Balticonsm 43 May 22-25, 2009 pocket program hours of operation and locations Location Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Art Show Hunt Ballroom 5pm - 9pm 10am - 9pm 10am -1pm 10am - 3pm Auction: Sunday 2 pm in Garden, Sales opens Sunday 2:15pm Con Ops Hunt Valley Ballroom Foyer 24 Hours Con Suite Frankie & Vinnie’s Friday 4pm - Monday 2pm Dealers Room Maryland Ballroom/Foyer 4pm - 8pm 10am - 6pm 10:30am - 5pm 10:30am - 3pm Registration Hunt Valley Ballroom Foyer 1pm - 11pm 10am - 10pm 10am - 7pm 10am - 2pm special events
FRIDAY 6:00 PM Autographs: Charles Stross Maryland Foyer 8:00 PM Balticon 43 Opening Ceremonies and Compton Crook Award (doors open @ 7:30 PM) Valley Ballroom 9:00 PM Meet the Guests Con Suite(F&V) 9:00 PM Meet the Artists Hunt Ballroom 9:30 PM Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning - Imperial Edition Screening Garden Room 10:00 PM Meet the Scientists Salon A 10:00 PM Dancing in the Gears - Steampunk Dance Valley Ballroom 12:00 AM Midnight Film Garden Room
Saturday 12:00 PM Chromatics Concert Valley Ballroom 1:00 PM Art GoH: Kurt Miller & New Media GoH: Scott Sigler Autographing Maryland Foyer 2:00 PM Filk GoH: Mary Crowell Concert Valley Ballroom 3:30 PM Art GoH: Kurt Miller Valley Ballroom 4:00 PM Medieval Dancing, led by Patches Garden Room 6:00 PM The Changing Face of Content Delivery & Book Advertising - New Media GoH: Scott Sigler Garden Room 9:00 PM Balticon 43 Masquerade / Young Writers Contest Awards / RIF Auction – Marty Gear, MC Valley Ballroom 9:00 PM Buffalito Destiny Book Launch Con Suite (F&V)
SUNDAY 10:30 AM P for Producer - Play Valley Ballroom 12:00 PM Stranger Things: Singularity - produced by Earl Newton Valley Ballroom 1:00 PM GoH: Charles Stoss & 2009 Crompton Crook Winner Autographing Maryland Foyer 2:00 PM New Media GoH: Scott Sigler Autographing Maryland Foyer 2:30 PM Magic Science Sex (adult content): Mark L. Van Name Valley Ballroom 4:00 PM Q & A with GoH: Charles Stoss Valley Ballroom 5:00 PM Wicca Girl Book Launch Con Suite (F&V) 7:30 PM So It Begins / The Key To Damocles Launches Garden Room 8:00 PM Balticon 43 Film Festival (doors open @ 7:30 PM) Valley Ballroom 9:30 PM Nina Kimberly the Merciless / Personal Effects: Dark Art Book Launches Garden Room
MONDAY 10:00 AM Movie Trailers and Previews plus screening of Balticon 43 Film Festival winner Valley Ballooom 10:00 AM Legos Challenge! Con Suite(F&V) Balticon 43 video program Anime program Salon F Salon E Please Note: All Start Times are APPROXIMATE Friday
Friday 06:00 PM Cowboy Bebop Best Sessions (1, 5, 19, 8, 17, 24) Gurren Lagann 1 (1-5) 3:00 PM The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep (2008) 08:30 PM 10:35 PM Claymore 1 (1-5) 5:00 PM The Fall (2008) 7:00 PM The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) Saturday 8:30 PM Series 7: The Contenders (2000) 12:35 AM Moonlight Mile (1-4) 02:10 AM Elfen Lied 1-4 10:00 PM The Golem: How He Came Into The World (1920) 03:55 AM Hellsing Ultimate 1-3 11:30 PM The Orphanage (2008) 06:15 AM Noir 1-5 08:20 AM Aquarion 1-5 1:15 AM The Lady In White (1988) 10:25 AM FMA: Brotherhood 1-4 12:05 PM Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz 3:15 AM Southland Tales: This Is The Way The World Ends (2006) 03:05 PM Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (OAV) 5:45 AM Jumper (2008) 05:25 PM Gode Geass R2 (1-4) 07:05 PM Hellsing Ultimate 4-5 Saturday 08:45 PM Darker Than Black 1-5 10:50 PM Claymore 6-10 7:15 AM Classic Cartoons
7:45 AM Sleeping Beauty (1959) Sunday Igor (2008) 9:00 AM 12:50 AM Midnight Mile (5-8) 10:30 AM Destiny (1921) 02:30 AM Elfen Lied 2 (5-7) 03:45 AM Noir (6-9) 12:30 PM The Fountain (2006) 04:40 AM Trinity Blood (5-8) 2:00 PM Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008) Hugo Nominee 05:25 AM Trinity Blood (1-4) 07:05 AM Aquarion (5-9) 3:00 PM The Waxworks (1924) 09:10 AM Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle (1-4) 10:50 AM Girl Who Leapt Through Time 4:30 PM Get Smart (2008) 12:30 AM Gurren Lagann (6-9) 6:20 PM Bruce and Lloyd: Out of CONTROL (2008) 02:10 PM Howl’s Moving Castle 04:10 PM Code Geass R2 (5-8) 7:30 PM Shaun of the Dead (2004) 05:50 PM Planet ES (1-4) 9:30 PM Quark: The Old and The Beautiful (1977) 07:30 PM Karas (1-6) 10:30 PM Claymore (11-14) 10:00 PM Nosferatu: A Symphony of Screams (1922) 11:30 PM Let The Right One In (2008) Monday 1:15 AM Perfect Creatures (2007) 12:05 AM Moonlight Mile (9-12) 01:45 AM Noir (10-13) The Lost Boys (1987) 2:45 AM 03:25 AM Code Geass R2 (9-12) 4:30 AM After Sundown (2005) 05:05 AM Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (1-8) 08:05 AM Aquarion (10-14) 6:00 AM Once Bitten (1985) 10:10 AM Planet ES (5-8) 11:50 AM Gurren Lagann (10-14) Sunday 7:30 AM Classic Cartoons 8:00 AM The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) A Scientist was saved. 