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Friday, March 25, 2005 Friday, March 25, 2005 2-D INTO 3-D COSTUMING Melissa Quinn (M), Julie Zetterberg, Janet Borkowski Some of the best costumes ever began as flat art. Wouldn’t you like to create and wear them? Ideas, resources and technical info for creating costumes from drawings and photographs with discussion of anime and animation art. A NWC28 HORROR SPECIAL John Pelan (M), Michael Montoure A) The Cthulhuian Singularity [A hard-SF spin on the Cthulhu Mythos tales of H.P. Lovecraft. From the anthology The Cthulhuian Singularity (available in the dealers room!)] AND B) Counting from Ten and Other Stories [Stories for dark rooms and locked doors] A READING Karen D. Fishler (M) From her selected works. A READING L. Timmel Duchamp (M) From her selected works. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE COSTUMES Amanda Harris-Forbes (M), Alisa Green, Margo Loes, Richard Stephens . or costuming unfortunate events. If you enjoy cheery and bright costumes, this panel is not for you. Let’s explore how Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, The Addam’s Family, and Lemony Snicket can inspire us to create costumes with a dark but quirky side. A VOICE FOR THE GODDESS OF MERCY Pat MacEwen (M) What -really- happened to Osama Bin Laden? A short tale of Buddhist revenge. "A Voice For the Goddess of Mercy", which appeared in the e-zine AEON in February 2005 AIRBRUSH DEMO John R. Gray III (M) Demonstration of the techniques learned by this skilled artist. Come learn just how much fun airbrushing can be! ALIEN SEX AND MATING RITUALS Pat MacEwen (M), Christopher Konker, Matthew Harpold A fun way to build aliens and their cultures is to start with their sex lives. Discuss ideas like what kind of culture results when sex is fatal, when you need four genders, and when males and females never met. ALT LIFESTYLES BEYOND SEX Prince Ka (M), Roberta Gregory "Alternative Lifestyles, isn't that just another phrase for kinky sex?" Science Fiction fans think differently than the mainstream in many ways. Let's examine some of our "alternative" religious, political, economic, and intellectual lifestyles. ANGLICON PRESENTS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE BRITS Theresa Garton (M) British approach to Sci Fi hosted by our local Anglophiles showing some movies, TV programs and/or a taped interview from an Anglicon. ARMOR 101 Anita Taylor (M), Christopher Konker Join us for an introduction to armor and protective clothing of the Middle Ages, including terminology, armor-making, adapting modern materials to look authentic, fitting and usage, and a demonstration of the effectiveness of armor and protective clothing. ARTIST'S JAM Roberta Gregory (M), Blane Bellerud, Donna Barr, Russell D. Campbell, Raven Mimura, Come suggest interesting ideas to our panel of very talented artists and see them appear before your very eyes. Great Fun! BASIC HAND SEWING Anita Taylor (M), Terri "Sprite" Specht Workshop, learn the basic hand sewing stitches, discuss supplies and resources. BDSM A BASIC PRIMER Alyxx "Panther" Feltser (M), Marcus Rieck, Leopoldo Marino From the leather clad whip wielding dominatrix walking through the convention halls, to the leashed and collared, those who are into both SM/B&D and science fiction are many and visible. Come listen to the panel talk about beginning steps and concepts. BEAUTY AND THE ART OF THE FEMALE FORM Christine D. Winters (M) Join this Northwest artist for an hour of the joys and wonder of SF Art at its best. BLACK BRILLION Matt Hughes (The Writer) (M) Science-Fantasy novel, far future setting, similar to Jack Vance's Dying Earth tales. BLUE MOON RISING Raven Mimura (M) An hour of the wonders of this local SF/F artist. BREAKING INTO E-PUBLISHING L.J. Bothell (M), Bridget McKenna, Sara Stamey Electronic and Print-on-Demand topics. Is one better than the other? Can both work hand in hand? What are great contacts for either? Can publishers make any money? BRINGING YOUR CHARACTERS TO LIFE Greg Cox (M), Lizzy Shannon, Susan Stern Grossman Are your characters bored with their own words? Can your readers tell? Are the people who populate your book all cut from the same cloth, speaking with the same voice? Come join a discussion of how to breathe life and excitement into your characters . and to make your readers care about what happens to them on the next page! BROAD UNIVERSE RAPID-FIRE READING Amy Axt Hanson (M), A.M. Dellamonica, Nancy Jane Moore, Lyda Morehouse, Kelly Green, A potluck reading buffet where you can get a taste of the best and latest work by the amazing Alyx Dellamonica, Kelly Green, Amy Hanson, Nancy Jane Moore, and Lyda Morehouse. Chocolate usually makes an appearance: laughter always serves up in hefty doses. BUILDING THE BUZZ Claire Eddy (M), Duane Wilkins, Vladimir Verano What makes one novel merely successful and another a blockbuster best seller? Is it the buzz the latter generates? What make one book