Schedule of Events

* = moderator

Fr1600D Spiritual Questions: Fri 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Ballroom D; Blaschke, Mitchell, Barrett*; Does the genre offer particular benefits to address such questions? What books have done particularly well, or poorly?
Fr1600E Out of the Ghetto: Fri 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Ballroom E; Minz, R. Mansfield, Moon*, Klaw; Coping with, or challenging, public perceptions of SF
Fr1600F Future of the Space Program: Fri 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Ballroom F; Fox, Latner, L. Ward, Gibbons*; Does it have one? Should NASA be privatized?
Fr1700A Reading: Fri 5:00 PM-5:30 PM Conference Room; Elizabeth Moon
Fr1700D Goody two-shoes: Fri 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom D; Asaro, Allston*, Martindale, Hale, Wells, Williams; From Goody two-shoes to the third dimension: Making the hero(ine) a real person
Fr1700E Yesterday's Tomorrows: Fri 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom E; Crider, Rosen, M. Mansfield*, Sherlock; SF isn't meant to predict, but it still has "predictions": some that turned out hugely wrong, or major social / technological changes that writers completely failed to see coming. And sometimes SF did in fact foresee issues or developments that the mundane world did not expect.
Fr1700F Rewriting History: Fri 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom F; Carl, Cupp*, C. Spector, Mills; The urge to rewrite history: Alternate histories and secret histories
Fr1730A Reading: Fri 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Conference Room; Carrie Richerson
Fr2000D Opening Ceremonies: Fri 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Ballroom D; Russell*, Asaro, Mitchell, Lebowitz, Taylor; Let our toastmaster introduce you to our esteemed guests and the rest of our program participants.
Fr2100L Meet the Pros Party: Fri 9:00 PM-Midnight Lobby; Meet and mingle. Enjoy!
Fr2200A Reading: Fri 10:00 PM-10:30 PM Conference Room; Selina Rosen
Fr2200D Harry Potter and the Golden Rocketship: Fri 10:00 PM-11:00 PM Ballroom D; Mitchell, Dyson, Hale, C. Spector*; The Harry Potter henomenon. Are the books worth the hype, or is this just a fad? What are the implications for SF&F, and for children's books? Would it make sense for a children's book to win the Hugo?
Fr2200E Too Good to be popular: Fri 10:00 PM-11:00 PM Ballroom E; Cupp, Klaw, Person*, L. Ward; Howard Waldrop, Avram Davidson, and R. A. Lafferty as perpetually under appreciated writers
Fr2200F Millenial Sex: Fri 10:00 PM-11:00 PM Ballroom F; Asaro, Denton, W. Wheeler*, Richerson; The shape of things to come. Varley starts Steel Beach with the line "In five years, the penis will be obsolete". Developments from medical science to neural interfaces raise questions about the nature of sexuality, gender, and the sexual experience. SF boldly jumps into the breach...
Sa1000D Writing against the Grain: Sat 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Ballroom D; Latner, Martindale, Wentworth*, Williams, Richerson, Carl; Writing with differing moral, ethnic and gender views. How does the author accomplish this?
Sa1000E Writers and Gaming: Sat 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Ballroom E; Allston*, deOrive, W. Spector, W. Wheeler; Game-related opportunities (and challenges) for writers
Sa1000F The Vomit Comet: Sat 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Ballroom F; Dyson; Slide show: SF vs. the real thing: NASA's Vomit Comet training for weightlessness
Sa1100A Reading: Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Conference Room; Mary Doria Russell
Sa1100D Elegy for the Mid-List: Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom D; Minz, Mitchell, C. Spector, Williams*; Dire changes in the industry, and their implications for writers - and readers
Sa1100E What you should be Reading This Year: Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom E; Goonan, Klaw*, Sterling
Sa1100F Near-term NASA Research: Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom F; Fox; Current NASA Research that is Bringing SF to Life: New technologies, the Commercialization of Space, and challenges of long-duration flight
Sa1100DR Autographing: Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Dealers Room; Asaro, Lebowitz
Sa1200A Reading: Sat Noon-12:30 PM Conference Room; Bradley Denton
Sa1230A Reading: Sat 12:30 PM-1:00 PM Conference Room; Caroline Spector
Sa1200D Modern X-Myths: Sat Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom D; Person*, W. Spector, L. Ward, W. Wheeler; Black Helicopters, Aliens under the Denver Airport, and other modern "X"-myths
Sa1200E Fiction on the Net: Sat Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom E; Hale, R. Mansfield, M. Mansfield, Moon*
Sa1200F Fire & Ice Around Jupiter: Sat Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom F; Gibbons; Slides from Galilleo: The Ice of Europa and the Volcanos of Io
Sa1200DR Autographing: Sat Noon-1:00 PM Dealers Room; Cupp, Dyson, Rosen
Sa1300A Reading: Sat 1:00 PM-1:30 PM Conference Room; Beverly Hale
Sa1300D Special Guest Event: Kathleen Ann Goonan: Sat 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom D; Goonan, Gibbons*; An Interview of Special Guest Kathleen Ann Goonan
Sa1300E Breaking Into Print: Sat 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom E; Wentworth*, Wells, Blaschke, Stoddard; Strategies and suggestions for crossing the threshold
Sa1300F Breakthrough Propulsion: Sat 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom F; Asaro; GoH Asaro puts on her physicist hat to talk about NASA research on interstellar travel (seriously!)
