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San Antonio Convention Center
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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 ...
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Is Gibson Getting Out of Hand?
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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The Practice of Space Medicine
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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Contaminating Other Worlds
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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 ...
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All of Biology in One Hour or Less
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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 ...
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Regency Dance
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Event
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...
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A Virtual Tour of the World's Largest Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Rhysling & Dwarf Stars Awards
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Prometheus Awards
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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Klingon Language Lecture
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
Presentation
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...
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Ray Palmer and "Psi-Fi"
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Talk
Ray Palmer (1910-1977), controversial editor of Amazing Stories in the 1940s, championed as true Richard Shaver's stories that featured an undergro...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Elysium Movie Panel
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Discussion Panels
John K Strickland Jr. (Moderator)
Clifford (Kip) McMurray (Participant)
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Writing Erotica
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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 ...
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Sidewise Award for Alternate History
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Award
Steven Silver (Moderator)
Evelyn Leeper (Moderator)
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Xenoarchaeology in SF
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Publisher Spotlight: Angry Robot
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Publisher Presentation
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Tachyon Publications Presents
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
Publisher Presentation
Jacob Weisman (Moderator)
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
Talk
Laura Burns (Participant)
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Space Law
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Presentation
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 ...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
Discussion Panels
Myke Cole (Moderator)
Tobias Buckell (Participant)
Trina Marie Phillips (Participant)
Charles E. Gannon (Participant)
Catherynne M. Valente (Participant)
Damien Broderick (Potential)
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Firearms in the Victorian Era
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Talk
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...
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Who Painted That!
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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Christmas with the Dead
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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 ...
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Summer Blockbusters - 2013
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
- 008A
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...
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San Antonio Convention Center
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Presentation
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...
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Computers Using DNA for Storage
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San Antonio Convention Center
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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...