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Sessions

Thursday 29 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
The Impact of Aaron Swartz
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Mark L. Van Name (Moderator)

Karen Anderson (Participant)

Will Frank (Participant)

Paul Herman (Participant)

Andy Andretti (Participant)

The death of Aaron Swartz shines a light on the CFAA. Vague laws about wire fraud, clever prosecutors framing suspects and demanding maximum senten...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Bloopers and Blunders of Science
1 hour, 9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Barbara Galler-Smith (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau (Participant)

G. David Nordley (Participant)

Miguel Angel Fernandez (Participant)

Lord Kelvin claimed that craft heavier than air could not fly. The Piltdown Man went from being one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century...
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Hugo Nominee - The Avengers
2 hours 30 minutes, 10:00 PM ADT - 12:30 AM ADT

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Film / Video

Friday 30 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
6 Flags over Texas
1 hour, 11:00 AM ADT - 12:00 PM ADT

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Presentation

Bradley Denton (Moderator)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Preliminary WSFS Business Meeting
3 hours, 12:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

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Special Interest Group

Donald E. Eastlake III (Moderator)

Kent Bloom (Participant)

Theresa Renner (Participant)

Linda Deneroff (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 ...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Steampunk: Trend or Genre?
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Lou Antonelli (Moderator)

Jess Nevins (Participant)

Jayme Lynn Blaschke (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Gail Carriger (Participant)

Steampunk emerged from SF, quietly at first, and then gathering momentum and breadth. It now spans written fiction, graphic, costuming, and other a...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
The Cthulhu Internationale
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Toh EnJoe (Moderator)

David Nickle (Participant)

Seia Tanabe (Participant)

Masao Higashi (Participant)

Cathy Clamp (Participant)

H. P. Lovecraft's influence on horror and science fiction is not only immense, it is international. Come hear from Lovecraftians from the Americas,...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Fannish Inquisition: Future Worldcons and NASFiCs
2 hours, 5:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Laurie Mann (Moderator)

Here's your last chance to be swayed, one way or another, by the 3 prospective venues for the 2015 Worldcon. Come listen to their presentations, an...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Adapting Bubba for Film and Other Tales
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

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Interview

Jayme Lynn Blaschke (Moderator)

Joe Lansdale (Participant)

Joe tells all! Jayme will be asking Joe about making the film version of Bubba Ho-Tep, as well as his latest film adaptation project. Got a questio...
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Bubba Ho-Tep
2 hours, 8:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

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Film / Video

10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Revivifying the US Space Program
1 hour, 10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Marianne Dyson (Moderator)

G. David Nordley (Participant)

Jordin Kare (Participant)

Long live the Space Program! Many say it is moribund; others would dispute that contention. What can we expect in the future (near or far?) If it's...
11:00 PM
11:00 PM
Star Gazing
1 hour, 11:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT

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Talk

Marianne Dyson (Moderator)

Outdoor activity. Come out with Marianne Dyson and view Saturn and constellations -- share stories and learn to use a star chart! We meet in Room ...

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Main WSFS Business Meeting
3 hours, 12:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

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Special Interest Group

Donald E. Eastlake III (Moderator)

Kent Bloom (Participant)

Theresa Renner (Participant)

Linda Deneroff (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 ...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
A Discussion of New Wave Literature with Spinrad and Gunn
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

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Dialog

Norman Spinrad (Participant)

James Gunn (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
An Hour with Lois McMaster Bujold
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

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Dialog

Lillian Stewart Carl (Participant)

Lois McMaster Bujold (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Famous Last Stands: the Alamo, Massada and Thermopylae
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Taylor Anderson (Moderator)

Harry Turtledove (Participant)

Randall Shepherd (Participant)

David Brin (Participant)

Jean Stuntz PhD (Participant)

The Alamo is one of the most famous historic memorials in the United States. How does the battle here compare with similar past events? How did the...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Reclaiming the Solar System
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Kim Stanley Robinson (Moderator)

Alastair Reynolds (Participant)

Gregory Benford (Participant)

Joe Haldeman (Participant)

In the years following our space probes to the planets, the amount of SF set in the solar system over the next few hundred years diminished. But, t...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Enduring Popularity of Firefly
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Michelle Sagara (Moderator)

Kate Baker (Participant)

Steven Brust (Participant)

Selina Rosen (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Historical Space Ships Patents
1 hour, 8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT

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Presentation

Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf (Participant)

9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Hugo Nominee - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3 hours, 9:00 PM ADT - 12:00 AM ADT

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Film / Video

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Site Selection WSFS Business Meeting
3 hours, 12:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

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Special Interest Group

Donald E. Eastlake III (Moderator)

Kent Bloom (Participant)

Theresa Renner (Participant)

Linda Deneroff (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Cutting Edge Cancer Research
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

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Dialog

Jay Lake (Participant)

Janet Freeman-Daily (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Interview: Jay Lake
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

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Interview

Lezli Robyn (Moderator)

Jay Lake (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
John W. Campbell Created it All
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Willie Siros (Moderator)

Edward M. Lerner (Participant)

Toni Weisskopf (Participant)

James Patrick Kelly, IBM Corp (Participant)

After 70 years, are we still pretending that SF is a Campbellian universe? Reflections on the myths our writers, editors, and readers believe hold...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
40 Years of Campbell Awards
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Stina Leicht (Moderator)

Ben Bova (Participant)

Mur Lafferty (Participant)

Chuck Wendig (Participant)

Max Gladstone (Participant)

Monday 2 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
WSFS Business Meeting - Monday
3 hours, 12:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

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Special Interest Group

Donald E. Eastlake III (Moderator)

Kent Bloom (Participant)

Theresa Renner (Participant)

Linda Deneroff (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Films and TV-Shows Related to Grimm's Fairy Tales
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

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Discussion Panels

Paige E. Ewing (Moderator)

Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf (Participant)

Jean Johnson (Participant)

Shanna Swendson (Participant)

The TV drama Grimm envisions a world in which the fairy tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are real. Once Upon A Time is a drama about classic fairy ...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Three Movies? Reflections on and Prospects for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT
Signup required

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Discussion Panels

C. J. Mills (Moderator)

Rodger Standridge, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Matthew Rotundo (Participant)

Mary Morman (Participant)

Joy Bragg-Staudt (Potential)

Does Peter Jackson's approach work? What's been successful (and what failed) in the first film, and what are you looking forward to (and what do yo...