Thursday* * Friday* * Saturday* * Sunday* * Monday
7:00 AM
Music Programming Closed for Cleaning A FRAN
Filking rooms (Franciscan, Commonwealth & City) closed for cleaning. (2
hrs)
8:00 AM
508 Open Filking A CITY
(3 hrs)
9:00 AM
Open Gaming Continues P DAVI
Child Care Opens P BARC1
Blade Runner (Director's Cut) N GREY
Bubble Gum Crisis Music Videos N PINK
Dark Star N GRAN23
509 Aerobics IV A METR3
-- John Douglass
510 BoaF: Friends of Bill W. N WHITE2
10:00 AM
Urusei Yatsura Movie #3 N PINK
511 Thorarinn Gunnarsson, Joe Haldeman, Amy Thomson M AUTO
Autograph session.
512 Tai Chi (Session IV) A METR3
-- Steve Barnes
10:45 AM
Plan 9 From Outer Space N GRAN23
11:00 AM
513 Costumer Resources M 112
Where to get the ideal technoblivet or period shoe buttons to complete
your
costume.
-- Eleanor M Farrell (m), Jana Keeler, John Youden
514 Slavery Themes in Fantasy and SF M 121
How have science fiction and fantasy dealt with the concept of slavery and
the issues it raises?
-- Roger MacBride Allen, Suzy McKee Charnas, Michael F Flynn, Zelda
Gilbert
(m), S M Stirling
515 Are 10 Heads Better Than One? M 123
Advantages and disadvantages of workshopping. The place of Clarion and
other
writers' workshops in the SF community.
-- Scott E Green, Andy Hooper (m), Marti McKenna, Sasha Miller
516 How Real Can Comics Get? M 124
Over the last decade, touches of reality have been injected into comics.
Has
this spoiled the fantasy or added to it? How much more reality can we
expect?
-- John Hertz (m), Edward Kramer, Trina Robbins, Marv Wolfman
517 Getting Off the Rock M 130
There are lots of ways besides rockets to get "off the rock" and around
the
universe. Tour through alternatives based on well-understood principles
(no
warp drives allowed) that could radically change Space Flight As We Know
It.
-- Jordin Kare
518 CONTACT: Establishing Communication M 131
Both teams present their creations. The human crew lands upon the created
alien world and makes contact with the alien team. Team participants and
observers analyze the "contact." (2 hrs)
-- Greg Barr
519 Building Bridges & Other Things [YP] P MEDI
Workshop for children 8 and up (including interested adults). (3 hrs)
520 Reading by Nicholas DiChario M 135C
521 Guy Gavriel Kay, Patricia A. McKillip, Jody Lynn Nye M AUTO
Autograph session.
522 BoaF: Runners Delight M HOWARD
See Thursday, 3:00 PM.
523 Time Travelers' Fashion Parade M ESPL
(2 hrs)
11:09 AM
Silent Running N GREY
12 Noon
Lensman N PINK
524 SF in Eastern Europe M 111
A view of the field in the former "Eastern Bloc." What has changed since
the
fall of the USSR?
-- Ivan Adamovic, Sharon D King (m), Alexandru Mironov, Anatoly Paseka
525 Real Magic In The Bay Area M 112
Spiritual power sites, myths and legends in the Bay Area.
-- Ray Nelson, Diana L Paxson (m)
526 Clothes Make the Human: Future Fashion M 113
How might future grooming & personal fashion styles change? Will basic
black
ever go out of style?
-- Erica V.D. Ginter, Aimee Hartlove, Dana MacDermott (m), Kevin P Roche
527 Anyone Can Write a Screenplay --Right! M 120
Writing short stories &/or books vs. writing for TV &/or movies.
-- David Gerrold, Marian Huntsman Gibbons (m), Gillian Horvath, George R R
Martin
528 Abuse Themes in SF/F M 121
Books say things notdirectly intended by their authors, especially about
their times and culture. For example, PKD's arbitrary realities reflect
the
ways many children see adults and their demands. This panel is notabout
child abuse, but about how aspec
-- Richard F Dutcher, Laurie Edison (m), Loren MacGregor, Mary H
Rosenblum,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
529 Books You Should Read M 123
Some personal recommendations, notlimited to SF, of what the well-read
fan
should read and why.
