Sessions
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14:00
- Feedback - Thursday San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 14:00 EDT - 14:30 EDT | 30 minutes
- Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- How to Obtain an Agent San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- You've written something. You're pleased with it. You're finally ready to shop it out. You think it might get published. How do you search for an ...
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- The WSFS Business Meeting: How Does It Work? San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- 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 ...
- Discussion Panels
20:00
20:00
- The Business Side of Writing San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- So you've written a novel. What's next? How do you get an agent, get published, market to readers, network, avoid scams... writing was only the be...
- Discussion Panels
21:00
21:00
- Getting the Most Out of Writing Workshops San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | 1 hour
- How do you choose which type of workshops are best for you? How do you make the most of the experience once you've decided to attend and your appl...
- Discussion Panels
10:30
10:30
- Feedback - Friday San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 10:30 EDT - 11:00 EDT | 30 minutes
- Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
- Discussion Panels
11:00
11:00
- Graphic Novels You Should be Reading San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Need a new series to get hooked on? Maybe you just want to broaden your reading interests. Our panelists will help you find the perfect books. Ther...
- Discussion Panels
12:00
12:00
- The Revolutionary 50s: How SF Changed San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Alfred Bester, Philip Jose Farmer, Fred Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth, Ted Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith and others changed SF in some startling ways in the 19...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Fan Funds: Prelude to Fannish Dominance San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- The Future of the Small Press San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- Music and Science Fiction San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- Galleries, Conventions, Symposia, Oh My! San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Literary Estates San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Do you have a will? No one likes to think about making a will. But one of the components of an estate is intellectual property. Literary and arti...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- The Future of Fandom San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- What would your ideal fannish world of the future be like? What would we need to change to create that better world for us and future generations o...
- Discussion Panels
19:00
19:00
- Gender in Manga and Anime San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Manga and Anime, as inviting and open as they may seem, are at heart the products of Japan's culture. Despite its technological advancement, Japan ...
- Discussion Panels
20:00
20:00
- It's Time to Crowdsource a Firefly Movie San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Crowdsourcing a cult movie like a Firefly sequel should be a given, right? So if Veronica Mars can raise 5 million, how much could be raised for F...
- Discussion Panels
8:00
8:00
- Feedback - Saturday San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 8:00 EDT - 8:30 EDT | 30 minutes
- Let us know how we're doing so far. Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things w...
12:00
12:00
- Author by Day, Poet by Night San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- A number of authors are also poets in the fields of fantasy and science fiction. Our panelists discuss current and past masters of the craft and th...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Food in Science Fiction and/or Fantasy San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- From soylent green, to vat-grown protein, to descriptions of lavish meals in Game of Thrones, food is depicted in many forms in science fiction and...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- Like a Metaphor: Ongoing Relations between Poetry and Science San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- Should SF/F be Covert Commentary on Current Social Issues San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The science fiction genre has long provided a useful vehicle for discussing controversial contemporary issues and has frequently offered insightful...
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- Anime versus SF/F Conventions San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- A look at the differences in the culture between Anime and SF/F conventions. Why do some people think one or the other is scary? Are either really...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Picturing the South San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- The Changing Economics of Book Production and Distribution San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
10:30
10:30
- Feedback - Sunday San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 10:30 EDT - 11:00 EDT | 30 minutes
- Discussion Panels
11:00
11:00
- Keeping Flirtation within Boundaries San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- You can't rely on body language alone. If you're worried about being inappropriate, we'll give you some tips on how to avoid social gaffes. The wor...
- Workshop
12:00
12:00
- Body Shaping and Support San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- HEY! KIDS COMICS! The Return of Kid-Friendly Books San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Comics spent so many years being dark and spooky, they forgot that it's the kids who grow up and become new fans. There's a wealth of all ages frie...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- The Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Westerns of Robert E. Howard San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- At the end of his life, Robert E. Howard was making good money writing humorous, and also very dark, westerns. In fact, westerns abound all through...
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- Introduction to Eurocons San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- Reading: John Scalzi San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Reading
17:00
17:00
- Illustrated Story Telling San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Demonstration
18:00
18:00
- Where have the Ghost Stories Gone? San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Ghost stories used to be a major part of literature, from Victorian times though the first half the Twentieth Century. Charles Dickens, M.R. James,...
- Discussion Panels
10:30
10:30
- Feedback - Monday San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 10:30 EDT - 11:00 EDT | 30 minutes
- Discussion Panels
11:00
11:00
- Comic Book Movies: From the Page to the Screen San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- There have been more comic book movies in the past decade than in the entire 20th century combined. How do they hold up? What are the best and the ...
- Discussion Panels
12:00
12:00
- Dreamtime: Oz Fandom Then and Now San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Dyeing and Dye Techniques San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- "An Age Undreamed Of...": World Building with Robert E. Howard San Antonio Convention Center - 102A
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Critics have argued that Howard threw Conan's Hyborean Age together with "careless haste." In fact, Howard was a meticulous world-builder. And not ...
- Discussion Panels