have buzz and another not? Can you cite examples? What kinds of buzz are there — and what is most effective at promoting a book? What can a publisher do to generate or enhance the buzz for a particular book? CHAINMAILLE 101 Russ Jensen (M) Build a simple 4 and 1 pattern, expanding to a larger weave. CHAINMAILLE 102 Russ Jensen (M) Angles, drop-add link techniques, a step up from 101. COLOR SCIENCE AND PRINTER TECHNOLOGY Dave Butler (M), Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson The science behind your DeskJet. CONFABULATION: THE ART OF COLLABORATION Eve Gordon (M), Bridget McKenna, Marti McKenna The methods and madness of working together, cultivating ideas, and finishing a product -- all without killing each other. CONLANGING 101 Tim Smith (M), Matt Pearson, Gregory Gadow A discussion of conlanging -- the invention of conlangs (constructed languages) -- as a fannish hobby comparable to filking, costuming, gaming, etc. COSTUMERS STITCH AND BITCH Lori Edwards (M), Terri "Sprite" Specht, Joanne Kirley, Prince Ka, Alisa Green, Have a costume you’re trying to finish or just want strange company for a few hours? Come join us! Topic for discussion will be the use of historical silhouettes in fantasy and science fiction costuming. CREATING EMOTION-DRIVEN SF/F Eric M. Witchey (M) A Workshop. Speculative fiction is often called the fiction of ideas, but wonderful ideas will never see print unless they create an emotional impact. Learn to begin with emotion and then wrap the story around character to affect the reader. CYNICISM VS FUTURISM IN SF Terry Burlison (M), Jerry Oltion, Joseph Paul Haines When did the future get so far away? Remember the 1959s and 1960s, when we thought that by the year 2000 we'd have giant orbiting space stations, routine space travel, and human colonies all over the solar system? Stories written today don't talk of such wonders happening within a few decades — instead, they're a century or more in the imagined future. What happened? Did we get more cynical and lose our near-term dreams, or more practical and assume the future would be harder to get to that earlier dreamers imagined? DEATH CHART Kathy Watts (M) An astrological ghost story. DECODER Mike Shepherd-Moscoe (M) A boy in 1950's Alabama orders a secret decoder ring. It works far too well. DENIZENS OF THE UNDERWORLD Lorelei Shannon (M), Kathy Watts, Douglas Herring Cerberus guards the entrance to hell, and whoever else dwells within. Depending on whom you talk to, it is either the Elysium Fields or souls in eternal conflict. Hades, Pluto, Lucifer; fallen angels, monsters, damned souls. Oddly there is room for just about everyone when they die. Join us to explore the wonders of the Underworld. DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF CONLANGING Matt Pearson (M) Regardless of whether you want to make your conlang as human as possible or as non-human as possible, it's useful to know some linguistics. In conlanging, as in poetry, it's helpful to know as much as possible about language so that you can manipulate the conventions to achieve the effects you want. DIFFERENT STUDENTS, DIFFERENT STYLES David-Glenn Anderson (M), Caroline Cox, Jim Grimsley Student labels can get in the way of education. But all students are learners - with individual and unique styles. Discuss the different learning styles and hear tips about different tecniques that work. DOGS IN THE MOONLIGHT Jay Lake (M) My 2004 collection from Prime Books. DREAM PARK - JUST A DREAM? Loren W. Cooper (M), Chris Bruscas, Dennis Bergum As computer and console games become more sophisticated and involved is the science fiction idea of a virtual reality theme park focused on role-playing games really a possibility? E-PUBLISHING Karawynn Long (M), Bridget McKenna, Derryl Murphy Is there really a future in Internet publishing? What about self-publishing/vanity publishing -- is it really the kiss of death? ETERNITY SHIFT Mary Rosenblum (M) Ani Huang, on a mission of personal vengeance, finds far more than a simple assassin in the garden core of orbital platform, New York Up. FAIRY BREWHAHA AT THE LUCKY NICKEL SALOON Ken Rand (M) The dadgum fairies invade an Old West saloon intent on getting drunk on legendary magical brew -- and then robbing the dadgum circus. FAIRY WINGS WORKSHOP Amanda Harris-Forbes (M), Alisa Green, Cherie Harris Not lucky enough to have grown them? This popular workshop is back and you are invited! FANNISH FETISH FASHION SHOW Veronica Lavenz (M), Heather Candelaria, Prince KA A parade of lusciousness! Come to see the exhibition of alternative and fannish costuming. What kinds of things are there to see? Vinyl, comic book characters, burlesque, drag…the possibilities are limited only by the imagination (and state law, of course). This is an event that should not be missed! FANTASY FORENSICS Arinn Dembo (M), David Nasset, Sr., Matt Hughes (The Writer) Real and imagined fantasy stuff.
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