-- Janice M Eisen, Terry Garey (m), David A Kyle, Eric M Van
530 SHARP: Towards a Jules Verne Launcher M 130
SHARP is a two stage light gas gun capable of launching a 5 Kg projectile
to
a 400 Km apogee. It is intended for materials that can withstand a 2000 g
launch acceleration.
-- Dr. John Hunter
531 Feedback Session M 133
Join the executive committee and other interested SMOFs for the
traditional
"gripe session." (2 hrs)
532 Reading by Martha Soukup M 135C
533 Open Poetry Reading M 135D
A Birds of a Feather event of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
534 Barbara Hambly, Katharine Kerr, Donald Kingsbury M AUTO
Autograph session.
535 No Strings Attached in Concert A CITY
-- Robin Baylor, Fred Capp, Lynn Gold
537 WSFS Meeting/Mark Protection Committee Meeting A FRAN
To be held only if business remains at the end of the Sunday session.
Following the WSFS Meeting (or at 12:00 if no Meeting is necessary), the
Mark Protection Committee will meet. (2 hrs)
12:15 AM
Tremors N GRAN23
12:39 AM
Soylent Green N GREY
1:00 PM
538 The Roads Must Roll: Mass Transit M 110
What is the future of the US highway system? What future transportation
projects could have the same sort of profound but unintentional effects on
society?
-- Pauline B Cramer, Barry Gold (m), James P. Killus, Geoffrey A Landis,
Michael J Ward
539 It Ain't Hannibal: Growing Up In Fandom M 120
Adult children of fans compare how growing up in fandom influenced their
lives, careers, etc.
-- Branwyn Bigglestone, Ari J Hollander (m), C J L VonBraskat
540 Talking Computers and Robots M 124
Is reality matching science fiction with cure-alls for housework blues?
What's on the way and what do we really want?
-- Nancy Etchemendy, ElizaBeth Gilligan, Thomas T Thomas (m), Walter Jon
Williams
541 Humanity's New Rocketship: DC-X M 130
Video and pictures of McDonnell Douglas's revolutionary new rocketship,
the
DC-X.
-- Aleta Jackson, Henry Vanderbilt
542 Forrest J Ackerman's Slide Show M 131
Guided tour of the world's largest collection of SF "stuff."
543 Art Auction M 134
(4 hrs)
544 Comics & Cartooning: How They Do It! [YP] P MICH
Comic professionals talk about what a cartoonist REALLY does!
-- Jok Church, Trina Robbins, Marv Wolfman
545 Harry Harrison, Carol Severance, Susan Shwartz M AUTO
Autograph session.
546 Medieval Dances of the Bay Area A METR3
(2 hrs)
547 Roll-Your-Own Filking A CITY
Whatever style audience and performers agree on. (5 hrs)
1:50 PM
3 x 3 Eyes Volume 4 N PINK
2:00 PM
Open Gaming Closes P DAVI
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman N GRAN23
536 Dave Clement's Patented Traveling Jam and Chaos Filk A FRAN
Dave Clement and a cast of thousands. (3 hrs)
548 Cosmic Journey (Slide Show) M 131
The art of Franz Herman Miklis.
549 Edward Bryant, Lisa Goldstein, Josepha Sherman M AUTO
Autograph session.
550 What Do We Do Wrong/Right? A COMM
Music program feedback session.
-- Mary Kay Kare, Bob Laurent
2:30 PM
THX 1138 N GREY
Vampire Princess Miyu Volumes 1 & 2 N PINK
3:00 PM
551 Belly/Line Dances A METR3
(2 hrs)
552 Music Next Year In Winnipeg A COMM
-- Dave Clement
553 Closing Ceremonies M ESPL
3:24 PM
Video Interviews N GRAN23
4:00 PM
554 Bardic Circle Filking A COMM
Everyone gets a turn to pick, play, or pass. (10 hrs)
6:00 PM
Child Care Closes P BARC1