All times and room assignments are subject to
change.
Check the Schedule Book and Newsletters at Albacon for
final scheduling.
Friday
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Albacon has function space in two buildings, the
Main Lodge and the Conference Center.
Locations are specified as both rooom and building.
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Location
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Opens
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Closes
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Registration
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Conference Center Lobby
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2:00 pm
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9:00 pm
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Operations
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Main Lodge Garden Room
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Noon
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11:00 pm
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Con Suite
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Conference Center Lobby
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2:00 pm
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2:00 am
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Art Show
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Conference Center Lake George Room
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
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Dealers
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Conference Center Glen's Falls and Saratoga
Rooms
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4:00 pm
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6:30 pm
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Conference Center
Albany Room
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Main Lodge
Upper Deck A
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Main Lodge
Upper Deck B
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Conference Center
Center Hall
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Main Lodge
Powderhorn
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Main Lodge
Lower Meeting Room
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Events
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Programming
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Programming
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Readings
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Filk
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Gaming
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Programming
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Video / Anime
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5:00 pm
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The business of writing
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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Worldbuilding 101
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Exo-musicology
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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The Other Side of Elves
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Skepticism as a Life Skill
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The small press and print on demand
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Bujold
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7:30 pm
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8:00 pm
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8:30 pm
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Ice Cream Social
This will be located in the Main Lodge
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9:00 pm
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Edition 3.5 D&D:
Convictions
(RPGA Event #ALBX03NY)
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9:30 pm
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Regency Dance
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Alternate Mythology in SF/F
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Where do those ideas come from?
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History of Filk
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10:00 pm
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Open Filk
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10:30 pm
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Trivia Contest
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Reading for Adults
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11:00 pm
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11:30 pm
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Midnight
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Devil Hunter Yohko
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12:30 am
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Saturday
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Albacon has function space in two buildings, the
Main Lodge and the Conference Center.
Locations are specified as both rooom and building.
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Location
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Opens
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Closes
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Registration
|
Conference Center Lobby
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9:00 am
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6:00 pm
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Operations
|
Main Lodge Garden Room
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9:00 am
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11:00 pm
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Con Suite
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Conference Center Lobby
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8:00 am
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2:00 am
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Art Show
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Conference Center Lake George Room
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10:00 am
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7:00 pm
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Dealers
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Conference Center Glen's Falls and Saratoga
Rooms
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11:00 am
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6:00 pm
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Conference Center
Albany Room
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Main Lodge
Upper Deck A
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Main Lodge
Upper Deck B
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Conference Center
Center Hall
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Main Lodge
Powderhorn
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Main Lodge
Lower Meeting Room
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Events
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Programming
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Programming
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Readings
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Filk
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Gaming
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Programming
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Video / Anime
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9:00 am
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Edition 3.5 D&D:
Crimes of the Hearth
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9:30 am
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10:00 am
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Keeping Series from Going Stale
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Is modern science/technology ahead of the SF
writers?
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Writing a continuing series.
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Coe
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Urusei Yatsura
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10:30 am
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11:00 am
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How can we get new blood?
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The panel from Hell
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Is modern technology, physics, biology etceteras
too complex for the average SF writer?
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Spoor
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Macros
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11:30 am
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Moriarty
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Noon
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Crossing Over Genres
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Forward to the Past
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The interface of religion and sci fi/fantasy
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Ackley-NcPhail
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Bublegum Crisis
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12:30 pm
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1:00 pm
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Nehemiah Scudder is alive and well
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Is SF escapist literature and nothing more?
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Revenge of the Tall
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Ruggiero
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Concert: Roberta Rogow
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WARLORD:
Saga of the Storm Top
Prize:
1 Box In PrintBoosters*
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1:30 pm
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Concert: Leslie Fish
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2:00 pm
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High tech and hard SF
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What are the current taboos?
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Historical fiction vs. historical fantasy
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Hilgartner
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2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
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Writing fantasy
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Why do you Write Science Fiction or Fantasy?
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Queers are here.
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Walton
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Full Metal Panic
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3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
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Collaborations
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How NOT to get published
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Political SF
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Michelson
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Neo Ranga
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4:30 pm
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5:00 pm
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Artist Guest of Honor Presentation
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Guilty pleasures- TV shows & movies we
shouldn't like, but do
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What's the best way for a new author to break in?
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Sawicki
Chepaitis
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Rah Xephon
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5:30 pm
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Gannon
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6:00 pm
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Religion and Human Social Evolution
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Why Heinlein went bad?
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You Lookin' at Me?
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Levinson
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Darkside Blues
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Legend of the Five Rings
** Gold Format **
Top Prize:
1 Box In PrintBoosters*
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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Dinner Break
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7:30 pm
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[Voices of a Distant Star]
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8:00 pm
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Rurouni Kenshin OVA Vol. #1
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8:30 pm
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Saturday Night Extravaganza
and Masquerade
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9:00 pm
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Rurouni Kenshin OVA Vol. #2
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9:30 pm
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10:00 pm
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What's right and what's wrong with Worldcons?
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Advice for new writers.
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Naming Your Characters
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Open Filking
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10:30 pm
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11:00 pm
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11:30 pm
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Midnight
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12:30 am
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1:00 am
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Kite
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1:30 am
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Sunday
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Albacon has function space in two buildings, the
Main Lodge and the Conference Center.
Locations are specified as both rooom and building.
|
|
Location
|
Opens
|
Closes
|
Registration
|
Conference Center Lobby
|
10:00 am
|
3:00 pm
|
Operations
|
Main Lodge Garden Room
|
9:00 am
|
4:00 pm
|
Con Suite
|
Conference Center Lobby
|
8:00 am
|
6:00 pm
|
Art Show
|
Conference Center Lake George Room
|
10:00 am
|
Noon
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Art Auction
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Conference Center Albany Room
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Art Show Sales
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Conference Center
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2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
|
Dealers
|
Conference Center Glen's Falls and Saratoga
Rooms
|
11:00 am
|
3:00 pm
|
|
|
Conference Center
Albany Room
|
Main Lodge
Upper Deck A
|
Main Lodge
Upper Deck B
|
Conference Center
Center Hall
|
Main Lodge
Powderhorn
|
Main Lodge
Lower Meeting Room
|
|
Events
|
Programming
|
Programming
|
Readings
|
Filk
|
Gaming
|
|
Programming
|
Video / Anime
|
9:00 am
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The Slayer The Motion Picture
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9:30 am
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10:00 am
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Fan Guest of Honor Presentation
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Authors or Editors:
who is closest to the readers?
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The greatest forgotten science fiction and fantasy
authors
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10:30 am
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McDermott
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Escaflowne Movie
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11:00 am
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Woman writers
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Creating believable villains
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Using history to create SF
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Bray
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Blood*Bowl
** 4th Edition Rules **
Top Prize:
$50 certificate redeemable at
Flights of Fantasy game store
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11:30 am
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Noon
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FTL and Interstellar exploration in SF and
actuality
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The success of media tie-ins
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12:30 pm
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1:00 pm
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Art Auction
Charity Auction
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Is Gender Necessary?
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What do you think are the greatest forgotten
science fiction and fantasy books?
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Open Filking
One Shots
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1:30 pm
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2:00 pm
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Albacon 2004 Planning Meeting
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2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
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