program guide A ! The conference on imaginative literature, thirteenth edition readercon 13 The Boston Marriott Burlington Burlington, Massachusetts (Friday the)13th—15th July 2001 Guests of Honor: Michael Swanwick David G. Hartwell Memorial GoH: Clifford D. Simak program guide Practical Information...................................................................... 1 Hotel Map........................................................................................ 3 Bookshop Dealers............................................................................4 Readercon 13 Guests.......................................................................5 Readercon 13: The Program........................................................... 7 Friday....................................................................................7 Saturday.............................................................................. 12 Sunday................................................................................ 18 Readercon 14 Advertisement....................................................... 24 About the Program Participants.................................................. 25 Program Grids........................Back Cover and Inside Back Cover Cover Image Way Statioji ©2001 Karl R. Wurst Contents ©2001 Readercon, Inc. page 1 program guide practical information Some Policies ffl No Weapons (period!): Massachusetts laws are quite specific on this, and anything we consider hazardous in a public area will be prohibited (the Committee reserves the right to revoke memberships without refund for those who don’t cooperate with our requests in this matter). £□ No Smoking in the program areas or Bookshop. O No Eating or Drinking by customers in the Bookshop (except in the Readercon Cafe). £□ No Pets (except for service animals): Many con attendees are allergic to a number of animals. As we are in enclosed spaces, we must ask you to respect their rights. £□ Child Policy: Small children attached to adults do not need a membership. Anyone old enough to benefit from the program does. Children of any age seen wandering around on their own will be judged to be in the latter category. See Children at Readercon below for more information. £□ Party Policy: We encourage open parties, however parties in a room not in the party block will be shut down. Open parties (parties with an open invitation to all attendees and with an open door) may not serve alcohol. Closed parties (parties by invitation only and with a closed door) serving alcohol must make arrangements for corkage with the hotel. Kaffeeklatsches Moved to Room 630! Because the hotel is renovating the bar and using Vineyard as a temporary bar, Kaffeeklatsches have been moved to Room 630 this year. Take the elevator to the 6th floor, turn left out of the elevator, left again, and Room 630 will be on your right. Hospitality Suite Our Hospitality Suite (or Con Suite) is in the Concierge Lounge. Follow the signs past the lobby, bar, and elevators. The Concierge floor hallway is on the left just past the elevators and the lounge is the first door on the right, opposite the staircase to the health club. We’ll try our best to keep it open essentially throughout the conference (including quite late each night) and stocked with all sorts of edibles. Tiptree Bake Sale Much of the money to fund the Tiptree award is raised at bake sales at conventions around the country, and for the past few years we have had one of the most productive. Come prepared with baked goods and/or healthy appetites! This year, look for the bake sale in the Bookshop. readercon 13 page 2 Children at Readercon Because Readercon has become a family affair, we’re trying something new this year: ReaderKids will offer boring-panel-free, supervised playtime for kids ages 4 to 12 during which their parents can enjoy their panels. This year the program will run two sessions on Saturday only. Each session will last about two hours, one from 9:45am until 12:00pm, the other from 1:45pm until 4:00pm. In general, bathroom-independent children ages 4 through 12 years may participate. Parents of children on the borders of age, or bathroom independence, or with other special circumstances, who are interested in our program may talk with Louise Waugh at the convention prior to the Saturday ReaderKids program. Supervising the children will be two adults, both experienced childcare providers, who have cared for children, preschool through 6th grade, for over ten years. We are planning an open house Friday night from 7pm-8pm in the ReaderKid room so that providers and parents and kids can meet each other. To participate: Go to Registration to register your child as a ReaderKid and buy a one-session coupon ($10) for each session that each child will