Norwescon Panels By Track
Alternative
Goth on a Budget! Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 6
FanFic Faves Thursday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 5
The Answer is “No” Because You’ll Die Thursday 11:00 p.m. Cascade 8
You’re So Goth Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Sexuality and Fandom Friday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 6
BDSM 101 Friday 11:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Polyamory 101 Friday Midnight Cascade 6
LGBT in Fandom Saturday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Fandom Hook-ups Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Gender and Sexuality in SF/F Saturday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Sex Tech Saturday 11:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Advanced BDSM Saturday Midnight Cascade 6
Advanced Polyamory Saturday 1:00 a.m. Cascade 6
FanFic and You Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 7
NetSex Sunday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Art
Pencil Thursday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Fingertip Fantasies Thursday 4:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Artists’ SF/F Pictionary (2 hrs) Thursday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Have More Than One at a Time Thursday 6:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Other Evolutions Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 13
Butch Honeck: Lost Wax Castings in Bronze – Slide Show Friday 11:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Cute & Cloying Friday Noon Cascade13
Oil or Acrylic Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Breaking Into Comics & Cartooning Friday 1:00p.m. Cascade 8
Air Brush Demo Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Intro to the Third Dimension Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Artwork for the Gamers! Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Paper Movies Friday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Designing For Impact Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 13
The Rest of the Picture Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Watercolor Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Ready for Prime Time Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Artist Jam: Dragon in an Hour Friday 7:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Studio designs Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Intro to Flat Media Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Women in Art Friday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 4
The Fantastical Types Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 13
Workshop: Polymer Clay Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 13
A Surface Is Not Just A Color Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 13
To Build A Dragon Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Threat and Danger Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 13
John Picacio: The Work of a Master – Slide Show Saturday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Mech Tech Saturday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Dragons of the World Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 13
The Color of Life Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 13
Developing Your Portfolio Sunday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 3
Buying Art At Conventions Sunday Noon Cascade 10
Light and Shadow Sunday Noon Cascade 13
Artists’ Shootout Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 13
What am I Worth? Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 7
The Starting Line Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Costuming
Revamping Hats Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 13
So, You Want to be a Courtesan Thursday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Fantasy Fabric Trapunto Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Thrift Store Suit to Victorian Frock Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Fab Looks for Fluffy Girls Thursday 8:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Creature Construction: Things that go Bump in the Night
You've Put It On - Now How Do You Take It Off? Thursday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Blade Runner Costumes Friday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Fifties Fantasy Costumes Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Dragonian Design Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Super Mommy & Kid Wonder Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 9
Reinvention of the Witch Friday Noon Cascade 7
Costumer Death Match: Duct Tape & Trash Bag Challenge (2 hr)
Prom Dress to Fairy Queen Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Flower Fantasy Fashion Smackdown Friday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Historical Accuracy vs. Theatrical Realities Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Staffs, Maces, Scepters, Wands and More…. Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Single Pattern Contest Judging Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Single Pattern Contest Show & Tell Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Tim Burton’s Wonderland Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Gothic Horror Costumes Friday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 5
The Golden Age of Elizabethan Clothing Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Contemporary Asian Fantasy Costumes Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 8
German Mercenaries Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 9
Seattle Opera Trunk Show (2 hrs) Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 9
Movie Costumes: A Year in Review Saturday Noon Cascade 4
Alternate Universe Costuming: Egypt Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Hi Tech (or Low Tech) Costumes Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Napoleonic Military Uniforms Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Cultural Pirate Costumes Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Steam Punk Fusion Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Rome is Not All Togas Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Fantasy Armor Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 6
Plastics in Costuming Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Editing
Genre Busting Thursday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Publishing Bloopers Thursday 5:00p.m. Cascade 7
Does Your Gender Matter When You're Marketing Your Fiction? Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Preparing Your Manuscript for Submission Friday Noon Cascade 10
The Liars’ Panel: A Guarantee Way to Sell That 1000 Page First Manuscript of Yours
Breaking in Through the Small Press Friday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Maintaining a Long-Running Series Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Short Fiction Markets Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 9
The Cover’s Just There to Grab Your Eye Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Giving it Away Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 7
What Do Editors Do, Anyway? Sunday Noon Evergreen 3
How to Make an Editor Cry Sunday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Education
Incorporating Fantasy and Science Fiction into K-12 Education Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Getting the Tale Write… Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Reverse Engineering an Ion Engine in High School Auto Shop - OK!
