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Pocket Program August 28 - September 1, 2003 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Table of Contents Credits: Registration...... 8 Media Office...... 10 Data: Terry Fong - Programming Information...... 8 Programming Office...... 10 Layout: Michelle Boyce - Publications Childcare...... 8 Convention Office...... 10 Content: Torcon 3, Convention Committee

Accessibility...... 8 Events Office...... 10 Editing and Proofreading: Larry Hancock, Jody Contents Important Numbers...... 8 Events...... 10 Dix, and Peter Jarvis Emergency: 911...... 8 Weddings...... 12 Artwork: Athena Jarvis, Donald Connors Volunteers...... 8 Thursday Grid...... 14 Legend: Con Suite...... 9 Thursday Program Details...... 18 CC: Metro Tonconto Convention Centre Green Room...... 9 Friday Grid...... 28 RY: Fairmont Royal York Hotel Fan Lounge...... 9 Friday Program Details...... 32 Internet Lounge...... 9 Saturday Grid...... 58 Exhibits Hall...... 9 Saturday Program Details...... 62 Art Show...... 9 Sunday Grid...... 84 Site Selection...... 9 Sunday Program Details...... 88 Dealers Room...... 9 Monday Grid...... 108 Sales to Members...... 9 Monday Program Details...... 112 Gaming...... 9 Program Participants...... 120 Kaffeeklatsches...... 9 Award Ceremonies...... 10 Business Meeting...... 10 Newsletter Office...... 10 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 1 Frort Sit**

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61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 7 Registration Friday, August 29: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Main location: Central Foyer, Convention Saturday, August 30: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Centre. Sunday, August 31: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Hours: 9:00 A.m. to 6:00 P.M. Monday, September 1: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Late Night Reg: Available from 7:00 p.m. Child Care is situated in the Algonquin Room, at the east until at least midnight in the Royal York, end of the Main Mezzanine of the Royal York Confederation 5/6. Hotel. Run by Umbrella Event Child Care, a local company which specializes in child care for large events, Information our facility will provide for the needs of children up to the Convention Centre, ground floor, West side age of twelve while parents enjoy themselves at the of Atrium at foot of central escalators convention. Umbrella has a wide variety of activities Hours: 3 - 6 Thur.; 9 - 6 Fri., SaL and planned for the children left in their staff’s care. Sun.; 9-3 Mon. Parents will be charged at a rate of $5.00 per hour for We have maps and brochures for the leaving their children in care. Although children in Toronto area and attractions and will work diapers are not being accepted into our child care facility, hard to answer any question you have. a changing table will be available for parents to drop in if Reps from TEDA (the Toronto Entertain­ one is needed. ment District Association) will be at table to the right. Accessibility Childcare Scooters and wheelchairs ordered before the convention can be picked up in Royal York Hotel: East end of Main Mezzanine, Algonquin Room room 2O5C of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, on the Main floor. Child Care will be available during the following houis: Important Numbers Thursday, August 28: noon to 9:00 pm _____ Crowne Plaza Hotel: (416) 597-1400,______PAGE 8 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Holiday Inn on King Street: (416) 599-4000 Exhibits Hall Renaissance Toronto Hotel at SkyDome: (416) 341-7100 Convention Centre: Hall B Royal York Hotel: (416) 368-2511 Strathcona Hotel: (416) 363-3321 Art Show Emergency: 911 Convention Centre: Hall A Volunteers Site Selection Crowne Plaza: Grenadier Room Royal York: East end of First floor, room 1-180 (fan area) Con Suite Hours: 10AM to 6PM Royal York: East end of First floor. Van Home + Empress + Frontenac suites Dealers Room Green Room Convention Centre: Hall A Dealer Room Hours. 11-6 Thins. Fri. Sat, Sun and 11-3 Monday. Crowne Plaza Hotel: Ontario Room Hours: Thursday to Sunday from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. and on Monday from Sales to Members 9:30 AM to 2:30PM. Convention Centre: Hall B Panelists are requested to drop into the Green Room twenty to thirty' minutes Gaming

before their scheduled items to meet with other participants before the panel. Info Royal York: TBD Room Fan Lounge The room will be open for as long ns reliable volunteers are available to staff Royal York: East end of First floor, room 1-180 the room. There will be open gaming, demonstration events, and scheduled Internet Lounge role-playing, board, and card game tournaments; the schedule will be available in the gaming room. Crowne Plaza Hotel: Niagara Room General Open 24 Hours, run of convention. Kaffeeklatsches _____ Klatsches will be held in the Royal York in the PEL Nova Scotia, New______I 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 9 Brunswick & Alberta rooms. The Sign-up book will be at the Information Desk. Sign up for on Wednesday Thursday 1pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm for Thursday Kaffeeklatches, on Thursday for Friday Kaffeeklatches, etc. First Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm come, first served. Space is limited to nine per Kaffeeklatch. Please check the Monday 10am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm Torcon3 website or the pocket program for participants. Award Ceremonies Spectrum Awards are scheduled for Friday at 1500. Business Meeting Every member of Torcon 3 is a member of the World Science Fiction Society and may attend and participate in the WSFS Business Meetings, where changes to the Hugo Awards, Site Selection, and other official rules of WSFS are decided. See the Souvenir Book for the current version of the WSFS Constitution, Standing Rules, and Business Passed On from Conjose'. The Business Meetings will be on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings from 10 AM to 1 PM (probably ending somewhat sooner, depending on the amount of business submitted) in the Fairmont Royal York. Arrive early in order to read the agenda and other handouts before the meeting. The deadline for submitting new business to the WSFS Business Meeting is 10 PM Thursday niglit. You must submit 200 identical copies of the proposal (including an original signed by at least two members of Torcon 3 proposing it). Take your copies to the convention office and ask for them to put it in the Business Meeting mailbox.

PAGE 10 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Newsletter Office Events Crowne Plaza Hotel, Halton Room Thursday, August 28th There is a drop box in front of the newsletter office for submissions to the daily 8:00 p.m. - Torcon HI OPENING CEREMONY and GUEST OF HONOUR newsletter. Please check each previous newsletter for deadlines. RECEPTION, Royal York Concert Hall. Media Office For Torcon III, we have combined these two popular events into an opening Crown Plaza Hotel, Board Room night “not to be missed” special! Join in the fun as we kick-off Toronto’s third Hours are daily 10am to 6pm, with special hours during major events Worldcon. Meet and mingle with our Guests of Honour, other Torcon Programming Office participants and volunteers, and of course, all your friends from around the globe and beyond. And make sure you stay after the event for a late-night Press Room of the Convention Centre concert by our own ‘recovered folksinger’ Spider Robinson who—with a little Hours: Thursday to Sunday from 930 AM to 5:30 PM, and on Monday from help from Jeanne Robinson—will sing pazz, jop, bolk, flues, and some 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Program participants with schedule questions or changes original material, with solo guitar accompaniment should come to the office at their earliest convenience. Friday, August 29th 7:30 -10:00 p.m. - CHESLEY AWARDS (please check pocket programme for Convention Office

location) Info Convention Office is in the Crowne Plaza, Kingsway Room with hours from 10 Honouring the best and most innovative artists in the world of science fiction, am to 6 pm every day, occasionally open to 8 pm if it’s busy, but not guaran­ fantasy and speculative art. teed. Rangers are in the Royal York, Confederation 5 and 6 and will be open 8:30 pm Show Us Your Dream Costume Dance pretty well all but the middle of the night Royal York Concert Hall. Events Office Don your costumes and bring your dancing shoes — the music you’ll hear is General Convention Centre: Press Room Retro-80s and sci-fi song/theme remixes - hosts Keith and Gary Arseneau’s

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 11 specialty - with lots of Canadian content. Keith and Gary are fen and put on a expert on the Regency era, will once again host the Regency Ball. Everyone is dance for fellow fen - the kind of dance you’d only get at a convention. invited to join John as he shows you how to dance Regency-style. This is a But first, warm up for the dance with Jungle Cats on the prowl presented by the participatory event - so feel free to join in, two left feet and all! dance duo, Ravenar. Slinky, playful, majestic and mischievous, Ravenar 2:00 p.m. - Reply From Extraterrestrial Intelligence, An original play in two celebrates the many aspects of the cat. Ravenar fuses belly dance with a variety of acts by E. Michael Blake presented by Moebius Theatre. music, including pop and movie themes. They perform at SF Cons and parties Royal York Concert Hall. all over the US and now in Canada. 8:00 p.m. - MASQUERADE, MTCC, Hall C, with MC Gordon Rose. We are Saturday, August 30th adding an excellent half-time programme which will be A Salute to Canadian 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Robert Heinlein Pay it Forward BLOOD DRIVE, Costuming Fashion Show. Also, this year Bantam Dell Publishing Group will be Convention Centre. Fans have a well-earned reputation for voluntarism, so awarding a special prize of $500 US for the best costume inspired by the works come on out and donate a pint for this very worthy cause. of Torcon 3 guest of honour George R. R. Martin. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - PRIX AURORA AWARDS, Royal York Concert Hall. Want to Monday, September 1st see how it’s done up north? Join us for the Canadian Prix Aurora Awards as we 3:00 p.m. - CLOSING CEREMONIES, Royal York Concert Hall celebrate our national stars. We especially would like to invite all our non­ Come give Torcon III a fond farewell, and say good-bye to all your friends, new Canadian friends to attend so that we can share f&sf, Canadian-style, with you! and old! 8:00 p.m. - 50* Anniversary HUGO CEREMONY Weddings MTCC, Hall C. 50* Anniversary Presentation of the Hugo Awards Torcon Congratulates Its Newlyweds’ Torcon Hl is honoured to be hosting the 50* edition of these prestigious Since the Ontario Court of Appeal announced its decision that preventing same- awards. Come and remember the past 50 years with us, as we celebrate the sex marriage was unconstitutional in Canada, dozens of gay and lesbian stories of tomorrow. couples have gotten married in Ontario. A few months ago, we received a request Sunday, August 31st from a gay couple for information on how they might get married while in 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - REGENCY BALL, MTCC. John Hertz, fandom’s inimitable PAGE 12 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Toronto. Since weddings are not new to Worldcons, on Thursday, August 28 at 1 id/Mr Do you notice and the right to impound weapons PM, three couples will walk down the aisle in the B.C. Room at the Royal York MEAN "V&&S or objects designated as weapons for the Hotel to be wed by Reverend Dr. Cheri DiNovo of the United Church of Canada. SUCH 1W& duration of Torcon. Failure to put an object Membership badges and replacement policy AS A KL/NQAN BEAVER that violates this policy away in your hotel Your membership badge is your admission to the convention. It is important room or vehicle, or to leave it with Rangers for the duration of your stay at Torcon, is that you do not lose it Also, please note that you must at all times display both grounds for immediate revocation of parts of your badge - these being the badge holder and the badge insert. If you membership without refund and expulsion lose just the badge insert, we can replace if for a fee of Cdn$10.00. If you lose the badge holder, you will have to purchase a new membership. We will refund from the convention. Dealers who sell weapons or weapon replicas must securely the new membership if the original badge holder is later found and the new one wrap each item at the point of sale and is returned to Registration. provide each customer with a printed copy । Weapons Policy of these rules (available from the conven­ It is the policy of Torcon that no real or realistic edged or projectile weapons tion office). Torcon is well aware that may be carried anywhere within the convention. Exceptions will be made at the most people who would like to carry

Masquerade when approved by the Masquerade Director or for special events weapons are generally sensible and careful Info when approved by Programming or Events. In any case where an exception is individuals. However, we must bear in made, the head of Rangers must be notified. No weapon of any kind may be mind legal liability, our relationship with drawn or wielded in any area of the hotels or convention space. Torcon defines the hotels and Convention Centre, and the a weapon as any object designed to cause damage, or any replica of such an general peace of mind of the ordinary' object, or any object that the Committee determines to pose a risk or perceived public whom the convention members will General risk to the safety of others or to personal or hotel or Convention Centre property. be passing amongst as they go back and forth between events. The Committee reserves the right to alter or amend this definition without___ 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 13 ||RY: PEI CC: 103B ICC: I04B CC: 104CD |CC: CCi 20 IE ■CC: 20IF CC: 203 A CC: 203C CC:205B ; . ; CC: 206B CC: 206F ,-i-CC: Summit |RY: British RY:New ■ :JrY: I2OIABCD gm iji • ’Territories (Columbia Confederation Brunswick ■ ■■ । Roberta Rogow

Beyond The The Liar’s "Online, Costuming Feedback Reading Reading Can SF Be Adaptations Janna Sidewise Robert J. George R. Liz Williams First Draft Panel Snailmail, 101 Session Co-Opted? Silverstein Awards Sawyer (K) R. Martin (K) (K) Face-To-Fac (K) Old New Cassini How Is SF/F Canada Reading Reading Genre vs. The Filk/Folk Workshop: Voices Probe To Analyzed Council Mainstream Process Recording Saturn Reading Katherine A Connie Robert Brandenburg Honigsberg Willis (K) Metzger (K) (K) (K) Design An Fantasy Farscape Day Jobs LGBT Reading Reading "If They Roberta P Alien Culture The Best For Writers Reading 2: Drew It, 1 Rogow Wamer-Lalo Species Design Sci-Fi Show Tanya Huff Can Do It!" nde/W. R Reading Reading

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61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 17 Thursday Program Details Autograplis 1300 CC: 202C Feedback Session 1100 RY: Saskatchewan Instaband Signup Torcon Committee Members 1300 RY: Alberta Janna Silverstein (Kaffeeklatsch) The time we have practiced ducking for. Janna Silverstein 1300 CC: 104CD The Liar’s Panel Kaffeeklatche Deb Geisler, Mike Glyer, John Pomeranz, Michael Swan wick, Hoi 1300 CC: 203C Reading Panelists, under the moderation of Guest of Honor Mike Glyer, att Christy Hardin Smith the most outrageous prevarications in an ongoing quest to amuse 1300 CC: 203A Reading best their fellows. Hal Clement 1300 RY: PEI Liz Williams (Kaff 1300 Signing Area Robert Metzger Liz Williams Robert Metzger Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1300 RY: New Brunswick Robert J. Sawy er ( 1300 Signing Area Rick Wilber Robert J. Sawyer Rick Wilber Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1300 RY: NS George R. R. Marti 1300 RY: British Columbia Weddings George R. R. Martin Don Kaiser, Dan Heine, Andrew Bertke, Joe Agee, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo Kaffeeklatche 1300 Signing Area Adam-Troy Castro 1300 CC: 201E Online, Snailmail, Adam-Troy Castro Writers Groups Autographs Bridget Coila, Barb Galler-Smilh, Aynjel Kaye, Rochelle Uhlenko 1300 Signing Area Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg The panelists describe the pros and cons of different kinds of writi Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg PAGE 18 61st World Science Fiction Con about the group they belong to. 1300 Signing Area Steve Sawicki 1300 CC: 20IF Costuming 101 Autographs Alixandra Jordan, TbniLay, Carole Parker 1400 Signing Area Richard Kirk For people who want to costume, and have little or no experience costuming. Come Autographs find the answers to your costuming questions. 1400 Signing Area Kevin Murphy Thursday 1300 CC: 205B Can SF be Co-Opted? Autographs Scott Bakker, Gregory Frost, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden, Stephen Pagel, Ann Zeddies 1400 Signing Area Robert Reed Increasingly, corporations and other organisations are looking at any and all vehicles Autographs to push their agenda (making money, spreading a message, etc.). Is SF immune to 1400 CC: 202C Canada Council Reading this? If not, can something be done to stop it? Should SF somehow go on the offensive, Dave Duncan, Jean-Louis Trudel perhaps even consciously push its own priorities? 1400 CC: 205B Genre vs. Mainstream Fiction in 1300 CC: 104A Beyond the First Draft Canada Joshua Bilmes, Jeanne Cavelos,Josepha Sherman, Robert Silverberg, Caro Soles Alison Baird, Terence Green, Scott Mackay The first draft is done. Your new novel is revolutionary, groundbreaking and will 1400 Signing Area Connie Willis change the world! Now what? Autographs 1300 CC: 206F Adaptations: Not Faithful Enough 1400 CC: 104CD Old New Voices: The John W. or Too Faithful Campbell Award Winners, Thirty Alma Hromic Deckert, Craig Engler, Craig Miller, Nick Sagan, IsaacSzpindel Years Later “The Lord of the Rings” has shown that fidelity to the original can successfully George R. R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Gardner Dozois, Alexis Gilliland, Harry transport a complex fantasy to the screen. Why has this not happened more frequently? Harrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Spider Robinson, Kristine Smith, Amy Thomson, Lisa Does it require only megabucks, a caring producer, and a reverent creative team? And Tuttle by the way, can an adaptation be TOO faithful? Come join our august group of panelists as they discuss the John W. Campbell Award 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 19 and die impact it made on them and their career. 1400 CC: 203A Reading 1400 CC: 201ABCD Cassini Probe to Saturn M.M. Buckner Guy Consolmagno 1430 RY: New Brunswick Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg Bill and Guy talk about the NASA mission (NEAR) to visit the asteroid Eros that will Kaffeeklatche ultimately land on the body 1430 RY: NS Connie Willis 1400 RY: Territories Recording - Playing with Equipment Kaffeeklatche Ken Lalonde,]. Spencer Love 1430 RY: Alberta Katherine Brandenburg Some hands on play (supervised of course) with the gear. Find out how to connect it, Kaffeeklatche how to power it, good things and bad tilings to do with it. Why do things work the way 1430 RY: PEI Robert Metzger they do? Kaffeeklatche 1400 RY: Confederation 3 The Filk/Folk Process 1500 CC: 201E “Dayjobs for Writers —Journalist, Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser, Graham Leathers Freelance Technical/ The folk process morphs a traditional ballad dirough many small changes and Bridget Coila, Jonathan Cowie, William Dietz, John Scalzi, Edward Willett continues to do so to reach the form in which it reaches us. It happens in filk too. It’s Remember the good old days when you had to hide your SF/Fantasy from your English the process of the listeners making a song “their own”. teacher? English teachers are now writing the stuff. Is all that respectability squeezing 1400 CC: 201E How Is SF/F Analyzed the life out of SF? Is becoming a professor to support your SF habit like cutting your John Clute, Justine Ixirbalestier, Loma Tbolis, Heather Urbanski, Allan Weiss hair in the early 70’s after coming down from that great rush of we’re-all-gonna- Science fiction and fantasy have become more respectable in recent years. Is sf&f now change-the-world rock and roll? accepted within the academic community, or merely tolerated as just another 1500 CC: 201F LGBT Reading 2: Tanya Huff crackpot, fringe genre?” Tanya Huff 1400 CC: 203C Reading 1500 RY: Territories Concert: Peggi Warner-Lalonde / W. Keith DeCandido Randy Hoffman PAGE 20 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 W. Randy Hoffman. Peyyi Warner-Lalonde interesting and novel human cultures." 1500 CC: 203C Reading 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Songwriting - Intro Wen Spencer Terence Chua, Gary Ehrlich, Lynn Gold 1500 CC: 203A Reading 1500 CC: 104A Design an Alien Species Derryl Murphy Hal Clement, Julie Czerneda, Edward M. Lerner, G. David Nordley Thursday 1500 CC: 206B “If They Drew It, I Can Do It!" Humans are gregarious, cooperative, tribal, and omnivorous, among many other Moral Agnerian, Pierre Pettinyer, Dawn McKechnie attributes. All of these are up for reassessment in constructing fictional aliens and their Translating images from the movies, television, anime, manga, book covers, etc. into societies. Let’s try some and see how. costumes. Come and hear some of those who have done it. 1500 Signing Area Scott Green 1500 CC: 201ABCD Farscape The Best Science Fiction Autographs . Show Ever? 1500 Signing Area Caro Soles Dave Creek, Sarah Elliott. Peter Knapp. Tara Oakes Autographs Great stories, writing, characters, acting, effects, and direction made this deep-space 1500 Signing Area Robert Charles Wilson action drama awe-inspiring, unique — and possibly the best that modem media Autographs science fiction has to offer. Why is it gone? Why can’t other shows achieve this quality? 1500 Signing Area Sarah Zettel Will it be back? Autographs 1500 CC: 104B Fantasy Culture Design 1500 Signing Area Gord Rollo Scott Bakker, P.C. Hodyell, Victoria McManus. Sean Mead, Josepha Sherman Autographs Even more than science fiction scribes, fantasists tend to put great effort into designing 1530 CC: 203C Reading novel cultures, determining how they work, and considering how they might interact Suzy Chamas with each other. Panelists will discuss their favourite exotic cultures from fantasy 1530 CC: 203A Reading literature, and see if any general principles can be adduced for the creation of Melinda Snodyrass 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 21 1600 RY: NS Lawrence Schoen Whether it’s writing, art or fdk SF has issues around the protection of intellectual Kaffeeklatche property. A discussion from several angles, and hopefully from several countries. 1600 RY: New Brunswick Sheila Finch 1600 CC: 203C Reading Kaffeeklatche Elizabeth Hand 1600 CC: 104B Archetypes and Fairy Tales 1600 CC: 206F Wanted: The Privatisation of Space Kathryn Cramer, Dave Duncan, Sarah Elliott, P.C. Hodgell, Linnea Dodson Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, Steven Lopala, Henry Spencer, Pete Thomas, Karen Traviss Does all good or great fantasy take root in the fairy tales of our or earlier peoples’ Didn't D. D. Harriman make a more interesting hero than Neil Armstrong? So maybe youth? To the extent that a fantasy work doesn't resonate from a strong cultural meme, commercial exploration of space would provide a more desirable future as far as fans will it be less successful? And what advice would we offer to a Jung fantasy writer... are concerned. But will governments ever truly abandon space? Or — given the collapse 1600 CC: 201F Minneapolis, er, make that, of the Russian program and the pervasive sleepyheadedness at NASA versus recent Toronto in 1973 developments such as SeaLaunch and the X PRIZE competition — have they? A look back at the campaign for the right to host the 1973 Worldcon. 1600 CC: 202C Beauty in the Near and Far Future 1600 CC: 203C Reading StephanieJohanson, Aynjel Kaye, Anthony Lewis, Sarah Zettel, Scott Westerfeld Julie Czemeda Will the advent of nanotechnology' and other high technologies change the way we 1600 CC: 203A Reading perceive beauty? Especially if nanotech can quickly and painlessly change your Lawrence Schoen appearance almost at whim. 1600 RY: PEI Charles Coleman Finlay 1600 CC: 103B Kids Favorite Movies Kaffeeklatche Anne Pinzow, Bonnie Kunzel 1600 RY: Alberta Terry McGarry 1600 CC: 103A Opening: Getting to know you... Kaffeeklatche Lisa Ragsdale 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Copyright Issues 1600 RY: Territories Concert: Andrew Barton & Kate Terence Chua, J. Spencer Love, Gretchen Roper Soley Barton PAGE 22 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Andrew Barton, Kate Soley Barton In literature and television, extraordinary subject matter is almost invariably met with You have some lyrics and some ideas. Now what? Some ideas on making music and disbelief. Yet in real life, experiences of fairly odd things — and reports of even odder words go together. ones — are commonplace, raising barely an eyebrow in many circles. 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Suzy Chamas, Janice Eisen, Ed Greenwood, Alixandra Jordan, Terry Pratchett present the bizarrerie of the simply real? Thursday A discussion of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. 1700 CC: 201ABCD Humour in Science Fiction and 1600 Signing Area Glenn Sixbury Fantasy Autographs Esther Friesner, Tanya Huff Mike Ramick, Steve Sawicki, Loma Toolis 1600 CC: Summit The Chesley Awards: Does humour have a place in science fiction and fantasy? Where? When? Is it ever A Retrospective inappropriate? When does it go too far? When not far enough? (For example, where are Paul Barnett, Elizabeth Humphrey, Pamela D. Scoville all the political satires we used to see?) And since we’re such a fun-loving bunch, why A look at the Chesley At Awards. isn’t there even more of it?” 1600 Signing Area EE Knight 1700 CC: 104B Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Autographs Sentience? 1600 Signing Area M M Buckner Andrew Burt, Charles Cohen, Julie Czemeda, Marcel Gagne, Bill Taylor Autographs Al or AS — what’s the difference? Can we have one without the other? Which would we 1600 Signing Area Bill Patterson prefer? Perhaps we should be questing instead for Artificial Stupidity; the ability to get Autographs the expected result most of the time with limited resources... 1700 CC: Summit Writing the Extraordinary 1700 CC: 205B The Myth of Fannish Uniqueness Realistically James Hay, Evelyn Leeper, NickiLynch, Andrew Porter, Ben Yalow Marilyn “Mattie" Brahen, Chris Moriarty, Melinda Kimberly, Connie Willis, Sarah Is fandom truly unique? Why do we distinguish ourselves from non-fans by calling Zettel them "mundane”? How do we differ from readers of mysteries, westerns, romance 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 23 novels? Once, reading SF/F set you apart. I low have changes in the rest of the world 1700 CC: 104CD Has Science Fiction Failed as a collided with our fast-held belief that fans are Slans? In many ways, we’ve won. Why Fiction of Science? aren't we happier about it? Hal Clement, John Clute, John G. Hemry, Charlie Stross, Jean-Louis lYudel 1700 CC: 206B Book Discussion: Zulu Heart After Vemor Vinge’s “Across Realtime" saga popularized the notion, other science fiction Stephen M. Stirling, Suzanne AllTs Blom, Carl Cipra, Amy Thomson writers looked into the Singularity — and blinked. To date, very few oilier authors have “Zulu Heart” is Steven Barnes' latest novel, an alternate history store in which Egypt written stories that encompass the notion. Why? Is the idea simply out of fashion, or and Ethiopia colonized the New World using European slave labour. Discuss Barnes’ somehow out of reach?" unique vision of an alternate Earth, in which African culture reigns supreme 1700 CC: 201F Friends of Bill W. 1700 CC: 104A SPACE: The Imagination Station 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Voice Workshop Lyla Miklos Mark Bernstein Everything you want to know about Canada’s alternative to the Sci-Fi Channel. As real 1700 RY: Territories Concert: Gary Ehrlich / Lynn Gold North Americans already know, SPACE: The Imagination Station is a national, 24- Gary Ehrlich, Lynn Gold hour, English-language SF specialty channel that's the best part of many Canadian 1700 Signing Area Wen Spencer cable packages. We'll discuss the channel’s stellar mix of science fiction, science fact, Autographs speculation, and fantasy, delivered in a mix of movies, documentaries, and series both 1700 Signing Area Claude Lalumiere current and classic, plus several original programs. Come find out what’s now Autographs approaching us from SPACE. 1700 Signing Area Edward Einhorn 1700 CC: 206F Heinlein’s Women — “Just Like the Autographs Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad?” 1700 Signing Area Michael Picray Karen Haber, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, RobertJames, David Silver, Pat York Autographs Audience participation is welcome in the discussion of female character types, their 1700 CC: 103B Movie Screening purpose and impact in Heinlein's works. Movie Screening for Children. PAGE 24 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1700 CC: 103A Kids Favorite Books scientific. This talk will consider how design is more than just a kind of knowledge David-Glenn Anderson, Kathryn Sullivan held by experts. We will look at how design can be done by almost anyone, for almost 1700 CC: 203A Reading anything. Kathleen Goonan 1800 RY: Quebec Practical Fantasy: Costuming For 1700 CC: 203B The BDP Hugo Split...Will It Prevail? The Hall Thursday Chris M. Darkle}', Vincent Docberty, Daniel Kimmel, Peter Knapp, Guy Lillian jan howardfinder, Toni Lay, Kate Morgenstern, Andrew Trembley Did the BDP (Best Dramatic Presentation) Hugo Split work the first time around? (In Comfort, attention to detail, practicality, and Panache - there's a real art to designing other words, will Buffy fans finally be sated?) How about next year? and making a good hall costume, It’s one thing to look wonderful, it’s another thing 1700 CC: 202C Magnetic Poetry altogether when you can’t easily use the elevator, the stairs, or for that matter, the Carolyn Clink bathroom. Everyone who wants to participate will be given a tin sheet and a handful of random 1800 CC: 103B Movie Screening words (with 2 or three blanks) and let the madness begin This will require a host, a Movie Screening for Children. judge and cheesie prizes. 1800 RY: British Columbia WSFS Mark Protection Committee 1730 CC: 203C Reading Meeting Gord Rollo Kevin Standlee 1730 CC: 203C Reading 1800 CC: 103A Kids Favorite Movies Mike Moscoe Karen Purcell 1800 CC: 201ABCD Design: The Glue Holding Our 1800 CC: 20IE Electronic Books - What do Dreams to Our Reality READERS Need? Dr. F. Salustri John Bartley, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Cory Doctorow, Norma McPhee, Michael Design, particularly as it pertains to future technology and products - is the means by Ward which we turn our dreams into reality. It extends from the pure arts to the intensively Our own genre extols the virtures of easily accessing electronic infonnation, but the 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 25 reality falls far short. What’s missing? What’s needed? What are the roadblocks? 1930 CC: 203C Reading 1800 CC: 203A Reading Pat Forde Caitlin Sweet 1930 CC: 203C Reading 1900 RY: Manitoba Robots Learn to Shoot: The Use of Rick Wilber Robots in a Military Role 2000 RY: Prince Edward Islan Open Filk — Chaos Greg D. Armstrong, Paul Chafe, Charles Cohen, Pete Thomas Lee Martindale Asimov’s First Law is looking unlikelier by the day. Soon automatons may well be given Singing before noon? Impossible. Come on and give it a try. (Friday) the ability to kill humans independently. Should we pull this particular 2000 RY: Concert Hall Opening Ceremony and Guest of technosocialpolitical trigger? If so, can Colossus and Guardian, Joshua, Solo, or the Honour Reception T-3000 and Skynet be far behind? PeterJarvis, Guests of Honour 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Filk for Non-Filkers 2100 RY: Manitoba R&D in Magic Eloise Beltz-Decker, Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser Rob Chilson, James Alan Gardner, Ed Greenwood, Steven Lopata, Elizabeth Moon A kind and gentle introduction to the art of filk music, with a combination of Many fans have experience in real-world technology research and development, yet discussion and music. somehow this aspect of a fantasy world is almost universally neglected. In most models, 1900 RY: British Columbia Reading new magic must come from somewhere and there must logically be a process behind it. Elizabeth Moon Would it resemble the process of science? Are spells humanly divined, granted by the 1900 CC: 2O3A Reading gods, or discovered among the random mumblings of powerful yet deeply insane Shane Tburtellotte Extreme Wizards? 1900 RY: Quebec Getting a TV Series on the Air 2100 RY: Canadian Spiderman Lyla Miklos, Melinda Snodgrass, Isaac Szpindel, MarcZicree Showing of the Hugo Nominee What does it take to turn an idea into a successful TV show? pannelists dscuss their 2100 RY: British Columbia Reading experiences in getting a new genre series off the ground and on the air. Laura Anne Gilman PAGE 26 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 2100 CC: 203C Reading David Hayman CU Rob Gates The commonest style in the Midwest. A free for all, where anyone can jump in. There "U 2100 RY: Territories Coffeehouse may be a host or filk ghod/dess to ensure fair play. 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61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 31 Friday Program Details 1000 CC:206F Believable Relationsh Carol Berg, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, Jacqueline Lichtenberg 1000 RY: Confederation 3 Morning Sing: Rise Up Singing Singing before noon? Impossible. Come on and give it a try. Lowachee, Scott Mackay How does one write relationships that are outside the norm (1 male/fe 1000 RY: Library Writers Workshop Session 2 Aaron B. Larson, Jay Lake, Catherine Shaffer, Alike Brotherton 1000 CC: 201F Morning Poetry Exerc Darrell Schweitzer 1000 CC: 103A Why we love Harry'Potter and Hate Write a Haiku by noon, or start that Pantoum. Our wonderful instruct Draco Malfoy Barb Galler-Smith, Marvin Kaye, Persis Thorndike specific poetic form and you get to try' it out. No experience necessary'!' Audience interacts with panellists about what their like and dislike about the Harry Darrell Schweitzer will teach Limerick. Potter novels. 1000 Signing Area Allen M Steele Autographs 1000 CC: 104CD Remembering Isaac Asimov Hal Clement, Gardner Dozois, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Fred Pohl, Robert Silverberg 1000 CC: 203C Reading K retrospective of Issac Asimov's, the man as well as his works. How he changed Glenn Grant science-fiction and his indelible mark on the genre. 1000 RY: Quebec Sculpted Costumes: Fr Shaping To Body Arm< 1000 CC: 103B Movie Screening Chris Kramer, Da ten McKecbnie, Jacqueline Ward Movie Screening for Children. Ever see those incredible costumes that look as if they were sculpted, n 1000 CC: 202C Shotokan Karate Workshop Kenn Bates and learn from the experts. Shotokan Karate Workshop. This will be an ACTIVE workshop for beginners and 1000 RY: British Columbia WSFS Business Meetin intermediates. No prior experience required. Fanswill be asked to participate. Attendees Kevin Standlee, Donald Eastlake III, Pat McMurray, Clint Budd will team simple martial arts moves, some martial arts secrets, will slowly perform a 1000 CC: 104A Science Fiction: An Id basic sequence, and may even break a sweat. Hope to see you there! not Divide PAGE 32 61st World Science Fiction Conven Scott Bakker, Justine Larbalestier, Bradford Lyau, Loma Tbolis, Heather Urbanski 1000 RY: New Brunswick Elizabeth Hand Ideas bom of science fiction were once considered “fringe,” but are now much closer to Kaffeeklatche the mainstream. Does SF/F really make us explore social taboos and become more open 1000 RY: NS Paul Barnett to technology? How has the study of SF/F changed social appreciation of the topic? Kaffeeklatche 1000 RY: York Writers Workshop Session 1 1000 Signing Area Karl Schroeder Jean Lorr ah, Pat Forde, G. David Nordley, Rick Wilber Autographs 1000 RY: Quebec Baubles, Bangles, And Beads 1000 Signing Area Wil McCarthy Cary Conder, Caroline Julian, Maral Agnerian Autographs Beading and bead weaving. Glitz is the name of the game for a number of costumers, 1000 CC: 201ABCD The DaVinci project (X-Prize entry) and non-costumers. Necklaces, bracelets, hair accessories; beading a costume. Come, Brian Feeney Friday see, and learn. The da Vinci Project is Canada's first entry in the X PRIZE Competition and is in a 1000 CC: 206A Never Say You Took a Creative quest for the first manned, non-govemment private/commercial space flight. Writing Course! 1000 CC: 203A Reading Tina Beychok, Joshua Bilmes, Scott Edelman, Gordon Van Gelder, James Minz James Stevens-Arce Editors talk about what NOT to mention in the cover letter with your manuscript. Why 1000 Signing Area Lawrence Schoen it’s a mistake to include such vital information as “1 took a creative writing course,” or Autographs ”My grandmother liked it,” or “It’s just like the last Harlan... only different,” or of 1030 CC: 203C Reading course our favourite: “If you don’t publish this your stupid.” Walter Jon Williams 1000 RY: Alberta Julie Czerneda 1030 CC: 203A Reading Kaffeeklatche Stephen M. Stirling 1000 RY: PEI Janies Alan Gardner 1100 CC: 201E I’ve Written a Story, Now What? Kaffeeklatche Patricia Bray, Nick DiCbario, Dale L. Sproule, Liz Williams, Eleanor Wood 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 33 It’s not enough to write a great story; now you have to find someone to publish it. This grinder of peer review and backstabbing that’s responsible for the loftier heights of panel is for beginning writers who want to learn about the process of submitting their scientific achievement? Well, what’s the last experiment YOU conducted using only the work to editors and agents, and making that first sale. Panellists will share tips based scientific method? We bring tales of how science actually works, up close and really on personal experience, and debate the pros and cons of various career jumpstarting personal. strategies. 1100 CC: 206A Getting Started in Anime 1100 Signing Area Steven Silver Brett Achom, Anna Hui, Eric Langlois, Michelle West, Emru Tbwnsend Autographs Anime surrounds us. It is one of the major media forces around us. More and more 1100 Signing Area Sean Fodera people join the ranks of Anime fandom every day. Interested in this art form, but Autographs uncertain where to start? Come and find out where and how. 1100 Signing Area Page E Lewis 1100 Signing Area Danielle Ackley-McPhail Autographs Autographs 1100 Signing Area Stanley Schmidt 1100 CC: 103A Kinderfilk - Greasy, Grimy Gopher Autographs Guts and Other Silly 1100 CC: 206B Sunburst Secrets Revealed Andrew Porter, Pete Thomas John Clute, CandasJane Dorsey, Mid Gold, Terence Green, Peter Halasz, Nalo Silly Song Concert/Singalong with kids Hopkinson 1100 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a prized and juried Jae Leslie Adams award. Panelists discuss how to enter, and what it means when you win. 1100 CC: 2O5B Imbibing Engrams 1100 CC: 104B Docs die Scientific Method Make George Flentke, Susan Smith, Isaac Szpindel, Eric M. Van, Fran Van Cleave Science Work? Research in designer drugs is only just beginning. What are the prospects for the Catherine Asaro, Kenn Bates, Howard Davidson, James Killus, Michael Swanwick construction of drugs or beverages that place you into well-defined psychological states, Is it the idealized scientific method that makes science successful? Or is it the meat­ whether happiness, sexual arousal, receptiveness to learning or cosmic awareness? PAGE 34 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1100 CC: 104CD Readings: A Feast for Crows George R. R. Martin George R.R. Martin reads from the fourth installment of his latest series. 1100 CC: Summit Baen Travelling Slide Show (with Door Prizes!) Tbni WeisskoRf । Tony Weisskopf presents a selection of the best of Baen upcoming cover art and discusses books and artwork while entertaining questions from the audience. 1100 CC: 201ABCD The Flight of Buran - The Russian Space Shuttle Friday Hughs. Gregory The Flight Of Buran - The Russian Space Shuttle A behind the scenes look at the previously secret planning, development and testing of the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran and the Energia Rocket, including rare footage of atmospheric tests with strapped on afterburning jet engines. 1100 RY: Quebec Face Painting For The Stage Andrew Trembley,Julie Zetterberg Your costume is perfect. It can be seen from the back of the stage; but you can’t. Get tips and suggestions from those that have been doing this successfully, for years. 1100 CC: 103B Movie Screening Recent research suggests that this idea is not entirely silly. But could it ever reach the Movie Screening for Children. point of skipping over the more tedious parts of learning, for example? 1100 CC: 104A Books vs Movies: Should they be

