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Feedback - Thursday
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Randall Shepherd (Potential)
Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
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How to Obtain an Agent
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Jaime Moyer (Participant)
Joshua Bilmes (Participant)
John Berlyne (Participant)
You've written something. You're pleased with it. You're finally ready to shop it out. You think it might get published. How do you search for an ...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Martin Easterbrook, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Moderator)
Mark L. Olson (Participant)
Kevin Standlee (Participant)
Every member of Lonestarcon 3 is a member of WSFS, the World Science Fiction Society, and is eligible to attend and vote at the Society's Business ...
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The Business Side of Writing
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Janet Harriett (Moderator)
Mark Oshiro (Participant)
Joshua Bilmes (Participant)
Genese Davis (Participant)
Steven Diamond (Participant)
So you've written a novel. What's next? How do you get an agent, get published, market to readers, network, avoid scams... writing was only the be...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
James Patrick Kelly, IBM Corp (Moderator)
Patrice Sarath (Participant)
Adam Levine Castro, ACME Industries (Participant)
Walter Jon Williams (Participant)
Trinh Huynh, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)
Kij Johnson (Potential)
D.L. Young (Potential)
How do you choose which type of workshops are best for you? How do you make the most of the experience once you've decided to attend and your appl...
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Feedback - Friday
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Randall Shepherd (Participant)
Dr Jordyn Hartzell Sr, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)
Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Rick Klaw (Moderator)
Christopher Couch (Participant)
Adam Christobal, ACME Heavy Industries (Participant)
Chris Powell (Participant)
Need a new series to get hooked on? Maybe you just want to broaden your reading interests. Our panelists will help you find the perfect books. Ther...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Anthony Lewis (Moderator)
Gary K. Wolfe (Participant)
Alfred Bester, Philip Jose Farmer, Fred Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth, Ted Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith and others changed SF in some startling ways in the 19...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Naomi C Fisher (Moderator)
Jim Mowatt (Participant)
William Wright (Participant)
Diane Lacey (Participant)
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The Future of the Small Press
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Gary K. Wolfe (Moderator)
Michael Underwood (Participant)
Darlene Marshall (Participant)
Neil Clarke (Participant)
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Music and Science Fiction
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Vincent Docherty (Moderator)
Sanford Allen (Participant)
Lauren Schiller (Participant)
H. G. Stratmann (Participant)
Rachel Swirsky (Potential)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Alex Beck (Moderator)
Naomi C Fisher (Participant)
Bridget Duffy (Participant)
Jane Frank (Potential)
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Literary Estates
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Melinda M. Snodgrass (Moderator)
Melissa Conway (Participant)
Jessica Reisman (Participant)
Art Dula (Participant)
John Berlyne (Participant)
Do you have a will? No one likes to think about making a will. But one of the components of an estate is intellectual property. Literary and arti...
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The Future of Fandom
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Deb Geisler (Moderator)
Aurora Celeste (Participant)
Jesi Pershing (Participant)
Warren Buff, 3D Systems Inc. (Participant)
William Wright (Participant)
What would your ideal fannish world of the future be like? What would we need to change to create that better world for us and future generations o...
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Gender in Manga and Anime
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Kelly Peterson (Moderator)
Madeline Ashby (Participant)
Lauren Schiller (Participant)
Django Wexler (Participant)
Amy Palmisano, The Book Project (Potential)
Manga and Anime, as inviting and open as they may seem, are at heart the products of Japan's culture. Despite its technological advancement, Japan ...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Angela Standridge (Moderator)
Jeanne Mealy (Participant)
Joy Bragg-Staudt (Participant)
Deborah Stanish (Participant)
Crowdsourcing a cult movie like a Firefly sequel should be a given, right? So if Veronica Mars can raise 5 million, how much could be raised for F...
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Feedback - Saturday
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Randall Shepherd (Participant)
Let us know how we're doing so far. Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things w...