Getting a Jump on SF&F Art Education Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Dragons by Design - Using Dragons in Art Education, a hands-on approach
Playing with History - Wheeee! Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Quelling Fantasy Fears Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Hands-on Interactive Education Sunday Noon Cascade 5
Event
Norwescon 31 Opening Ceremonies Thursday 7:00 p.m., Evergreens 1 & 2
Friends of Bill W. Thursday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 1 & 2
Writer’s Koffee Klatch Friday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Poets and Artists Koffee Klatch Friday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Master Payne Magic Show Friday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Movie Previews Friday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
WEIRD TALES: The Oldest, the Newest, the Sexiest Friday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Philip K. Dick Award Ceremony and Reception (1 ½ hrs) Friday 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom 2
Friends of Bill W. Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 1 & 2
Autograph Session 1 Saturday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 1 & 2
Autograph Session 2 Saturday Noon Evergreen 1 & 2
Reading: Naomi Novik, Special Guest of Honor Saturday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Reading: Dan Simmons, Writer Guest of Honor Saturday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Friends of Bill W. Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 1&2
Ciruelo, Artist Guest of Honor – Art Demo Sunday 10:00 a.m. Evergreen 1 & 2
Reading: Dan Simmons, Writer Guest of Honor Sunday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 1 & 2
Movie Previews Sunday Noon Evergreens 1 & 2
Art and Charity Auction Sunday Noon Grand Ballroom 2
Norwescon 31 Onions & Roses Sunday 4:00 p.m. Evergreens 3 & 4
Norwescon 31 Closing Ceremonies Sunday 5:00 p.m. Evergreens 3 & 4
Family
Your Mother Dresses You Funny Thursday 1:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Movie Matinee “Pete’s Dragon” (2 hours) Thursday 2:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Story Hour – The Doctor Is In Thursday 5:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Eragon’s Dragon Egg Workshop, Part 1 (2 hrs) Friday 10:00 a.m. Olympic 1
Family Movie Previews (2 hrs) Friday Noon Olympic 1
Top Hats, Bonnets, Crowns & Tiaras Friday 2:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Story hour – Uncle Wiggily & Friends Friday 4:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Is There Life On Uranus? Saturday 10:00 a.m. Olympic 1
Life After Harry: What’s A Young Reader To Do Now? Saturday 11:00 a.m. Olympic 1
Pokemon Tournament (2 hrs) Saturday Noon Olympic 1
Story Hour: Shakespeare For Kids Saturday 2:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Eragon’s Dragon Egg Workshop, Part 2 Saturday 4:00 p.m. Olympic 1 (2 hours)
Easter Egg Hunts (2 hrs) Sunday 10:00 a.m. Olympic 1
Easter Bonnet Parade Sunday Noon Olympic 1
Easter Carnival (2 hrs) Sunday 1:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Fannish
We Have Met the Borg, and They Will Be Us Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Clay O Rama (2 hrs) Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Fannish Housekeeping Friday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 1
Wonders of the Psychic World Friday Noon Cascade 8
Fanning the Flames of Romance Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 5
How to Maintain a Fansite Friday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Turncoats: A Radio Drama Brought to You by Mr. Universe Friday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Preparing Yourself for the Zombie Invasion (2 hrs) Friday 7:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Klingon Speak 101 Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Stitch & Bitch/Knit Out (2 hrs) Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 13
The Best SF&F to Subvert your Nieces and Nephews With
Hobbit Country Dancing (2 hrs) Saturday 10:00 a.m. Evergreen 4
Make Your Own Fantasy Balloon Animals! Saturday Noon Cascade 8
Fen Eye for the Mundane Guy Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Tengwar (Elvish Caligraphy) Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 5
NWC Fannish Memorial Sunday Noon Cascade 7
Volunteerism in Fandom Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Fantasy
It Don't Work That Way--Fantasy Tropes That Defy Reality
Contempo-Epic-Slipstream-Gothic: What Do Sub-genre Labels Mean?