10:00 AM The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) 11:15 AM City of Ember (2008) 1:00 PM Ghost Town (2008) Alignments were made. 3:00 PM Faust: A German Folktale (1926) 5:00 PM Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) 6:30 PM Metropolis (1926) Lines were drawn and 8:30 PM Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007) a war averted. 12:00 AM Ironman (2008) 10:30 AM Sidekick (2006) With San Francisco under martial law and the Russian Consulate in ruins, how will the city move on? Who really rules the city of the Golden Gate? Now, that 2:00 AM Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) the meteorite is destroyed, what next? Come and choose a side and make your 4:00 AM The Dark Knight (2008) Hugo Nominee alliance. Join the cast and crew of last years’s smash hit of
Monday
6:30 AM Classic Cartoons Heroes and Villians - 8:00 AM Kung Fu Panda (2008) “Chapter 1 - I Left My Meteorite in San Francisco.” 9:30 AM Wall-E (2008) Hugo Nominee LARP Registration - Friday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm and 11:30 PM Caprica: Pilot (2009) A Balicon Premier Saturday, 9:00 am - 10:45 pm at the desk located at 1:00 PM Woman In The Moon (1929) the base of the escalator steps. gaming Autograph Sessions Balticon 43 Tack Room Main Hotel Lobby The Balticon 43 Gaming Room will be open, starting at 3 PM Friday Friday afternoon, and running until approximately 3 PM Monday afternoon. Please check the daily Rocket Mail and the signs outside of Tack Room to see what will be played during the course of the weekend. 6 PM GoH - Charles Stross
Hrab Stage SATURDAY Main lobby outside bar 10 AM Scott Edelman and Steve White FRIDAY 9:00 PM Diamond Star Project (90 minutes) 11 AM Brian Koscienski, Chris Pisano, Richard White Catherine Asaro, Donald Wolcott ______12 PM Laura Anne Gilman and Julianne Lee
SATURDAY 4:00 PM 1 PM Kurt Miller and Scott Sigler Bill Gawne 2 PM Yoji Kondo and Dina Leacock SATURDAY 5:00 PM Ian Hanley 3 PM Joshua Palmatier and Maria V. Snyder
SATURDAY 6:00 PM 4 PM Clayton McNally and Jeri Smith-Ready Phil Rossi 5 PM Danny Birt, James Daniel Ross, Anthony Stevens SATURDAY 7:00 PM George Hrab 6 PM Eric Schulman and John C. Wright
SATURDAY 8:00 PM Rob Balder SUNDAY
SATURDAY 9:00 PM Tom Rockwell 12 PM Lawrence M. Schoen and Patrick Thomas
SATURDAY 10:00 PM 1 PM Charles Stross and 2009 Compton Crook Winner Bene Gesserit Witch: DUNE the Rock Opera Bene Gesserit Witch 2 PM Scott Sigler ______7 PM Gene Wolfe SUNDAY 2:00 PM Gary Ehrlich * Please, for fairness to our authors and to other convention members, no more than three (3) books per trip through the autograph line. SUNDAY 4:00 PM Igor’s Egg Kaffeklatchs SUNDAY 5:00 PM Come and kibitz with our authors and special guests. The sign up sheets are Maugorn at our Information Desk outside the Dealer’s Room. Each group has limited availability, so sign up today! ______Monday, 9:00 am - Scott Sigler MONDAY 12:00 PM Monday, 10:00 am - Mary Crowell Family Friendly Stories Monday, 11:00 am - Mark L. Van Name Don Sakers Monday, 12:00 pm - Charles Stross Monday, 1:00 pm - Kurt Miller
Dining Guide parties! Discounts for area restaurants are available See the Party Board next to the Information Desk for rooms and to Balticon Attendees. schedules and party themes. Open parties until 3:00am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Check the Information Desk for details. Balticon 43 friday schedule
Start Time Valley Ballroom Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D Pimlico 4:00 PM Room Closed for I Shot the Sheriff on the First Painting on Fabric: Tech Setup Page: Mark L. Van Name, Laurel Cunningham- Joshua Palmatier, Elaine Stiles, Hill, Carol Salemi, Jeri Smith-Ready, Gail Z. Martin Lisa Ashton
