Thursday* * Friday* * Saturday* * Sunday* * Monday
Information Opens - Convention Info, Handicapped Services and Sign-ups
Registration Opens
Volunteer Desk Opens - We Need Your Help to Make The Worldcon Run! Please Stop By and Volunteer
Media Room Opens (for Press/Broadcast/Web Representatives)
Green Room Opens
Camp Franklin Opens - Today's Theme "Getting to Know You" - Registration
Open Art Projects: Beading, Lifesize Drawings, Puppet Theater (Camp Franklin)
Our special activities of the morning will be creating and decorating life size drawings of ourselves, and beaded projects. We'll also be making a puppet theater to use later in the convention. Other art materials will be available.
Artist Check-in Opens
Dealer's Room - at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Gardner Dozois, Mike Resnick
Dealers Room Opens
Exhibit Hall Opens
Site Selection Opens
Site Selection is your chance to vote on the location of the 2004 World Science Fiction Convention. Stop by, pay the fee and vote. Voting ends Saturday at 6pm and the location of the 2004 Worldcon will be announced at the Sunday morning WSFS Business Meeting.
SIG: Friends of Bill W.
Video: A Bug's Life (Camp Franklin)
An epic of miniature proportions. A misfit ant, looking for warriors to save his colony from grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troop.
ISAAC Interviews/Teen Lounge Opens
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin
Welcome to Philadelphia
Find out about the interesting museums, restaurants and places in Philadelphia from the locals.
Gene Olmsted, Tom Purdom, Helen H. Thompson
Teen Orientation
WorldCons can be confusing--start right with advice from teens who are old hands at congoing, some special speakers and lots of freebies. Lunch in Chinatown immediately following.
Laurie Mann, Ilyana Mansfield, Diane Turnshek
Computer Security: How Secure Is Secure?
Learn about the cutting edge of computer security from experts in the field.
Lawrence A. Clough, Donald E. Eastlake III
Ben Franklin: Master of Science, Master of Propaganda
Was Ben Franklin really as wise as history reports, or was he just his own best press agent? Did he create America, or was he just a pawn of the French in the years before the French Revolution? What about his illegitimate children? His other, ahem, interesting habits? Learn the stories behind the myths, legends, and just plain salacious rumors.
George H. Scithers (M), Christine Valada, Lew Wolkoff
Con Suite Opens
Franklin Hall B Opens: Shmoozing Areas, Gaming, Misc 24/7 Until 3pm Monday!
Ruby, Galactic Gumshoe(Radio Room)
A wonderfully wry, funny series from ZBS.
Anime: Cowboy Bebop (Subtitled)
The year 2071AD. Driven out of their terrestrial Eden, humanity chose the stars as the final frontier. From the section-by-section collapse of the former nations, a mixed jumble of races and peoples came. They spread to the stars, taking with them the now confused concepts of freedom, violence, illegality and love, where new rules and a new generation of outlaws came into being.
Reading:
Robert J. Sawyer
Reading:
S. M. Stirling
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Bob Eggleton
How to Have Fun at a Worldcon Even if You Brought Your Children
Joni Brill Dashoff, Lynn Cohen Koehler
Beer in Philadelphia
Lew Bryson, Brian L. Burley, Jim Mann, John Syms
A Worldcon Orientation for SF Professionals
Finding your way through the maze of publishers, conventions, fans and more.
Janice Gelb (M), David Howell, Priscilla Olson, Darrell Schweitzer, Julie Stickler
How to Enjoy Your First Convention
An introduction to fandom by long-time fans. Bring your questions, they'll have the answers.
Gay Haldeman, Rusty Hevelin
Storytelling (Camp Franklin)
Barbara Chepaitis
Camp Franklin: Active Games/Introductions
Reading:
Judith Berman
Reading:
John Costello
Storytelling (Camp Franklin)
Angela Klinger
Creating Comics (Camp Franklin)
A hands on introduction to creating your own comics.
Colleen Doran
Reading:
William A. S. Sarjeant
Autographing:
Mark Anthony, Carol Berg, Dawn P. Dunn, James C. Glass, Scott E. Green, J. Ardian Lee, Steven Piziks, Irene Radford
Masquerade Registration Opens
Rediscovered Authors: Eric Frank Russell, Fredric Brown, Henry Kuttner, & Others
Jack L. Chalker, Peter J. Heck, Rick Katze (M), Steve Miller, Mike Resnick
Book Discussion: Duneby Frank Herbert
Oz Fontecchio
Introduction to the WSFS Business Meeting
The Worldcon Business Meeting can be a scary event for newcomers. The panel provides an introduction to why the business meeting is important and how it works. It also talks about a few items you'll probably see discussed over the course of the con if you attend.
Donald E. Eastlake III (M), Kevin Standlee, Ben Yalow
The Yankee Confederacy and Other Untapped Alternate Histories
Early in its life, the US almost split apart. But it wasn't the South that nearly left the Union; it was New England. What would have happened if it had? The panel looks at this and other unexplored alternate histories.
Laura Frankos, John G. Hemry, S. M. Stirling (M), Harry Turtledove
Getting It Wrong: Science Goofs in Science Fiction
Many science fiction novels have science goofs, sometimes big, sometimes small, sometimes annoying, sometimes amusing. Do such science goofs destroy the story? When do they and when don't they? How important is getting the science right?
Hal Clement, Stephen C. Fisher, Diane Kelly, Jeffrey D. Kooistra, Toni Weisskopf (M)
Philadelphia in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Gregory Frost, J. B. Post, Darrell Schweitzer, Michael Swanwick (M)
Internet Lounge Opens
Firesign Theater: The Original Cycle(Radio Room)
Waiting for the Electrician, How Can You Be In Two Places At Once, Don't Crush That Dwarf, and I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus.
Fan Lounge Opens
Reading:
Guy H. Lillian III
Reading:
Diane Turnshek
Dino Hunt Game (led by Sarah Elkin and Lois Mangan) (Camp Franklin)
A non-violent action game about dinosaurs.
Wizard Costumes (Camp Franklin)
Get a jump on the Million Wizard March and start working on your costume.
Reading:
Kristine C. Smith
Reading:
Wen Spencer
SIG: Brotherhood without Banners (Fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire)
George R. R. Martin
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Connie Willis
Autographing:
Edward Bryant, Clay & Susan Griffith, Matthew Hughes, Caro Soles
Fannish Inquisition I: Worldcon Bidder Presentations
KIM Campbell, Vince Docherty, Deborah M. Geisler, Hiroaki Inoue, Lance Ozsko, Tom Whitmore (M)
The Wisest Man in the World: Ben Franklin in Fact and Fiction
Fred Lerner (M), Louise Marley, Mary Schroeder, Diana Thayer
Friends and Writers
Friendships between writers provide the moral support of fellow professionals. It can help them in their daily struggles with the creative process, the writing life, and the business side of the profession. This is different from from the formal, more limited support writers get from writer's groups.
Geary Gravel, Rosemary Kirstein, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Toni Anzetti (M)
Fields of Dreams: Baseball in SF and Fantasy
Robert J. Gates, Shane Tourtellotte, Eric M. Van, Rick Wilber (M)
Galactic Patrols and Beams of Force: the Space Opera of Smith and Campbell
Many people consider E. E. Smith's Lensman books to be the greatest of the classic space operas of the thirties and forties. Others feel that John Campbell's space operas, written before he gave up writing to remake the field as Astounding's editor, deserve that honor. The panel looks at the works of these two great writers of space opera.
John Ashmead, Hal Clement, Simon R. Green, Yuri Mironets, Mark L. Olson (M)
Space Technology: A Look Into the Next Quarter Century
The way we get into space and what we can do there will change considerably in the next quarter century. Single-stage-to-orbit craft, new drive technology, and zero-g manufacturing will come into their own. The panel looks the next steps in space technology.
Greg Bear, Jordin T. Kare (M), Allen Steele
Camera Obscura: SF and Fantasy Films You Haven't Heard Of
Daniel Kimmel (M), Mark R. Leeper, Nicki Lynch, Craig Miller
Literary Beer:
Derryl Murphy
Reading:
Bud Sparhawk
Reading:
Sheila Finch
Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts (Camp Franklin)
Join in sharing your favorite popular children's rhymes and learn some new ones! Parents invited too. (How many versions do you know?)
Josepha Sherman
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Gregory Frost, James Patrick Kelly, John J. Kessel
You Don't Have to Be a Brain Surgeon
What are some of the current trends in brain surgery? Could stem cell research make brain surgery obsolete? What about drug therapies? A discussion of science and the science fiction of brain surgery.
