Schedule

11:30 AM ADT - 12:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Fannish

12:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: James Gunn, Seanan McGuire, Lezli Robyn

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

LSC3 Film Festival: Fan Films

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

12:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

iOS Development using Swift

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 7

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

In this workshop we will try out the new Swift programming language for iOS and give out tips and tricks for optimizing speed on applications using both Objective-C and Swift code side by side.

Writers Workshop C

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 4

12:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Workshop

Sound Check 2 Friday

San Antonio Convention Center - Prefunction Ball Rm A

12:00 PM ADT - 1:59 PM ADT | 1 hour 59 minutes

The Poet as Activist: On Seeing and Saving the Natural World

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedPoetryPoetry

A Virtual Tour of the World's Largest Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Academic

US Animation Influenced by Japanese Anime

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

AnimeAnime

Reading: Lee Martindale

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Edward M. Lerner

12:00 PM ADT - 12:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Art Show

San Antonio Convention Center - TBD

12:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 12 hours

Art

War of the Worlds at 75: The Power of Mass Media

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Media

Historic RadioMediaH.G. WellsWar of the WorldsPopulated/spike

Preliminary WSFS Business Meeting

12:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 3 hours

SIG

Make Your Own Ribbons

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Solaris Presents

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Industry

What Happened to US-Based Spanish Language Publishing?

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpanishSpanish

How to Convert a Book into E-Book Format

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedIndustry

Graphic Novels You Should be Reading

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnGraphic NovelsLiterature

Preparing Your Art for a Show

12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art

Cartoons Featuring Sylvester

12:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Animation

12:15 PM

Beyond the Barbarian: Robert E. Howard's Other Heroes

12:15 PM ADT - 1:15 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnLiteratureRobert E. Howard

12:30 PM

Storage SAN Wars

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Grand Salon2

12:30 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Coaching session #1

San Antonio Convention Center - Wandering

12:30 PM ADT - 1:30 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: G. David Nordley

12:30 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Autographing: Carol Berg, Lillian Stewart Carl, Lawrence M. Schoen, Ian Tregillis

12:30 PM ADT - 1:30 PM ADT | 1 hour

1:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Lee Harris, Chuck Wendig

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Sample Break

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading 4

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 15

1:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Filking 101

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 16

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Filk

Are Weird Westerns and Steampunk Westerns saving the genre?

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art Studio Friday

1:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Art Demo

Smart Watches and their Apps

1:00 PM ADT - 1:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Rhysling & Dwarf Stars Awards

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PoetryPoetry

The British Invasion: Mods, Gods, and Miracleman

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ComicsFinnComicsLiterature

Norman Spinrad Tribute

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Authors

Live Action Angry Birds

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

Reading: Tanya Huff

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Cat Rambo

1:00 PM ADT - 1:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Introduction to Texas Weird

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnPopulatedTexas WritersTexas

Surf's Up: New Wave

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

New WavePopulatedWillie trackLiterature

Artist Guest of Honor Docent Tour

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Docent TourGuest of Honor

SIGMA: Who We are and What We Do

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedScienceFuturism

Public Libraries/Public Schools: Meeting the Needs of the Bilingual Citizen?

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpanishPopulatedSpanishLibraries

ASFA Meeting

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SIGHighlights

Fans and Academia

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FannishPopulated

The Revolutionary 50s: How SF Changed

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedLiterature

Supersize it!

1:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Art

Where there's a Will there's a Way: Reproductive Technology, Medical Ethics and the Law

1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ScienceMedical EthicsReproduction

1:30 PM

Reading: Amy Thomson

1:30 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

2:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Alan Stewart, Rachel Swirsky

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Ask Leslie Anything

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 12

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FilkLeslie FishFilkFannish

LSC3 Film Festival: SF&F Short Films

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

2:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

Scrap Book Time II

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

74th Anniversary Worldcon Baseball Match: Fans vs Pros Whiffle Ball

San Antonio Convention Center - Ballrm A-Open

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Baseball

FandomBaseballManyFannish

Knitters Group

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SIG

What Would Happen If We Could Easily Publish Fanfic

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedFannish

From Whence They Came: The Cultural Origins of the Modern Super Hero Comics

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnComicsLiterature

Turkey City Turns 40

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

IndustryPopulated/spikeWritingTexas Authors

Reading: Walter Jon Williams

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Gabrielle de Cuir

2:00 PM ADT - 2:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Reading: Kathleen Goonan

San Antonio Convention Center - TBD

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

My Favorite Dinosaur

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

BiologyScience

Tor Presents....