5:00 PM What Western Civilization Tool Time: Expected from Science: Jeff Tom Atkinson, Marvin Lyman, Caroline Cox, Mark L. Bryant, Lisa Ashton, Van Name, Elaine Corvidae Donna Dube 6:00 PM Leaving Tsiolkovskiy’s From Caligari to the Moon: Cradle: Bear Field Thomas Horman
7:00 PM Hard Science for Turning the Archetypes of SF Pushing the Reading: Joy Ward Beginners: Doug Fratz, Upside Down: Carl Cipra, Grig Boundaries of Filk: Bear Field, Eli Terry, Dr. Larson, Gail Z. Martin, Elaine Mary Crowell, Tom John Cmar Corvidae, Bernie Mojzes Rockwell, Rob Balder
8:00 PM Opening Room Closed for Room Closed for Opening Room Closed for Room Closed Room Closed Ceremonies Opening Ceremonies Ceremonies Opening Ceremonies for Opening for Opening Ceremonies Ceremonies 9:00 PM Symbiotic Links Portraying Elderly Characters: Concert: Ariel Cinii Reading: Darrell Between Green L. Jagi Lamplighter, Maria V. Schweitzer Technology and Snyder, Joshua Palmatier, Joy 9:30 PM Exploration: Eli Terry, Ward Concert: Robert Cooke Dean Calahan 10:00 PM Dancing in the Friday Facetime: Meet Name Droppers: Yoji Kondo, Open Filk Gears!: Susan de the Scientists Martin Morse Wooster, Don Guardiola, Marc Sakers Harstein, Jeff Poretsky, Raven Stern 11:00 PM Titles Looking For Stories: L. Jagi Lamplighter, D. C. Wilson, Joshua Palmatier, Larry Hodges
Midnight Ghost Stories: Bill Mayhew Open Filk
Join the editor, contributors and publisher as they celebrate the launch of So It Begins, book 2, in the award-winning “Defending the Future” series. charity auction to benefit Date: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Reading Is Fundamental During the Masquerade half time, and after the Art Auction, Sunday. Location: Garden Room Items to be auctioned are on display in the Art Show.
Attending contributors are: Jack Campbell, John C. Wright, David Sherman, Charles E. Gannon, Mike McPhail, Bud Sparhawk, Jonathan Maberry, Patrick Thomas, Tony Ruggiero, James Daniel Ross, Danielle Ackley-McPhail and CJ Henderson Medieval Dance
ATTEND THE OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH AT BALTICON 43 AND YOU COULD WIN Saturday, 4:00 PM A WALK-ON PART IN AN UPCOMING Garden Room LOST FLEET NOVEL!
Visit the So It Begins table in the Dealer’s Room for details. “Bring out your tights!”
LATE NIGHT HOURS Public function areas at the Hunt Valley normally close at 1:00 am. The Hotel staff will ask guests of the hotel to return to their rooms and ask BALTICON members who do not wish to sleep to go to the remaining open Balticon function areas. By special arrangement with the Hunt Valley, Balticon will keep the following areas open 24 hours: Salon Section with anime, video, filk, gaming and Frankie & innie’sV con suite. friday schedule Balticon 43
Start Time Chase Garden Derby Belmont Chesapeake Suite 5:00 PM Free and Open Source Five Reasons Your New Options for Writers and Fans: Media Project Sucks: Evo Anthony Stevens Terra, Sheila Dee
6:00 PM Art Fight : Chris Impink, Humor in Science Fiction Short Fiction Slam: Phil Ghostfreehood, Jamie Baldwin and Fantasy: Tom Doyle, Rossi, Nathan Lowell, Chris James Daniel Ross, Jean Marie Lester, Steve Eley Ward, Grig Larson 7:00 PM Favorite Anime and How to Start a Webcomic: Writers’ Tips and Tricks: Podcasting 101: Tyler Mangas: Richard White, Ghostfreehood, Darren Laura Anne Gilman, Ally Waldman, PG Holyfield, Sonya Bleekley Gendron, Bryan Prindiville, Barb Peltier, Maria V. Snyder, Brian Thomas Gideon, Tee Morris, Fischer, Chris Flick Koscienski Paulette Jaxton 8:00 PM Room Closed for Room Closed for Room Closed for Opening Room Closed for Opening Room Closed for Opening Opening Ceremonies Opening Ceremonies Ceremonies Ceremonies Ceremonies
9:00 PM Kamikaze Costuming: New Media in the Gap Live!: Survival Guide to Persis Thorndike Between Erotica and Writing Fantasy: Tee Morris Mainstream: Noblis Reed, J. M. Snyder, Helen E. H. Madden
9:30 PM STAR WRECK: In the Pirkinning
10:00 PM Alien Sex: Bud Sparhawk, Amateur Means You Do It For Noblis Reed, Helen E. H. Love: Dave Slusher Madden, Bernie Mojzes
11:00 PM Nanofiction, the Next Big Evo @ 11 Live!: Bill DeSmedt, Thing?: Nathan E. Lilly, J. C. PG Holyfield, Evo Terra, Sheila Hutchins, Christiana Ellis, Scott Dee Sigler Midnight Storytelling for Adults: Midnight Film Bill Mayhew
