Thursday 29 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

12:00 PM

Press Conference

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Randall Shepherd (Moderator)

Norman Spinrad (Participant)

Paul Cornell (Participant)

Leslie Fish (Participant)

Darrell R. Sweet (Participant)

Ellen Datlow (Participant)

Joe Lansdale (Participant)

2:00 PM

An Open Source Package for Managing the Hugo Awards Process

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Steven R. Staton (Participant)

5:00 PM

SF Authors Who Used to Do Art

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Alastair Reynolds (Moderator)

David A. Kyle (Participant)

Joe Haldeman (Participant)

Stephen Leigh (Potential)

Writers such as Harry Stubbs and Joe Haldeman love art work as well as writing. What other writers were artists? How did their work in one area e...

6:00 PM

Texas History Movies: The First Comic Book of Texas

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Texas History Movies was a unique cultural phenomenon in the Lone Star State -- a comic book, all about Texas history, that was even used at a text...

8:00 PM

5 Cons: A 21st Century Fandom Documentary - Interviews

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Interview

Linda Wenzelburger (Participant)

Fred 5 Octobre Leroulley, Gren (Potential)

9:00 PM

Miss Understanding's Open Forum on Manners for Geek Culture

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Caroline Spector (Moderator)

Emily Wagner (Participant)

Kevin Roche (Participant)

Jesi Pershing (Participant)

Melinda M. Snodgrass (Participant)

Val Ontell (Potential)

10:00 PM

Name That Tune!

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Game Show

Vincent Docherty (Moderator)

Warren Buff, 3D Systems Inc. (Participant)

Compete for prizes, egoboo and bragging rights. We challenge you to identify a dizzying array of songs, composers and artists, as cruel gamesmeiste...

11:00 PM

Hugo Nominee - Doctor Who:The Angels Take Manhattan

1 hour 15 minutes, 11:00 PM ADT - 12:15 AM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Film / Video

Friday 30 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

12:00 PM

How to Convert a Book into E-Book Format

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Workshop

Tod McCoy (Participant)

This presentation will walk you through the basics of converting manuscripts into EPUB and MOBI formats using freeware programs Sigil and Calibre. ...

1:00 PM

Fans and Academia

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Cathy Clamp (Moderator)

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

Nathan Williams (Participant)

John Kessel (Participant)

Lynne M. Thomas (Participant)

Does fandom make SF studies different from the study of other genres? Is the influence of fandom more than just the occasional quote from a fanzine...

2:00 PM

The Relationship Between Writers and Editors

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Janet Harriett (Moderator)

Gardner Dozois (Participant)

Sheila Williams (Participant)

James Patrick Kelly, IBM Corp (Participant)

Lou Anders, Accedian Networks (Participant)

Ann VanderMeer (Potential)

3:00 PM

The History of Texas

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Jean Stuntz PhD (Participant)

An overview of the history of the great state of Texas. We learn what makes it unique within the history of the United States, Mexico and the world...

4:00 PM

Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Nick Kanas M.D. (Participant)

A powerpoint presentation of world views and concepts of the solar system throughout history. The presentation will be illustrated with images tak...

5:00 PM

The Worldcon Masquerade

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Pierre Pettinger Jr (Moderator)

Kevin Roche (Participant)

Byron P. Connell (Participant)

John O'Halloran (Participant)

6:00 PM

Among Books: Resources at the Public Library

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Deborah Nicholl (Moderator)

Tapley Trudell (Participant)

Tyler Lutz (Participant)

Cristine Mitchamore (Participant)

John Klima (Participant)

The public library serves its community of SF/F readers and writers in many ways. Librarians from SAPL and elsewhere will discuss their tools and t...