The Inverted Fantasy Hero Thursday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 4
War And Combat in Fantasy Friday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 5
How to Write and Sell Urban Fantasy Friday Noon Cascade 6
From Page to Shelf Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 9
The Hills are Alive Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 6
The Social Mirror--Social and Political Issues as Reflected in Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Neither Fish Nor Fowl - Mixing Genres in Fantasy/Horror/SF Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Die Laughing Horror's Not Funny! Or is it? Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 6
The Creepy Doll: Fear of the Inanimate in Horror Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Non-Western Mythologies--Inspiration from Other Places Friday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Stealing Time: Utilizing Historical Fact and Research in Fantasy and Alternate History
Characters in Liquid Form--Weres and Shapeshifters in Fantasy Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Crime and Fantasy: How Do You Solve a Crime in a Magical World?
The Elements of Fear: What Makes Horror Effective Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 6
To Heck With St. George, Bring On the Dragons! Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Sex, Sex, Sex...Where Does Fantasy Draw The Line? Saturday Noon Cascade 7
Detectives from Hell: Mystery Protagonists in Fantasy/Horror/SF
Heroine's Journey Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 5
What Makes The Horny Little Devil So Red Hot? Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 10
It Takes a Village to Raise a Zombie Saturday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Why We Want Magic and the Paranormal Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 7
My Mage Can Beat Up Your Mage Sunday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Filk
Housefilk, Filkcon, and Filking at a Gencon Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Mad Lib Filk Thursday 9:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Spooky Songs Sing-a-Long Thursday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Thursday Night Chaos Circle Thursday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Science Sing-a-Long Friday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 3
Filk 101 Friday Noon Evergreen 1
Joss Whedon Sing-a-Long Friday Noon Evergreen 3
Paleofilk Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Dragon Sing-a-Long Friday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Alexander James Adams Concert: (2 hrs) Friday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Kinderfilk Friday 5:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Filk Concerts - Friday Eve: Friday 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Lois McMaster Bujold Sing-a-Long Friday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Filk Open Circle Friday 11:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Drum Circle Friday 11:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Writing a Song Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Harmony Workshop Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 10
A Little Knight Music Saturday 8:00 p.m. Evergreens 3 & 4
Saturday Night Bardic Circle Saturday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Trouble Clef Jam Sunday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Gaming
Family Friendly Games Thursday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Undiscovered Country Thursday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Why Dungeons Work Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 7
The Most Dangerous Game Thursday 8:00 p.m. Olympic 1
The Tabloid Game Thursday 9:00 p.m. Olympic 1
Gaming in Multiple Time Zones Thursday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Making Comedic Games Work Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Brave New World Friday Noon Cascade 9
Best Board Games for Non-Beginners Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Game Master’s Workshop Part 1 Friday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Mom Says Gaming is Evil! Friday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Historical Gaming Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Ghost Stories for Gamers Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Gaming with the Sopranos Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 7
When Players Attack Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Great Players Make Great Games Saturday Noon Evergreen 3
MMORPG’s and Other Strange Beasts Saturday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Painting Strategies for Minis Games Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Gaming For Girls Saturday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Game Master’s Workshop Pt 2 Saturday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Gaming Bitch Session -- Got a Beef? Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 9
The Poly Lifestyle for Gamers Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Pacifying the Gaming Widow Sunday Noon Cascade 8
Inventive Tabletop Scenarios Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 6
MMPG’s Sunday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Horror
We Love Them, We Hate Them, But What Horror Films are the Best?
Zombiebot Movie Fest: Thursday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
What are the Mythological Roots Of Horror? Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Who Cares About Lovecraft? Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Real Horror Creepies, Werewolf or Jason, Dracula or Pinhead?
Zombiebot Movie Fest (4 hrs) Friday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Ghostly History Saturday Noon Cascade 6
What Way Would You Think is the Worst Way to Die - Horror Films Have the Answers
Zombiebot Movie Fest (4 hrs) Saturday 10:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Lovecraft, Where is The Big Budget Love? Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 4
Why Doesn’t Oscar Love Horror? Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Let's Make a Movie
Let’s make a Move - Low Budget Special Effects (2 hrs)
Let's Make a Movie - Intro (2 hrs) Thursday 9:00 p.m. Evergreens 1 & 2
Let’s Make a Movie Part 1 - Plan it! (2 hrs) Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Let’s Make a Movie Part 2 - Shoot it! (2 hrs) Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Let’s Make a Movie Part 3 - Edit it! (2 hrs) Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 10
The Fandance Film Festival (3 hrs) Sunday 1:00 p.m. Evergreens 1 & 2
Lit Media
What are the Great Sci-Fi Video Games? Thursday 8:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Magic Realism in Films Friday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Will the New Star Trek Movie Be Worth it? Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Super Hero Movies This Year and in the Works -- What Looks Great Or Not So Great?