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Weapons Policy All weapons, including but not limited to all swords, knives and replicas, projectile weapons including nerf toys and waterguns, must be peace bonded by designated convention personnel immediately upon the purchase of the weapon from a dealer or entering the hotel. It is your responsibility to be aware of and follow all laws regarding the possession of weapons. No sparring will be permitted in the convention. Balticon reserves the right to hold any weapons in violation until the end of the con. Failure to comply with this policy may result in the confiscation of your badge. Masquerade Costumers are excepted for the time spanning a half hour before the Masquerade to a half hour after the Masquerade. Balticon 43 saturday schedule
Start Time Valley Ballroom Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D Pimlico 9:00 AM Room Closed Room Closed Room Closed Room Closed Room Closed
9:30 AM Painting with Water Soluble Oils: Charlene 10:00 AM Kepler Mission: Padi Dynasties in Your Stories: Taylor D’Alessio Makeup for Costume & Reading: David J. Boyd Angela Render, Robert Katz, Stage: Carol Salemi Williams Clayton McNally, Joy Ward 10:30 AM Reading: Nancy O. Greene
11:00 AM Electric Scooters Are Did We Win?: Don Sakers, Mouse Portrait Demo: Alan Hot Glue Miracles: Reading: Bill Here: Ray Carrier Mary Jo Putney, Steve Stiles, F. Beck Carol Salemi, Laurel DeSmedt Gail Z. Martin, Robert R. Cunningham-Hill, Diane Chase Kovalcin 12:00 PM Chromatics Concert Submission Faux Pas: Going Sci-Fi with Kurt Getting Started: Lisa Reading: George Angela Render, Scott Miller, Incorporating 3D Ashton, Carol Salemi, Hrab Edelman, Joshua Palmatier, art: Kurt Miller Laurel Cunningham-Hill Dina Leacock 1:00 PM Fun with Nerve Designing Aliens: Ten By Five: Steve Stiles The Obligatory Reading: Bud Agents: Maj. Thomas Stephanie Burke, Lawrence Presentation Panel: Sparhawk B. Talbot M. Schoen, Joy Ward, Paul Sharon Landrum, Ann Melko Hamilton, Ric Rader 2:00 PM Filk GoH Concert: Development of Artificial Intelligence in the Painting What You Read: Using, Making & Reading: Julianne Mary Crowell Medical Appliances: Novel: Bud Sparhawk, Doug Tristan Alexander Modifying Patterns: Lee Robert Katz Fratz, John G. Hemry, Steve Betsy Marks Delaney, White, Joy Ward Sharon Landrum, Judy Mitchell, Faith Baker 3:00 PM Room change Potential Medical Television Science Fiction Lust for Media: Pyracantha Big Crazy Things on Reading: Tom Pitfalls in Space: and Fantasy: Brenda Your Head: Betsy Marks Doyle Eleanor A. O’Rangers Clough, Jean Marie Ward, Delaney, Judy Mitchell Thomas Horman, Elaine 3:30 PM Art GoH Stiles, Dale Arnold Presentation: Kurt Miller 4:00 PM Dinosaurs - The Bheer and Other Libations The Art of the Cat: Playing With Others: Reading: J. C. Update: Dr. Thomas in SF: Patricia Bray, Joshua Charlene Taylor D’Alessio, Sharon Landrum, Ric Hutchins Room change R. Holtz Palmatier, Patrick Thomas, Halla Fleischer, Tristan Rader, Faith Baker Brian Koscienski, Chris Alexander, Alan F. Beck Pisano 5:00 PM Room Closed Psychohistory Update: Why are We Bound to the Facing Down the Empty Film 101: Peter Reading: C. J. Nathan Bos Ecliptic Plane in SF?: Bud Screen: Danielle Ackley- Prellwitz, Earl Newton Henderson Sparhawk, Caroline Cox, Eric McPhail, Jonathan Schiefer, Schulman, Dr. Charles E. Halla Fleischer Gannon, Marshall S. Thomas 6:00 PM Space Science J. R. R. Tolkien and the Masquerade Green Room Room Closed Reading: Dina Instruments and the Gift of Subcreation: Mattie Leacock Science they Enable: Brahen, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Laura A. Burns Michael Capobianco, David Louis Edelman 7:00 PM The 100 Most Early Female Fantasists: Reading: Anthony Significant Inventions Gene Wolfe, Mark Owings, Stevens of the 21st Century: Dina Leacock, Elaine Robert Katz, Eli Terry, Corvidae Laura A. Burns, Scratch Bachrach, Carey Lisse 8:00 PM Doors open for SF & F Trivia Quiz: Buried Giants: Charles Reading: Masquerade Brick Barrientos Stross, Darrell Schweitzer, Catherine Asaro Gene Wolfe, Mark Owings, Robert R. Chase
9:00 PM Masquerade: Marty Start-up Rituals for Writers: Masquerade Gear, emcee John G. Hemry, Maria V. Judging Snyder, Brian Koscienski, RIF Charity Auction Chris Pisano, David Sherman @ Masquerade Halftime 10:00 PM Open Filk Edgar Allan Poe and the Detective Story: Richard White, Robert R. Chase, C. J. Henderson, Michael Capobianco, Tee Morris
