emerson, Barb Jensen, Nate Buckland, and of course - your hosts, Jeanne and Spider Robinson, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, , 9:00:00 PM, MR 13, 1M015, Alternate Histories, If you could change one event in the past, how would today's history change? What are the rules of alternate histories? Ginjer Buchanan, Harry C Stubbs, Glenn Grant, Philip Kaveny, Evelyn Leeper, Allen Steele, 9:00:00 PM, MR 12, 1M348, Star Trek Parody, Standard Orbit Players Lance Sibley, 9:00:00 PM, MR 1, 1M619, Sources of Fear in Horror, It's fun to be scared from time to time. Here's how the writer can create mood, schock, and suspense, William R. Lund, Beverley Richardson, 9:00:00 PM, MR 13, 1M782, So You've Been Taken Aboard a UFO! An Etiquette Guide for Abductees, Remember: When greeting an unknown species, shake only the proferred tentacle, Chris Rutkowski, 11:00:00 PM, MR 1, 1O075, Urban/Dark Fantasy, We see it in the paper and on the nightly new. Are we as a culture fascinated with Death? Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Richard Knaak, Stephen Dedman, Dawn Dunn, Terry O'Brien, Dale Sproule,