San Antonio Convention Center - 008A

Sessions

Thursday 29 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
14:00
14:00
The First Barbarian of Texas: Conan the Cimmerian
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Mark Finn (Moderator)

Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Participant)

Patrice Louinet (Participant)

John Maddox Roberts (Participant)

Marie Bilodeau (Participant)

Harry Turtledove (Potential)

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 ...
15:00
15:00
Is Gibson Getting Out of Hand?
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Arlan Andrews (Moderator)

Jordin Kare (Participant)

David Tucker (Participant)

Corry L. Lee (Potential)

Is corporate control of research and the drive for short-term profit crippling scientific innovation and basic research? Do established companies a...
16:00
16:00
The Practice of Space Medicine
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Janet Freeman-Daily (Moderator)

Nick Kanas M.D. (Participant)

W. A. (Bill) Thomasson (Participant)

H. G. Stratmann (Participant)

Brad Aiken (Participant)

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...
17:00
17:00
Contaminating Other Worlds
1 hour, 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Charles Walther (Moderator)

Patrice Sarath (Participant)

John K Strickland Jr. (Participant)

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...
19:00
19:00
Sacrificing Earth: The Politics and Science of Ecology
1 hour, 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Patricia MacEwen (Moderator)

Tore Hoie (Participant)

John K Strickland Jr. (Participant)

Mike Shepherd Moscoe (Participant)

D. Douglas Fratz (Participant)

Grant Carrington (Potential)

Elizabeth Kulbert said "It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but ...
20:00
20:00
All of Biology in One Hour or Less
1 hour, 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT

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Presentation

Sam Scheiner (Participant)

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 ...
22:00
22:00
Regency Dance
2 hours, 22:00 EDT - 0:00 EDT

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Event

John Hertz (Moderator)

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...

Friday 30 August, 2013

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11:00
11:00
A Virtual Tour of the World's Largest Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
1 hour, 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT
Signup required

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Presentation

Melissa Conway (Participant)

Julia D. Ree (Participant)

The Eaton Collection, which is housed at the libraries of the University of California, Riverside, is the largest publicly-accessible collection of...
12:00
12:00
Rhysling & Dwarf Stars Awards
1 hour, 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT

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Award

David Lee Summers (Moderator)

Nominees for each year's Rhysling Awards are selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Each member is allowed to nomina...
13:00
13:00
What Would Happen If We Could Easily Publish Fanfic
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Moderator)

Gareth Kavanagh (Participant)

Lee Billings (Participant)

Melinda M. Snodgrass (Participant)

Lois McMaster Bujold (Potential)

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...
14:00
14:00
Prometheus Awards
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

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Award

Fran Van Cleave (Moderator)

The Libertarian Futurist Society presents its annual Prometheus Award for best freedom-oriented novel and Hall of Fame Award for best classic freed...
15:00
15:00
Klingon Language Lecture
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Presentation

Lawrence M. Schoen (Participant)

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...
16:00
16:00
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Asteroids but Were Afraid to Ask
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

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Talk

Clifford (Kip) McMurray (Participant)

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...
17:00
17:00
The State of Sword & Sorcery: New Trends
1 hour, 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Stina Leicht (Moderator)

Lou Anders, Accedian Networks (Participant)

Chris Willrich (Participant)

Sam Sykes (Participant)

Saladin Ahmed, AARE (Participant)

Django Wexler (Potential)

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...
18:00
18:00
Higgs Bosons, Neutrinos, B-Mesons, Oh My!
1 hour, 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT

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Presentation

Corry L. Lee (Moderator)

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...
19:00
19:00
Ray Palmer and "Psi-Fi"
1 hour, 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

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Talk

Fred Nadis (Participant)

Ray Palmer (1910-1977), controversial editor of Amazing Stories in the 1940s, championed as true Richard Shaver's stories that featured an undergro...
20:00
20:00
Sleep Dealer: Futuristic Science Fiction Film
1 hour, 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT

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Film / Video

Sleep Dealer explores ways in which technology both oppresses and connects migrants by depicting a dystopian future. [1] A fortified wall has ended...
21:00
21:00
Elysium Movie Panel
1 hour, 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

John K Strickland Jr. (Moderator)

Clifford (Kip) McMurray (Participant)

23:00
23:00
Writing Erotica
1 hour, 23:00 EDT - 0:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Mary Anne Mohanraj (Moderator)

Jean Johnson (Participant)

Amy Paul (Participant)

Paige E. Ewing (Participant)

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 ...