11:00 PM Mythology in Your Writing: Jo Graham, John G. Hemry, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Trisha Woodridge
Midnight Room Closed saturday schedule Balticon 43
Start Time Chase Garden Derby Belmont Chesapeake Suite 9:00 AM Room Closed Room Closed I Should be Writing Writers’ Writer’s Workshop: Steve Lubs Room Closed Workshop: Mur Lafferty, David Moldawer 9:30 AM
10:00 AM Make a Metal Fastener Live: Escape Pod: Charles for your Cloak: Sue Stross, Laura A. Burns, Dr. John Bowen Cmar, JR Blackwell, Martha 10:30 AM Holloway, Paul Fischer, Steve Eley, Jared Axelrod, Evo Terra, Sheila Dee 11:00 AM Contra Dance: Helen LARP Opening Ceremonies Powell
11:30 AM Master Story Telling: Bill Mayhew
12:00 PM Podcast Hosting: Thomas Using Gaming as a Gateway Gideon, Dan Tabor, Steve to Literature : Mike McPhail, Eley, Paulette Jaxton James Daniel Ross, Neal Levin, 12:30 PM Irish Dance: Helen Powell Kory Kaese
1:00 PM Wings and Things: A Cheat of Crooks: Patricia Doing It Daily: JR Blackwell, Writer Beware: Richard White, Caroline Cox, Eric Bray, Hal Haag, 2009 Compton Christiana Ellis, Jared A. C. Crispin Schulman Crook Winner, Maria V. Snyder, Axelrod, Billy Flynn Mark L. Van Name 2:00 PM Make a Sundial: Brent Liars Panel: Charles Stross, WordPress/ComicPress Dualism: the Novel: Bill Live! Calls for Cthulhu: Warner Patricia Bray, Mark L. Van for Webcomics, Artists and DeSmedt Brand Gamblin Name, Jonathan Maberry Bloggers: Darren Gendron, Harknell, Rosscott, Marty Day
3:00 PM Pine Cone Aliens: Eta Literary Gaming: L. Jagi How to Market Your Developing One Liners for Live! Aliens You Will Meet: Hack Lamplighter, Mike McPhail, Chris Webcomic, Art, or Blog: Pitching Your Book to the George Hrab, JR Blackwell, Lester, Kory Kaese Jamie Baldwin, Rosscott, Media: Nancy O. Greene, David Jared Axelrod Marty Day, B. Casimir Slaski, J. Williams, Kelly Harmon, Neal Eric Kimball (Drowemos) Levin 4:00 PM Once Upon A Dance: Medieval Dance: Sonya Gross, Peer Media v. Broadcast Analog Mafia: Bud Sparhawk, But Honey, It’s for the Valerie Durham Steve Haug, Gary Ehrlich Media: Earl Newton, Thomas John G. Hemry, Catherine Studio: Paul Fischer, Scott Gideon, Patrick McLean, Asaro, David Bartel Sigler, Chooch Schubert, Dave Slusher Soccergirl
5:00 PM Fairies and Ogres: Sue Writing for Blogs: Angela Are Short Stories Still Worth Podcasting Couples: Dan Bowen, Eta Hack Render, Nathan E. Lilly, David Writing?: Tom Doyle, Scott Tabor, Martha Holloway, Louis Edelman, Evo Terra Edelman, Larry Hodges, Robert MAinPA, Paul Fischer, R. Chase Chooch Schubert, Marc Bailey, Heather Welliver, Viv Schubert 6:00 PM The Changing Face of Making Money from your Cardboard Characters: R. Allen What is Social Media?: Content Delivery and Book Online Content: Rob Balder, Leider, Clayton McNally, Steve Kelly Harmon, J. C. Hutchins, Advertising: Scott Sigler Barb Fischer, Marty Day White, Joshua Palmatier, A. C. Patrick McLean, Tee Morris, Crispin Soccergirl 7:00 PM Audio Craft Corner: Earl Rapid Fire Reading: Danielle Metamor City Radio Play Newton, Martha Holloway, Ackley-McPhail, Kelly Harmon, Live!: Chris Lester, Marc MAinPA, Billy Flynn, Paulette Trisha Woodridge, Gail Z. Bailey, Heather Welliver, Tee Jaxton Martin, Jean Marie Ward Morris, Kim Fortuner
8:00 PM Masquerade Overflow: Doors Social Media for Writers: Are the Editor and Copyeditor Steampunk Spectacular open at 8:30 PM PG Holyfield, Phil Rossi,Tee the Writer’s Enemies? : Ally Live!: Noblis Reed, Rich Morris, David Louis Peltier, David J. Williams, Sigfrit, Susan Z Edelman, Paulette Jaxton Joshua Palmatier, Jeri Smith- Ready, David Sherman 9:00 PM Seducing the Editor: Noblis David vs. Goliath: James Live! Geologic Podcast: Reed, Kathryn Lively, Alessia Daniel Ross, . C. Crispin, Mike George Hrab Brio, J. M. Snyder Pederson
10:00 PM Erotic Science Fiction Live! Mr. Adventure: J. Reading: Noblis Reed, J. M. C. Hutchins, JR Blackwell, Snyder, Helen E. H. Madden Rich Sigfrit, Paul Fischer, Scott Sigler, Jared Axelrod, Susan Z
11:00 PM Technology for the Tech- New Media Party: Chooch challenged Artist: Halla Schubert, Viv Schubert Fleischer, Tristan Alexander, Harknell, Onezumi
Midnight Balticon 43 sunday schedule