Sa1300A Reading: Sat 1:00 PM-1:30 PM Conference Room; Mike Mansfield
Sa1400D My Characters / My Neighbors: Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom D; Denton, Rosen, Kimbriel, Person*, Spencer, Barrett; My characters aren't any crazier than my neighbors: a mostly Austin panel. Is Austin strange, are do these writers attract strange people?
Sa1400E Will This Story get Me Killed?: Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom E; Moon, Russell, Richerson*, L. Ward; Rushdie move over! The perils and attractions of tackling controversial material.
Sa1400F Light Wave Animation: Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom F; Nelson; Video and demonstration of the rendering / animation software used by GoH Mojo Lebowitz and others
Sa1400DR Autographing: Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dealers Room; Klaw, Wentworth
Sa1400A Reading: Sat 2:00 PM-2:30 PM Conference Room; Aaron de Orive
Sa1430A Reading: Sat 2:30 PM-3:00 PM Conference Room; Aaron Allston
Sa1500D Guest of Honor Event: Catherine Asaro: Sat 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Ballroom D; Asaro, Dyson*; An Interview with Guest of Honor Catherine Asaro
Sa1500E Slaves to Our Creation: Sat 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Ballroom E; Gibbons*, Latner, Goonan; Do we shape technology or does it shape us?
Sa1500F Charity Auction: Sat 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Ballroom F; TBD; Come by and buy! Help out Literacy Austin, pick up some neat stuff, and see who we draft as auctioneer
Sa1500DR Autographing: Sat 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Dealers Room; Allston, Hale, Russell
Sa1500A Reading: Sat 3:00 PM-3:30 PM Conference Room; Walter Jon Williams
Sa1530A Reading: Sat 3:30 PM-4:00 PM Conference Room; Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Sa1600A Reading: Sat 4:00 PM-4:30 PM Conference Room; Jayme Blaschke
Sa1600D Can SF Be Great Literature?: Sat 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Ballroom D; Minz, Richerson*, Levin, Spencer, Barrett; Are literary aspirations consistent with genre goals? OK, SF can be literary, but can it be great literature and still be SF? What SF Works do the panel fell meet high literary standards?
Sa1600E Fan Guest of Honor Event - Robert Taylor: Sat 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Ballroom E; Taylor, Siros*; An Interview of Fan Guest of Honor Robert Taylor
Sa1600DR Autographing: Sat 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Dealers Room; Carl, Crider, Moon
Sa1630F Ursa Major Brown Bag Book Auction: Sat 4:30 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom F; L. Ward, J. Ward; Get some great bargains on books and help out this San Antonio fan group at the same time.
Sa1630A Reading: Sat 4:30 PM-5:00 PM Conference Room; Marianne J. Dyson
Sa1700D Editor Guest of Honor Event: Betsy Mitchell: Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom D; Mitchell, Moon*; Interview with Editor Guest of Honor Betsy Mitchell
Sa1700E Nanotech Visions and Realities: Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Ballroom E; Asaro, Goonan, Fox, Person*; Images of utopia, or warnings of doom. MEMs, molecular computing, and new approaches to nano-scale construction. Is the vision knocking at our door?