Jed Shumsky, Jonathon Sullivan MD, Isaac Szpindel
Mobile Infantry and Space Fighters: What Makes Good Military SF
David Gerrold, John G. Hemry (M), David Sherman, S. M. Stirling
SF Ben Franklin Could Have Known: The Very Early History of SF
Elaine Brennan (M), Debra Doyle, Louise Marley, Charlie Petit
Our Great Grandfather: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Kathryn Cramer (M), Linda J. Dunn, Laura Frankos
Filk Concert
Frank Parker
Video: Scary Movie
Anime: Bugs Bunny Tribute
Different directors and their perspectives on how to direct a Bugs Bunny carton.
Opening Ceremonies
What do Ben and Debby Franklin, the SFWA Musketeers, and some characters from Monty Python have to do with the Millennium Philcon? Come see and help us get the convention off with a "BONG!" (No pies will be killed during the Opening Ceremonies.)
Greg Bear, Mark L. Blackman, Greg Blog, Bridget Boyle, Todd Dashoff, Gardner Dozois, Esther Friesner, Becky Kaplowitz, Ira A. Kaplowitz, Elizabeth Moon, Ron Ontell, Val Ontell, Kevin P. Roche, George H. Scithers, Delia Turner, Laura Underwood, Lew Wolkoff, Stephen Youll
Filk Concert
Gary D. McGath
Nick Danger(Radio Room)
Not part of the cycle, but still a favorite.
Camp Franklin Closes (Camp Franklin)
Friends Don't Let Friends Run Worldcons: Worldcon Chairs Discuss Worldcon
Anthony R. Lewis, Tom Veal, Tom Whitmore (M)
Reading:
Josepha Sherman
Reading:
Christy Hardin Smith
Reading:
M. K. Fuller
SIG: LexFA: Lexington, KY, Fantasy Association
Join us for a great free-form, multi-part conversation about whatever comes up. The scattered members of LexFA will be gathering from across the continent, some of us for the first time in years.
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Catherine Asaro, Mike Moscoe
Docent Tour: Fan Exhibits
Mike Resnick
Evolution of Online Communities: How Did They Start? Where Are They Going?
Tom Galloway, Saul Jaffe, Wilma Meier (M), Vera Nazarian, Sharon Sbarsky
H.P. Lovecraft in the 21st Century
He's in Penguin Classics and even in the Library of America. HPL has clearly crossed over from genre into Literature. An examination of the state of things Lovecraftian, current critical opinion, scholarship, etc., with some consideration of why Lovecraft, unlike his contemporaries, has achieved such exalted status.
Lillian Stewart Carl, Jael, J. B. Post (M), Darrell Schweitzer
The Aging of SF: A Discussion
Is science fiction changing in ways that no longer appeal to a younger audience?
Gregory Benford, Judith Berman, David G. Hartwell
Time Machines, Alien Invasions, and Invisible Men: the Legacy of H.G. Wells
James Cambias, Craig Engler, Paul Levinson (M), Art Widner
The Art of World Building: An Overview of Worldbuilding Panels
Over the course of the convention, a series of panels will create a world, its ecosystem, and its inhabitants. But first we discuss the art and practice of worldbuilding. How do you go about worldbuilding? What are the ground rules? What research do you need to do? What if you know the physics but the biology is a complete mystery (or vice versa)?
N. Taylor Blanchard, Hal Clement, Arlen P. Walker (M)
Across the Commonwealth: The SF Renaissance in the UK, Australia, and Canada
There seems to be an SF resurgence going on in the UK and in the British Commonwealth. When one talks about the major figures in SF, names like Banks, MacLeod, Baxter, Hamilton, Sawyer, McMullen, Reynolds, and others come to mind. The panel discusses SF in the English-speaking world beyond the US.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Cory Doctorow, Paul J. McAuley, Sean McMullen, Robert J. Sawyer
From Torturing Villains to Screaming Queens: How Does SF/F Treat G/L/B/T Characters
The Spectrum Awards will be given out at the beginning of the panel discussion. How far beyond the common stereotypes have we gone with G/L/B/T characters? Is the "gay character" still just a standard stock figure? Are there places G/L/B/T characters have yet to go? Have changes in the portrayal and treatment of G/L/B/T characters in SF/F kept pace or outdistanced those in the real world? Or is the genre behind the curve?
Thomas Atkinson, Lisa DuMond, Steve Pagel (M), Don Sakers, Delia Sherman
Filk Concert
Gary Ehrlich, Erica Neely
Reading:
Peter J. Heck
Reading:
Joe Haldeman
Reading:
Tom Purdom
Green Room Closes
Filk Concert
Benjamin Newman
Video: Devil's Advocate
Dealers Room Closes
Art Show/Print Shop Open
Meet and Greet
Greg Bear, Susan T. Casper, Gardner Dozois, Esther Friesner, George H. Scithers, Jamie S. Warren Youll, Stephen Youll
Masquerade Registration Closes
Site Selection Closes
Pictionary
Fans play on a team with one of our Hugo Award- winning artists as players sketch visual clues to SF-related words and terms while the rest of their team tries to guess the word or term. The best fan players get to keep the sketches!
Bob Eggleton, Teddy Harvia
Catherine Mintz Reads New, Original Fiction by Kathy Tyers
Ghost Stories vs. Serial Killers: Must Horror Be Supernatural?
Does horror fiction have to be supernatural? If not, doesn't that just make it a subset of crime/suspense fiction?
Craig Shaw Gardner (M), John Passarella, James Van Pelt
Star Trek Aliens and Cultures
Star Trek has given us a number of alien cultures. Of these, the Klingons have the most passionate fans, though Romulans, Vulcans, and others have their own fans. The panel looks at Star Trek's aliens, the cultures created for them, and the fan phenomena they've generated.
Kevin Geiselman, Saul Jaffe, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Lawrence Schoen, Susan Shwartz
Media Room Closes
Filk Concert
Matt G. Leger
Filk Concert
Marc S. Glasser
Political Fantasy? A West Wing Discussion
Robert Devney, Daniel Kimmel, Timothy E. Liebe, Terry A. McGarry, Melinda Snodgrass (M)
The Problem of Spike
Keith R. A. DeCandido, Wendie Old, Susan Sizemore, Ben Yalow (M)
Filk Concert
Erica Neely
A Parents' Guide to Gaming
What are the various genres of gaming all about? How do they differ and how are they similar? We will examine RPGS, LARPS, CCGs, Strategy/Tactical, Miniatures and Board Games, with special attention to parents' concerns and particularly the benefits to children to be derived from participating in these activities.
Lavelle Harmon (M), Lottie Hashem, Benjamin Newman
Filk Concert
Leslie Fish
Video: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Teen Lounge Closes
Information Closes
Registration Closes
Volunteer Desk Closes
Poetry Jam: An Open-Mike Poetry Reading:
Timons Esaias
How the Masquerade Judging Works
Marty Gear, Rob Himmelsbach, Sandra G. Pettinger
Beyond Men in Tights: Comics without Superheroes
Not all comic books are about guys (or gals) in flashy underwear who fly around and catch criminals. In addition to the explorations of horror and fantasy featured in DC's Vertigo imprint, some small publishers still permit artists to expand the "underground" tradition of the '60s. Kyle Baker's "Why I Hate Saturn," "Love and Rockets," by the Hernandez brothers, Dan Clowes' "Eightball," "Strangers in Paradise" -- your local comic book store is still a haven for alternative artists and writers to tell it like it is. Come to this panel and share your ideas about your favorite Really Cool Stuff.
Brenda W. Clough (M), Keith R. A. DeCandido, Daniel P. Dern, Brad W. Foster, Lawrence Watt-Evans
So You Want to Win a Million (round 1)
Use your knowledge of SF-related topics and your lifelines to come up with the correct Final Answers and you could walk out of this item with one million Turkish Lira in your pocket. See your newspaper's exchange rate listings for just how rich you'd be!
Chris Barkley
Dialogue on Life, the Universe and Writing
Lois McMaster Bujold, Lillian Stewart Carl
Con Suite "Officially" Opens - "Puppy Whelping Party"
SIG: WSFS Mark Protection Meeting - This meeting is open to any member of the Worldcon
Trivia for Chocolate
So you think you know SF trivia? Put your mouth where your mouth is and win a piece of chocolate for every question you can correctly answer first. Top scorers get preference for being contestants trying to Win Tom Galloway's Money on Friday.
