Letter from the Chairs Faculty, Students, and community— Welcome everyone to another wonderful year for the Life, the Universe, & Everything Symposium. Now in our 27th year, we are excited to be around and looking forward to the future, with a great nod of thanks to our past. This year we’ve really had to look back to our roots, finding the core of what LTU&E truly stands for, and realizing the great debt that we owe to our founders—the amazing group of students and faculty who got LTU&E started. While I suspect that many of them would be surprised at how we have changed over the years—let alone lasting this long—I hope they are proud of what we are. LTU&E is still a wonderful forum of thought, a vast gathering of great ideas and interests, bringing together successful professionals and struggling beginners alike to expand their knowledge of not only the world around them, but also how it could be and how to share that idea. Through the study of science fiction and fantasy, we really do connect with life, the universe, and everything. In the annual struggle to prepare for the symposium, we ran across a great number of unexpected obstacles, driving us to great lengths and calling upon all our resources, even so far as to contact members from those early LTU&E committees for assistance. Fortunately, we’ve been blessed with an amazing committee this year as well. Each of them has put in what I would have believed to be inhumane amounts of effort to help this 2009 symposium come together. With thanks to our sponsorship from the department of Theater and Media Arts in the college of Fine Arts and Communications here at Brigham Young University, and to all those involved in the many aspects of this event from production to participation, we wish you welcome and hope you enjoy this 27th edition of Life, the Uni- verse, & Everything. Tim Richardson & Nathan Langford Symposium Committee Chairs 1 1SPWP -%45FNQMF /PSUI Q KLOQE ALLN Allen H Cultures) C/14 48 IWRA Intramural Recreation Area A,B/4,5,6 4UBEJVN"WFOVF 2 FARM Animal Science Farm C/1 (West Stadium) 3 AXMB Auxiliary Maintenance Building I/5,6 49 SWKT Kimball Tower, Spencer W. F/12 It’s only one year away! ID 4 B-21 to B-32 (Service Buildings) G/12 50 AKH Knight Hall, Amanda B,C/14 5 B-34, B-38, B-41, B-51 G/12 51 JKB Knight Building, Jesse F/10 IT Life, the Universe, & Everything 28 (Misc. Temporary Buildings) 52 KMB Knight Mangum Building G,H/12,13 Guest of Honor: Brandon Sanderson 6 B66 B-66 Classroom/Lab Building I/12 53 AXLB Laundry Building, Auxiliary Services I/6 7 B67 B-67 Service Building C/2 54 HBLL Lee Library, Harold B. F,G/10,11 8 B72 B-72 Building (LDS Philanthropies) C/8 DragonComet Short Story Contest and Odyssey Poetry Contest 55 MSRB Maeser Building, Karl G. E/13 Deadline: postmarked by January 15, 2010 DF 9 B77 B-77 Service Building (Former UVSC Building) C/8,9 56 MC Marriott Center, J. Willard F,G/7,8 Q Complete rules and information: ltue.org 10 MLBM Bean Life Science Museum, Monte L. G/8 57 MARB Martin Building, Thomas L. F,G/12 /PSUI 6OJWFSTJUZ1BS LXBZ Annual Art Show 11 B-49 Benson Agriculture and Food Institute, F/14 58 MB McDonald Building, Howard S. G/13 Ezra Taft 59 MCKB McKay Building, David O. E/12 All media types accepted, framed and mounted preferred. Bring your work with you on Thursday, the first day of the symposium. 12 BNSN Benson Building, Ezra Taft F/12,13 60 MLRP Miller Park (Baseball/Softball Complex) E,F/7 &BTU $BOZPO3PBE 13 WSC Bookstore, BYU G/11 61 MTC Missionary Training Center H,I/4,5 8FTU 'SFFEPN#PVMFWBSE Come join in the fun! Be part of the committee! Ask one of the current D members how to getU involved. (Meetings on Saturdays in the JKB.) 14 BRWB Brewster Building, Sam F. H,I/12 62 PPMV Motor Pool Vehicle Shelter I/12,13 &BTU 6OJWFSTJUZ"WFOVF 15 BRMB Brimhall Building, George H. E/12,13 63 MOA Museum of Art G/10 ltue.org or ltue.byu.edu 16 BELL Centennial Carillon Tower G/8 64 NICB Nicholes Building, Joseph K. F/12 BYU campus 17 PPCH Central Heating and Cooling Plants H/12 65 OLVH Oliver House (Performing Arts Management) I/11 18 CMB Chemicals Management Building I/12 66 RB Richards Building, Stephen L D,E/10,11 /PSUI &BTU 19 HRCB Clark Building, Herald R. F,G/12 