Friday Program Schedule

Thursday Saturday

9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Addams
New Writers Session 3 A panel for new and debut authors to discuss their work and careers. Brad Aiken, Michael Coorlim, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Hugh Howey, Janet Catherine Johnston
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Buckingham
Are You a Dickhead? Discuss the works and impact of the writings of Philip K. Dick in science fiction and to our society as a whole. Tom Doyle, Jonathan Vos Post, Guy Lillian, Bradford Lyau, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: Geoff Ryman Geoff Ryman
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Jo Walton Jo Walton
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbus CD
ASFA Meeting Joni Dashoff
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbus EF
Creating Plots Most writers have no problem getting halfway through a story, but a lot of writers struggle to reach the end. Many lose their way in the "mushy middle" or turn onto another path to find themselves at a climax that belongs in another story. How can writers use structure to avoid fizzling out or losing their way? Diana Rowland, Betsy Dornbusch, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Julia S. Mandala, Melinda Snodgrass
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbus IJ
Writing Gender Roles in Science Fiction How do you define and write great gender roles in science fiction and fantasy. Catherine Lundoff, Anne Lyle, Victor Raymond, Julia Rios
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Columbus KL
Acquiring an Agent Aspiring authors talk about landing an agent for their manuscript. Joshua Bilmes, J. Kathleen Cheney, R.T. Kaelin, Bryce Moore, Courtney Schafer
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Comiskey
Writer Tax Planning Discusses some of the tax concerns writers have and answers tax questions from writers. Stephanie Grace
9:00 AM-9:30 AM	DuSable
Reading: Nick DiChario Nick DiChario
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Field
Anarchism in Fantasy and Science Fiction Given the mass actions last year in Tunisia, Egypt, Spain and the U.S., among other places, it may be time to talk about anarchism. Where have science fiction and fantasy treated anarchism and how? Eleanor Arnason, Richard Dutcher, Kari Sperring
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Gold Coast
British SF Television: Why Are Their Programs So Good? From Doctor Who to Red Dwarf to Primeval, SF programs on British TV have been good. Why is that? Ryan K. Johnson, Michael Lee, Nicki Lynch, Ann Morris, Graham Sleight
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Haymarket
SF Origami Science fiction origami with Mark Leeper Mark Leeper
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	McCormick
How to Write for Furries We'll give you 50,000 reasons to check out this growing, creative market for your stories and books. If you like animals, there are people who want to read your work! Gene Armstrong, Kyle Gold
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Offsite
Stroll with the Stars MEET AT: Hyatt Main Entrance on Wacker Drive A nice morning stroll with some of our favorite Authors, Artists and Editors. (And we stress, \"stroll\" - def: a leisurely walk. This will not be a heart-pounding aerobic activity, it will be a stroll). Join us for some fresh air, a healthy stroll and some good conversation. A leisurely mile - which will take a little less than an hour. Ellen Datlow, Scott Edelman, Edward James, Mary Robinette Kowal, Farah Mendlesohn, Lawrence M. Schoen, Stu Segal, Bill Willingham
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Picasso
Friends of Bill W Friends of Bill W
9:00 AM-10:30 AM	Water Tower
Anime Astroboy 1-4, 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
9:30 AM-10:00 AM	DuSable
Reading: Robert G Pielke Robert G Pielke
9:30 AM-10:00 AM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Connie Willis Connie Willis
10:00 AM-11:00 AM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: Emergency Repairs, Engineering Item With the Tech Team Lia as She Fixes What We Broke Yesterday Lia O
10:00 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus H
ChiKidz: How to Speak Gaelic Join Peadar as he introduces you to speaking Gaelic and you learn some phrases. Peadar O Guilin
10:00 AM-10:30 AM	DuSable
Reading: Emily Jiang Emily Jiang
10:00 AM-10:30 AM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Mary Anne Mohanraj Mary Anne Mohanraj
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Addams
Designing Fantasy Animals and Monsters When it comes to fantasy animals and monsters, the sky is really the limit. But if you want a believable animal or monster from a biological standpoint, here are some ideas to consider. Barbara Galler-Smith, Jean Johnson, Rachel Neumeier, Howard Tayler, Daio
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Autograph Tables
Autograph Session 2 Leigh Bardugo, Laura Anne Gilman, Roland Green, Stephen Leigh, Catherine Shaffer, Harry Turtledove, Tim Waggoner, E. Lily Yu
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Buckingham
The Ghosts Talisman: A Fumetti in Four Parts Author Jennifer Brozek and photographer Amber talk about the creation of the photographic novel from script and casting to shooting and layout. Jennifer Brozek, Amber Clark
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: Kevin Roche Kevin Roche
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Mark L. Van Name Mark L. Van Name
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus AB
Who Are You Really? A look at ideas about identity. What makes you "you"? From DragonCon, the panelists will be: Eugie Foster, Katherine Kurtz, George Perez, and Tedd Roberts. Elizabeth Moon, Joan Spicci Saberhagen, Catherynne Valente*
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus CD
WSFS Business Meeting Friday Edition WSFS business meeting Linda Deneroff, Donald Eastlake, Tim Miller
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus EF
Starting a Small Press "Want to make a small fortune with a small press? Start with a large fortune!" But seriously, before you jump in and announce your imprint to the world, get advice from and ask questions of small press publishers so you don't have to reinvent the wheel (or the printing press). Inanna Arthen / Vyrdolak, Stephen Haffner, Tod McCoy, Jason Sizemore, Patrick Swenson
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus IJ
The Bob and Connie Show An hour-and-a-half of Bob Silverberg and Connie Willis talking about anything they want to talk about. Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Columbus KL
The Hubble Space Telescope Christian Ready presents a tour of the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring Hubble's latest views of our solar system, star formation, stellar remnants, galaxies, and the most distant images from the very beginning of the universe. Christian Ready
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Comiskey
Artistic Collaboration Writers usually work alone. But working with composers, actors, and even other writers can yield amazing works. This panel discusses the benefits and the pitfalls of artistic collaboration, and how to maximize the former and minimize the latter! Laura E. Goodin, Alessandra Kelley, Jay Lake, Jean Lorrah, Louise Marley
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Crystal A
Self-Editing Your Fiction Many authors love to write the first draft, but hate to revise. Others have nothing against revising, but don't really know what to change or how to change it. How can fiction writers gain distance from their own work, discover what needs to be changed, how to change it, and not lose interest while changing it? Jeanne Cavelos, Don Mead, E J Swift, Carrie Vaughn, Rick Wilber