Should “Lost” Have Called it Quits Sooner? Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 7
The Year in Films -- What Worked? What Flopped? Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Bugs and Snakes and Monsters – Oh My! Saturday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 4
How Was the New Season Of Heroes? Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Literature
Dragon Tales Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Alt Hist Lit Friday Noon Cascade 4
Moving into Young Adult Fiction Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Oww… That hurt Saturday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Why We Read Short Stories Sunday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Retread Movies Be Gone Sunday Noon Cascade 9
Medieval
Drake's Circumnavigation; a Captain of his own fate
The Great What If's Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Celtic Knotwork Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Armor 101 Friday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
History of Torture – Methods and Devices Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 8
The Art of the Siege Friday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
ChainMaille 101 (2 hrs) Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Medieval Re-Creation and Medieval Re-Enactment Societies
The Knight and His Horse Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 6
The Way of the Warrior Saturday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
ChainMaille 102 (2 hrs) Saturday 4:00p.m. Cascade 13
Samurai vs. Knight Saturday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Fun and Games - Basic Medieval Games Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 13
The Evolution of Warfare in the Medieval Age Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Mythology
I Grant You . . . Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Myths Retold in Film and Television Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 9
The Prime Directive – Good Drama or Bad Ethics? Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Faeries Friday Noon Evergreen 2
Floods, Crocodiles, and Mummies, Oh My! Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Evolution of the Species: Vampires Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Descending into Pan’s Labyrinth Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 4
Beowulf Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 7
To Serve Man Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Horror Films as Modern, Dark Fairy Tales Saturday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Icarus , Frankenstein and Suspicion of Rogue Scientists
Poetry
RitualSpeak Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Words of Magic, Words of Science Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Poetry Workshop Part 1 Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Poetry Workshop Part 2 Friday Noon Cascade 5
The Metaphor Game Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Mad Poetry Game Show Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Cow, Bough, and Cough: That Wacky English Language Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Heroic Verse Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 4
Norwescon: The Poem Sunday Noon Cascade 6
Pro
Real Life Apocalypse! Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 10
“We've Broken Their Code, Sir!" Thursday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Judith Herman: Hogwarts Tour – Slide Show Friday 10:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Pat MacEwan: Water, Water, Everywhere – Slide Show Friday Noon Grand Ballroom 3
The Reality of Runes Friday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Remember When Vampires Just Sucked Blood? Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Numerology: The Past And Future King Of Math Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 5
Curtain Up: Speculative Fiction Onstage Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Almost Human Rights Saturday Noon Cascade 10
Ghost Hunters! Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Clarion West – Why has it worked for 25 years? Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 9
No, Really, That Makes Sense! Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Orbital debris: A Killer App or the End of Space Travel? Saturday 8:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
How Robert Heinlein Changed My Life Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 6
Readings
Reading: M.H. “Maggie” Bonham Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Donna Barr Thursday 6:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Mario Acevedo Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Warren Hammond Thursday 8:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Yasmine Galenorn Thursday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Andrew Dolbeck Thursday 9:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: David Boop Thursday 10:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Jay Lake Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Renee Stern Friday 10:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Lisa Mantchev Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Richelle Mead Friday 11:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Joshua Palmatier Friday Noon Cascade 3
Reading: J.C. Hendee & Barb Hendee Friday 12:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Mary Rosenblum Friday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Lorelei Shannon Friday 1:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Amy Thomson Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Kathy Watts Friday 2:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: A.M. Dellamonica Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: David Lee Summers Friday 3:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Pat MacEwan Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: G.Robin Smith Friday 4:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Julie Hoverson Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Mike Shepherd Moscoe Friday 5:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Craig English Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 3