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedIndustryPublisher Presentation

Autographing: Steve Brust, James L. Cambias, Gini Koch, Jay Lake

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art Show Docent Tour J

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Docent TourDocent Tour

Make Your Own Water Rockets

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

The Romance of Train Travel

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

TrainsReal World

Sari Draping

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

The Relationship Between Writers and Editors

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedIndustry

Fan Funds: Prelude to Fannish Dominance

2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

Gay Purree (1964)

2:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Media Viewing - Animation

2:30 PM

Masq Rehearsal I - Friday

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Grand Salon2

2:30 PM ADT - 7:59 PM ADT | 5 hours 29 minutes

Events

Reading: Daryl Gregory

2:30 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Poster Session

Intercontinental River Suites - Maisonneuve

2:30 PM ADT - 5:30 PM ADT | 3 hours

3:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Scott Edelman

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

3D Nail Designs

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

NailsBeauty

Writers Workshop F

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 15

3:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Workshop

Barbarian Days: Starring the BNFs of Howard Fandom

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 1

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Robert E. HowardDocumentaryFinnREH FandomPopulated/spikeRobert E. HowardFannish

Agile Development

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 16

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

developmentagile

general talk about agile

Writers Workshop E

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 4

3:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Workshop

Contemporary Korean SF Writers

Sheraton Gunter Center - Ballroom AB

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Being a female genre editor

San Antonio Convention Center - x007D

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

DO NOT USE

All My Friends Are <i>Vampires</i>

San Antonio Convention Center - Prefunction Ball Rm A

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

AustinFilm Festival

Best Practices from Booksellers

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Industry

Art Studio Sunday

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art Demo

Round Robin Concert: Marc Bernstein & Joe "Fax Paladin" Abbott

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ConcertHighlights

Building Crosswords and Cryptic Crosswords

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SIG

Art Portfolio Review (Schindehette)

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

BusinessPortfoliosArt

Prometheus Awards

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Literature

Texas Gothic: Staring into the Black Heart of Texas

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

LiteratureHorrorLiterature

AGOH: Darrell K Sweet Memorial Slide Show

3:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

ArtistGuest of HonorDarrell K Sweet

Reading: Derwin Mak

3:00 PM ADT - 3:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

The Year in Physics and Astronomy

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedSciencePhysicsAstronomy

Ghosts of Texas Past: Oliver, Utley, Reamy, Mayhar

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedTexas AuthorsOtherTexas

Steampunk: Trend or Genre?

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SteampunkPopulatedLiterature

Autographing: Tobias Buckell, David Kyle, Kay Kenyon, Django Wexler

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Datlow-Cadigan Dialog

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FannishEllen Datlow

Autographing: John Joseph Adams, Adam Troy Castro, Diana G. Gallagher, Jean Johnson

San Antonio Convention Center - Fan Lounge

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Launch Water Rockets

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Scientific Literacy vs Human Knowledge

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedScience

The History of Science and the Experience of Science Fiction

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Culture

Hats and Hat Making

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

The History of Texas

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Texas

The Future of the Small Press

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Small PressPopulated/iesIndustry

Meet the New Doctor: Helen Mirren

3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Media

Dr WhoPopulated/spikeSpikeMedia

3:30 PM

Reading: Fran Wilde

3:30 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

4:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Beth Meacham, Pat Murphy

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

LSC3 Film Festival: SF Documentary Feature Film

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

4:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

LEGO Train Session

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Dr. Mary Crowell

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Concert

What the Heck is a SMOFcon and Why should I Attend?

