Science Fiction Convention
October 7 - 9, 2005
Columbus Day Weekend
Programming Information
| Panels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | |||
| 5:00 PM | Beverwyck | Aspergers 101 | Sakers* Aul Smith |
| 5:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | McMorrow |
| 5:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Sawicki |
| 6:00 PM | Beverwyck | Short Story Reviewers: What purpose do they serve, if any? | Frederick Delmater* Martens Sawicki |
| 6:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Spoor |
| 7:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Park |
| 7:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Tourtellotte |
| 8:00 PM | Foyer | Ice Cream Social | Guests |
| 9:00 PM | Beverwyck | Has Civilization Collapsed? Would We Know? | Dubisch Schoen Stephenson* Huston |
| 9:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Freedom vs. Democracy | McNally Spoor* DeGuardiola |
| 9:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Martens |
| 9:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Schwabach |
| 10:00 PM | Beverwyck | Improvisational Storytelling | Rothman* Sakers Chepaitis Drummond |
| 10:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Fannish Etiquette vs. Mundane Etiquette | Atkinson Schwartz Rogow Smith* |
| Saturday | |||
| 10:00 AM | Beverwyck | What Comes First--the idea, the plot, the characters, the setting, or do they all come at once? | DeCandido* Fodera Catelli Brooks McMorrow |
| 10:00 AM | Van Rensselaer A | Is "Sensawunda" the Same as Spirituality? | Easton Mead Sakers* Paultre Hartwell Califano |
| 10:00 AM | Van Rensselaer B | Can women fulfill roles in SciFi? | McNally Chepaitis Prellwitz* Schwartz |
| 11:00 AM | Beverwyck | Do Authors Run Out of Ideas? | McNally* McMorrow D'Ambrosio Thomas |
| 11:00 AM | Van Rensselaer A | What's the best way for a new author to break in? | Mead Schwabach Tourtellotte Palmatier* Schoen |
| 11:00 AM | Van Rensselaer B | Powering the 21st Century (D. Stephenson solo) | Stephenson |
| 12:00 PM | Beverwyck | Reading | Brooks |
| 12:00 PM | Dealer's | Autographing | Tourtelotte |
| 12:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Does Who We Are Affect What We Write? | Brilliant Sakers Aul* Prellwitz Schwartz |
| 12:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Writing at the Word Level: are there words we try to avoid at all costs in our writing? | McDermott Stephenson Drummond McGarry* Fredrick |
| 1:00 PM | Beverwyck | Travis Tea: The man behind the myth behind the legend behind the writer | Rothman Steele Fodera* Catelli McGarry |
| 1:00 PM | Dealer's | Autographing | Brooks |
| 1:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Medieval or Modern fantasy, but nothing in between? | Brilliant Bconnell* Tconnell |
| 1:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading | DeCandido |
| 2:00 PM | Beverwyck | FGOH | Bconnell Tconnell |
| 2:00 PM | Dealer's | Autographing | Spoor Paultre |
| 2:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Hal's Worlds | Tourtellotte* Easton |
| 2:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Henderson |
| 2:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Fodera |
| 3:00 PM | Beverwyck | AGOH | Rowena |
| 3:00 PM | Dealer's | Autographing | Hartwell |
| 3:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | How Far Should Tolerance Take Us? | Atkinson Sakers Chepaitis Smith Huston* |
| 3:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Steele |
| 3:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | McDermott |
| 4:00 PM | Beverwyck | Cliches that should never die | Spoor Catelli* Gundlach Dubisch |
| 4:00 PM | Dealer's | Autographing | DeCandido d'Ambrosio |
| 4:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Can a "mixed" relationship work. | Fodera Martens* Henderson Califano |
| 4:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Schoen |
| 4:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | McNally |