WEIRD TALES Readings Friday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Reading: Stoney Compton Friday 6:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Michael Ehart Saturday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Jak Koke Saturday 10:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Cat Rambo Saturday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Darragh Metzger Saturday 11:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Irene Radford Saturday Noon Cascade 3
Reading: Mark Ferrari Saturday 12:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Wil McDermott Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Janine Ellen Young Saturday 1:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Bridget Coila Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: C.S. Lowe Saturday 2:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Richard Wadholm Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Ken Scholes Saturday 3:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Bruce Taylor Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Michael Swanwick Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Reading: John P. Alexander Saturday 4:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Kat Richardson Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Brenda Cooper Saturday 5:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Steven Barnes Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading Saturday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Talebones: Live (2 hrs) Saturday 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Evergreen 1
Reading: Ted Butler Sunday 10:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: John Pitts Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Spencer Ellsworth Sunday 11:30 a.m. Cascade 3
Reading: ElizaBeth “Lace” Gilligan Sunday Noon Cascade 3
Reading: Leah Cutter Sunday 12:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Alma Alexander Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Roberta Gregory Sunday 1:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Mark Henry Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 3
Reading: Caitlin Kittredge Sunday 2:30 p.m. Cascade 3
Robotics
Dining Room Robotics Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 13
Garage Robotics Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Head in a Jar? Saturday 7:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
Cyborgs, Terminators and Data "Oh My" Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 4
SRS Robots Demonstration (4 hrs) Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 4
Science
Unbalanced Nature Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Parasites and Other Weird Critters Thursday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Interstellar Cross-Contamination Friday 10:00 a.m. Evergreen 2
The Survival Guide to Disasters in Space Friday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Burt Webb: Living in a Computer Simulation – Slide Show Friday 1:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Cutting Edge Technology Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 8
The Science of Superheroes Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Are We Alone? Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Screwing With the Genome Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Cutting Edge Biotechnology Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 6
The 22nd Century Tool Kit Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 6
Science vs. Pseudoscience Saturday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Technology vs. Environment- Is it Really a Battle? Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Gene Doping Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Changing Your Mind Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Burt Webb: Evolving the Star Trek Replicator – Slide Show Saturday 5:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Creativity and Mental Illness Saturday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Words, Words, Words Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Winning Science Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Science Fiction
Going Down? Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Where Will All The Young Men Go? Friday 10:00 a.m. Evergreen 4
The Rescue Party Scenario Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 6
Private Space Ventures and Space Tourism Friday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Unintended Consequences Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 8
We Have Met the Aliens and They Are Us Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 5
The Ethics of War Machines Saturday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 3
I Couldn't Get Away With That! Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 4
More Baskets For Our Eggs Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 4
The Assault on Reason Saturday 8:00 p.m. Evergreen 1
The Age of Fighting Sail Isn't Over: It's Moved to SF Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 13
Farmers in the Sky Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Sunshields--A Solution To Global Warming? Sunday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Mercenaries in SF—The Eclipse of the Citizen Soldier
Space
Is the Answer to Fusion Power on the Moon? Thursday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Can’t You Go Any Faster? Thursday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Riding a Candle? Friday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 4
Living in Earthlight Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Google the Moon? Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Going Up! Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 4
But, How Do I Stake a Claim? Saturday 1:00 p.m. Evergreen 3
Ron Hobbs: Barnstorming the Solar System – Slide Show Saturday 2:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Burt Webb: FTL Propulsion Systems – Slide Show Saturday 3:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Orbital Living Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Charles Radley: Space Based Solar Power – Slide Show Saturday 4:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Is There Anybody Out There? Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Let the Sun Shine In! Saturday 7:00 p.m. Evergreen 2
Maybe We Can Go There When This One is Used Up
