PANEL SCHEDULE
Current November 17th.
Remember, all items subject to change.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Opening Ceremonies Boston-Atlanta 12:30-2:00 PM Hour 25 Boston-Atlanta What Females Like in a Male Lead Ballroom A Does Organic Life Have a Future? Ballroom B Historical Linguistics New York Past Masters: Murray Leinster (Discussion) Philadelphia Horror and Religion Saddle Brook Presenting Costumes St. Louis 2:00-3:30 PM Heroes Trivia for Chocolate Boston-Atlanta Archaeologists Have Problems Ballroom A Who Owns the Past? Ballroom B Spacescapes Houston Weird Tales, the Magazine New York SF Classics: Man in the High Castle (Discussion) Philadelphia Writing Your First Novel Saddle Brook Can You Dig It? Excavating Our Civilization St. Louis 3:30-5:00 PM Archaeology of Indiana Jones
(Presentation by David West Reynolds)Boston-Atlanta 2007, The Year in SF TV Ballroom A Who Wants to be a Superhero Writer Ballroom B Horror for People with Weak Stomachs Houston SF Magazines: Paper vs On-line New York Past Masters: Henry Kutner / C.L. Moore (Discussion) Philadelphia Creating Interesting Characters Saddle Brook Costuming on a Budget St. Louis 5:00-6:30 PM SF Cover Art Houston I Need as Much Regeneration as I can get New York SF Classics: Gateway (Discussion) Philadelphia Fanzine in an Hour Saddle Brook Prize Winning Costumes St. Louis
OTHER FRIDAY EVENTS
1:00-4:00 PM SCA Weapons Demonstration Pavillion Patio 3:00-5:00 PM Anthropology of Star Trek Workshop Marina Del Rey 3:00-5:00 PM Alexander Adams Concert Ballroom C 7:00 PM Jewish Services New York 7:30-9:00 PM "First World" Screening Houston 7:30 PM Regency Dance Boston-Atlanta 7:30-8:30 PM Ice Cream Excavation Ballrooms 8:30 PM "Raiders of the Lost Talent" Show Ballrooms 10:00 PM Rock Dance Ballrooms 12:00 AM Midnight Monster Panel Saddle Brook SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Archaeology of Land of the Lost
(Presentation by David West Reynolds)Boston-Atlanta Should Insanity Be Illegal? Ballroom A I Have a Great Idea Ballroom B Flash Gordon, Then and Now Philadelphia Archeoastronomy, the Effect of the Sky on Ancient Cultures Saddle Brook Designing Alien Cities St. Louis 12:30-2:00 PM Comics to Movies Boston-Atlanta 2007, the Year in SF Movies Ballroom A Extraterrestrial Archaeology Ballroom B The Inklings and Their Influence Houston Lost Worlds? Philadelphia Mutate Now, Avoid the Rush Saddle Brook Worst SF Novel Ever St. Louis 2:00-3:30 PM Realistic World Building B Boston-Atlanta Is Too Much SF Being Published Ballroom A Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ballroom B Art of Theresa Mather
(Presentation by Theresa Mather)Houston Future Horror New York Historical Costumes Philadelphia Fan Funds, What are they? Saddle Brook American Manga St. Louis 3:30-5:00 PM Star Trek: World Enough and Time
(Presentation by Mark Zicree)Boston-Atlanta The Purpose of Life by Election Ballroom A What Males Like in Female Leads Ballroom B Dr. Terror's House of Pilots
(Presentation by Eric Hoffman)Houston Mainstream Lit. vs. SF New York Hall Costumes - Good, Bad, & Ugly Philadelphia Aliens in Archaeology Saddle Brook 2008 Hugo Nominees St. Louis 5:00-6:30 PM Pulp Fiction Houston SF Canon, Essential SF New York Sci Fi vs SF in Media Philadelphia Robert Sawyer Reading Saddle Brook Ethics of Archaeology St. Louis
OTHER SATURDAY EVENTS
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cartoons and Classical Music Houston 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jewish Minyan New York 12:00-2:00 PM AIDS Los Angeles Charity Auction New York 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Temple of Blood (Drive) Ballroom C 12:00-1:30 PM Anthropology of Star Wars Marina Del Rey 3:00-4:30 PM Anthropology of Lord of the Rings Marina Del Rey 2:00-4:00 PM Science Fiction Poetry Workshop Writer's Lounge 4:00-6:00 PM Eaton Collection Preservation Workshop Writer's Lounge 7:00 PM D.I.P.S. (Delphinus Intergalactic Parcel Service) Improv Group Boston-Atlanta 8:00 PM Masquerade Ballrooms After Masq Rock Dance Ballrooms 8:00 PM Pagan Circle Pavillion Patio 8:00 PM Tabloid Witch Amateur Horror Film Awards Boston-Atlanta 7:00-11:00 PM Kids Night Out New York SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Archaeology of the Future
(Presentation by David West Reynolds)Boston-Atlanta But I look Terrible in Tights Ballroom A The Virtues of Being Borg Ballroom B SF Classics: Rendezvous with Rama
(Discussion with Robert J. Sawyer)Philadelphia Fear vs. Suspense Saddle Brook Great Literature Writers Should Read St. Louis 12:30-2:00 PM Bite Me Boston-Atlanta Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Ballroom A Horror Should be Musty and Old Ballroom B Future of Archaeology Houston Day After the Day the Aliens Arrived New York SF Classics: Lord of Light (Discussion) Philadelphia Dream Costumes Saddle Brook Logged on at Birth St. Louis 2:00-3:30 PM Realistic World Building A Boston-Atlanta Plotting and Pacing Ballroom A Programming Your Own SF Con Ballroom B Mummy Movies
(Presentation by Eric Hoffman)Houston Back to the Days of Radio
(Presentation by Jim Harmon)New York Past Masters: Theodore Sturgeon
(Discussion with Harry Turtledove)Philadelphia SF Art, the Best and the Worst Saddle Brook So You Want to Get Into Costuming? St. Louis 3:30-5:00 PM Convention Feedback Boston-Atlanta Best SF Film Ever Ballroom A Galactic Consumer Co-ops Ballroom B Trailer Park Houston Closing Ceremonies Boston-Atlanta
OTHER SUNDAY EVENTS
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Non-Series Chuck Jones Cartoons Houston 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Catholic Services New York 11:00-12:30 PM TAFF Auction New Orleans 12:30-2:00 PM LOSCON Art Auction New Orleans 12:00-1:30 PM Xenolinguistics Workshop Marina Del Rey 1:00-3:00 PM Alexander Adams Concert Ballroom C