Mark L. Olson
Ask Doctor Mom
Muriel Hykes
Film: Short Subjects
Film: Fantasia 2000
Video: Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy
Art Show/Print Shop Close
Exhibit Hall Closes
Dramatic License or Mucking It Up: Movies Based on Books
We've all seen the results of the shift from page to screen, and we often think it isn't pretty. Is it just Hollywood "not getting it," or is there simply enough of a difference between page and screen that change is necessary. Are we so attached to our internal imagery that nothing on the screen will ever be right? With some high-profile films based on SF/F books coming this year, maybe we need to re-examine our expectations.
Ctein, Robert Devney, Sasha Miller, Keith J. Olexa, Melinda Snodgrass
Underground Horrors: Horror Small Press
The (hopefully) not-so-secret world of the horror small press. The majority of horror fiction, including most of the important books and virtually the entire short story market, exists independently of traditional New York publishing. How did this state of affairs come about? Is it a good thing or the only lifeboat left floating?
John Betancourt, Angela Kessler, Steve Pagel, Darrell Schweitzer (M)
Introduction to Filk
Solomon Davidoff, Matt G. Leger, J. Spencer Love, Paul Shuch, David Weingart (M)
Jazz Concert
Karen Penrose, Peter Suffredin
Open Filking Opens
SFF NET Suite Reading:
Keith R. A. DeCandido
Film: La Jetee
Tolkien Heads - The Hobbit(Radio Room)
Film: 12 Monkeys
Video: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Film: Short Subjects
Video: Mars Attacks
Film: Edward Scissorhands
Fan Lounge Closes
Video: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Con Suite Closes
Video: Starship Troopers
SIG: Friends of Bill W.
Video: The Wizard of Oz
SIG: Weight Loss Support
Unorthodox Visions in Penn's Commonwealth (Academic)
James Dilbert, J. Gregory Keyes
Writing Exercises
Robert Nansel, Diane Turnshek (M)
Information Opens - Convention Info, Handicapped Services and Sign-ups
Registration Opens
Volunteer Desk Opens - We Need Your Help to Make The Worldcon Run! Please Stop By and Volunteer
Media Room Opens (for Press/Broadcast/Web Representatives)
Morning Walk Through Downtown, led by Tom Becker. Assemble by 8:55, leave by 9:05, Return 10:00
Tom Becker
Green Room Opens
Camp Franklin Opens - Theme "Science" (Camp Franklin)
Aliens Workshop (Camp Franklin)
Make your own alien creatures. Then let's build an adventuresome landscape for them.
WSFS Meeting
Open to all Worldcon members, the WSFS Business Meeting is where you can participate in the process of making and changing the official rules for the Hugo Awards and the selection of future Worldcons. The WSFS meetings are open to all members. Today's meeting is where we hear reports from committees, consider changes to the Standing Rules, and go through an initial round of setting debate times for amendments to the WSFS Constitution, and also where you can make nominations to the WSFS Mark Protection Committee. If there are items of business you want discussed at the main meetings later in the convention, make sure you attend today's meeting to keep the business from being dismissed from the agenda.
Ben Franklin: The Light of Reason and the Light of Alchemy (Academic)
J. Gregory Keyes, James Morrow
Reading:
Tamora Pierce
Reading:
James A. Stevens-Arce
Coming Attractions: Bantam
Anne Lesley Groell
ISAAC Interviews/Teen Lounge Opens
SIG: Science Fiction Poetry Association
This is the only organization for sf/f/h poets, both pros and fannish. Our meetings would be open to non-members.
SIG: Odyssey Writing Workshop Alumni Reunion
This is a chance for Odyssey Workshop graduates to meet and chat, and for people interested in Odyssey to come and ask questions. Completely unofficial.
Art Show/Print Shop Open
Exhibit Hall Opens
Masquerade Registration Opens
Site Selection Opens
Site Selection is your chance to vote on the location of the 2004 World Science Fiction Convention. Stop by, pay the fee and vote. Voting ends Saturday at 6pm and the location of the 2004 Worldcon will be announced at the Sunday morning WSFS Business Meeting.
Slide Show: "Big Names" A Cautionary Tale About Fictional Trips to Well-Known Stars
Hal Clement
Introduction to Gripe Sessions: What We Can and Can't Fix
Todd Dashoff, Laurie Mann
Our Favorite SF and Fantasy: The Young Adult Perspective
Jared Dashoff, Haitham Jendoubi, Katherine Macdonald (M), Catherine McMullen, Bryan Zubalsky
Enjoying the Art Show: How to Get the Most Out of a Worldcon Art Show
A Worldcon art show can be overwhelming for fans used to the art shows at regional cons. There is so much to see that you can miss a lot. The panel provides advice for enhancing your experience and talks about several items in the current art show that you just shouldn't miss. It also explains how you can bid on art, how the auction works, and how you go about buying the piece you bid for.
Jane Frank, Barbara Higgins
From Gethen to Earthsea: The Works of Ursula K. Le Guin
John R. Douglas (M), M. K. Fuller, Karen Haber, Mary Soon Lee, Melissa Scott
SF Professional Organizations: SFWA and ASFA
Sharon Lee (M), Teresa Patterson
SF Writing Workshop
Catherine Asaro, Judith Berman, Nicholas A. DiChario, Geary Gravel, Charles Ryan
Alien Worlds(Radio Room)
Family audio drama from the mid-70s.
Video: Friday Morning Cartoons: Pocket Dragon Adventures
Anime: Star Blazers: The Comet Empire 1-6 (G, Dubbed)
Classic anime from Japan. It is the year 2201 and the galaxy is threatened by a massive warship disguised as a comet.
Reading:
Forrest J. Ackerman
Reading:
Jody Lynn Nye
The Art of Developing Character Histories in RPGs
After the dice have been rolled, gamers breathe life into their creations by creating character histories. What makes for a good character history? Is a past full of tragedy important? How do the numbers you rolled affect the creation of your character's history? How much input should game masters have? Did you remember to include some hooks for your game master to tie your history to her world and the current life of your character?
James Cambias, Greg Costikyan (M), Steve Jackson, Sasha Miller
Reading:
Michael Swanwick
Reading:
Stephen Chambers
Baen Books Traveling Slide Show (with Door Prizes!)
Toni Weisskopf
Running an Artist's Digital and Class Media Studio on a Shoestring
Cortney Skinner
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Gardner Dozois, Walter Jon Williams
Dealers Room Opens
Fantiques Roadshow
Fantiques Roadshow is a participatory activity - all you need to do is bring along an item with some sort of SF significance (book, art, fannish item or collectible) and see if it's worth anything. The first part of Fantiques Roadshow is an informal appraisal of items at tables in the auction area. The appraisers will select a few items to bring up to the front table during the second part of the show.
Jane Frank, Rusty Hevelin, Joe Siclari, Jerry Weist
Autographing:
Karen Haber, Anne Harris, Stanley Schmidt, Robert Silverberg, Bud Sparhawk
SF Art Demo: How to Do Covers and Illustrations and Get the Job
Joe Bergeron
Space and Sensibility: SF Fans Appreciate Jane Austen
Jane Austen is very popular with a large segment of the SF community, and her works have influenced a number of writers.
Ellen Asher, Lois McMaster Bujold, Richard Garfinkle, Amy Thomson (M), Connie Willis
Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9: A Look Back
Chris Barkley, Michael A. Burstein (M), Jeanne M. Cavelos, Inge Heyer, Josepha Sherman
Gernsback Continuum Revisited: Retro-visionary Future Along Route 66 (with a Side Trip to Area 51)
Ernest Lilley
Writers Who Filk & Filkers Who Write
Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven, David Weingart (M)
Bucking the Corporate Fantasy Trend
Lisa A. Barnett, Terry Bisson (M), Ellen Kushner
Cover Art and Interior Illos: the Artists' Views
We often look at cover art and interior illustrations from the writer's perspective or the fan's perspective -- often complaining about what wasn't quite right. Here, the artists will discuss their take on the issue. How familiar do they feel they need to be with the work? How do they chose what in a book to illustrate for the cover? How faithful does the cover have to be -- should it be a snapshot from the book, or should it just be something that captures the feel?
Jim Burns, Colleen Doran, Omar Rayyan, Michael Whelan (M)
Galactic Geographic: A Guided Tour
Karl Kofoed
Worldbuilding 101: Creating a Planet
Gregory Benford (M), Hal Clement, Yoji Kondo
A World-Wide Endeavor: Science Fiction from Around the Globe
Charles N. Brown (M), Tobias Buckell, Kir Bulychev, Yuri Mironets, Vera Nazarian
Kaffeeklatsches:
Eve Ackerman, Jack L. Chalker, N. Taylor Blanchard, Julie Czerneda
Book Discussion: The Naked Sunby Isaac Asimov
Stephen C. Fisher
The Island of Doctor Moreau(Radio Room)
A live production from the Atlanta Radio Theatre.