Lots of Room, But It’s a Little Chilly Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 8
Special Events
Scheduled Gaming Thursday Noon – 4:00 a.m. Cascades 11 & 12
Open Gaming Thursday Noon 6:00 a.m. Rotunda
Casino Thursday 8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom 2
Thursday Night Dance: “The Dragon Bazaar” Thursday 8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Lazer Tag Thursday 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Cascades 9 & 10
Midnight Movie - Heavy Metal Thursday Midnight – 2:00 a.m. Evergreens 1&2
Scheduled Gaming Friday 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m. Cascades 11 & 12
Scavenger Hunt (2 hrs) Friday 10:00 a.m. – Noon Salon
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Friday 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Rotunda
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Friday 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Rotunda
Pre-Masquerade Meeting Friday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Friday 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Rotunda
Lazer Tag Friday 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Cascades 9 & 10
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show (2 hrs) Friday 9:00 p.m. Evergreens 1 & 2
Friday Dance: “Stardance at the Dragon’s Lair” Friday 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Grand Ballrooms 2 & 3
Match Game Friday 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Olympic 1
Midnight Movie - Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday 11:30 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Evergreens 1 & 2
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Friday 11:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Rotunda
Scheduled Gaming Saturday 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m. Cascades 11 & 12
Open Gaming Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. Rotunda
Pre-Masquerade Meeting Saturday 9:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Scavenger Hunt Saturday 10:00 a.m. Salon
Burlesque Workshop (3 hrs) Saturday Noon – 4:00 p.m. Maxies Ballroom
501st Charity Event: Photo Shoot (3 hrs) Saturday Noon – 4:00 p.m. Salon
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Saturday 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Rotunda
Poker Tournament (2 hrs) Saturday 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Rotunda
Masquerade Doors open Saturday 7:30 p.m. Grand Ballrooms 2 & 3
Masquerade (2 hrs) Saturday 8:00 p.m. Grand Ballrooms 2 & 3
Lazer Tag (3 hrs) Saturday 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Cascades 9 & 10
Burlesque Show Saturday 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Maxies Ballroom
Poker Tournament Final Table Saturday 10:00 p.m. – Midnight Rotunda
Saturday Dance: “Hoedown at the Dragonslayer’s Inn” Saturday 10:30 p.m. Grand Ballrooms 2 & 3
Midnight Movie: Blade Runner Saturday Midnight – 2:00 a.m. Evergreens 1 & 2
Scheduled Gaming Sunday 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Cascades 11 & 12
Open Gaming Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Rotunda
Amtgard (4 hrs) Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom 3
Masquerade Debriefing Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Scavenger Hunt Finals Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Salon
Writing
Characters are People Too Thursday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Forging Fiction Thursday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Defending the Writing Life Thursday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Growing Artistically Through Crisis Thursday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Screenwriting 101: The Basics Thursday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Just Getting Started Writing Friday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 6
The Muddle in the Middle Friday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 6
Plot, Setting, and Characters: Who's on First? Friday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 4
Everybody Kills Somebody, Sometime Friday 11:00 a.m. Evergreen 2
Writers and Blogging Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Getting the Most Out Of a Writers Group Friday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 10
Achilles Needs a Heel!—The Problem With Power Friday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 4
Can't Someone Just Teach Me All This Writing Stuff? Friday 5:00 p.m. Cascade 7
The Basic Course On Putting The Dang Thing In The Mail Friday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Hell is Gray: The Banality of Evil Friday 8:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Whose Story is it, Anyway? Friday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Show, Don't Tell: "Writing" for Comics and Storyboards Saturday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 7
Rejection – A Survival Guide Saturday 10:00 a.m. Evergreen 3
Too Many Ideas? Saturday Noon Cascade 5
Creating Emotion-Driven SF/F Saturday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 9
Writing a Story in an Hour Saturday 3:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Writing a Novel in a Year Saturday 4:00 p.m. Cascade 7
Research: Where to do it/When to do it/When to Stop Saturday 5:00p.m. Cascade 10
Revision: If I Didn't Get it Right the First Time, How Do I Do it Better the Second?
Bringing a Sense of Wonder to SF/Fantasy Story Telling Saturday 6:00 p.m. Cascade 6
Crossing Gender Lines Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 6
The Idea Factory Saturday 7:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Networking And Self Promotion for New Writers and the Bookstore Dance
Plots That Fly and Plots That Die! Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Lifewriting with Steven Barnes Saturday 9:00 p.m. Cascade 8
Is the Short Story Dead? How to Write and Where to Sell Small
Writing a Great Sex Scene in SF and F Sunday 9:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Because I'm Evil Sunday 10:00 a.m. Cascade 10
Inventing a Religion: How and Why Sunday 11:00 a.m. Cascade 9
Writing in Other People’s Universes Sunday 1:00 p.m. Cascade 4
I Just Sold My First Story/Novel! Whoopee! Sunday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 5
Are There Day Jobs Particularly Suited to the Writer?