7:00 PM

Bad Science of Laser Weapons in Science Fiction

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

J.L. (Jim) Doty (Participant)

8:00 PM

SF in Japan

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Takayuki Tatsumi (Moderator)

Mari Kotani (Participant)

David Farnell (Participant)

Pat Murphy (Participant)

Masao Higashi (Participant)

9:00 PM

Reading: Yasser Bahjatt

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Reading

Yasser Bahjatt (Participant)

9:30 PM

Reading: Elizabeth Moon

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Reading

Elizabeth Moon (Participant)

10:00 PM

Hubert Rogers and the Status of SF in America

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Christopher Couch (Participant)

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

12:00 PM

History of San Antonio

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Jean Stuntz PhD (Participant)

1:00 PM

Yard Dog Press

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Publisher Presentation

Selina Rosen (Moderator)

2:00 PM

Poetry Inside Out: Bridging Cultures through Language

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Emily Jiang (Participant)

Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Participant)

Can you translate extraordinary poems from their original language and reach a new audience? Will a different language deliver the same impact and...

3:00 PM

Punking It: Lowlife, Dystopia, and the Punk Suffix

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

James Patrick Kelly, IBM Corp (Moderator)

Pat Cadigan (Participant)

David Farnell (Participant)

Liz Gorinsky (Participant)

Cyberpunk, steampunk, clockpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, martial punk: speculative fiction has seen a heavy influx of sub-genres bearing the "punk" su...

4:00 PM

Screenplay Structure for Novelists: From the Screen to the Printed Page

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Lou Anders, Accedian Networks (Participant)

Learn how novelists apply Hollywood screenwriting techniques to enhance character, plot & theme in their manuscripts. Lou's presentation is always ...

5:00 PM

Short Stories - What's Next?

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Kij Johnson (Moderator)

David D. Levine (Participant)

Steven Silver (Participant)

John Joseph Adams (Participant)

Damien Broderick (Participant)

Our panelists discuss the role short stories have and will play in science fiction and fantasy, from proving ground to promotions to the merits of ...

6:00 PM

First Female Cover Artist of the Pulp Era: Margaret Brundage

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

J. David Spurlock (Participant)

Starting in 1932, her art began to change the look of fantasy and horror and feel of pulp magazine covers forever. Weird Tales cover artist Margare...

7:00 PM

How Arab SF could Dream a Better Future

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Talk

Yasser Bahjatt (Participant)

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

12:00 PM

Pencils, Paints, and Pixels

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Presentation

Richard Hescox (Participant)

John Picacio (Participant)

Phil Foglio, CGI Group (Participant)

Three professional artists will each present two or three finished professional artworks and describe the process of creating them from start to fi...

1:00 PM

Disaster and the Literature of the Supernatural

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Masao Higashi (Moderator)

Toh EnJoe (Participant)

Seia Tanabe (Participant)

The inexpressible damage done to Japan by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of 2011 is but the latest in a long line of disasters. The relati...

2:00 PM

Space is Really the Old West

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Mary Morman (Moderator)

Steven Brust (Participant)

Peggy Hailey (Participant)

Elizabeth Moon (Participant)

Janet Harriett (Participant)

Wagon train to the stars is a familiar trope in SF. Firefly, Star Trek, Farmer in the Sky, Outland, Cowbows vs Aliens, Exterminator 17 are all exam...

3:00 PM

The Heinlein Society Annual Meeting

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Special Interest Group

5:00 PM

Judging Something by Its Cover

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Jennie Faries (Moderator)

John Hornor Jacobs (Participant)

Jon Schindehette (Participant)

Christopher Kastensmidt (Participant)

Irene Gallo (Participant)

Oooo! Look at that shiny beautiful cover calling to you from the shelf. What's it saying to you? How do different cultures use cover styles, design...

6:00 PM

Texas Fandom Before LoneStarCon 1

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Terry Floyd (Moderator)

Edd Vick (Participant)

Howard Waldrop (Participant)

Albert Jackson (Participant)

7:00 PM

Masquerade Post-Show

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Jill Eastlake (Participant)

8:00 PM

Adapting Costumes for Plus-Size Bodies

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Discussion Panels

Aurora Celeste (Participant)

Monday 2 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

11:00 AM

Teaching SF Workshop

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

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Workshop

James Gunn (Participant)

San Antonio Convention Center - 101B

Sessions

Thursday 29 August, 2013

Friday 30 August, 2013

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Monday 2 September, 2013