Video: Cinderella
Film: Short Subjects
Film: Chicken Run (2001 Hugo Nominee)
Motors (Camp Franklin)
Build an electric motor out of simple parts. (No taking apart the appliances when you get home!)
Michael Mansfield,
Computer Bugs with Myra (Camp Franklin)
Make your own computer bugs out of computer parts. All materials included.
Reading:
Jeffrey A. Carver
Reading:
Wendy Snow-Lang
Reading:
Pat Cadigan
Anime: Oh! My Goddess 1-5 (PG, Subtitled/Dubbed)
The hilarious exploits of a college student who orders out for dinner and ends up with a goddess instead!
SFWA Musketeers Swordfighting Demo
Lillian Stewart Carl, Brenda W. Clough, Doranna Durgin, Esther Friesner, Rachel Hartman, John G. Hemry, Elizabeth Moon, Vera Nazarian, Madeleine E. Robins, Selina Rosen, Kristine C. Smith, Delia Turner, Laura Underwood
Reading:
Frederik Pohl
Reading:
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Reading:
Delia Sherman
What Makes a Good Stage Costume? How To Make a Stunning Stage Presence
How it looks, how it moves, what story does it tell, and how to put your best foot forward.
John F. Hertz, Elaine Mami, Pierre E. Pettinger Jr (M), Sandra G. Pettinger, Sandy Swank
Win Tom Galloway's Money
If they're smart enough, quick enough, and lucky enough, some contestants will walk away with some of host Tom Galloway's American money. To do so, they'll have to beat first each other, and then Tom himself, at answering humorously-titled SF trivia questions.
Keith R. A. DeCandido, Tom Galloway (M)
SIG: Combined BWA and APA: NYU Collations
APA: NYU is a New York-based Amateur Press Association, now in its 28 year.
Marc S. Glasser
Nurturing Your Ish: The Care and Feeding of a Fanzine
The problems concerning a fanzine editor are very similar to those confronting an editor of a commercial magazine. Said editor must concern himself with issues such as attracting and keeping readers, attracting and keeping contributors, getting the time and money to work on an issue, the magazine's content and appearance, distribution of the zine, and I am sure dozens of others. A fanzine editor doesn't necessarily have to worry about a profit, or even breaking even.
Mike Glyer (M), Guy H. Lillian III, Richard Lynch, Mike Scott, Dick Smith
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman
Autographing:
Jeffrey A. Carver, Glen Cook, Marvin Kaye, Kay Kenyon, Jeffrey D. Kooistra, George R. R. Martin, Robert J. Sawyer, Wen Spencer
Fan Art Jam
Brad W. Foster, Alexis Gilliland, Teddy Harvia, Sue Mason
Convention Planning Primer: Convention Publications
Michael R. Nelson, Sharon Sbarsky, Diana Thayer
Writing for TV: A Dialog
Marc Zicree, author of the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars," as well as episodes of The Next Generation, Babylon 5, and sliders, discusses writing for TV with movie critic Dan Kimmel.
Daniel Kimmel, Marc Zicree
Publishing in the 21st Century: How Has Cover Art Changed?
Bob Eggleton (M), Jamie S. Warren Youll, Michael Whelan, Paul Youll, Stephen Youll
Fandom in the Fifties: WSFS Inc. and All That Jazz
How was fandom developing (changing? evolving?) in the Eisenhower years? Were fannish cultures and politics as stagnant as those of the mundane world? What was going on in the convention arena?
Rusty Hevelin, Ray Faraday Nelson, Art Widner
Another Universe: Writing Media-Based Tie-Ins
How does writing media tie-ins differ from writing other types of works? What are the differences between writing tie-ins that are closely tied to the source (for example, novelizations of movies) vs. novels that are related to a media series (Star Trek or Star Wars novels)?
Ginjer Buchanan, Jeanne M. Cavelos, Allen Dean Foster, Craig Shaw Gardner
America's Best Comics
Alan Moore isn't the only great comic book writer in the Western World, but many of his fans find the above imprint for his one-man comic book company is titled appropriately. Moore revolutionized comic book paradigms in the '80s with his cinema-verite graphic novels: Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Today, his Promethea series continues to stretch the envelope of what's possible in the comic book medium. But with Kurt Busiek, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison, and J.M. DeMatteis all busy writing, Alan has a run for his money in making the "ABC" imprint live up to its title. (Neil Gaiman may throw his hat back into the ring, someday, too!)
Lenny Bailes (M), Larry Niven, James C. Shooter, Dani Zweig
Punctuated Equilibrium, Hopeful Monsters, and Darwin's Radio: How Evolution Works
Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear (M), Samuel Scheiner
Kaffeeklatsches:
Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald, Claire Eddy, Laura Anne Gilman
Con Suite Opens
Book Discussion: Vanishing Actsedited by Ellen Datlow
John J. Kessel
Pagan Concert: Music from the Goddess
The Martian Chronicles(Radio Room)
Five radio dramas from the early 50s, compiled by Paul Wunder and Max Schmid to emulate Bradbury's book.
Fan Lounge Opens
Video: Destination Moon
Reading:
Roger MacBride Allen
Reading:
Laura Frankos
Reading:
Derryl Murphy
Film: Short Subjects
Video: Ben and Me (Camp Franklin)
A mouse tells his story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.
A Tour of the Solar System (Camp Franklin)
Join Inge Heyer on a multimedia trip through the Solar System.
Inge Heyer
Radical Philadelphia Visions: Benjamin Franklin and Scott Nearing (Academic)
Jesse Lemisch PhD, James Young
Reading:
Catherine Asaro
Reading:
David Marusek
Reading:
Scott Edelman
Coming Attractions: Del Rey
Steve Saffel
Autographing - Guests of Honor
Greg Bear, Gardner Dozois, Esther Friesner, George H. Scithers, Stephen Youll
Book Binding Demo
Kent Brewster
So You Want to Start Your Own Convention: Advice from Experienced Conrunners
Ann Cecil, Joe Siclari (M), Eric M. Van, Tom Whitmore
The British Illustration Contingent: Art in the UK
Paul Barnett, Jim Burns (M), Fred Gambino, Alan Lynch, Chris Moore
Slide Show: Writing and Illustrating Fairy Tales
Ruth Sanderson
Are the Editor and Copyeditor the Writer's Enemies ... or Best Friends?
Debra Doyle, Eleanor Lang, Terry A. McGarry (M), Michelle Sagara West, Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Beyond Stephen King: A Look at Contemporary Horror
Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, P. C. Hodgell (M), Lawrence Watt-Evans
Liberty and Other Inalienable Rights: Will Basic Rights Change in the Future?
Terence Chua, John Pomeranz (M), Christy Hardin Smith, Christine Valada
An Astounding View: The Future as Seen By SF of the '30s and '40s
Roger MacBride Allen, Leah Zeldes Smith, Walter Jon Williams (M)
Growing Up With Us: Children's Books We Still Love as Adults
Some children's books survive the test of time in more ways than one: notonly are they read by new generations of children, but they continue to be read and re-read by those same children when they grow up. The great "children's books" -- Narnia, The Hobbit, Alice, The Golden Compass, Harry Potter -- can be read and appreciated by adults as well as children. What differentiates these from the children's books we lay aside (and which disappoint us when we try to return to them as adults)?
Ellen Asher, Tamora Pierce (M), Jo Walton, Andrew Wheeler, Toni Anzetti
The Classics of Alternate History
The Sidewise Award will be presented at the start of this session. The panel discusses the classics of alternate history and discusses what makes a superior alternate history novel. What are the great novels? How well do they examine the historical turning point? Is getting the history right in an alternate history novel more important than getting the science right in a hard SF novel?
Suzanne Alles Blom (M), Michael Dobson, Evelyn C. Leeper, Paul J. McAuley, Harry Turtledove
Kaffeeklatsches:
Yoji Kondo, Simon R. Green, Susan Shwartz
Creating Alien Languages: A Workshop
Create an alien language in only three hours.
Elizabeth Barrette, Haitham Jendoubi, Stanley Schmidt (M), Lawrence Schoen
What God Plays In Your Universe: Music for Your Game World
Stephen Brinich, Lee Gold, Steve Jackson (M)
Campaign Basics I and II
"Behind the Scenes and Who Was That Masked Man?." What are the "big picture" ideas one needs to develop when creating a role-playing campaign? What can the GM do to make this fictional world come alive for the players? Build your campaign from the ground up. What can both the GM and players do to bring their characters to life?
