Sessions
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- The First Barbarian of Texas: Conan the Cimmerian San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- For over 80 years, Conan has ruled the roost as the literary and pop culture definition of "barbarian." What makes Conan so popular in and out of ...
- Discussion Panels
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15:00
- Is Gibson Getting Out of Hand? San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Is corporate control of research and the drive for short-term profit crippling scientific innovation and basic research? Do established companies a...
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- The Practice of Space Medicine San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Whether you're suffering from a case of Andorian shingles or just a mild version of numb tongue, you can be sure that our panelists have a higher p...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Contaminating Other Worlds San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- NASA verified that microbe thermophilic geobacillus hitched a ride to Mars. How much cost should we incur to ensure we do not bring a piece of ours...
- Discussion Panels
19:00
19:00
- Sacrificing Earth: The Politics and Science of Ecology San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Elizabeth Kulbert said "It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but ...
- Discussion Panels
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20:00
- All of Biology in One Hour or Less San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Learn the Theory of Biology and how to apply it to building worlds and alien critters. A dizzying romp through biology's fundamental principles in ...
- Presentation
22:00
22:00
- Regency Dance San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 22:00 EDT - 0:00 EDT | 2 hours
- The English Regency is, technically, 1811-1820 but our dances range from 1790 into the 1820's and some are modern creations and reconstructions. Th...
- Event
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11:00
- A Virtual Tour of the World's Largest Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
- Signup required San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The Eaton Collection, which is housed at the libraries of the University of California, Riverside, is the largest publicly-accessible collection of...
- Presentation
12:00
12:00
- Rhysling & Dwarf Stars Awards San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Nominees for each year's Rhysling Awards are selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Each member is allowed to nomina...
- Award
13:00
13:00
- What Would Happen If We Could Easily Publish Fanfic San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Politics and legalities of fanfic, now and in the future. How does it affect what we write? Does the new e-publishing fanfic imprints change the ga...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- Prometheus Awards San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The Libertarian Futurist Society presents its annual Prometheus Award for best freedom-oriented novel and Hall of Fame Award for best classic freed...
- Award
15:00
15:00
- Klingon Language Lecture San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen may be a Hugo & Nebula nominated author, but he's also the founder and director of the Klingon Language Institute, where for...
- Presentation
16:00
16:00
- Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Asteroids but Were Afraid to Ask San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Learn about the history of the discovery of asteroids and what asteroids are made of. What have robotic missions found? Is there a danger of Earth...
- Talk
17:00
17:00
- The State of Sword & Sorcery: New Trends San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Sword and Sorcery is alive and well! If you're not up on the new trends and directions, now is your chance to check out what's going on in this mod...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- Higgs Bosons, Neutrinos, B-Mesons, Oh My! San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Since the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson, particle physics has been getting a lot of press. But what is it and why should we care? Aren't ther...
- Presentation
19:00
19:00
- Ray Palmer and "Psi-Fi" San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Ray Palmer (1910-1977), controversial editor of Amazing Stories in the 1940s, championed as true Richard Shaver's stories that featured an undergro...
- Talk
20:00
20:00
- Sleep Dealer: Futuristic Science Fiction Film San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Sleep Dealer explores ways in which technology both oppresses and connects migrants by depicting a dystopian future. [1] A fortified wall has ended...
- Film / Video
21:00
21:00
- Elysium Movie Panel San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
23:00
23:00
- Writing Erotica San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 23:00 EDT - 0:00 EDT | 1 hour
- How do you write great sex scenes? What should be mentioned, and what left to the imagination? Can you write a good sex scene that runs counter to ...
- Discussion Panels
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13:00
- Sidewise Award for Alternate History San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Award
14:00
14:00
- Xenoarchaeology in SF San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Xenoarchaeology, a field of hypothetical science concerned with the physical remains of extraterrestrial civilizations, can be traced back to the G...
- Discussion Panels
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15:00
- Publishing Intermediaries in the Digital Age San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Agents. Editors. Publishers. All obsolete in the digital age, right? We find out how useful these experts are and what services they can provide to...
- Discussion Panels
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- Publisher Spotlight: Angry Robot San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Publisher Presentation
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- The Shift from Print Publishing to E-Publishing San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The acceptance of (and enthusiasm for) electronic publication has increased dramatically in the past two years. E-book sales are up, and fans are r...
- Discussion Panels
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18:00
- Tachyon Publications Presents San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Publisher Presentation
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19:00
- James Webb Space Telescope: Overview and Status San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Talk
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11:00
- Space Law San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- What legal framework exists and is being created as more governmental and corporate interests move out into the solar system? Our speaker is a law ...
- Presentation
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12:00
- Should SF Consider the Aspects of the Future rather than Predicting the Future? San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
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13:00
- Firearms in the Victorian Era San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The Science of Victorian Firearms Fact is stranger than fiction. Take a look at the real history of firearms throughout the Victorian era. See the...
- Talk
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14:00
- Who Painted That! San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- How can you tell who the artist is? Ever look at a book and wonder who painted that wonderful/awful cover? Listen to the artists and collectors tel...
- Discussion Panels
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15:00
- Fantastic Victoriana: The True Roots of Steampunk San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Where did Steampunk come from? Was it Jules Verne, or the Wild Wild West? Our panel of experts will kick it around and come up with a Must Read lis...
- Discussion Panels
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16:00
- Getting Research Right in Historical Fiction San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- How much research needs to be done when writing a story set in an historical period? How far can you stray before readers will notice? Do the reade...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Christmas with the Dead San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 17:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 3 hours
- Christmas with the Dead, directed by T. L. Lankford, is a 2012 film based on a story by Joe Lansdale. The author will talk about the making of the ...
- Screening
11:00
11:00
- Summer Blockbusters - 2013 San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- This year's summer blockbusters are now (almost) history. Iron Man 3, Star Trek...it's all over but the long form Hugo nominations. Let's discuss t...
- Discussion Panels
12:00
12:00
- Higgs Boson Found: Where do We Go from Here? San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The long-anticipated Higgs boson was observed at CERN last year, providing exciting confirmation of a prediction made in 1964. What discoveries m...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Anthology Building and World Domination: A Primer San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Editing an anthology is a lot like ruling the world. No, really! Rick Klaw shares some of his Machiavellian secrets for anyone who is considering p...
- Presentation
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15:00
- Computers Using DNA for Storage San Antonio Convention Center - 008A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- A recent paper in Nature announced an encoding method makes it possible to store at least 100 million hours of high-definition video in about a cup...
- Discussion Panels