DISCLAVE'88 POCKET PROGRAM The Fen who bring you the 1988 DISCLAVE hope you enjoy it and will FRIDAY 6:00-6:55 SMALLER PROGRAM ROOM [B) evsn become a part by pitching in and helping us make it a very special NESFA REPORTS When one of the better organized SF groups has hotel t rouble co i vent ion. Please note that no weapons are permitted in any of the con it may be a sign of what’s ahead for the rest of us. The 1987 ar;as and that the local police, Hotel and most of our other menders Boskone encountered hotel difficulties which spilled out ontc fe’l you are a more interesting person without weapons. Norescon III (MCF1 isn’t NSFA, but Hotels don’t want to care) After the fury and much-ado, the 1988 Boskone seems to have been a success. What happened, how will it affect future WSFA will be auctioning off a FACIT 8111 electronic typewriter and Boskones, and by extension other major regionals and — how a database softwear called DBXL III PLUS. These two items will be sold will this affect the WorldCon? Mark Olson, Priscilla Olson, Rick Katze, Leslie Turek, Dave at the beginning of the Sunday Art Auction. The proceeds will go to the Anderson. beiefit of the DISCON III WorldCon Bid. These items are WSFA property which is no longer needed or wanted. Both are beincj sold as is. FRIDAY 6:00 - 6:55 DISCUSSION FORUM [C] AN HOUR~WTTH L. SPRAGUE & CATHERINE CROOK DeCAMP ■RIDAY len^ral Schedule of Functions READING BY AUTHOR CHARLES SHEFFIELD IN 10TH FLOOR IRTSHOW = BALLROOM, RIGHT= 6 P>I - 9 PM (Artists registration PARLOUR [A] ROOM 1003 FROM 6 PM TO 8 PM ■ from noon. The reading will be shorter than the period allowed in order to XRTISTS IN RESIDENCE: CON SUITE - George Kochell, Ray allow for discussion, etc. Iide Tour & and perhaps others, will offer participatory art projects, artooning and other neat stuff - Join in. AUTOGRAPING IN THE DEALERS ROOM FRIDAY 7 PM: AUTHORS AUTOGRAPHING SESSIONS = DEALERS ROOM JACK C. HALDEMAN II A- VOL HALDEMAN BABYSITTING = HOTEI. ROOMS 1011 & 1017 - 7 PM - 1 AM PRE­ REGISTERED ONLY. OFFICE = ROOM 1011. FRIDAY 7:00-7:55 LARGER PROGRAM ROOM [B] ION SUITE = DISCAVE (Behind Registration )= 5 PM - 3 AM LIFE ON JUPITER? A "NASA" report on the discoveries bj- )EALERS ROOM = DISCAVE, RIGHT’= I PM - 8 PM GALILEO H’s probe of Jupiter’s red spot, by Carl Beckwith, JPL. JAMltRS = DISCAVE: BACK ROOM5= P.M - 3 AM (NO GAMBLING) (creative work by Karl Kofoed) HLKING = DISCAVE: BACK ROOM = 10 PM - 3 AM (Bardic Circle) HLNS = BALLROOM,BACK: PROGRAM [A] = 7 PM - 8 PM; After FRIDAY 7:00 - 7:55 SMALLER PROGRAM ROOM [R| Masquerade until 6 AM SF AS AN ART FORM 1ASQUERADE = PROGRAM [Al = 10 PM (Greenroom for entrants is What can make SF work as art? Art endures and grows in n program [Bl (Ballroom, back left) meaning through time, however, staying in print is not the onlj REGISTRATION = DISCAVE, LEFT = 3 PM - 12 MIDNIGHT. measure of literarature as art. Some writers try for art, do not 5TORYTELLLNG = DISCAVE BACK ROOM = 5 PM - 9 PM always succeed due to pressures or limitations. VOICES IN THE GLEN: Bill Mayhew Ralph Chatham,Kathy James Morrow, Takayushi