Andrew Adams, James Cambias, Shanti Fader, Keith J. Olexa (M)
Film: Fantasia
Fanzine Fandom Today
Arthur Hlavaty, Hope Leibowitz, Vicki Rosenzweig, Joyce Scrivner, Robert Whitaker Sirignano
Reading:
Anne Harris
Reading:
Rick Wilber
Video: Longer Than You Think -- 1950s PSFS Worldcon Home Movie
Belly Dancing (Camp Franklin)
Dr. Karen teaches an introduction to bellydancing.
Karen Purcell
Regency Dance
John F. Hertz
Writing SF for Young Readers
Julie Czerneda (M), Robert J. Sawyer, Isaac Szpindel, James Van Pelt, Pat York
Philadelphia Visions: Saints and Baseball (Academic)
Jan Bogstad, Rick Wilber
Reading:
Stephen Baxter
Reading:
Melissa Scott
Reading:
Douglas Smith
Coming Attractions: Ace/Penguin/Putnam
Ginjer Buchanan, Anne Sowards
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
James Patrick Kelly, Sheila Williams, Connie Willis
Art Show Docent Tour
Ken Warren
SFWA Emergency Fund Auction
Peter J. Heck, Ellen Klages
Autographing:
Catherine Asaro, Lois McMaster Bujold, Lillian Stewart Carl, Gregory Frost, Barry N. Malzberg, Kate Elliott, Katya Reimann, Mike Resnick, Robert Charles Wilson
Masquerade Registration Closes
We'll Put on a Show! What It Takes to Stage a Masquerade
Some of the top East Coast Masquerade directors tell you all the disparate pieces that have to come together to make a con's big production (with no or little rehearsal and a pick-up cast!).
Jill Eastlake (M), Marty Gear, Carl Mami, Sandy Swank, Victoria Warren
From Beer-Powered Rockets to Human-Powered Computers: Strange Technological Twists in SF
Richard Garfinkle, Sharon Lee, Sean McMullen
Slide Show
Don Maitz
Previously in Philadelphia: the 1947 and 1953 Worldcons
Jay Kay Klein, E. M. Korshak, Hal Lynch, Frederik Pohl, Jack Speer (M)
Godzilla Past, Present, and Future
Forty-seven years ago, Japan produced its entry into the giant monster genre -- Godzilla. The film has spawned numerous sequels -- some good, some notso good -- and the series itself has reinvented its own past several times. The panel looks at the past and future of Godzilla, that most durable of monsters.
Bob Eggleton, Kevin Geiselman, Daniel Kimmel, Jim Mann (M)
Hidden Lovecraft - Mythos in Popular Culture
Terence Chua, Greg Costikyan, Thomas Harlan (M), Darrell Schweitzer
The New Wave: A Look Back
George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Robert Silverberg, Norman Spinrad, Michael Swanwick (M)
Working Together: How Artists Can Collaborate
Paul Youll, Stephen Youll
Changing Views of the Space Program
How have our impressions of the space program changed over the years? The panel looks at the way we've viewed space travel from the 1940s till now, from before the first satellite to the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
N. Taylor Blanchard, Hal Clement (M), Yoji Kondo, Cassie Krahe, Bryan Zubalsky
Kaffeeklatsches:
Warren Lapine, Larry Lewis, Nancy Kress, Yuri Mironets
Book Discussion: Darwin's Radioby Greg Bear
Farah Mendlesohn
Filk Concert
Joe Haldeman
Online with Fanzine Fandom
Lenny Bailes, Frank Lunney, Geri Sullivan, Ted White
Video: Inner Space
Reading:
Tony Daniel
Reading:
Shane Tourtellotte
Filk Concert
Merav Hoffman
Brave New World(Radio Room)
A 1956 production from the CBS Radio Workshop narrated by Aldous Huxley, with a score by Bernard Herrmann.
Anime: Cartoons by Tex Avery
Some of the zaniest cartoons ever made. This director is known for his fast-paced and precisely timed comical cartoons.
Reading (Camp Franklin)
Eleanor Lang,
Reading:
Mary Soon Lee
Reading:
Nicholas A. DiChario
Reading:
Cecilia Tan
Coming Attractions: DAW
Debra J. Euler
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Robert J. Sawyer
Autographing:
Barbara Chepaitis, Linda J. Dunn, Larry Niven, John Passarella, James C. Shooter, S. M. Stirling, Michael Swanwick
Under-Plundered Mythologies: Other Sources for Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Incas, the Mayas, Sub-Saharan Africa (I know that covers a lot of cultures), the West Indies, Polynesia, Iceland, and various other third-world regions have mythologies that haven't seeped very far into F/SF yet.
Kir Bulychev, Shanti Fader, Jane M. Lindskold (M), Mike Resnick, Josepha Sherman
What Makes a Good Cult TV Show?
From Blake's 7 and Red Dwarf to Brimstone, Sapphire and Steel to She-Wolf of London: short-lived shows that pushed boundaries and that ended toosoon. What about these shows inspired their fans? Will the availability of cult TV on video and DVD make them more cultish or less?
Adina Adler, Michael A. Burstein, Kimberly Ann Kindya, George R. R. Martin, Len Wein
Slide Show
Joe Bergeron
The Well-Read Fan: What Current Fanzines Should All Well-Read Fans Be Reading?
The panel discusses the best current fanzines as well as some classic fanzines.
Brad W. Foster, Nicki Lynch, Leah Zeldes Smith (M), Teresa Nielsen Hayden
As You Know, Bob: The Positives and Negatives of Info Dumps in Writing
James D. Macdonald, Betsy Mitchell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Bud Sparhawk
Philadelphia's Own Grandmaster: An Appreciation of L. Sprague de Camp
Michael K. Brett-Surman, Sean McMullen, George H. Scithers (M), Harry Turtledove
Where Has the Future Gone?
Increasingly, time travel, historical settings, nostalgia, retro/pastiche futures and revisitations of old sf tropes are filling the magazine and novel pages. A look at Asimov's and F& SF for the year 2000 shows that less than one in four sf stories is set in a freshly imagined future. Why is so much sf at the turn of the new millennium looking backward?
Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly (M), John J. Kessel, Gordon Van Gelder
The Heirs of Philip K. Dick: Jeter, Powers, Blaylock
Jim Freund, David G. Hartwell, Louise Marley, Eric M. Van (M), Andrew Wheeler
Literary Beer:
J. B. Post
Kaffeeklatsches:
Terry Bisson, David Sherman, Pat Cadigan, Jeffrey A. Carver
Releasing Your Inner Music
Denise Gendron
Filk Concert
Valerie Housden
SFF NET Suite Reading:
David B. Coe
Camp Franklin Closes for Pool Party (Reminder: If Your Kids Aren't Going, Pick Them Up at 3:30)
Join Camp Franklin's field trip to the Marriott pool for an hour of water fun. All participants must have signed permission slips to participate. All children should be picked up from the pool (seventh floor of the Marriott) by 5:00pm.
Reading:
Katya Reimann
Reading:
Susan Shwartz
Reading:
Donald Kingsbury
Filk Concert
Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser
By His Bootstraps(Radio Room)
Starring Richard Dreyfuss. One of Heinlein's many masterpieces; this one produced by Yuri Rasovsky, winner of a special Nebula Award this year.
Presenting Your Costume
Esther Friesner shows all about the art of showing your costume to its best advantage: movement, display, and using the whole stage.
Esther Friesner, Kimberly Ann Kindya
Suzie McKee Charnas, Joanna Russ, Suzette Haden Elgin (Academic)
Jan Bogstad, Farah Mendlesohn
Franklin's Genius and the Genius of Science Fiction (Academic)
David Brin, J. Gregory Keyes, James Morrow
Reading:
Michelle Sagara West
Reading:
Paul Levinson
Reading:
Kate Elliott
Fen Abroad - A Look at Fan Funds
Naomi C. Fisher, Janice Gelb (M), Victor Gonzalez, Sue Mason, Pat Molloy
Coming Attractions: Roc
Laura Anne Gilman, Jennifer E. Heddle
SIG: LED, laser, and Flash Light Enhancements for Costume
For anyone interested in practical wiring of costume or gadgets for con display. This session will provide parts and battery power for hands on learning and advice on the how-to of lighting in fabric, staffs, wands, headpieces, and anything you want to wear or display. Easy, very effective, and you get to keep the parts. No fee. Need help with something, bring it. The presentation level will be bottom line basic, no expert help required, please. 15 people max.