attend. You will also receive a colorful wristband. Bring the registered, wristband-wearing child to the ReaderKid room, check in with the adults, leave contact information, say good-bye, enjoy your panels, and return on time to pick up your ReaderKid. By Their Badges... ...ye shall know them. Here’s what the colors mean: Ivory....................................................Committee and Staff Orchid..................................................Program Participant Goldenrod..................................................................Member Volunteer! Like the sf conventions that inspired us, Readercon is entirely volunteer-run. We need hordes of people to help man Registration and Information, keep an eye on the programming, staff the Hospitality Suite, and do about a million more things. If interested, go to Information — the person there will know what to do. It’s fun, you’ll meet new people, and if you work 8 hours you’ll earn a free membership to next year’s con. How to Contact Us You can e-mail us at <[email protected]> or write to us at PO Box 38-1246, Cambridge, MA 02238-1246. For updates and more details, such as past programs, check our Web site at http://www.readercon.org. program guide page 4 bookshop dealers Artemis Magazine Klon’s Interplanetary Books 1380 East 17 Street, Suite 201 305 Stoneland Drive Brooklyn, NY 11230-6011 USA Athens, GA 30606-2455 http://www.LRCPublications.com Ministry of Whimsy Press Joseph T. Berlant P.O. Box 4248 PO Box 809 Tallahassee, FL 32315 Schenectedy, NY 12301 www.mindspring.com/~toones/ministry.htm Books & More NESFA Press PO Box 250 PO Box 809 Francestown, NH 03043-0250 Framingham, MA 01701 www.nesfa.org/press/ Michael Borden 2774 East Main Road Old Earth Books Portsmouth, RI 02871-2608 PO Box 19951 Baltimore, MD 21211-0951 DNA Publications PO Box 2988 Larry Smith, Bookseller Radford. VA 24143 3824 Patricia Drive Aboriginal SF Absolute Magnitude Upper Arlington, OH 43220-4913 Dreams of Decadence Fantastic Stories Science Fiction Chronicle Weird Tales Terminus Publishing Co. www.dnapublications.com 6644 Rutland St Philadelphia, PA 19149-2128 Edgewood Press PO Box 380264 Tigereyes Books Cambridge, MA 02238 PO Box 172 Lemayne, PA 17043 Eyrie House Books 108 Autumn Road Wesleyan University Press Dracut, MA 01826 23 South Main Street Hanover, NH 03755-2048 Henderson’s Books www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/ 18100 Chestnut Ridge Petersburg, VA 23803 Vanishing Books PO Box 391289 Intergalactic Book Works Cambridge, MA 02139 PO Box 968 Merrimack, NH 03054 J. Arthur Vaughan 620 Hammond Road J&J Books York, PA 17402-1321 21 Hobson Ave. St. James, NY 11780-3032 page 5 program guide readercon 13 guests Numbers indicate the program items as listed on the following pages. S3 indicates a past Guest of Honor David G. Hartwell.................................1, 7,49, 65, 84, 93, 99,105,121,134,138 Michael Swanwick...................... 1,2,19,24,34,37, 56, 83, 92, 98,112,124,137 Toni Anzetti.............. 54, 113, 115, 135 Greer Gilman........................ 73, 98, 109 Ellen Asher.................................. 84, 96 Glenn Grant...................... 94, 107, 114 Lisa A. Barnett............................ 68, 84 Geary Gravel....................... 54, 94, 115 Mark Bernstein................................. 86 Leigh Grossman.......................... 23, 32 Ellen Brody.........................................77 Marty Halpern..................................106 Michael A. Burstein....... 2, 8, 111, 119 Elizabeth Hand.........41, 48, 70, 80, 98 James L. Cambias............ 66, 129, 135 Nancy C. Hanger............... 27, 117, 125 Jeffrey A. Carver........... 15, 40, 69, 90, Daniel Hatch............................... 57, 82 115, 134 Jeff Hecht.................................... 17, 66 Jeanne M. Cavelos......... 37, 57, 67, 89 Connie Hirsch.................................... 73 S3 Suzy McKee Charnas 4, 15, 49, 65 Arthur D. Hlavaty.............................38 Michael Cisco...................... 31, 63, 135 Ken Houghton.................................. 105 Hal Clement............. 6, 14, 30, 56, 134 Alexander Jablokov............................ 97 £3 John Clute25, 43, 59, 98, 114, 124 Edward James............................. 25, 65 F. Brett Cox....................................1, 12 Michael Kandel................................. 29 Kathryn Cramer............. 1, 38, 74, 121 Aline Boucher Kaplan............... 18, 133 El John Crowley.... 18, 24, 52, 63, 81, Robert I. Katz............. 27, 74, 104, 122 83, 111 James Patrick Kelly........24, 46, 74, 83 Don D'Ammassa................................ 97 Donald Kingsbury........ 35, 43, 49, 107 Shira Daemon...................................114 Rosemary Kirstein...................... 42, 54 S3 Samuel R. Delany..