Start Time Valley Ballroom Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D Pimlico 10:00 AM Room Closed Darwin: Dr. Thomas R. What Do Manners & Morning Stretch & To Bead or Not to Reading: PG Holtz Formalities Do for Sketch: Halla Fleischer Bead: Lisa Ashton Holyfield a Civilized Society: Stephanie Burke, Robert 10:30 AM P for Producer: The Katz, D. C. Wilson, Elaine Usual Suspects Corvidae
11:00 AM Fantastic Voyage: Explain the Singularity Once and Future Visions: Reading: Danielle Angie Boyter and the Eschaton: Diane Weinstein, Heidi Ackley-McPhail Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hooper, Alan F. Beck R. Chase
12:00 PM Live! Stranger Evolution of Mating Luddites of Fandom: Carl GCFCG Auction: Reading: Danny Birt Things: Singularity: Strategies Part 2: Cipra, Diane Weinstein, Ray Earl Newton, Matt Beatrice Kondo Ridenour, Jul Owings Wallace
1:00 PM Earth Through Alien How Do We Handle Writing Adventures Reading: Eyes: Dr. Timothy A. Writers We Don’t and Campaigns: Mike BookViewCafe.com Livengood Understand?: Brenda McPhail, Kory Kaese Sarah Zettel, Sue Clough, Darrell Schweitzer, Lange 1:30 PM Room Change David Glenn Anderson, Mary Jo Putney, Robert R. Chase
2:00 PM Endangered Mountain One Card to Rule Them Alternative Publishing: Masquerade Show and Reading: Steve Gorillas and Our All: Lawrence M. Schoen, Brenda Clough, Clayton Tell: Martin Gear, Betsy White Shrinking Planet: Dr. D. C. Wilson, John C. McNally, Jonathan Marks Delaney 2:30 PM Magic Science Sex: Michael Cranfield Wright, Ted Rosenberg Schiefer, Sarah Zettel, Sue Mark L. Van Name Lange
3:00 PM Toxicology and Escaping the Death Spiral: The Next Big Thing: Reading: Jeri Smith- Mustard Gas: Dr. Henry Patrick Thomas, Marshall S. Susan de Guardiola, Ready Meier Thomas, John C. Wright Judy Mitchell 3:30 PM Room Closed
4:00 PM GoH Q & A: Charles What’s Your Vector: Dr. Reading as Exploration: Historical Sources of Reading: Tony Stross John Cmar Darrell Schweitzer, Jean Fantasy: Jo Graham, Ruggerio Marie Ward, Martin Morse Julianne Lee, Richard Wooster, David Glenn White, David Sherman Anderson, Robert R. Chase
5:00 PM Room Closed The New Faces of Villains in Science Fiction Special Needs Get- Mercury: Messenger’s and Fantasy: Stephanie Together First Two Flybys of Burke, Carl Cipra, D. C. the innermost planet: Wilson, Dr. Charles E. Noam Izenberg Gannon, Catherine Asaro
6:00 PM Let’s Build a Real Can Magic and Science Reading: Mur Lafferty Reading: Marshall Time Machine: John Exist in the Same World?: S. Thomas Ashmead Tom Doyle, Jeff Lyman, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Trisha Woodridge
7:00 PM Decoding and Space and Time Concert: “Decadent” Dave Clement Reading: Richard Comparing Ancient Presentation: Diane White Greek and Hebrew Weinstein, Hildy Silverman Doors Open Documents Using Linguistic Clues: Rabbi Alan Yuter 8:00 PM Sunday Night Film What’s Happening on YA: How to Reach Your Concert: Boogie Knights Reading: Gene Festival: Saturn’s Coment-Like Audience: Maria V. Snyder, Wolfe Moon, Enceladus: David Glenn Anderson Carey Lisse
9:00 PM The Dead Among the Living in Someone Else’s Theme Filk: Myths and Legends: Mary Crowell Living in Israel: Barry World: Mattie Brahen M. Gittlen
10:00 PM The 50th Anniversay They Wrote More Than Open Filk Storytelling Circle: of the Twiligh Zone: Dr. SF: Darrell Schweitzer, Ian Hanley Timothy A. Livengood Martin Morse Wooster, C. J. Henderson
11:00 PM Star Party: Vampires: Tony Ruggerio, Open Filk Patrick Thomas, Jonathan Maberry, Susan de Guardiola
12:00 AM Has Any Movie from a Poe Story Kept His Plot?: Thomas Horman, Annie Turner sunday schedule Balticon 43
Start Time Chase Garden Derby Belmont Chesapeake Suite 9:00 AM Voice Acting Workshop: Room Closed Christiana Ellis, Patrick McLean, Rich Sigfrit
10:00 AM Astronomical Artwork: LibraryThing, My Space, Collaborative Writing: Brian Charlene Taylor D’Alessio Facebook, Oh My: Maria V. Koscienski, Chris Pisano, Snyder, Danny Birt, Catherine David Sherman Asaro, Bernie Mojzes 11:00 AM Awesome Science Why do we torture our How to Attract an Audience: High Noon in Fantasyland: of Wind and Air: Matt characters?: Robert Katz, Darren Gendron, Rosscott, Laura Anne Gilman, John G. Abrams Maria V. Snyder, Gene Wolfe, Marty Day, B. Casimir Slaski, Hemry, John C. Wright, Kelly Danny Birt, Jonathan Schiefer Eric Kimball (Drowemos) Harmon