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Stephen Baxter
Autographing:
Scott Edelman, Jane M. Lindskold, Lee Martindale, Terry A. McGarry, Elizabeth Moon
Campbell Award Nominees: How We Broke into the Field
James Cambias, Thomas Harlan, Douglas Smith, Kristine C. Smith, Jo Walton
The Writer in the High Castle: The Works of Philip K. Dick Note new day and time
John R. Douglas (M), Ray Faraday Nelson, Steve Stiles, Robert Charles Wilson
Slide Show
Barclay Shaw
Famous Fannish Lawsuits and Scandals
Brian L. Burley, Jack L. Chalker, E. M. Korshak, Jack Speer (M)
Clark Ashton Who? Great Forgotten Fantasy Authors
The fantasy shelves of today are dominated by a few writers, often writing 700-page-per-volume, multi-volume series. Gone are the days of Lin Carter's great Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series. The panel talks about the great, classic works of fantasy that the audience should comb bookstores (or the Internet) to find.
P. C. Hodgell (M), Marvin Kaye, James D. Macdonald, Darrell Schweitzer
Con Running 101: Looking at Hotel Contracts
Ben Yalow
PSFS Meeting
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society is one of the oldest SF clubs in the country and was the catalyst for the Philadelphia in 2001 Worldcon bid. PSFS traditionally invites a speaker for its Friday meetings. Today, PSFS reaches across the state to Pittsburgh for its speaker, satiric SF writer William Tenn (also known as the former Penn State English professor Phil Klass).
Hugh Casey, William Tenn
The DNA Publications Family: The Broad Spectrum of SF and Fantasy
John Betancourt, Angela Kessler, Warren Lapine (M), Andrew I. Porter
The Art of Illustration: Illustrating Books
Is the art of illustrating books making a comeback? Why did interior illustrations -- often an important part of a book in the 19th century -- become so rare in the 20th century? The panel looks at the ways in which illustrations enhance and become part of a book and discusses shining examples.
N. Taylor Blanchard, Thomas Kidd, Charles Lang, Don Maitz, Cortney Skinner
Literary Beer:
Lois Tilton
Kaffeeklatsches:
Jack McDevitt, Brenda W. Clough, George H. Scithers
Poetry Workshop
Timons Esaias, Joe Haldeman, Geoffrey A. Landis
SIG: MENSA/Triple Nine (All members of high IQ societies welcome)
Muriel Hykes (M)
Filk Concert
Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton
Anime: Vision of Escaflowne 1-2 (PG, Subtitled)
The story of an ordinary girl who one day encounters an other-worldly beam of light and is transported to a land where some very strange things happen to be.
SFF NET Suite Reading:
David Levine
Video: Rocketship X-M
Reading:
Nancy Kress
Reading:
John Passarella
Reading:
Art Widner
Filk Concert
Mark Mandel
Self Defense for Fans, or How notTo Be a Victim, Even If You Are a Klutz
We'll be demonstrating blocks and possibly light throws.
Eric Raymond
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collections (Academic)
Colleen Cahill, Hal Hall, Edward James, Fred Lerner, Thomas M. Whitehead
Reading:
Darrell Schweitzer
Reading:
Norman Spinrad
Reading:
Amy Thomson
Collaboration Workshop: Exercises for Writers
Come prepared to write in small social groups. Planned exercises, discussions of infamous collaborations and contracts.
Cassie Krahe, Diane Turnshek, Bryan Zubalsky
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Jim Grimsley, David Marusek
Autographing:
Hal Clement, Kathryn Cramer, Tony Daniel, David G. Hartwell, Kristine C. Smith
Milford, Clarion, and the Evolution of SF Workshops
Judith Berman, Grant Carrington, Janice M. Eisen, Nalo Hopkinson, Richard P. Russo
The Liar's Club
Pat Cadigan (M), Gardner Dozois, Janice Gelb, George R. R. Martin
Slide Show
Thomas Kidd
Historical Garb: When History, Fantasy and Imagination Collide
Is your 15th century SCA garb really accurate for Deryni or Darkover? Can you get away with using your fantasy hall costume at a historical re-enactment? And why not!
Monica Cellio, Susan de Guardiola, Rob Himmelsbach (M), Sandra G. Pettinger, Kevin P. Roche
Protecting Your Collection: Advice for Collectors of Books, Art, Magazines, and Fanzines
Rusty Hevelin, Joe Siclari, Jerry Weist
The First McDonald's on Epsilon V: What Parts of Our Culture Will We Bring With Us?
As we spread our wings to the stars, what parts of our culture will journey with us? What institutions and traditions will we carry to new worlds? Will those cultural trappings be American or other? Or are our cultural trappings tied to our current world and will we travel outward without them?
Cory Doctorow, Ellen Kushner, James Morrow, Severna Park, Mike Resnick (M)
Sailing the Sea of Stars: The Interrelations Between SF and Naval Fiction
David Feintuch, John G. Hemry (M), Tom Purdom, Susan Shwartz, Tom Veal
Literary Beer:
Robert J. Sawyer
Kaffeeklatsches:
Susan Sizemore, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Madeleine E. Robins, Ruth Sanderson
Book Discussion: Probability Moonby Nancy Kress
Michelle Sagara West
Filk Concert
Jordin T. Kare
Jeff Walker Film Presentation
Trailer Park -- A Worldcon Tradition. Wall-to- wall trailers, teasers, clips and featurettes from upcoming science fiction, fantasy, horror, animated and other genre releases under one roof in one room at one time. You can be pretty sure it'll include Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone and Lord of the Rings as well as a few you're notexpecting. Gathered for MilPhil by veteran studio genre consultant and long-time Worldcon attendee Jeff Walker.
Jeff Walker
SFF NET Suite Reading:
Laura Underwood
Reading:
Don Sakers
Reading:
Steven Sawicki
Reading:
Jim Freund
Green Room Closes
Filk Concert
Paul Shuch
Video: Harvey
The Next Step for Games: Cell Phones, PDAs, and Other Frontiers
Greg Costikyan, Neil Harris
Reading:
Walter Jon Williams
Reading:
Rosemary Kirstein
Chesley Awards
Esther Friesner, Teresa Patterson, Stephen Youll
SIG: Farscape Informal Discussion Group
The staff of the non-profit on-line fan 'zine, www.karlsweb.com, invite fellow fans (or curious on-lookers) to be part of a group discussion focusing on the past, present and future of the SciFi Channel's critically acclaimed series, Farscape. Karlsweb.com is a highly popular website within the Farscape fan community, featuring exclusive interviews and detailed informational resources surrounding the show. All species are welcome.
SIG: Fans of the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Learn why you should watch this show when it goes into syndication!
Site Selection Closes
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: A Discussion of the Film
Takayuki Karahashi, Yukio Kikukawa
Angelus, Spike, Dru, et al.: A Look at the Buffy Villains
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has given us a number of memorable baddies. The panelists discuss their favorites and how they fit into the great tradition of fantasy and horror villains.
Marty Gear, Simon R. Green, Nicki Lynch, Katya Reimann, Sarah Zettel (M)
Media Room Closes
Filk Concert
Barry Gold
Filk Concert
Lynn Gold
An Anthropological Report on an Expedition to Mundania
Thomas Atkinson, Don Sakers
Forty Years of Perry Rhodan
Uwe Anton
What the Frell: A Look at Farscape
Keith R. A. DeCandido, Brad Ferguson (M), Jennifer Roberson, Toni Anzetti
Anime: Gasaraki 1-4 (PG-13, Subtitled)
The flames of war explode in the Middle East as two shadow forces unleash monstrous weapons of mass destruction. But in a world where giant robots are real, the most dangerous weapon of all lies buried within a human mind.
Video: Longer Than You Think -- 1950s PSFS Worldcon Home Movie
Video: Alphaville
Philadelphia Fantastic: Young Adult Authors Night, at Borders Book Shop, 1727 Walnut St.
Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald, Sheila Finch, Tamora Pierce
Teen Lounge Closes
Art Show/Print Shop Close
Exhibit Hall Closes
Information Closes
Registration Closes
Volunteer Desk Closes
Introduction to Anime
jan howard finder (M), Colette Fozard, Merav Hoffman, Ilyana Mansfield
Fannish Feud
We've surveyed 100 fans on various topics. Come see if members of two competing teams can come up with the most common survey responses.
Craig Shaw Gardner (M)
SIG: Jewish Services
Janice Gelb
Retro Hugos Awards
The Retro Hugo Awards honor "the best" of 1950.
Esther Friesner
Rock Concert: Venus Moon & The Gas Giants
Open Filk
Anime: Beany and Cecil (PG)
Classic animation from the Screen Gems library.
Video: Dark Star
Greg Bear's Guest of Honor Talk
Greg Bear
Filk: Up Against the Wall! (Revolutionary Song-themed Filk Circle)
Gary D. McGath
Anime: Golden Boy 1-6 (R, Dubbed)
Kintaro is a computer programmer who works at a company of all women, and the risque hilarity of how he keeps ending up on his feet goes from there...