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

iBeacons: are they useful?

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Classics Book Group: Vintage Season

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Classics of SFLiterature

Klingon Language Lecture

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

KlingonsLinguisticsScience

Writers/Artists of the Future

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Industry

Reading: Martha Wells

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Catherynne M. Valente

4:00 PM ADT - 4:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Harry Potter and its Academic Merits

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

Baen Travelling Road Show--with Prizes!

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

IndustryPopulatedPublisher Presentation

The Cthulhu Internationale

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Literature

Autographing: Laura Frankos, James Patrick Kelly, Mur Lafferty, Michael Damian Thomas

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

The Role of the Agent

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedBusiness Of WritingIndustry

The Future of the Border

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpikeSpanishReal World

Pattern Basics

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

AstronomyScienceCartography

Music and Science Fiction

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Music

"What If" Moments in History

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Alternative HistoryLiterature

Yellow Roses: Texas SF/F Authors and Traditions

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Texas WritersWomen AuthorsLiteraturePopulated/spike

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

4:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Media Viewing - Anime

The Future of the Future

4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Science FictionPopulatedLiterature

4:30 PM

Reading: Adam Christopher

4:30 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

5:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Liz Gorinsky, Carrie Vaughn

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Bardic Circle

San Antonio Convention Center - Prefunction Ball Rm A

5:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Literary Beer: Julie Barrett, Walter John Williams

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Time Trial Your LEGO Train

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Steven Brust

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Concert

Makeup Techniques

San Antonio Convention Center - Ballrm A-Open

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

Ravelry Meetup

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

KnittingCostumingSIG

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Asteroids but Were Afraid to Ask

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedScience

Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture?

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Computer ScienceCulturePopulated

Starship Century

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Science

Sing Along with Leslie Fish

5:00 PM ADT - 5:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Reading: Kij Johnson

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Charles E. Gannon

5:00 PM ADT - 5:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Pyr Books Presents!

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Publisher PresentationIndustry

Fannish Inquisition: Future Worldcons and NASFiCs

5:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Adult trackPopulatedFannish

Autographing: Neil Clarke, Karen Haber, Elizabeth Moon, Robert Silverberg

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art Show Docent Tour F

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Docent TourDocent Tour

Seeing is Understanding

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ScienceArt

History of Atheism

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

NEEDS PRECISPopulatedHistory

Atheism is a powerful presence in modern society and discourse, but its position has been radically different in past stages of history. This panel treats the many different pre-modern forms of unbelief, from classical skepticism, to medieval fictional dialogs between theologians and mock atheists, to Renaissance and Reformation attempts to diagnose atheism as a form of mental illness, to atheism's crosspolination with deism and other radical movements in the Enlightenment. How can atheism's ...

David Tucker

Moderator

Amy Palmisano

Participant

Mel White

Participant

Science Fiction in South America

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Spanish

Welcome to the Worldcon: Texas Style

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ConventionsPopulatedFannish

The Worldcon Masquerade

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingFannish

Galleries, Conventions, Symposia, Oh My!

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

IndustryArtistsBusiness

SF/F and the College Classroom

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

EducationPopulatedAcademic

Shadows on the Wall

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art

Creating Anthologies

5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

AnthologiesPopulatedIndustry

Post-conference tour: The Mount-Royal Summit

Eisenhower Park - Chalet

5:00 PM ADT - 6:30 PM ADT | 1 hour 30 minutes

5:30 PM

Reading: Edd Vick

5:30 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

6:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: David Lee Summers

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Writers Workshop H

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 15

6:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Workshop

LSC3 Film Festival: Horror Shorts

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

6:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

Writers Workshop G

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 4

6:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Workshop

Literary Beer: Liz Argall, Jo Walton

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fly to the Planets

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Bland Lemon Denton & the Lemonaides

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Concert

The State of Sword & Sorcery: New Trends

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnFantasyLiterature

3D Gun Printing - When You can Print Your Own, How do You Regulate it?