| 5:00 PM | Beverwyck | Designing Holidays | Mead Chepaitis* Smith Schoen Huston |
| 5:00 PM | Beverwyck | Parents of Heroes, Parents as Heroes | Brilliant Catelli Schwabach* Brooks Thomas |
| 5:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | Paultre |
| 5:30 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Reading (1/2 hour) | McGarry |
| 8:00 PM | Beverwyck | GOH | Brooks |
| 10:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Pirates (or something) and SciFi, are they a match? | Spoor Prellwitz D'Ambrosio* |
| Sunday | |||
| 10:00 AM | Beverwyck | Science fiction or Fact? | Easton* Paultre McNally Tourtellotte Rothman |
| 10:00 AM | Beverwyck | I Wish I Had Written That -- | Delmater Palmatier* Brooks Dubisch |
| 10:00 AM | Van Rensselaer A | Fannish Archives: Just What Are We Doing to Preserve All of Our Stuff? | Atkinson Aul Bconnell Hartwell* |
| 10:00 AM | Van Rensselaer B | Ghettos within the SF/Fantasy Ghetto | Spoor Henderson* McGarry |
| 11:00 AM | Beverwyck | How science fiction changed my life. | McDermott Bconnell Tconnell* Atkinson |
| 11:00 AM | Dealer's | Autographing | Brooks |
| 11:00 AM | Van Rensselaer A | Who Reviews the Reviewers? | Sawicki* Rogow Frederick |
| 11:00 AM | Van Rensselaer B | The Physically Fit Convention-goer: | DeGuardiola* Prellwitz D'Ambrosio Huston |
| 12:00 PM | Beverwyck | Character, event, or plot driven SciFi stories | Mead Palmatier* McDermott Delmater |
| 12:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Has the current trend toward 'character-driven' SF | Paultre Henderson Prellwitz* driven out 'idea-driven' fiction? |
| 12:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Who Is That Masked Author? | Brilliant D'Ambrosio Drummond McGarry* |
| 1:00 PM | Beverwyck | Art Auction | |
| 1:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Religion in SF and Fantasy | Schwabach Raetz Dubisch Palmatier* Califano |
| 1:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | What makes for a good anthology theme? | DeCandido Sawicki Schwartz Schoen* |
| 2:00 PM | Beverwyck | Has the requirement that a short story 'hook' the editor in the first few paragraphs constrained the nature and/or variety of short stories? | DeCandido* Frederick Martens Henderson |
| 2:00 PM | Van Rensselaer A | Fantasy of Manners | DeGuardiola* Tconnell Catelli |
| 2:00 PM | Van Rensselaer B | Ripping off History for Fun and Profit -- reading history for the writer | Tourtellotte Aul* Rogow Drummond |
| 3:00 PM | Beverwyck | Albacon 2006 Planning | |
Additional Program Participants
The following people have indicated that they will be attending as of the date indicated. Please note that this list is subject to change.
- Terry Brooks (8/2005)
- Thomas G. Atkinson (8/2005)
- Morgan S Brilliant (8/2005)
- Wayne Brown (8/2005)
- D. Cameron Calkins (8/2005)
- Barbara Chepaitis (8/2005)
- Susan de Guardiola (8/2005)
- Keith R.A. DeCandido (8/2005)
- Mike Dubisch (8/2005)
- jan howard finder (11/2004)
- Oz Fontecchio (8/2005)
- Elizabeth A. Gundlach (8/2005)
- Peter Jarvis (8/2005)
- Andre Lieven (8/2005)
- Paul Martens (8/2005)
- William McDermott (8/2005)
- Terry McGarry (8/2005)
- Virginia McMorrow (8/2005)
- Clayton L. McNally (8/2005)
- Marie Perry (8/2005)
- Roberta Rogow (8/2005)
- Chuck Rothman (8/2005)
- Don Sakers (8/2005)
- Steve Sawicki (8/2005)
- Meredith Schwartz (8/2005)
- Ryk E. Spoor (8/2005)
- David Stephenson (8/2005)
- Ian Randal Strock (8/2005)
- Patrick Thomas (8/2005)
- Shane Tourtellotte (8/2005)
- CJ Henderson (8/2005)
- Sean Fodera (8/2005)
- Tom Easton (8/2005)
- Kate Savage (8/2005)
- Rowena (8/2005)
- Byron Connell (8/2005)
- Tina Connell (8/2005)
- Carl Frederick (8/2005)
- Alix Paultre (8/2005)
- Lawrence Schoen (8/2005)
- Wendy Delmater (8/2005)
- Alex Paultre (8/2005)
Panels & Discussions
The final list of panels will be available on-site.
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