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Crystal B
Old Space vs. New Space What happens when you get an old space and new space astronaut in the same room? publius, Sy Liebergot, Henry Spencer, John Strickland, Edward Wright
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Crystal C
Michelangelo and That Whole Crowd: Early Artists Who Dabbled in Science Some artists from the past were also interested in science, and some among them are also characters in fscience fiction stories. The panel will focus on these artists, and the works in which they appear. Debora Montanari, G. David Nordley, Luigi Petruzzelli
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	DuSable
Transhumanism and Space Exploration Discussion about how humanity can evolve in order to explore space. Nancy Fulda, Leo Korogodski, Geoffrey A. Landis, Henry G. (H.G.) Stratmann MD, W A (Bill) Thomasson
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Fan Lounge KK#1
Kaffeeklatsch: Dave Smeds Dave Smeds
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Fan Lounge KK#2
Kaffeeklatsch: Stan Schmidt Stanley Schmidt
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Field
Dyeing Techniques 101 Come see how many ways one technique can get different looks. Samples will be available for close inspection. Aurora Celeste, Rebecca Tinkham Hewett, Carole Parker
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Gold Coast
The Basics of Character Building We often talk about world-building, but what does it take to create a character from scratch? How do you choose a name? How do you choose personality traits -- both strengths and flaws? Do you create the character first and then the world, or vice versa? How does the character affect the unfolding of the plot? Chris Gerrib, Daryl Gregory, Violette Malan, Courtney Schafer, Sharon Shinn
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
The 1939 World Science Fiction Convention and New York World's Fair A look back at fannish history. John L. Coker, III, Erle Korshak, Dave Kyle, Robert A. Madle, Arthur L. Widner
10:30 AM-11:00 AM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Kristine Smith Kristine Smith
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Haymarket
The Short Fiction Club Scene Short fiction is often referred to as a 'club scene' where writers get together and kick back and forth new ideas. What's going on in the short fiction markets? What are the hot trends? How has online publishing changed the field? Mur Lafferty, Tony Pi, Julia Rios, Rachel Swirsky, Sheila Williams
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	McCormick
The New Pulp Fiction The Guardian newspaper in the UK mentioned in a recent story that there is a new "rock'n'roll pulp fiction chic" and that Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig are leading the way. What is this new pulp fiction? Stephen Blackmoore, Adam Christopher, Chuck Wendig
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Picasso
A Song Writing Workshop with Cat and Bari Greenberg Juanita Coulson, Lynn Gold, Barigato, Cat Greenberg, Cathy McManamon
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	San Francisco
Aliens in Daley Plaza! Chicago isn\'t just in flyover country, you know! This panel celebrates science fiction and fantasy set in the Windy City, from Ray Bradbury\'s \"To the Chicago Abyss\" to Jim Butcher\'s Harry Dresden series. Richard Chwedyk, Neil Rest, Steven H Silver
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Water Tower
Anime Dirty Pair TV, 1-4, 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Wright
Violence in Fantasy The use and misuse of violence in SF and fantasy. How much is too much?
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Wright
Violence in Fantasy The use and misuse of violence in SF and fantasy. How much is too much? Doug Hulick, Scott Lynch, D.H. Aire, James Enge
11:00 AM-1:00 PM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: Steampunk My Book/Phone/Bag Bring phone cases, bags, books, boxes, old shoes or boots, and give them that Victorian clockwork look. (Parents' help needed.) Alissa McKersie
11:00 AM-11:30 AM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire
11:00 AM-12:30 PM	Water Tower
Anime Dirty Pair TV 1-4, 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.
11:30 AM-12:00 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Mark J. Ferrari Mark J. Ferrari
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Addams
Mobile Phones Are the Future We were promised flying cars and undersea homes. What we got was the Internet and mobile computing. The future is all around us and is amazing. Dave O`Neil, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Peadar O Guilin, Espana Sheriff, Bill Willingham
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Autograph Tables
Autograph Session 3 Adam-Troy Castro, Scott Edelman, Eric Flint, Tom King, Nancy Kress, Frederik Pohl, Kristine Smith, Mr. Magic Realism/Bruce Taylor, Edward Willett
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Buckingham
Tolkien in Technicolor From the aborted Beatles concept of The Lord of the Rings to the forthcoming Hobbit trilogy of Peter Jackson, a discussion of films based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Norman Cates, The Wombat, Toni Lay, Barry Lyn-Waitsman, David McDonald
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: Carole Ann Moleti Carole Ann Moleti
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Susan Casper Susan Casper
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbus AB
Rejectomancy Hear tales of the best rejection letters sent or received by our panelists of writers, editors, and publishers. From DragonCon, the panelists will be Toni Weisskopf, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and T.C. McCarthy, Lee Martindale, Connie Willis*
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbus EF
Comfortable With Numbers AKA "Is 'Innumerate' a Word?" Living in today's world with a grasp of basic statistics; what our kids and writers should know. Richard Dutcher, Carl Fink, Mike Flynn, Richard Garfinkle, Kendall F. Morris
12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Columbus H
ChiKidz: Comics for Kids We have hundreds of free comics, for kids, but where to start: a chance to chat together about comics and take away some recommendations. Tanglwyst de Holloway, Maurine Starkey
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbus IJ
Beyond the First Two Pages We've all heard how important it is to hook a reader's attention quickly. But let's say you've already done that. Your story's opening dramatic, ingenious, and free of typos. Your first two pages have been polished to near oblivion. Now what? Carol Berg, John Berlyne, Nick Mamatas, Darlene Marshall, Pat Rothfuss
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Columbus KL
Female Villains Where are the female villains in our stories today? We often speak of writing strong female characters, but what about strong female villains? The villain is often the hero/heroine in his/her own story, yet we rarely see strong female villains portrayed in SF&F. An examination of characterization that moves beyond the ever popular rape scenario that is often given as a primary motivation for women seeking revenge. Sometimes, women are just mean. Let's look at them. David Boop, Stina Leicht, Joan D. Vinge, Martha Wells, Gene Wolfe
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Comiskey