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Author by Day, Poet by Night
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Nancy Hightower (Moderator)
Paul Herman (Participant)
Juan Perez (Participant)
L. E. Modesitt (Participant)
Jo Walton (Potential)
A number of authors are also poets in the fields of fantasy and science fiction. Our panelists discuss current and past masters of the craft and th...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Liz Argall (Participant)
John Pitts (Participant)
Fran Wilde (Participant)
From soylent green, to vat-grown protein, to descriptions of lavish meals in Game of Thrones, food is depicted in many forms in science fiction and...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Nancy Hightower (Moderator)
Jaime Moyer (Participant)
Catherynne M. Valente (Participant)
Rie Sheridan Rose (Participant)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Bradford Lyau (Moderator)
Chris N. Brown (Participant)
Liz Gorinsky (Participant)
Rudy Ch. Garcia (Participant)
The science fiction genre has long provided a useful vehicle for discussing controversial contemporary issues and has frequently offered insightful...
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Anime versus SF/F Conventions
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Will Frank (Moderator)
Adam Bergeron Sr, The Book Project (Participant)
Meg Totusek (Participant)
Amy Palmisano, The Book Project (Potential)
Lauren Schiller (Potential)
A look at the differences in the culture between Anime and SF/F conventions. Why do some people think one or the other is scary? Are either really...
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Picturing the South
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Christopher Couch (Moderator)
Miguel Angel Fernandez (Participant)
Chris N. Brown (Participant)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Tod McCoy (Moderator)
Steven Silver (Participant)
Jonathan Oliver (Participant)
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Feedback - Sunday
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Randall Shepherd (Participant)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Workshop
You can't rely on body language alone. If you're worried about being inappropriate, we'll give you some tips on how to avoid social gaffes. The wor...
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Body Shaping and Support
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Paige E. Ewing (Moderator)
Sandy Pettinger (Participant)
Pierre Pettinger Jr (Participant)
Susan de Guardiola (Potential)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Moderator)
Paul Benjamin (Participant)
Chris Powell (Participant)
Comics spent so many years being dark and spooky, they forgot that it's the kids who grow up and become new fans. There's a wealth of all ages frie...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Dennis McHaney (Moderator)
Jeffrey Shanks (Participant)
Mark Finn (Participant)
Dave Hardy (Participant)
At the end of his life, Robert E. Howard was making good money writing humorous, and also very dark, westerns. In fact, westerns abound all through...
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Introduction to Eurocons
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Alice Lawson (Moderator)
Amanda Downum (Participant)
Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf (Participant)
Gareth Kavanagh (Participant)
James Shields (Participant)
Jim Mowatt (Potential)
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Reading: John Scalzi
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Reading
John Scalzi (Participant)
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Illustrated Story Telling
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Demonstration
Teddy Harvia (Participant)
David Brin (Participant)
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Where have the Ghost Stories Gone?
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
David Nickle (Moderator)
Ellen Datlow (Participant)
David G. Hartwell (Participant)
Peggy Hailey (Participant)
Ghost stories used to be a major part of literature, from Victorian times though the first half the Twentieth Century. Charles Dickens, M.R. James,...
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Feedback - Monday
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Randall Shepherd (Participant)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Mark Finn (Moderator)
Jayme Lynn Blaschke (Participant)
Lawrence Person (Participant)
Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)
Paige E. Ewing (Participant)
There have been more comic book movies in the past decade than in the entire 20th century combined. How do they hold up? What are the best and the ...
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Dreamtime: Oz Fandom Then and Now
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Alan Stewart, New York Times (Moderator)
William Wright (Participant)
Damien Broderick (Participant)
Jerry Kaufman (Participant)
Liz Argall (Potential)
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Dyeing and Dye Techniques
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Mary Miller (Moderator)
Chris O'Halloran (Participant)
Carole Parker (Participant)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 102A
Discussion Panels
Fred 5 Octobre Leroulley, Gren (Moderator)
Jean-Claude Leroulley, CNRS (Moderator)
Christophe Seguin (Participant)
Mark Finn (Participant)
Jeffrey Shanks (Moderator)
Dave Hardy (Participant)
Critics have argued that Howard threw Conan's Hyborean Age together with "careless haste." In fact, Howard was a meticulous world-builder. And not ...