Saturday 31 August, 2013

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13:00
13:00
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

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Award

Steven Silver (Moderator)

Evelyn Leeper (Moderator)

14:00
14:00
Xenoarchaeology in SF
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Jack McDevitt (Moderator)

Marianne Dyson (Participant)

Charles E. Gannon (Participant)

William Ledbetter (Participant)

Peni Griffin (Participant)

Martha Wells (Potential)

Xenoarchaeology, a field of hypothetical science concerned with the physical remains of extraterrestrial civilizations, can be traced back to the G...
15:00
15:00
Publishing Intermediaries in the Digital Age
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Steve Jackson (Moderator)

Tom Doherty (Participant)

Irene Gallo (Participant)

Joshua Bilmes (Participant)

Betsy Mitchell, ACME Inc. (Participant)

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...
16:00
16:00
Publisher Spotlight: Angry Robot
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

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Publisher Presentation

Lee Harris (Moderator)

17:00
17:00
The Shift from Print Publishing to E-Publishing
1 hour, 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Kirsten Gong-Wong (Moderator)

Michelle Sagara (Participant)

John Klima (Participant)

Betsy Mitchell, ACME Inc. (Participant)

Hugh Howey (Participant)

Alan Stewart, New York Times (Potential)

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...
18:00
18:00
Tachyon Publications Presents
1 hour, 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT

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Publisher Presentation

Jacob Weisman (Moderator)

19:00
19:00
James Webb Space Telescope: Overview and Status
1 hour, 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

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Talk

Laura Burns (Participant)

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
Space Law
1 hour, 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

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Presentation

Art Dula (Participant)

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 ...
12:00
12:00
Should SF Consider the Aspects of the Future rather than Predicting the Future?
1 hour, 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Myke Cole (Moderator)

Tobias Buckell (Participant)

Trina Marie Phillips (Participant)

Charles E. Gannon (Participant)

Catherynne M. Valente (Participant)

Damien Broderick (Potential)

13:00
13:00
Firearms in the Victorian Era
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

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Talk

Drew Heyen (Participant)

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...
14:00
14:00
Who Painted That!
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Mark L. Olson (Moderator)

Karen Haber (Participant)

Lou Anders, Accedian Networks (Participant)

Joe Siclari (Participant)

John Picacio (Participant)

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...
15:00
15:00
Fantastic Victoriana: The True Roots of Steampunk
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Jess Nevins (Moderator)

David Boop (Participant)

Nathan Williams (Participant)

Drew Heyen (Participant)

David Liss (Potential)

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...
16:00
16:00
Getting Research Right in Historical Fiction
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Rick Wilber (Moderator)

Laura Frankos (Participant)

Barbara Galler-Smith (Participant)

Harry Turtledove (Participant)

Kay Kenyon (Participant)

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...
17:00
17:00
Christmas with the Dead
3 hours, 17:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

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Screening

Kasey Lansdale (Participant)

Joe Lansdale (Participant)

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 ...

Monday 2 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
Summer Blockbusters - 2013
1 hour, 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Mark Oshiro (Moderator)

Melinda M. Snodgrass (Participant)

Elektra Hammond (Participant)

Heather Urbanski (Participant)

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...
12:00
12:00
Higgs Boson Found: Where do We Go from Here?
1 hour, 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Kevin Roche (Moderator)

Vernita Gordon (Participant)

Corry L. Lee (Participant)

Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Participant)

David Tucker (Participant)

The long-anticipated Higgs boson was observed at CERN last year, providing exciting confirmation of a prediction made in 1964. What discoveries m...
13:00
13:00
Anthology Building and World Domination: A Primer
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

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Presentation

Rick Klaw (Participant)

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...
15:00
15:00
Computers Using DNA for Storage
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Helen Umberger (Moderator)

John Wardale (Participant)

Andy Andretti (Participant)

Glenn Glazer (Participant)

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...