Designing Professional Covers Crash course in design principles for self-published authors. Michael Coorlim, Dale Cozort, David Malki, Stephen H. Segal
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Crystal A
Dyson Sphere Update What is a Dyson sphere? When can we make one, or at least part of one, and how? As a society, would we want to? What could one do with a Dyson sphere? Can we detect one now, or in the near future? What would be the environmental ethics of a Dyson sphere maker? James L. Cambias, David L Clements, Jordin Kare, G. David Nordley, Allen M. Steele
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Crystal B
The End of the Space Shuttle Era The life and death of the space shuttle program. publius, Kent Nebergall, Tim Stoffel, John Strickland, Edward Wright
12:00 PM-12:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Ian Tregillis Ian Tregillis
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Fan Lounge KK#1
Kaffeeklatsch: Jim Frenkel of Tor Books Jim Frenkel
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Fan Lounge KK#2
Kaffeeklatsch: Eileen Gunn Eileen Gunn
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Gold Coast
F* Your Knight and the Horse He Rode in on Part Deux: Fantasy Series Not Based on Medieval Europe** A follow-up to last year's irreverent panel of young writers challenging the predominance of medieval-inspired settings in fantasy. Christopher Kastensmidt, Elizabeth Bear, Dennis Y. Ginoza, T. L. Morganfield
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
1632: Weird Tech 1 Why alternate-history tech is different than real world tech and how that effects plot and story arc using examples from the 1632 series. Walter Boyes, David Carrico, Paula Goodlett, Mark Huston, Laura Runkle
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Grand Suite 3
*Game Show: Iron Chef* Flash Fiction** The aim of the game is to write a short story in less than 5 minutes. The moderator will give the panelists a subject to write about, and after 5 minutes our writers will each read their masterpieces and let the audience decide the winner before they head into the next round into the next challenge. Three rounds are planned but a fourth will be added if time permits. Janet Freeman, Christopher J Garcia, Dr. Phil, Mur Lafferty, Lawrence M. Schoen
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Haymarket
Teaching Writing Many writers teach writing classes in order to supplement their incomes. What's the best way of doing it? What should (and shouldn't) a student expect from a writing class? How can you make the best of them? Which are the good ones and are there any that should be avoided? Russell Davis, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Tina Jens, Cat Rambo, Gregory A. Wilson
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	McCormick
Surviving Chicon 7 For new fans - What to do, what to see, and how to not break the bank as you go. Gene Armstrong, Gay Haldeman, Carole Parker, Dick Smith, Eva Whitley
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Picasso
How to Get Kids Interested in SF Discuss how to interest high school students in literary science fiction and widen their exposure beyond Twilight and The Hunger Games. Jordan Hamessley London, Jim Minz, Marta, Meg Totusek, Val Ontell
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Plaza Ballroom
Concert: Tim Griffin and Cathy McManmon Tim Griffin writes fun and educational music for kids and families. Tim has been an elementary school teacher. Cathy writes music about her personal encounters with all sorts of beings. She has spent a decade teaching music in the classroom. They are both energetic performers. The Chicon 7 filk team had an evil laugh when they forced Cathy and Tim to share a stage. Tim and Cathy will be playing side by side and jumping in and on each others songs - anything could happen!! Tim Griffin, Cathy McManamon
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	San Francisco
Art in an E-book Market Will book buyers keep buying even when there is no printed book? Do they have a reason to if there is no shelf of books to compete with? What will be the deciding factor in how art is added to ebooks and what quality will the art be? Alan F. Beck, David Howell, Steven Vincent Johnson, Deirdre Murphy
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Wright
Heicon Reunion Heicon was the 1970 Worldcon, in Heidelberg, Germany. It was selected in 1969 at the St. Louis Worldcon This was significant because it was the first time the site selected was in a non-English language country. This convention is important because of political history (West Germany does not exist anymore) and fan history. Learn about Heicon antics first-hand, such as the \"Battle of the Balcony\" when fandom routed the bad guys. Ask those who are in the know! Scratch Bacharach, Mark Irwin, Donald Lundry
12:00 PM-1:30 PM	Wrigley
The Best Vampire Novel of the Century \"The Horror Writers Association on the 100-year anniversary of Bram Stoker\'s death in 1912 oversaw the nomination of six finalists from which were selected the one novel they believe has had the greatest impact on the horror genre since the 1897 publication of Dracula. This panel discusses the finalists and the reasons for their selection as well as the one that became the ultimate winner.\" Richard Lee Byers, James S. Dorr, Kenneth Hite
12:30 PM-1:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Howard Andrew Jones Howard Andrew Jones
12:30 PM-1:00 PM	Field
Paper: "Thinking Outside the Box" Professor Bengels will present her paper: "Thinking Outside the Box: Advice from Science Fiction Writers to Parents of Gifted Children." Barbara Bengels
1:00 PM-2:00 PM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: Make Captain America Shields, Wonder Woman Bracelets, or a Sonic Screwdriver We have the materials to make some interesting items: you choose, and with help from parents and others, let's make them. Alissa McKersie
1:00 PM-3:00 PM	Columbus H
ChiKidz: Janine Wardale: Air Brush Tats Janine air brushes tattoos, one at a time. Janine Wardale
1:00 PM-1:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Michelle Sagara West Michelle Sagara West
1:00 PM-1:30 PM	Field
Paper: "Intersections of Classical Rhetoric, Memory, and Fandom" Heather Urbanski presents her paper on "Intersections of Classical Rhetoric, Memory, and Fandom" Heather Urbanski
1:20 PM-7:20 PM	Offsite
Chicago Cubs Game
1:30 PM-2:00 PM	Addams
Reading: Leo Korogodski Leo Korogodski
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Autograph Tables
Autograph Session 4 B.A. Chepaitis, John Kessel, Sy Liebergot, Derwin Mak, Violette Malan, Louise Marley, George R. R. Martin, Robert Silverberg, Catherynne Valente
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Buckingham
The Future of Food Science fiction rarely discusses what people will eat in the future. Denny Zager and Rick Evans' 1969 hit song "In the Year 2525" predicted "Everything you think, do and say is in the pill you took today." Will the future really replace barbecue and burgers with tablets and capsules? How far can nutriceuticals go? Are food "printers" and test-tube meats moving out of the realm of science fiction? How are cuisines and tastes evolving? What drives them?" Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, Tore Audun Hoie, Eddie Schneider, Susan Smith, Leah Zeldes Smith
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: Bill Higgins Bill Higgins
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Lissa Price Lissa Price
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbus AB
Pyr Rising Pyr Publishing presents its up and coming writers and selections.