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 35 Compared? Consider Janice Eisen, Paul Levinson, Elizabeth Miller, Patrick Nielsen-Hayden, Melinda Hal Clement, Walter H. Hunt, Robert Reed, Frank Wu Snodgrass How can we construct a non-human being with real character? What authors Are the two types of media even comparable? Given the advances in media, can CD­ particularly “’’give good alien””? Is it the case that the closer we get to a true alien, the based literary efforts really be compared to more traditional literature? more incomprehensible — and often the more uninteresting — it becomes to most 1100 Signing Area Lee Martindale readers? But surely we should do more than just stick tentacles on Tom Sawyer. Autographs 1200 CC: 103B Decorate a Journal 1130 RY: NS Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Sarah Elliott, Lisa Ragsdale Lorrah 1200 CC: 201E Fannish Ghetto Kaffeeklatche Janice Gelb, Peter Knapp, Ron Oakes, Alex von Thom 1130 RY: Alberta Harry Harrison Fandom comprises dozens of subgroups. While wandering the halls or even perusing Kaffeeklatche this guide, you may note references to “gay fen,” “Furry fans," “gamers,” “filkers,” 1130 RY: PEI Hal Clement “costumers,” “fanzine fans,” or “SMOFs.” Are these identifications sometimes made in Kaffeeklatche a manner that can be construed as discriminatory? Are we becoming so balkanized that 1130 RY: New Brunswick Amy Thomson it’s impossible to keep a foot in multiple fandoms? Do some groups of fans look down Kaffeeklatche on other groups of fans? Why would we accept this when so many of us oppose 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Songwriting - Intermediate discrimination in our mundane lives? Steven Macdonald, Bill Sutton 1200 CC: 202C Is This Your First Worldcon? You have some lyrics and some ideas. Now what? Some ideas on making music and John Mansfield, Lorena Haldeman, Rusty Hevelin, Mike Glicksohn, Susan Manches­ words go together. ter 1200 CC: 201ABCD Creating Believable Aliens in Are you new to fandom and Worldcons? Stop by with your questions and we’ll introduce Believeable Worlds: What to you to fandom. PAGE 36 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1200 CC: 104B The Year in Review: Computer Together Technology Kelly Freas, Laura Freas, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Jeanne Robinson, Spider Charles Cohen, Daniel Dem, Marcel Gagne, Daniel Grotta, Mark Van Name Robinson Computer Technology changes so rapidly, even the experts must work to keep pace. The collaborative process is difficult enough when it involves two friends. Is it any Come hear about die new, die exciting and where all of this could lead. easier when the collaborators share every aspect of each other’s lives? Husband-Wife 1200 RY: Territories Concert: Ingrid de Buda / Philip writing teams talk about how they compartmentalize their lives and works. Allcock 1200 CC: 206F Hazards of Space Ingrid de Buda, Philip Allcock Hughs. Gregory, GeoJJrey Landis, Henry Spencer, David Stephenson, John Strickland 1200 CC: 203C Reading The recent Columbia tragedy has focused attention yet again on whether space travel is Karin Lowachee safe. What are the hazards of travelling to or from space? Is simply traversing die area Friday 1200 CC: 203A Reading outside of Earth’s atmosphere itself a hazard? What is necessary to protect against any Fred Pohl of these hazards. And who decides what is acceptable risk? 1200 CC: 206B Chuck Jones: A Tribute 1200 CC: 206A Issues in Translating SF Paul Barnett, Pamela D. Scoville John Bamstead, Jean-Louis Trudel, Elisabeth Vonarburg An appreciation of animation director Chuck Jones’ life and work 1200 CC: 104A Travel as a Research Method 1200 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for Melinda Kimberly, Samantha Ling, Elizabeth Moon, Mike Resnick, Josepha Sherman Lunch So here you are in Toronto; can you use the trip to stimulate your work? What are the 1200 CC: 104CD Exploring the Matrix ups and downs of tourism-as-research? What do you miss? What does it add? David Brin, Kathleen Goonan, Joe Haldeman, WalterJon Williams 1200 Signing Area Suzy Chamas Panellists discuss this collection of essays about the universe of the Matrix series of Autographs Movies. 1200 RY: Canadian Enterprise: A Night in Sick Bay 1200 CC: Summit Working Together, Married Showing of die Hugo Nominee 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 37 1200 CC: 205B Should Parents of an Unborn Child Charles Coleman Finlay have the Right to Refuse Fetal 1300 CC: 203B Advice for Aspiring/New Writers Improvement Edo van Belkom, Melinda Kimberly, Chris Moriarty, Beth Meacham, Wen Spencer Jeanne Cavelos, Russell Blackford, Nancy Kress, Kristine Smith, Jonathon Sullivan * how to get an agent • rights, manuscripts, etc. * how not to be a PITA * selling the In the near future, it will be possible to screen the unborn for undesirable traits, and second book perhaps modify such traits in the womb. Do the parents of an “abnormal" or 1300 CC: 206B Gender Biases Among SF Magazine “maladjusted” child have the right to refuse this modification? What about when the Editors, Publishers state imposes it? Mary Anne Mohanraj, Gordon van Gelder, Scott Edelman, Karen Traviss 1200 RY: Quebec Getting The Blinkies To Blink K recent article in the SFWA Bulletin asks the question: Since the US population is 50.9% Chris Kramer, Kevin Roche women, according to the 2000 Census, why was the percentage of short stories by For those of you with an interest in tech. A workshop/demo/discussion on getting the women in the Big Three (Asimov’s,F&SF and Analog) no more than 29% in 2001? How lights to light and stay liL.or how to get them to blink on and off and on and off and do we account for the underrepresentation of women in our genre? on and... 1300 CC: 206F Taking Fabric Where It Has Never 1200 Signing Area Nick Sagan Gone Before: Manipulating Fabrics Autographs For Fun, Not Profit 1200 Signing Area Eric Raymond Jacqueline Ward Autographs Master Costumer Jacqui Ward gives you a hands on presentation on how to make 1200 Signing Area Nichole Luiken something one dimensional (fabric) into 3-D designs. Quilting, applique, beading, Autographs embroidery, and layering are just a few of the techniques used. 1230 CC: 203A Reading 1300 CC: 201ABCD 1953: The Year of the First Hugo Marvin Kaye Tom Doherty, David Kyle, Fred Lerner, Robert Silverberg 1230 CC: 203C Reading 1953 yielded a bumbercrop of science fiction, including Asimov’s Second Foundation, PAGE 38 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Clarke’s Childhood’s End, Bester’s The Demolished Man, Bradbury’s Farenheit 451, Canada’s premier publisher of SF. Pohl and Kombluth’s The Space Merchants and Sturgeon’s More titan Human. This is 1300 RY: Alberta Terence Green also the year in which Marion Zimmer Bradley and Anne McCaffrey both started pub­ Kaffeeklatche lishing. A look at a year that produced many of today’s classics. 1300 CC: 104A Buffy: The Triumph of 1300 CC: 201E What Every Pro Should Know About Characterization Fandom Ginjer Buchanan, Rob Gates, Colleen Hillerup, Lyla Miklos, Douglas Smith Gay Haldeman, Suford Lewis, Craig Miller, John Pomeranz, Dick Smith Characters in Buffy changed and grew throughout the series. Why is this so rare? Why Without fandom, there would be no Worldcon, no Hugo Awards. While you may be able did it work in Buffy? Should it work elsewhere? to be a successful SF or fantasy writer without any contact with fandom, once you 1300 RY: Library Writers Workshop Session 4 immerse yourself in this milieu there are definite do’s and don’ts — particularly if Steve Nagy, Charles Coleman Finlay, Karin Lowachee, Charlie Stross Friday you’d like to participate in convention programming, be invited to be a guest of honor, 1300 RY: PEI Wil McCarthy and win fan-awarded prizes. Find out what they are from people who know. Kaffeeklatche 1300 CC: 104CD If This Goes On: A look at USA 2008 1300 RY: Confederation 3 Bodhran Workshop 1 Mark Bernstein, Beth Hilgartner, David Hartwell, Stephen M. Stirling, Fran Van Graham Leathers, Brenda Sutton Cleave All the same instruments we hated in rhythm band, come to a new life when they Dynastic presidencies; homeland so-called security; suspension of constitutional rights accompany something as fun as filk. Meet some new instruments and learn how to whenever the word “war” is invoked — the war on some drugs, the war on terror... make something as simple as a rhythm egg into a cool accompaniment. Where is American society headed, and how can it be stopped from getting there? A 1300 RY: York Writers Workshop Session 3 wholly unbiased discussion. Gerri Balter, James Stevens-Arce, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Janna Silverstein 1300 CC: Summit What’s New at Tesseract Books 1300 RY: Territories Concert: Barry Gold Timothy Anderson, Candas Jane Dorsey Barry Gold Find out what’s new at Tesseract Books and what’s still great about the great backlist of The pros work at performance to make it look that relaxed and easy — and interesting. 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 39 You can do it too. Here are some ideas to really sell that song.. Kaffeeklatche 1300 RY: Quebec So, You’re Gonna Enter Your First 1300 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for Worldcon Masquerade? Lunch Byron Connell, Penny Lipman, C. D. Mami, Carole Parker, Roberta Rogow 1300 CC: 201F LGBT Reading 1: Fiona Patton You’ve competed at small local conventions and the regionals. Are you ready for the Big Fiona Patton Time? Come and find out how to make certain that you are. This covets things like 1300 Signing Area Ellen Klages Registration, Green Room, and Tech. Autographs 1300 CC: 203A Reading 1300 Signing Area Geoffrey Landis Dr. John Flynn Autographs 1300 RY: British Columbia The Heinlein Society — Annual 1300 Signing Area Steve Jackson Corporate Meeting Autograplis Annual corporate meeting, with reports of the board of directors and officers to the 1300 Signing Area Grace Boykin membership. The meeting is open to members of the Society as well as to any interested Autograplis members of the public. 1300 CC: 103A All you Wanted to Know about 1300 RY: British Columbia Introduction to the WSFS Business Science but were Afraid to Ask Meeting Elizabeth Caldwell, Jordan Raddick, Diane Turnshek Stephen Boucher, Bob Macintosh, Martin Easterbrook, Linda Ross-Mansfield, Ben 1300 CC: 202C Feedback Session Yalow Ibrcon Committee Members The Worldcon business meeting can be intimidating for newcomers, the panels provides The time we have practiced ducking for. an introduction to why the business meeting is important and how it works. We’ll also 1300 CC: 104B Workshop: Introduction to Alien talk about some of the topics that will be covered at the meeting. Languages 1300 RY: NS Mike Moscoe Stanley Schmidt, Lawrence Schoen PAGE 40 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 A workshop in which the “panellists” introduce participants (not more than 20) to Lawrence Schoen principles of creating alien languages for use in science fiction. Participants split up into two teams and design a language. 1300 CC: 2O5B Singularity for Dummies 1400 RY: Quebec Getting Started In Anime Costuming Russell Blackford, Andrew Burt, Simon Smith, Eliezer Yudkowsky Mar al Agnerian, CarolineJulian, Dawn McKechnie, Barb Schofield Certain thinkers look forward to a sudden, radical change in human reality, occurring How to get started in Anime Costuming, known to its dedicated fans as Cosplay. Learn within a human lifespan, caused by progress in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, about Anime costuming and how it is influenced by Japanese culture. and related fields. What are they talking about? Why has it been called the Singularity? 1400 CC: 203A Reading And is it, as Bruce Sterling has suggested, the Rapture for geeks? PC. Hodgell 1300 RY: Canadian Spirited Away 1400 RY: Territories Chapter and Verse Showing of the Hugo Nominee joe Haldeman, Tanya Huff Connie Willis Friday 1330 CC: 203C Reading SF fandom exists because we so love the literature that reading is not enough; we need Steven Harper Piziks to discuss it with other fans. When the fan is also artist, the discussion takes the form 1330 CC: 203C Reading of another artistic expression; a painting, book cover, movie or a kind of music named Darrell Schweitzer “Filk.” Such "conversations” between artists have existed in all genres since Man first 1400 Signing Area Beth Hilgartner committed Art, and are worthy, themselves, of fannish attention. This panel bings Autographs writers and songwriters face-to-face to read excerpts, perform music inspired by the 1400 CC: 203D Workshop: Creating Two Alien excerpts, and discuss their themes, motivations and the creative process. Come Languages (Green) eavesdrop! Stanley Schmidt 1400 CC: 206B LAvsKC Participants split up into two teams and design a language. Mike Glyer, Ken Keller 1400 CC: 202D Workshop: Creating Two Alien “Mike Glyer chaired the Los Angeles Worldcon in 1996. Twenty years earlier, Ken Keller Languages (Purple) chaired the Worldcon in Kansas City. These two friends talk about how chairing a 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 41 Worldcon changed over two decades and may even engage in a discussion of the current The Gaylactic Network is an affiliation of clubs for LGBT fans and their friends. Come strengths of each city as they vie against each other to host the Workicon in 2006 find out more about this organization, its affiliate clubs and its activities, as well as 1400 Signing Area George R. R. Martin how to form an LGBT fan club in your own hometown. Autographs 1400 Signing Area John G. Hemry 1400 CC: 104B Genetically Engineered Pets Autographs George Flentke, Nancy Kress, Judy Lazar, Larry Niven, Richard Chwedyk 1400 Signing Area Karin Lowachee If squids were furry, lived on land, and made a happy trilling sound, would they make Autographs good pets? We’ll soon be in a position to find out, and this raises many social and 1400 Signing Area James Stevens-Arce ethical questions. We already produce tailless and hairless cats, as well as dogs ranging Autographs from the size of large rats to that of small horses. There are glowing rabbits growing in 1400 CC: 104CD Nature of Sentience our labs. Where might this lead? Is it fair to birds to produce flying cats? Is it fair to David Brin, John Hertz, RobertJ. Sawyer, Peter Watts, Eliezer Yudkowsky dogs to teach them to solve crosswords? Is it fair to animal rights activists to produce What is sentience? What is its relationship to intelligence, to free will? Is it in any sense living fur coats?” an objective phenomenon, or is it an article of faith? 1400 CC: 202C So You’d Like to be Involved with 1400 CC: 201E Fantasy Backgrounds: PreCab or Torcon Custom? Tbrcon Volunteer Department Staff Ellen Asher, James Barclay, Carol Berg, Daniel Grotta, Caitlin Sweet Come join in on the fun! Get a behind the scens glimpse of the exciting action in Some fantasy relies on a historical base to give it the right feel, some on established running a Worldcon. myth, some on durable and evolved private mythology, and some on trappings cut from 1400 CC: 202A Canada Council Reading new cloth. Different kinds of stories seem to differ in their adaptability to each of these Joel Champetier, Elisabeth Vonarburg approaches; which combinations work best, and why? What features of a tale interact 1400 CC: 203B Meet The Gaylactic Network significantly with this choice?” Peter Knapp, Rob Gates, Carl Cipra 1400 CC: Summit ROC Presents PAGE 42 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Laura Anne Gilman 1400 RY: Quebec To Top It AH Off Come and see what ROC has planned for the near future.... Kate Morgenstern 1400 CC: 104A Who Defines “Classic” In days gone by, a lady was considered naked if she was not wearing a hat. For most John Chile, Mark Olson, Toni Weisskopf Andrew Wheeler, Sheila Williams costumers, it’s the same. From Captain Hook to Gandalf the Grey, everyone needs a hat. What is the concept of “classic” ? Who defines it? And how does it apply to SF/F? Does it Discover how easy it is to make a classy hat. apply? Is there "classic” mass media sf? How did this concept evolve into what it has 1400 CC: 103B Kookieklatch/Reading - Selected become today? Works 1400 CC: 206A Is the Cost of this Event Deductible? Kathryn Sullivan Daniel Dem, Sharon Lee, Andrew Porter, Jim Rittenhouse, Ramona Winkelbauer 1400 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour How much of your Worldcon trip expenses is deductible? How much of the other money Taral Wayne Friday you spend is considered an expense in the eyes of your local tax collector? Find out 1400 CC: 103A Celtic Knotwork 101 how to get the most out of your writing income. Deb Kosiba 1400 CC: 205B Heinlein 101 - All you ever wanted Panelist will demonstrate how to draw celtic knots and instruct the basics to the to know about Heinlein but were audience. The audience will be given opportunities to practice techniques. afraid to ask 1430 RY: Alberta Justine Larbalestier Robert James, Bradford Lyau, Bill Patterson, Spider Robinson, David Silver Kaffeeklatche An omnibus overview and survey of the themes, writing techniques, literary forms and 1430 RY: New Brunswick Esther Friesner character types of Heinlein’s works. The who, when, where, what and, most important, Kaffeeklatche why of reading Robert A. Heinlein. General introduction to Heinlein’s writing covering 1430 RY: NS Harry Harrison various zigs in his career and the groups of different works: pre-war, juveniles, Post Kaffeeklatche stories, Future History, Stranger and the novels of the 60’s, and the final World as Myth 1430 CC: 203C Reading books Edward Einhorn 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 43 1430 CC: 203C Reading 1500 CC: 205B O’Neill: Long Lost Dream? Marilyn “Mattie" Brahen Mike Brotherton, Geoffrey Landis, G. David Nordley, Donald Simmons, John 1500 CC: 203B Hie Spectrum Awards Strickland Rob Gates, Carl Cipra, Peter Knapp Remember those glorious visions of giant space habitats, compete with lakes and The Spectrum Awards are given out annually by the Gaylactic Network. Come find out forests? Whatever happened to that idea? Where has the dream gone? which works of 2002 have been recognized for their excellence in presenting LGBT 1500 CC: Summit What’s New at Warner Aspect themes and characters. Jaime Levine 1500 CC: 104A But for the Dinosaur Killer What’s upcoming at Warner. Harry Harrison, RobertJ Sawyer, Michael Brett-Surman 1500 CC: 206F What to Do About Bad Writing How close were dinosaurs to intelligence? Shoud we expect to see the saurian fonn Habits elsewhere? Is there a typical treatment of saurian intelligence and is it justified? Gardner Dozois, Karen Haber, Samantha Ling, 7b m Doherty, Rochelle Uhlenkott 1500 CC: 104CD Historical Fantasy You’re a writer. It’s what you do. The words have to get out of you somehow, and the Kathryn Cramer, Guy Gavriel Kay, Richard Foss, Lori Ann White, BetbZipser ideas need to keep flowing. But are there specific habits that all writers can share to Take a little fantasy (or a lot), then graft in onto a well researched historical back­ make the process easier? When is organization, structure, constancy' useful, and when ground. Voila historical fantasy. Nothing changes, but everything does as familiar can they hinder? historical figures find mystery' and magic in their world, or legends are retold in their 1500 CC: 201ABCD Preamble to Video Conference with “real" settings. Chris Hadfield 1500 CC: 203A Reading Julie Czemeda, Rocky Persaud, David Stephenson China Mieville Doors open at 45 minutes before the start. Questions will be taken from the audience to 1500 CC: 103A Science Demo be considered to ask Chris Hadfield. Bridget Coila 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Percussion W'orkshop (no drums!) Science - Demos/Experiments for kids. Melissa Glasser, Gretchen Roper PAGE 44 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 All the same instruments we hated in rhythm band, come to a new life when they Scissorsand a Needle; What More accompany something as fun as filk. Meet some new instruments and learn how to Do I Need? make something as simple as a rhythm egg into a cool accompaniment. Tina Connell, Jill Eastlake, Karen Purcell, Andrew Trembley 1500 CC: 206A Classic Fanzines A “Show-and-Tell” where the experts show you what’s in their kit beside sewing MikeGlyer, Guy Lillian, Richard Lynch, Leah Zeldes Smith, DaleSpeirs, Steve Stiles supplies, duct tape, wire cutters, etc. What fanzines of the past are memorable and or seminal to the development of fanzine 1500 CC: 202C Poetry Within a Book fandom. Richard Cbwedyk, Phyllis Gotlieb, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, Terry McGarry, 1500 CC: 206B Fannish Inquisition I Information Diane Tumshek From the Two 2006 Worldcon Bids Many writers place poems (or snippets) within their larger works, especially novels. Do Bid Committee Members these poems enhance or detract from the book? Friday Los Angeles and Kansas City are both bidding to host the 2006 Worldcon. Come hear 1500 Signing Area Cecilia Tan what each bid has to offer a and think about whether it’s too early to choose sides in Autographs the Burrito/Barbecue Wars. 1500 Signing Area Will McDermott 1500 CC: 104B What is the Nature of Canadian SF Autographs John Robert Colombo, Karl Schroeder, Donna McMahon, Peter Watts, Robert Charles 1500 Signing Area Barbara Chepaitis Wilson, Allan Weiss Autographs 1500 CC: 103B Book Talk - If you liked Harry 1500 RY: Canadian Enterprise: Carbon Creek Potter... Showing of the Hugo Nominee Bonnie Kunzel, Diana Herald 1500 CC: 202C Anime Genres 1500 Signing Area Dave Duncan Alice Bentley, Allen Garvey, DerwinMak, Frederick Patten, Kent Wong Autographs All Anime is not the same. As with all things are different genres with Anime. Fantasy. 1500 RY: Quebec Tools Of The Trade: I’ve Got Science Fiction. The single hero. The quest. Groups. The future. The past. High

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 45 tech. Find out exactly what some of these genres are and which games typify each one. 1600 CC: 203D Genetic Engineering in Agriculture 1530 CC: 203C Reading Jonathan Cowie, George Flentke, James Hay, Susan Smith, Karen Traviss Kevin Dockery What are the moral, ecological and economic implications of monoclonal agriculture, 1530 CC: 203C Reading cloning, and transgenic technology? How can we derive the benefits of these techniques Don Bassingthwaite while limiting our exposure to their pitfalls? 1600 Signing Area James Van Pelt 1600 RY: Alberta Derryl Murphy Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1600 CC: Summit Libertarian Futurist Society 1600 RY: New Brunswick Michelle West Prometheus Awards Ceremony Kaffeeklatche Fred Moulton 1600 RY: NS Jerry Weist This is the annual LFS awards ceremony where the Prometheus Best Novel and the Hall Kaffeeklatche of Fame awards are presented. 1600 RY: Quebec Middle Eastern Dancing Costumes & 1600 CC: 1O3A Building an Alien - Interactive Belly Dancing Panel Michele Jaye Solomon, Linda Donahue, Julia Mandala Mike Brotherton, Kelly Brown, Walter H. Hunt, Kathryn Sullivan L short perfonnance, followed by instruction and advice from some of Fandom’s finest An audience participation event. With the guidance of a moderator, audience members bellydancers. come up with the ideas for what they breath, how many eyes, and the rest of the details 1600 RY: Canadian Harry Potter and the Chamber of and our panel of artists will see if they can figure out what it looks like. Secrets 1600 CC: 202A Adding FX to Your Props Showing of the Hugo Nominee Chris Kramer 1600 Signing Area P C Hodgell Ray guns, blasters and light sabers: just special FX? Strobes, sound, LEDs, and neon Autographs can make those props come alive. 1600 CC: 104B Fame Outside Fandom PAGE 46 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Paul Barnett, Dr. Robert Blackwood, Bob Devney, Don Hutchinson, Daniel Kimmel Russell Blackford, David Hartwell, Mark A. Raymer, Andrew Weiner Although those within fandom had long known of Bloch’s genius, he was discovered Kurt Vonnegut would certainly be recognized as one of the most popular living science outside the field in i960 when a minor filmmaker named Hitchcock turned his novel, fiction writers — if he called his work SF. Where do “The Sirens of Titan”, "Slaughter­ Psycho, into a film. Panelists discuss how success, however major or brief, outside the house-Five”, "Cat’s Cradle", "Galapagos”, and other items in the Vonnegutian oeuvre field affects authors who matured in the science fiction “ghetto”. fall in the history of science fiction? Do you consider his stuff SF? Why doesn’t he? 1600 CC: 205B Genre-Bending: The Rise of the 1600 CC: 206B Fannish Inquisition II Information Crossover Novel from the 2006 NASFi LisaDuMond, Ihrence Green, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden, Glenn Bid Committee Members Sixbury Charlotte and Seattle are bidding for the 2005 NASFiC. Come hear what each bid has to A number of the most successful SF works of the past decade have been genre-mixing offer Friday crossover novels: creations that blend SF themes and settings with elements from spy 1600 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour thrillers, murder mysteries, romances, and other genres outside the realm of traditional John Hertz SF. In some ways these writers recall the ferment of SF’s Golden Age (Asimov’s “Caves of 1600 CC: 203A Reading Steel”, for example, was a detective story). In other ways, they represent a radically new Catherine Asaro trend in SF. What inspires these crossover novels? What non-SF works are their authors 1600 CC: 206A Reading reading? How does the crossover square with SF traditions — and what new possibili­ Terry Pratchett ties does it open up for SF in the future?” 1600 Offsite Heinlein Society Awards Dinner 1600 Signing Area Marvin Kaye This inaugural Annual Heinlein Awards Dinner will be held at Badali’s Restaurant, 156 Autographs Front Street West (one block from TorconS). This judged presentation is made for 1600 CC: 103B Reading - By It’s Cover excellence in writing science fact or fiction. A cocktail reception commences at 6 PM, Isaac Szpindel sharp! Seating at 6:30 PM; the awards conclude at 8:15 PM, followed by an audio-visual 1600 CC: 104B Kurt Vonnegut presentation including the interview of Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein by Walter

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 47 Cronkite on July 20,1969, hours after man’s first small step on the Moon. Tickets may be purchased at The Heinlein Society’s fan table on or at its S.l.G. meeting at 1 PM, Friday, August 29, in the Royal York, British Columbia room for $75 each. A limited number, at $100 each, may be available at the door. 1600 CC: 201F Royal Astronomical Society A talk about the Royal; Astronomical Society 1600 CC: 104CD Design Issues of Star Systems Nancy Kress, Larry Niven, Jean-Louis Trudel, Wil McCarthy Notions of what are and are not likely shapes for solar systems have changed through­ out the history of science and science fiction, and never more rapidly than at the present as empirical data finally arrive on the satellites of nearby stars. Panellists will discuss notions of what other star systems will look like: the most common, the most humanly useful, and the most exotic or abstractly interesting. 1600 CC: 201ABCD Video Conference with Chris Hadfield Julie Czemeda A video telconference with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield. 1600 RY: Territories Concert: Mark Bernstein / Merav Hoffman 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Recording Mark Bernstein, Merav Hoffman Ken Lalonde, Graham Leathers, Lee Martindale 1600 Signing Area Charles Coleman Finlay So you want to make a CD? Some initial steps in planning a recording. Autographs 1600 CC: 201E Fantasy Economics PAGE 48 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 James Barclay, Carol Berg, Ed Greenwood, Sieve Jackson, Cheryl Morgan theconstant brain drain going south? What if Canada had attained nationhood Economists might insist that fantasy economics should follow tlie same principles as BEFORE the USA? And where would the USA be without us? any other economics. (Not for nothing is it called the Dismal Science.) But the impact 1700 CC: 206A So, You Want to be An Artist... of a cornucopia, a Midas, or a simple unionised talking horse would surely cause some Lee Gilliland, Geoffrey Surrette, Liz Williams, Jean-Pierre Normand, Frank Wu muddle in the markets. Would the economics of a fantasy world really be that of The route to take in order to be a professional artist. Where do you start? What sources medieval England? Would it differ only in detail, or in large-scale structure? should an artist begin with? How does one begin down that path to fame, glory and 1600 Signing Area Cecilia Dart-’Hiornton riches? What art sells (for the artist), and why? Can a “non-commercial” piece ever be Autographs sold? 1630 CC: 2O3C Reading 1700 CC: 203A Reading Adrian Bedford Robert Charles Wilson Friday 1630 CC: 203C Reading 1700 CC: 205B Breaking In Mike Resnick Ginjer Buchanan, Dave Creekjay Lake, Mandy Slater, Wen Spencer 1700 CC: 203C Reading Learn what everyone should know before submitting that first manuscript. Aimed at Kelley Armstrong beginning writers, panellists will answer questions about writing and marketing your 1700 CC: 203C Reading work. Esther Friesner 1700 CC: Summit Mass Book Signing for STARS: 1700 CC: 104CD What if: Canada had a Different Original Stories Based on the songs Neighbour than the USA? of Janis Ian John Dupuis, Nalo Hopkinson, Ben Jeapes, Pat McMurray, Connie Willis Susan Casper, Alexis Gilliland, Joe Haldeman, Janis lan, Nancy Kress If Canada had a neighbour that was NOT the United States, would Canada be any A mass booksigning for Janis Ian’s STARS volume, hosted by DAW Books and Penguin different? Richer, more powerful, more listened to? Is our proximity to the United States Canada. a blessing in disguise? Or would Canada’s socialist economy work better without 1700 CC: 206B Fan Funds Auction 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 49 What are Fan Funds and who are this year’s winners? 1700 Signing Area Open Space: Claude Lalumiere 1700 CC: 104B On the Tales (and Tails) of Autographs Lovecraft 1700 Signing Area Island Dreams: Claude Lalumiere Alan Beatts, Ellen Datlow, Marvin Kaye, Darrell Schweitzer, Andrew Wheeler Autographs Not only did H.P. Lovecraft influence our GoHst of Honor, but he also had a direct 1700 Signing Area Denying Death: Brett Savory, Seth influence, and correspondence, with numerous other authors who went on to make a Lindberg, Gary Conne name for themselves in horror, fantasy, and science fiction. What set Lovecraft apart Denying Death: Brett Savory, Seth Lindberg, Gary Conner from the other authors whose work filled out the pulps. Why did he develop a cult Autographs following during his life and why did it continue to burgeon after his death. Is he still 1700 CC: 104A Conversations with Isaac Asimov an influence on the field after all this time? Isaac Asimov 1700 CC: 201E Heroines in Anime The Science Fiction Oral History Association brings us Dr. Isaac Asimov, through the Brian Chu, Anna Hui, Winnie Hui, Kimberly Ann Kindya, Kent Wong magic of recorded audio. Some people claim that there are no heroines in Anime; that the females are there 1700 RY: Saskatchewan Instaband: Meet Your Band simply as eye candy, in need of recusing? Is this true? Or are there female Anime heroes Judith Hayman capable of kicking ass on an equal footing with the guys? 1700 CC: 203A Reading 1700 CC: 201ABCD Experience SF MarcZicree A presentation on the Museum being built in Seattle, Washington. 1700 CC: 206F 400 Years of Fantastic Lliterature in 1700 RY: Territories Concert: Roberta Rogow Canada Roberta Rogow John Robert Colombo 1700 CC: 201F Friends of Bill W. 1700 CC: 203B Astronomy 2003: The Year In 1700 Signing Area Stars as Seen: Sandra Katsuri Review Autographs Guy Consolmagno, Geoffrey Landis, Ken Wharton PAGE 50 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1700 CC: 103A Pipe Cleaner Dragons Paul Barnett 1700 CC: 103B Milk, Cookies and Storytelling 1800 CC: 206F Direct Computer - Brain Interface David-Glenn Anderson, Edward Einhorn JackL. Chalker, Howard Davidson, MatthewJarpe, EricM. Van 1700 Signing Area Mass Autograph Party Wiring ourselves by direct linkage of our existing neural structures to the computing Mass Autograph Party infrastructure is a staple of Cyberpunk literature. When and how should we do this? Is Autographs it even wise or safe? Is it really all it’s cracked up to be? 1800 CC: 201E Anime Influences in North American 1800 CC: 104CD The Integration of Science and Media Religion in SF&F Breit Acborn, Brian Chu, Allen Garvey, Eric Langlois, Emru Townsend Scott Bakker, Paul Fayter, Phyllis Gotlieb, Beth Hilgartner, Paul Levinson In the twenty-first century media penneates our lives and culture. We cannot escape it. Science Fiction is often seen as the literature of the humanist, the rationalist and the Anime is a large part of this. It saturates our lives; from video games to skeptic. Yet as we look at the underpinnings of the physical universe, even theoretical Friday television to comic books to clothing, Anime is a major influence on how we view physicists can see the possibility of the hand of God underlying out physical existence. things; how we think; how we dress. Why? How do authors integrate religion and science? Can it only be done in fantasy settings 1800 CC: 104A The Earth is Big and We are Small. 1800 CC: 203A Reading Should We Be Afraid? Cory’Doctorow Jonathan Cowie, Harr}’ Harrison, China Mieville,Jonathon Sullivan, Karen Traviss 1800 CC: 203C Reading Proponents of the Gaea hypothesis have been heard to contend that the earth takes care Charlie Stross of itself, and therefore is capable of healing what ecological damage humans might do. 1800 CC: 104CD From the Ground Up: Building This fails to account for the very’ real possibility that the healing process involves Fantastic Ecosystems removing the disease vector, i.e. humanity. How realistic is this possibility? How much Hal Clement, Julie Czemeda, Will McDermott, Robert Reed can we irritate the earth before it decides to scratch?” What kind of world would produce a gryphon? How about giant killer plants? How 1800 CC: 203C Reading would you go about designing a plausible landscape and other 1 ifefonns for your alien 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 51 or fantastic creatures? hopes of doing just that.” 1800 CC: 104B Live Thog’s Masterclass 1900 CC: 103A Costuming for Kids David Langford Persis Thorndike, Joni Brill Dashoff, Karen Purcell Thog’s Masterclass is the department of Dave Langford’s sf newsletter “Ansible" which 1900 CC: 104A TUming Comics into Movies showcases “differently good" lines from sf and fantasy — the literary equivalent of Brett Achom, Keith DeCandido a blooper reel. Dave’s solo "Live Thog” presentation has brought fear, loathing and giggles to British, US, and Australian cons, and now makes its Canadian debut. 1800 CC: 201F Canadian Space Society 1800 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for Supper 1800 CC: 203B Science Fiction Film Literacy in One Easy Panel Dr. Robert Blackwood, Dr. John Flynn, Kdthi Overton, Craig Miller, Robert Vogel The panelists will examine the history of Sci-Fi film from beginning to end, including the creamy middle. Each panellist should come up with a list of ten "Must Sees” before hand to be given to the audience.” 1800 CC: 206B Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading Naomi Bilodeau, Suzy Chamas, Anne Harris, Ellen Klages, Louise Marley, Victoria McManus, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nancy Jane Moore, Amy Thomson, Wen Spencer Broad Universe describes itself as “a group of women and men dedicated to celebrating and promoting the work of women writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror." Ten group members read short selections from their current and forthcoming fiction in the PAGE 52 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Hollywood possess an excruciatingly annoying habit of changing otherwise perfect were to be published in today's society? comic book plots into an amalgamation for the movie. Why can’t they just shot the old 1900 CC: 1O4B Beanstalk! Are We Ready to Build plot? Of if they choose to create a whole new story, why must they, well, Hollywoodize One? the romance, the characters, the ending, and on and on? Somehow, after “Blade” was Catherine Asarojordin Kare, Karl Schroeder, Tim Smith,John Strickland released, filmmakers discovered how to make movies-taken-from-comics not suck. But Recent developments in carbon fibres have opened up the realistic possibility that we what can they do to make more of them masterpieces?" could actually build a space elevator with current technology. Is this for real? 1900 CC: 203A Reading 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Performers’ Circle Folk MarcieThntcboff Gary Ehrlich, Allison Duma, Daniel Glasser 1900 CC: 201F The Mars Society Filk music is the stepchild of folk music. Here are pieces from the other side that Rocky> Persaud, Jim Mcginty resonate with the filk community. What is the Mars Society. A discussion by its members. 1900 CC: 206F Faster Than Light 1900 CC: 203C Reading Joe Mahoney Colleen Anderson K discussion about the radio show Faster Than Light, and/or about science fiction and 1900 CC: 2O3A Reading fantasy on radio in general (or lack thereof!) We could play clips from classic radio Gregory Frost shows in the past, and from Faster Than Light.” 1900 CC: 203C Reading 1930 CC: 201ABCD Chesley Art Awards Charlaine Harris 2000 CC: 206F Convention Costuming:A Visual 1900 CC: 205B Feminist SF - Is It Outdated? History Ctein, Lee Martindale, Cheryl Morgan, Lisa Tuttle Jack Krolak, Suford Lends, C. D. Mami, Charles Mohapel, LennyJ. Provenzano The feminist movement is, arguably, no longer the force it was in the 1970s. Do we still K slide show and visual trip down Memory Lane. See what costuming was like is the need science fiction that identifies itself as feminist? Has society' progressed to the beginning; how it grew; and find inspiration for your place in its future. point where it is outdated? How would some of the feminist classics be received if they 2000 CC: 20IF Friday night Shabbat service

