San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Sessions

Thursday 29 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Classics Book Group: The Glass Bead Game
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Book discussion

John Hertz (Moderator)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
What Makes a Review Great?
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Moderator)

Mari Kotani (Participant)

Moshe Feder (Participant)

Liza Groen Trombi (Participant)

D. Douglas Fratz (Participant)

John DeNardo (Potential)

Many of use rely on reviews to point us at new authors and new and interesting work from people whose work we know. What makes a review useful, e...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Moderating Panels: A Primer
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Talk

Janice Gelb (Participant)

Moderators can often make or break a program item. This presentation will help potential (and experienced) moderators make their program items focu...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Deus Ex Graphica: The Role of Mythology in Comics
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Amy Palmisano, The Book Project (Moderator)

Paul Benjamin (Participant)

Jess Nevins (Participant)

Is Superman a Christ Figure? Is Batman an urban myth? Just how Greco-Roman is Wonder Woman, anyway? Any why is Marvel's Thor blonde? Get the ans...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Mark Protection Committee Meeting
1 hour, 9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Special Interest Group

Kevin Standlee (Moderator)

The Mark Protection Committee manages the service marks ("Worldcon", "Hugo Award", etc.) of the World Science Fiction Society. The committee, whic...

Friday 30 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Beyond the Barbarian: Robert E. Howard's Other Heroes
1 hour, 12:15 PM ADT - 1:15 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Dave Hardy (Moderator)

Rob Roehm (Participant)

J. David Spurlock (Participant)

John Maddox Roberts (Participant)

Mel White (Participant)

L. Sprague de Camp notably said that all of Howard's characters are "essentially cut from the same cloth." Nothing could be further from the truth....
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
"What If" Moments in History
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Lilia Haché, Maggienation (Participant)

Jo Walton (Participant)

Vylar Kaftan (Moderator)

Jean-Claude Leroulley, CNRS (Participant)

Fred 5 Octobre Leroulley, Gren (Participant)

Harry Turtledove (Participant)

David Liss (Participant)

How would things have turned out if Charlemagne died as a young man held hostage by the Turks? What if Henry Wallace succeeded FDR instead of Trum...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
SF/F and the College Classroom
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Deb Geisler (Moderator)

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

Gregory A. Wilson (Participant)

What are the essential components of teaching SF/F on a college level? In what disciplines will such courses be found? Can SF/F stories be importan...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Two-Gun Bob: The Somewhat True Tales of Robert E. Howard
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Mark Finn (Moderator)

Rusty Burke (Participant)

Patrice Louinet (Participant)

Rob Roehm (Participant)

Writing a biography is an inexact science, and it's made all the more difficult when the subject in question was less than truthful about what they...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Trivia for Chocolate
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Game Show

Mark L. Olson (Participant)

Priscilla Olson (Participant)

Steven Silver (Participant)

"Danger! Danger!" [Quick, who said that?] Questions (and chocolate) fly thick and fast as we challenge you with trivial tropes and topics taken fr...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Showing off Your Costume
1 hour, 9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Liz Argall (Moderator)

Kevin Roche (Participant)

John O'Halloran (Participant)

10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Surviving the Masquerade
1 hour, 10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Jill Eastlake (Moderator)

Byron P. Connell (Participant)

John Maizels (Participant)

John O'Halloran (Participant)

Chris O'Halloran (Participant)

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Welcome to LoneStarCon 3: Enjoying Your First Worldcon
1 hour, 12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Toni Weisskopf (Moderator)

Scott Bobo (Participant)

Gay Haldeman (Participant)

Meg Totusek (Participant)

Aurora Celeste (Participant)

New to Worldcon? Our panel will offer tips for jumping into the social milieu and staying healthy. There are traditions and terminology you should ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Wizarding Wears on a Knut
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Presentation

Rodger Standridge, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Angela Standridge (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Howard Boom: Barbarians, Fanzines, and the 1970s
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Bill Cavalier (Moderator)