1:30 PM-2:15 PM	Columbus CD
Gaiman Theatre #1
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbus EF
Seiun Awards Ceremony and SFWJ50 The Seiun Awards, voted by Japanese fandom, will be announced. The awards were previously announced at Varicon 2012. SFWJ50 - come here more at SF in Japan. Paolo Bacigalupi, Marina Hoshi, Mari Kotani, Mamoru Masuda, Manami Tachibana, Takayuki Tatsumi, Youchan
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbus IJ
Money Flows Towards the Artist Ever been asked to donate your art for free in return for exposure? To pay for inclusion in an art listing? To submit your work to a contest whose only prize is someone else gets to use it? Common cons, scams, and shady deals are guaranteed to pop up in every artist\'s life. The panelists will tell how to spot scams and how to graciously bow out without getting taken. Elizabeth Berrien, Jane Frank, Alessandra Kelley, Howard Tayler
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Columbus KL
The Art of Writing Effective Book Reviews Professional science fiction book reviewers discuss how to write effective book review in the SF, fantasy and horror genres. Doug Fratz, Sarah Stegall, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Comiskey
*Autograph Session for Win Some, Lose Some: The Complete Hugo Nominated Short Fiction of Mike Resnick* Come and get autographs from the many authors and editors who wrote introductions to this collection of Mike Resnick\'s collection of Hugo-nominated short stories. Copies of the book will be available at the session and the authors will also be willing to autograph their own works. A bonus autograph session for these authors! Catherine Asaro, David Brin, Nick DiChario, Gardner Dozois, Eric Flint, Bob Garcia, Lezli Robyn, James Patrick Kelly, Kay Kenyon, Nancy Kress, Jack McDevitt, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Robert J. Sawyer, Steven H Silver, Brad R. Torgersen, Harry Turtledove, Sheila Williams, Connie Willis
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Crystal A
Reading and Q&A with John Scalzi A reading and Q&A session with John Scalzi, our Toastmaster. John Scalzi
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Crystal C
Transhumanism: Where Do We- as Homo Sapiens Go From Here? Western society is rapidly moving toward a time when many dreams of the transhumanism movement, such as advanced genetic engineering, prosthetics, organ/neuro-implants, and age retardation/reversal will become reality. The question is how society - including speculative fiction writers - will respond to this evolutionary change in human beings. Brad Aiken, James L. Cambias, Edward R. Rosick, Jonathan Stars, Hayden Trenholm
1:30 PM-2:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Bradley P. Beaulieu Bradley P. Beaulieu
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Fan Lounge KK#1
Kaffeeklatsch: Lee Harris of Angry Robot Lee Harris
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Fan Lounge KK#2
Kaffeeklatsch: Edward M. Lerner Edward M. Lerner
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Field
Doom and Gloom and Dark Despair, Young Readers Love Them Everywhere The earliest fairy tales; blood 'n' guts adventure stories of the 19th century; penny dreadfuls, pulp novels and horror comics; all the violently orphaned and threatened Disney heroines and heroes; grimly realistic and gritty juvenile fiction in the 1970s; up to today's violent, brutal, scary, and dystopian YA fiction - as long as kids and teens have been reading, they've lapped up these dark tales and begged for more. What's behind the fascination of younger people with dark themes in fiction? Does it hurt them? Is it morbid? Or do these fictional tropes serve a vital purpose? Inanna Arthen / Vyrdolak, Jordan Hamessley London, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Susan MacDonald, S J Kincaid
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Gold Coast
The Steampunk Genre Discussion of the literature/writing of the steampunk genre. What is steampunk? How did it began, and what ground has it already tread? Where is steampunk going in the future? S. J. Chambers, Michael Coorlim, Paul Genesse, Sarah Hans, Jay Lake
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
*Mary Shelley Frankenstein* (1831)** Here is one of those books everyone talks about but no one has read. It is poetic and pungent. The man runs; the monster blames; what is missing from this picture? The author puts in a blind man to make sure we see. Cries for sympathy pour from the monster\'s lips. Where have we heard them before? John Hertz
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Grand Suite 3
Posterity Calls: SF&F in Academic Libraries A discussion of academic libraries that collect SF&F. How are we shaping the historical record for SF&F as we collect manuscripts, books, magazines, fanzines, audio recordings, and electronic materials? Paul Dale Anderson, James Bryant, Arthur Kreymer, Fred Lerner, Bradford Lyau, Lynne M. Thomas
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Haymarket
Reading: John Joseph Adams John Joseph Adams
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	McCormick
Young Adult Trends A look at the various current trends in the Young Adult book market, from the dystopias to paranormal romance. Leigh Bardugo, Gwenda Bond, Aurora Celeste, Emily Jiang, Bryce Moore
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Picasso
The History of Chicon Join some of our past Chairmen as they share their memories from Chicon 1 in 1940 to now and the 7th Chicon. No other city has had as many Worldcons. Erle Korshak, Dave McCarty, Kathleen Meyer, Tom Veal
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Plaza Ballroom
Concert: Roberta Rogow and Lynn Gold Two filkers; one room. Although most folks think of Roberta Rogow and Lynn Gold as a study in opposite coasts, it turns out they both lived much of their lives in the same state. Will it be a rivalry of North Jersey vs. South Jersey? Will it be East Coast vs. West Coast? Come and find out! Lynn Gold, Roberta Rogow
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	San Francisco
Magic and the Power of Language Tolkien started from language. How does magic differ depending on the language used? What happens when you start from a different viewpoint? William S. Annis, Kari Sperring
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Water Tower
Anime Dirty Pair TV 1-4, 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Wright
"To Be" or Not "To Be": Constructed Languages in SF&F Why do warrior cultures seem not to use linking verbs and definite articles? Are there forms of agreement between nouns, verbs, and adjectives other than gender and number? What do constructed languages bring to storytelling, other than overall coolness? Anne Lyle, Petrea Mitchell, David J. Peterson, Lawrence M. Schoen, Tim Stoffel
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Wrigley
100 Aspects of a Pith Helmet How the symbols of colonialism inform and undermine steampunk. Amber Clark, Eightball, Roland Green, Gregory Rihn
2:00 PM-2:30 PM	Addams
Reading: Tanglwyst de Holloway Tanglwyst de Holloway
2:00 PM-4:00 PM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: RPG Session 2 James's adventures continue, with further role playing fun. James Shields
2:00 PM-2:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Allen M. Steele Allen M. Steele
2:00 PM-3:00 PM	Regency Ballroom Foyer
Docent-Led Art Show Tour with Ctein and Teresa Nielsen-Hayden Enhance your experience of the Worldcon Art Show with a docent-led art show tour. The tours are led by a variety of people with individual perspectives. Each will take about an hour. You\'ll get an overview, discussion of particular pieces, and whatever each tour leader may bring. You might find yourselves talking about buying, bidding, and collecting, or the ways different media work, or how artists give a sense of realism while they\'re showing strange devices and dreams. John Hertz has organized 2-3 tours a day. To join one, meet outside the Art Show in the Regency Ballroom Foyer when the tour starts, at 10 am, or 2 or 4 pm; check your pocket program or our online guide for details. Ctein, Teresa Nielsen Hayden
2:30 PM-3:00 PM	Addams
Reading: Walter H. Hunt Walter H. Hunt
2:30 PM-3:15 PM	Columbus CD
Gaiman Theatre #2
2:30 PM-3:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Jo Walton Jo Walton
3:00 PM-3:30 PM	Addams
Reading: Jean Johnson Jean Johnson
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Autograph Tables
Autograph Session 5 Jacqueline Carey, Mike Flynn, Hugh Howey, Vylar Kaftan, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Seanan McGuire, Nnedi Okorafor, Geoff Ryman, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Buckingham
Occupy Fandom How does or can fandom intelligently and effectively use its collective voice of conscience to help make our world a better place? Liz Gorinsky, Ann Morris, Stephen H. Segal, Eva Whitley
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: Edward James Edward James
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Jim Minz Jim Minz
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbus AB
Military SF - Reality vs. Writing How different is the current military from the fictional? Does it matter? From DragonCon, the panelists will be Kacey Ezell, Louis Hibben, Mark Malcolm, and Michael Z. Williamson. Jim Fiscus, John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell, Elizabeth Moon, Mike Shepherd Moscoe*
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbus EF
Global Warming A discussion of recent events in the ongoing global warming controversy. Vincent Docherty, Phyllis Eide, Doug Fratz,
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbus EF
Global Warming A discussion of recent events in the ongoing global warming controversy. Mike McMillan, Ramez Naam
3:00 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus H
ChiKidz: ChiPhotography "Kat works in the television and movie industry, and will talk about and demonstrate some simple photography skills, if you have a camera, please bring it. (iPhone cameras too!) Kat Ogden
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbus IJ
Turning Ideas into Stories Many people ask authors where they get their ideas. This panel asks: \"How do you develop your ideas into stories?\" Tim Akers, Roland Green, Louise Marley, Alec Nevala-Lee, Jamie Todd Rubin
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Columbus KL
Talk to a Rocket Scientist Putting real science in your science fiction. Brother Guy Consolmagno, Howard Davidson, Janet Freeman, Harry Kloor, Marta
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Comiskey
How Google Works Have you ever wondered how Google comes up with the rankings it does? Ever wondered why it can be so hard to find what you\'re looking for or how Google knows what you are thinking before you do? What lies behind the decision to place one site above another? This session will be a deep, complex dive into the mechanics of how Google works behind the curtain. You\'ll learn about the various factors that are assessed when ranking a page and what elements are important versus what you may have read. Some math may be involved...