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 53 Friday night Shabbat services. All are welcome. Diane Tumshek 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Performers’ Circle International 2000 CC: 203C Reading Philip Allcock, Andrew Barton, Kate Soley Barton Pat York Filk is not just a North American phenomenon but enjoined around the world. There 2000 CC: 104B Race In SF: Black, White, Asian Or are filk communities in the UK, Australia and Germany, and filkers from just about Just Human? everywhere. Songs with an international flair. Stephen Pagel, Karin Lowachee, Derwin Mak, Antonio Ruffini, Michael Z. 2000 RY: Manitoba Artificial Life Forms and Their Williamson Ri gilts What is the point in depicting humans as belonging to one or another of what today’s Dave Creek, Scott Mackay, Sean Mead, Robert J. Sawyer, Susan Smith society classifies as races? Shouldn’t SF writers strive, in the neutral case, to make all of Mankind may be on the verge of creating new types of life not seen before on the planet. their human characters just that - members of the human race - without reference to What are the implications? Should these life-forms be treated differently from “natural” the colour of their skin? But sometimes, of course, race is tire point. When race is life? Can life now be patented? depicted, is it done well? Or do writers too often resort to stereotype? 2000 RY: TUdor 7 History of Filk 2000 RY: Prince Edward Islan Instaband Practice Dick Eney, Barry Gold, Lee Gold You have some lyrics and some ideas. Now what? Some ideas on making music and Filk didn’t start in the 90 s or 8O’s but way back before we ever even thought about words go together. recording it. A few folks who were there in the fifties and sixties talk about their 2000 CC: 201E Science Fiction on Stage experiences. Suzy Chamas, Alexis Gilliland, Leah Zeldes Smith, Lori Ann White, Alan Ziebarth 2000 CC: 203A Reading An alternate-history stage drama about science, “Copenhagen”, won the 2000 Tony Pat York Award. New works and adaptations of fantasy and SF are appearing more and more on 2000 CC: 203A Reading stages in New York, Chicago, and London. Which are especially worth attending or Alison Baird reading? How well can SF — the literature of imagination — be translated to live 2000 CC: 203C Reading theatre? “ PAGE 54 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 2000 RY: Territories Concert: Graham Leathers A memorial for a lost ship and crew. A celebration of our belief in the space program Graham Leathers and its contribution to humanity. We'll present a cycle of songs that recall the space All the same instruments we hated in rhythm band, come to a new life when they program's progress and look to it's future. Performers' have been selected to present accompany something as fun as filk. Meet some new instruments and learn how to songs, but everyone is welcome to join in the singing. This event was created for make something as simple as a rhythm egg into a cool accompaniment. FilKONtario in March and is repeated here by request. 2000 CC: 206B I Want My Queer TV 2100 CC: 203B Children and Literature: Science Alan Siler, Fiona Patton, Lyla Miklos, Kimberly Ann Kindya, Andrew Trembley Fiction and Fantasy Queer characters in television tend to be restricted to the world of sitcoms and soap Lisette Boily, Roland M. Green, Terry Pratchett

operas. With the exception of Willow, Tara and Ivanova, LGBT characters in science 2100 RY: York Reading day fiction are almost unheard of. We have been clamouring for years for a gay character Terry McGarry on Star Trek. Why are most television producers so squeamish about including our 2100 RY: British Columbia Reading community in a genre that is supposed to be breaking barriers? Grant Carrington 2030 RY: Concert Hall Friday Night Dance 2100 CC: 203C Reading A dance presentation by Ravenar will precede the Show Us Your Dream Costume Dance Ann Zeddies that begins at 9:00pm. (Cash bar) 2100 CC: 201F The Fine Folks of SFEnet 2100 RY: Library’ Junkyard Poets "More of a mixer than a panel, since the audience will be encouraged to get up and David Clink, Herb Kanderer, Timothy Anderson, Scott Edelman mingle. 1 have buttons from Sff.net and hopefully some other items to share. It’s a Join the action as two teams try to assemble a poem from scrap. Audience participation great and growing community.” is encouraged! 2100 CC: 104A Big Girls and Boys’ Toys: women in 2100 RY: Territories Columbia Remembrance & Space post-cyberpunk hard and military sf Celebration Elizabeth Moon, Chris Moriarty, Kristine Smith, Wen Spencer SallyJ. Headford One of the major trends in contemporary sf is the presence of women writers who have 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 55 been visibly influenced by the cyberpunk movement. These writers are mixing and 2200 RY: Quebec The Leather Hirn On matching traditionally masculine genres (hard sf, hardboiled detective fiction, military Kevin Roche sf, cyberpunk, spy thrillers) to create stories that don’t fit neatly into traditional sf Does black leather turn you on? Did you really like Mrs. Peel’s leather jumpsuits? What categories. What’s going on here? And what do these writers have to say about the future about simple things like leather gauntlets and harness? Whatever your interest in of sf in the post-cyberpunk era?” costuming with leather, stop by; learn a few things; exchange leather dreams. 2100 CC: 206F Bom or Bitten: Biological vs. 2200 CC: 104A This is a Space (Exploration) Supernatural Vampires Program? Lisa DuMond, E.E. Knight, Elizabeth Miller, Peter Watts Dave Creek, Henry Spencer, David Stephenson, John Strickland In folklore, it’s a transmissible curse...but some vampire fiction puts biology in the The last ten years has seen less manned exploration of space than the first 3 years did of clothing of the fantastic, featuring a separate species at the top of the food chain. its history. A recent report stated that NASA funding levels kept at 1960s levels would be (George R.R. Martin’s “’’Fevre Dream”” is one such work.) With most assumptions of $ 100b, not the humble (many say pathetic) $ 15b it currently gets. Is this intentional? vampire fiction radically changed, it’s almost a whole different genre. Are we gearing up towards a great outburst of manned exploration, or will it continue 2100 CC: 203A Reading to be moribund? Can this be changed, and how? And who should be running the show? Ken Wharton Bureaucrats? Politicians? Engineers? Scientists? Private enteqirise? SF Geeks?” 2100 RY: Manitoba Why did Firefly Fail and Angel 2200 RY: York Reading Succeed? David B. Coe Christopher Garcia, Colleen Hiller up, Christine Mak, Robert Vogel 2200 RY: Canadian Angel: Waiting in the Wings Joss Whedon’s Mutant Enemy Television has spawned two very successful shows (“Buff)' Showing of the Hugo Nominee the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”), but his latest creative effort, the Westem-in-space 2300 RY: Hidor 8 Open Filk — Chaos called “Firefly”, has just been declared extinct. What is it about the Angel/Buffy-verse Decadent Dave Clement that made for better TV than the world of “Firefly”? The commonest style in the Midwest. A free for all, where anyone can jump in. There 2200 RY: British Columbia Reading may be a host or filk ghod/dess to ensure fair play. We’re Canadian: we just naturally ------61st World ------Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 lite chaos Lee Gold, Barry Gold dian Buffy the Vampire Slayer: You thought filk was only a decade or two old? Here’s music from the fifties, sixties and Conversations with Dead People seventies. (Pre-1980 filk) Nominee ^deration 3 Theme Filk: Rock ilk and sometimes not filk at all. It's rock. You know: rock. r 7 Theme Filk: Golden Oldies

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1000 RY: PEI Ellen Klages Wheeler Satuday Kaffeeklatche What sells? A view from publishers and ediors? Come hear the experts speak. 1000 CC: Summit Book Launch: Open Space/ 1000 RY: New Brunswick Steve Saffel Island Dreams Kaffeeklatche 1000 RY: NS Stanley Schmidt 1000 RY: Quebec Soft Sculpture Costuming Kaffeeklatche Chris Kramer 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 63 Carving a 6 inch block of foam into a costume is one method, but does not allow for MaralAgnerian, Dawn McKechnie, Kate Morgenstern errors. Come learn a different approach by building up layers of foam, then carving out Most costumes need props of one type or another, whether it’s fans, guns, picture the details. frames, or magic mirrors. Not every store sells them, and you need to customize them 1100 CC: 206A SFC: Reading, Writing, & Literacy even if you can buy them. Find out tips on turning your $5.00 axe into the “real” through SF thing. Betsy Mitchell, Pat York, Bonnie Kunzel, Cathy Palmer-Lister, Terence Green, Robert 1100 CC: 103B Saturday Morning Cartoons James 1100 CC: 201F Discrimination Reading 3: Lisa Science fiction is a gold mine for language arts teachers, from its building blocks of TYittle imaginative storytelling and the communication of ideas, to the way SF explores societal Lisa Tuttle issues and concerns of relevance to students. Join this panel of editors, authors, 1100 CC: 202ABCD Reading: Spider Robinson educators, and librarians as they discuss science fiction as literature, including where to 1100 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour look for those great student-ready stories. JackKrolak 1100 CC: 206C SFC: Bringing Science to Life 1100 CC: 206F Using the Folklore of Canada in through SF Fiction David DeGraff, Donna Young, Jordan Raddick, Jeanne Cavelos, Hal Clement Celu Amberston, Alison Baird, DerryI Murphy, Guy Gavriel Kay, Jean-Louis Trudel Science fiction can do so much more titan provide examples of bad science from the The folklore of Canada seems to surface only rarely in fiction, though there is a wealth movies, it can reveal how real science happens, who is involved, who might be affected, of traditions - and a healthy menagerie of fantastical beings - to be found here. What and turn what can seem a block of unfathomable knowledge into a vibrant, human material is there, and how does it interrelate? What is most relevant to the Canadian activity — full of creativity and consequence. Join this panel of educators who use the and international audiences? And in what ways can it (and should it) be used? power of fiction to inspire and teach their students 1100 CC: 104A It’s a Book, It’s a Game, It’s... 1100 RY: Manitoba What Do You Mean, You Don’t Stock Paul Barnett, Lori Cole, Ed Greenwood, Steve Jackson, Janna Silverstein The Staff Of Sarum It’s a fairly well-known fact that the Wild Cards universe started as a superhero role- PAGE 64 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 playing campaign. Then it spawned “GURPS: Wild Cards”, coming full circle. Authors Style who’ve been through the experience discuss making books out of gaming (such as Kate Soley Barton, Paul Kwinn Stephen Brust's "Dragaera” series) and games out of books (“GURPS: Vorkosigan” 1100 CC: 203A Reading comes out soon). Beverly Hale, Robert J. Sawyer 1100 CC: 201ABCD The Computerization of, Well, 1100 CC: 203B Oz and Alice Everything Edward Einhorn, Esther Friesner, W Randy Hoffman, Suford Lewis, Roberta Rogow John Bartley, Charles Cohen, Karl Schroeder, Mark Van Name It’s over a hundred years since “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (1900) was written, and Finance, industry, the military’ (soon to include authorization to pull the metaphorical even longer for “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” (1865). But we still seem to be trigger). Car engines, voting machines (don’t get us started), watches, artificial limbs, coming up with new adaptations and interpretations for both. What explains their scooters, vacuum cleaners. Does rampant computerization everstop? And if not, what lasting appeal? will be left for puny humans to do? 1100 CC: 205B “Reviews: the Good, the Bad, the 1100 Signing Area Terry Pratchett Vicious” Autographs Scott Edelman, Craig Engler, Karen Haber, Donna McMahon, Michelle West 1100 Signing Area Scott Mackay Why should SF be reviewed? What makes a good review? Should writers read their own Autographs reviews? Difference between a review and a critique? 1100 Signing Area Josepha Sherman 1100 CC: 104B SFWA Meeting

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61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 65 1100 RY: Quebec Costuming with Your Child and some of the deisgn and navigation issues you need to consider. Persis Thorndike, Talis Thorndike Love, Joni Brill DashojJ, Jared Dashoff 1200 Signing Area Peter Heck Is your child forever playing dress-up with your fabric collection? Come to our Autographs discussion of what to do next to create and show off your enwst costume. How about 1200 Signing Area Edo van Belkom the local Masquerade? Autographs 1130 RY: Alberta Stephen M. Stirling 1200 RY: Territories Concert: Jordin Rare/ Kafleeklatche Kathleen Sloan 1130 RY: Salon A Prix Aurora Awards Reception Jordin Kare, Kathleen Sloan All TorconS members are invited to meet and mingle with the Canadian Aurora award 1200 CC: 104A Legends and Religion In SF nominees. (Light refreshments and cash bar). William Dietz, Phyllis Gotlieb,John G. Hemry, David Honigsberg, Patrick McGuire 1130 RY: PEI George R. R. Martin Though their pursuits are not mutually exclusive, religion and speculative fiction are Kaffeeklatche almost complete anathema to one another. When religion is depicted in SF, more often 1130 RY: New Brunswick John Clute than not it is ridiculed as superstition, derided as a pursuit of less advanced minds. Kaffeeklatche Why is litis kind of discrimination acceptable? Why are there not more proudly 1130 RY: NS James Stevens-Arce religiouscharacters in SF?” Kaffeeklatche 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Writing Literary Filk 1130 RY: Prince Edward Islan David Brin Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Lee Gold, Brenda Sutton Kaffeeklatche 1200 CC: 103B Writing a Good Science Fiction or 1200 CC: 206B Developing Your Convention’s Web Fantasy Story Site Edward Einhorn, Thomas Seay, Kathryn Sullivan Janice Gelb, Blars Larson, Sharon Sbarsky, Rid) Zellich Our panelists discuss the important characteristics of what makes a good science A workshop illustrating some of the common questions that your website should cover, fiction/fantasy story. PAGE 66 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1200 CC: 203D Is This Your First Worldcon? The five finalists for the JWC award and a moderate. This is a discussion of how the Rose Lillian, Dave Gallaher, Lloyd Penney, Pat Sims, Bobbi Armbruster finalists for the JWC award made their professional debuts. What kind of backgrounds Are you new to fandom and Worldcons? Stop by with your questions and we’ll introduce do they have? Where did they submit work? To what do they attribute their success? This you to fandom. is of interest to writers who would like to make a professional debut some day. 1200 CC: Summit Enterprise CC: 2067: David Stephenson Dr. David Stephenson, noted Canadian space physicist and con stalwart, speaks on interplanetary craft to be developed by 2067. 1200 CC: 201ABCD 50th Anniverary of ACE Books Ginjer Buchanan The 50th anniversary of ACE Books! What is in ACE’s future? 1200 CC: 201F Feminist Reading 2: Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Band 1200 CC: 206C SFC: Science from the Fiction Workshop Tony Czemeda, Sarah Elliott, Rocky Persaud, Marcel Gagne

To solve the problem posed in a science fiction short story, participants will design, Satuday build, and test a working prototype vehicle. All materials and testing equipment will be supplied. Caution: fun is inevitable!” 1200 CC: 206F Meet the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Finalists Charles Coleman Finlay, David Levine, Karin Lotvachee, Wen Spencer, Ken Wharton 61st W'orld Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 67 1200 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for 1200 CC: 203C Reading Lunch Alexis Gilliland, Lisa DuMond 1200 CC: 206A SFC: Fiction from the Science 1200 Signing Area Elizabeth Hand Writing Workshop Autographs Diane Tumshek, Herb Kauderer, Kristen Britain, Caitlin Sweet 1200 Signing Area Scott Edelman Learn how to guide students through their own science fictional exploration of the Autographs world starting from scientific concepts, current issues, and even illustrations. Warning: 1200 CC: 203C Reading wonder is likely. Emily Pohl-Weary, Lisa DuMond, Alexis Gilliland, Liz Williams 1200 Signing Area G. David Nordley 1200 CC: 203A Reading Autograplis Liz Williams, Lisa DuMond, Alexis Gilliland 1200 CC: 205B The Science Fiction Oral History 1200 CC: 203A Reading Association Lisa DuMond Michael W. Gardiner, Anne KG Murphy, Dick Smith 1230 RY: Canadian Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Science Fiction Oral History Association (SFOHA) is a non-profit organization that Showing of the Hugo Nominee maintains an archive of audio and video recordings of historic people and events 1300 CC: Summit What’s New at Del Rey related to science fiction. Come hear what they’re about. Steve SaJJel 1200 RY: Quebec 15 People On A Postage Stamp What’s upcoming at Del Rey, including exciting new projects from Harry Tlirtledove, Stage Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Moon, Alan Dena Foster, Peter - What Do We Do Now? Hamilton, Howard Hendrix, China Mieville, and Greg Bear. Cary Conder, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Jacqueline Ward, Julie Zetterberg 1300 Signing Area Steven Harper Piziks Want to be part of a megagroup? Find out what you need to start one and design an Autographs effective presentation. 1300 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for PAGE 68 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Lunch In 100? What specific works will endure? What new trends will ripen? Will the usual 1300 RY: Concert Hall Prix Aurora Awards Ceremony needs for structure and excitement, moral lessons and anarchy, serious information 1300 CC: 2O3C Reading and pure silliness ever really change? JackL. Chalker 1300 CC: 203A Reading 1300 CC: 201ABCD Research 101 David Brin, Jack L. Chalker William Dietz, John Dupuis, Terr)' Pratchett, Sheila Williams, Connie Willis 1300 RY: Territories Concert: Clif & Carol Flynt Writers must know what they are writing about: or do they? How much research is Clif Flynl, Carol Flynl enough? Must you know and identify your target audience (hard science/trek/fantasy) 1300 CC: 206A SFC: Wrap-up panel: Where do you first? Is there a minimum amount of science an sf author needs to know. go from here? 1300 RY: York Writers Workshop Session 5 Julie Czemeda, David-Glenn Anderson, Vai Ontell, Lindalee Stuckey, Loma Tbolis Trey Thoecke, David Levine, Karen Traviss,James Alan Gardner A panel of publishers, librarians, and educators discuss how to find good SF resources 1300 RY: NS Sandra Kasturi (print, film, people), how to get them into schools, and how to promote their use. Kaffeeklatche There will be an opportunity for question/answer from both tracks. 1300 CC: 103A Build a Geodesic Structure 1300 RY: Confederation 3 Performance W'orkshop PersisThomdike Graham Leathers 1300 RY: PEI Fred Pohl The pros work at performance to make it look that relaxed and easy — and interesting.

Kaffeeklatche You can do it too. Here are some ideas to really sell that song.. Satuday 1300 RY: Alberta Russell Blackford 1300 RY: Library Writers Workshop Session 6 Kaffeeklatche Glenn Sixbury, Darrell Schweitzer, Marvin Kaye, Jeanne Cavelos 1300 CC: 201E The Future of Kids Books 1300 RY: New Brunswick Robert Charles Wilson Justine Larbalestier, Lisa Ragsdale, Scott Westerfeld, Andrew Wheeler, Ann Zeddies Kaffeeklatche How will children’s literature evolve? What will kids be reading in 10 years? In 25 years? 1300 CC: 104A Alternative Currencies and Trading

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 69 Systems: The Future differences in superficial biology only. But what if the Venetians are not just us with Andrew Burt, Richard Lynch, China Mieville, Douglas Smith, Ramona Winkelbauer bad haircuts and bigger, say, ears? How might truly alien beings enjoy sex? Assuming With the near future advent of quick, simple and portable encryption systems many of "enjoy" is the right word. the technical barriers to a full electronic consumer economy will be eliminated. How 1400 CC: 203C Reading will this affect our future? Can a non-electronic economy trade with an electronic one? Hilari Bell Can it even survive the onslaught? 1400 CC: 201ABCD Hollywood: The Twilight Zone 1300 CC: 202/VBCD The Future of War George R. R. Martin Paul Chafe, Charles Cohen, Joe Haldeman, Patrick McGuire, Andrea B. Novin Panellists discuss their role in writing for the television series The Twilight Zone. Attrition warfare with men and machines is fast becoming as obsolete as smokestack 1400 RY: Manitoba Titanium Anodizing Your Props industry. If the ultimate goal of war is to destroy your enemy’s will to resist, what shall Chris Kramer we have at our disposal to wage war in the future? Anodizing titanium adds color for unique fantasy daggers and swords. Simple coloring 1300 Signing Area Patricia Bray and more advanced techniques will be demonstrated. Autographs 1400 RY: Quebec “Klingon Foreheads, Dog Faces, 1300 Signing Area Alma Hromic Deckert And Autographs Magma Demons, Oh My! 1300 Signing Area John Grant (Paul Barnett) Michael McMaster Autographs Prosthetic makeup can be as simple as Elf and Vulcan ears, and Klingon foreheads, or 1300 CC: 202C Feedback Session as complex as complete transformations. Come and see how it’s done. WARNING: Torcon Committee Members LATEX ALLERGY ALERT!!! 1300 CC: 104B Alien Sexuality 1400 CC: 205B The Renaissance of the Age of Pulp Bridget Coila, Glenn Grant, Lawrence Schoen, Robert Silverberg, Amy Thomson Fiction Frequently, alien sex is depicted as being exactly the same as human sex, with Hal Clement, Dr. John Flynn,]. K. Klein, William J. Widder PAGE 70 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Find out from those who lived through the early days of pulp fiction magazines what 1400 RY: Confederation 3 GuitarWorkshop that colorful period meant to the world. And now what impact this still has on today’s Nate Bucklin world in movies and in its literature. Hang out with the guitarists and learn some ideas to make your guitar styling more 1400 Signing Area Rosemary Kirstein interesting Autographs 1400 CC: 203A Reading 1400 CC: 202ABCD Death Of Person Versus Death Of Sarah Zettel Personality 1400 RY: Confederation 3 “So, You Want to Run a Filk Track?” Suzy Chamasjohn Hertz, RobertJ. Sawyer, Shane Tburtellotte, Eliezer Yudkowsky jan dimasi, Trace Hagemann, Persis Thorndike A recurring science-fictional (and indeed fantastic) idea is that of the death of personal­ Practical tips as well as war stories from the filk trenches. How to make a successful ity while the body endures — whether as punishment or by accident or choice. This filk track in a tiny, medium or big con. contrasts with both extropian ideas of immortality' through personality upload, and the 1400 Signing Area Karen Haber “Star Trek” model of teleportation, in which the body dies but the personality endures. Autographs What are the relative values of your person and your personality? Does one dominate the 1400 CC: 206B When Is Big Suddenly Too Big? other morally? What range of opinions on this subject is acceptable, productive, and Cary Conder, Alixandra Jordan, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Peltinger, Jacqueline Ward socially supportable? Costume presentations are getting larger; more people; bigger props. This is leading to 1400 RY: Territories Concert: Judith Hayman/ a number of concerns. Do large presentations have an unfair advantage over single

Paul Kwinn costumes? Do larger presentations mean smaller Masquerades? This will be a “debate”, Satuday Judith Hayman, Paul Kwinn with questions and answers afterwards. All weapons must be checked at the door. Your song from the heart needs a little buffing. Come work with a master songwriter to 1400 CC: 104B Heinlein, Stranger than Stranger, remove the trite and introduce the small touches that make your lyrics unique. Four Decades after the Hugo 1400 Signing Area Kristen Britain Robert James, Bradford Lyau, Bill Patterson, Geo Rule, David Silver Autographs An audience participation survey of the Hugo award winning novel “Stranger in a 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 71 Strange Land.” 1430 RY: NS Geoffrey Surrette 1400 CC: 201F LGBT Reading 4: Esther Friesner Kaffeeklatche Esther Friesner 1430 RY: Alberta Yves Meynard 1400 CC: 103B Kookieklatch/Reading Kaffeeklatche - Riddles in the Dark 1430 CC: 203C Reading jan howardfinder Lee Alartindale 1400 CC: 103A Iron Artist for Kids 1500 RY: Confederation 3 How to Be Funny Deb Kosiba, Lisa Ragsdale Alark Bernstein, Bill Roper, Gretchen Roper 1400 CC: Summit Well Constructed Universes K (mostly) serious discussion about the art of writing and performing comedy by hikers Ben Jeapes, David Hartwell, Edward A/. Lerner, Allen M. Steele, Stephen AL Stirling who having mastered the art of being humorous, funny, hilarious. What makes some universes more believable than others? 1500 CC: 202ABCD Fandom Through the Eyes of Harry 1400 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour Warner, Jr. April Lee Alike Glyer, Jack Speer, Richard Lynch, Lloyd Penney, John Hertz 1400 CC: 206F Imaging Planets Harry Warner, Jr. chronicled the early history of science fiction fandom in his books All Alike Brotherton, Guy Consolmagno, Cteinjordin Kare, Diane Tumshek Our Yesterdays and A Wealth of Fable. He was more than just a chronicler, however, he How long will it be till we see pictures of a blue/green planet orbiting a distant star? was also a fan, active in fanzines and letter columns. Despite being something of an What techniques are currently being used to find planets? What will we be using soon? hermit, his death left a vacuum for myriad friends who knew him, yet had never met What do the planets we’ve found so far tell us about the universe? him. Come talk and learn about his influence on fandom, fanzines, and science fiction 1430 RY: New Brunswick Ellen Datlow 1500 CC: 206B Alternate Curveballs: Baseball in Kaffeeklatche SF/F 1430 RY: PEI Kevin Roche Jim Mann, Eric Al. Van, Scott Westerfeld, Andrew Weiner, Rick Wilber Kaffeeklatche Baseball in science fiction or fantasy as plot device, characterization element, stereotype PAGE 72 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 or just for fun. been released. Here’s a presentation of the nominated works. 1500 Signing Area Sandra Katsuri 1500 CC: 103A Hands On Science??? Autographs Sarah Elliott 1500 CC: 201F Meet the Science Fiction Poetry 1500 CC: 103B Storytelling from the Inside Out Association Anne Pinzow, Jean Lorrah, Edward Einhorn Scott Green 1500 CC: 201E Photoshop is NOT the Artist: The annual meeting of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. This is not a closed Creating meeting, but is open to all interested in learning more about die SFPA. Good Computer Ar 1500 CC: 206F Dangers of Accelerated Genetic Alan Beck, James Stanley Daugherty, Chuck Divine, DaleL. Sproule Manipulation What you really need to create good computer art and what the computer applications Bridget Coila, George Flentke, Matthew Jarpe, Susan Smith, John Wilson contribute to the art Centuries of dog breeding have produced coundess non-viables (pit bulls with breathing 1500 CC: 104B Environmental Pseudoscience? troubles, golden retrievers and German shepherds with bad hips, etc.). A litde- Jonathan Cowie, KarlJohanson, Larry Niven, John Strickland, Chris Moriarty regarded news story a few weeks back predicted that, for similar reasons, bananas will Scientifically speaking the ecological debate is far from clear cut. There is general totally disappear from supermarket shelves within a decade. What makes us think agreement that the ecology is being damaged, but to what extent and by what practices accelerating genetic manipulation (by playing di reedy with DNA) will lead to better results is highly debatable. Panellists will examine the science expounded by both sides of the for plants, animals — or humans?” argument to determine their relative merits. Satuday 1500 Signing Area Marcy Italiano 1500 Signing Area Joel Champetier Autographs Autographs 1500 RY: Territories Concert Urban Tapestry 1500 Signing Area Ann Zeddies (Toni Anzetti) Allison Dumojodi Krangle, Debbie Obi Autographs The Pegasus Nominations for best song, songwriters and performers in fdk music have 1500 CC: 203A Reading 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 73 Guy Gavriel Kay joking, right? Nope. This panel focuses on current techniques and the best old-reliable 1500 CC: 104A SFWA Auction tips to give new and experienced authors alike the tools they need to conquer their Peter Heck synopsis-phobia.” 1500 CC: 201F Canada Council Reading 1500 Signing Area William Dietz Donna McMahon Autographs 1500 CC: 206C Small Arms for Writers 1500 CC: 205B Awards and Getting Discovered Alan Bealls, John G. Hemry, Steven Lopata, Tbni Weisskopf, Michael I. Williamson Cory Doctorow, Nalo Hopkinson, Karin Lowachee Sure, your troops look cool with 30 kg of gatling gun and pistols that will stop a rhino. 1600 CC: 206C Clash of Science Fiction and Fantasy But are these things really useful in a story context? And what exactly do you call in Canada these things? Christian Sauve, Jean-Louis Trudel, Dave Duncan, Candas Jane Dorsey 1500 CC: 2O3C Reading Genre science fiction and fantasy are relatively new phenomena in French-speaking Beth Hilgartner Canada. The initial popularity of science fiction has given way to a resurgence of 1500 CC: Summit What’s New at DAW fantasy and horror, practiced by authors old and new. The past, present, and possible Debra Euler futures of these genres will be discussed.” What’s upcoming at DAW 1600 CC: 203D Book Discussion: Chicks In 1500 CC: 203B Synopses for Dummies (and Smart Chainmail People Too) Esther Friesner, Lee Martindale, Janet Stirling, Wen Spencer Josepha Sherman, Robert Silverberg Four Chicks In Chainmail anthologies have now been published, and a fifth will soon Walk into a roomful of authors and say “synopsis”. See how many of even the most arrive in bookstores. Do these books set the cause of feminist SF back, or does the experienced writers cringe at the thought of this most hated of literary tasks. And if it fact that they are parodies excuse them from any obligation to feminism? scares them, what about the rest of us? How DO you whittle down a 400 page (100K 1600 CC: Summit A Question of Scale word) novel into 3-5 pages? One page? A PARAGRAPH?! A SENTENCE?!?! They must be Howard Davidson, Gardner Dozois, Matthew Jarpe, Tim Smith, Allen M. Steele PAGE 74 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Classic science fiction often depicts ultratechnologies existing on a massive scale. But 1600 RY: NS Eric Raymond the closer they get to reality, the smaller their manifestations seem to become. Does Kaffeeklatche the future of humanity involve Dyson spheres and the reshaping of galaxies, or will 1600 RY: Manitoba Spread Your Wings And Learn we inhabit virtual worlds at the level of the quantum foam? Is the master)' of one To Fly scale a necessary' step toward conquering the other? Maral Agnerian, Cary Conder, Karen Purcell, Jacqueline Ward 1600 CC: 201ABCD Censor This! ...or at least give the impression of flight. Wings are a dream dial almost every Morgan Brilliant, Tom Doherty, John G. Hernry, Kimberly Ann Kindya costumer has had at one time or another. Come and leam from those that have Many of us can’t remember the days before the Motion Picture Association of America “flown” before. started rating films, or the Comics Code Authority began doing the same to comics. 1600 CC: 202ABCD Heinlein: Lost, Strayed, The Entertainment Software Ratings Board now similarly vets video games. Do Misplaced, and Found Again these organizations provide a valuable public service, or are they unnecessarily Arthur M. Dula, Robert James, Bill Patterson, Eleanor Wood, Spider Robinson, censoring the movies, comics, and games we buy? Why are books not subjected to David Silver the same standards — or are they? Is censorship ever justified, and if so, why? When From the author’s even earlier efforts than the ’lost’ novel, Heinlein’s so-called opus no. does it go too far? 1, “For Us the Living —” through obscurely published essays and addresses on science­ 1600 RY: Alberta Kathleen Ann Goonan fiction writing of the 1940s and 50s, the so-called ‘stinkers,’ stories that supposedly Kaffeeklatche were never republished, and, even, lately discovered letters to authors, such as the

1600 RY: PEI Cecilia Tan fabled extensive critiques of the first draft of Poumelle’s and Niven’s "The Mote in God’s Satuday Kaffeeklatche Eye”, and others, there exists a body of Heinlein work that should be rediscovered, 1600 CC: 203C Reading republished and examined. Lisa Tuttle 1600 CC: 206F The Multiple Implications of 1600 CC: 203A Reading Teleportation on Society Nalo Hopkinson Ctein, Paul Levinson, Wil McCarthy, Mark Olson, Michael Swanwick, Harry 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 75 Harrison From broadsheets to hypertext: the changing markets for speculative poetry. How to use In many models of teleportation, the transported individual is destroyed and recon­ the internet to research poetry markets. The pros and cons of selling to webzines, structed as part of the process. What are the social, legal, and religious ramifications of selling to magazines, and giving the suckers away. this tempting technology? How would society deal with the possibility of accidental 1600 CC: 203B Using Real Locations in an Unreal duplication of its citizens? With a routine technology of death and resurrection? Should Book backups be kept? And if so, what are the mutual legal exposures of a person’s various SuzyChamas, William Dietz, Pat Forde, Josepha Sherman “versions”? Authois discuss using actual settings in science fictional and fantastic writing. 1600 RY: Quebec Hie Mechanics of Costuming 1600 RY: Confederation 3 ParodyWorkshop Chris Kramer Bob Kanefsky Bicycle cables, motors, springs, pneumatics, and oilier simple approaches to animating Okay, it's only sort of filk and sometimes not filk at all. It's rock. You know: rock. costumes. 1600 Signing Area K.D. Wentworth 1600 RY: New Brunswick Mike Resnick Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1600 RY: Territories Concert: Heather Borean/ 1600Art Show Art Show Docent Tour Daniel & Melissa Glasser Alex Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein Heather Borean, Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser 1600 CC: 103B Reading - The Paper Bag Princess 1600 Signing Area Jennifer Sigouin 1600 CC: 103A Create Beady Dragons and Other Autographs Familiars 1600 Signing Area Liz Williams Persis Thorndike Autographs 1600 CC: 201F Marketing Poetry’ in the New 1600 Signing Area Edward M Lerner Millennium Autographs David Clink, Scott Green, Sandra Kasturi, Herb Kauderer, Terry McGarry’ 1630 CC: 203C Reading PAGE 76 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Terence Green 1700 Signing Area Carol Berg 1630 CC: 203A Reading Autographs PeterHeck 1700 Signing Area George R. R. Martin 1700 Signing Area John Clute Autographs Autographs 1700 Signing Area Stephen M. Stirling 1700 CC: 206C Importance of Small Press Autographs Magazines 1700 CC: 203A Reading Robert Beer, John Klima, Jay Lake, Guy Lillian, Darrell Schweitzer Geoffrey Landis Why is small press with low payment rates important to professional careers 1700 CC: 206C Worldbuilding: Worlds that Are, 1700 CC: 201C Discrimination Reading 1: Worlds that Have Been Rob Gates Ed Greenwood, Daniel Grotla, Nick Sagan, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sarah Zeltel 1700 CC: 203C Reading Fantasy and science fiction are both genres in which writers create imaginary’ worlds so, Rebecca Carmi they can talk about our real world. Worldbuilding techniques range from close 1700 CC: 103B Milk, Cookies and Storytelling extrapolation to alternate history to wild flights of fantasy, but the best F/SF is always Bonnie Kunzel, Diana Herald set in worlds rich enough and believable enough for readers to move into. How do 1700 CC: 205B Sunburst/Tiptree Auction working F/SF writers create their imagined worlds? How do they give them breadth,

