Sessions
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- Classics Book Group: The Glass Bead Game San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Book discussion
16:00
16:00
- What Makes a Review Great? San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Many of use rely on reviews to point us at new authors and new and interesting work from people whose work we know. What makes a review useful, e...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Moderating Panels: A Primer San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Moderators can often make or break a program item. This presentation will help potential (and experienced) moderators make their program items focu...
- Talk
18:00
18:00
- Deus Ex Graphica: The Role of Mythology in Comics San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Is Superman a Christ Figure? Is Batman an urban myth? Just how Greco-Roman is Wonder Woman, anyway? Any why is Marvel's Thor blonde? Get the ans...
- Discussion Panels
20:00
20:00
- Mark Protection Committee Meeting San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- The Mark Protection Committee manages the service marks ("Worldcon", "Hugo Award", etc.) of the World Science Fiction Society. The committee, whic...
- Special Interest Group
11:15
11:15
- Beyond the Barbarian: Robert E. Howard's Other Heroes San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 11:15 EDT - 12:15 EDT | 1 hour
- L. Sprague de Camp notably said that all of Howard's characters are "essentially cut from the same cloth." Nothing could be further from the truth....
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- "What If" Moments in History San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- How would things have turned out if Charlemagne died as a young man held hostage by the Turks? What if Henry Wallace succeeded FDR instead of Trum...
16:00
16:00
- SF/F and the College Classroom San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- What are the essential components of teaching SF/F on a college level? In what disciplines will such courses be found? Can SF/F stories be importan...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- Two-Gun Bob: The Somewhat True Tales of Robert E. Howard San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Writing a biography is an inexact science, and it's made all the more difficult when the subject in question was less than truthful about what they...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- Trivia for Chocolate San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- "Danger! Danger!" [Quick, who said that?] Questions (and chocolate) fly thick and fast as we challenge you with trivial tropes and topics taken fr...
- Game Show
20:00
20:00
- Showing off Your Costume San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 20:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
21:00
21:00
- Surviving the Masquerade San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 21:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
11:00
11:00
- Welcome to LoneStarCon 3: Enjoying Your First Worldcon San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- New to Worldcon? Our panel will offer tips for jumping into the social milieu and staying healthy. There are traditions and terminology you should ...
- Discussion Panels
12:00
12:00
- Wizarding Wears on a Knut San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Presentation
13:00
13:00
- The Howard Boom: Barbarians, Fanzines, and the 1970s San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Robert E. Howard fans have always been vocal, and they took to fanzines during the heyday with aplomb. Battle-scarred veterans of the Howard fanzin...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- National/Continental Conventions: What makes Them Unique? San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- How to Scare Your Reader San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- Shopping for Costuming San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Where do you get all those cool things that complete a costume? From fabric sources and construction tools to wigs, accessories, and shoes, come a...
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- E-Comics, E-Publishing, and the Death of the Android's Dungeon San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Digital comics are here, and they are only getting bigger. Our panelists have sold comics online in various forms long before this new trend. Is th...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- From Fanzine to Magazine Editor San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
11:00
11:00
- Chicano Science Fiction San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Is there a subgenre of Chicano-authored SF literature? Why or why not? How has the Chicano protagonist been portrayed in mainstream SF--archetypes ...
- Discussion Panels
12:00
12:00
- E-Pubbing Your Ish San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Are the days of cranking out fanzines on Gestetner, mimeo, or hectograph behind us? Is there any reason for paper copies anymore, or are e-readers ...
- Discussion Panels
13:00
13:00
- Living with a Creator San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Is egoboo a strong influence on our successful authors and artists? What's more important to the success of an artist -- talent or a spouse with re...
- Discussion Panels
14:00
14:00
- Gender Roles in Game of Thrones San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Our panelists look at the how gender has played out in this popular show. What differences are there in how female characters are portrayed in the ...
- Discussion Panels
15:00
15:00
- There's a Fan for That San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Science fiction fans tend to practice polyfannery -- enthusiasm for more than one hobby. And what's more interesting that fans talking about a subj...
- Discussion Panels
16:00
16:00
- Into Darkness: Horror and Dark Fantasy San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Discussion Panels
17:00
17:00
- You Can't Cosplay That San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | 1 hour
- A discussion on the social issues of costuming and cosplay. What is 'cosplay culture' and how is it good or bad? How does gender and race play in...
- Discussion Panels
18:00
18:00
- Fancyclopedia 3: Almost Everything You Should Know about Fandom San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
- 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | 1 hour
- Fancyclopedia 1 was 98 pages when Jack Speer published it in 1943; in 1959: Dick Eney's Fancyclopedia 2 encoumpased 250 pages. It's now 2013 and Fa...
- Discussion Panels