12:00 PM Bagel Break / Twister and Baen News: Mark L. Van Name, Podcasting and Music: Phil Poetry Workshop and Musical Chairs: Jennie Faries Rossi, Chris Lester, Dave Winners/Dramatic Poe/ Slusher, Jared Axelrod Open Mic Readings: Patti Kinlock, Vonnie Crist, Wendy Stevens, Dave Kriebel 1:00 PM Folk Songs for Kids of What Web Comic Artists All Ages: Mary Crowell Should Not Do on the Internet: Chris Impink, Bryan Prindiville, Barb Fischer, 1:30 PM Room Closed Rosscott
2:00 PM Kidercize: Leah Grasso Art Auction: Dr. G Understanding Digital Formats: Chris Impink, Ghostfreehood, Bryan Prindiville, Chris Flick
3:00 PM Egg Drop Container Technology: Podcasting’s Anti-Social Media: Nathan E. Building Program: Laura Rocket Fuel: Thomas Gideon, Lilly, J. C. Hutchins, Tee Morris A. Burns Jim Van Verth, Steve Eley, Chooch Schubert
4:00 PM Tall Tales: Tim Livengood How to Teach an Old Blog SIGMA : Yoji Kondo, Best Promotion Techniques New Tricks: Angela Render, Dr. Charles E. Gannon, from the New Media Pros: J. Mur Lafferty Catherine Asaro C. Hutchins, Rob Balder, cott Sigler, Kimi Alexandre
5:00 PM Make a Terrarium: Leah R.I.P. - 2008/2009: Yoji Kondo, So You Want to Win a Parsec: Con Tales: James Daniel Podiobooks: A Novel Way Grasso Gene Wolfe Earl Newton, Dr. John Cmar, Ross, Tony Ruggerio, Mike To Listen: Phil Rossi, Mur Thomas Vincent, Tee Morris, Pederson Lafferty, Nathan Lowell, Evo The Encaffeinated One Terra 6:00 PM Room Closed Print, Web, or Both?: Jamie Marketing Platforms for Tale Chasing Live!: Scott Baldwin, Bryan Prindiville, Writers: Angela Render, Ally Sigler, Kimi Alexandre Rosscott, Marty Day Peltier
7:00 PM Podcasting 102 - Making Live!: Galactica Quorum: Your Own?: Earl Newton, Dan Brian Pianalto, Michele White, Tabor,Patrick McLean, MAinPA, Ted White, Scott Sigler 7:30 PM So It Begins/The Key To Paulette Jaxton Damocles Launch: Bud Sparhawk, John G. Hemry, Jeff 8:00 PM Lyman, Mike McPhail, James Kraken’s Jersey: Jared Ethics of Book Reviewing: Live!: Into the Blender: Daniel Ross, John C. Wright, Axelrod, Tee Morris, Doug Fratz, R. Allen Leider, Chooch Schubert, Viv Schubert Tony Ruggerio, Dr. Charles KrakenThief Mike Pederson E. Gannon, Danielle Ackley- McPhail, Patrick Thomas, Jonathan Maberry, Neal 9:00 PM Levin, C. J. Henderson, David Promotion for the Smut Room Closed Soccergirl Incorporated Sherman Peddler: Noblis Reed, Kathryn Live!: Soccergirl Lively, Alessia Brio, J. M. 9:30 PM Snyder
10:00 PM Nina Kimberly the Merciless Doing Good while Being Bad: Vintage Gamer Live!: Dr. / Personal Effects: Dark Art Alessia Brio John Cmar, Jim Van Verth, Tee Book Launches: J. C. Hutchins, Morris Christiana Ellis
11:00 PM ePublishing for the Small Fan Casts: Tyler Waldman, Screen: Helen E. H. Madden, Michele White, Ted White, Billy Martha Holloway, Scott Sigler, Flynn, Soccergirl David Moldawer
12:00 AM Room Closed Room Closed Balticon 43 monday schedule
Start Time Valley Ballroom Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D 10:00 AM Film Festival Winner High Speed Computing: Marv Morning Stretch & Herding Cats: Zelkowitz Sketch: Halla Fleischer PG Holyfield, Paulette Jaxton
11:00 AM The Once and Future Farm: Choose 5 Books for a Desert Copyright and Social Networking 101: Helen Warren Turner Island: Angela Render, Peter Media: Thomas E. H. Madden, David Prellwitz, D. C. Wilson, Diane Gideon,Thomas Vincent Moldawer, Tee Morris, Weinstein Chris Flick, Eric Kimball (Drowemos)
12:00 PM Room Closed ALHAT: Dr. Robin Vaughan Is Fandom Maladjusted?: The Zombie Sci Fi Trivia: Rich Sigfrit Elaine Stiles Diane Weinstein, Apocalypse Preparation Perrianne Lurie, Ted Rosenberg Kit: Jonathan Maberry, Christiana Ellis, Scott Sigler, Soccergirl, Annie Turner 1:00 PM Science Humor: Caroline Cox, My Favorite Planet: Peter Workshop: Fills and Proper Care and Feeding Eric Schulman Prellwitz, D. C. Wilson Sound Effects: Mary Of Your Troll: Chris Flick, Crowell Eric Kimball (Drowemos)
2:00 PM Life in Darwin’s Universe: Dr. Panel on Lost: Doug Fratz, Gender and Attitudes Web vs Print: Marty Day, Thomas R. Holtz, Perrianne Lurie Towards Copyright in Eric Kimball (Drowemos) Filk: Mel Tatum
3:00 PM Podcast Voice Talent The Art Of Collaboration: Search: Noblis Reed Marty Day, Eric Kimball (Drowemos)
4:00 PM Improving Balticon: Balticon Chair
Book Launches for Balticon 43!