Ellen Klages depth, and substance? Is the process of imagining fantastic worlds different from Satuday Awards like the Sunburst and Tiptree require money to fund their prizes. This auction the science fiction writer's process of extrapolation — and if so, how? Why do some is a little bit of fundraising and a lot of entertainment. Extreme Auctioneer, Ellen imagined worlds (Tolkien’s for instance) seem to age so well, while others quickly grow Klages, internationally notorious for her auctions, will be presiding. Anything might dated? What rules, if any, help keep imaginary’ worlds or visionary’ futures plausible for happen, anything. She’s even been known to take off parts of her costume and sell real-world readers?” them to the highest bidder. You just never know... 1700 CC: 202ABCD Alien Languages: First Contact 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 77 Stanley Schm idt, Lawrence Schoen jan howardfinder, Jack Krolak, Kimberly Ann Kindya, Roberta Rogow The two teams from the previous apply their new found knowledge and attempt a first Recreation costumes are usually well received but what happens when you’re the 13th conract using this languages. Dr. Who in the Masquerade? Learn what to avoid and how to make your reproduction 1700 CC: 201F Friends of Bill W. different. 1700 CC: 203D We Have Met The Alien, And He Is 1700 CC: 104A Eros and the Near Earth Asteroid Us” Rendezvous David Honigsberg, Karen Traviss, Sean Mead, Robert']. Sawyer, Kristine Smith Guy Consolmagno When aliens finally land on Earth, will we treat them the way we have historically Bill and Guy talk about the NASA mission (NEAR) to visit asteroid Eros and, ultimately, treated all minority groups throughout history; driving them into ghettos and landed. marginalizing them in society as depicted in the film and TV series "Alien Nation”? Will 1700 CC: 104B Student SF&F Awards Ceremony we end up fighting a war against them, prompted by xenophobia? Or will our better John Pomeranz, David Brin, Hal Clement natures prevail? Ceremony for the annual Student SF&F Awards Contest, co-sponsored by Torcon 3 and 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Harmony Workshop Baltimore Worldcon Inc. (the folks who gave us the 1998 Worldcon, Bucconeer). Join us Clif Flynt in honouring the best authors and artists of science fiction and fantasy’s next Basics of adding harmony to melody, when, why and how. generation. After the awards, watch [www.bucconeer.worldcon.org/contest] for details 1700 CC: 201ABCD Frank Kelly Freas Slideshow and on this year's winners and next year’s contest. Critique 1700 CC: 103A Care and feeding of Mystical Kelly Freas Creatures 1700 RY: Territories Concert: Bill & Brenda Sutton Karen Purcell Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton 1730 CC: 203A Reading 1700 RY: Manitoba 57 Queen Amidalas, 101 Mr. Timothy Anderson Spocks, And 27 Harry Potters 1730 CC: 203C Reading PAGE 78 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Candasjane Dorse)' Panellist discussion of the survey, film clip review of top 10 and audience commentary. 1800 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for 1800 CC: 206C Lord Acton and Speculative Fiction: Supper Warnings about Power 1800 CC: 203C Reading Heather Urbanski James Barclay 1830 CC: 203C Reading 1800 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for Douglas Smith Supper 1830 CC: 203A Reading 1800 CC: 104A Schools of the 21st Century: What Nick Sagan Schools Should Teach 1900 CC: 103A Gaming for kids: DINO HUNT with Charles Cohen, Jim Kelly, Paul Levinson, Hayden Trenholm, Pat York Steve Jackson The core skill for future-proofing is learning itself. Do you agree or disagree with the Graham Leathers, W. Randy Hoffman, Steve Jackson following quotes? “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” 1900 CC: 206A Market to Small Press Publications —Plutarch “The illiterate of the 21st century will not lie those who cannot read and Anthony Lewis, Derryl Murphy, Stephen Pagel, Alan Siler, Michael Walsh write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” —Alvin Toffler Talk about what small press publications are loking for and trends in the small press 1800 CC: 203A Reading field Kathryn Sullivan 1900 CC: 203C Reading

1800 CC: 203B Readings From Beyond the Grave NickDiChario Satuday Lisa DuMond, Elizabeth Hand, Charlaine Harris, Don Hutchinson, Kristine Smith 1900 CC: 203A Reading Various authors read from Robert Bloch’s short stories and novels and discuss the Steve Miller selection they have chosen to read. 1900 RY: Quebec Found Parts 1800 CC: 201ABCD Top 10 SF Films of the 20th Century Alexandra Jordan, Elaine Mami, Dawn McKecbnie, Carole Parker, Karen Purcell Diane Blackwood, Dr. Robert Blackwood, Dr. John Flynn Your alien needs a pressure helmet. You need a gun that looks like a gun, but won’t set 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 79 off metal detectors, and costs less than $5.00. Talk to the people who turned Recycling Movie Screening for Children. in to an art form. 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Hymnal Sing 1900 CC: 1O3B Movie Screening Lois Mangan Movie Screening for Children. A venerable style from the East Coast, complete with hymnals of filk songs. Crack the 1900 CC: 206C Cartoonist Jam filk books, mark the page and warm up the pipes to sing together! Adam-Troy Castro, Kurt Erichsen, Tim Kirk, Michele Laframboise, Gabriel Morrissette 2000 CC:HalI C 50th Anniversary Hugo Ceremony What do you get when you lock talented cartoonists in a room with World-con 2100 RY: Confederation 3 The Pegasus Awards attendees? Come see and find out. Watch the cartoonists jam to your suggestions. Call Daniel Glasser, Trace Hagemann, Steven Macdonald out a word, phrase or situation and watch the cartoonists turn it into an image 2100 RY: Territories Concert: Nate & Louie Bucklin worth keeping. Nate Bucklin, Lois Bucklin 1930 CC: 203C Reading SF fandom exists because we so love the literature that reading is not enough; we need Mary A. Turzillo to discuss it with other fans. When the fan is also artist, the discussion takes the fonn 1930 CC: 2O3A Reading of another artistic expression; a painting, book cover, movie or a kind of music named Sharon Lee “Filk.” Such "conversations” between artists have existed in all genres since Man first 2000 RY: Prince Edward Islan Instaband Practice committed Art, and are worthy, themselves, of fannish attention. This panel bings Your song from the heart needs a little buffing. Come work with a master songwriter to writers and songwriters face-to-face to read excerpts, perfonn music inspired by the remove the trite and introduce the small touches that make your lyrics unique. excerpts, and discuss their themes, motivations and the creative process. Come 2000 RY: Territories Concert: Terence Chua / Steve eavesdrop! Simmons 2100 CC: 103B Movie Screening Terence Chua, Steve Simmons Movie Screening for Children. Basics of adding harmony to melody, when, why and how. 2200 RY: Territories Performers’ Circle Honouring 2000 CC: 103B Movie Screening Stan Rogers PAGE 80 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 61st

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Come listen to some of its creators discuss the experience 1000 CC: Summit Golden Duck Awards for Excellence of writing in a universe where you can borrow each other's characters (like fanfic) and in Children’s Science Fiction the things you do with them become part of canon (unlike fanfic)—and if there's Julie Czemeda, Douglas Drummond, Lmdalee Stuckey a blank spot, you can build something there and it will show up in other people's The Awards for the best in Children’s Science Fiction Published in 2002 stories later (like MUSHing). 1030 CC: 203A Reading 1100 CC: 103B Movie Screening Jay Lake Movie Screening for Children. 1030 CC: 203C Reading 1100 CC: 103A Kinderfilk - Times to soothe a Kristen Britain mighty beast 1100 CC: 201ABCD What’s New at Tor Graham Leathers, Persis Ibomdike Patrick Nielsen-Hayden, Beth Meacham, David Hartwell, Moshe Feder,James Minz 1100 Signing Area Adrian Bedford What’s new at Tor. A 110-minute AV presentation. Autographs 1100 CC: 206A What To Expect When Attending 1100 CC: 203BD Scientific Mistake as a Plot Hook Your First Worldcon Masquerade Dave Creek, James Killus, Nancy Kress, Robert Metzger, Stanley Schmidt janhowardfinder, John Hertz, Jack Krolak, TbniLay, Carole Parker Large segments of the readership may have trained themselves to suspend their disbelief Come and find out from the experts how Worldcon Masquerades differ from your typical in matters of science. They develop subtle strategies: encountering an error in scientific local and regional Masquerades and why you need to line up early for a good seat. reasoning or fact, they simply add it to their “Ignore” file. Or the skilful and rigorous 1100 CC: 104CD A Multi-User Shared writer may plant such errors in the culture or beliefs of her characters as a clue to the Hallucination:With Royalties reader that all is not, in fact, as it seems ...

PAGE 90 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1100 CC: 206F “Computing Interfaces, The Next CeluAmberston,Nalo Hopkinton, Josepha Sherman, Glenn Sixbury, Caro Soles Step Is it ever OK for a white author to write from the point of view of a black or Asian David Brin, Marcel Gagne, David Levine, Karl Schroeder, Pete Thomas character? What about a male’s writing a female protagonist? Should gay writers dare The cranial jack is a standard of cyberpunk. But are direct interfaces really the way to to portray the way heterosexuals think? When is it ever, well, appropriate for a go? On a physical level, what are the pros and cons of having your brain directly writer to appropriate the voice of another community? When do we cross the line into connected to a computer? What are the issues involved with enduring cognitive unacceptable depiction? interfaces? 1100 Signing Area Russel Blackford 1100 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour Autographs Larry Niven 1130 RY: NS Claude Lalumiere 1100 Signing Area Ellen Datlow Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1130 RY: PEI Jack L Chalker 1100 CC: 203A Reading Kaffeeklatche Mike Brotherton 1130 RY: New Brunswick David Honigsberg 1100 CC: 203C Reading Kaffeeklatche Edward Willett 1130 CC: 203A Reading 1100 Signing Area Harry Harrison Susan Gray Autographs 1130 CC: 203C Reading 1100 Signing Area Esther Friesner edo van belkom Autographs 1130 RY: Alberta Writers of the Future 1100 Signing Area Walter H Hunt Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1200 CC: 104A How The Future Feels 1100 CC: 104A Appropriation of Voice Guy Contobnagno, Rosemary Krstein, Fred Pohl, Walter Jon Williams Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 91 Historical "feel” is a multidimensional thing, with cultural, social, psychological, story arc, fully planned ahead and executed with attention to details. Was it as linguistic, artistic, technical, and geographic components. Writers who set their stories successful as generally thought? in the past can pursue multiple research techniques to produce a sense of authenticity. 1200 RY: Territories Concert: Dick Eneyjoel Polowin/ With a story set in the future, what can be done to get that same feel? What writers do Wayne Borean this best, and how is it accomplished?” Wayne Borean, Dick Eney, Joel Polowin 1200 CC: 104CD (In)sanity in Al 1200 Signing Area Mike Resnick Scott Bakker, Joe Haldeman, RobertJ. Sawyer, EricM. Van, Eliezer Yudkowsky Autographs An artificial intelligence will not be human, so what does it mean for it to be sane? At 1200 Signing Area Keith DeCandido the same time, if we are to turn over any measure of control to a machine, sanity, not Autographs just intelligence, is likely to be high on the list of attributes we require. Panelists will 1200 CC: 205B Are Universities Obsolete? discuss the notion of sanity, and the difficulty of making a super-intelligent machine Bruce Burdick, Deb Geisler, Gay Haldeman, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull that is measurably sane, with specific regard to the observation that the most intelligent Kids are teaching technology to their parents and grandparents. This trend is more and humans are often perceived as being far from normal, sanity-wise. more outpacing the ability of educational systems to invent, adapt, and adopt 1200 CC: Summit Noreascon 4 Art Retrospective technology before those being educated have moved on to oilier inventions. Unless it can Mark Olson retain and indeed strengthen its position as a generator of new knowledge, the Noreascon 4, the 2004 Worldcon, is planning a retrospective exhibit of die greatest and university’s relevance to the future of our society must be questioned. (And we’ve got just most memorable art from the period 1953 to 1975. Come and discuss what art we the panelists to do it!) ought to be exhibiting and help us figure out where we might borrow it. You can 1200 Signing Area Marcel Gagne contribute towards making this a turely memorable exhibit. Autographs 1200 CC: 104B The B5 Story Arc: Success or Failure 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Music Theory 101 (2 hours) Andrew Adams, Scott Edelman, BarbGaller-Smitb, Daniel Kimmel, MarcZicree Carol Flynt With Babylon 5 we saw, for the first time in North American television, a multi-year Okay, it's only sort of filk and sometimes not filk at all. It's rock. You know: rock.

PAGE 92 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1200 CC: 206B A Quarter-Century of File 770 Why do some fans persist in doing things the old-fashioned way? Publishing fanzines Chris M. Barkley, Mike Glyer, Joyce Scrivner on paper, maybe even using mimeographs, instead of on the Web. Is there anything Mike Glyer hosts a retrospective look at his fanzine, File 770, including slides of his valuable in using obsolete technology to communicate in such a slow medium? favorite covers, comments by the artists, and articles which he views as high points of 1300 CC: 103A Rocket Science publishing." Pete Thomas 1200 Signing Area Jay Lake Science - Kids Create Rockets Autographs 1300 Signing Area Julie Czerneda 1200 CC: 103B Write Your Own Story Autographs Rob Chilson, Robert Marks, Kelley Armstrong 1300 Signing Area Sheila Finch 1200 CC: 202C Online Writer’s Groups — What to Autographs Expect of Online Critique Forums 1300 CC: 202C Feedback Session Charles Coleman Finlay, Elizabeth Glover, Melinda Kimberly, Samantha Ling, Tbrcon Committee Members Karen Traviss 1300 RY: PEI David Brin This panel would discuss the world of on-line writing workshops. What should be Kaffeeklatche expected of an on-line workshop? What makes an on-line group work effectively to help 1300 CC: 203BD Three Novelists Read Their Poetry a writer improve? When should you join one and when should you avoid them? Discuss Joe Haldeman, Geoffrey Landis, Kim Stanley Robinson the good, the bad, the ugly of using an on-line writing workshop when you don’t have This is to raise the profile of genre poetry with authors who should be able to fill a local critiquing group. chairs. 1200 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for 1300 RY: Alberta Steve Miller Lunch Kaffeeklatche 1200 CC: 201E Luddites of Fandom? 1300 Signing Area Robert Silverberg Linnea Dodson, Colin Hinz, Fred Lerner, Steve Stiles, Taral Wayne Autographs Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 93 1300 CC: 201F LGBT Reading 3: Antonio Ruffini 1300 CC: 206F Book Production Antonio Ruffini Anthony Lewis, James Minz, Janna Silverstein, Sheila Williams, Eleanor Wood 1300 RY: Territories Concert: Steven Harper Piziks/ What happens after your manuscript has been accepted by a publishing company?How Rhodri James your words go from manuscript to bound book. What an author can do (and shouldn’t Steven Harper Piziks, Rhodri James do) to help make the end product worthy of his/her byline Hang out with the guitarists and learn some ideas to make your guitar styling more 1300 RY: York Writers Workshop Session 7 interesting Adrienne Foster, CeluAmberston, Caro Soles, Michael Z. Williamson 1300 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for 1300 Signing Area David Brin Lunch Autographs 1300 RY: New Brunswick Nick DiChario 1300 CC: 201ABCD Quantum Dots and Programmable Kaffeeklalche Matter 1300 CC: 104CD Good Plot or Good Science: Don’t Wil McCarthy Make Me Choose! Electronic devices are rapidly shrinking to the nanometer scale, where quantum Ellen Datlow, Bill Fawcett, Laura Anne Gilman, Joseph Martino, Beth Zipser mechanics dominates and particles become waves. Here, the distinction between Let’s discuss why books and movies with revolutionary scientific ideas often offer stock chemistry, mechanics, and electronics begins to blur. Case in point: the quantum dot, a plots and cardboard characters... while works that are fun to read or watch too often device capable of trapping electrons in a space so small that they form “artificial atoms” make critical science errors. How can we get storytellers and moviemakers to chew gum whose size and shape and charge can be controlled in real time. Historically, the and walk at the same time? properties of matter are determined at the time of manufacture, through careful mixing 1300 CC: 203C Reading and processing. But now we find ourselves at the dawn of a new age, where substances Lawrence Schoen exist whose optical, electrical, magnetic, and even mechanical properties can be adjusted 1300 RY: Library Writers Workshop Session 8 at the flip of a bit. Engineer/Joumalist/Novelist Wil McCarthy explores the social and Gerri Balter, C.J. Mills, Michelle West, Donna McMahon technological implications of this "programmable matter.”

PAGE 94 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1300 CC: 203A Reading 1300 CC: 205B Redefining Disease Nancy Kress George Flentke, Paul Levinson, Jonathon Sullivan, Dr. Fran Terry, Ann Zeddies 1300 CC: Summit Launch of the Book: Space Inc. There will come a time when cancer, heart disease and even aging will no longer kill A launch celebration including a mass autographing of this anthology which features us. What sources of suffering will still remain. Will they be biological in nature? many Canadian talents. 1300 Signing Area Terrence Green 1300 CC: 206A Paint vs Pixels Autographs Paul Ramett, Alan Beck, Karen Haber, StephanieJohanson, Dale L. Sproule 1300 CC: 201E Exploring the Alien Through Poetry Are traditional illustration media still a viable option? Or are they being replaced on Colleen Anderson, Phyllis Gotlieb, Sandra Kasturi, Diane Tumsbek, Mary A. magazine and book covers by a tide of digital art, to conform to publishers’ production Turzillo requirements? Let’s asses the current state of the (SF/F/H) art as we fight the battle of One of the ST:TNG plots looked at an alien (but human-looking) culture whose the brushstroke against the byte. communication was completely in metaphor, making exact translation (without 1300 CC: 206A Doctor Who Fortieth Anniversary knowledge of the metaphorical meaning) impossible. Many SF/F authors have shown Doctor Who Information Network us worlds where humans would be unable to understand the “art” forms of the The Doctor Who Information Network presents a series of panels and presentations on “alien.” Would weknow it if we saw it? What might be the poetic forms of silicon-based the British Television Series, Doctor Who. life forms, or those who breathe methane? 1300 CC: 104A Believable Evil 1300 Signing Area Terry McGarry Catherine Asaro, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Suzy Cbamas, Elizabeth Hand, Wen Autographs Spencer 1330 CC: 203A Reading Most people would define themselves as “good", or at least “not evil”. That being the Ellen Klages case, how does one write Evil characters? 1330 CC: 203C Reading 1300 RY: NS Tanya Huff Sheila Finch Kaffeeklatche 1400 RY: Concert Hall Moebius Play Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 95 World premiere theatrical presentation of E. Michael Blake’s Reply from Extraterrestrial 1400 CC: 203C Reading Intelligence. (Suitable for all ages.) Michele Lajramboise 1400 CC: 104B Regency Ball 1400 CC: 203A Reading John Hertz Dave Duncan John Hertz, fandom’s inimitable expert on the Regency era, will once again host the 1400 CC: 202C Canada Council Reading Regency Ball. Everyone is invited to join John as he shows you how to dance Regency­ MarieJakober style! This is a participatory event - so feel free to join in, two left feet and all! 1400 Signing Area Jeanne Cavelos 1400 CC: 2O5B The Experience of Writing in Autographs Canada in the Canadian “Scene” 1400 CC: 1O4A John Clute’s Encyclopedia of SF CandasJane Dorsey, Ed Greenwood, Robert}. Sawyer is 10 years old 1400 CC: 2O6B Costuming Photography Mary Cannings, John Clute, Paul Barnett, David Hartwell Jack Krolak, Charles Mobapel, Sandy Pettinger, Lenny J. Provenzano, Julie Zetterberg John Clute and Peter Nicholls’ work “ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction” has passed A photograph of your costume lives forever. Come and learn how to help the photogra­ its first decade as arguably the field’s most important reference work. How have its phers give your costume a taste of immortality. A Must Attend panel for both costumers accuracy, judgment, and usefulness held up? Will it ever be surpassed? (Or has it been and photographers BEFORE the Masquerade. already, by Clute and Grant’s 1997 tome “The Encyclopedia of Fantasy”?) 1400 RY: Territories Concert: Riverfolk 1400 CC: 201ABCD Hollywood: Beauty and the Beast Becca Allen, CbasSomdahl George R. R. Martin A memorial for a lost ship and crew. A celebration of our belief in the space program George R.R. Martin discusses his role in writing for the television series Beauty and and its contribution to humanity. We’ll present a cycle of songs that recall the space the Beast. program's progress and look to it's future. Performers' have been selected to present 1400 CC: 201E Worldcon Bidding 101 songs, but everyone is welcome to join in the singing. This event was created for MargeneBahm, Vincent Docherty, Jill Eastlake, Craig Miller, Tb m Veal FilKONtario in March and is repeated here by request. What goes into bidding for a worldcon? How does the bidding process and voting work?

PAGE 96 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Come hear explanations and horror stories from recent and current bid members. physiological notions of alienness. Traditional descriptions of the Fey mindset, for 1400 CC: 206A Gods or Monsters? example, diverge markedly from the human norm. But given stories positing the Humans of the 24th Century quotidian existence of the divine and the reality of magic, do these go far enough? And Jack L. Chalker, Jonathan Cowie, MatthewJarpe, Scott Parker, Simon Smith what of the psychology of more minor dark beings such as trolls and sirens, often left Genetic engineering. Cyborg implants. Surgery and developmental modification. All. completely unexplored? these and more can alter the human form — and consequent capabilities — almost 1400 CC: 103A Cartooning for Kids beyond recognition. What will humans be like as the next four centuries progress? What Adam-Troy Castro will they choose to be? 1400 CC: 103B Kookieklatch/Reading 1400 Art Show Art Show Docent Tour - Paradox in Oz Clein, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden Edward Einhorn 1400 Signing Area Pamela I) Scoville 1400 CC: Summit Jungledesertcitywaterforestworld: Autographs A Cautionary Tale for 1400 CC: 206F Spintronics Worldbuilders Kevin Rode Stanley’Schmidt Right alongside the buzz about "nanotechnology" is the field of “spintronics”, dedicated K slide lecture designed as an antidote for the tendency of some writers to depict to harnessing the spin of the electron instead of merely its charge. Unlike some of the homogeneous "jungle worlds" or “desert worlds.” Despite what you see in Harn' fantastic claims made for nanotech, spintronics is actually a working technology that Harrison or Frank Herbert or that author you read last week, to the best of our has delivered some amazing advances and promises to do even more. Learn more about (theoretical) knowledge, real planets rarely (never) have the same old scenery rolling this field that is dependent on magnetically engineering materials at the atomic level. from pole to equator to pole We illustrate how varied our own small planet is — and 1400 CC: 104CI) Design of Non-Humans in Fantasy how much more varied - ’‘lers might be. Sarah Elliott, Will McDermott, Sean Mead, China Mieville, Sarah Zetlel 1400 CC: 206( Does Alternate History need a Fantasy, unlike science fiction, tends to focus on psychological rather than merely Science Fiction Element? Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 97 Charlie Stross, Scott Mackay, Alexis Gilliland, Robert Silverberg, Mark Rayner Marcel Gagne Is an alternate history most effective when it involves a science fictional element — 1500 CC: 104CD Dying is Easy, Comedy is Hard e.g., giving automatic weapons to the Confederates, or scheduling an alien invasion at Esther Friesner, Karen Haber, Mike Resnick, Terry’Pratchett, Connie Willis a pivotal point in time — or is it just as interesting to craft an alternate history that Over the decades since SF has come into its own, the percentage of really funny books is hinges purely on a change in the historical timeline? And if you write the latter, is it quite low in relation to the overall total of new titles. What is it that makes writing still science fiction or simply what historians are now calling counterfactuals? humor so very difficult? Why is it easier to evoke the darker emotions of the human 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Bodhran Workshop 2 condition than to get a reader to laugh? And what makes for really good comedy? Brenda Sutton, Graham Leathers 1500 RY: Territories Science & Song 1430 CC: 203BD Art Show & AS FA Auction Peggi Warner-Lalonde A dance presentation by Ravenar will precede the Show Us Your Dream Costume Dance A presentation of filk songs based on some aspect of SF or space, followed by discussion that begins at 9:00pm. (Cash bar) of the science fact within the song, from a scientist's point of view. 1430 RY: PEI Hugh S. Gregory 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Polishing Your Lyrics Kaffeeklatche Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, W Randy Hoffman, Graham Leathers 1430 RY: New Brunswick Writers of the Future Your song from the heart needs a little buffing. Come work with a master songwriter to Kaffeeklatche remove the trite and introduce the small touches that make your lyrics unique. 1430 CC: 203C Reading 1500 CC: 205B Is Fandom Losing its Collective Michael Swan wick Memory? 1430 RY: NS Nancy Kress Anthony Lewis, Pat McMurray, Lloyd Penney, Dick Smith, Jack Speer Kaffeeklatche Devoted to a genre obsessed with the future, we are rooted in our past. Our knowledge 1430 RY: Alberta Celu Amberston (and our joy) is in the minutiae — but we risk losing memories only the earliest fans Kaffeeklatche possess, as First Fandom departs for the Grey Havens... How may we preserve the 1430 CC: 203A Reading wisdom as well as the spirit of early fandom? PAGE 98 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1500 CC: 206E Readings by Penguin Authors 1500 CC: 206B OdysseyWritingWorkshop Scott Bakker, Caitlin Sweet Presentation Includes “The Darkness That Comes Before” by R. Scott Bakker and "A Telling Of Jeanne Cavelos Stars” by Caitlin Sweet K presentation describing Odyssey, one of the top SF/F/H workshops in North America. 1500 CC: 104A Interstellar Propulsion: Director Jeanne Cavelos, a former senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell and winner Reality or Fiction? of the World Fantasy Award, explains the workings of the program, and the pros and Hal Clement, Jordin Kare, Geoffrey Hindis, G. David Nordley, Kim Stanley cons of workshops in general. Graduates of the program discuss their experiences. Robinson 1500 Signing Area Jack L. Chalker The reality of interstellar travel versus the fiction we all love will be discussed by SF Autographs authors and the manager of NASA’s In-Space Propulsion Technologies Project (whose 1500 CC: 203A Reading job is to develop new propulsion technologies for exploration of the solar system and Amy Thomson beyond!) 1500 Signing Area Sharon Lee 1500 CC: 206F Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Autographs Serious Literature? 1500 Signing Area China Mieville Ginjer Buchanan, James Killus, Jean Lorrah, Bradford Lyau,]osepha Sherman Autograplis Even people who don’t watch the show know about her anti-evil activities. The show 1500 CC: 201E Apocalyptic SF has definitely attained a niche in the popular culture. But some feel that Buffy’s a lot Paul Fayter, Allan Weiss better than that. Let’s talk about what makes our Sunnyvale Slayer an epic character in 1500 CC: 103B Book Talk some serious literature. - Sci Fi and Fantasy for Youth 1500 CC: 103A How do we Think and See Bonnie Kunzel, Diana Herald Bridget Coila, Suford Lewis, Lawrence Schoen 1500 CC: Summit What’s New at Bantam Science - Presentation for Kids Anne Lesley Groell Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 99 1500 CC: 206C Sidewise Awards Gmjer Buchanan, Todd Dasbojf Andrew Wheeler, Rick Wilber Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse Is cross-genre reading all that popular? Can an author of one genre rightly expect his/ 1500 Signing Area Steve Miller her readers to follow when the author switches genres? Autographs 1600 Signing Area Kim Stanley Robinson 1530 CC: 2O3C Reading Autographs John Scalzi 1600 CC: 201ABCD The Frank Kelly Freas Retrospective 1530 CC: 203C Reading Slide Show With Commentary Charlene Brusso Kelly Freas, Joe Haldeman, Mike Resnick, Howard Waldrop 1600 RY: Alberta Barbara Chepaitis This slideshow spotlights the five decade career of artist Frank Kelly Freas with Kaffeeklatche commentary by Kelly, other artists, and authors whose work has been graced by Kelly's 1600 RY: PEI Fiona Patton covers and interior illustrations. Kaffeeklatche 1600 CC: 103B Reading - Out of Time 1600 RY: New Brunswick Madeline E. Robins David Brin Kaffeeklatche 1600 CC: 104B Cliches in Military SF 1600 RY: NS Elizabeth Moon Paul Chafe, Harry' Harrison, John G. Hemry Kaffeeklatche We’ve all seen the young recruit who doesn’t know why he’s fighting, and the general 1600 CC: 103A Stump the Scientists who loves war. But do they really exist? And why do we so love Exploding Spaceships? - Interactive Panel 1600 Signing Area Larry Niven Charles Cohen, Julie Czemeda Autographs Kids ask questions the experts may not be able to answer 1600 CC: Summit Upcoming Eos titles—Fall 2003 1600 CC: 206B What Do You Read Passionately Jennifer Brehl, Jack Womack Besides SF Upcoming Eos SF/F titles for Fall 2003, including new books by Sheri S. Tepper, Lois PAGE 100 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 McMaster Bujold, Dave Duncan, and more. Ctein, Rob Chilson, Peter Walts, Stanley Schmidt, John Wilson 1600 CC: 206F How Others See Us In science fiction TV, aliens typically resemble humans with rubber face masks and Lee Gilliland, Andrew Gurudata, Nicki Lynch, Eric Mansfield, Leah Zeldes Smith behavioural patterns less bizarre than some members of your own family. In extreme Do you dread reading the reportage of your hometown paper or TV station about a local cases, we may be presented with creatures that, while not human, are clearly science fiction convention? Do they interview the distinguished author of a new work of inspired by terrestrial life-forms such as insects or octopi. Yet it is statistically ludicrous insightful, challenging speculative fiction — or just the guy who lives in his parents’ that actual aliens would be so utterly familiar. The panelists will be asked to basement and shows up wearing Spock ears? If, as we suspect, the latter, what can we stretch their imaginations and conceive of the most inhuman, least earthly aliens they do about that? (Though by the way: if you’re so proud of your favorite field, why do you can. hide that Perry Rhodan cover on the subway?) 1600 CC: 104A Fantasy in a Medieval Setting: Why? 1600 CC: 203A Reading Ellen Asher, James Barclay, Alma HromicDeckert, Esther Friesner, Daniel Grotta Karl Schroeder Why not a story where magic is discovered in 1925? Is there a reason why fantasy novels 1600 CC: 203C Reading must take place in a medieval English countryside? Allen M. Steele 1600 Signing Area Hal Clement 1600 CC: 104CD The Future of Time Travel Autographs Walter H. Hunt, Ben Jeapes, Michael Swanwick, Mark Olson, Fred Pohl 1600 CC: 201E Building a World Class Science If time travel will ever be invented, why haven’t we noticed yet? Did the shortage of Fiction Collection recognizable tempotourists at the Apollo 11 launch, the Kennedy assasination, or the Dick Eney, Andrew Porter, Loma Tbolis, Michael Walsh first Hugo banquet suggest the tiling’s impossible, or merely that there are strictures on From the Spaced Out Library to the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and the pasts of futures in which time travel will have been invented? What will have Fantasy. those strictures been? Models of the consistency or para-consistency of looped timelines 1600 Signing Area Phyllis Eisenstein make varying predictions about observable phenomena and how to observe them. Autographs 1600 CC: 205B Design a Truly Alien Alien 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Etiquette in the Filk Room Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 101 Paula Lieberman, Steven Macdonald, Lee Martindale Decadent Dave Clement, Tbm Jeffers There are things that are done and things that are not done. If you’re new and wonder A presentation of filk songs based on some aspect of SF or space, followed by discussion how to get a turn, or experienced and want to teach, join us for a discussion about of the science fact within the song, from a scientist's point of view. being a polite participant in a filk circle. 1700 Signing Area Mass Autograph Party 1700 CC: 103B Milk, Cookies and Storytelling Autographs Morgan Brilliant, Laura Krentz 1700 CC: 206F Heinlein’s Take on Law and 1700 CC: 104A Writing for Children Lawyers: The Year We Hanged HilariBell, Nicole Luiken, Terry Pratchett, Edward Willett Arthur M. Dula, L. N. Collier, Samuel M. Kramer, David Silver, Fran Van Cleave Writing SF/F for children. How does this differ, and how should it be different? Is An audience participation survey of the themes, roles and character types, their purpose Lemmony Snicket the future or should we stick to the popular omtimistic view of Harry and impact relating to lawyers and law used in Heinlein’s works. Law, legal beagles, Potter? What lessons can we impart in children’s literature without making it adult? and trials pop up over and over in Heinlein’s fiction. Is he fascinated with the subject 1700 CC: 206F Dinosaurs: Reality versus the because he thinks of lawyers and the law as guardians of civilization? Not likely — he Movies created a utopia by hanging them all. Let’s talk about this professional satirist and Michael Brett-Surman subversive’s take on law and lawyers. Caution! Count your cards! Hands on wallets! 1700 CC: 201ABCD Why People Believe Weird Things Some of these panelists are lawyers! You Have Been Warned! Genevieve Dazzo,James Hay, YvesMeynard, Darrell Schweitzer, Josepha Sherman 1700 CC: 201E Methodology behind the Top 10 SF There are more scientists today than there have ever been before, and they have given us Films of the 20th Century the greatest civilisation that we’ve yet been able to detect Why, then, the apparent Diane Blackwood, Dr. Robert Blackwood, Dr. John Flynn rise of pseudo-science? Panelists will look at various pseudo-sciences and pseudo­ Panelist discussion of the survey, film clip review of top 10 and audience commentary scientific beliefs and the means by which they are promulgated; and the question will be 1700 CC: 103A Making Musical Instuments raised as to what if anything, can be done about the problem. Persis Thorndike 1700 RY: Territories Concert: Dandelion Wine 1700 CC: 104CD Guest of Honour Interview PAGE 102 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 GeorpeR. R. Marlin, Gardner Dozois Recognise Computer Viruses as a Editor and Author Gardner Dozois interviews George R. R. Martin about his life as a Valid Lifeform? fan, an author, and a screenwriter Paul Levinson, Eric Raymond, RobertJ. Sawyer, Peter Watts, Ben Yalow 1700 CC: 104B Comic Books: Serious Art Form or There seems to be a ‘protein chauvinism’ amongst people; willing to concede life to Literature? protein viruses but not to computer viruses, nor to robots with better ‘situational David Brin, Terence Chua, Colleen Hiller up, Tim Kirk, Isaac Szpindel intelligence’ than several parasitic wasps.” It’s hard to deny that comic books have been the vehicles of serious art, both visual and 1800 CC: 104A The Economics and Sociology of verbal. Have they yet graduated to the status of an art form in their own right? Or are Abundance they, like advertising, just a business that stands ready to exploit whatever talent it lays James Alan Gardner, Guy Gavriel Kay, Charlie Stross, Hayden Trenholm, Walter Jon hands on — and that is occasionally exploited in its turn by great and canny contribu­ Williams tors? Over centuries and millennia, humankind has grown steadily richer. Eventually we will 1700 CC: 201F Feminism Reading 1: be so rich we can have anything we want for the asking. Or maybe not quite. How will Alma Hromic Deckert this culture of plenty affect human motives and interactions? Are the motives we see in Alma Hromic Decked today’s SF believable in an ultra-wealthy far-future setting? 1700 CC: Summit Everquest Companion Book Launch 1800 CC: 203A Reading Robert Marks Justine Larbalestier Launch of the book, The Everquest Companion 1800 CC: 205B Is it Censorship When You Clean Up 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Performers’Circle Humour a Book for Children , Andrew Barton, Lynn Gold, IE Randy Hoffman Ellen Asher, Susan Casper, Ben Jeapes, Paula Johanson, Pat York filk ghod/dess to ensure fair play. We're Canadian: we just naturally take turns and There is a trend to clean all potentially upsetting material from books and republish have polite chaos them for children and young adult readers. Is this censorship? Should the books carry a 1700 CC: 203BD Protein Chauvinism: Refusing to warning label that it is an edited or abridged version of another work? Would you allow Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 103 your work to be changed for the new audience? The panel would discuss the trends in 1800 CC: 206C How Good to you have to be to children and young adult literature to “clean” adult books of any possible objectionable Make it as a Professional Writer or material (harsh/foul language and sex for examples) before republishing in a YA Illustrator? edition. Hal Clement, John Goodwin, Jay Hike, KD. Wentworth, Frank Wu 1800 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for 1800 CC: 206B Allegories - A Staple Of SF Supper Morgan Brilliant, Aynjel Kaye, Elspeth Potter, Heather Urbanski, Ken Wharton 1800 CC: Summit Big Brother is Watching: Great Over the years, authors have often chosen to write their stories as science fiction or Dystopias and Utopias fantasy in order to hide subversive ideas which would otherwise never see print. Today’s Paul Fayler, Anne KG Murphy readers and audiences are, however, a lot more educated - or are they? Is it still 1800 CC: 201ABCD XiChang - Inside China’s Spaceport necessary to hide ideas about discrimination in stories about mutant super heroes Hughs. Gregory or young men having sex with each other while dressed in wolf pelts? Do writers still Most North Americans are familiar with the US Space Program, NASA,etc, but some, have to use alien characters in order to espouse alien philosophies? notably Candadians, have be come experts in non-US Space Programs. Many Worldcon 1830 CC: 203C Reading attendees have seen Hugh’s Russian Space Program presentations in the past. On a Scott Weslerfeld recent tour of China, he lead a select group of Westerners, who were granted pennission 1830 CC: 203A Reading to make a behind the scenes, hands on visit to four of China’s Space Scientific David Levine Institutes, not normally open to Westerners. He has brought back details on their 1900 CC: 203C Reading ancient astronomy past, present space research and future manned spaceflight plans... Jim Kelly and omereally, really neat photos.” 1900 RY: Confederation 3 The Future of Filk 1800 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for Barry Gold, Trace Hagemann, Judith Hayman Supper Performers, songwriters, and recordings are all “raising the bar" on what filk is. Is 1800 CC: 201F Friends of Bill W. commercialism an issue? Is it becoming too main stream? A discussion of the trends PAGE 104 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 that we are seeing. Jr. and Kill Dr. Lucky 1900 CC: Summit You Can’t Change Human Nature IV. Randy Hoffman, Diane Tumshek Bridget Coila, Karen Traviss, EricM. Van, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Ann Zeddies 1900 RY: British Columbia Discrimination Reading 2: People have said this for centuries. But soon technology will exist that could potentially Ellen Klages make this a lie. Can we agree on what changes we should make? Should we do it at Ellen Klages all? Can we avoid it? 1900 CC: 203A Reading 1900 CC: 104B Tall Technical Tales James Van Pelt Jordin Kare, Keith G. Kato, James Killus, Steven Lopata, Eric Raymond 2000 RY: York Reading Working in science isn’t all cold and caculating. Sometimes things go wrong in the Chris Moriarty most dramatic and hilarious ways. Hear the panelists’ stories, and then bring along 2000 CC: 104A Transparency and Privacy in an Era your own. of Terrorism 1900 CC: 103B Movie Screening David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Derryl Murphy, Jonathon Sullivan, Karen Traviss Movie Screening for Children. In its “war on terrorism,” the US government wants more and more information on 1900 CC: 201ABCD Mike Glyer and Stephen M. Stirling everyone — you and me and the man behind the tree. Is a society where everyone can MikeGlyer, Stephen M. Stirling know everything about everybody else truly our best protection? Especially when it’s one TUrning the tables, Torcon's Fan Guest of Honor interviews various science fiction where the government can gather limitless information while itself remaining largely professional throughout the course of the con" immune to surveillance? Should there be limits on everyone’s data-collecting capabili­ 1900 CC: 203C Reading ties? Lynn Flewelling 2000 CC:IIall C Masquerade Competition 1900 CC: 203A Reading Masquerade Competition, including a special feature presentation "A Salute to Carol Berg Canadian Costuming," and a special prize of $500 donated by Bantam Dell Publishing 1900 CC: 103A Gaming For Kids: Apples to Apples Group for best costume inspired by the works of TorconS Guest of Honour George R. R. Sunday 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 105 Martin. The romance of philosophy and science may be lost on the layman, but never on the 2000 RY: Library Reading enthusiast - come hear fellow space afficiandos speak about the things they love. ScottMackay 2100 CC: 103B Movie Screening 2000 CC: 203A Reading Movie Screening for Children. Jean-Louis Trudel 2100 RY: Territories Concert: Steven Macdonald 2000 RY: Territories Concert: Bill & Gretchen Roper Steven Macdonald Bill Roper, Gretchen Roper 2200 RY: Prince Edward Islan Open Filk — Bardic 2000 CC: 203C Reading DickEney Patricia Bray 2200 RY: Manitoba Reading 2000 RY: Prince Edward Islan Instaband Practice Steve Sawicki 2000 CC: 103B Movie Screening 2200 RY: Library Poetry Slam Movie Screening for Children. David Clink 2100 RY: British Columbia Reading Come join the action as poets compete against one another in a brutal example of Richard Chwedyk survival of the fittest. Well, maybe not so brutal. Open to all comers! Get up on stage & 2100 RY: Library The Iron Poet show us what you’ve got! Warning: 90 minutes of full-frontal poetry! Sandra Kasturi, Mary A. Turzillo, Geoffrey Landis, Darrell Schweitzer, Richard 2200 RY: Territories Performers’ Circle Written Word Chwedyk Judith Hayman, Steven Macdonald, Barry Gold Come and challenge our Iron Poets to create a poem (in full view) containing the secret Okay, it's only sort of filk and sometimes not filk at all. It’s rock. You know: rock. ingredient. Audience participation is encouraged! Host: Sandra (Kaga) Kasturi, Iron 2200 TBD A Callahan Sing-a-Long Poet Sonnet: Joe Haldeman, Iron Poet Heroic Couplet: Geoffrey A. Landis, Iron Poet Jeanne Robinson, Spider Robinson Limerick: Darrell Schweitzer, Judge: Richard Chwedyk” Join Spider and Jean Robinson for a Sing-a-Long in Torcon's recreation of Callahan's 2100 CC: 104B Romancing the Philosopher’s Stone Bar (or perhaps Lady Sally's). This infonnal setting will include filk, folk, rock, and PAGE 106 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 I the assemblage decides to sing 2400 RY: Ihdor 7 Open Filk — Chaos tish Columbia SF vs Fantasy Erotica: W Randy Hoffman Who Has the Best Sex? The commonest style in the Midwest. A free for all, where anyone can jump in. There mjel Kaye, Victoria McManus, Cecilia Tan, Liz Williams may be a host or filk ghod/dess to ensure fair play. We’re Canadian: we just naturally nd contrast their favourite sex scenes and erotic materials from the take turns and have polite chaos empt to establish once and for all who has it best. 2400 RY: TUdor 8 Open Filk — Chaos •k Reading Paula Lieberman “The commonest style in the Midwest. A free for all, where anyone can jump in. There k Reading may be a host or filk ghod/dess to ensure fair play. We're Canadian: we just naturally take turns and have polite chaos” lor 8 Filk Hall Fame meat, DavidHayman, SallyJ. 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)f filk and sometimes not filk at all. It's rock. You know: rock. lor 7 Theme Filk: Food & Drink i )f filk and sometimes not filk at all. It’s rock. You know: rock. tish Columbia Reading nfederation 3 Open Filk — Chaos Sunday nee Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 107 CC: 103A ICC: 103B CC: 104A CC: 104CD CC: 20IE CC:201F |CC: 203A CC: 203C CC: 206A CC: 206B CC: 206C CC: 206F CC: Summit RY: Alberta RY: British RY: RY: New RY: NS RY: PEI RY: Quebec ■RY: 201ABCD Columbia Confederation Brunswick Territories Masquerade 1000 Harry Potter Movie Philip K Dick Jules Verne Reading Reading Small Press Soviet Keith WSFS Mark Walter Jon Geoffrey Jeopardy Screening & Semi-Pro Space Decandido Business Shainblum Williams (K) Landis (K) Wrap Up Disasters (K) Meeting (K) 1100 Kinderfilk - Rescue Forensics Readings: A Ethical Trend Of Heinlein's Filk Bitch To Be A Heroes For The 21st Feast For Dimensions Most Recent Juveniles Panel Drum Century Crows Of SF In 1130 John G. Josephs Greg Frost Nalo Hemry (K) Sherman(K) (K) Hopkinson (K) Masquerade Pegasus 1200 Closed For Illustrating The Death Five Living Learning Reading The Early 20th The Left Worldcon WSFS Lunch Your Story Of Money Generations Theory From Wachowski Century Hand Of Job Fair Business Green Room Nominees Concert Fiction Brothers Ukrainian SF Darkness Meeting What Are 1300 Killer Closed For Hollywood: Core: The Should I Run Reading Reading Discriminatio Feedback Karin Canvention Melinda Edward Asteroids Lunch Doorways Movie For A Fan n In SF Session Lowachee Business Snodgrass Willett (K) You Going Fund? (Monday) (K) Meeting (K) To Do 1330 Reading