Sa1700A Reading: Sat 5:00 PM-5:30 PM Conference Room; Lillian Stewart Carl
Sa1730A Reading: Sat 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Conference Room; K. D. Wentworth
Sa1700DR Autographing: Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Dealers Room; deOrive, Martindale, Taylor
Sa1800A Reading: Sat 6:00 PM-6:30 PM Conference Room; Lee Martindale
Sa2000F Writing SF for TV and Movies: Sat 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Ballroom F; Russell, deOrive*, Williams; The challenges, frustrations, and rewards of writing for the screen (small or silver)
Sa2000A Reading: Sat 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Conference Room; Kathleen Ann Goonan
Sa2000E Art Auction: Sat 8:00 PM-10:00 PM Ballroom E; TBD
Sa2100F Applied Theology: Sat 9:00 PM-10:00 PM Ballroom F; Blaschke, Latner, Stoddard, Wentworth*, W. Wheeler; Creating religions for your universe. So it goes...
Sa2100A From Writer to Agent to Editor: Sat 9:00 PM-10:00 PM Conference Room; Dyson*, Martindale, Mitchell, Minz, Mills; Representatives from throughout the process describe how publishing really works.
Sa2200D The Dance: Sat 10:00 PM-1:00 AM Ballroom D; Ax Nelson
Su1000A Regional SFWA Meeting: Sun 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Conference Room; SFWA; SFWA members are invited to attend this regional meeting. This is not a public event.
Su1100D Science Fiction Romance: Sun 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom D; Asaro, Carl, Dyson, Hale*, Minz; Relationships are central to much of fiction, and perhaps to life. Yet some books are identified as SF Romances - is this really a meaningful distinction? Is this a stigma, or a boon to marketing?
Su1100E An Author's Author: Sun 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom E; Crider, Cupp*, Goonan, W. Wheeler, Stoddard; SF Authors talk about the writers that they admire the most
Su1100F Artists who have influenced my work: Sun 11:00 AM-Noon Ballroom F; Lebowitz, R. Mansfield*, Foster, Sherlock
Su1100A Reading: Sun 11:00 AM-11:30 AM Conference Room; Lynn Ward
Su1100DR Autographing: Sun 11:00 AM-Noon Dealers Room; Kimbriel, Wells
Su1130A Reading: Sun 11:30 AM-Noon Conference Room; Alexis Glynn Latner
Su1200D Sympathy for the Devil: Sun Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom D; Denton, deOrive, Martindale, Wells, Allston*, Mills; Creating a really fascinating villain
Su1200E Meet Your Local Fan Groups: Sun Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom E; Duarte, J. Ward, Hinton, Taylor; Representatives from local groups devoted to all aspects of the SF/F experience (literary, gaming, media, etc) tell you all want to know.
Su1200F Inventing Aliens: Sun Noon-1:00 PM Ballroom F; Blaschke, M. Mansfield, Moon*, Rosen, Williams
Su1200A Reading: Sun Noon-1:00 PM Conference Room; Catherine Asaro
Su1200DR Autographing: Sun Noon-1:00 PM Dealers Room; Goonan, Mitchell, Sherlock
Su1300D Artist Guest of Honor Event: Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom D; Lebowitz; Slide and video show of Adam Mojo Lebowitz's work creating such shows as Babylon 5 and Star Trek Voyager.
Su1300E The Next Wave: Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom E; Minz, Person*, Sterling; Let's make up a new SF movement
Su1300F Reflections in a Clouded Lens: Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Ballroom F; Hale, Martindale, L. Ward, Wentworth, Allston*; Sympathetic - vs. stereotypical or biased - views of contemporary cultures and religions from an outsider's vantage. SF and Fantasy may present worlds that don't exist, but the cultures, ethnic groups, and religions are frequently drawn directly from contemporary reality, or historical examples. All too often, the portrayals incorporate shallow, negative stereotypes we bemoan in daily life or Hollywood (e.g., Islamic terrorists) but some have gone beyond this to give us insight and appreciation.
Su1300DR Autographing: Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Dealers Room; Blaschke, Denton, Richerson
Su1400A Reading: Sun 2:00 PM-2:30 PM Conference Room; C.J. Mills
Su1400D Toastmaster Event: Mary Doria Russell: Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom D; Russell, Richerson*; An Interview with Toastmaster Mary Doria Russell
Su1400E Giving Candy to Kids: Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom E; Kimbriel, M. Mansfield, Wentworth*; What Sf would you recommend to your young nephew / niece?
Su1400F The Effects of SF on the Real World: Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Ballroom F; R. Mansfield, Latner, Moon*; Can SF change the way people think? Should it?
Su1400DR Autographing: Sun 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dealers Room; Barrett, W. Spector, Williams
Su1500D Reading: Sun 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Ballroom D; Neal Barrett, Jr.