Tatami, Steve Brown, Richard Grant, Meizner, Lawanda Randall, Anne Sheldon Michael Dirda MAIN PROGRAM FRIDAY 7:00 DISCUSSION FORUM OUR FILM PROGRAM EXPLAINED. RIDXY 4:00—1:55 PM LARGER PROGRAM ROOM [A] Kathi Overton 'HE NEWSAMURATT?AT BOOK (Slide show) lari Rogers READING BY AUTHOR ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN IN 10TH FLOOR PARLOUR [A] ROOM 1025 FROM 7PM - 9 PM ■ RIDAY 1:00-1:55 SMALLER PROGRAM ROOM [B| The reading will be shorter than the period allowed in order to POLITICS-&~SF— allow- for discussion, etc. How SF is affected by politics; how are politics affected by SF? FRIDAY 8:00 DISCUSSION FORUM [Cl Roger Mar.Bride Allen, Jack Chalker, John Maddox Roberts SALUTE TO ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dr. Yoji Kondo (Eric Kotani) & Charles Sheffield ■RIDAY 4:00 - 1:55 DISCUSSION FORUM [Cl QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT THIS YEAR’S DISCLAVE: READING BY AUTHOR TIMOTHY R. SULLIVAN IN 10TH FLOOR 988 Jisclave Chairman Tom Schaad, Program Chairman Joe Mayhew, PARLOUR [B] ROOM 1025 FROM 9PM - 11PM 989 Disclave Chairman Michael J'. Walsh The reading wall be shorter than the period allowed in order to allow for discussion, etc. READING BY AUTHOR DON SAKERS IN 10TH FLOOR PARLOUR [A] ROOM 1003 FROM 4 PM TO 6 PM FRIDAY 10:00PM UNTIL FINISHED, LARGER PROGRAM ROOM [A] The reading will be shorter than the period allowed in order MASQUERADE. to allow for discussion, etc. MC. Marty Gear READING BY AUTHOR DOUGLAS WINTER IN 10TH FLOOR RIDXY 5:00-5:55 LARGER PROGRAM ROOM [Al PARLOUR [A] ROOM 1003 FROM 10 PM -MIDNIGHT 'HE CHAN'GING“FACE OF WITCHCRAFT IN FANTASY LITERATURE. The reading will be shorter than the period allowed in order tn What, influences, working from outside the literature, have allow for discussion, etc. affected the concept of tne female mage, witch, etc., how has that affected popular culture (Wicca, etc.) Is this mostly a feminist phenomenon, the exploiting of a new reader market, a SATURDAY hackney ride aboard another simpering cliche, or real General Schedule of Functions exploration? ART SHOW = BALLROOM, RIGHT = 10 AM - 7 PM Tie? Xan Dommelen, Barbara Hambly, Darrell Schweitzer, Esther ART AUCTION = PROGRAM [A] - 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM ren ner, Paula \ olsky ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: CON SUITE - George Kochell, Ray Ridenour & and perhaps others, w'ill offer participatory art RIDXY 5:00-5:55 SMALLER PROGRAM ROOM [B] projects.cartoomng and other neat stuff - Join in. .'HERE DO-CHARACTERS COME FROM? AUTHORS AUTOGRAPHING SESSIONS - DEALERS ROOM Other than getting even with obnoxious Uncle Charly, dealing BABYSITTING = HOTEL ROOMS 1011 & 1017 = 10 AM - NOON; with plot necessity or outright theft from other writers... 