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Lonestarcon 2 Pocket Program LoneStar€on2 August 28th through September 1st 1997 • San Antonio, Texas POCKET PROGRAM LoneStarCon2 August 28th through September 1st 1997 • San Antonio, Texas The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off POCKET PROGRAM and Fannisfi Guide to San Antonio, Texas OVERVIEW The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off Table of Contents Credits EDITOR’S COMMENTS...............................3 Art Director & Editor: Bill Child MAPS ...................................................... 4 Fannish Guide Editors: Ursa Major MAIN EVENTS SCHEDULE......................... 9 Editorial Assistants: Angela Bond, Randy Shepherd, David Thayer, Diana Thayer HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM ................. 10 Cover Art: Brad Foster PROGRAMMING Interior Artists: Bill Child, Joe Mayhew, THURSDAY ......................................11 Ruth Shields FRIDAY ...........................................22 Special Thanks to: BB&O Advertising SATURDAY....................................... 41 This publication © 1997 by LoneStarCon2 a service mark of Austin Literary Arts SUNDAY .........................................60 Maintenance Organization, a not-for-profit MONDAY.........................................77 organization. All rights reserved. Duplication and distribution of this publication without INDEXES ............................................... 84 prior written consent of the individual authors WORLDCON PROGRAM DETAILS ............ 105 and artists involved is prohibited. FANNISH GUIDE TO SAN ANTONIO "World Science Fiction Society", "WSFS", "World ABOUT SAN ANTONIO ................... 112 Science Fiction Convention", "Worldcon”, "NASFiC", and "Hugo" are registered service RESTAURANT LISTINGS ................. 127 marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an MAP.............................................. 134 unincorporated literary society. > OVERVIEW > The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off Editor's Notes Welcome to the LoneStarCon2 Pocket will be published and distributed at the Program. 1 designed the Pocket Program convention. compact and kept the contents succinct to ensure you could actually fit into your pocket Thanks to the Programming staff, especially and conveniently carry it around. It is your AT. Campbell, forgiving me an electronic copy quick reference to the days, times, and of the programming database in a useable locations of the convention's programming format, without which this publication would items and special events. not exist. Special thanks (if thanks is the right word) to Randy Shepherd, Vice-Chair, for LoneStarCon2 has hundreds of programming recruiting me to be the Pocket Program editor items and special events with over 500 and David Thayer, Head of Publications, for participants. If we do not have something for giving me the latitude to make my vision as everyone, we come close. Whether you are much a reality as time and money would interested in a topic in general, a specific item allow. Genuine thanks to Shaun Lyon, editor of K) or event, or a specific author, artist, editor, or the L.A.con III Pocket Program, for all the ideas other personality, you should be able to find I shamelessly took from his publication, and to what you are looking for using the Pocket all the editors who came before from whom he Program. Reading the "How to Use this Pocket borrowed. Program" section would be a good place to start your enjoyment of the convention. Since we went to press a month before the OVERVIEW convention, additions, deletions, and changes are inevitable. Pink sheets with any corrections Bill Child, Editor MAPS OVERVIEW Tfte Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION CENTER Street Level OVERVIEW OVERVIEW MAPS The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION CENTER River Level Upper Level in OVERVIEW MAPS OVERVIEW TAe Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER OVERVIEW OVERVIEW MAPS The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off MARRIOTT RIVERWALK MAPS OVERVIEW The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO OVERVIEW OVERVIEW ________________________________________________ HOURS OF OPERATION Tfie Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Cfiili Cook-Off MAIN EVENTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 8:00 PM Hugo Award Ceremonies - Marriott Rivercenter, 12 Noon Convention declared open at Grand Ballroom A-K Dealers' Room Door 8:00 PM Dance - Marriott Riverwalk, 7:00 PM Opening Ceremonies - Alamo Ballroom Marriott Rivercenter, Grand Ballroom A, B & C 8:00 PM Chili Cook-Off (round 2) - Con Suite, Marriott Rivercenter 8:00 PM Meet the Program Participants - Marriott