My Philcon Schedule

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Okay, it's on! And here's my schedule. If you're going to be at Philcon this weekend, be sure to say hi.

Sat 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Three (1 hour)

MY FAVORITE BOOKS  

    [Panelists: Joan Wendland (mod), Chuck Rothman, Samuel Delany,

    Robert E. Waters, Eric Avedissian, Michael Swanwick]

    Authors talk about their own literary influences, and the works that

    inspired them to become writers

Sat 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Promenade (Gaming) (1 hour)

AUTOGRAPHS: MICHAEL SWANWICK, TESS KISSINGER, PHIL GIUNTA (

    [Panelists: Michael Swanwick (mod), Tess Kissinger, Phil Giunta]

Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)

A TRIBUTE TO GENE WOLFE  

    [Panelists: Brandon Budda (mod), Glenn McDorman, Michael Swanwick,

    Darrell Schweitzer]

    Best known for his masterpiece The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

    is the author of over thirty science-fiction and fantasy novels and

    hundreds of short stories. This panel explores Wolfe’s speculative

    worlds, his common themes and motifs, his most memorable characters,

    and (of course!) his magical prose

Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)

OBSOLETE SCIENCE (3502)

    [Panelists: Earl Bennett (mod), Michael Swanwick, James L. Cambias,

    James Beall, B. Lana Guggenheim, Russell J. Handelman]

    Remember when spaceships went whizzing through the ether? Remember

    the hollow earth? What obsolete scientific ideas shaped SF, and

    which ones still persist in it

Sat 6:00 PM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)

NON-LINEAR STORYTELLING  

    [Panelists: Bernie Mojzes (mod), Michael Swanwick, Samuel Delany,

    Karalyn Morris, Heather Hutsell]

    Who's done it well? When does it work for a story, when does it

    fail, and why

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