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  • What Makes a Review Great?
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  • 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
    Industry
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  • Moderating Panels: A Primer
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  • Moderators can often make or break a program item. This presentation will help potential (and experienced) moderators make their program items focu...
  • Talk
    Workshop
    ConventionsPopulated?Workshop
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  • Deus Ex Graphica: The Role of Mythology in Comics
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  • 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
    FinnComicsMythologyMythologyLiterature
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  • Mark Protection Committee Meeting
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  • The Mark Protection Committee manages the service marks ("Worldcon", "Hugo Award", etc.) of the World Science Fiction Society. The committee, whic...
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    WorldconsPopulatedSIG

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  • Beyond the Barbarian: Robert E. Howard's Other Heroes
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  • 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....
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    FinnLiteratureRobert E. Howard
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  • "What If" Moments in History
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  • 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...
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  • SF/F and the College Classroom
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  • 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...
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    EducationPopulatedAcademic
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  • Two-Gun Bob: The Somewhat True Tales of Robert E. Howard
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • 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
    FinnRobert E. HowardTexas AuthorsRobert E. HowardLiterature
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  • Trivia for Chocolate
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • "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
    Fannish
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  • Showing off Your Costume
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    CostumingCostuming
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  • Surviving the Masquerade
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • Discussion Panels
    CostumingCostuming

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  • Welcome to LoneStarCon 3: Enjoying Your First Worldcon
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • New to Worldcon? Our panel will offer tips for jumping into the social milieu and staying healthy. There are traditions and terminology you should ...
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    PopulatedFannishConventions
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  • The Howard Boom: Barbarians, Fanzines, and the 1970s
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  • 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...
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    FinnRobert E. HowardPopulatedFannish
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  • How to Scare Your Reader
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    HorrorPopulated/spikeIndustry
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  • Shopping for Costuming
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  • 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...
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    CostumingCostuming
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  • E-Comics, E-Publishing, and the Death of the Android's Dungeon
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  • 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...
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    FinnWeb ComicsComicsIndustry
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  • Chicano Science Fiction
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • Is there a subgenre of Chicano-authored SF literature? Why or why not? How has the Chicano protagonist been portrayed in mainstream SF--archetypes ...
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    SpanishNeed Precis
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  • E-Pubbing Your Ish
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  • 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 ...
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    PopulatedFannish
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  • Living with a Creator
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  • 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...
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    PopulatedFannish
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  • Gender Roles in Game of Thrones
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  • 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 ...
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    Media
    MediaGenderAdaptationsGame Of Thrones
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  • There's a Fan for That
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • Science fiction fans tend to practice polyfannery -- enthusiasm for more than one hobby. And what's more interesting that fans talking about a subj...
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    FannishHobbies
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  • You Can't Cosplay That
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  • 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...
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    CostumingCostuming
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  • Fancyclopedia 3: Almost Everything You Should Know about Fandom
    • San Antonio Convention Center - 102B
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  • 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...
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    Fan HistoryFandomFannish