Participant Index

Aaron Allston Fr1700D, Sa1000E, Sa1430A, Sa1500DR, Su1200D, Su1300F
Catherine Asaro Fr1700D, Fr2000D, Fr2200F, Sa1100DR, Sa1300F, Sa1500D, Sa1700E, Su1100D, Su1200A
Neal Barrett, Jr. Fr1600D, Sa1400D, Sa1600D, Su1400DR, Su1500D
Jayme Blaschke Fr1600D, Sa1300E, Sa1600A, Sa2100F, Su1200F, Su1300DR
Lillian Stewart Carl Fr1700F, Sa1000D, Sa1600DR, Sa1700A, Su1100D
Bill Crider Fr1700E, Sa1600DR, Su1100E
Scott A. Cupp Fr1700F, Fr2200E, Sa1200DR, Su1100E
Aaron de Orive Sa1000E, Sa1400A, Sa1700DR, Sa2000F, Su1200D
Bradley Denton Fr2200F, Sa1200A, Sa1400D, Su1200D, Su1300DR
Fred Duarte Su1200E
Marianne J. Dyson Fr2200D, Sa1000F, Sa1200DR, Sa1500D, Sa1630A, Sa2100A, Su1100D
Brad W. Foster Su1100F
Marcha Fox Fr1600F, Sa1100F, Sa1700E
John Gibbons Fr1600F, Sa1200F, Sa1300D, Sa1500E
Kathleen Ann Goonan Sa1100E, Sa1300D, Sa1500E, Sa1700E, Sa2000A, Su1100E, Su1200DR
Beverly Hale Fr1700D, Fr2200D, Sa1200E, Sa1300A, Sa1500DR, Su1100D, Su1300F
Clayton Hinton Su1200E
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel Sa1400D, Sa1530A, Su1100DR, Su1400E
Rick Klaw Fr1600E, Fr2200E, Sa1100E, Sa1400DR
Alexis Glynn Latner Fr1600F, Sa1000D, Sa1500E, Sa2100F, Su1130A, Su1400F
Adam Mojo Lebowitz Fr2000D, Sa1100DR, Su1100F, Su1300D
Charlotte Levin Sa1600D
Mike Mansfield Fr1700E, Sa1200E, Sa1300A, Su1200F, Su1400E
Rozalyn Mansfield Fr1600E, Sa1200E, Su1100F, Su1400F
Lee Martindale Fr1700D, Sa1000D, Sa1700DR, Sa1800A, Sa2100A, Su1200D, Su1300F
C.J. Mills Fr1700F, Sa2100A, Su1200D, Su1400A
Jame Minz Fr1600E, Sa1100D, Sa1600D, Sa2100A, Su1100D, Su1300E
Betsy Mitchell Fr1600D, Fr2000D, Fr2200D, Sa1100D, Sa1700D, Sa2100A, Su1200DR
Elizabeth Moon Fr1600E, Fr1700A, Sa1200E, Sa1400E, Sa1600DR, Sa1700D, Su1200F, Su1400F
Philip Nelson Sa1400F
Lawrence Person Fr2200E, Sa1200D, Sa1400D, Sa1700E, Su1300E
Carrie Richerson Fr1730A, Fr2200F, Sa1000D, Sa1400E, Sa1600D, Su1300DR, Su1400D
Selina Rosen Fr1700E, Fr2200A, Sa1200DR, Sa1400D, Su1200F
Mary Doria Russell Fr2000D, Sa1100A, Sa1400E, Sa1500DR, Sa2000F, Su1400D
Sherlock Fr1700E, Su1100F, Su1200DR
Willie Siros Sa1600E
Caroline Spector Fr1700F, Fr2200D, Sa1100D, Sa1230A
Warren Spector Sa1000E, Sa1200D, Su1400DR
William Browning Spencer Sa1400D, Sa1600D
Bruce Sterling Sa1100E, Su1300E
James Stoddard Sa1300E, Sa2100F, Su1100E
Robert Taylor Fr2000D, Sa1600E, Sa1700DR, Su1200E
Judith Ward Sa1630F, Su1200E
Lynn Ward Fr1600F, Fr2200E, Sa1200D, Sa1400E, Sa1630F, Su1100A, Su1300F
Martha Wells Fr1700D, Sa1300E, Su1100DR, Su1200D
K. D. Wentworth Sa1000D, Sa1300E, Sa1400DR, Sa1730A, Sa2100F, Su1300F, Su1400E
Wendy Wheeler Fr2200F, Sa1000E, Sa1200D, Sa2100F, Su1100E
Walter Jon Williams Fr1700D, Sa1000D, Sa1100D, Sa1500A, Sa2000F, Su1200F, Su1400DR