Filk: The Horror, The Horror -- Songs About Monsters, Demons and Other Nasty Things
Terence Chua
SFF NET Suite Reading (Erotica - Adults Only Please)
Elspeth Potter
Rock Concert: The Red Masque
Film: 1950 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo Winner (time approximate after event)
SFF NET Suite Reading (Erotica - Adults Only Please)
K. A. Kristiensen
Video: The Lathe of Heaven
SF Love Scenes
The group looks at great SF erotic love scenes. They discuss who does it well, and give examples. Panelists -- for amusement or instruction -- may also want to read examples of particularly bad ones.
Catherine Asaro, Cecilia Tan, Diane Turnshek
Tolkien Heads - Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring(Radio Room)
Film: Short Subjects
Dance
Film: Nosferatu (silent)
Live organ accompaniment supplied by George Akerley. Akerley is organist for the Philadelphia Phillies and is used to playing in scary, spooky situations. This is the vampire movie that set the standard.
Video: Animal Farm(1999)
Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion 1-4 (R, Subtitled)
Mankind is warned off of biotechnology experiments by "Angels" who descend one day and destroy several land masses. Humanity's only hope lies in the underground city and the EVA units.
Film: Short Subjects
Video: The Wizard of Speed and Time
Film: Shadow of the Vampire
Fan Lounge Closes
Video: Forbidden Planet
Anime: Perfect Blue (R, Dubbed)
Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a new career as an actress. When she lands a role in a murder mystery, her life begins to fall apart with terrible hallucinations. A bold, sexual suspense thriller.
Video: Sphere
Con Suite Closes
Anime: City Hunter (R, Subtitled)
Joe and Kaori are hired to protect the daughter of the presidential candidate of a Third World nation. They soon discover that the daughter is also the candidate's secret service agent. Little by little, Joe and Kaori uncover several dark secrets and start to piece together the plot against the candidate and his daughter.
Video: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Anime: Reboot 1 (G, Subtitled)
Ever wonder what happens to your computer when you switch it on? This 3-D adventure takes you on an odyssey of epic proportions into worlds never explored before. Follow our heroes, Dot, Enzo, Mouse, AndrAla, and Phong into the uncharted reaches of the Web, where the search for a lost friend turns into a high-tech battle for survival.
SIG: Friends of Bill W.
Anime: Astro Boy 1 (G)
In the distant world of 2000 AD, a terrible accident kills the son of a prominent scientist. Swearing that no power in the universe can stop him, he builds perhaps the greatest machine of all time and a monument to his son: Astro Boy! (also contains "The Monster Machine")
Video: The Secret of NIMH
SIG: Weight Loss Support
Cardio Kick-boxing
Linda Subias
Elementary SF
Julie Czerneda, Priscilla Olson, Spring Schoenhuth, James Van Pelt, Pat York (M)
Secondary SF
jan howard finder, Paul Halpern, Charles Oberndorf, Mary Schroeder, Janna Silverstein
Educator Round Table
Educator's Day sparks additional discussions. Join in with Teaching with Ender's Game, Editing a school science fiction magazine, I am an Alien, Teaching special effects creature mask-making techniques, Creating illuminated SF manuscript pages with miniature paintings, SF and teaching math, Making cloth dragons and other alien creatures, Selling SF in the classroom, Favorite ways to foster student enthusiasm, You don't do that -- books you press on acquaintances and myriad other topics.
Information Opens - Convention Info, Handicapped Services and Sign-ups
Registration Opens
Volunteer Desk Opens - We Need Your Help to Make The Worldcon Run! Please Stop By and Volunteer
Media Room Opens (for Press/Broadcast/Web Representatives)
Writing Exercises
Diane Turnshek
Anime: Kimba, The White Lion 1 (G)
This is the story about a lion cub who is destined to be king of the jungle some day, but he has to survive in a dangerous world without his parents. Kimba learns to depend on his friends as they learn to depend on him.
Green Room Opens
Heinlein Blood Drive: Bloodmobile at Arch Street United Methodist Church
Video: Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pocket Dragon Adventures
Camp Franklin Opens - Theme "Ben Franklin in Time and Space" (Camp Franklin)
Art Projects: Time Travel Machine, Puppets, Sculpy (Camp Franklin)
Make a time travel machine out of found materials, create a puppet to use later in our puppet theater, work with Sculpy to make a creation out of your imagination. Other art materials will be available.
WSFS Meeting
The WSFS Business Meeting is open to all Worldcon members. Today's meeting will debate and vote on amendments to the WSFS Constitution. The elections for the WSFS Mark Protection Committee are scheduled for this meeting.
SIG: Introduction to Shaolin Kung Fu
Join Lori Ann White, a senior instructor at Wing Lam Kung Fu School in Sunnyvale, CA, in an introduction to Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, a classic Chinese long-fist style (think David Carradine done right). Please wear loose- fitting clothing and flat-soled shoes.
Using Dinosaur Summer Across the Curriculum
Greg Bear, Julie Czerneda, David DeGraff, Larry Lewis
Two Sides of Science Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin and C. J. Cherryh (Academic)
Jan Bogstad, Susan Shwartz, Pat York
Reading:
Terry Bisson
Timothy Liebe's Dead: Circulating (& Stopping) Death (& Other) Rumors at the Speed of Light
Brad Ferguson, Laurie Mann (M)
EOS Presentation: Upcoming Titles
Jennifer Brehl, Diana Gill
ISAAC Interviews/Teen Lounge Room Is notAvailable on Saturday
Art Show/Print Shop Open
Exhibit Hall Opens
Site Selection Opens
This is your last chance to vote on the location of the 2004 World Science Fiction Convention. Stop by, pay the fee and vote. Voting ends tonight at 6pm and the location of the 2004 Worldcon will be announced at tomorrow morning's WSFS Business Meeting.
Publicity for Writers, Artists, and Small Presses: A Forum
Joshua Bilmes, Lynn Cohen Koehler, John Passarella, Christy Hardin Smith
Gripe Session
Todd Dashoff
The Neofan Manifesto - One Year Later
Lenny Bailes, Robert J. Gates, Julie Stickler (M)
Where Did Tom Swift Go? Why Are Most YA Writers Writing Fantasy, notSF?
Hal Clement (M), Debra Doyle, Howard V. Hendrix, Betsy Mitchell, Charles Sheffield
Greg Bear: An Appreciation of His Work
Tony Daniel, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Shelly Shapiro (M), Barclay Shaw
Fantasy Writing Workshop
P. C. Hodgell, Marvin Kaye, Sasha Miller, Delia Sherman
SIG: Jewish Services
Dr. Who and the Pescatons(Radio Room)
A two-part serial from the BBC featuring Tom Baker.
Reading:
Sarah Zettel
SIG: Shotokan Karate Workshop
Kenn Bates will be giving a Shotokan Karate Workshop. Kenn is a black belt instructor in Karate. Fans attending this workshop will learn and practice simple Karate techniques. No prior experience necessary. This is an ACTIVE workshop. Come dressed in loose clothing and ready to move. See you there.
Writing on Shared Worlds
Reading SF springboarded a Texas class into writing in a shared universe. Panelists discuss how the students did comparison and contrast to spin into their world.
jan howard finder, Nancy Kress, Andrew Love, Ilyana Mansfield, Charles Ryan
Vonnegut's Early Work (Academic)
Arthur Hlavaty, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Bruce Rockwood
Anatomy of SF Creatures
Artists demonstrate methods and rules of thumb for visualizing plausible aliens. What an alien creature might be built like gives an overview of applicable biological and physical laws. In the process are plentiful opportunities for instruction in biology, evolution, biomechanics, etc.
Kir Bulychev, Jael, Larry Lewis
Reading:
Terry A. McGarry
Reading:
Simon R. Green
Guest Artist Slide Show
Stephen Youll (M)
Dealers Room Opens
Art Show Docent Tour
Donato Giancola
Autographing:
Stephen Chambers, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, David Gerrold, Jack McDevitt, Madeleine E. Robins, Allen Steele, Dean Warren, Len Wein
Artist Demo: Pen and Ink
Brad W. Foster
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the NESFA Table
Hal Clement
Making Immodest Proposals: The Science Fiction of William Tenn
Timons Esaias, James Morrow, Robert Silverberg, Jo Walton, Connie Willis
Lesbian/Bi/Gay Images and Themes In Genre Media
How are lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered people viewed in genre media if at all? Have things changed with the times? Does genre media play any special role in promoting a gay culture?
