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Philcon® 2009 Program


Philcon Program Grid

12:00 AMIs Hydrogen the Future of Energy?

Friday

Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)Crystal Ballroom ThreeCrystal Ballroom TwoExecutive Suite 623Executive Suite 823Grand Ballroom A Plaza I (One)Plaza II (Two)Plaza III (Three)Plaza IV (Four)Plaza V (Five)Plaza VI (Six)Plaza VII (Seven)
4:00 PMDIY Low-Tech Animation
5:00 PMWant some SF? Get out of the SF section!Doing a Lot of Costuming With Practically NothingBook vs. Movie - YA Edition
6:00 PMWhy Call It A "Singularity" If There Are So Many of Them?What is SF Costuming & Why Do We Care About It?Digging Dinos for Kids
7:00 PMHow to Build a Time MachineCan You Repeat That Mr. President? My Twitter Feed Was Down.Danielle Ackley-McPhail ReadingMMO NationFantasy Based on Non-European SourcesWhat Makes a Webcomic Last?A Science Fiction Curriculum For New ComersFrivolous Uses Of High TechnologyThe Science of ZombiesBest Animated Movie of 2009Making the Unreal Real: Illustrating things that don't exist.
8:00 PMIs Hydrogen the Future of Energy?The Lasting Appeal of Dick (Philip K., That Is)Keith R.A. Decandido ReadingCory Doctorow on Copyrights (PSFS Meeting)The Poe Legacy in Short FictionZombie JamboreeApocalypse Pretty Soon?You Never Forget Your First Doctor...The Music of the FantasticFree Build with LEGO BricksThe Books We Come Back To
9:00 PMMeet the ProsFrom Gothic Fiction to Paranormal RomanceNick Wolven ReadingCharles Dickens and Science FictionThe Future of MoneyHot Alien SexThis Blood's for YouLet' s Write a Filk Song
10:00 PMVideo Rave (Playable Dancing and Games)The SF Quiz ShowTom Purdom ReadingSocial Network Social These Are A Few Of My Favorite ScenesWhy Science Fiction Is Not FinishedMMO 101 – WoW, EVE, Everquest, and Beyond!We Started This Cult Film S***!Books We Love To HateBuck Rogers Rides AgainNaughty Bits
11:00 PMVideo Rave (Playable Dancing and Games) Hour 2Friday Open Filking
11:59 PMEye of Argon Reading

Saturday

Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)Crystal Ballroom ThreeCrystal Ballroom TwoExecutive Suite 623Executive Suite 823Grand Ballroom A Plaza I (One)Plaza II (Two)Plaza III (Three)Plaza IV (Four)Plaza V (Five)Plaza VI (Six)Plaza VII (Seven)
9:00 AMEast Coast Regional SFWA MeetingPlay: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 1)
10:00 AMParticipation Demo: Dot Painting Fantasy ThemeRiding a Wave of Looking BackwardsPhilcon 101Eric Kotani ReadingMaking the Most of Your Writers GroupLaw and The Future: Getting it RightSF & Fantasy Cartoons And Why We Love ThemMMO 201 – World of Warcraft, The Gold Standard of Fantasy MMORPGsThe Value of Art: Traditional vs. Digital MediaThe New FeudalismCostume Workshop: Fabric FlowersPlay: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 2)The Art of the Audio Drama
11:00 AMGuided Tour of the Art ShowBiological ComputersThe Age of AnonymousTy Drago ReadingThe Fannish Generation GapVS.How Faithful are Graphic Adaptations of Popular Novels?Broad Universe Rapid Fire ReadingWas Philip K. Dick right?The Editors Panel (Short Fiction)Masquerade Presentation Problem-SolvingPlay: Toon (Game 1, Hour 1)Stalking the Wild Filk
12:00 PMArt Demo: J. Andrew WorldThe Current Economic Downturn and What it Means to Science FictionFrom 2001 To A Galaxy Far, Far Away...Victoria Jannsen ReadingMakeup Mini-DemoPennsylvania JediScience Fiction for the Post Human FutureSteampunk for SimpletonsThe Best WebcomicsJ. R. R. Tolkien: The Saga Goes Ever On and OnSteampunk Art: Who's Doing It and Why We Like It.Play: Toon (Game 1, Hour 2)"Outsider" Fiction
1:00 PMArt Show ToursStem Cells: Research and ProgressDiversity in SF and FandomMIchael Swanwick ReadingWriters WorkshopZombies of a Different ColorPhilip K. Dick As Classic LiteratureDo Science Fiction and Rock and Roll Explore Similar Themes?The Evolution of Artworks: From Concept to Finished PieceYour Internet Presence and YouNew Trends In Costuming: Steampunk, Gothic Lolita, VariationsNASA for KidsConventional Filk
2:00 PMThe Planck Telescope and Herschel Space ObservatoryAre We Headed for the Post-Literate World?Cory Doctorow ReadingWriters Workshop (Second Hour)Computer Gaming Meets Science FictionZenkaikon/Delaware Anime Society Meet & Greet200 Years Of PhobiasThe Business of Art: Marketing & PromotionDr. Horrible Sing-A-LongThis To That:Hot Glue & AdhesivesLightsaber Demo by PA JediYou Wrote a Song About What??
3:00 PMArt Demo: Alan BeckSpace Inc.: Is Private Enterprise the Future of Space Development?Pirate, Ninja, Supervillain, Vampire L.A. Banks ReadingSocial Changes No One Saw ComingGuest Artist Frank Wu PresentationThe Merits of ""Hard Science"" vs. Balonium in Science Fiction LiteratureAgents And Editors PanelWhy Aren't We Writing About the Future Anymore?Discuss Dr. Horrible Sing a Long Hand-Sewing: Old-Fashioned & AuthenticOrigami for All Ages (Session 1)A Filk Concert
4:00 PMStar Trek: Where Does It Boldly Go Now?Kyle Cassidy Slide ShowJonathan Maberry ReadingDelaware Valley Gaming GroupsInterview of Principal Speaker Catherine Asaro and of Donald WolcottNetworking for Novice AuthorsMaking it With Vampires, Shapeshifters and Other CreaturesPulped!Monsters in (or Out) the ClosetDigital Art Photography: How is it affecting the illustration market?Sing-A-Long Filk with Roberta Rogow and FriendsAnother Filk Concert
5:00 PMScience At The Heart of Science FictionMichael F. Flynn ReadingWho are You When You're Not Yourself?In Their Own Words - The Business of Voice ActingThe Invasion of the JaneitesPoe's PoetryHow Great Is BBC America For Fandom?Lovecraft as Mass CultureStorytelling with Patient CreaturesPatricia Wake Concert
6:00 PMGreat Mysteries of ScienceAnime Princesses Rule...Disney Princesses DroolChuck vs. The New IntersectPlay: Plastic Brick Adventures
7:00 PMThe Large Hadron ColliderIn the Beginning Was the WordThe Use of Science Fiction in EducationWho Is Your Favorite Forgotten Author?Is It Possible To Make The Devil Scary?Filk Concert - Saturday Night
8:00 PMCharles E. Gannon ReadingMasquerade and Concert with Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott - Hour 1Insert Tab B Into Slot AParanoid Science FictionThe Influence of 1950s and 1960s B Movies on LiteratureAre You Ready for the Zombie/Vampire/Alien/Eldrich Apocalypse?Plausible Alien Life Forms in Hard SFTo the Moon and Beyond
9:00 PMVampires: Geesh, We just can't get rid of themGenevieve Iseult Eldredge 18+ ReadingMasquerade and Concert with Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott-Hour 2The Art Of The CollaborationFuture SinScience Fiction AbidesInfluences on Dr. WhoSong Sequitur
10:00 PMMasquerade and Concert With Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott-Hour3Bad Anime, Bad!!What's a hot Orion like you doing in a cantina like this?... Flirting and DatingSaturday Night Open Filk
11:00 PMMark Rogers Slide ShowSex and the Single Fan: Is Fandom... different?