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Comiskey
How Google Works Have you ever wondered how Google comes up with the rankings it does? Ever wondered why it can be so hard to find what you\'re looking for or how Google knows what you are thinking before you do? What lies behind the decision to place one site above another? This session will be a deep, complex dive into the mechanics of how Google works behind the curtain. You\'ll learn about the various factors that are assessed when ranking a page and what elements are important versus what you may have read. Some math may be involved... Judith Lewis
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Crystal A
Filling the Magazines Current and former magazine editors discuss how to be an effective magazine editor, and how the job has been changing as dead-tree magazines give way to web-based electron-based venues. And why can't an e-zine have as many stories as they want since there isn't a page count? John Joseph Adams, Ellen Datlow, Stanley Schmidt, Jason Sizemore, Gordon van Gelder
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Crystal C
The Broken Promises of Science Fiction Arthur C. Clarke said we would be flying to Jupiter by now, yet we haven't even managed to tackle low earth orbit. What, if anything, has gone wrong in space and other area of science fiction? Why hasn't the promise kept up with the reality? Ben Bova, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kendall F. Morris, Thomas Trumpinski
3:00 PM-3:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Charles Justiz Charles Justiz
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Fan Lounge KK#1
Kaffeeklatsch: Eddie Schneider Eddie Schneider
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Fan Lounge KK#2
Kaffeeklatsch: Walter H. Hunt Walter H. Hunt
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Field
Jay Kay Klein Memorial Fan photographer Jay Kay Klein, who died on May 12, 2012, was considered by many to be THE photographer of the science fiction and fantasy community. Melissa Conway, Juanita Coulson, John Hertz, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Andrew Porter
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Gold Coast
Science Fiction Mount Rushmore Who would be on the "Mount Rushmore of Science Fiction"? Wells, Verne, Shelley, Stapledon? Doc Smith, Hamilton, Campbell, Williamson? Clarke, Heinlein, Asimov, van Vogt? Zelazny, Le Guin, Brunner, Delany? Grant Carrington, Dave Creek, Stephen Haffner, Deb Houdek Rule
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
1632: Time Passed in the Past Virginia DeMarce
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Grand Suite 3
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading Members of the Broad Universe organization read short excepts from current works. Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, Catherine Asaro, Carol Berg, Sue Burke, J. Kathleen Cheney, Brenda Cooper, C. D. Covington, Gwynne Garfinkle, Dr. Sandra M. Grayson, Roberta Gregory, Laurel Anne Hill, Mary Robinette Kowal, Catherine Lundoff, Lyda Morehouse, Deirdre Murphy, Cat Rambo, Roberta Rogow, Kathryn Sullivan
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Haymarket
The Rebirth of Fancyclopedia The Fancyclopedia was first created in Jack Speer in 1944 and updated in the late 1950s by Dick Eney. Now a group of editors (you could be one) have banded together to create an online wiki called Fancyclopedia 3, which already has more than 6,000 pages. Learn about fannish history and how (and why) to get involved. Mark Olson, Steven H Silver, Randy Smith, Alan Stewart
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	McCormick
Books, Books Everywhere For those fans who are having trouble finding their bed, fridge, pet, etc. because they are running out of space to store their books, this panel explores how others have solved the dilemma of storage and organization of large book collections. Linda Deneroff, Rebecca Tinkham Hewett, Evelyn C. Leeper, Marcy Lyn-Waitsman
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Picasso
Travel as Research They say travel broadens, does it work for writers, too? Can a road trip inspire or are you doomed to get it wrong? Can you see your own world more clearly from a distance. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Laura Anne Gilman, Tony Pi, Fran Wilde
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Plaza Ballroom
Betsy Tinney, Dr. Mary Crowell, and Amy McNally Dr. Mary Crowell, award-winning pianist and singer/songwriter from the sultry Southeast will share the stage with the sublime Betsy Tinney, a gifted and elegant cellist/songwriter, from the Northwest. They will perform works from their collective repertoires with dazzling Amy McNally, a third pillar of excellence joining in on fiddle/violin. Do enjoy this triumvirate of musical elegance as they perform original jazz, blues, classical, and folk music! Mary Crowell, Amy McNally, Betsy Tinney
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	San Francisco
Designing Professional Covers: A Different Perspective A different look at the design principles for self-published authors. How to make it look professional. Alan F. Beck, Elizabeth Berrien, Mark J. Ferrari, David Malki, Maurine Starkey
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Water Tower
Cartoons Melody Time (1948), 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Wright
Torchwood: Miracle Day and Beyond Two Immortals? Can Rex live with immortality? Can Jack live with Rex having immortality? Anna Sheehan, Stephanie Grace, Toni Lay, Lee Martindale, Kevin Riggle
3:00 PM-4:30 PM	Wrigley
SF of the 1950s Was the 1950s the true "Golden Age of Science Fiction" as Barry Malzberg and Robert Silverberg have claimed? Why or why not? Gary K Wolfe, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
3:30 PM-4:00 PM	Addams
Reading: Julia S. Mandala Julia S. Mandala
3:30 PM-4:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Matthew S. Rotundo Matthew S. Rotundo
4:00 PM-4:30 PM	Addams
Reading: Lawrence M. Schoen Lawrence M. Schoen
4:00 PM-5:00 PM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: Make Fairy, Demon and Dragon Wings Shari Cyd and her team will help you make fairy, demon, and dragon wings. Parents' help welcomed. Shari Cyd Brezinsky
4:00 PM-4:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Paul Cornell Paul Cornell
4:00 PM-5:00 PM	Regency Ballroom Foyer
Docent led Art Show tour #7 Enhance your experience of the Worldcon Art Show with a docent-led art show tour. The tours are led by a variety of people with individual perspectives. Each will take about an hour. You\'ll get an overview, discussion of particular pieces, and whatever each tour leader may bring. You might find yourselves talking about buying, bidding, and collecting, or the ways different media work, or how artists give a sense of realism while they\'re showing strange devices and dreams. John Hertz has organized 2-3 tours a day. To join one, meet outside the Art Show in the Regency Ballroom Foyer when the tour starts, at 10 am, or 2 or 4 pm; check your pocket program or our online guide for details. Jean-Pierre Normand