67 RBF Richards Building Fields D/10,11 20 JRCB Clark Building, J. Reuben (Law School) H/10,11 68 JSB Smith Building, Joseph E,F/13 /PSUI$BNQVT%SJWF 21 CLFB Cluff Building, Benjamin F,G/13,14 69 JFSB Smith Building, Joseph F. E,F/11 8FTU$BNQVT%SJWF (Plant Science Lab) 70 JFSG Smith Building Parking Garage, Joseph F. E,F/11 22 CB Clyde Engineering Building, W. W. G/12 71 SFH Smith Fieldhouse, George Albert D,E/12 23 CONF Conference Center, BYU H/7 72 SFLD Smith Fieldhouse South Field (Varsity Soccer) D/12 Parking 24 Cougar Room, LaVell Edwards Stadium D/6 73 ASB Smoot Administration Bldg, Abraham O. F,G/10 25 Cougar Room, Marriott Center F/7 74 SNLB Snell Building, William H. H/12 MoA #VMMEPH"WFOVF /PSUI 26 CTB Crabtree Technology Building, Roland A. H/12 75 STEH Stadium East and West (STWH) Houses D/5 27 DPL Creamery (Dairy Products Laboratory) H/7 76 SAB Student Athlete Building D/11 FSJUB ) HF % 28 CONE Creamery on Ninth East I/10 77 SASB Student Auxiliary Services Building H/5,6 JKB HFAC SJW &BTU$BNQVT%SJWF F 29 DT Deseret Towers and Morris Center (MORC) H,I/8 78 SHC Student Health Center I,J/5 30 DTRA Deseret Towers Recreation Area I/6,7 79 TMCB Talmage Math Sciences/Computer Building, F/10,11 31 ESM Earth Science Museum C/6 James E. Library 32 LVES Edwards Stadium, LaVell D,E/5,6 80 TNRB Tanner Building, N. Eldon E/10 Wilkinson Center 33 ELLB Ellsworth Building, Leo B. B/1 81 TLRB Taylor Building, John (Comprehensive Clinic) J/11 Parking 34 ESC Eyring Science Center, Carl F. F/12 82 TCB Tennis Courts Building D/12 /PSUI 35 FOB Faculty Ofce Building E/11 83 TCF Tennis Courts, Outdoor C,D/13 36 FB Fletcher Building, Harvey L. G/12 84 TOMH Thomas House (Risk Management and Safety) F/8 2 37 FLSR Foreign Language Student Residence J/4 85 TRAK Track and Field Complex D/7,8 38 HGB Grant Building, Heber J. E/13 86 UPC University Parkway Center B,C/6 J /PSUI W 39 HCEB Harman Bldg., Caroline Hemenway (Cont. Ed.) H/6 87 UPB University Press Building H/5,6 40 HFAC H arris Fine Arts Center, Franklin S. G/10 88 VCTR Visitors Center E/12 41 Harrison Arboretum and Botany Pond, F/13,14 89 WAIH Waite House (MAXINST) G/13 /PSUI Betrand F. 90 ROTC Wells Building, Daniel H. I/11 &BTU 42 HAWF Haws Field B,C/12 (Air Force/Army Reserve) 43 HL Helaman Halls and D,E,F/8,9 91 WIDB Widtsoe Building, John A. F,G/12 4PVUI$BNQVT%SJWF Cannon Center (CANC) 92 WSC Wilkinson Student Center, Ernest L. G,H/11 /PSUI 44 HLRA Helaman Recreation Area D/7 93 WT Wymount Terrace and Adm. Bldg. J,K,L/3,4,5,6,7 /PSUI 45 HR Heritage Halls and H,I/9,10 (W0AB) Central Building (HRCN) 94 WP Wyview Park and Central Building A,B/2,3,4 &BTU &BTU &BTU 46 HC Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center, E/9 (WPCB) Gordon B.; under construction /PSUI 47 IPF Indoor Practice Facility C/12 Contents Ettiquette with the Pros 4 Parking Guests of Honor: As a guest of BYU, and to help you enjoy your stay, please remember that Tracy and Laura Hickman 5 disability stalls, dean and official stalls, Special Guests 7 service stalls, red curbs, etc., require Participating Guests 9 special permints. Parking in any of Educator’s Conference 17 these stalls without the proper permit will result in a parking citation. Please Listing of Events 18 remember that timed stalls are enforced Readings/Book Signings 24 for the time posted. Acknowledgments back cover Wilkinson Center third floor The food court and the bookstore are located on the second floor. 3 Etiquette with the Pros One question any symposium-goer inevitably asks is, “How do I talk to authors and artists?” Getting to know them takes a few common sense rules of etiquette that will make the experience enjoyable for both of you. First, remember that the authors and artists are only human. Just because they write fantastic books or draw fabulous pictures doesn’t mean they are ready to be on stage at any moment. An author or artist may have just had a lousy night or be suffering from something the symposium committee fed them at lunch. Don’t take it personally if they don’t want to talk to you right then. Also, don’t try to dazzle them with your latest story idea or pet project. Most authors are paid to edit material; don’t expect them to do it for free.