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

TechGunsPopulatedScienceReal World

Good Things Do Come from Small Places

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Willie trackIndustry

Reading: Kay Kenyon

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: James L. Cambias

6:00 PM ADT - 6:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Artistic Differences

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

BusinessArt

Autographing: Tanya Huff, Steve Jackson, Seanan McGuire, Kim Stanley Robinson

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Duct Tape Dress & Kilt

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Yes, Virginia, Nanotech IS Real

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

NanotechnologyBiologyPopulatedScience

Alternate Mexicos and Alternate Texases

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedSpanishSpanish

Canon Formation: How Do We Decide What Becomes a "Classic"?

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

AcademicCanonPopulated

Among Books: Resources at the Public Library

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Research

ResearchBusiness Of WritingSpikeIndustry

Literary Estates

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Industry

Two-Gun Bob: The Somewhat True Tales of Robert E. Howard

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnRobert E. HowardTexas AuthorsRobert E. HowardLiterature

Getting the Commission

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

BusinessIndustry

Trigun 1

6:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Media Viewing - Anime

An Interview with Norman Spinrad

6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Guest of HonorAuthors

6:30 PM

Reading: John Kessel

6:30 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

7:00 PM

Kaffeeklatsch: Jay Lake, Jack McDevitt, Bud Sparhawk

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Emergency Repairs: Fix What is Broken

San Antonio Convention Center - Prefunction Ball Rm A

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

Literary Beer: Joe Haldeman, Kij Johnson

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Captain America Shield Making

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Rangernauts

The Bedlam Bards

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Concert

Embellishment Techniques

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

Higgs Bosons, Neutrinos, B-Mesons, Oh My!

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Particle PhysicsPopulatedScience

The Future of Medicine

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Science

If the Pen is Mightier than the Sword, What Have You Stabbed Lately?

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

WritingIndustryReal World

Reading: Vylar Kaftan

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Reading: Sharon Shinn

7:00 PM ADT - 7:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

How SF Fandom Made the Sixties Happen: Origin of Rock Journalism

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FandomMusicFanzinesPopulatedFannish

If Corporations Are People...

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedReal World

Adapting Bubba for Film and Other Tales

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Books into FilmTexas WeirdFinnPopulatedGuest of Honor

Autographing: Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, Cathy Clamp, Matthew Johnson

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Music Jam

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

RangernautsRangernauts

When is Hard SF Too Hard

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Hard SfIndustry

Spanish Language Anthologies

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpanishPopulatedSpanish

Bad Science of Laser Weapons in Science Fiction

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

IndustryWritingScience & WritingPopulated/spike

The Future of Fandom

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedFannish

Trivia for Chocolate

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

Reading: George R. R. Martin

7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

7:30 PM

Reading: Phil Foglio

7:30 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

8:00 PM

Party

8:00 PM ADT - 2:00 AM ADT | 6 hours

SIG

LSC3 Film Festival: SF&F Documentary Feature

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

8:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

Hugo Nominee - Looper

San Antonio Convention Center - 103A

8:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

The Robert E. Howard Poetry Slam!

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnPoetryRobert E. HowardPoetry

John Purcell

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Concert

Touring Beer Establishments

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SIGNEEDS PRECIS

SF Squeecast Panel

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Fannish

Ray Palmer and "Psi-Fi"

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Populated/spikeHistory

My Dragon Torched the Prince and other Plot Problems

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Industry

Can Science Fact Deliver on What Science Fiction Has Promised?

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Science

Reading: Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

8:00 PM ADT - 8:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Reading: Jean Stuntz

8:00 PM ADT - 8:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

LoneStarCon for Introverts

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedFannish

Europa - What's Under the Ice?