Instaband 1400 Decorating Movie And Now Reading Reading Upcoming Magic Screening The News Worldcons Concert Wands 1430 Charlie Stross (K) Henson(K) (K) Pagel (K)

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 109 PAGE 108 61st World Science Fiction Conven PAGE 110 61st WorldScience Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Monday Program Details 1OOO CC: 206C Small Press & Semi-Pro 1000 RY: Alberta Keith DeCandido Scott Greenjay Lake, Anthony Lewis, Mark Rapacioli, Darrell Schweitzer Kaffeeklatche Are semiprozines and small presses leading the way in publishing works that are more 1000 Signing Area Ann Marston interstitial than mainstream publishers and magazines? They may not swamp the Autographs mass market, but what role do these zines and publishers play in developing trends 1000 Signing Area Isaac Szpindel among thought leaders? Autographs 1000 RY: Library Morning Poetry Exercises (4) 1000 Signing Area Edward Willett Richard Chwedyk Autographs Write a Haiku by noon, or start that Pantoum. Our wonderful instructors will teach a 1000 Signing Area Derwin Mak specific poetic form and you get to try it out. No experience necessary! Today’s Class: Autographs Richard Chwedyk will teach Odes. 1000 RY: PEI Geoffrey Landis 1000 Signing Area Lori Ann White Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1000 CC: 103B Movie Screening 1000 Signing Area Norma McPhee Autographs Movie Screening for Children. 1000 RY: NS Walter Jon Williams 1000 CC: 103A Harry Potter Jeopardy - Round two Janice Eisen, Lisa Ragsdale Kaffeeklatche 1000 CC: 203A Reading 1000 CC: Summit Soviet Space Disasters Hughs. Gregor)' John R. Douglas K behind the scenes look at the space program of the former Soviet Union, including 1000 CC: 203C Reading some of their more notable successes and their previous secret and hidden space disas­ Scott Edelman ters.” 1000 RY: British Columbia WSFS Business Meeting PAGE 112 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Kevin Standlee, Donald Eastlake III, Pat McMurray, Clint Budd George R. R. Martin 1000 RY: Quebec Masquerade Wrap Up George R.R. Martin reads from the fourth installment of his latest series. Richard Hill, Penny Lipman, C. D. Mami, Martin Miller 1100 Signing Area Michele Laframboise How did we do? What can we do better in the future? Come discuss last night’s Autographs

Masquerade with its (tired but we hope triumphant) organizers. 1100 Signing Area Amy Thomson M onday 1000 RY: New Brunswick Mark Shainbium Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1100 Signing Area Kristine Smith 1000 CC: 104CD Philip K Dick Autographs David Hartwell, Eric M. Van, Connie Willis, Michael Walsh 1100 Signing Area Lisa Dumond K discussion of the work of Philip K. Dick (1928-1982). Dick was bom in Chicago and Autographs lived most of his life in California. Between 1952 and his 1982 death in Santa Ana, 1100 Signing Area Henry Melton California, he wrote 36 novels and five short story collections. Autographs 1000 CC: 201ABCD Jules Verne and the “Journey 1100 CC: 206F Internet Social Enabler or Through the Impossible” Disabler Jean Margot Adrian Bedford, Andrew Burt, Linnea Dodson, Janice Gelb Lost for more than a century, le “Voyage a travers 1’impossible” (the "Journey Through There are those who say that the Internet makes people stay indoors and not talk to the Impossible”) was the closest of Jules Verne’s books to science fiction as it is now their neighbours, and there are those who say that it gives them the opportunity to recognised, and one of his most important works. This years sees the first publication talk to their neighbours even when they live thousands of miles away. Is there a of the work in English translation. Panelists will include experts on Verne’s work and contradiction? Is there a problem? Perhaps those we hear of who disappear into online those most intimately associated with the preparation of this edition: the translator, games to the extent that they are fired from their real-world jobs just need to the publisher, and the directors of the North American Jules Verne Society. find employment where they live - in the online community - like any other 1100 CC: 104CD Readings: A Feast for Crows responsible adult

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 113 1100 CC: 206F Heinlein’s Juveniles — “Just Plain 1100 CC: 104A Forensics for the 21st Century Kids, Superkids, or Sociopathic Matthew Jarpe, Fred Lerner, Paul Levinson, Kathryn Sullivan Monsters” Future of forensics, what’s new with the lab scandals in the US, will they affect other David-Glenn Anderson, Michael E Flynn, Robert James, Bill Patterson, David countries. What’s new with the DNA exonerations, fingerprint challenges, etc. Silver 1100 CC: 103A Kinderfilk - To Be a Drum An audience participation omnibus overview and survey of the themes, writing Suzy Chamas, Graham Leathers techniques, literary forms and character types, their purpose and impact used in the Decorate and make a box drum and learn the basics of drumming. Participate in a juvenile stories of Heinlein’s works, with discussion of their suitability for K-12 mini drum jam. education or their introduction to adolescent readers. 1100 RY: Confederation 3 Filk Bitch Panel 1100 RY: Library Morning Poetry Exercises (5) David Hayman, Judith Hayman, Trace Hagemann Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg Join the organizers of filk in many places to talk about what YOU did or didn’t like and Write a Haiku by noon, or start that Pantoum. Our wonderful instructors will teach a what we can do better or differently in the future, so improve the filk tracks at specific poetic form and you get to try it out No experience necessary! Today’s Class: Worldcon, regional cons and even filk cons. Alexandra Honigsberg will teach Terza Rima. 1100 CC: 103B Viewing and Discussion of 1100 CC: 201ABCD Writing Ethical Fantasy Rescue Heroes Alison Baird, Marilyn “Mattie" Braben, Tanya Huff, Elizabeth Moon, Terry Pratchett Isaac Szpindel Fantasy often tells stories with a covert or overt moral agenda. For instance, you’d think 1130 RY: NS Greg Frost absolute power would corrupt absolutely. Yet mighty magicians are often portrayed Kaffeeklatche as spreading sweetness and light rather than dark clouds of lordship. And fantasy is 1130 RY: PEI Nalo Hopkinson packed with dragons defanged and demons dethroned, lost powers restored and lost Kaffeeklatche princes repatriated, and true love triumphant... Regarding ethical fantasy, will our 1130 RY: New Brunswick Josepha Sherman panel reach a similarly happy conclusion? Kaffeeklatche

PAGE 114 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1130 RY: Alberta John G. Hemry The LGBT Connection Kaffeeklatche Andrew Butler, B. C. Holmes 1200 CC: 201E Learning Theory from Fiction 1200 CC: 203A Reading Karl Johanson, Robert James, Vai Ontell, Allan Weiss, Pal York Madeleine E. Robins

Teaching through Science Fiction. What does SF/F literature have to offer? Is it a good 1200 RY: Territories Pegasus Nominees Concert Monday way to detail and discuss social taboos? What other methods might work better? When (2 hours) and how could SF/F be used as a teaching tool. What are the advantages and disadvan- Steven Macdonald tages? The Pegasus Nominations for best song, songwriters and performers in filk music have 1200 CC: 2O6C Early 20th century Ukrainian SF been released. Here’s a presentation of the nominated works. John Bamstead 1200 CC: 104A The Death of Money 1200 CC: 103A Children’s Programming Closed for Cory Doctorow, Sean Mead, Charlie Stress, Walter Jon Williams, Eliezer Yudkowsky Lunch Money is a tool to ration limited wealth. With Al and robotics the potential exists for 1200 CC: 201ABCD Five Living Generations: The Social infinite wealth. How will this affect the existence of money, and what sort of society Effects of Longevity might emerge as a result? What sort of society do we want to create? How do we create Lorena Haldeman, Donna McMahon, Karen Purcell, RobertJ. Sawyer it? It’s becoming more common for celebrities and elderly relatives to have a hundredth 1200 RY: Quebec How To Run A Masquerade birthday, or for people to work for sixty or seventy years. How does this affect families, Green Room retirement, marketing, economics, work, politics, etc. (This is not a panel about Byron Connell, Tina Connell, Penny Lipman medical technology.) The Care & Feeding of Costumers & Judges. The Masquerade Green Room is the place 1200 CC: 103B Illustrating Your Story where costumers gather before going on stage. This is a panel for those of you who Lisa Ragsdale wish to run Green Rooms or want to find out exactly what a Green Room is and why 1200 CC: 206A The Wachowski Brothers: you need to be there an hour or more before the Masquerade.

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 115 1200 Signing Area Lisa DuMond about? Autographs 1200 CC: Summit Worldcon Job Fair 1200 Signing Area Stephanie Bedwell-Grime Upcoming worldcon chairs and staff, Vincent Docherty, Deb Geisler Autographs Worldcons run on volunteers - we are eager to get new volunteers to help out. Here’s 1200 Signing Area Candas Jane Dorsey your chance to be recruited for a future Worldcon. Autographs 1300 CC: Summit Feedback Session 1200 Signing Area Hilari Bell Tbrcon Committee Members Autographs The time we have practiced ducking for. 1200 Signing Area James Killus 1300 CC: 201F Should I Run for a Fan Fund? Autographs Stephen Boucher, Lyndie Star Bright, Janice Gelb, Guy Lillian, Rose Lillian 1200 Signing Area Alison Baird Current and former Fan fund winners answer question like, how do you run as a Fan Autographs Fund candidate? What did they do on their trips? What should they bring along? How to 1200 RY: British Columbia WSFS Mark Protection administer the funds? What is the best way to publish your report?” Committee Meeting 1300 RY: Quebec What Are You Going To Do The Next Kevin Standlee Time? 1200 CC: 206F Book Discussion: The Left Hand Of Alixandra Jordan, Tbni Lay, Elaine Mami, Kate Morgenstern Darkness This is the question that strikes terror in to the hearts of many a costumer. You went Russell Blackford, Chris Moriarty, Gerri Balter, Michelle West out there and they liked you. Now, you hear them asking you: “What are you doing next Ursula K. LeGuin’s novel is one of the most-studied and analyzed novels in our genre. time?” Come and find out ways to get over your fears and get it done. How does Gethan society relate to ours? Is it a critique or a metaphor? Does it have any 1300 CC: 104CD Hollywood: Doorways relevance to our world today? It has often been charged that this novel is actually George R. R. Martin homophobic or androcentric is it? Or are its critics looking for something to complain George R.R. Martin discusses his role in writing for the television series Doorways. PAGE 116 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 1300 RY: Alberta Karin Lowachee Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1300 Signing Area Darrell Schweitzer 1300 CC: 203C Reading Autographs Gardner Dozois 1300 Signing Area Melanie Fletcher

1300 CC: 203A Reading Autographs Monday Adam-Troy Castro 1300 Signing Area Kristine Smith 1300 RY: New Brunswick Melinda Snodgrass Autographs Kaffeeklatche 1300 CC: 201ABCD “Core the Movie” 1300 CC: 103A Killer Asteroids Staffof the Movie ‘The Core" Science Presentation - Astronomy for Kids. Can astroids kill? The producer talks about the some of the values and philosophies that went into the 1300 CC: 206A Discrimination In SF making of “The Core” Rob Gates, Alma Hromic Deckert, Lee Martindale, G. DavidNordley, Karen Traviss 1300 RY: British Columbia Canvention Business Meeting Characters are often depicted as having discriminatory beliefs; this is natural and 1300 CC: 103B Children’s Programming Closed for normal as part of character-building. However, discriminatory themes are generally Lunch regarded as having gone the way of the dodo. Is this, in fact, the case, or are there still 1300 RY: NS Edward Willett works being written today that most modem readers would immediately categorize as Kaffeeklatche being unacceptable because of the themes presented? 1330 CC: 203C Reading 1300 Signing Area Ursula Pflug Russell Blackford Autographs 1400 CC: 203A Reading 1300 Signing Area Michelle West Kristine Smith Autograplis 1400 RY: Territories Instaband Concert (2 hours) 1300 Signing Area Caitlin Sweet Judith Hayman

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 117 1400 Signing Area Mary Turzillo MikeGlyer, Richard Lynch, Andrew Porter, Dick Smith, Charles Brown Autographs A discussion of how the news of fandom is collected and dispersed. How has this 1400 Signing Area Mark Shainblum changed from the time File 770 debuted in 1978 and its twentieth anniversary, especially Autographs with the advent of the internet? Is there still a need for print news-zines or is their 1400 Signing Area Ken Wharton news out of date before it is published? Autographs 1430 RY: PEI Stephen Pagel 1400 Signing Area Norma McPhee Kaffeeklatclw Autographs 1430 RY: New Brunswick Keith Henson 1400 Signing Area Beverly Hale Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1430 RY: NS Sarah Zettel 1400 Signing Area Mike Moscoe Kaffeeklatche Autographs 1430 RY: Alberta Charlie Stross 1400 €C: 206B Upcoming Worldcons Kaffeeklatche Upcoming worldcon chairs 1500 Signing Area Stephanie Bedwell-Grime A preview of the upcoming Worldcons in Boston and Glasgow. Autographs 1400 CC: 103B Movie Screening 1500 Signing Area Norma McPhee Movie Screening for Children. Autographs 1400 CC: 103A Decorating Magic Wands 1500 Signing Area Melanie Fletcher Morgan Brilliant, Persis Thorndike Autographs 1400 CC: 203C Reading 1500 CC: 103B Movie Screening Melanie Fletcher Movie Screening for Children. 1400 CC: 201F And Now the News 1500 Signing Area Kristine Smith

PAGE 118 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Autographs 1500 CC: 103A Closing Ceremonies - Favorite Things about Torcon Lisa Ragsdale

1500 RY: Concert Hall Closing Ceremonies M onday 1500 CC: 103A Where in the Universe are we? Diane Tumshek Science - Kids Presentation. Where, exactly, in the unvierse are we? Would a road map help?

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 119 Program Participants Maral Agnerian Sun 1100 CC:104A Colleen Anderson Thu 1500 CC: 206B Appropriation Of Voice Fri 1900 CC: 203C Brett Achorn “If They Drew It, I Can Do II!" Sun 1300 RY: York Reading Fri 1100 CC:206A Fri 1000 RY: Quebec WW7 Sun 1300 CC: 201E Anime 101 “Baubles, Bangles, And Beads" Sun 1430 RY: Alberta Alien Poetry? Fri 1800 CC: 201E Fri 1400 RY: Quebec Celu Amberston (K) Bobbi Armbruster Anime Influences Anime Costuming 101 David-Glenn Anderson Sat 1200 CC: 203D Fri 1900 CC: 104A Sat 1100 RY: Manitoba Thu 1700 CC: 103A First Worldcon Turning Comics Into Movies What Do You Mean Kids Favorite Books Greg D. Armstrong Danielle Ackley-McPhail Sat 1600 RY: Manitoba Fri 1700 CC: 103B Thu 1900 RY: Manitoba Fri 1100 Signing Area Spread Your Wings “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling" Robots Learn lb Shoot Danielle Ackley-Mcphail Philip Allcock Sat 1300 CC: 206rX Kelley Armstrong Sun 1000 CC: 203C Fri 1200 RY: Territories SFC: Wrap-Up Panel Fri 1700 CC: 203C Reading Ingrid De Buda / Philip Allcock Mon 1100 CC:206F Reading Andrew Adams Fri 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Heinlein’s Juveniles Sun 1200 CC:103B Sun 1200 CC: 104B Performers ’ Circle International Timothy Andersonf Write Your Own Story The B5 Story Arc Becca Allen Fri 1300 CC: Summit Catherine Asaro Jae Leslie Adams Sun 1400 RY: Iterritories lite s New At Tesseraci Books Fri 1100 CC: 104B Fri 1100 Art Show Columbia Remembrance Fri 2100 RY: Library MethodActing Art Show Docent Ibur Celu Amberston Junkyard Poets Fri 1600 CC: 203A Joe Agee Sat 1100 CC:206F Sai 1730 CC: 203A Reading Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Using Tbe Folklore Of Canada Reading Fri 1900 CC: 104B Sidewise Awards PAGE 120 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Beanstalk! Reading Thu 1600 CC: Summit Sat 1000 CC: 206a Sat 1100 CC: 206F Sun 1300 RY: Library Chesley Retrospective SFC Keynote Address Using The Folklore Of Canada WWE Fri 1000 RY: NS Sun 1300 CC: 104A Mon 1100 CC:201ABCD Mon 1200 CC: 206F Paul Barnett (K) Believable Evil Ethical Dimensions Of Contempora The Left Hand Of Darkness Fri 1200 CC: 206B Ellen Asher Mon 1200 Signing Area James Barclay Chuck Jones: A Tribute Fri 1400 CC: 201E Alison Baird Fri 1400 CC: 201E Fri 1600 CC: 104B Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Scott Bakker Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Fame Outside Fandom Sun 1600 CC: 104A Thu 1300 CC: 205B Fri 1600 CC: 201E Fri 1800 CC: 203C Fantasy' In A Medieval Setting Can SF Be Co-Opted? Fantasy Economics Reading Sun 1800 CC: 2O5B Thu 1500 CC: 104B Sat 1000 Signing Area Sat 1100 CC: 104A Is It Censorship Whend Fantasy Culture Design James Barclay “Its’ A Book, Its’ A Gamed”

Isaac Asimov Fri 1000 CC: 104A Sat 1800 CC: 2O3C Sai 1300 Signing Area Participants Fri 1700 CC: 104A An Idea Continuum Reading John Grant (Paul Barnett) Conversations With Isaac Asimov Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Sun 1600 CC: 104A Sun 1300 CC: 2O6A Margene Bahm “Religion In S.F&F” Fantasy In A Medieval Setting Paint Vs Pixels Sun 1400 CC: 201E Sun 1200 CC: 104CD Chris M. Barkley Sun 1400 CC: 104A Worldcon Bidding (In)Sanity In Al Thu 1700 CC: 203B Clute's Encyclopedia OfSFIn 10 Alison Baird Sun 1500 CC: 206E The BDP Hugo SplitP John Bamstead Thu 1400 CC: 205B Readings By Penguin Authors Sun 1200 CC: 206B Fri 1200 CC: 206A Genre vs. Mainstream Gerri Balter A Quarter-Century Of File 770 Issues In Translating SF Fri 2000 CC: 203A Fri 1300 RY: York Paul Barnett Mon 1200 CC:206C

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 121 Early 20th Century Ukrainian SF Reading Reading Fri 1300 CC: 203B John Bartley Kenn Bates Sun 1100 Signing Area Advice For Aspiring/New Writers Thu 1800 CC: 201E Fri 1000 CC: 202C Adrian Bedford Sat 1200 Signing Area Electronic Books - What Do READE Shotokan Karate Workshop Mon 1100 CC:206F Edo Van Belkom Sat 1100 CC:201ABCD Fri 1100 CC: 104B Internet Sun 1130 CC:203C “The Computerization Of, Well,Ev" MethodActing Stephanie Bedwell-Grime Reading Andrew Barton Sat 1000 CC: 206B Thu 1800 CC: 201E Hilari Bell Thu 1600 RY: Territories Shotokan Karate Workshop Electronic Books - What Do READE Sat 1400 CC:203C Intermediate Songwriting Worksbo Sun 1000 CC: 202C Sat 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Reading Fri 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Shotokan Karate Workshop M Bernstein /M Hoffman Sun 1700 CC: 104A Performers' Circle International Alan Beatts Sat 2200 CC: 203A Writing For Children Sun 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1700 CC: 104B Reading Mon 1200 Signing Area Open Filk — Chaos On lhe Tales (And Tails) OfLove Sun 1300 CC:104A HilariBell Kate Soley Barton Sat 1500 CC: 206C Believable Evil Eloise Beltz-Decker Thu 1600 RY: Territories Small Arms For Writers Sun 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Thu 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Intermediate Songwriting Worksbo Alan Beck Judith Hayman /Paul Kumm Filk For Non-Filkers Fri 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1500 CC: 201E Mon 1500 Signing Area Fri 2300 RY: Prince Edward Performers ’ Circle International Photoshop Is NOT The Artist Stephanie Bedwell-Grime Island Sat 1100 CC: 103A Sun 1300 CC: 206A Robert Beer Open Filk — Guitar Free Musical Chairs Filk Style Paint Kv Pixels Sat 1700 CC: 206C Alice Bentley Don Bassingthwaite Adrian Bedford Importance OfSmall Press Magazi Fri 1500 CC: 202C Fri 1530 CC: 203C Fri 1630 CC: 203C Edo van Belkom Anime Genres

PAGE 122 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Carol Berg Andrew Bertke Kurt Vonnegut Tbp 10 SF Films Of The 2 Oil) C Fri 1000 CC: 206F Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Sat 1000 CC: 104A Sun 1700 CC: 201E Believable Relationships Sidewise Awards Globalization & Anti-Americanism Methodology Behind Fri 1400 CC: 201E Tina Beychok Sat 1300 RY: Alberta Suzanne Alles Blom Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Fri 1000 CC: 206A Russell Blackford (K) Thu 1700 CC: 206B Fri 1600 CC: 201E Never Indicate You Took A Creati Sun 1100 Signing Area Zulu Heart Fantasy Economics Joshua Bilmes Russel Blackford Lisette Boily Sat 1700 Signing Area Thu 1300 CC: 104A Mon 1200 CC: 206F Fri 2100 CC: 203B Carol Berg Beyond The First Draft The Left Hand Of Darkness Children And Literature Sun 1900 CC:203A Fri 1000 CC: 206A Mon 1330 CC:203C Heather Borean Reading Never Indicate You Took A Creati Reading Sat 1600 RY: Territories Mark Bernstein Sat 1000 CC: 104B Dr. Robert Blackwood H Borean /D&M Glasser

Thu 1700 RY: Confederation 3 The Publishers And Editors Views Fri 1600 CC: 104B Wayne Borean Participants Ingrid De Buda / Philip Allcock Naomi Bilodeau Fame Outside Fandom Sun 1200 RY: Territories Fri 1300 CC:104CD Fri 1800 CC: 206B Fri 1800 CC: 203B D Eney /J Polotvin / IV Borean If Ibis Goes On: A Look At USA 2 Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Science Fiction Film Literacy In Stephen Boucher Fri 1600 RY: Territories Russell Blackford Sat 1800 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia M Bernstein /M Hoffman Fri 1200 CC: 205B Top 10 SF Films Of The 20th C Introduction To The \VSFS Busines Sat 1500 RY: Confederation 3 The Right To Refuse Sun 1700 CC: 201E Mon 1300 CC: 201F How To Be Funny Fri 1300 CC:205B Methodology Behind Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sat 2400 RY: Confederation 3 Singularity For Dummies Diane Blackwood Grace Boykin Performers ’ Circle Folk Fri 1600 CC: 104B Sat 1800 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 Signing Area

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 123 Grace Boykin Fri 1500 CC:104A Island Kristen Britain “Marilyn “’’Mattie”” Brahen” Butfor the Dinosaur Killer OQ Sun 1030 CC: 203C Thu 1700 CC: Summit Sun 1700 CC:206F Sat 1300 CC: 203A Reading Expecting The Extraordinary Dinosaurs: Reality vs the Movies Reading Mike Brotherton Fri 1430 CC: 203C Lyndie Star Bright Sat 1700 CC-.104B Fri 1000 RY: Library Reading Mon 1300 CC: 201F Student SF&FAwards Ceremony IW2 Mon 1100 CC: 201ABCD Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sun 1100 CC:206F Fri 1500 CC: 2O5B Ethical Dimensions Of Contempora Morgan Brilliant Computing Interfaces 0 Niell: Long Lost Dream? Katherine Brandenburg Sat 1600 CC:201ABCD Sun 1300 RY-PEI Fri 1600 CC: 103A Thu 1430 RY: Alberta Censor ibis! OQ Building An Alien Katherine Brandenburg (K) Sun 1700 CC:103B Sun 1300 Signing Area Sat 1400 CC: 206F Patricia Bray “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling ” David Brin Imaging Planets Fri 1100 CC: 201E Sun 1800 CC: 206B Sun 1600 CC: 103B Sun 1100 CC: 203A ‘ll've Written A Story, Notv What?" Allegories - A Staple Of SF Reading - Out Of Time Reading Sat 1300 Signing Area Mon 1400 CC:103A Sun 1700 CC: 104B Charles Brown Patricia Bray Decorating Magic Wands Comic Books Mon 1400 CC: 20IF Sun 2000 CC: 203C David Brin Sun 2000 CC: 104A And Now The News Reading Fri 1200 CC: 104CD Transparency And Privacy Kelly Brown Jennifer Brehl Exploring The Matrix Kristen Britain Fri 1600 CC: 103A Sun 1600 CC: Summit Fri 1400 CC: 104CD Sat 1200 CC: 206A Building An Alien Upcoming Eos Titles—Fall 2003 Nature OfSentience SFC: Science Writing Workshop Charlene Brusso Michael Brett-Sumian Sat 1130 RY: Prince Edward Sat 1400 Signing Area Sun 1530 CC: 203C

PAGE 124 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Carol Berg Andrew Bertke Kurt Vonnegut Tbp 10 SF Films Of The 20th C Fri 1000 CC: 206F Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Sat 1000 CC: 104A Sun 1700 CC:201E Believable Relationships Sidewise Awards Globalization & Anti-Americanism Methodology Behind Fri 1400 CC: 20IE Tina Beychok Sat 1300 RY: Alberta Suzanne Alles Blom Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Fri 1000 CC: 206A Russell Blackford (K) Thu 1700 CC: 206B Fri 1600 CC: 201E Never Indicate You Took A Creati Sun 1100 Signing Area Zulu Heart Fantasy Economics Joshua Bilmes Russel Blackford Lisette Boily Sat 1700 Signing Area Thu 1300 CC: 104A Mon 1200 CC: 206F Fri 2100 CC: 203B Carol Berg Beyond The First Draft lhe Left Hand OfDarkness Children A nd Literature Sun 1900 CC: 203A Fri 1000 CC: 206A Mon 1330 CC: 203C Heather Borean Reading Never Indicate You Took A Creati Reading Sat 1600 RY: Territories Mark Bernstein Sat 1000 CC: 104B Dr. Robert Blackwood // Borean /D&M Glasser

Thu 1700 RY: Confederation 3 The Publishers And Editors Views Fri 1600 CC: 104B Wayne Borean Participants Ingrid De Buda /Philip Allcock Naomi Bilodeau Fame Outside Fandom Sun 1200 RY: Territories Fri 1300 CC: 104CD Fri 1800 CC: 2O6B Fri 1800 CC:203B D Eney /J Polowin / W Borean If Ibis Goes On: A Look At USA 2 Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Science Fiction Film Literacy In Stephen Boucher Fri 1600 RY: Territories Russell Blackford Sat 1800 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia M Bernstein /M Hof man Fri 1200 CC: 205B Jbp 10 SF Films Of The 20th C Introduction To The WSFS Busines Sat 1500 RY: Confederation 3 The Right To Refuse Sun 1700 CC:201E Mon 1300 CC:201F How To Be Funny Fri 1300 CC: 205B Methodology Behind Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sat 2400 RY: Confederation 3 Singularity For Dummies Diane Blackwood Grace Boykin Performers ’ Circle Folk Fri 1600 CC: 104B Sat 1800 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 Signing Area

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 123 Grace Boykin Fri 1500 CC:104A Island Kristen Britain “Marilyn “’’Mattie”” Bralien” Butfor the Dinosaur Killer (JO Sun 1030 CC:203C Thu 1700 CC: Summit Sun 1700 CC: 206F Sat 1300 CC: 203A Reading Expecting The Extraordinary Dinosaurs: Reality vs the Movies Reading Mike Brotherton Fri 1430 CC: 203C Lyndie Star Bright Sat 1700 CC-.104B Fri 1000 RY: Library Reading Mon 1300 CC:201F Student SF&FAwards Ceremony IW Mon 1100 CC: 201ABCD Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sun 1100 CC:206F Fri 1500 CC: 2O5B Ethical Dimensions Of Contempora Morgan Brilliant Computing Interfaces O 'Niell: Long Inst Dream? Katherine Brandenburg Sat 1600 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1300 RY: PEI Fri 1600 CC:103A Thu 1430 RY: Alberta Censor This! (JO Building An Alien Katherine Brandenburg (K) Sun 1700 CC: 103B Sun 1300 Signing Area Sat 1400 CC: 206F Patricia Bray “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling'' David Brin Imaging Planets Fri 1100 CC: 201E Sun 1800 CC: 206B Sun 1600 CC:103B Sun 1100 CC:2O3A “I’ve Written A Story, Now What?" Allegories - A Staple Of SF Reading - Out Of Time Reading Sat 1300 Signing Area Mon 1400 CC: 103A Sun 1700 CC-.104B Charles Brown Patricia Bray Decorating Magic Wands Comic Books Mon 1400 CC:201F Sun 2000 CC: 203C David Brin Sun 2000 CC: 104A And Now The News Reading Fri 1200 CC: 104CD Transparency And Privacy Kelly Brown Jennifer Brehl Exploring The Matrix Kristen Britain Fri 1600 CC: 103A Sun 1600 CC: Summit Fri 1400 CC: 104CD Sat 1200 CC: 206A Building An Alien Upcoming Eos Titles—Fall 2003 Nature OfSentience SFC: Science Writing Workshop Charlene Brusso Michael Brett-Surman Sat 1130 RY: Prince Edward Sat 1400 Signing Area Sun 1530 CC:203C

PAGE 124 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Reading M.M.Buckner Al Or AS Fri 2100 RY: British Columbia Ginjer Buchanan Thu 1400 CC: 203A Fri 1300 CC: 205B Reading Fri 1300 CC: 104A Reading Singularity For Dummies Susan Casper 7he Triumph Of Characterization Thu 1600 Signing Area Sat 1300 CC: 104A Fri 1700 CC: Summit Fri 1700 CC: 205B M M Buckner Alternative Currencies/Trading Mass Book Signing For STARS Breaking In Ingrid de Buda Mon 1100 CC-.206F Sun 1800 CC: 205B Sat 1000 CC: 104B Fri 1200 RY: Territories Internet Is It Censorship Wbena The Publishers And Editors Views Ingrid De Buda /Philip Allcock Andrew Butler Adam-Troy Castro Sat 1200 CC: 201ABCD Clint Budd Mon 1200 CC: 206A Thu 1300 Signing Area 50th Aniverary OfACE Books Fri 1000 RY: British Columbia The Wacbowski Brothers Adam-Troy Castro Sun 1500 CC: 206F IF5B’ Business Meeting Elizabeth Caldwell Sat 1900 CC: 206C Serious Literature? Sat 1000 RY: British Columbia Fri 1300 CC-.103A Cartoonistjam