Joshua Bilmes, Ctein, Robert J. Gates (M), Ellen Klages, Jed Shumsky
The Nature of Time
John Ashmead, Paul Halpern
Writing Action Scenes: A Seminar
A discussion on how to write action scenes.
Sean McMullen
History of Philadelphia Fandom and First Fandom
The First Fandom Hall of Fame will be given out at the begnning of this panel. Find out about the history of Philadelphia fandom and the connections of First Fandom to Philadelphia fandom.
Gary Keith Feldbaum, Hal Lynch, Wilma Meier, Peggy Rae Sapienza (M), George H. Scithers
Chasing Science: The Excitement and Wonder of Science
Frederik Pohl (M), Charles Sheffield
Sons of Literary Scams
Discussion of the traps for new and experienced authors, with leading agents, publishers, editors and watchdogs.
Kent Brewster, Michael Capobianco, Brenda W. Clough, A. C. Crispin, Charlie Petit, Victoria Strauss, Lois Tilton, Gordon Van Gelder
Long Live the Legion
Joe Bergeron, Tom Galloway, Priscilla Olson (M), Don Sakers
Kaffeeklatsches:
S. M. Stirling, Ian Randal Strock, Cecilia Tan, Harry Turtledove
Storyboarding Workshop
James C. Shooter
Looking Like a Klingon: A Costuming Workshop
Kevin Geiselman
SIG: Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury's Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop Meeting
We don't meet in person because we workshop by snail mail and email, so this is a chance for a few of us to get together and learn faces for the names. Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop is also welcome to attend. We'll have flyers there and we'll talk about our experiences with long-distance critiquing.
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet(Radio Room)
Better than Saturday morning cartoons!
Video: Touche -- How to Fight with Swords: A Guide for Writers
Ever wondered the "right" way to describe swordfights? John Hemry will use clips from famous swordfights on video, and will talk about the right terminology - bring a pen (and paper) but nota sword.
John G. Hemry, Kristine C. Smith
Anime: Giant Robo 1-4 (PG, Subtitled)
This is the incredible retelling of the Giant Robo story, where the Experts of Justice battle against all odds to prevent the third prototype of the Shizuma drive from falling into the hands of the Big Fire!
Film: Short Subjects
SFF NET Suite Reading:
Vera Nazarian
Film: Galaxy Quest
Reading:
Lisa A. Barnett
Reading:
Tobias Buckell
Back to the Future (Camp Franklin)
Eccentric Doc Brown invents time travel; when young Marty McFly goes back in time, he creates a time paradox that will keep him from ever being born.
ASFA Meeting
Teresa Patterson
SIG: Brotherhood without Banners - Featuring a Reading by George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
Training the Brain -- SF Rules!
Julie Czerneda
Science Fiction on the Screen (Academic)
Michael Cassutt, John L. Flynn, Daniel Kimmel
Different Students, Different Styles
Muriel Hykes, Sara Paul, Magi Shepley (M), Eva C. Whitley
Reading:
Walter Mosley
Reading:
Severna Park
What to Look for in an Agent
Lucienne Diver, Jim Frenkel, James Patrick Kelly, Shawna McCarthy (M), Eleanor Wood
Slide Show
Michael Whelan
Art Show Docent Tour
Jane Frank
Autographing:
Forrest J. Ackerman, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Debra Doyle, James Gifford, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary Soon Lee, James D. Macdonald, Sean McMullen, Tamora Pierce, Mary A. Turzillo
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the NESFA Table - PSFS Speaker
William Tenn
Iain Banks's Culture: Utopia or Dystopia?
Andrew Adams (M), Timons Esaias, Derryl Murphy, Mark L. Olson
Tributes to Poul Anderson and Gordy Dickson
Join their family and friends and share your memories of, and thoughts about, these sorely-missed forces in our field. Note new day and time
Astrid Anderson Bear, Greg Bear
The SETI Project
Paul Shuch
How (the Hell) Did Heidelberg Happen?
The 1970 Worldcon was held in Heidelberg. U.S. fans found themselves to be strangers in a strange land. But why (and how) did Heidelberg hold the Worldcon? What are the advantages (and problems) of non-English-speaking conventions: past-present-future?
Anthony R. Lewis, Richard Lynch (M), Robert Silverberg
Worldcon Orientation
New to Worldcons and fandom? Stop by with your questions and we'll introduce you to fandom.
Lenny Bailes, Priscilla Olson, Leah Zeldes Smith
Leeds vs. Philadelphia: The First Convention
Joe Siclari, Jack Speer
Cutting-Edge Physics: Theories of Everything
Catherine Asaro, Gregory Benford, John G. Cramer (M), David DeGraff
The Delicate Balance: Ecology and SF
Elizabeth Moon, Mike Moscoe, Samuel Scheiner (M)
Kaffeeklatsches:
Michael Dobson, Marc Zicree, Craig Engler, Richard Garfinkle
Con Suite Opens
Book Discussion: Farmer in the Skyby Robert A. Heinlein
Timothy E. Liebe
World Music: Sound & Spirit
Did you know that the World Fantasy Award- winning author of Thomas the Rhymer and Swordspoint is also the host & writer of a public radio show heard all over the country on NPR? The show, "Sound & Spirit," examines the myth and magic, traditions and beliefs plus the music that has sustained the human spirit around the world and through the ages, guided by Ellen's unique storytelling style. In this special live presentation, Ellen takes you on a mythic journey of the human family in words and music. (For weekly show descriptions and schedules, see: http://www.wgbh.org/pri/spirit.)
Ellen Kushner
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Volume 1(Radio Room)
Episodes 1-6 of the original version of Douglas Adam's legacy to the world.
Video: Longer Than You Think -- 1950s PSFS Worldcon Home Movie
Fan Lounge Opens
Reading:
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Reading:
Howard V. Hendrix
Video: Flubber
Theatre Games (Camp Franklin)
Edward Einhorn joins Camp Franklin in playing theatre games.
Edward Einhorn
So Many Contests, So Little Time
Students are bombarded with writing contests. Should teachers/librarians/parents encourage them to enter? How to be street smart writer includes the good, the bad and the nevers.
Michael A. Burstein, Diane Turnshek, James Van Pelt, Pat York
Studying Culture: Anthropologists Study the Science Fiction Community (Academic)
Camille Bacon-Smith, Solomon Davidoff, Deborah M. Geisler
Playground Storytelling
First collect children's modern folk stuff on the playground. Communication is a vital part of life -- school life and life in general. Oral history and story is just as important as written -- and using books and oral collections back it up.
Elizabeth Moon, Wendie Old, Josepha Sherman
Reading:
Jack L. Chalker
Reading:
J. Gregory Keyes
Developing Computer Games - The Artists' Perspectives
As computers get better, art for computer games has become extremely sophisticated. Join artists experienced in developing art for computer games (David Cherry now works for Ensemble Studios and is working on Age of Empires; Barclay Shaw is an expert in 3-D computer art and multimedia design) for a discussion of how art and game development work hand-in-hand.
David Cherry, Barclay Shaw
What's New from Warner Aspect and iPublish.com
Christine Dao, Lauren Lawson, Jaime Levine, Betsy Mitchell, Paul Witcover
Dealer's Room - Autographing at the Asimov's/Analog Table:
Connie Willis
Art Show Docent Tour
Stephen Youll
Autographing:
Gregory Benford, Lisa DuMond, Paul Kidd, Nancy Kress, James Morrow, Charles Sheffield, James A. Stevens-Arce, Cecilia Tan
Demo: Minicomics
Larry Lewis
How Did We Get Here: An Alternate History Challenge
Alternate histories are certainly a popular form of SF. Why are we drawn to Alternate history? Does it fulfill a different need than other forms of SF or fantasy? Watching the pivot points unfold and the shape of the history make itself clear is a large part of the fun, and often taxing to the imagination. This panel is part challenge round. We'll give you scenarios at the start of the panel, and ask you to brainstorm how you would shape an alternate history to achieve these moments
Orson Scott Card, Joe Siclari, Edie Stern, S. M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Andrew Wheeler, Rick Wilber
Vive La Difference: Multicultural Alien Societies
In many works of SF and fantasy, alien/non- human races have a single culture. While this is often at its most extreme on SF in movies and TV (Star Trek's aliens, for example), it's also true in much written SF. But there are prominent exceptions. The panel examines why some writers write monocultural aliens as well as prominent examples of multicultural alien societies.
Samuel R. Delany, Nalo Hopkinson, Severna Park (M), Melissa Scott, Nancy Springer
JPL Presentation
Michelle R. Baker
Streetcars and Railways
Moshe Feder, Danny Lieberman, George H. Scithers (M), Kevin Standlee
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