Saturday, 9:00 PM Buffalito Destiny Book Launch - Con Suite (F&V) Sunday, 5:00 PM Wicca Girl Book Launch - Con Suite (F&V) Sunday, 7:30 PM So It Begins / The Key To Damocles Launches - Garden Room Sunday, 9:30 PM Nina Kimberly the Merciless / Personal Effects: Dark Art Book Launches - Garden Room
BALTICON 43 sends our
deepest gratitude to the many “Dancing in the Gears” A Steampunk Dance organizations, groups and Friday, 10:00 PM, Valley Ballroom Attention all aeronauts, aethernauts, lady and gentleman adventurers, mad individuals who provide us scientists, inventors, and other Steampunks and neo-Victorians!
support, content and goods for our Join us at 10 pm Friday night at for a time-traveling formal evening at the Steampunk Ball! Become part of the living clockwork of Victorian and Victo- rian-inspired set dances and spin madly with your partner to romantic waltzes conventioneers and participants. and lively polkas. No previous experience is needed; all dances will be taught by dance mistress Susan de Guardiola. Music will be an eclectic mix of mod- You make us better with all that ern and nineteenth century. Steampunk, neo-Victorian, or Victorian costume encouraged and admired but not required. Airships and time machines should you do and give to our convention. be parked outside the ballroom. No sabers, ray guns, or clanks permitted on the dance floor.. monday schedule Balticon 43
Start Time Garden Derby Belmont McCormick Suite 9:00 AM Kaffeklatch: Scott Sigler
10:00 AM LARP Closing Ceremonies Online Collaboration in Web Good and Evil in Genre Kaffeklatch: Mary Crowell Comics: Rob Balder, Ghostfreehood, Literature: Laura Anne Gilman, Darren Gendron, Marty Day John G. Hemry, Robert R. Chase, Nancy O. Greene 11:00 AM Creating a Serialized Audiobook: Dueling Funny Stories or Pun: Kaffeklatch: Mark L. Van Name PG Holyfield, Christiana Ellis, Nathan Grig Larson,Chris Pisano Lowell, Kimi Alexandre, Evo Terra
12:00 PM AboutSF’s Teaching Science New Media Triage: Dave Slusher, World Creating for Games and Kaffeklatch: Charles Stross Fiction: David Glenn Anderson, Evo Terra Books: Kory Kaese Catherine Asaro, Magi D. Shepley
1:00 PM How has the Internet Changed Creating Opponents and Villains Kaffeklatch: Kurt Miller Literature?: Grig Larson, David for Your Stories: Kory Kaese Moldawer, Sarah Zettel, Tee Morris
2:00 PM After the Recording is Done: Tyler Using Real History in Your Waldman, Noblis Reed, Thomas Fantasy Stories and Adventures: Gideon, Chooch Schubert, Tee Morris Kory Kaese
3:00 PM Advanced Digital Recording: Thomas Gideon, Chooch Schubert, Tee Morris
4:00 PM
The Balticon Original sunday night film festival Come join us for the Chills, the Thrills, The Comedy, The Tragedy and the Just Plain Bizarre!
Valley Ballroom, Doors Open 7:30 PM Festival Starts 8:00 PM hotel layout
Dealer’s Room To Sleeping Rooms
Dealer’s Annex Gaming
Author Signings Information Desk/Sales HOTEL USE ONLY LOBBY LEVEL To Sleeping Rooms Chesapeake 1011 Readings Volunteer Desk
Video Gaming ConOps/ Art Show Main Tent Video Balticon Anime Command Center Registration Hall Costume Photo Area Con Suite LOWER LEVEL LARP
Balticon is a Service Mark of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.