Sun 1600 CC:206B WSFS Business Meeting Science But Were Afraid Tb Ask Sun 1400 CC: 103A Participants What Do You Read Passionately Sun 1000 RY: British Columbia Sun 1000 Signing Area Cartooning For Kids Nate Bucklin WSFS Business Meeting Elizabeth Caldwell Mon 1300 CC: 203A Sat 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Mon 1000 RY: British Columbia Mary Cannings Reading Guitar Workshop 1F573’ Business Meeting Sun 1400 CC: 104A Jeanne Cavelos Sat 2100 RY: Territories Bruce Burdick Clutes’ Encyclopedia OfSF In 10 Thu 1300 CC: 104A Chapter & Verse Sun 1200 CC: 205B Rebecca Carmi Beyond The First Draft Lois Bucklin Are Universities Obsolete? Sat 1700 CC: 203C Fri 1200 CC: 205B Sat 2100 RY: Territories Andrew Burt Reading The Right Tb Refuse Chapter & Verse Thu 1700 CC: 104B Grant Carrington Sat 1100 CC: 206C 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 125 SFC: Bringing Science lb Life Sat 1300 CC: 203C Fri 2000 CC: 201E Thu 2100 RY: Manitoba Sat 1300 RY: Library Reading Science Fiction On Stage R&D In Magic WW Sun 1130 RY: PEI Sat 1400 CC: 202ABCD Sun 1200 CC: 103B Sun 1400 Signing Area JackL.Chalker (IQ Death Of Person Vs Personality IFrz/t? Your Own Story ]eanne Cavelos Sun 1400 CC: 206A Sat 1600 CC: 2O3B Sun 1600 CC: 205B Sun 1500 CC: 206B Gods Or Monsters? Humans Of The Using Real Locations In An Unrea Design A Truly Alien Alien Odyssey Writing Workshop Present Sun 1500 SigningArea Sun 1000 RY: New Brunswick Brian Chu Paul Chafe ]ackL. Chalker Suzy Charnas (K) Fri 1700 CC: 201E Thu 1900 RY: Manitoba Joel Champetier Sun 1300 CC: 104A Heroines In Anime Robots Learn lb Shoot Fri 1400 CC: 202A Believable Evil Fri 1800 CC: 20IE Sai 1300 CC: 202ABCD Canada Council Reading Mon 1100 CC: 103A Anime Influences The Future Of War Sat 1500 SigningArea Kinderfilk -lb Be A Drum Terence Chua Sun 1600 CC: 104B joel Champetier Barbara Chepaitis Thu 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Cliches In Military SF Suzy Charnas Fri 1500 SigningArea Roberta Rogow Upcoming worldcon chairs Thu 1530 CC: 203C Barbara Chepaitis Thu 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Mon 1400 CC: 206B Reading Sun 1000 CC: 201F Copyright Issues Upcoming Worldcons Thu 1600 CC: 104CD Pantoum Thu 2400 RY: 'hidor 8 Jack L. Chalker Discworld 101 Sun 1600 RY: Alberta Hymnal Sing Fri 1800 CC: 206F Fri 1200 SigningArea Barbara Chepaitis (K) Sat 2000 RY: Territories Direct Computer Interface Suzy Charnas Sun 2230 RY: York Harmony Workshop Sat 1300 CC: 203A Fri 1800 CC: 206B Reading Sun 1700 CC: 104B Reading Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Rob Chilson Comic Books PAGE 126 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 2300 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1500 CC: 203B Design An Alien Species How Good to Make It? Theme Filk: Rock The Spectrum Awards Thu 1700 CC: 104CD Carolyn Clink Richard Chwedyk Fran Van Cleave Has Science Fiction Failed Thu 1700 CC: 202C Thu 2100 RY: Territories Fri 1100 CC: 205B Fri 1000 CC: 104CD Magnetic Poetry Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Imbibing Engrams IsaacAsimov Thu 2100 RY: Territories Fri 1400 CC: 104B Fri 1300 CC: 104CD Fri 1130 RY: PEI Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Genetic Engineered Pets If Ibis Goes On: A Look At USA 2 OQ David Clink Fri 1500 CC: 202C Sun 1700 CC: 206F Fri 1200 CC: 201ABCD Thu 2100 RY: Territories Poetry Within A Book Heinlein On Law And Lawyers Creating Believable Aliens Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Sat 1000 RY: Library Decadent Dave Clement Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Fri 2100 RY: Library WW9 Fri 2300 RY: Tlidor 8 From The Ground Up Junkyard Poets Sun 2100 RY: Library Open Filk — Chaos Sat 1100 CC: 206C Sat 1600 CC: 201F

The Iron Poet Sat 2200 RY: Territories SFC: Bringing Science 7b Life Lets’ Talk Marketing Participants Sun 2100 RY: British Columbia Open Filk — Guitar Free Sat 1400 CC: 205B Sun 2200 RY: Library Reading Sun 1700 RY: Territories Pulp Fiction Renaissance PoetrySlam Mon 1000 RY: Library Science & Song Sat 1700 CC: 104B John Clute Odes Sun 2300 RY: Tudor 8 Student SF&FAwards Ceremony Thu 1400 CC: 201E Carl Cipra D Eney /J Polowin / W Borean Sun 1500 CC: 104A How Is SF/FAnalyzed Thu 1700 CC:206B Hal Clement Interstellar Propulsion: Reality Thu 1700 CC: 104CD Zulu Heart Thu 1300 CC: 203A Sun 1600 Signing Area Has Science Fiction Failed Fri 1400 CC:203B Reading Hal Clement Fri 1100 CC:206B Meet The Gaylactic Network Thu 1500 CC: 104A Sun 1800 CC: 206C Sunburst Secrets Revealed

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 127 Fri 1400 CC: 104A Sat 1800 CC: 104A You Can’t Change Human Nature Fri 1500 RY: Quebec “Who Defines “"Classic””’’ Schools Of The 21st Century Lori Cole Tbols Of The Trade Sat 1130 RY: New Brunswick Sun 1000 CC: 203BD Sat 1100 CC: 104A Mon 1200 RY: Quebec John Clute (K) The Economics OfInnovation “Its’ A Book, Its’ A Game it" Masquerade Green Room Sat 1700 Signing Area Sun 1600 CC: 103A L. N. Collier Byron Connell John Clute Stump The Scientists Sun 1700 CC: 206F Fri 1300 RY: Quebec Sun 1400 CC: 104A Bridget Coila Heinlein On Law And Lawyers Your First Worldcon Mascarade Clutes’ Encyclopedia OfSFln 10 Thu 1300 CC: 201E John Robert Colombo Mon 1200 RY: Quebec David B. Coe “Online, Snailmail, Face-Th-Face” Fri 1500 CC: 104B Masquerade Green Room Fri 2200 RY: York Thu 1500 CC: 201E Nature Of Canadian SF “Denying Death: Brett Savory, Seth Reading Day Jobs For Writers Fri 1700 CC: 206F Lindberg, Gary Conner” Charles Cohen Fri 1500 CC: 103A 400 Years Fri 1700 Signing Area Thu 1700 CC: 104B SdenceDemo Cary Conder Denying Death AIOrAS Sat 1300 CC: 104B Fri 1000 RY: Quebec Guy Consolmagno Thu 1900 RY: Manitoba Alien Sex “Baubles, Bangles, And Beads” Thu 1400 CC: 201ABCD Robots Learn lb Shoot Sat 1500 CC: 206F Sat 1200 RY: Quebec Cassini Probe lb Saturn Fri 1200 CC: 104B Dangers OfAccelerated Genetic M 15 People On A Small Stage Fri 1700 CC: 203B The Year In Review Sun 1000 CC: 104B Sat 1400 CC: 206B Astronomy 2003 Sat 1100 CC: 201ABCD Jumpingibe Species Barrier When Is Big Suddenly Ibo Big? Sat 1400 CC: 206F “TheComputerization Of, Well, Ev" Sun 1500 CC:103A Sat 1600 RY: Manitoba Imaging Planets Sat 1300 CC: 202ABCD How Do We Think And See Spread Your Wings Sat 1700 CC: 104A 7he Future Of War Sun 1900 CC: Summit Tina Connell Eros And The Near Earth Asteroid

PAGE 128 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 1200 CC: 104A Thu 1500 CC: 201ABCD Thu 1500 CC: 104A Tony Czemeda How The Future Feels Farscape The Best Sci-Fi Show Ev Design An Alien Species Sat 1200 CC: 206C “Staff of the Movie “”The Core””” Fri 1700 CC: 205B Thu 1600 CC: 203C SFC: Fiction Workshop Mon 1300 CC: 201ABCD Breaking In Reading Cecilia Dart-Thornton Core: The Movie Fri 2000 RY: Manitoba Thu 1700 CC: 104B Fri 1600 Signing Area Jonathan Cowie Rights Of Artificial Life Forms AIOrAS Cecilia Dart-Thornton Thu 1500 CC: 201E Fri 2200 CC: 104A Fri 1000 RY: Alberta Joni Brill Dashoff DayJobs For Writers Space (Exploration) Program Julie Czemeda (KJ Fri 1900 CC: 103A Fri 1600 CC: 203D Sun 1100 CC: 203BD Fri 1500 CC: 201ABCD Costuming For Kids Genetic Engineering Scientific Mistake = Plot Hook? Preamble to Chris Hadfield Sat 1100 RY: Quebec Fri 1800 CC: 104A Ctein Fri 1600 CC: 201ABCD Costuming With Your Child The Earth Is Big Fri 1900 CC: 205B Video Conference Chris Hadfield Todd Dashoff

Sat 1500 CC: 104B Feminist SF Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Sun 1600 CC: 2O6B Participants Environmental Pseudoscience? Sat 1400 CC: 206F From The Ground Up What Do You Read Passionately Sun 1400 CC: 206A Imaging Planets Sat 1300 CC: 206A Jared Dashoff Gods Or Monsters? Humans Of The Sat 1600 CC: 206F SFC: Wrap-Up Panel Sat 1100 RY: Quebec Kathryn Cramer Teleportation Implications Sun 1000 CC: Summit Costuming With Your Child Thu 1600 CC: 104B Sun 1400 Art Show Golden Duck Awards Ellen Datlow Archetypes And Fairy Tales Art Show Docent Tbur Sun 1300 Signing Area Fri 1700 CC: 104B Fri 1500 CC: 104CD Sun 1600 CC: 205B Julie Czemeda On The Tales (And Tails) OfLove Historical Fantasy Design A Truly Alien Alien Sun 1600 CC: 103A Sat 1430 RY: New Brunswick Dave Creek Julie Czemeda Stump The Scientists Ellen Datlow (K)

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 129 Sun 1100 Signing Area Fri 1900 CC: 104A WWQ Research 101 Ellen Datlow Turning Comics Into Movies Daniel Dem Sat 1500 SigningArea Sun 1300 CC: 104CD Sun 1200 Signing Area Fri 1200 CC: 104B William Dietz Good Plot Or Good Science Keith Decandido The Year In Review Sat 1600 CC: 203B James Stanley Daugherty Mon 1000 RY: Alberta Fri 1400 CC: 206A Using Real Locations In An Unrea Sat 1500 CC: 201E Keith Decandido (IQ Deductable Events Sun 1000 CC: 201ABCD Photoshop Is NOT The Artist Alma Hromic Deckert Bob Devney A UnitedAfrica Howard Davidson Thu 1300 CC: 206F Fri 1600 CC: 104B jan dimasi Fri 1100 CC: 104B Adaptations Fame Outside Fandom Sat 1400 RY: Confederation 3 MethodActing Sat 1300 SigningArea Nick DiChario “So, You Want lb Run A Filk Track" Fri 1800 CC: 2O6F Alma Hromic Deckert Fri 1100 CC: 201E Sun 2400 RY: Confederation 3 Direct Computer Interface Sun 1600 CC: 104A “I’ve Written A Story, Now What?” Theme Filk: Dorsai Sat 1600 CC: Summit Fantasy In A Medieval Setting Sat 1900 CC: 203C Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo A Question OfScale Sun 1700 CC:201F Reading Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Genevieve Dazzo Alma Hromic Deckert Sun 1300 RY: New Brunswick Sidewise Awards Sun 1000 CC: 204D Mon 1300 CC: 206A Nick Dichario (IQ Chuck Divine The Right 1b Stupidly Discrimination In SF William Dietz Sat 1500 CC: 201E Sun 1700 CC: 201ABCD David DeGraff Thu 1500 CC: 201E Photoshop Is NOT The Artist Why People Believe Weird Things Sat 1100 CC:206C Day Jobs For Writers Vincent Docherty Keith DeCandido SFC: Bringing Science lb Life Sat 1200 CC: 104A Thu 1700 CC:203B Thu 1400 CC: 203C Jeff Deluzio Religion In SF The BDP Hugo Splitci Reading Sat 1000 RY: Library Sat 1300 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1400 CC: 201E

PAGE 130 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Worldcon Bidding Sun 1200 CC: 201E Clash OfScience Fiction And Fan Guest OfHonour Interview Mon 1200 CC: Summit Luddites Of Fandom? Sat 1730 CC: 203C Mon 1300 CC: 203C Worldcon Job Fair Mon 1100 CC:206F Reading Reading Kevin Dockery Internet Sun 1000 RY: PEI Douglas Drummond Fri 1530 CC: 203C Tom Doherty’ Candas Jane Dorsey’ (K) Sun 1000 CC: Summit Reading Fri 1300 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1400 CC: 205B Golden Duck Awards Cory Doctorow 1953 Wiriting In Canada Arthur M. Dula Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Fri 1500 CC: 206F Mon 1200 Signing Area Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD Old New Voices Bad Writing Habits Candas Jane Dorsey Heinlein Thu 1800 CC: 20IE Sat 1600 CC: 201ABCD John R. Douglas Sun 1700 CC:206F Electronic Books - What Do READE Censor This! Mon 1000 CC: 203A Heinlein On Law And Lawyers Fri 1800 CC: 203A Sun 1000 CC: 203BD Reading Lisa DuMond

Reading The Economics OfInnovation Gardner Dozois Fri 1600 CC: 205B Participants Sat 1500 CC: 205B Linda Donahue Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Genre-Bending Awards And Getting Discovered Fri 1600 RY: Quebec Old New Voices Fri 2100 CC: 206F Sun 1000 CC: 203BD Middle Eastern Dancing Costumes Fri 1000 CC: 104CD Bom Or Bitten The Economics Of Innovation Candas Jane Dorsey IsaacAsimov Sat 1200 CC: 203A Mon 1200 CC: 104A Fri 1100 CC:206B Fri 1500 CC: 206F Reading The Death OfMoney Sunburst Secrets Revealed Bad Writing Habits Sat 1200 CC: 203A Linnea Dodson Fri 1300 CC: Summit Sat 1600 CC: Summit Reading Thu 1600 CC: 104B What's New At Tesseract Books A Question OfScale Sat 1200 CC: 203C Archetypes And Fairy Tales Sat 1600 CC: 206C Sun 1700 CC: 104CD Reading

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 131 Sat 1200 CC: 203C Allison Dumo Fri 2100 RY: Library Fri 1430 CC: 203C Reading Fri 1900 RY: Confederation 3 funkyard Poets Reading Sat 1800 CC: 203B Performers ’ Circle Folk Sat 1000 CC: 104B Fri 1700 CC: 103B Readings From Beyond The Grave Sat 1500 RY: Territories The Publishers And Editors Views “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling” Mon 1200 Signing Area Pegasus Nominees Concert Sat 1100 CC: 205B Sat 1100 CC: 203B Lisa Dumond Sat 2300 RY: Tudor 7 Reviews Oz And Alice Dave Duncan Theme Filk: Rock Sat 1200 Signing Area Sat 1200 CC: 103B Thu 1400 CC: 202C Sat 2400 RY: Tddor 7 Scott Edelman Writing A Good Story’ Canada Council Reading 'Theme Filk: Golden Oldies Sun 1200 CC: 104B Sat 1500 CC: 103B Thu 1600 CC: 104B Martin Easterbrook The B5 Story Arc Storytelling From The Inside Out Archetypes And Fairy Tales Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia Mon 1000 CC: 203C Sun 1400 CC: 103B Fri 1500 Signing Area Introduction lb The WSFSBusines Reading Kookieklatch/Reading Dave Duncan Jill Eastlake Gary Ehrlich Janice Eisen Sat 1600 CC: 206C Fri 1500 RY: Quebec Thu 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Thu 1600 CC: 104CD Clash OfScience Fiction And Fan Tools Of The Trade Roberta Rogow Discworld 101 Sun 1400 CC: 203A Sun 1400 CC: 201E Thu 1700 RY: Territories Fri 1100 CC: 104A Reading Worldcon Bidding G Ehrlich/L Gold Book Vs Movie John Dupuis Scott Edelman Fri 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1000 CC: 103A Fri 1700 CC: 104CD Fri 1000 CC: 206A Performers ’ Circle Folk Harry’ PotterJeopardy Canada HadA Different Neighbour Never Indicate You TbokA Creati Edward Einhorn Mon 1000 CC: 103A Sat 1300 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 CC: 206B Thu 1700 Signing Area Harry’ PotterJeopardy Research 101 Gender Biases Edward Einhorn Phyllis Eisenstein

PAGE 132 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sai 1600 Art Show Dick Eney “WbaC'SNewAtDAW" Sun 1330 CC:203C Art Show Docent Tbur Fri 2000 RY: TUdor 7 Bill Fawcett Reading Sun 1600 Signing Area The History Of Filk Sun 1300 CC:104CD jan howard finder Phyllis Eisenstein Sat 2200 RY: Confederation 3 Good Plot Or Good Science Thu 1800 RY: Quebec Alex Eisenstein Theme Filk: Rock Paul Fayter Practical Fantasy Sat 1600 Art Show Sun 1200 RY: Territories Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Sat 1400 CC: 103B Art Show Docent Tbur D Eney / J Polowin / W Borean “Religion In S,F&F" Riddles In The Dark Sarah Elliott Sun 1600 CC: 201E Sun 1500 CC: 201E Sat 1700 RY: Manitoba Thu 1500 CC: 201ABCD World Class SF Collection ApocalypticSF 57 Queen Amidalas Farscape The Best Sci-Fi Show Ev Sun 2200 RY: Prince Edward Sun 1800 CC: Summit Sun 1000 CC: 206B Thu 1600 CC: 104B Island Big Brother Is Watching TheJudges Are Watching Archetypes And Fairy Tales Open Filk — Bardic Moshe Feder Sun 1100 CC:206A

Fri 1200 CC: 103B Craig Engler Sun 1100 CC: 201ABCD Your First Worldcon Mascarade Participants Decorate a Journal Thu 1300 CC: 206F What's New At TOR Charles Coleman Finlay Sat 1000 CC:203C Adaptations Brian Feeney Thu 1600 RY: PEI Reading Sat 1100 CC: 205B Fri 1000 CC: 201ABCD Charles Coleman Finlay (K) Sat 1200 CC: 206C Reviews The Davinci Project Fri 1230 CC: 203C SFC: Fiction Workshop Kurt Erichsen Sheila Finch Reading Sat 1500 CC: 103A Sai 1900 CC: 206C Thu 1600 RY: New Brunswick Fri 1300 RY: Library Hands On Science??? Cartoonist Jam Sheila Finch (K) WW4 Sun 1400 CC: 104CD Debra Euler Sun 1300 Signing Area Fri 1600 Signing Area Design Of Non-Humans In Fantasy1 Sat 1500 CC: Summit Sheila Finch Charles Coleman Finlay

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 133 Sat 1200 CC: 206F SF ft Fantasy Erotica - Who Has Carol Flynt Fri 1500 CC: 104CD Meet TheJohn IT Campbell Award Mon 1400 CC: 203C Sat 1300 RY: Territories Historical Fantasy Sun 1200 CC: 202C Reading Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Adrienne Foster "On-Line Writer”"s Groups “ Mon 1500 Signing Area Sun 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1000 RY: York George Flentke Melanie Fletcher Theme Filk: Rock Sun 1300 RY: York Fri 1100 CC:205B Lynn Flewelling Clif Flynt WW7 Imbibing Engrams Sun 1900 CC: 203C Frank Kelly Freas Fri 1400 CC:104B Reading Sat 1300 RY: Territories Fri 1200 CC: Summit Genetic Engineered Pels Dr. John Flynn Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Working & Married Tbgether Fri 1600 CC: 203D Fri 1300 CC: 203A Sat 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1700 CC: 201ABCD Genetic Engineering Reading Harmony Workshop Freas Slideshow Sat 1000 CC: 206F Fri 1800 CC: 203B Sean Fodera Sun 1600 CC: 201ABCD Evolution For The Enthusiast Science Fiction Film Literacy In Fri 1100 Signing Area Frank Kelly Freas Retrospective Sat 1500 CC: 206F Sat 1400 CC: 205B Sean Fodera Laura Freas Dangers OfAccelerated Genetic M Pulp Fiction Renaissance Pat Forde Fri 1200 CC: Summit Sun 1000 CC: 104B Sat 1800 CC: 201ABCD Thu 1930 CC: 203C Working & Married Tbgether jumping The Species Barrier Tbp 10 SF Films Of The 20th C Reading Esther Friesner Sun 1300 CC: 205B Sun 1700 CC: 201E Fri 1000 RY: York Thu 1700 CC: 201ABCD Redefining Disease Methodology Behind IW7 Humor Melanie Fletcher Michael E Flynn Sat 1600 CC: 203B Fri 1430 RY: New Brunswick Sat 1000 RY: York Mon 1100 CC:206F Using Real Locations In An Unrea Esther Friesner (K) Sun 2200 RY: British Columbia Heinlein'sJuveniles Richard Foss Fri 1700 CC: 203C

PAGE 134 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon Reading Writres Of The Future (K) Fri 1000 CC:103A Fri 1500 CC: 202C Sal 1100 CC: 203B Sun 1430 RY: New Brunswick 117?)’ We Love Harry Potter Anime Genres Oz And Alice Writers Of The Future (K) Sun 1000 CC: 103A Fri 1800 CC: 20IE Sat 1400 CC: 201F Marcel Gagne Harry Potter lhe Movies Anime Influences LGBT Reading 4: Esther Friesner Thu 1700 CC: 104B Sun 1200 CC: 104B Rob Gates Sat 1600 CC:2O3D Al Or AS The B5 Story Arc Thu 2100 CC: 203C Chicks In Chainmail Fri 1200 CC: 104B Christopher Garcia Reading Sun 1100 Signing Area The Year In Review Fri 2100 RY: Manitoba Fri 1300 CC: 104A Esther Friesner Sat 1200 CC: 206C Why Did Firefly Fail And Angel S The Triumph Of Characterization Sun 1500 CC: 104CD SFC: Fiction Workshop Michael W. Gardiner Fri 1400 CC: 203B “Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard" Sun 1100 CC:206F Sat 1200 CC: 205B Meet lhe Gayladic Network Sun 1600 CC: 104A Computing Interfaces lhe Science Fiction Oral History Fri 1500 CC: 203B

Fantasy In A Medieval Setting Sun 1200 Signing Area Janies Alan Gardner The Spectrum Awards Participants Gregory Frost Marcel Gagne Thu 2100 RY: Manitoba Sat 1700 CC: 201C Thu 1300 CC: 2O5B Sun 1430 CC: 203A R&D In Magic Rob Gates Can SF Be Co-Opted? Reading Fri 1000 RY: PEI Mon 1300 CC:206A Fri 1900 CC: 203A Dave Gallaher James Alan Gardner (K) Discrimination In SF Reading Sat 1200 CC:203D Sat 1300 RY: York Deb Geisler Mon 1130 RY: NS First Worldcon IPIF5 Thu 1300 CC: 104CD Greg Frost (K) Barb Galler-Smith Sun 1800 CC: 104A lhe Liar's Panel Writers of the Future Thu 1300 CC: 201E The Economics And Sociology Sun 1200 CC: 205B Sun 1130 RY: Alberta “Online, Snailmail, Face-lb-Face" Allen Garvey Are Universities Obsolete?

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 135 Mon 1200 CC: Summit How Others See Us Good Plot Or Good Science Fri 1200 CC: 202C Worldcon Job Fair Alexis Gilliland Daniel Glasser First Worldcon Janice Geib Thu 1400 CC: 1O4CD Thu 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Elizabeth Glover Fri 1200 CC: 201E Old New Voices The Filk/Folk Process Sun 1200 CC: 202C Fannish Ghetto Fri 1700 CC: Summit Thu 1900 RY: Confederation 3 "On-Line Writer's Groups" Sat 1200 CC: 206B Mass Book Signing For STARS Filk For Non-Filkers Mike Glyer Developing Your Convention’s Web Fri 2000 CC: 201E Fri 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Thu 1300 CC: 104CD Mon 1100 CC:206F Science Fiction On Stage Performers ’ Circle Folk The Liar's Panel Internet Sat 1200 CC: 203A Sat 1600 RY: Territories Fri 1400 CC: 2O6B Mon 1300 CC: 201F Reading H Borean /D&M Glasser LAVsKC Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sat 1200 CC: 203C Sat 2100 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1500 CC: 206A Gordon van Gelder Reading Jordin Rare / Kathleen Sloan Classic Fanzines Fri 1000 CC: 206A Sat 1200 CC: 203C Melissa Glasser Sat 1000 CC: 202ABCD Never Indicate You Took A Creati Reading Thu 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Mike Glyer And Connie Willis Fri 1300 CC: 206B Sun 1400 CC: 2O6C The Filk/Folk Process Sat 1500 CC: 202ABCD Gender Biases Alternate History And SF? Thu 1900 RY: Confederation 3 “Hair)’Warner, Jr." Sat 1000 CC: 104B Laura Anne Gilman Filk For Non-Filkers Sun 1200 CC: 206B The Publishers And Editors Views Thu 2100 RY: British Columbia Fri 1500 RY: Confederation 3 A Quarter-Century Of File 770 Lee Gilliland Reading Bodhran Workshop I Sun 1900 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1700 CC: 206A Fri 1400 CC: Summit Sat 1600 RY: Territories M Glyer AndS M. Stirling “So, You Want lb Be An Artist... ” ROC Presents H Borean /D&M Glasser Mon 1400 CC:20IF Sun 1600 CC: 206F Sun 1300 CC: 104CD Mike Glicksohn And Now Ibe News PAGE 136 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Barry Gold Sat 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Fri • 1200 CC: 104CD Thu 1400 CC: 205B Thu 2200 RY: Tudor 7 M Bernstein /M Hoffman Exploring The Matrix Genre vs. Mainstream Open Filk — Bardic Mici Gold Sat 1600 RY: Alberta Fri 1100 CC: 206B Thu 2400 RY:Tudor7 Fri 1100 CC: 206B Kathleen Ann Goonan (K) Sunburst Secrets Revealed Morning Sing: Ecumenifilk Sunburst Secrets Revealed Phyllis Gotlieb Fri 1300 RY: Alberta Fri 1300 RY: Territories Lynn Gold Fri 1500 CC: 202C Terence Green (IQ Performance Workshop Thu 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Poetry Within A Book Fri 1600 CC: 205B Fri 2000 RY: Tudor 7 Roberta Rogow Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Genre-Bending The History OfFilk Thu 1700 RY: Territories "Religion In S, F & F” Sat 1100 CC: 206A Fri 2400 RY:1hdor7 G Ehrlich / L Gold Sat 1200 CC: 104A SFC: Literacy Through SF Open Filk — Domino Thu 2300 RY: Confederation 3 Religion In SF Sat 1630 CC: 203C Sun 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Theme Filk: Rock Sun 1300 CC: 201E Reading

The Future OfFilk Thu 2400 RY: Confederation 3 Alien Poetry? Sun 1300 Signing Area Participants Sun 2200 RY: Territories "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning” Glenn Grant Tlrrence Green Theme Filk: Rock Sun 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1000 CC: 203C Scott Green Lee Gold Open Filk — Chaos Reading Thu 1500 Signing Area Thu 2400 RY: TUdor 7 John Goodwin Sat 1300 CC: 104B Scott Green Morning Sing: Ecumenifilk Sun 1800 CC: 206C Alien Sex Thu 2100 RY: Territories Fri 2000 RY:1bdor7 How Good to Make It? Susan Gray Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare The History OfFilk Kathleen Goonan Sun 1130 CC: 203A Sat 1500 CC: 201F Fri 2400 RY: Ibdor 7 Thu 1700 CC: 203A Reading Meet The SFPA Open Filk — Domino Reading Terence Green Sat 1600 CC: 201F

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 137 Lei's Talk Marketing Hugh S. Gregory Fantasy In A Medieval Setting Sun 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 2200 CC: 203C Fri 1100 CC: 201ABCD Andrew Gurudata The Future OfFilk Reading The Flight OfBuran Sun 1600 CC: 206F Mon 1100 RY: Confederation 3 Mon 1000 CC: 206C Fri 1200 CC: 206F How Others See Us Filk Bitch Panel Small Press & Semi-Pro Hazards OfSpace Karen Haber Peter Halasz Roland M. Green Sun 1430 RY: PEI Thu 1700 CC: 206F Fri 1100 CC-.206B Fri 2100 CC: 203B Hughs. Gregory (IQ Heinlein's Women Sunburst Secrets Revealed Children And Literature Sun 1800 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1500 CC: 206F Joe Haldeman Ed Greenwood Inside China's Space Center Bad Writing Habits Fri 1200 CC: 104CD Thu 1600 CC: 104CD Mon 1000 CC: Summit Sat 1100 CC:205B Exploring The Matrix Disamrld 101 Soviet Space Disasters Reviews Fri 1400 RY: Territories Thu 2100 RY: Manitoba Anne Lesley Groell Sat 1400 Signing Area Chapter & Verse R&D In Magic Sun 1500 CC: Summit Karen Haber Fri 1700 CC: Summit Fri 1600 CC: 201E What's New at Bantam Sun 1300 CC: 206A Mass Book Signing For STARS Fantasy Economics Daniel Grotta Paint Ry Pixels Sat 1300 CC: 202ABCD Sat 1100 CC:104A Fri 1200 CC: 104B Sun 1500 CC: 104CD The Future Of War 7/M Book, It's A Game a" TheYear In Review "Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard” Sun 1200 CC:104CD Sat 1700 CC: 206C Fri 1400 CC: 201E Trace Hagemann (In)Sanity In Al Worldbuilding: Worlds That Are Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Sat 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1300 CC: 203BD Sun 1400 CC: 2O5B Sat 1700 CC: 206C "So, You Want 7b Run A Filk TYack” Prestige Readings Wiriting In Canada Worldbuilding: Worlds That Are Sat 2100 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1600 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1600 CC: 104A ]ordin Kare / Kathleen Sloan Frank Kelly Freas Retrospective

PAGE 138 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 2000 CC: 104A Fri 1000 RY: New Brunswick Old New Voices Sat 1400 CC: Summit Transparency And Privacy Elizabeth Hand (K) Fri 1130 RY: Alberta Well Constructed Universes Lorena Haldeman Sat 1200 CC: 201F Harry Harrison (K) Sun 1100 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1200 CC: 202C Elizabeth Hand Fri 1430 RY: NS What's New At TOR First Worldcon Sat 1200 Signing Area 00 Sun 1400 CC: 104A Mon 1200 CC: 201ABCD Elizabeth Hand Fri 1500 CC:104A Clute’s Encyclopedia OfSFIn 10 Five Living Generations Sat 1800 CC: 203B But for the Dinosaur Killer Mon 1000 CC: 104CD Gay Haldeman Readings From Beyond The Grave Fri 1800 CC: 104A Philip KDick Fri 1300 CC-.201E Sun 1300 CC: 104A The Earth Is Big James Hay What Every Pro Should Know Believable Evil Sat 1000 CC: 104A Thu 1700 CC: 2O5B Sun 1200 CC:205B Charlaine Harris Globalization & Anti-Americanism The Myth Of Fannish Uniqueness Are Universities Obsolete? Fri 1900 CC: 203C Sat 1600 CC: 206F Fri 1600 CC:203D

Beverly Hale Reading Teleportation Implications Genetic Engineering Participants Sat 1100 CC:203A Sat 1800 CC: 203B Sun 1100 SigningArea Sun 1700 CC: 201ABCD Reading Readings From Beyond The Grave Harry Harrison Why People Believe Weird Things Sat 1100 CC: 2O3C Sun 1000 SigningArea Sun 1600 CC: 104B David Hayman Reading Charlaine Harris Cliches In Military SF Thu 2300 RY:TUdor7 Mon 1400 Signing Area Anne Harris David Hartwell Open Filk — Chaos Beverly Hale Fri 1800 CC: 206B Fri 1300 CC: 104CD Sun 2300 RY: TUdor 8 Elizabeth Hand Broad Universe Rapid-Fire If Ibis Goes On: A Look At USA 2 D Eney / J Polowin / W Borean Thu 1600 CC: 203C Harry Harrison Fri 1600 CC: 104B Mon 1100 RY: Confederation 3 Reading Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Kurt Vonnegut Filk Bitch Panel

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 139 Judith Hayman Peter Heck John G. Hemry (K) Sun 1400 CC: 104B Thu 2100 RY: Territories Sat 1500 CC: 104A Keith Henson Regency’Ball Special Event Cojfeehouse/Cabare W/l Mon 1430 RY: New Brunswick Rusty Hevelin Fri 1700 RY: Saskatchewan Sat 1630 CC: 203A Keith Henson (K) Fri 1200 CC: 202C Roberta Rogow Reading Diana Herald First Worldcon Sat 1400 RY: Territories Dan Heine Fri 1500 CC: 103B Beth Hilgartner Judith Hayman /Paul Kwinn Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Book Talk Fri 1300 CC:104CD Sun 1900 RY: Confederation 3 Sidewise Awards Sat 1700 CC: 103B If This Goes On: A Look At USA 2 The Future OfFilk John G. Hemry “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling" Fri 1400 Signing Area Sun 2200 RY: Territories Thu 1700 CC: 104CD Sun 1500 CC: 103B Beth Hilgartner Theme Filk: Rock Has Science Fiction Failed Sci Fi And Fantasy For Youth Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Mon 1100 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1400 Signing Area John Hertz “Religion InS, F&F" Filk Bitch Panel John G. Hemry Fri 1400 CC: 104CD Sat 1500 CC: 203C Mon 1400 RY: Territories Sat 1200 CC: 104A Nature Of Sentience Reading Instaband Concert Religion In SF Fri 1600 Art Show Richard Hill Sally J. Headford Sat 1500 CC: 206C Art Show Docent Tbur Mon 1000 RY: Quebec Fri 2100 RY: Territories Small Arms For Writers Sat 1400 CC: 202ABCD Masquerade Wrap Up Columbia Remembrance Sat 1600 CC: 201ABCD Death OfPerson Vs Personality Colleen Hillerup Sun 2300 RY: Tudor 8 Censor This! Sat 1500 CC: 202ABCD Fri 1300 CC: 104A D Eney / J Polo win / WBorean Sun 1600 CC: 104B “Harry’Warner, Jr." The Triumph OfCharacterization Peter Heck Cliches bi Military’SF Sun 1100 CC:206A Fri 2100 RY: Manitoba Sat 1200 Signing Area Mon 1130 RY: Alberta Your First Worldcon Mascarade Why Did Firefly Fail And Angel S

PAGE 140 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 1700 CC:104B Judith Hayman /Paul Kwinn Religion In SF Fri 1100 CC:206B Comic Books Sun 1700 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1700 CC:203D Sunburst Secrets Revealed Colin Hinz Open Filk — Chaos We Have Met The Alien Fri 1700 CC: 104CD Sun 1200 CC: 20IE Sun 1900 CC: 103A Sun 1130 RY: New Brunswick Canada Had A Different Neighbour Luddites Of Fandom? Gaming For Kids David Honigsberg (K) Sat 1500 CC: 205B P.C. Hodgell Sun 2300 RY: TUdor 7 Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg Awards And Getting Discovered Thu 1500 CC: 104B Theme Filk: Rock Thu 1300 Signing Area Sat 1600 CC: 203A Fantasy Ctdture Design Sun 2400 RY: Tudor 7 Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg Reading Thu 1600 CC: 104B Open Filk — Chaos Thu 1430 RY: New Brunswick Sun 1100 CC: 104A Archetype And Fairy Tales Merav Hoffman A Honigsberg (K) Appropriation Of Voice Fri 1400 CC: 203A Fri 1600 RY: Territories Fri 1000 CC: 206F Mon 1130 RY: PEI Reading M Bernstein /M Hoffman Believable Relationships Nalo Hopkinson (K)

