Opening Ceremonies
Fir/Oak   Friday   2:00 PM

Patterson, Amy (Moderator)

What Ten Books Would You Take to a Desert Island?
So you have to read only ten books for the next fifty years. Which ones could you read over and over again.
Monterey   Friday   2:30 PM

Moscoe, Mike (Moderator)
Perkins, Gerald
Gilligan, ElizaBeth

Developments Science Fiction Has Failed to Predict
Yes, Clarke predicted global satellites and Cartmiller predicted the atom bomb. But what technologies did science fiction overlook and why.
Fir/Oak   Friday   2:30 PM

Ctein
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget
Butler, Paula

Faith and Fandom: Do you have to be an atheist to be an SF Fan?
The humanist, scientific, rationalist view of the world is not the only world view that is still consistant with future technology. Come and hear other points of view.
Pine   Friday   2:30 PM

Blaker, John R. (Moderator)
Heydt, Dorothy J.

APAs and Fanzines and Ezines, Oh, My!
The evolution of fannish publishing.
San Juan   Friday   2:30 PM

Brewster, Kent (Moderator)
Daverin, Brenda
Mailander, Jane

Sex and the Single E. T.
Warning: This lecture contains graphic language. PG-13 [Slide Show] Want to build a better alien? Why not start with his/her/its sex life? Examples include hypodermic sex, explosive copulation, gender benders­all drawn from known terrestrial examples.
Carmel   Friday   2:30 PM

MacEwen, Patricia

Writing 201
Things we wish some pro had told us when we were starting out.
San Carlos   Friday   2:30 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca

Hidden and Forgotten Technologies
We can save the world with Steam! Well, maybe not, but what other technologies are there that can save us and may have been forgotten.
Monterey   Friday   4:00 PM

Nordley, Gerald "G. David" (Moderator)
Lyau, Bradford
Crowley, Dr. John

Lowering the Bar: Are Our Expectations for Greatness Dropping?
If you can make the front cover of the National Enquirer for having a tortilla with the face of Jesus on it, what makes the great truly stand out? Is fifteen minutes of fame too long for those that take the center stage of our consciousness.
San Carlos   Friday   4:00 PM

Pearce, Gerald (Moderator)
Ctein
Perkins, Gerald
Mailander, Jane

Walking on Knives: Fairy tales before Disney
They don't call them Grimm for nothing.
Cedar   Friday   4:00 PM

Csernica, Lillian
Edgerton, Teresa (Moderator)
Smith, Brenda Gates
Monk, Devon

Artists' Fantasy Panel
If you could draw the illustrations for any book, which would it be and why?
Pine   Friday   4:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina (Moderator)
Lurz, Frank
Hershey, Allison
Phanara, Selena

A REAL Seduction of the Innocent?
Modern media and what it's teaching our children. How can a child understand death when their character comes back after inserting another quarter?
Carmel   Friday   4:00 PM

Robinson, Nicky (Moderator)
Moesta, Rebecca
MacEwen, Patricia

Protecting the Internet from Kids
How can children that bid ridiculous amounts on Ebay be taught that the things they do online have adult consequences and are not just a video game?
Fir/Oak   Friday   4:00 PM

Clements, Linda (Moderator)
Canning, Janet
Moscoe, Mike

Clarion: The Writers Workshop
San Juan   Friday   4:00 PM

Brewster, Kent
Blum, R. S.

Procrastinator's Panel
Trying to stop procrastinating? Trying to cut back? Try this panel.
Santa Barbara   Friday   5:00 PM

SF/F Cultural Literacy
Remembering the past in our favorite genre. Remember Doc Smith?
San Carlos   Friday   5:30 PM

Pearce, Gerald (Moderator)
Lyau, Bradford
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"

Science Fiction Poetry
Not all science fiction is prose. Come find out about the rhymers with a futurist bent.
San Juan   Friday   5:30 PM

Etchemendy, Nancy
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki (Moderator)
Oestreicher, Joy

Christian BoF
San Jose   Friday   5:30 PM

Blaker, John R.
Csernica, Lillian

Meet the Guests
These are our Guests. Come and see them up close and personal.
Fir/Oak   Friday   8:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca
Thomas, Nene Tina
Price, Jan
Brewster, Kent

Neon City LARP Start
San Juan   Friday   8:00 PM

Dead Rats on Stix
The German techno-mettallic phenomena!
Pine/Fir/Oak   Saturday   12:01 AM

Boffer Panel
Cedar   Saturday   12:01 AM

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