Sunday

Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)Crystal Ballroom ThreeCrystal Ballroom TwoExecutive Suite 623Executive Suite 823Grand Ballroom A Plaza I (One)Plaza II (Two)Plaza III (Three)Plaza IV (Four)Plaza V (Five)Plaza VI (Six)Plaza VII (Seven)
9:00 AMPlay: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 3)
10:00 AMA Briefer History of TimeRecommended ReadingEf Deal ReadingTheramin Concert with Kip RosserRegional Science FictionScience Fiction Writers Writing About Other Art FormsClassic Games You Want to Play AgainNotions in CostumingPlay: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 4)Y, Syfy? Y?
11:00 AMFantastic Internet: SF On The WebScifi Saved My LifeDavid Louis Edelman ReadingThe Importance of Cash Flow For the New AuthorThe United States In A Thousand YearsMy Cartoon Stereotypes Are More Offensive Than YoursThe Weird Science Fair!Who was John W. Campbell and Why Does He Still Matter?Is The Short Story On Its Way Out?Drawn to the Dark: The Appeal Of Horror ArtPlay: Toon (Game 2, Hour 1)You Don't Have to Sing
12:00 PMTowards a Theory of Quantum GravityThe New Generation Of SF WritersBud Sparhawk ReadingFoundation Book DiscussionSpecial Guest L.A. Banks SpeechThe Biology of ObesityScience Fiction and Fantasy Literary FadsMasquerade Show & TellHollywood Goes Green! Wait, They’re Remaking What?!Why Isn't Science Fiction More International?Costuming for Kids (H1) / Toon (G2 H2)
1:00 PMArt Auction/Taff AuctionKaaaaaaate! We Have to Go Baaaaaaack!What Price Immortality?Gregory Frost readingWhere will the Romance Science Fiction/Fantasy Connection Go?Explaining Why It's GoodEditing AnthologiesHistorical CorsetryLARPs: Keeping them interestingEat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway... Healthy Living For FansCostuming for Kids (H2) / Origami (S2)Sunday Filk Concert
2:00 PMMarvel/Disney: What Does It Mean For Comics?Philly Geek: What's going on in Philly Fandom?Catherine Asaro ReadingMicrofiction: The Next Big Thing?Igor's Egg ConcertAnime And The Revolving Door of CulturePost Supernatural HorrorBeyond The Nation StateWhat My Cat Had For Breakfast.Writers That Should Have Quit When They Were AheadWhat Have You Been Reading?Dead Dog Filk
3:00 PMThe Future of Print Genre MagazinesTheme Parks, Entertainment, and UtopiaDina Leacock readingBook Discussion IdeasThe Stories That Changed EverythingPlay: Clay-O-Rama "Q"
4:00 PMWhat was Good and Not so Good about Philcon

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