4:00 PM - Early Playford Dances from 1651. Susan de Guardiola
5:00 PM - Continued
10:00 AM - Beyond the herb-wife: feminism and the fantasy herbalist. Jennifer Heise
11:00 AM - Take this weapon and shove it! Realistic use of
warfare in fantasy and SF. Cahan Kyle and Scott
MacMillan.
Can weapons really do THAT! How weapons
work in real life and in fantasy.
12:00 Noon - Romance and Science Fiction/Fantasy. Margaret
Carter, Tim Liebe.
Do they belong together, and if so,
what is worth reading?
2:00 PM - How to be an effective Moderator. Carl Cipra, Don
Sakers.
How to draw out the quiet guests, shut up the
loud ones, and make the panel flow and be
entertaining.
3:00 PM - Overused Fantasy Tropes. Katherine Kurtz, Heather
Rose Jones, Tamora Pierce.
Diane Wynne Jones' "Tough
Guide to Fantasy Land" shows us what not to do. When
we have used these, and the mitigating circumstances
surrounding their use.
4:00 PM - 1632 and all that. Tim Liebe.
Rewriting history
and changing the world.
5:00 PM - The Role of Religion in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Herbert Gerjuoy.
9:00 AM - Michaeline Mass - Open Christian Mass for the community sponsored and run by the Order of St. Michael.
2:00 PM - Tamora Pierce talks to her fans. Open to all, not just convention members.
3:00 PM - continued