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Addams
New Writers Session 2 A panel for new and debut authors to discuss their work and careers. Nancy Fulda, M Todd Gallowglas, Sarah Hans, Bill Housley, Jonathan Stars
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Autograph Tables
Autograph Session 6 Paul Genesse, Doug Hulick, James Patrick Kelly, Jay Lake, Gra Linnaea, Hanna Martine, Sharon Shinn, Charles Stross
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Buckingham
The Fannish Inquisition Do you want to hear more about the sites bidding on Worldcon? During Chicon 7 we will be voting for the location of the 2014 Worldcon (London, England is currently running unopposed). Come hear what other sites have to say about why you should vote for their area. Adam Beaton, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Mike Scott, Alex Von Thorn
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbian KK#3
Kaffeeklatsch: D.H. Aire D.H. Aire
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbian KK#4
Kaffeeklatsch: Joshua Palmatier/Benjamin Tate Joshua Palmatier/Benjamin Tate
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus CD
Interview with Mike Resnick Interview with Guest of Honor Mike Resnick by his longtime friend and sometime collaborator, Barbara Galler-Smith, about his more than 50 years in the science fiction community: from pulps, fandom, Masquerades, and tricks of the business of writing, Mike freely talks about it all. Barbara Galler-Smith, Mike Resnick
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus EF
Scale and Space: Seeing Neil Armstrong's Footprints What can we see from space? Popular TV shows suggest we can infinitely enlarge any image without any loss, but the real world is both much more complicated and much more interesting. We know Neil Armstrong's footprints are still on the Moon - but can we see them? And from how far away? And what else can we see? The Internet is full of fascinating images. Dr. Phil
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus IJ
Exoplanets, Exobiology, Extensions of SF How do the increases in exoplanet detection capabilities, and exobiological modeling, impact the world of science fiction and even fantasy? As projection and proof become harder to disambiguate, the following questions becomes pointedly important: What misreading create misleading myths? Distract us away from possibilities that have now become probabilities or impossibilities? What are the problems with habitable moons that haven't been answered? Why is the Goldilocks Zone of an M-class star not necessarily a Goldilocks Zone at all? David Brin, Dr. Charles E. Gannon, Geoffrey A. Landis, G. David Nordley, Ian Tregillis
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus KL
Writing the SF Novelette Shorter than a novella but longer than a short story, the science fiction novelette presents a set of unique challenges, but has also produced some of the great classics of fscience fiction (including the original versions ofThe Bicentennial Man, Ender's Game, Blood Music, and others), and remains one of the best ways for aspiring writers to learn the fundamentals of plot, structure, and characterization. A discussion of the particular risks and rewards of the novelette form, from the perspective of both established and emerging voices in short science fiction. Eleanor Arnason, Michael Coorlim, Bud Sparhawk, Brad R. Torgersen, Connie Willis
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Comiskey
Nerdlesque: Filking for Burlesque? The neo burlesque movement seems to be full of nerds and geeks in troupes such from New York's Epic Win Burlesque to Portland's Critical Hit, even individual shows like NERDZ in Seattle and the Hitchhiker's Guide to Burlesque in Los Angeles. Some acts are fun and campy tributes to fan favorites while other numbers offer a serious contemplations. Either way, it's a love letter. Amber Clark,
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Crystal A
Wild Cards There will be a number of writers from my Wild Cards series at the con. I will be glad to moderate a Wild Cards panel with half a dozen of them as panelists. Paul Cornell, Stephen Leigh, George R. R. Martin, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Melinda Snodgrass, Carrie Vaughn
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Crystal C
Medicine and Science Fiction How has medicine influenced fscience fiction, and how has fscience fiction influenced the development of new technologies in medicine? Brad Aiken, Lisa C Freitag, Christopher Kovacs, Kendall F. Morris, Catherine Shaffer
4:30 PM-5:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Randy Henderson Randy Henderson
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Fan Lounge KK#1
Kaffeeklatsch: Ian Randal Strock Ian Randal Strock
4:30 PM-5:00 PM	Field
Paper: "Genre Boundaries" Laura Goodin presents her paper: "Genre Boundaries in Speculative and Adventure Fiction." Laura E. Goodin
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Gold Coast
Star Wars at 35 May 2012 marked the 35th anniversary release of the original Star Wars. How did this film change SF movies and what would the world look like if it had never been? Are today\'s kids seeing it as the first movie in the series or are they now watching it in episode order? And if the latter, why would anyone continue after The Phantom Menace? Toni Bogolub, James Kahn, Daniel M. Kimmel, Michael Lee, Jason Schachat
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
Libertarian Futurist Society Prometheus Awards Ceremony The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. Fran Van Cleave
4:30 PM-5:00 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Catherynne Valente Catherynne Valente
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	McCormick
Space Law The International Space Station today is acting under Japanese law, not English Common Law, Napoleonic law, Judaic law or Sharia law because the Japanese own more of the station than any other participating nation. in the future, how do we meld terrestrial law with other life forms' jurisprudence when we meet them in our travels? (For example, picture combining the Bill of Rights with the Rules of Acquisition.) Scratch Bacharach, Jeffrey Liss, Edward Wright
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Picasso
Friday Feedback Session Tell us what you think we should know about the convention. Dave McCarty
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Plaza Ballroom
Concert: Dave Perry and Amy McNally Celtic Fiddle and American Roots. Pegasus-award winner Amy McNally and Chicago musician David Perry, two of the musicians in the Midwestern Irish band The Tooles, team up to celebrate the release of Amy's new CD, "Hazardous Fiddle." Come hear original songs, eclectic covers, and traditional tunes about cars, bars, women, hockey, drinking, and just a touch of profane salvation." Amy McNally, David Perry
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	San Francisco