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

EcologyExobiologyAstronomyScience

Bubba Ho-Tep

8:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 2 hours

FilmPopulated?Special Guest: LansdaleMedia Viewing

Art Night Showcase I

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art NightArtHighlights

A Look at the Paleolithic

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Science

The Fake Hugo Awards

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedFannish

Reading: Alastair Reynolds

8:00 PM ADT - 8:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

SF in Japan

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

NEEDS PANELISTSLiterature

Gender in Manga and Anime

8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedAnime

Birdy the Mighty

8:00 PM ADT - 9:30 PM ADT | 1 hour 30 minutes

Media Viewing - Anime

9:00 PM

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL)

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PerfumesSIG

Sleep Dealer: Futuristic Science Fiction Film

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpanishMedia Viewing

Landsat: Over 40 years of Studying the Earth

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ScienceNEEDS PRECIS

Art Show Reception

9:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 3 hours

Events

Reading: William Browning Spencer

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Bujold commitment

San Antonio Convention Center - TBD

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Near-Future Energy

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedScience

The Doctor: Over the Years

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Media

Dr WhoMedia

Art Night Showcase II

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Art NightArt DemoArtHighlights

Truly Alien

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

ExobiologyEcologyNEEDS PANELISTSScience

Wrangling the Past

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Populated/spikeLibrariesAcademic

Dance crew storage - Friday

9:00 PM ADT - 1:59 AM ADT | 4 hours 59 minutes

Reading: Yasser Bahjatt

9:00 PM ADT - 9:30 PM ADT | 30 minutes

It's Time to Crowdsource a Firefly Movie

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Media

CrowdsourcingFireflyNEEDS PANELISTSMedia

Showing off Your Costume

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

Latino Characters by Mainstream Authors: Diversity or Cultural Appropriation?

9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SpanishPopulatedSpanish

9:30 PM

Reading: Elizabeth Moon

9:30 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT | 30 minutes

Hugo Nominee - Doctor Who: The Snowmen

9:30 PM ADT - 10:45 PM ADT | 1 hour 15 minutes

10:00 PM

LSC3 Film Festival: Horror Feature

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 13-14

10:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 2 hours

Film Festival

Hugo Nominee - The Hunger Games

San Antonio Convention Center - 103A

10:00 PM ADT - 12:30 AM ADT | 2 hours 30 minutes

Firefly Shindig / Contradance

10:00 PM ADT - 1:00 AM ADT | 3 hours

FireflyDance

Friends of Bill W.

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

SIG

Elysium Movie Panel

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Strolling Along Alpha Ralpha Boulevard: The Works of Cordwainer Smith

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

PopulatedLiteratureHighlights

Chesley Awards Set-up

10:00 PM ADT - 10:59 PM ADT | 59 minutes

British Conventions: What You Might Expect

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

UK ConventionsFannish

Revivifying the US Space Program

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Space TravelScience

Nameless Cults: Robert E. Howard's Horror Stories

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

FinnRobert E. HowardLiterature

How to Build a Successful Book Launch Campaign

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

NEEDS PRECISIndustry

Hubert Rogers and the Status of SF in America

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

IllustrationPopulated/spikeArt

Surviving the Masquerade

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

CostumingCostuming

How to Sell to Ellen Datlow

10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT | 1 hour

Willie trackEllen DatlowSatireAuthors

11:00 PM

Theme Filk: An Góilín (A Cappela)

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 16

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

Filk

Filking with Leslie Fish

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 12

11:00 PM ADT - 2:00 AM ADT | 3 hours

Filk

Open Filk

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 7

11:00 PM ADT - 4:00 AM ADT | 5 hours

Filk

Theme Filk: Creepy

San Antonio Mariott Rivercenter2 - Conference 8

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

Filk

Asian SF Literature

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

AsianLiterature

What is the state of our genre in Asian countries and languages? Are there themes and qualities informed by geography?

Balloon Animal Sculpting!

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

Adult track

DC's New 52: Brilliance or Disastrous?

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

FinnComicsLiterature

Chesley Awards Ceremony

11:00 PM ADT - 1:00 AM ADT | 2 hours

ChesleysArt NightArt

Consensus Reality and the Geography of Fantasy

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

Willie trackPopulatedLiterature

Star Gazing

11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT | 1 hour

AstronomyScience

Hugo Nominee- Cabin in the Woods