Jeffrey Shanks (Participant)

Rob Roehm (Participant)

Robert E. Howard fans have always been vocal, and they took to fanzines during the heyday with aplomb. Battle-scarred veterans of the Howard fanzin...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
National/Continental Conventions: What makes Them Unique?
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Diane Lacey (Moderator)

Eemeli Aro (Participant)

Norman Cates (Participant)

Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf (Participant)

Hideaki Kawai (Participant)

Shigeru Hayashida (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
How to Scare Your Reader
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Vylar Kaftan (Moderator)

John Hornor Jacobs (Participant)

Amanda Downum (Participant)

Alastair Reynolds (Participant)

M. L. Brennan (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Shopping for Costuming
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Beverly Hale (Participant)

Jennie Faries (Participant)

Rodger Standridge, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Barbara Galler-Smith (Potential)

Where do you get all those cool things that complete a costume? From fabric sources and construction tools to wigs, accessories, and shoes, come a...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
E-Comics, E-Publishing, and the Death of the Android's Dungeon
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Moderator)

Mel White (Participant)

Edd Vick (Participant)

Phil Foglio, CGI Group (Participant)

Digital comics are here, and they are only getting bigger. Our panelists have sold comics online in various forms long before this new trend. Is th...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
From Fanzine to Magazine Editor
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Tom Whitmore (Moderator)

Neil Clarke (Participant)

Gordon Van Gelder (Participant)

Andrew I. Porter (Participant)

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Chicano Science Fiction
1 hour, 12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

John Phillip Santos (Moderator)

Susana Ramirez (Participant)

Ben Olguin (Participant)

Rudy Ch. Garcia (Participant)

Is there a subgenre of Chicano-authored SF literature? Why or why not? How has the Chicano protagonist been portrayed in mainstream SF--archetypes ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
E-Pubbing Your Ish
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Terry Floyd (Moderator)

Pat Virzi (Participant)

Jim Mowatt (Participant)

Guy H. Lillian III (Participant)

Are the days of cranking out fanzines on Gestetner, mimeo, or hectograph behind us? Is there any reason for paper copies anymore, or are e-readers ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Living with a Creator
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

David Nickle (Moderator)

David Gallaher (Participant)

Diana Thayer (Participant)

Is egoboo a strong influence on our successful authors and artists? What's more important to the success of an artist -- talent or a spouse with re...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Gender Roles in Game of Thrones
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Pat Murphy (Moderator)

Caroline Spector (Participant)

Margene S. Bahm (Participant)

Matthew Rotundo (Participant)

Our panelists look at the how gender has played out in this popular show. What differences are there in how female characters are portrayed in the ...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
There's a Fan for That
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Patrick Molloy (Moderator)

Alan Stewart, New York Times (Participant)

Jeanne Mealy (Participant)

Kurt Baty (Participant)

Beverly Hale (Participant)

Science fiction fans tend to practice polyfannery -- enthusiasm for more than one hobby. And what's more interesting that fans talking about a subj...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Into Darkness: Horror and Dark Fantasy
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Lee Harris (Moderator)

John Joseph Adams (Participant)

Greg Ketter (Participant)

Julia Rios (Participant)

Ann VanderMeer (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
You Can't Cosplay That
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Genese Davis (Moderator)

Lauren Schiller (Participant)

Aurora Celeste (Participant)

A discussion on the social issues of costuming and cosplay. What is 'cosplay culture' and how is it good or bad? How does gender and race play in...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Fancyclopedia 3: Almost Everything You Should Know about Fandom
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102B

Discussion Panels

Joe Siclari (Moderator)

Edie Stern (Participant)

Rich Lynch (Participant)

Mark L. Olson (Participant)

Fancyclopedia 1 was 98 pages when Jack Speer published it in 1943; in 1959: Dick Eney's Fancyclopedia 2 encoumpased 250 pages. It's now 2013 and Fa...