1 PM - 6 PM; 7 PM - 1 AM : PRE-REGISTERED ONLY. erilee Edwards-Hewitt, Deborah Marshall, Margaret Wander Bonanno OFFICE = ROOM 1011. CON SUITE = DISCAVE (Rehind Registration) = 10 AM - 3 AM RIDXY 5:00 - 5:55 DISCUSSION FORUM [Cl DEALERS ROOM = DISCAVE, RIGHT = 10 AM - 6 PM AN ANYBODVTJEHNE SF? GAMERS = DISCAVE: BACK ROOM; 10 AM - 3 AM (NO GAMBLING) Yes! ( You alone can define it.) Perhaps you can convince FILKING = DISCAVE: BACK ROOM = 10 PM - 3 AM (Bardic Circle) everyone else — come armed with references, or or merely FILMS = BALLROOM,BACK: PROGRAM [Al After Art Auction 10:00 with irrefragable truth. In the past, this has put religion and until 6 AM politics to shame. NASA MUSEUM FIELD TRIP: Get on bus in Hotel parking lot at lick Katze 12:30 PM go to NASA Headquarters in Greenbelt, back at Hotel at 3:15 : there must be 1 adult for everv 3 children under 14. EAEING BY AUTHOR JOHN BETANCOURT IN 10TH FLOOR REGISTRATION = DISCAVE, LEFT = 9:AM - '5 PM ARLOUR [Bl ROOM 1025 FROM 5 PM TO 7 PM SENIOR PROM = PROGRAM B & C (Formals & tux?) = 10 PM The reading will be shorter than the period allowed in order to allow for discussion, etc. MAIN PROGRAM UTOGRAPING IN THE DEALERS ROOM FRIDAY 6 PM: SATURDAY, 10:00 ERIC KOTANJ [DR. YOJI KONDO) & JOHN MADDOX ROBERTS AUTOGRAPING IN THE DEALERS ROOM SATURDAY 10 AM DARRELL SCHWEITZER •'RIHA-Y 6:00-6:55 LARGER PROGRAM ROOM [ X] SATURDAY 10:00-10:55 LARGER PROGRAM ROOM (A) SEX, DEATHTVTLLAINY AND STYLE. WHY MUST PAPERBACK COVERS BE THAT WAY? Elegance, playfulness and a bit of madness can give both the When a writer complains that the cover on his latest Paperback writer ana the reader more than joy and pleasure: it can make has nothing to do with its plot, literary character, etc: the it possible to write about things, whicn, if handled with a artist complains that the publisher's reps didn’t give him much heavy hand, would be pretentious and dull. It seems that there information, the art director says they need so and so in the are subjects so serious that one can only joke about, them. cover art to sell the book ....is there any way out? fess Kissinger, Gregory Frost, Timothy R. Sullivan, Chris Miller, Bob Marty Gear, Brenda Clough, John Betancourt, Ginger Buchanan, Walters Mary Allen, DISCLAVE'88 FILM SCHEDULE DISCLAVE'88 POCKET PROGRAM frtdav may 27 1988 (SHOWING TIMES APPROXIMATE) DISCLnVE 88 MAIN PROGRAM BY HOUR 11:30 PM FRIDA1 May 27th THE GOLEM 1925 (85 min) Dir. Paul Wegener. Jewish Classic about HOUR J JIGNING(H) (A)LARGER (B)SMALLER (C)FORUM (R)READING artificial man set in medieval times. Silent film with musical score. 4:00 I THE NEW POLITICS & QUESTIONS ON SAKERS SAMURAI CAT SF DISCLAVE 1:00 PM THE POINT 1971 (75 min) Dir. Fred 5:00 IM CHANGING FACE OF WHERE DO CHAR­ CAN ANYBODY BETANCOURT woltt. Animated feature with score by WITCHCRAFT ACTERS COME FROM? DEFINE SF? Harry Nilsson. An alegorical tale about a boy named Oblio and his dog 6:00 1 SEX,DEATH,VILLAINY NESFA REPORI’S AN HOUR WITH SHEFFIELD Arrow. Oblio is born with a round- Kotan: /Roberts AND STYLE THE DeCAMPS head in a land of pointy people. 7:00 1 W . LIFE ON JUPITER? SF AS /AN ART FORM FILMS EXPLAINED R. ALLEN 2:30 AM J & V Haldeman ALPHAVILLE 1965 (100 min) Dir. Jean-Luc Goddard. Stars: Eddie 8:00 1 HEINLEIN SALUTE Considine, Howard Vernon, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff : Computer 9:00 ] SULLIVAN Alpha-60 runs distopia.