Sessions
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11:00
- Press Conference San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- An Open Source Package for Managing the Hugo Awards Process San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Presentation
16:00
16:00
- SF Authors Who Used to Do Art San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Texas History Movies: The First Comic Book of Texas San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Presentation
19:00
19:00
- 5 Cons: A 21st Century Fandom Documentary - Interviews San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Interview
20:00
20:00
- Miss Understanding's Open Forum on Manners for Geek Culture San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
21:00
21:00
- Name That Tune! San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Compete for prizes, egoboo and bragging rights. We challenge you to identify a dizzying array of songs, composers and artists, as cruel gamesmeiste...
- Game Show
22:00
22:00
- Hugo Nominee - Doctor Who:The Angels Take Manhattan San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 22:00 EDT - 23:15 EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Film / Video
11:00
11:00
- How to Convert a Book into E-Book Format San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- This presentation will walk you through the basics of converting manuscripts into EPUB and MOBI formats using freeware programs Sigil and Calibre. ...
- Workshop
12:00
12:00
- Fans and Academia San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- The Relationship Between Writers and Editors San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- The History of Texas San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Presentation
15:00
15:00
- Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- A powerpoint presentation of world views and concepts of the solar system throughout history. The presentation will be illustrated with images tak...
- Presentation
16:00
16:00
- The Worldcon Masquerade San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Among Books: Resources at the Public Library San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- Bad Science of Laser Weapons in Science Fiction San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Presentation
19:00
19:00
- SF in Japan San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
20:00
20:00
- Reading: Yasser Bahjatt San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 20:00 EDT - 20:30 EDT | 30 minutes
- Reading
20:30
20:30
- Reading: Elizabeth Moon San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 20:30 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 30 minutes
- Reading
21:00
21:00
- Hubert Rogers and the Status of SF in America San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Presentation
11:00
11:00
- History of San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Presentation
12:00
12:00
- Yard Dog Press San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Publisher Presentation
13:00
13:00
- Poetry Inside Out: Bridging Cultures through Language San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Can you translate extraordinary poems from their original language and reach a new audience? Will a different language deliver the same impact and...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- Punking It: Lowlife, Dystopia, and the Punk Suffix San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Cyberpunk, steampunk, clockpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, martial punk: speculative fiction has seen a heavy influx of sub-genres bearing the "punk" su...
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- Screenplay Structure for Novelists: From the Screen to the Printed Page San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Learn how novelists apply Hollywood screenwriting techniques to enhance character, plot & theme in their manuscripts. Lou's presentation is always ...
- Presentation
16:00
16:00
- Short Stories - What's Next? San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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 ...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- First Female Cover Artist of the Pulp Era: Margaret Brundage San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Presentation
18:00
18:00
- How Arab SF could Dream a Better Future San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Talk
11:00
11:00
- Pencils, Paints, and Pixels San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Three professional artists will each present two or three finished professional artworks and describe the process of creating them from start to fi...
- Presentation
12:00
12:00
- Disaster and the Literature of the Supernatural San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Space is Really the Old West San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- The Heinlein Society Annual Meeting San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 14:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 2 hours
- Special Interest Group
16:00
16:00
- Judging Something by Its Cover San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Texas Fandom Before LoneStarCon 1 San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- Masquerade Post-Show San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
19:00
19:00
- Adapting Costumes for Plus-Size Bodies San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
10:00
10:00
- Teaching SF Workshop San Antonio Convention Center - 101B
- 10:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 5 hours
- Workshop