SF at the University of Chicago Over the Years A retrospective of the various generations of fans who have added to the traditions of SF at the University of Chicago and beyond. The Wombat, Richard Garfinkle, Kenneth Hite, Alessandra Kelley, Joshua Koppel, Bradford Lyau, John Scalzi
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Water Tower
Anime Gankutsuou 1-4, 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Wright
100 Years of Edgar Rice Burroughs A look at the life and writing of Chicago's favorite son Norman Bean, we mean Edgar Rice Burroughs. Travel from Oak Park to Barsoom, Pellucidar, and Amtor. Gardner Dozois, Bob Garcia, Geoff Ryman, Sarah Stegall, Sheila Williams
4:30 PM-6:00 PM	Wrigley
The Walking Dead: Zombies in Folklore, Science, and Popular Culture Contrasting the original Haitian Vodoun concept of zombieism with scientific explanations involving poisons that mimic suspended animation (e.g. Wade Davis 'The Serpent and the Rainbow') and with current George Romero and post-Romero depictions in fiction and film. Deirdre Crimmins, Chris Deis, James S. Dorr, Nick Mamatas
5:00 PM-6:00 PM	Columbus G
ChiKidz: 3D Printer - TARDIS Learn how a 3D printer works, includes some give-aways to hand out. John Ridley
5:00 PM-7:00 PM	Crystal B
Regency Dance John Hertz
5:00 PM-5:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Gwenda Bond Gwenda Bond
5:00 PM-5:30 PM	Field
Paper: "Kim Stanley Robinson, Science, Politics, and Global Warming" Jan Bogstad presents her paper: "Kim Stanley Robinson, Science, Politics, and Global Warming" Jan Bogstad, Philip Kaveny
5:00 PM-5:30 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer
5:00 PM-6:30 PM	Toronto LB#1
Literary Beer: Bob Kuhn on Audiobooks Bob Kuhn
5:00 PM-6:30 PM	Toronto LB#2
Literary Beer: Laura Resnick Laura Resnick
5:30 PM-6:00 PM	DuSable
Reading: Saladin Ahmed Saladin Ahmed
5:30 PM-6:00 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Ferrett Steinmetz Ferrett Steinmetz
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Addams
Cloning Around We have met the clones and they is us. Dale Cozort, Thomas Shaner, Milt Stevens
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Buckingham
Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic or Both? This panel will examine novels like the Hunger Games trilogy that have elements of both dystopian writing and the post-apocalyptic tradition and explore what those distinctions may mean. John Joseph Adams, Marie Bilodeau, Hugh Howey, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Heather Urbanski
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Columbus CD
Copyright for the Fannish Creator Fair use. Fan fiction, fan art, fan vid. Creative commons. Sonny Bono. Mickey Mouse. Torrents. Confused about how copyright works, and how fannish interests intersect with it? About how you can protect what you have created and yet encourage others to build upon it? And what you're doing that might get you in trouble? Come and find out about the current state of copyright law, what works and what doesn't, what it can do, and what it can't. Tom Dowd, Will "scifantasy" Frank, Stephanie Grace, Michael J. Lowrey, Bill Sutton
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Columbus EF
Quantum Quest Neil Armstrong Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey is a 3-D sci-fi animated film. Quantum Quest is science fiction film staring Chris Pine, Hayden Christensen, William Shatner, Samuel Jackson, James Earl Jones, Amanda Peet, Brent Spiner, Robert Picardo, Marke Hamell, Tom Kenny, Doug Jones, Abigail Breslin, Sandra Oh, and Neil Armstrong\'s one and only film role. The film integrates data from 16 Nasa missions. (www.qqthemovie.com). A discussion of the film, and Neil Armstrong\'s role and love of science fiction will be given before the film. Harry Kloor
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Columbus IJ
Toxicology 101: Everything You Know Is Wrong Environmental scientist D. Douglas Fratz gives a one-hour presentation on the basic science of toxicology. Doug Fratz
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Columbus KL
How to Avoid Getting Published Mistakes by aspiring writers that guarantee no sale. Jack McDevitt
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Crystal C
Ethics of the Near Future Ethics is now being expanded to cover social responsibility (earlier CSR) and governance. Besides it is becoming more global, helped by modern communications. What will be the end result, and how will that affect politics and literature? Tad Daley, Lisa C Freitag, Tore Audun Hoie, Jonathan Stars, Hayden Trenholm
6:00 PM-6:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Laurel Anne Hill Laurel Anne Hill
6:00 PM-6:30 PM	Field
Paper: "Evil in Lovecraft and Tolkien" Phil Kaveny presents his paper on"Evil in Lovecraft and Tolkien" Jan Bogstad, Philip Kaveny
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Gold Coast
Firefly Ten Years Later Browncoats are still flying ten years after the series aired half a season. What\'s the lasting appeal of this short-lived series? Amber Clark, Bob Devney, Lee Martindale, Ann Morris
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Grand Suite 2AB
1632: Weird Tech 2 Choosing and implementing weird tech in a story - how to find one, and how to realize it for yourself and or others. Karen Bergstralh, Rick Boatright, Walter Boyes, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff
6:00 PM-6:30 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Joe Haldeman Joe Haldeman
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	McCormick
Pizza Wars NY vs Chicago vs the rest of the world Lynn Gold, Patrick Hester, Guy Lillian, Michael Sherman
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Picasso
SIG: NOLA Special Interest Group relating to New Orleans Fandom. Stu Segal
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	San Francisco
Book Covers Revealed Leading book cover artists and editors discuss how artists get assigned, how cover ideas are developed and more. What\'s the art behind the making of a book cover? Is it magic or routine? Liz Gorinsky, Daio
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Water Tower
Anime Trigun: Badlands Rumble, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
6:00 PM-7:30 PM	Wright
Web Promotion and Social Media How to promote and using social media to bring more marketing to your film Mark Stolaroff
6:30 PM-7:00 PM	DuSable
Larry Santoro Lawrence Santoro
6:30 PM-8:00 PM	Fan Lounge
Fan Funds Auction Come support the Fan Funds! Murray Moore
6:30 PM-7:00 PM	Grand Suite 3
Reading: Madeline Ashby & David Nichols Madeline Ashby, David Nickle
6:30 PM-8:00 PM	Toronto LB#1
Literary Beer: Grant Carrington
6:30 PM-8:00 PM	Toronto LB#2
Literary Beer: Tod McCoy Tod McCoy
7:00 PM-7:30 PM	DuSable
Reading: Carolyn Ives Gilman Carolyn Ives Gilman
7:00 PM-7:30 PM	Field
Reading: Peadar � Guil�n Peadar O Guilin
7:00 PM-8:30 PM	Grand Suite 3
Shabbat Evening Service
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Addams
Reading: Ferrett Steinmetz
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Buckingham