Fri 1600 Signing Area Sat 2200 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1500 CC: 202C Tanya Huff Participants PC Hodgell Theme Filk: Rock Poetry Within A Book Thu 1500 CC: 201F W. Randy Hoffman Sat 2300 RY: Prince Edward Mon 1100 RY: Library LGBT Reading 2: Tanya Huff Thu 1500 RY: Territories Island TkrzaRima Thu 1700 CC: 201ABCD P Warner-Lalonde / W. R Hoffman Performers ’ Circle International Guests of Honour Humor Sat 1100 CC: 203B B. C. Holmes Thu 2000 RY: Concert Hall Fri 1400 RY: Territories Oz And Alice Mon 1200 CC: 206A Opening Ceremony And Reception Chapter & Verse Sat 1900 CC: 103A The Wachowski Brothers Nalo Hopkinson Sat 1000 CC: 203A Gaming For Kids David Honigsberg Thu 1400 CC:104CD Reading Sun 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1200 CC: 104A Old New Voices Sun 1000 Signing Area 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 141 Tanya Huff Elizabeth Humphrey Fri 1700 CC: Summit Gaming For Kids Sun 1300 RY: NS Thu 1600 CC: Summit Mass Book Signing For STARS Marie Jakober Tanya Huff (K) Chesley Retrospective Donald Eastlake III Sun 1400 CC: 202C Mon 1100 CC: 201ABCD Sat 1000 CC: 201E Fri 1000 RY: British Columbia Canada Council Reading Ethical Dimensions OfContempora ASFA IF573’ Business Meeting Rhodri James Anna Hui Walter H. Hunt Sat 1000 RY: British Columbia Sun 1300 RY: Territories Fri 1100 CC:206A Fri 1200 CC: 201ABCD WSFS Business Meeting Guitar Workshop Anime 101 Creating Believable Aliens Sun 1000 RY: British Columbia Robert James Fri 1700 CC: 201E Fri 1600 CC: 103A WSFS Business Meeting Thu 1700 CC: 206F Heroines In Anime Building An Alien Mon 1000 RY: British Columbia Heinlein's Women Winnie Hui Sun 1000 CC: 203A WSFS Business Meeting Fri 1400 CC: 205B Fri 1700 CC: 201E Reading Marcy Italiano Heinlein 101 Heroines In Anime Sun 1100 Signing Area Sat 1500 SigningArea Sat 1100 CC:206A Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull Walter H Hunt Marcy Italiano SFC: Literacy Through SF Thu 1700 CC: 206F Sun 1600 CC: 104CD Steve Jackson Sat 1400 CC: 104B Heinlein's Women The Future OfTime Travel Fri 1300 SigningArea “Heinlein, Stranger Than Strange" Fri 1000 CC: 104CD Don Hutchinson SteveJackson Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD Isaac Asimov Fri 1600 CC: 104B Fri 1600 CC: 201E Heinlein Fri 1300 RY: York Fame Outside Fandom Fantasy Economics Mon 1100 CC:206F WWJ Sat 1800 CC: 2O3B Sat 1100 CC: 104A Heinlein's Juveniles Sun 1200 CC: 205B Readings From Beyond The Grave “It's A Book, It's A Game a" Mon 1200 CC: 201E Are Universities Obsolete? Janis Ian Sat 1900 CC: 103A Learning Theory From Fiction PAGE 142 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Matthew Jarpe The Future Of Time Travel Thu 1300 CC: 201F Fri 1900 CC: 104B Fri 1800 CC: 206F Sun 1800 CC: 2O5B Costuming 101 Beamtalk! Direct Computer Interface Is It Censorship Whena Thu 1600 CC: 104CD Sat 1200 RY: Territories Sat 1500 CC: 206F Tom Jeffers Discworld 101 Jordin Kare / Kathleen Sloan Dangers OfAccelerated Genetic M Sun 1700 RY: Territories Sat 1400 CC: 206B Sat 1400 CC: 206F Sat 1600 CC: Summit Science & Song When Is Big Suddenly Ibo Big? Imaging Planets A Question Of Scale Paula Johanson Sat 1900 RY: Quebec Sun 1500 CC: 104A Sun 1000 CC: 204D Sun 1800 CC: 2O5B Found Parts Interstellar Propulsion: Reality The Right To Stupidly Is It Censorship Whena Mon 1300 RY: Quebec Sun 1900 CC: 104B Sun 1400 CC: 206A Karl Johanson What Are You Going To Do Tall Technical Tales Gods Or Monsters? Humans Of The Sat 1000 CC: 206F Caroline Julian Sandra Kasturi Mon 1100 CC: 104A Evolution For The Enthusiast Fri 1000 RY: Quebec Thu 2100 RY: Territories

Forensics For The 21st Century Sat 1500 CC: 104B ‘Baubles, Bangles, And Beads" Special Event Coffeehouse/Cabare Participants Peter Jan is Environmental Pseudoscience? Fri 1400 RY: Quebec Fri 1700 SigningArea Thu 2000 RY: Concert Hall Mon 1200 CC: 201E Anime Costuming 101 Stars As Seen: Sandra Katsur Opening Ceremony And Reception Learning Theory From Fiction Don Kaiser Sat 1300 RY: NS Ben Jeapes Stephanie Johanson Thu 1300 RY: British Columbia Sandra Kasturi (K) Fri 1700 CC: 1O4CD Thu 1600 CC: 202C Sidewise Awards Sat 1500 SigningArea Canada HadA Different Neighbour Beauty In The Near And Far Futur Bob Kanefsky Sandra Katsuri Sat 1400 CC: Summit Sun 1300 CC:206A Sat 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1600 CC: 201F Well Constructed Universes Paint 1zj> Pixels Theme Filk: Rock Let's Talk Marketing Sun 1600 CC: 1O4CD Alexandra Jordan Jordin Kare Sun 1300 CC: 201E

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 143 Alien Poetry? Sat 1500 CC: 203A Fri 1700 CC: 104B James Killus Sun 2100 RY: Library Reading On The Tales (And Tails) OfLove Melinda Kimberly We Iron Poet Sat 1700 CC: 206C Sat 1300 RY: Library Thu 1700 CC: Summit Keith G. Kato Worldbuilding: Worlds That Are WW6 Expecting The Extraordinary’ Sun 1900 CC:104B Sun 1800 CC: 104A Ken Keller Fri 1200 CC: 104A Tall Technical Tales The Economics And Sociology Fri 1400 CC: 206B Travel As A Research Method Herb Kauderer Aynjel Kaye LA VsKC Fri 1300 CC: 203B Thu 2100 RY: Territories Thu 1300 CC: 201E Jim Kelly Advice ForAspiring/New Writers Special Event Cojfeehouse/Cabare "Online, Snailmail, Face-To-Face" Sat 1800 CC: 104A Sun 1200 CC: 202C Fri 2100 RY: Library Thu 1600 CC: 202C Schools Of The 21st Century "On-Line Writer"”s Groups “ Junkyard Poets Beauty In The Near And Far Futur Sun 1900 CC: 2O3C Daniel Kimmel Fri 2200 RY: British Columbia Sun 1800 CC: 206B Reading Thu 1700 CC: 203B Reading Allegories - A Staple Of SF James Killus IheBDPHugoSplitd Sat 1200 CC: 206A Sun 2200 RY: British Columbia Fri 1100 CC: 104B Fri 1600 CC: 104B SFC: Science Writing Workshop SF Ev Fantasy’ Erotica - Who Has MethodActing Fame Outside Fandom Sat 1600 CC: 201F Man in Kaye Sun 1100 CC:203BD Sun 1200 CC:104B Let Talk Marketing Fri 1000 CC: 103A Scientific Mistake = Plot Hook? the B5 Story Arc Guy Gavriel Kay WTrj' We Love Harry Potter Sun 1500 CC:206F Kimberly Ann Kindya Fri 1500 CC: 104CD Fri 1230 CC: 203A Serious Literature? Fri 1700 CC: 20IE Historical Fantasy’ Reading Sun 1900 CC: 104B Heroines In Anime Sat 1100 CC:206F Fri 1600 Signing Area Tall Technical Tales Fri 2000 CC: 206B Using The Folklore Of Canada Marvin Kaye Mon 1200 Signing Area 1 Want My Queer TV

PAGE 144 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sat 1600 CC: 201ABCD Sat 1000 RY: PEI Fri 1200 CC: 201E Adding FX lb Your Props Censor This! Ellen Klages (K) Fannish Ghetto Sat 1000 RY: Quebec Sat 1700 RY: Manitoba Sat 1700 CC: 205B Fri 1400 CC: 203B Soft Sculpture Costuming 57 Queen Amidalas Sunburst/Tiptree Auction Meet The Gay lactic Network Sat 1400 RY: Manitoba Richard Kirk Sun 1330 CC:203A Fri 1500 CC: 203B Titanium Anodizing Your Props Thu 1400 Signing Area Reading The Spectrum Awards Sat 1600 RY: Quebec . Richard Kirk Sun 1900 RY: British Columbia E.E. Knight The Mechanics Of Costuming Tim Kirk Ellen Klages Thu 1600 Signing Area Samuel M. Kramer Sat 1900 CC: 206C J. K. Klein EE Knight Sun 1700 CC: 206F Cartoonist Jam Sat 1400 CC: 205B Fri 2100 CC: 206F Heinlein On Law And Lawyers Sun 1700 CC: 104B Pulp Fiction Renaissance Bom Or Bitten Jodi Krangle Comic Books Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink Deb Kosiba Sat 1500 RY: Territories

Rosemary Kirstein Thu 1600 CC: 206F Fri 1400 CC: 103A Pegasus Nominees Concert Participants Sat 1400 Signing Area Wanted Celtic Knotwork 101 Sat 2300 RY:TLidor7 Rosemary Kirstein John Klima Sat 1400 CC: 103A Theme Filk: Rock Sun 1200 CC: 104A Sat 1700 CC: 206C Iron Artist For Kids Sat 2400 RY: TUdor 7 How The Future Feels Importance OfSmall Press Magazi Chris Kramer Theme Filk: Golden Oldies Ellen Klages Peter Knapp Fri 1000 RY: Quebec Laura Krentz Fri 1300 Signing Area Thu 1500 CC: 201ABCD Sculpted Costumes Sun 1700 CC: 103B Ellen Klages Farscape The Best Sci-Fi Show Ev Fri 1200 RY: Quebec “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling ” Fri 1800 CC: 2O6B Thu 1700 CC: 203B Getting The Blinkies To Blink Nancy Kress Broad Universe Rapid-Fire The BDP Hugo Splita Fri 1600 CC: 202A Fri 1200 CC: 2O5B

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 145 The Right To Refuse Sun 1100 CC:206A Musical Chairs Filk Style Sun 1200 Signing Area Fri 1400 CC: 104B Your First Worldcon Mascarade Sat 1400 RY: Territories Jay Lake Genetic Engineered Pets Sun 1400 CC: 206B Judith Hayman/PaulKwinn Sun 1800 CC: 2O6C Fri 1600 CC: 104CD Costuming Photography David Kyle How Good to Make It? Design Issues Of Star Systems Grant Kruger Fri 1300 CC: 201ABCD Mon 1000 CC: 206C Fri 1700 CC: Summit Sun 1000 CC: 201ABCD 1953 Small Press & Semi-Pro Mass Book Signing For STARS A UnitedAfrica Michele Laframboise Ken Lalonde Sat 1000 Signing Area Bonnie Kunzel Sat 1900 CC: 206C Thu 1400 RY: Territories Nancy Kress Thu 1600 CC: 103B Cartoonist Jam Workshop: Recording Sun 1100 CC:203BD Kids Favorite Movies Sun 1400 CC: 2O3C Fri 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Scientific Mistake = Plot Hook? Fri 1500 CC: 103B Reading Recording Sun 1300 CC: 203A Book Talk Mon 1100 Signing Area Claude Lalumiere Reading Sat 1100 CC:206A Michele Laframboise Thu 1700 Signing Area Sun 1430 RY: NS SFC: Literacy Through SF Jay Lake Claude Lalumiere Nancy Kress (K) Sat 1700 CC: 103B Fri 1000 RY: Library Fri 1700 SigningArea Jack Krolak “Milk, Cookies And Storytelling ” WW2 Open Space: Claude Lalumiere Fri 2000 CC: 206F Sun 1500 CC: 103B Fri 1700 CC: 205B Fri 1700 SigningArea Convention Costuming Sci FiAnd Fantasy For Youth Breaking In Island Dreams: Claude Lalumiere Sat 1100 Art Show Paul Kwinn Sat 1700 CC: 206C Sun 1130 RY: NS Art Show Docent Thur Fri 2400 RY: Confederation 3 Importance OfSmall Press Magazi Claude Lalumiere (K) Sat 1700 RY: Manitoba Open Filk — Chaos Sun 1030 CC: 203A Geoffrey Landis 57 Queen Amidalas Sat 1100 CC: 103A Reading Fri 1200 CC: 206F PAGE 146 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Hazards OfSpace Anime 101 Toni Lay Performance Workshop Fri 1300 Signing Area Fri 1800 CC: 201E Thu 1300 CC: 201F Sat 1900 CC: 103A Geoffrey Landis Anime Influences Costuming 101 Gaming For Kids Fri 1500 CC: 205B Justine Larbalestier Thu 1800 RY: Quebec Sun 1100 CC: 103A 0 'Niell: Long Ixmt Dream? Thu 1400 CC: 201E Practical Fantasy Tunes lb Soothe A Mighty Beast Fri 1700 CC: 2O3B How Is SF/FAnalyzed Sun 1100 CC:206A Sun 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Astronomy 2003 Fri 1000 CC: 104A Your First Worldcon Mascarade Roberta Rogow Sat 1700 CC: 203A An Idea Continuum Mon 1300 RY: Quebec Sun 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Reading Fri 1430 RY: Alberta What Are You Going lb Do Judith Hayman /Paul Kivinn Sun 1300 CC: 203BD Justine Larbalestier (K) Judy Lazar Mon 1100 CC:103A Prestige Readings Sat 1000 CC: 104A Fri 1400 CC: 104B Kinderfilk - 7b Be A Drum Sun 1500 CC: 104A Globalization & Anti-Americanism Genetic Engineered Pets April Lee

Interstellar Propulsion: Reality Sat 1300 CC: 201E Graham Leathers Sat 1400 Art Show Participants Sun 2100 RY: Library The Future Of Kids Books Thu 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Art Show Docent Tbur The Iron Poet Sun 1800 CC:203A The Filk/Folk Process Sharon Lee Mon 1000 RY: PEI Reading Fri 1300 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1200 CC: Summit Geoffrey Landis (K) Blars Larson Bodhran Workshop 1 Working & Married Tbgether David Langford Sat 1200 CC: 206B Fri 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1400 CC: 206A Fri 1800 CC: 104B Developing Your Convention's Web Recording Deductable Events Live Thog's Masterclass Aaron B. Larson Fri 2000 RY: Territories Sat 1930 CC: 203A Eric Langlois Fri 1000 RY: Library Bodhran Workshop 1 Reading Fri 1100 CC: 206A 1W2 Sat 1300 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1500 Signing Area 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 147 Sharon Lee Sat 1600 Signing Area Teleportation Implications Page E Lewis Evelyn Leeper EdwardM Lerner Sat 1800 CC: 104A Anthony Lewis Thu 1700 CC: 205B David Levine Schools Of The 21st Century Thu 1600 CC: 202C The Myth OfFannisb Uniqueness Sat 1200 CC: 206F Sun 1000 CC:204D Beauty In The Near And Far Futur Sun 1500 CC: 206C Meet The John W. Campbell Award The Right lb Stupidly Sat 1900 CC: 206A Sidewise Awards Sat 1300 RY: York Sun 1300 CC: 2O5B Market lb Small Press HW5 Redefining Disease Sun 1300 CC:206F Stephen Leigh Sun 1100 CC:206F Sun 1700 CC: 203BD Book Production Sun 1100 CC: 104CD Computing Interfaces Protein Chauvinism Sun 1500 CC:205B A MU-Shsd With Royalties Sun 1830 CC: 203A Mon 1100 CC:104A Is Fandom Losing Its Collective Fred Lerner Reading Forensics For The 21st Century Mon 1000 CC: 206C Fri 1300 CC: 201ABCD Jaime Levine Suford Lewis Small Press & Semi-Pro 1953 Fri 1500 CC: Summit Fri 1300 CC: 201E Jacqueline Lichtenberg Sun 1200 CC:201E What's New At Warner Aspect What Every Pro Should Know Fri 1000 CC: 206F Luddites Of Fandom? Paul Levinson Fri 2000 CC: 2O6F Believable Relationships Mon 1100 CC: 104A Fri 1100 CC: 104A Convention Costuming Fri 1130 RY: NS Forensics For The 21st Century’ Book ft Movie Sat 1100 CC:2O3B J Lichtenberg AndJ Lorrah (K) Edward M. Lerner Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Oz And Alice Fri 1600 CC: 205B Thu 1500 CC: 104A “Religion In S, F & F” Sun 1500 CC: 103A Genre-Bending Design An Alien Species Sat 1000 CC: 104A How Do We Think And See Sat 1100 SigningArea Sat 1400 CC: Summit Globalization & Anti-Americanism Page E. Lewis Jacqueline Lichtenberg Well Constructed Universes Sat 1600 CC: 206F Fri 1100 SigningArea Paula Lieberman

PAGE 148 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Bad Writing Habits Fri 1130 RY: NS Reading Etiquette In The Filk Room Sun 1200 CC: 202C J Lichtenberg AndJ Lorrah (K) Fri 1300 RY: Library Sun 2400 RY: TUdor 8 “On-Line Writer""s Groups “ Sat 1000 CC: 203A UW Open Filk — Chaos Penny Lipman Reading Fri 1400 Signing Area Guy Lillian Fri 1300 RY: Quebec Sat 1500 CC: 103B Harin Lowachee Thu 1700 CC: 203B Your First Worldcon Mascarade Storytelling From The Inside Out Fri 2000 CC: 104B The BDP Hugo Splitd Mon 1000 RY: Quebec Sun 1000 Signing Area Race In SF Fri 1500 CC: 206A Masquerade Wrap Up Jean Lorrah Sat 1200 CC: 206F Classic Fanzines Mon 1200 RY. Quebec Sun 1500 CC: 206F Meet TheJohn W. Campbell Award Sat 1700 CC: 206C Masquerade Green Room Serious Literature? Sat 1500 CC: 2O5B Importance OfSmall Press Magazi Steven Lopata J. Spencer Love Awards And Getting Discovered Mon 1300 CC: 201F Thu 1600 CC: 206F Thu 1400 RY: Territories Mon 1300 RY: Alberta

Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Wanted Workshop: Recording Karin Lowachee (K) Participants Rose Lillian Thu 2100 RY: Manitoba Thu 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Nicole Luiken Sat 1200 CC:203D R&D In Magic Copyright Issues Fri 1200 Signing Area First Worldcon Sat 1500 CC: 206C Talis Thorndike Love Nichole Luiken Mon 1300 CC:201F Small Arms For Writers Sat 1100 RY: Quebec Sat 1000 CC: 203C Should I Run For A Fan Fund? Sun 1900 CC: 104B Costuming With Your Child Reading Samantha Ling Tall Technical Tales Karin Lowachee Sun 1700 CC: 104A Fri 1200 CC-.104A Jean Lorrali Fri 1000 CC: 206F Writing For Children Travel As A Research Method Fri 1000 RY: York Believable Relationships Perrianne Lurie Fri 1500 CC: 206F WW1 Fri 1200 CC: 203C Sun 1000 CC: 104B

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 149 jumping The Species Barrier Sun 1000 CC:203BD Scott Mackay Derwin Mak Bradford Lyau The Economics OfInnovation Thu 1400 CC: 205B Christine Mak Fri 1000 CC: 104A Mon 1400 CC:201F Genre vs. Mainstream Fri 2100 RY: Manitoba An Idea Continuum And Now The News Fri 1000 CC: 206F Why Did Firefly Fail And Angel S Fri 1400 CC: 205B Steven Macdonald Believable Relationships Elaine Mami Heinlein 101 Fri 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 2000 RY: Manitoba Sat 1900 RY: Quebec Sat 1400 CC: 104B Intermediate Songwriting Worksbo Rights OfArtificial Life Forms Found Parts “Heinlein, Stranger Than Strange" Fri 2300 RY: Confederation 3 Sat 1100 Signing Area Sun 1000 CC: 206B Sun 1500 CC: 206F Theme Filk: Rock Scott Mackay Thejudges Are Watching Serious Literature? Sat 2100 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1400 CC: 206C Mon 1300 RY: Quebec Nicki Lynch jordin Kare / Kathleen Sloan Alternate History And SF? What Are You Going To Do Thu 1700 CC: 2O5B Sun 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 2000 RY: Library C. D. Mami The Myth OfFannish Uniqueness Etiquette In The Filk Room Reading Fri 1300 RY: Quebec Sun 1600 CC:206F Sun 2100 RY: Territories Joe Mahoney Your First Worldcon Mascarade How Others See Us S Macdonald Fri 1900 CC: 206F Fri 2000 CC: 206F Richard Lynch Sun 2200 RY: Territories Faster Than Light Convention Costuming Fri 1500 CC: 206A Theme Filk: Rock Derwin Mak Mon 1000 RY: Quebec Classic Fanzines Mon 1200 RY: Territories Fri 1500 CC: 202C Masquerade Wrap Up Sat 1300 CC: 104A Pegasus Nominees Concert Anime Genres Susan Manchester Alternative Currencies/Trading Bob Macintosh Fri 2000 CC: 104B Fri 1200 CC: 202C Sat 1500 CC: 202ABCD Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia Race In SF First Worldcon “Harry Warner, Jr ” Introduction 1b The WSFSBusines Mon 1000 Signing Area Sat 1000 CC: 20IF

PAGE 150 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sestina Sun 1200 CC:103B George R. R. Martin (K) Recording Julia Mandala ITnfe Your Own Story Sat 1400 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1900 CC: 205B Fri 1600 RY: Quebec Sun 1700 CC: Summit Hollywood: The Twilight Zone Feminist SF Middle Eastern Dancing Costumes Everquest Companion Book Launch Sat 1700 Signing Area Sat 1430 CC: 203C Lois Mangan Louise Marley George R. R. Martin Reading Sat 2000 RY: Confederation 3 Fri 1800 CC: 206B Sun 1100 CC: 104CD Sat 1600 CC: 203D Hymnal Sing Broad Universe Rapid-Fire A MU-ShsdWith Royalties Chicks In Chainmail Sat 2200 RY: TUdor 8 Ann Marston Sun 1400 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Open Filk — Chaos Mon 1000 Signing Area Hollywood: Beauty And The Beast Etiquette In The Filk Room Jim Mann Ann Marston Sun 1700 CC: 104CD Mon 1300 CC: 206A Sat 1500 CC: 206B George R. R. Martin Guest Of Honour Interview Discrimination In SF Alternate Curveballs Thu 1300 RY: NS Mon 1100 CC: 104CD Joseph Martino

John Mansfield George R. R. Martin (K) Readings: A Feast For Crows Sun 1300 CC: 104CD Participants Fri 1200 CC: 202C Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Mon 1300 CC: 104CD Good Plot Or Good Science First Worldcon Old New Voices Hollywood: Doorways David Marusek Eric Mansfield Thu 2200 RY: British Columbia Lee Martindale Sat 1000 RY: Library Sun 1600 CC:206F George and Howard Thu 2000 RY: Prince Edward m How Others See Us Fri 1100 CC: 104CD Island Wil McCarthy Jean Margot Readings: A Feast For Crows Morning Sing: Rise Up Singing Fri 1000 Signing Area Mon 1000 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1400 Signing Area Fri 1100 Signing Area Wil McCarthy Jules Verne George R. R. Martin Lee Martindale Fri 1300 RY: PEI Robert Marks Sat 1130 RY: PEI Fri 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Wil McCarthy (K)

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 151 Fri 1600 CC: 104CD Lets’ Talk Marketing Donna McMahon Fri 1000 RY: British Columbia Design Issues OfStar Systems Sun 1300 Signing Area Fri 1500 CC: 104B WSFS Business Meeting Sat 1600 CC: 206F Terry Mcgarry Nature Of Canadian SF Fri 1700 CC: 104CD Teleportation Implications Jim Mcginty Sat 1100 CC: 2O5B Canada Had A Different Neighbour Sun 1300 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1900 CC: 201F Reviews Sat 1000 RY: British Columbia Quantum Dots The Mars Society Sat 1500 CC: 201F WSFS Business Meeting Will McDermott Patrick McGuire Canada Council Reading Sun 1000 RY: British Columbia Fri 1500 Signing Area Sat 1200 CC: 104A Sun 1300 RY: Library WSFS Business Meeting Will Mcdermott Religion In SF WW8 Sun 1500 CC: 205B Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Sat 1300 CC: 202ABCD Mon 1200 CC: 201ABCD Is Fandom Losing Its Collective From The Ground Up The Future Of War Five Living Generations Mon 1000 RY: British Columbia Sat 1000 RY: York Dawn McKechnie Victoria McManus WSFS Business Meeting Sun 1400 CC:104CD Thu 1500 CC: 206B Thu 1500 CC: 104B Norma McPhee Design Of Non-Humans In Fantasy “If They Drew It, I Can Do It!" Fantasy Culture Design Thu 1800 CC: 201E Terry McGarry Fri 1000 RY: Quebec Fri 1800 CC: 206B Electronic Books - What Do READE Thu 1600 RY: Alberta Sculpted Costumes Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Sat 1000 RY: Library Terry Mcgarry (K) Fri 1400 RY: Quebec Sun 2200 RY: British Columbia WW9 Fri 1500 CC: 202C Anime Costuming 101 SF 1A Fantasy Erotica - Who Has Mon 1500 Signing Area Poetry Witbin A Book Sat 1100 RY: Manitoba Michael McMaster Norma Mcphee Fri 2100 RY: York What Do You Mean Sat 1400 RY: Quebec Beth Meacham Reading Sat 1900 RY: Quebec “Klingon Foreheads, Dog Faces" Fri 1300 CC: 203B Sat 1600 CC: 20IF Found Parts Pat McMurray Advice ForAspiring/New Writers

PAGE 152 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sun 1100 CC:201ABCD Thu 1300 CC: 202C China Mieville Fri 2000 CC: 206B What's New At TOR Feedback Session Fri 1500 CC: 203A I Want My Queer TV Scan Mead Fri 1300 CC: 202C Reading Craig Miller Thu 1500 CC: 104B Feedback Session Fri 1800 CC: 104A Thu 1300 CC: 206F Fantasy Culture Design Sat 1300 CC: 202C The Earth Is Big Adaptations Fri 2000 RY: Manitoba Feedback Session Sat 1000 RY: Alberta Fri 1300 CC: 201E Rights Of Artificial Life Forms Sun 1300 CC:202C China Mieville (K) What Every Pro Should Know Sat 1700 CC: 203D Feedback Session Sat 1300 CC: 104A Fri 1800 CC: 203B We Have Met The Alien Mon 1300 CC: Summit Alternative Currencies/Trading Science Fiction Film Literacy In Sun 1400 CC: 104CD Feedback Session (Monday) Sun 1000 CC: 104CD Sun 1400 CC-.201E Design Of Non-Humans In Fantasy’ Robert Metzger Mieville & Robinson Worldcon Bidding Mon 1200 CC: 104A Thu 1300 Signing Area Sun 1400 CC: 104CD Elizabeth Miller

The Death OfMoney Robert Metzger Design Of Non-Humans In Fantasy’ Fri 1100 CC: 104A Participants Henry’ Melton Thu 1430 RY: PEI Sun 1500 SigningArea Book Vs Movie Mon 1100 Signing Area Robert Metzger (IQ China Mieville Fri 2100 CC: 2O6F Henry Melton Sun 1100 CC: 203BD Lyla Miklos Bom Or Bitten Bid Committee Members Scientific Mistake = Plot Hook? Thu 1700 CC: 104A Steve Miller Fri 1500 CC: 206B Yves Meynard SPACE: The Imagination Station Fri 1200 CC: Summit Fannish Inquisition I Sat 1430 RY: Alberta Thu 1900 RY: Quebec Working & Married Tbgether Fri 1600 CC: 206B Yves Meynard (K) Getting A TV Series On The Air Sat 1900 CC: 203A Fannish Inquisition 11 Sun 1700 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1300 CC: 104A Reading Torcon Committee Members Why People Believe Weird Things The Triumph Of Characterization Sun 1300 RY: Alberta

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 153 Steve Miller (K) Fri 1800 CC: 206B Nancyjane Moore Advice ForAspiring/New Writers Sun 1500 SigningArea Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Fri 1800 CC: 206B Fri 2100 CC: 104A Steve Miller Sat 1000 SigningArea Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Big Girls And Boys’ Toys Martin Miller Mary Anne Mohanraj Sat 1500 CC: 104B Mon 1000 RY: Quebec Charles Mohapel Cheryl Morgan Environmental Pseudoscience? Masquerade Wrap Up Fri 2000 CC: 2O6F Fri 1600 CC: 201E Sun 2000 RY: York CJ. Mills Convention Costuming Fantasy’ Economics Reading Fri ' 1900 CC: 2O5B Sun 1300 RY: Library Sun 1400 CC: 206B Mon 1200 CC: 206F WW8 Costuming Photography Feminist SF The Left Hand Of Darkness James Minz Elizabeth Moon Kate Morgenstern Gabriel Morrissette Fri 1000 CC: 206A Thu 1900 RY: British Columbia Thu 1800 RY: Quebec Sat 1900 CC: 206C Never Indicate You Took A Greati Reading Practical Fantasy Cartoonist jam Sun 1100 CC: 201ABCD Thu 2100 RY: Manitoba Fri 1400 RY: Quebec Mike Moscoe What's New At TOR R&D In Magic Tb Tbp It All Off Thu 1730 CC:203C Sun 1300 CC:206F Fri 1200 CC: 104A Sat 1100 RY: Manitoba Reading Book Production Travel As A Research Method What Do You Mean Fri 1300 RY: NS Betsy Mitchell Fri 2100 CC: 104A Mon 1300 RY: Quebec Mike Moscoe (K) Sat 1100 CC:206A Big Girls And Boys’ Toys What Are You Going To Do Sal 1000 CC-.104A SFC: Literacy Through SF Sun 1600 RY: NS Chris Moriarty Globalization & Anti-Americanism Mary Anne Mohanraj Elizabeth Moon (K) Thu 1700 CC: Summit Mon 1400 SigningArea Fri 1300 CC: 206B Mon 1100 CC: 201ABCD Expecting The Extraordinary Mike Moscoe Gender Biases Ethical Dimensions OfContempora Fri 1300 CC: 203B Fred Moulton

PAGE 154 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Fri 1600 CC: Summit Fri 1300 RY: Library Larry Niven Sat 2200 CC: 203A LFSP Awards Ceremony WW4 Fri 1400 CC: 104B Reading Derryl Murphy Mark Van Name Genetic Engineered Pets Sun 1500 CC: 104A Thu 1500 CC: 203A Fri 1200 CC: 104B Fri 1600 CC: 104CD Interstellar Propulsion: Reality Reading The Year In Review Design Issues OfStar Systems Mon 1300 CC: 206A Fri 1600 RY: Alberta Sat 1100 CC:201ABCD Sat 1500 CC: 104B Discrimination In SF ■ Derryl Murphy (K) ‘The Computerization Of, Well, Ev" Environmental Pseudoscience? Jean-Pierre Normand Sat 1100 CC: 206F Doctor Who Information Network Sun 1100 Art Show Fri 1700 CC: 206A Using The Folklore Of Canada Sun 1300 CC: 206A Art Show Docent Tbur “So, You Want 1b Be An Artist... ” Sat 1900 CC: 206A Doctor Who Fortieth Anniversary Sun 1600 Signing Area Andrea B. Novin Market 1b Small Press Patrick Nielsen-Hayden Larry Niven Sat 1300 CC: 202ABCD Sun 2000 CC: 104A Fri 1100 CC: 104A G. David Nordley The Future Of War

Transparency And Privacy Book Vs Movie Tliu 1500 CC: 104A Tara Oakes Participants Kevin Murphy Sun 1100 CC-.201ABCD Design An Alien Species Thu 1500 CC: 201ABCD Thu 1400 Signing Area What's New At TOR Fri 1000 RY: York Farscape The Best Sci-Fi Show Ev Kevin Murphy Teresa Nielsen-Hayden WW1 Ron Oakes Anne KG Murphy Thu 1300 CC: 205B Fri 1500 CC: 205B Fri 1200 CC: 201E Sat 1200 CC: 205B Can SF Be Co-Opted? 0 Niell: Long Lost Dream? Fannish Ghetto Vie Science Fiction Oral History Fri 1600 CC: 205B Sat 1000 CC: 206F Debbie Ohi Sun 1800 CC: Summit Genre-Bending Evolution For The Enthusiast Sat 1500 RY: Territories Big Brother Is Watching Sun 1400 Art Show Sat 1200 Signing Area Pegasus Nominees Concert Steve Nagy Art Show Docent Tbur G. David Nordley> Sat 2300 RY: Tudor 7

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 155 Theme Filk: Rock Can SF Be Co-Opted? Mass Autograph Party LGBT Reading 1: Fiona Pattern Sat 2400 RY:Ttidor7 Fri 2000 CC: 104B Fri 1700 Signing Area Fri 2000 CC: 206B Theme Filk: Golden Oldies Race In SF Mass Autograph Party I Want My Queer TV Mark Olson Sat 1900 CC: 206A Sun 1700 Signing Area Sun 1000 SigningArea Fri 1400 CC: 104A Market 1b Small Press Mass Autograph Party Fiona Patton “WhoDefines ""Classic”"” Mon 1430 RY: PEI Frederick Patten Sun 1600 RY: PEI Sat 1600 CC: 206F Stephen Pagel (K) Fri 1500 CC: 202C Fiona Patton (K) Teleportation Implications Cathy Palmer-Lister Anime Genres James Van Pelt Sun 1200 CC: Summit Sat 1100 CC: 206A Bill Patterson Fri 1600 SigningArea Noreascon 4Art Retrospective SFC: Literacy Through SF James Van Pelt Sun 1600 CC: 104CD Scott Parker Thu 1600 SigningArea Sun 1000 CC: 104A The Future OfTime Travel Sun 1400 CC: 206a Bill Patterson Writing Your First Novel Vai Ontell Gods Or Monsters? Humans Of The Fri 1400 CC: 205B Sun 1900 CC: 203A Sat 1300 CC: 206A Carole Parker Heinlein 101 Reading SFC: Wrap-Up Panel Thu 1300 CC: 201F Sat 1400 CC: 104B Lloyd Penney Mon 1200 CC: 201E Costuming 101 "Heinlein, Stranger Than Strange" Sat 1200 CC: 203D Learning Theory From Fiction Fri 1300 RY: Quebec Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD First Worldcon Kathi Overton Your First Worldcon Mascarade Heinlein Sat 1500 CC: 202ABCD Fri 1800 CC: 203B Sat 1900 RY: Quebec Mon 1100 CC:206F "Harry Warner, Jr ” Science Fiction Film Literacy In Found Parts Heinleins’ Juveniles Sun 1500 CC: 205B Stephen Pagel Sun 1100 CC:206A Fiona Patton Is Fandom Losing Its Collective Thu 1300 CC: 205B Your First Worldcon Mascarade Fri 1300 CC: 201F Rocky Persaud

PAGE 156 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Fri 1500 CC:201ABCD Sun 1000 CC: 206B Fred Pohl Sat 1700 CC: 104B Preamble to Chris Hadfield IbeJudges Are Watching Fri 1000 CC: 104CD Student SF&FAwards Ceremony Fri 1900 CC: 201F Ursula Pflug IsaacAsimov Andrew Porter The Mars Society Mon 1300 Signing Area Fri 1200 CC: 203A Thu 1700 CC: 205B Sat 1200 CC: 206C Ursula PJlug Reading The Myth Of Fannish Uniqueness SFC: Fiction Workshop Michael Picray Sat 1300 RY: PEI Fri 1100 CC: 103A . Sandy Pettingcr Thu 1700 Signing Area Fred Pohl (K) Kinderfilk Silly Songs Sat 1200 RY: Quebec Michael Picray Sun 1200 CC: 104A Fri 1400 CC: 206A 15 People On A Small Stage Anne Pinzow How Ibe Future Feels Deductable Events Sat 1400 CC: 206B Thu 1600 CC: 103B Sun 1600 CC:104CD Sun 1600 CC: 201E When Is Big Suddenly Tbo Big? Kids Favorite Movies The Future Of Time Travel World Class SF Collection Sun 1000 CC: 2O6B Sat 1500 CC: 103B Emily Pohl-Weary Mon 1400 CC:201F