Rivercenter, SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 Grand Ballroom D. E & F 8:00 PM Masquerade - Marriott FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Rivercenter, Grand Ballroom A-K 8:00 PM Regency Dance - 8:00 PM Dance - Marriott Riverwalk, Marriott Riverwalk, Alamo Ballroom Alamo Ballroom 8:00 PM Chili Cook-Off (round IJ- 8:00 PM Chili Cook-Off (round 3) - Con Suite, Marriott Rivercenter Con Suite, Marriott Rivercenter SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 12 Noon Babylon 5 Program - 2:00 PM Closing Ceremonies - Marriott RiverCenter, Marriott Rivercenter. OVERVIEW Grand Ballroom A-K Grand Ballroom A-K READ THIS FIRST OVERVIEW The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off How to Use This Guide The times listed in the tabs are for the first programming item listed on that page, not for To assist you in locating a particular all the items that appear on that particular page. programming item in this guide, each one has been assigned a unique code. This useful code, Also included are an index of participants for which may seem rather cryptic at first glance, is cross referencing with the schedule, and maps actually the day, time and location of the for locating the function rooms. Readings and specific panel in a condensed format. The key Kaffee Klatsches and Literary Teas appear in to this code is as follows: the first two letters separate lists, as well as within the schedule. are an abbreviation of the day of the panel. These are followed by four numbers which are LONESTARCON2 BUILDING KEY actually the hour (in military time) that the CC - Convention Center panel starts. Next are two letters representing RC - Marriott Rivercenter the building and finally the actual name or number of the room in which the panel is RW - Marriott Riverwalk located. For example: Sal400cc-101 means this In addition to providing you with a convenient panel begins Saturday at 2 p.m. in the schedule of events at the Con, this guide also Convention Center room 101. OVERVIEW contains the definitive list of what to do and For those of you who find all of this too where to go in San Antonio. And more confusing, or if you truly hate trying to decipher importantly where to eat. This fannish guide was military time, we have included the place and written, compiled and edited by the good time in a more traditional format directly people of Ursa Major, a local San Antonio fan below the name of the panel. group and all around great bunch of people to whom I am eternally in debt. THURSDAY Tfe Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off THURSDAY 11:00, TH 1200CC-RIVER.B 11:00am Beyond Games: How We’ll REALLY Use TH I IOORC-11 Virtual Reality Friends of Bill CC River Sec. B • Noon-12:50PM RC Room 11 • 11:00AM-11:50AM VR has enormous potential for medical, military, and THURSDAY educational applications. NOON Arlan Andrews, Sr., Frank Boosman, lack L. Chalker, laque Davison, Amy Thomson. Sage Walker* THI200CC-204 Beauty and the Beast: Legends TH 1200RW-ALAMO.C through the ages Open Gaming CC Room 204 • Noon-12:50PM RW Alamo Ballroom Sec. C • Noon-11.50PM From ancient Roman stories to the 19th century Play any game you want to bring - cards, roleplaying books to Cocteau to the TV series and Disney. games, boardgames. And be sure to look in on Pat iacfcon continuous demonstrations of the new Portal introductory set for Magic: The Gathering (run by TH 1200CC-PLAZA.A Wizards of the Coast) and the Middle-Earth trading The Importance of Accurate Research card game (Iron Crown Enterprises). CC Plaza Sec. A • Noon-12:50PM E. Susan Baugh, Janice Eisen, Adrienne Gormley, TH1200RW-BONHAM Thomas W. Knowles*. Sasha Miller Kaffeeklatch with Stephen Baxter RW Bonham • Noon-12:50PM Advance sign-up required. Stephen Baxter* NOON THURSDAY The Second Occasional LoneStarCon Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-Off 'HURSDAY TH1200RW-MILAM THI300CC-204 KaffeeWatch with George R. R. Martin For Kids: Storytime RW Milam • Noon-12:50PM CC Room 204 • 1:00PM-1:50PM Grownups tell stories or read books to the kids Advance sign-up required. George R. R. Martin* attending the con. NOON Gerri Balter, Anne Phyllis Pinzow TH 1200RW-VALERO Kaffeeklatch with Walter Jon Williams TH 1300CC-206 RW Valero • Noon-12:50PM Showcase- John Norman Reading Advance sign-up required. CC Room 206 • 1:00PM-1 50PM Walter Ion Williams* John Norman* 1:00pm TH 1300CC-207 More Issues in Comics THI300CC-101 CC Room 207 • 1:00PM-1:50PM Welcome to the Science Fiction Industry insiders reveal the biggest concerns of the Community: Making Connections field today - and for tomorrow. CC Room 10I • 1:00PM-1:50PM Bob Wayne*, Len Wein Now that you're here, here’s how to meet people, get
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