Explore the Philosophical Side of Science Fiction We spend a lot of time talking about the nifty science in science fiction, but it has also been a place to explore philosophical ideas. From the use of Star Trek to raise questions of racial equality to Asimov's laws of robotics and ethical questions about machines, philosophical issues are intrinsic to much of SF and fantasy. Let's take a look at some of the most interesting philosophical questions (and maybe even attempts at answers!) in the genre. Dave Creek, James Stanley Daugherty, Tom Doyle, Dr. Sandra M. Grayson, Erica Neely
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Columbus CD
Dark Fairy Tales Move away from the general discussions of the Disney-ization of fairy tales and talk about how to reinvent fairy tales into dark fiction. The themes of metamorphosis and transition are prevalent in fairy tales, and sometimes where one story ends, another begins. What are some ways to reinvent fairy tales without retelling the same story? David Boop, James S. Dorr, Sara M. Harvey, Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Bill Willingham
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Columbus EF
Essential Worldbuilding What are the tools and research methods writers use to craft complex, believable worlds? What are the essential elements necessary to ground a fictional world in a sense of tangible reality? Jacqueline Carey, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Jean Johnson, Rachel Neumeier, Roberta Rogow, Martha Wells
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Columbus IJ
LGBTQ in SF&F Discussion of non-straight characters and relationships in genre fiction. Barbara G.Tarn, Catherine Lundoff, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Kevin Riggle
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Columbus KL
So You Want to Discover the Higgs Boson? The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva recently announced the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the particle long theorized to give mass to matter. But how do physicists detect particles... and how do we know this one is the Higgs? Hear a Ph.D. physicist teach the basics of particle detector technology (no physics background required!) and answer your questions about the massive machines used to study the smallest stuff in nature. Corry L. Lee
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	DuSable
Looking Back 70 Years in Fandom John L. Coker, III, Erle Korshak, Dave Kyle, Robert A. Madle, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Arthur L. Widner
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Field
Marvel Comics Superheroes from the 1960s In less than a decade (1961-1969), Stan Lee's Marvel Comics created iconic superheroes that have only grown in popularity over the decades. What was unique about the Marvel superheroes that have led to them becoming such a phenomenon? Toni Bogolub, Doug Fratz, Marcy Lyn-Waitsman
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Gold Coast
Electronic Publishing Discussion of many aspects of electronic publishing. Joshua Bilmes, Eric Flint, Paul Genesse, Amanda Luedeke, Jason Sizemore
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	McCormick
Young Adult Movies The Harry Potter series. Twilight. The Hunger Games. For better or worse, YA fiction is hot and it's increasingly being transferred to the big screen. What`s worked and what hasn't? Are younger fans now only interested in genre movies if they`ve read the book?" Anna Sheehan, Leigh Bardugo, Deirdre Crimmins, Travis Heerman
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Plaza Ballroom
Concert: Diamond Star A concert mixing rocks songs from the sound track to Catherine Asaro's Diamond Star and Carnelians with dance, vocals, and readings from these books. Catherine Asaro
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	San Francisco
An Introduction to the Na`vi Language This panel will take a look at the Na\'vi language, created by Dr. Paul Frommer for the movie Avatar. First, we will take a brief look at the continuing development of this popular constructed language, then introduce the basics of the language, and leave you with some words and sentences you can share with your friends! William S. Annis, Tim Stoffel
7:30 PM-9:00 PM	Wrigley
C. L. Moore Discussion C.L. Moore was one of the pioneering female sf writers. This panel showcases Moore place in genre and will assess her standing in literature/writing. Stephen Haffner, Kenneth Hite, Lawrence Person, Sofia Samatar, Graham Sleight
8:00 PM-10:00 PM	Grand Ballroom
Moebius Theatre https://7.chicon.org/moebius.php
8:00 PM-9:30 PM	Toronto LB#1
Literary Beer: John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell
9:00 PM-10:30 PM	Addams
Friends of Bill W Friends of Bill W
9:00 PM-10:00 PM	Buckingham
Themed Filk: Vixy & Tony Open filking with Vixy and Tony Michelle Dockrey, Tony Fabris
9:00 PM-10:00 PM	Columbian
Themed Filk: How Many of Them Can We Make Die? Erica Neely
9:00 PM-10:30 PM	Columbus CD
Sidewise Awards Ceremony The Sidewise Awards recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. This year's panel of judges was made up of Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Stu Shiffman, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver. Evelyn C. Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Steven H Silver, Billee J. Stalling
9:00 PM-10:30 PM	Columbus EF
Heinlein`s Ambassador to the Atom: Robert A. Cornog, Physicist Robert Cornog (1912-1998), an engineer and physicist, was a close friend of Robert A. Heinlein before Heinlein's literary career began. Cornog, as a cyclotron experimenter, Manhattan Project participant, and rocket engineer, gave Heinlein a window on advanced research, and sometimes served as Heinlein's sounding board for the science that went into his fiction. Their correspondence across decades reveals a shared delight in technology, a passion for science fiction, and an urgent concern to curb the threat of a nuclear arms race. Bill Higgins
9:00 PM-10:30 PM	Columbus KL
Guest of Honor Speech: Mike Resnick Mike Resnick
9:00 PM-10:00 PM	Gold Coast
Instrumental Jam Betsy Tinney will lead instrumentalists and vocalists in an open jam. Bring your instruments, bring your drum, bring your voice � jamming can be even more fun without words! Betsy Tinney
9:00 PM-4:00 AM	Haymarket
Themed Filk: Tuning Room
9:00 PM-10:00 PM	Picasso
Themed Filk: Top 10 Filk Songs Juanita Coulson, David Kushner, Sharon Spanogle
9:00 PM-10:30 PM	Water Tower
Anime Project A-Ko, 9:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m.
9:30 PM-11:00 PM	Toronto LB#1
Literary Beer: Dani Kollin Dani Kollin
9:30 PM-11:00 PM	Toronto LB#2
Literary Beer: Eytan Kollin Eytan Kollin
10:00 PM-4:30 AM	Buckingham
Open Filk A filk circle. Sing and play what you like.
10:00 PM-4:00 AM	Columbian
Open Filk A filk circle. Sing and play what you like.
10:00 PM-4:30 AM	Gold Coast
Open Filk A filk circle. Sing and play what you like.
10:00 PM-4:30 AM	Picasso
Open Filk A filk circle. Sing and play what you like.
10:30 PM-12:00 AM	Water Tower
Anime Revolutionary Girl Utena, 11:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Attending	US$	$230
Young Adult (17-21)	US$	$100
Child	US$	$75
Kid-in-tow	FREE
Supporting	US$	$50