Ibe'JudgesAre Watching Storytelling From The Inside Out Sat 1200 CC: 203C And Now The News Participants Sun 1400 CC:206B Steven Harper Piziks Reading Elspeth Potter Costuming Photography Fri 1330 CC: 203C Joel Polowin Sun 1800 CC: 206B Pierre Pettinger Reading Sun 1200 RY: Territories Allegories - A Staple OfSF Thu 1500 CC: 206B Sat 1300 Signing Area D Eney / J Polowin / WBorean Terry Pratchett “If They Drew It, I Can Do It.'" Steven Harper Piziks John Pomeranz Thu 1600 CC: 104CD Sat 1200 RY: Quebec Sat 2200 RY: Confederation 3 Thu 1300 CC: 104CD Discworld 101 15 People On A Small Stage Iheme Filk: Rock Ibe Liar's Panel Fri 1600 CC: 206A Sat 1400 CC: 2O6B Sun 1300 RY: Territories Fri 1300 CC: 201E Reading When Is Big Suddenly Tbo Big? Guitar Workshop What Every’ Pro Should Know Fri 2100 CC: 2O3B

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 157 Children A nd Literature Tools Of The Trade Sat 1000 CC-.103A Sun 1700 CC:203BD Sat 1100 Signing Area Fri 1900 CC: 103A Harry PotterJeopardy Protein Chauvinism Terr)’Pratchett Costuming For Kids Sat 1300 CC: 201E Sun 1900 CC: 104B Sat 1300 CC: 201ABCD Sat 1600 RY: Manitoba The Future Of Kids Books Tall Technical Tales Research 101 Spread Your Wings Sal 1400 CC: 103A Mark A. Rayner Sun 1000 RY: Alberta Sat 1700 CC: 103A Iron Artist For Kids Fri 1600 CC: 104B Terry Pratchett (K) Care of 'Mystical Creatures Mon 1000 CC: 103A Kurt Vonnegut Sun 1500 CC: 104CD Sat 1900 RY: Quebec Harry’ PotterJeopardy Mark Rayner “Dying Is Easy’, Comedy Is Hard" Found Parts Mon 1200 CC: 103B Sun 1400 CC: 2O6C Sun 1700 CC: 104A Mon 1200 CC: 201ABCD Illustrating Your Story Alternate History And SF? Writing For Children Five Living Generations Mon 1500 CC: 103A Robert Reed Mon 1100 CC: 201ABCD Jordan Raddick Closing Ceremonies Thu 1400 Signing/Yrea Ethical Dimensions Of Contempora Fri 1300 CC: 103A Mark Rapacioli Robert Reed Lenny J. Provenzano Science But Were Afraid 'Lb Ask Thu 2200 CC: 203C Fri 1200 CC:201ABCD Fri 2000 CC: 206F Sat 1100 CC: 206C Reading Creating Believable Aliens Convention Costuming SFC: Bringing Science To Life Mon 1000 CC: 206C Fri 1800 CC: 104CD Sun 1400 CC: 2O6B Small Press & Semi-Pro From The Ground Up Costuming Photography Lisa Ragsdale Eric Raymond Planet Relish Karen Purcell Thu 1600 CC:103A Fri 1200 Signing Area Thu 2200 CC: 203A Thu 1800 CC:103A Opening: Getting lb Know Youd Eric Raymond Reading Sat ’ 1600 RY: NS Kids Favorite Movies Fri 1200 CC:103B Mike Resnick Fri 1500 RY: Quebec Decorate a Journal Eric Raymond (K) Thu 1700 CC: 201ABCD

PAGE 158 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Humor Madeline E. Robins (K) A Callahan Sing-A-Long Fri 1700 RY: Territories Fri 1200 CC: 104A Mon 1200 CC: 203A Kim Stanley Robinson Roberta Rogow Travel As A Research Method Reading Sun 1000 CC: 104CD Sat 1100 CC: 203B Fri 1630 CC: 2O3C Spider Robinson Mieville & Robinson Oz And Alice Reading Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Sun 1300 CC:203BD Sat 1700 RY: Manitoba Sat 1600 RY: New Brunswick Old New Voices Prestige Readings 57 Queen Amidalas Mike Resnick (K) Thu 2200 RY: Concert Hall Sun 1500 CC:104A Gord Rollo Sun 1000 CC: 201ABCD The Robinsons In Concert Interstellar Propulsion: Reality Thu 1500 Signing Area A UnitedAfrica Fri 1200 CC: Summit Sun 1600 Signing Area Gord Rollo Sun 1200 Signing Area Working & Married Ibgether Kim Stanley Robinson Thu 1730 CC: 203C Mike Resnick Fri 1400 CC: 205B Kevin Roche Reading Sun 1500 CC: 104CD Heinlein 101 Fri 1200 RY: Quebec Bill Roper

“Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard" Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD Getting The Blinkies lb Blink Sat 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Participants Sun 1600 CC: 201ABCD Heinlein Fri 2200 RY: Quebec How 1b Be Funny Frank Kelly Freas Retrospective Sun 2200 TBD The Leather Turn On Sun 2000 RY: Territories Jim Rittenhouse A Callahan Sing-A-Long Sat 1430 RY: PEI Instabands Fri 1400 CC: 206A Jeanne Robinson Kevin Roche (K) Gretchen Roper Deductable Events Thu 2200 RY: Concert Hall Sun 1400 CC:2O6F Thu 1600 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1500 CC: 206C The Robinsons In Concert Spintronics — Is It For Real? Copyright Issues Sidewise Awards Fri 1200 CC: Summit Roberta Rogow Fri 1500 RY: Confederation 3 Madeleine E. Robins Working & Married Ibgether Fri 1300 RY: Quebec Bodhran Workshop 1 Sun 1600 RY: New Brunswick Sun 2200 TBD Your First Worldcon Mascarade Sat 1500 RY: Confederation 3

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 159 How Tb Be Funny Thu 1300 CC: 206F Reading Sun 1200 CC:104CD Sun 2000 RY: Territories Adaptations Robert J. Sawyer (In)Sanity In Al Instabands Fri 1200 Signing Area Thu 1300 RY: New Brunswick Sun 1400 CC: 205B Linda Ross-Mansfield Nick Sagan Robert J. Sawyer (IQ Writing In Canada Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia Sat 1700 CC: 206C Fri 1400 CC: 1O4CD Sun 1700 CC-.203BD Introduction lb The WSFSBusines Worldbuilding: Worlds That Are Nature Of Sentience Protein Chauvinism Antonio Ruffini Sat 1830 CC: 203A Fri 1500 CC:104A Mon 1200 CC: 201ABCD Fri 2000 CC: 104B Reading But for the Dinosaur Killer Five Living Generations Race In SF Sun 1000 CC:104A Fri 2000 RY: Manitoba Sharon Sbarsky Sun 1000 CC: 201ABCD Writing Your First Novel Rights OfArtificial Life Forms Sat 1200 CC: 206B A United Africa Dr. E Salustri Sat 1100 Signing Area Developing Your Conventions’ Web Sun 1300 CC: 20IF Thu 1800 CC: 201ABCD RobertJSawyer John Scalzi LGBT Reading 3: Antonio Ruffini Design: Holding Reality Sat 1100 CC:203A Thu 1500 CC: 201E Geo Rule Christian Sauve Reading Day Jobs For Writers Sat 1400 CC: 104B Sat 1600 CC: 206C Sat 1100 CC:203C Sun 1000 CC-.104A “Heinlein, Stranger Than Strange" Clash OfScience Fiction And Fan Reading Writing Your First Novel Steve Saffel Steve Sawicki Sat 1100 CC: 203C Sun 1530 CC: 203C Sat 1000 RY: New Brunswick Thu 1300 Signing Area Reading Reading Steve Saffel (K) SteveSawicki Sat 1400 CC: 202ABCD Stanley Schmidt Sat 1300 CC: Summit Thu 1700 CC: 201ABCD Death OfPerson ft Personality Fri 1100 Signing Area What's New At Del Rey Humor Sat 1700 CC:203D Stanley Schmidt Nick Sagan Sun 2200 RY: Manitoba We Have Met The Alien Fri 1300 CC: 104B

PAGE 160 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Alien Languages Workshop Fri 1400 CC: 202D Sun 1100 CC:2O6F Darrell Schweitzer Fri 1400 CC:203D Purple Alien Languages Workshop Computing Interfaces Pamela D. Scoville Green Alien Languages Workshop Sat 1300 CC: 104B Sun 1600 CC: 203A Thu 1600 CC: Summit Sat 1000 RY: NS Alien Sex Reading Chesley Retrospective Stanley'Schmidt (K) Sat 1700 CC: 202ABCD Darrell Schweitzer Fri 1200 CC: 206B Sat 1700 CC: 202ABCD Alien Languages Fri 1000 CC: 201F Chuck Jones: A Tribute . Alien Languages Sun 1300 CC: 203C Limerick Sun 1400 Signing Area Sun 1100 CC: 203BD Reading Fri 1330 CC: 203C Pamela D Scoville Scientific Mistake = Plot Hook? Sun 1500 CC: 103A Reading Howard Scrimgeour Sun 1400 CC: Summit How Do We Think And See Fri 1700 CC: 104B Sun 1000 CC:104B Jungledesertcitywaterforestivorld Barb Schofield On Ibe Tales (And Tails) Of Love Jumping Ibe Species Barrier Sun 1600 CC:2O5B Fri 1400 RY: Quebec Sat 1300 RY: Library

Design A Truly Alien Alien Anime Costuming 101 WW6 Joyce Scrivner Participants Lawrence Schoen Karl Schroeder Sat 1700 CC: 206C Sun 1200 CC: 206B Thu 1600 RY: NS Fri 1000 SigningArea Importance OfSmall Press Magazi A Quarter-Century Of File 770 Lawrence Schoen (K) Karl Schroeder Sun 1700 CC: 201ABCD Thomas Seay Thu 1600 CC: 203A Fri 1500 CC: 104B Why People Believe Weird Things Sat 1200 CC: 103B Reading Nature Of Canadian SF Sun 2100 RY: Library HW^'/l Good Story Fri 1000 Signing Area Fri 1900 CC: 104B The Iron Poet Catherine Shaffer Laurence Schoen Beanstalk! Mon 1000 CC: 206C Fri 1000 RY: Library Fri 1300 CC: 104B Sat 1100 CC: 201ABCD Small Press & Semi-Pro ITO Alien Languages Workshop ‘The Computerization Of Well, Ev" Mon 1300 SigningArea Mark Shainblum

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 161 Sat 2200 CC: 203C Serio us Literature? “Heinlein, Stranger Than Strange" Robert Silverberg Reading Sun 1700 CC: 201ABCD Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD Sun 1400 CC: 206C Mon 1000 RY: New Brunswick Why People Believe Weird Things Heinlein Alternate History AndSF? Mark Sbainblum (K) Mon 1130 RY: New Brunswick Sun 1700 CC:206F Janna Silverstein Mon 1400 Signing Area Josepha Sherman (K) Heinlein On Law And Lawyers Thu 1300 RY: Alberta Mark Sbainblum Joey Shoji Mon 1100 CC: 206F Janna Silverstein (K) Josepha Sherman Fri 2300 RY: Tudor 7 Heinleins’ Juveniles Fri 1300 RY: York Thu 1300 CC: 104A Theme Filk: Golden Oldies Steven Silver WW3 Beyond The First Draft Jennifer Sigouin Fri 1100 Signing Area Sat 1100 CC: 104A Thu 1500 CC: 104B Sat 1600 Signing Area Steven Silver "It’s A Book, It's A Gamed" Fantasy' Culture Design Jennifer Sigouin Robert Silverberg Sun 1300 CC: 206F Fri 1200 CC: 104A Alan Siler Thu 1300 CC: 104A Book Production Travel As A Research Method Fri 2000 CC: 206B Beyond The First Draft Donald Simmons Sat 1100 Signing Area I Want My Queer TV Fri 1000 CC: 1O4CD Fri 1500 CC: 205B Josepha Sherman Sat 1900 CC: 206A IsaacAsimov 0 ’Niell: Long Los! Dream ? Sat 1500 CC: 203B Market lb Small Press Fri 1300 CC:201ABCD Steve Simmons Synopses For Dummies David Silver 1953 Sat 2000 RY: Territories Sat 1600 CC: 203B Thu 1700 CC: 206F Sat 1300 CC: 104B Harmony Worksimp Using Real Locations in An Unrea Heinlein's Women Alien Sex Sat 2300 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1100 CC: 104A Fri 1400 CC: 205B Sat 1500 CC:203B Theme Filk: Dorsai Appropriation Of Voice Heinlein 101 Synopses For Dummies Pat Sims Sun 1500 CC: 206F Sat 1400 CC-.104B Sun 1300 Signing Area Sat 1200 CC-.203D PAGE 162 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 First Worldcon Rights Of Artificial Life Forms Sat 1800 CC:203B Beanstalk! Glenn Sixbury Sat 1500 CC: 2O6F Readings From Beyond Ibe Grave Sat 1600 CC: Summit Thu 1600 SigningArea Dangers Of Accelerated Genetic Al Sun 1000 CC: 204D A Question Of Scale Glenn Sixbury Douglas Smith The Right To Stupidly Dick Smith Fri 1600 CC: 205B Fri 1300 CC: 104A Mon 1400 CC:203A Fri 1300 CC: 201E Genre-Bending Ibe Triumph Of Characterization Reading What Every Pro Should Know Sat 1300 RY: Library Sat 1300 CC: 104A Mon 1500 SigningArea Sat 1200 CC: 2O5B WW6 Alternative Currencies/Trading Kristine Smith Ibe Science Fiction Oral History' Sun 1100 CC:104A Sat 1830 CC: 203C Leah Zeldes Smith Sun 1500 CC: 205B Appropriation Of Voice Reading Fri 1500 CC: 206A Is Fandom Losing Its Collective Mandy Slater Christy Hardin Smith Classic Fanzines Mon 1400 CC:201F Fri 1700 CC: 2O5B Thu 1300 CC: 203C Fri 2000 CC: 201E And Now Ibe News

Breaking In Reading Science Fiction On Stage Melinda Snodgrass Participants Kathleen Sloan Kristine Smith Sun 1600 CC:206F Thu 1530 CC: 203A Sat 1200 RY: Territories Thu 1400 CC: 104CD How Others See Us Reading Jordm Kare / Kathleen Sloan Old New Voices Simon Smith Thu 1900 RY: Quebec Susan Smith Fri 1200 CC: 205B Fri 1300 CC: 205B Getting AIVSeries On Ibe Air Fri 1100 CC: 205B The Right To Refuse Singularity For Dummies Fri 1100 CC: 104A Imbibing Engrams Fri 2100 CC: 104A Sun 1400 CC: 206A Book Vs Movie Fri 1600 CC: 203D Big Girls And Boys’ Toys Gods Or Monsters? Humans Of The Sun 1100 CC: 104CD Genetic Engineering Sat 1700 CC: 203D Tim Smith A MU-SbsdWith Royalties Fri 2000 RY: Manitoba We Have Met The Alien Fri 1900 CC: 104B Mon 1300 RY: New Brunswick

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 163 Melinda Snodgrass (K) Fri 1500 CC: 206A Thu 1600 CC: 206F Thu 1800 RY: British Columbia Caro Soles Classic Fanzines Wanted WSFS Committee Meeting Thu 1300 CC: 104A Wen Spencer Fri 1200 CC: 206F Fri 1000 RY: British Columbia Beyond The First Draft Thu 1500 CC: 203C Hazards OfSpace WSFS Business Meeting Thu 1500 SigningArea Reading Fri 2200 CC: 104A Sat 1000 RY: British Columbia Caro Soles Thu 1700 SigningArea Space (Exploration) Program Business Meeting Sun 1100 CC: 104A Wen Spencer Dale L. Sproule Sun 1000 RY: British Columbia Appropriation Of Voice Fri 1300 CC:203B Fri 1100 CC:201E WSFS Business Meeting Sun 1300 RY: York Advice ForAspiring/New Writers “I’ve Written A Story, Now What?" Mon 1000 RY: British Columbia IW7 Fri 1700 CC: 205B Sat 1500 CC: 201E WSFS Business Meeting Michele Jaye Solomon Breaking In Photoshop Is NOT The Artist Mon 1200 RY: British Columbia Fri 1600 RY: Quebec Fri 1800 CC: 206B Sun 1300 CC:206A WSFS Business Meeting Middle Eastern Dancing Costumes Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Paint ft Pixels Allen M. Steele Chas Somdahl Fri 2100 CC: 104A Upcoming worldcon chairs and Fri 1000 SigningArea Sun 1400 RY: Territories Big Girls And Boys' Toys staff Allen M Steele Columbia Remembrance Sat 1200 CC: 206F Mon 1200 CC: Summit Sat 1400 CC: Summit Jack Speer Meet TheJohn W. Campbell Award Worldcon Job Fair Ift// Constructed Universes Sat 1500 CC: 202ABCD Sat 1600 CC:203D Torcon Volunteer Department Sat 1600 CC: Summit "Harry Warner,Jr." Chicks In Chainmail Staff A Question Of Scale Sun 1500 CC: 205B Sun 1300 CC: 104A Fri 1400 CC: 202C Sun 1600 CC: 203C Is Fandom Losing Its Collective Believable Evil Involved With Torcon Reading Dale Speirs Henry' Spencer Kevin Standlee David Stephenson PAGE 164 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Fri 1200 CC: 206F Janet Stirling Hazards OfSpace Mon 1430 RY: Alberta Hazards Of Space Sat 1600 CC: 203D Fri 1500 CC: 205B Charlie Stross(K) Fri 1500 CC: 201ABCD Chicks In Chainmail 0 'Niell: Long Lost Dream? Lindalee Stuckey Preamble to Chris Hadfield Stephen M. Stirling Fri 1900 CC: 104B Sat 1300 CC: 206a Fri 2200 CC: 104A Thu 1700 CC: 206B Beanstalk! SFC: Wrap-Up Panel Space (Exploration) Program Zulu Heart Fri 2200 CC: 104A Sun 1000 CC: Summit Sat 1200 CC: Summit Fri 1030 CC: 2O3A Space (Exploration) Program Golden Duck Awards ‘ 'Enterprise 2067, Tbe Inlerplanet' Reading Sat 1500 CC: 104B Jonathon Sullivan James Stevens-Arce Fri 1300 CC: 104CD Environmental Pseudoscience? Fri 1200 CC: 205B Fri 1000 CC: 203A If Ibis Goes On: A Look At USA 2 Charlie Stress The Right lb Refuse Reading Sat 1130 RY: Alberta Thu 1700 CC: 104CD Fri 1800 CC: 104A Fri 1300 RY: York Stephen M. Stirling (K) Has Science Fiction Failed The Earth Is Big

WW3 Sat 1400 CC: Summit Fri 1300 RY: Library Sun 1300 CC: 205B Participants Fri 1400 SigningArea Well Constructed Universes WW4 Redefining Disease James Stevens-Arse Sat 1700 SigningArea Fri 1800 CC:203C Sun 2000 CC: 104A Sat 1130 RY: NS Stephen M. Stirling Reading TYansparencyAnd Privacy’ James Stevens-Arce (K) Sun 1000 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1400 CC: 206C Kathryn Sullivan Steve Stiles A UnitedAfrica Alternate History And SF? Thu 1700 CC: 103A Fri 1500 CC: 206A Sun 1900 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1800 CC: 104A Kids Favorite Books Classic Fanzines M GlyerAndSM. Stirling Tbe Economics And Sociology Fri 1400 CC: 103B Sun 1200 CC: 201E John Strickland Mon 1200 CC: 104A Kookieklatch/Reading Luddites Of Fandom? Fri 1200 CC:206F The Death Of Money Fri 1600 CC: 103A

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 165 Building An Alien Fri 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1500 CC: 206E Fri 1500 SigningArea Sat 1200 CC-.103B Intermediate Songwriting Worksbo Readings By Penguin Authors Cecilia Tan Writing A Good Story Sat 1700 RY: Territories Mon 1300 Signing Area Sat 1600 RY: PEI Sat 1800 CC: 203A Instaband Concert Caitlin Sweet Cecilia Tan (K) Reading Michael Swanwick Isaac Szpindel Sun 2200 RY: British Columbia Mon 1100 CC: 104A Thu 1300 CC: 104CD Thu 1300 CC: 206F SF Ey Fantasy Erotica - Who Has Forensics For lie 21st Century The Liar's Panel Adaptations Sun 2300 RY: British Columbia Geoffrey Surrette Fri 1100 CC: 104B Thu 1900 RY: Quebec Reading Fri 1700 CC: 206A MethodActing Getting A TV Series On The Air Bill Taylor “So, You Want lb Be An Artist... ” Sat 1600 CC: 206F Fri 1100 CC: 205B Thu 1700 CC: 104B Sat 1430 RY: NS Teleportation Implications Imbibing Engrams Al Or AS Geoffrey Surrette (K) Sun 1430 CC: 203C Fri 1600 CC: 103B Brenda Sutton Reading Reading - By It's Cover Marcie Tentchoff Fri 1300 RY: Confederation 3 Sun 1600 CC:104CD Sat 1100 CC:203C Fri 1900 CC: 2O3A Bodbran Workshop 1 The Future Of Time Travel Reading Reading Sat 1200 RY: Confederation 3 Caitlin Sweet Sun 1700 CC: 104B Dr. Fran Terry M Bernstein /M Hoffman Thu 1800 CC: 203A Comic Books Sun 1000 CC:104B Sat 1700 RY: Territories Reading Mon 1000 Signing Area Jumping The Species Barrier Instaband Concert Fri 1400 CC: 20IE IsaacSzpindel Sun 1300 CC: 205B Sun 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Fantasy Backgrounds: Prefab Or C Mon 1100 CC: 103B Redefining Disease Roberta Rogoiv Sat 1200 CC: 206A Rescue Heroes Trey Thoecke Bill Sutton SFC: Science Writing Workshop Cecilia Tan Sat 1300 RY: York

PAGE 166 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 WW5 Alien Sex Create Familiars Death OfPerson Vs Personality Pete Thomas Sun 1000 CC: 104A Sun 1100 CC:103A Emru Townsend Thu 1600 CC: 206F Writing Your First Novel Tunes To Soothe A Mighty Beast Fri 1100 CC: 206A Wanted Sun 1500 CC:203A Sun 1700 CC: 103A Anime 101 Thu 1900 RY: Manitoba Reading Making Musical Instilments Fri 1800 CC: 201E Robots Leant lb Shoot Mon 1100 Signing Area Mon 1400 CC: 103A Anime Influences Fri 1100 CC: 103A Amy Thompson Decorating Magic Wands Karen Traviss Kinderfilk Silly Songs Alex von Thorn Loma Toolis Thu 1600 CC: 206F Sun 1100 CC:206F Fri 1200 CC: 201E Thu 1400 CC: 201E Wanted Computing Interfaces Fannish Ghetto How Is SF/FAnalyzed Fri 1300 CC: 206B Sun 1300 CC:103A Persis Thorndike Thu 1700 CC: 201ABCD Gender Biases Rocket Science Fri 1000 CC: 103A Humor Fri 1600 CC: 203D

Amy Thomson Why We Love Harry Potter Fri 1000 CC: 104A Genetic Engineering Participants Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Fri 1900 CC: 103A An Idea Continuum Fri 1800 CC: 104A OldNew Voices Costuming For Kids Sat 1300 CC: 206A The Earth Is Big Thu 1700 CC: 206B Sat 1100 RY: Quebec SFC: Wrap-Up Panel Sat 1300 RY: York Zulu Heart Costuming With Your Child Sun 1600 CC: 201E W5 Fri 1130 RY: New Brunswick Sat 1300 CC: 103A World Class SF Collection Sat 1700 CC:203D Amy Thomson (K) Build A Geodesic Structure Shane Tourtellotte We Have Met The Alien Fri 1800 CC: 206B Sat 1400 RY: Confederation 3 Thu 1900 CC: 203A Sun 1200 CC: 202C Broad Universe Rapid-Fire ‘So, You Want To Run A Filk Track" Reading "On-Line Writer’”'s Groups “ Sat 1300 CC: 104B Sat 1600 CC: 103A Sat 1400 CC:202ABCD Sun 1900 CC: Summit

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 167 You Can't Change Human Nature Thu 1400 CC: 202C SFC: Science Writing Workshop Feminist SF Sun 2000 CC: 104A Canada Council Reading Sat 1400 CC: 206F Sat 1100 CC:201F Transparency AndPrivacy Thu 1700 CC: 104CD Imaging Planets Lisa Tuttle Mon 1300 CC: 206A Has Science Fiction Failed Sun 1300 CC: 201E Sal 1600 CC: 203C Discrimination In SF Fri 1200 CC: 206A Alien Poetry? Reading Andrew Trembley Issues In Translating SF Sun 1900 CC: 103A Rochelle Uhlenkott Thu 1800 RY: Quebec Fri 1600 CC: 104CD Gaming For Kids Thu 1300 CC:201E Practical Fantasy Design Issues OfStar Systems Mon 1500 CC:103A “Online, Snailmail, Face-To-Face" Fri 1100 RY: Quebec Sat 1100 CC: 2O6F Wherein Tbe Universe Are 114? Fri 1500 CC: 206F Face Painting For The Stage Using The Folklore Of Canada Mary A. TYirzillo Bad Writing Habits Fri 1500 RY: Quebec Sat 1600 CC: 206C Sat 1930 CC: 203C Heather Urbanski Tools Of The Trade Clash Of Science Fiction And Fan Reading Thu 1400 CC: 201E Fri 2000 CC: 206B Sun 2000 CC: 203A Sun 1300 CC:201E How Is SF/FAnalyzed I Want My Queer TV Reading Alien Poetry? Fri 1000 CC: 104A Sun 1000 CC:206B Diane Ibrnshek Sun 2100 RY: Library An Idea Continuum Thejudges Are Watching Fri 1300 CC-.103A Tbe Iron Poet Sat 1800 CC: 206C Hayden Trenholm Science But Were Afraid 1b Ask Mon 1400 Signing Area Lord Acton Speculative Fiction Sat 1800 CC-.104A Fri 1500 CC: 202C Mary Turzillo Sun 1800 CC: 206B Schools Of The 21st Century Poetry Within A Book isa TYittle Allegories - A Staple Of SF Fri ' 2000 CC:203C Sun 1800 CC: 104A Thu 1400 CC: 104CD Eric M. Van The Economics And Sociology Reading Old Netv Voices Fri 1100 CC: 205B Jean-Louis Trudel Sat 1200 CC: 206A Fri 1900 CC: 205B Imbibing Engrams

PAGE 168 Fist World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Fri 1800 CC: 206F Issues In Translating SF Jacqueline Ward Nature Of Canadian SF Direct Computer Interface Fri 1400 CC: 202A Fri 1000 RY: Quebec Fri 2100 CC: 206F Sat 1500 CC: 206B Canada Council Reading Sculpted Costumes Bom Or Bitten Alternate Curveballs Howard Waldrop Fri 1300 CC: 206F Sat 1000 CC: 206F Sun 1000CC:204D Thu 1300 CC: 104CD Manipulating Fabric Evolution For The Enthusiast The Right lb Stupidly The Liar's Panel Sat 1200 RY: Quebec Sun 1600 CC:205B . Sun 1200 CC: 104CD Thu 2200 RY: British Columbia 15 People On A Small Stage Design A Truly Alien Alien (In)Sanity In Al George and Howard Sat 1400 CC: 206B Sun 1700 CC: 203BD Sun 1900 CC: Summit Sun 1100 CC: 104CD When Is Big Suddenly Ibo Big? Protein Chauvinism You Can’! Change Human Nature A MU-ShsaWith Royalties Sat 1600 RY: Manitoba Taral Wayne Mon 1000 CC: 104CD Sun 1600 CC: 201ABCD Spread Your Wings Fri 1400 Art Show Philip K Dick Frank Kelly Freas Retrospective Sun 1000 CC:206B Art Show Docent Tbur

Tom Veal Michael Walsh Thejudges Are Watching Sun 1200 CC: 201E Participants Sun 1400 CC: 201E Sat 1900 CC: 206A Peggi WarnerLalonde Luddites Of Fandom? Worldcon Bidding Market lb Small Press Thu 1500 RY: Territories Andrew Weiner Robert Vogel Sun 1600 CC: 201E P Warner-Lalonde/ W. R Hoffman Fri 1600 CC: 104B Fri 1800 CC: 203B World Class SF Collection Sun 1500 RY: Territories Kurt Vonnegut Science Fiction Film Literacy In Mon 1000 CC: 104CD Science & Song Sat 1500 CC: 206B Fri 2100 RY: Manitoba Philip K Dick Peter Watts Alternate Curveballs Why Did Firefly Fail And Angel S Michael Ward Fri 1400 CC: 104CD Allan Weiss Elisabeth Vonarburg Thu 1800 CC: 201E Nature OfSentience Thu 1400 CC: 20IE Fri 1200 CC: 206A Electronic Books - What Do READE Fri 1500 CC-.104B How Is SF/FAnalyzed

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 169 Fri 1500 CC: 104B K.D. Wentworth Alternate Curveballs The Future Of Kids Books Nature Of Canadian SF Sun 1800 CC: 206C Sun 1830 CC: 203C Sun 1600 CC: 206B Sun 1500 CC: 201E How Good to Make It? Reading What Do You Read Passionately ApocalypticSF Michelle West Ken Wharton Lori Ann White Sun 2230 RY: York Fri 1100 CC:206A Fri 1700 CC: 203B Thu 2200 CC:203C Reading Anime 101 Astronomy2003 Reading Mon 1200 CC: 201E Fri 1600 RY: New Brunswick Fri 2100 CC: 203A Fri 1500 CC: 104CD Learning Theory From Fiction Michelle West (IQ Reading Historical Fantasy’ Toni Weisskopf Sat 1100 CC: 205B Sat 1200 CC: 206F Fri 2000 CC: 20IE Fri 1100 CC: Summit Reviews Meet TheJohn W. Campbell Award Science Fiction On Stage Baen Travelling Slide Show Sun 1300 RY: Library Sun 1800 CC: 206B Mon 1000 SigningArea Fri 1400 CC: 104A WW8 Allegories - A Staple Of SF Lori Ann White “Who Defines “’’Classic"”’’ Mon 1200 CC: 2O6F Mon 1400 SigningArea William J. Widder Sai 1500 CC: 206C The Left Hand Of Darkness Ken Wharton Sat 1400 CC: 2O5B Small Arms For Writers Mon 1300 SigningArea Andrew Wheeler Pulp Fiction Renaissance Sun 1000 RY: NS Michelle West Fri 1400 CC: 104A Rick Wilber Tbni Weisskopf (K) Scott Westerfeld “Who Defines “’’Classic Thu 1300 SigningArea Jerry Weist Thu 1600 CC: 202C Fri 1700 CC: 104B Rick Wilber Fri 1600 RY: NS Beauty In The Near And Far Futur On The Tales (And Tails} OfLove Thu 1930 CC: 2O3C Jerry Weist (K) Sat 1300 CC: 201E Sat 1000 CC: 104B Reading K.D. Wentworth The Future Of Kids Books The Publishers And Editors Views Fri 1000 RY: York Sat 1600 SigningArea Sat 1500 CC: 206B Sat 1300 CC: 201E WW1

PAGE 170 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sat 1500 CC: 206B WalterJon Williams Sun 2200 RY: British Columbia Connie Willis (K) Alternate Curveballs Sun 1200 CC: 104A SF Ks Fantasy Erotica - Who Has Thu 1700 CC: Summit Sun 1600 CC: 206B How The Future Feels Sheila Williams Expecting The Extraordinary What Do You Read Passionately Sun 1800 CC: 104A Fri 1400 CC: 104A Fri 1400 RY: Territories Edward Willett The Economics And Sociology “Who Defines “’’Classic"’”' Chapter & Verse Thu 1500 CC: 201E Mon 1000 RY: NS Sat 1300 CC: 201ABCD Fri 1700 CC: 104CD DayJobs For Writers WalterJon Williams (K) Research 101 Canada HadA Different Neighbour Sat 1000 RY: York Mon 1200 CC: 104A Sun 1300 CC: 206F Sat 1000 CC: 202ABCD Sun 1100 CC: 2O3C The Death OfMoney Book Production Mike Glyer And Connie Willis Reading Liz Williams Michael Z. Williamson Sat 1300 CC: 201ABCD Sun 1700 CC: 104A Thu 1300 RY: PEI Fri 2000 CC: 104B Research 101 Writing For Children Liz Williams (K) Race In SF Sun 1500 CC:104CD

Mon 1000 Signing Area Fri 1100 CC: 201E Sat 1500 CC: 206C “Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard” Participants Edward Willett “I’ve Written A Story, Now What?’’ Small Arms For Writers Mon 1000 CC: 104CD Mon 1300 RY: NS Fri 1700 CC-.206A Sun 1000 CC: 104A Philip K Dick Edward Willett (K) “So, You Want 7b Be An Artist... ’’ Writing Your First Novel Robert Charles Wilson Walter Jon Williams Sat 1200 CC: 203A Sun 1300 RY: York Thu 1500 Signing Area Fri 1030 CC: 203C Reading WW7 Robert Charles Wilson Reading Sat 1200 CC: 203C Connie Willis Fri 1500 CC: 104B Fri 1200 CC: 104CD Reading Thu 1400 Signing Area Nature Of Canadian SF Exploring The Matrix Sat 1600 Signing Area Connie Willis Fri 1700 CC: 203A Sat 1000 Signing Area Liz Williams Thu 1430 RY: NS Reading

61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 PAGE 171 Sat 1300 RY: New Brunswick Eleanor Wood Thu 1700 CC: 206F Sat 1400 CC: 202ABCD Robert Charles Wilson (K) Fri 1100 CC: 201E Heinlein’s Women Death OfPerson Vs Personality John Wilson "I’ve Written A Story, Now What?" Fri 2000 CC: 203A Sun 1200 CC: 104CD Sat 1000 CC: 206F Sat 1600 CC: 202ABCD Reading (In)Sanity In Al Evolution For The Enthusiast Heinlein Fri 2000 CC: 203C Sun 1900 CC: Summit Sat 1500 CC: 206F Sun 1300 CC: 206F Reading You Can’t Change Human Nature Dangers Of Accelerated Genetic M Book Production Sat 1100 CC:206A Mon 1200 CC: 104A Sun 1600 CC: 2O5B Frank Wu SFC: Literacy’ Through SF The Death Of Money Design A Truly Alim Alien Fri 1200 CC: 201ABCD Sat 1800 CC: 104A Ann Zeddies Ramona Winkelbauer Creating Believable Aliens Schools Of The 21st Century Thu 1300 CC: 205B Fri 1400 CC: 206A Fri 1700 CC: 206A Sun 1800 CC: 2O5B Can SF Be Co-Opted? Deductable Events "So, You Want To Be An Artist... ” Is It Censorship Whena Fri 2100 CC: 203C Sat 1300 CC: 104A Sun 1800 CC: 206C Mon 1200 CC: 201E Reading Alternative Currencies/Trading How Good to Make It? Learning Theory From Fiction Sat 1300 CC.201E Jack Womack Ben Yalow Donna Young The Future Of Kids Books Sun 1600 CC: Summit Thu 1700 CC: 205B Sat 1100 CC:206C Sat 1500 SigningArea Upcoming Eos Titles—Fall 2003 The Myth Of Fannish Uniqueness SFC: Bringing Science lb Life Ann Zeddies (Toni Anzetti) Kent Wong Fri 1300 RY: British Columbia Eliezer Yudkowsky Sun 1300 CC: 205B Fri 1500 CC: 202C Introduction To The WSFSBusines Fri 1300 CC: 205B Redefining Disease Anime Genres Sun 1700 CC:203BD Singularity For Dummies Sun 1900 CC: Summit Fri 1700 CC: 201E Protein Chauvinism Fri 1400 CC: 104CD You Can't Change Human Nature Heroines In Anime Pat York Nature OfSentience Rich Zellich

PAGE 172 61st World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3 Sat 1200 CC: 206B Sun 1400 CC: 206B Developing Your Convention's Web Costuming Photography Sarah Zettel Marc Zicree Thu 1500 SigningArea Thu 1900 RY: Quebec Sarah Zettel Getting A TV Series On The Air Thu 1600 CC: 202C Fri 1700 CC: 203A Beauty In The Near And Far Futur Reading tf) Thu 1700 CC: Summit Sun 1200 CC-.104B E ra Expecting The Extraordinary The B5 Story Arc Q. Sat 1400 CC:203A Alan Ziebarth O Reading Fri 2000 CC: 201E Sat 1700 CC: 206C Science Fiction On Stage (U Worldbuilding: Worlds That Are Beth Zipser CL Sun 1400 CC: 104CD Fri 1500 CC:104CD Design Of Non-Humans In Fantasy Historical Fantasy’ Mon 1430 RY: NS Sun 1300 CC:104CD Sarah Zettel (K) Good Plot Or Good Science Julie Zetterberg Fri 1100 RY: Quebec Face Painting For The Stage Sat 1200 RY: Quebec 15 People On A Small Stage

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