Meteor Albacon 2003
Science Fiction Convention
October 10-12, 2003
Columbus Day Weekend
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All times and room assignments are subject to change.
Check the Schedule Book and Newsletters at Albacon for final scheduling.

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Friday
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 2:00 pm 9:00 pm
Operations Main Lodge Garden Room Noon 11:00 pm
Con Suite Conference Center Lobby 2:00 pm 2:00 am
Art Show Conference Center Lake George Room 7:00 pm 9:00 pm
Dealers Conference Center Glen's Falls and Saratoga Rooms 4:00 pm 6:30 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
5:00 pm The business of writing
5:30 pm
6:00 pm Worldbuilding 101 Exo-musicology
6:30 pm
7:00 pm The Other Side of Elves Skepticism as a Life Skill The small press and print on demand Bujold
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm Ice Cream Social
This will be located in the Main Lodge
9:00 pm Edition 3.5 D&D:
Convictions
(RPGA Event #ALBX03NY)
9:30 pm Regency Dance Alternate Mythology in SF/F Where do those ideas come from? History of Filk
10:00 pm Open Filk
10:30 pm Trivia Contest Reading for Adults
11:00 pm
11:30 pm
Midnight Devil Hunter Yohko
12:30 am

Saturday
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 9:00 am 6:00 pm
Operations Main Lodge Garden Room 9:00 am 11:00 pm
Con Suite Conference Center Lobby 8:00 am 2:00 am
Art Show Conference Center Lake George Room 10:00 am 7:00 pm
Dealers Conference Center Glen's Falls and Saratoga Rooms 11:00 am 6:00 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 Edition 3.5 D&D:
Crimes of the Hearth
9:30 am
10:00 am Keeping Series from Going Stale Is modern science/technology ahead of the SF writers? Writing a continuing series. Coe Urusei Yatsura
10:30 am
11:00 am How can we get new blood? The panel from Hell Is modern technology, physics, biology etceteras too complex for the average SF writer? Spoor Macros
11:30 am Moriarty
Noon Crossing Over Genres Forward to the Past The interface of religion and sci fi/fantasy Ackley-NcPhail Bublegum Crisis
12:30 pm
1:00 pm Nehemiah Scudder is alive and well Is SF escapist literature and nothing more? Revenge of the Tall Ruggiero Concert: Roberta Rogow WARLORD:
Saga of the Storm Top
Prize:
1 Box In PrintBoosters*
1:30 pm Concert: Leslie Fish
2:00 pm High tech and hard SF What are the current taboos? Historical fiction vs. historical fantasy Hilgartner
2:30 pm
3:00 pm Writing fantasy Why do you Write Science Fiction or Fantasy? Queers are here. Walton Full Metal Panic
3:30 pm
4:00 pm Collaborations How NOT to get published Political SF Michelson Neo Ranga
4:30 pm
5:00 pm Artist Guest of Honor Presentation Guilty pleasures- TV shows & movies we shouldn't like, but do What's the best way for a new author to break in? Sawicki
Chepaitis
Rah Xephon
5:30 pm Gannon
6:00 pm Religion and Human Social Evolution Why Heinlein went bad? You Lookin' at Me? Levinson Darkside Blues Legend of the Five Rings
** Gold Format **
Top Prize:
1 Box In PrintBoosters*
6:30 pm
7:00 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm [Voices of a Distant Star]
8:00 pm Rurouni Kenshin OVA Vol. #1
8:30 pm Saturday Night Extravaganza
and Masquerade
9:00 pm Rurouni Kenshin OVA Vol. #2
9:30 pm
10:00 pm What's right and what's wrong with Worldcons? Advice for new writers. Naming Your Characters Open Filking
10:30 pm
11:00 pm
11:30 pm
Midnight
12:30 am
1:00 am Kite
1:30 am

Sunday
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
Art Auction Conference Center Albany Room 1:00 pm 2:00 pm
Art Show Sales Conference Center 2:00 pm 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 The Slayer The Motion Picture
9:30 am
10:00 am Fan Guest of Honor Presentation Authors or Editors:
who is closest to the readers?
The greatest forgotten science fiction and fantasy authors
10:30 am McDermott Escaflowne Movie
11:00 am Woman writers Creating believable villains Using history to create SF Bray Blood*Bowl
** 4th Edition Rules **
Top Prize:
$50 certificate redeemable at
Flights of Fantasy game store
11:30 am
Noon FTL and Interstellar exploration in SF and actuality The success of media tie-ins
12:30 pm
1:00 pm Art Auction
Charity Auction
Is Gender Necessary? What do you think are the greatest forgotten science fiction and fantasy books? Open Filking
One Shots
1:30 pm
2:00 pm Albacon 2004 Planning Meeting
2:30 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm

This page last updated on Thursday, October 9, 2003 at 09:49:39 PM.