Days on the Calendar Are Closer Than They Appear
Perceptual Problems in Fandom (continued from 1998)
Santa Barbara   Saturday   7:30 AM

Miss Manners in the New World: Manners for the Coming Age
How do you answer a flaming email? What do you call the cousin of your second ex-husband's sister? Bring questions of comtemporary ettiquette and our esteemed panellists will give you guidelines for the modern era.
Carmel   Saturday   10:00 AM

Csernica, Lillian (Moderator)
Hartlove, Denisen
Blaker, John R.

Don't Pick Your Nose with a Broadsword: The Worst Common Mistakes in Fantasy Writing
Why do writers make their heros use a weapon that the writers have never seen? And then they use it badly. Come and learn some of the basic weapons and how they should be used!
San Juan   Saturday   10:00 AM

Canfield, Michael (Moderator)
Radford, Irene Greer, Ray

Send More Chuck Berry
We think we have plenty to share with aliens, but what do you think their first message to us would be?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   10:00 AM

Shostak, Seth (Moderator)
Read, Wolf
Butler, Paula

Making the Leap: Becoming a Full Time Writer
Do you think that qutting your job will give you enough time to actually finish that great novel? There may be a few other things to consider before leaping off the corporate bus.
Pine   Saturday   10:00 AM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca
Paxson, Diana L. (Moderator)

Diseases and Death Sentences
Once, flu would kill you. Then it was syphilis. In a day when even AIDS might be survivable, what's coming next?
Monterey   Saturday   10:00 AM

MacEwen, Patricia (Moderator)
Gilligan, ElizaBeth
Waters, Elisabeth

Reading 101
So you read science fiction and fantasy, but have you read THESE?
Monterey   Saturday   11:30 AM

Whitmore, Tom (Moderator)
Goodman, Sarah
Lyau, Bradford

Implications of Recent Technology
Every movie and television show has a character talking on a cellphone. What other technologies will be so commonplace in five years that they become cultural norms?
Carmel   Saturday   11:30 AM

Glass, Brett
Daniel, Hugh (Moderator)
Clements, Linda

Can We Ever Justify Censorship?
Should the internet, the press, and the media say anything they want to? Should every man, women, and child be able to read or hear it? Are there any lines that should be drawn and if so, where?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   11:30 AM

Ctein
Perkins, Gerald (Moderator)
Perrin, Steve

Editors Wanted: A Million Channels and Nothing to Watch
Books and magazines have editors, why not the net? Anyone can put up a web site and trillions have. How can an experienced person guide people to really interesting information and get paid for it.
Cedar   Saturday   11:30 AM

Oestreicher, Joy
Brewster, Kent
Etchemendy, Nancy
Gilligan, ElizaBeth (Moderator)

Klingons and the Religious Right: Alternative Hereafters
So it's not all the big guy on the throne with the beard and the pearly gates. How are other afterlives portrayed in science fiction.
Pine   Saturday   11:30 AM

Hershey, Allison
Paxson, Diana L.
MacArthur, Thena (Moderator)
Radford, Irene

Docent Tour for Adults
Come and learn all the fascinating places to see at Baycon.
Foyer   Saturday   11:30 AM

Bushore, Kierin

Fan Clubs
How do you keep them going, and how do you keep the membership fresh? (Yalow, Whitmore, etc, etc, etc)
San Juan   Saturday   11:30 AM

Standlee, Kevin
Mortensen, Liz
McGuire, Christian (Moderator)
Southwick, David

Make A LARP (Mac Blue)
Design a live-action RPG from the ground up and play it the next day.
San Carlos   Saturday   11:30 AM

The Pre-Dune Saga
Want to know what happened before the Atredies moved to Dune? Our Guest of Honor can tell you.
Cedar   Saturday   1:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.

Porn: Has it tainted or expanded the Internet
The first best-selling VHS tapes were porn. Porn exploded the 900 number business. But somehow communities want to say "STOP" to porn on the internet. Has porn tainted or expanded the internet.
San Juan   Saturday   1:00 PM

Canning, Janet (Moderator)
Etchemendy, Nancy
Templeton, Brad

Research 101: Finding Your Grain of Salt
The Net is the home of everything and you can't find anything! How to find information in this pool of lime jello.
Monterey   Saturday   1:00 PM

Gilligan, ElizaBeth (Moderator)
Csernica, Lillian
Nelson, Raymond L.

Docent Tours for Kids
Come and learn all the fascinating places to see at Baycon.
Foyer   Saturday   1:00 PM

Cooke, Angela

You Can Make a Spacesuit from your Pajamas
Adapting patterns and the clothes in your closet for a good hall costume.
San Carlos   Saturday   1:00 PM

Hartlove, Denisen
Bass, Trystan (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget

Jargonspeak
The mystical languages of various professions, or what the heck is a Best Boy?
Carmel   Saturday   1:00 PM

Blaker, John R.
Davidson, Howard
Greer, Ray (Moderator)

Women in Science and Enginering: Overcoming Stereotypes and Prejudices
Business and universities say they want more women engineers and scientists, but do they really? How hard is it to be a woman engineer? And what can we do about it?
Pine   Saturday   1:00 PM

Clements, Linda (Moderator)
Butler, Paula
Robinson, Nicky
MacEwen, Patricia

Artist's GoH Panel
Our Artist Guest of Honor is a fine illustrator. Please come and hear how she learned her skills and what's she's working on now.
Fir/Oak   Saturday   1:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina

SCA Demo A
Demo Area   Saturday   1:00 PM

Canfield, Michael

Nothing Lasts Forever: Has the Star Trek franchise finally run out?
Deep Space Nine is winding down and the Captain wants to abandon Voyager. Is it finally the time to say "He's Dead, Jim" to this universe?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   2:30 PM

von Braskat, Sabre
Coe, Wolfgang

Filk 101
Yes, we sing and we write songs, too. Come and hear some and sing some yourself.
Monterey   Saturday   2:30 PM

Mar, Kathy
Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn (Moderator)
Mailander, Jane

Worldcons 101
So you think Baycon is large? How would you like to know more about a really large convention? The Bay Area hosted the World Science Fiction convention in 1993 and we are about to do it again in 2002.
San Juan   Saturday   2:30 PM

Whitmore, Tom (Moderator)
Standlee, Kevin
McGuire, Christian
Mortensen, Liz

Battling the Great Satan: What Should be Done about Microsoft
Does Bill Gates deserve the Nobel Prize for Economics or 10,000 years in a high-security prison? Is Microsoft the one company that spread technology to the home or the one company that should be broken into dozens of smaller, less competitive companies?
Cedar   Saturday   2:30 PM

Glass, Brett (Moderator)
Blaker, John R.
Higashi, Mike

Stupid User Tricks: Tech Support Horror Stories
Yes, you heard about the floppy disk and the magnet and the broken cupholder, but have you heard about TelepathyNet? Hear some modern tales of terror.
Carmel   Saturday   2:30 PM

Cratz, Tony
Howlett, Craige (Moderator)
McGuire, Seanán

Professor Destructo
Watch small electronic devices reduced to their component parts. Great fun for kids of all ages.
San Carlos   Saturday   2:30 PM

Daniel, Hugh (Moderator)

CONTACT: Cultures of the Imagination Panel
Pine   Saturday   2:30 PM

Nordley, Gerald "G. David" (Moderator)

High Art or Low: Breaking the Laws of Comics
First comics were in rows of boxes, then they weren't. First comics were funny or serious, now then can be both. What are the "laws" and how are they being broken today.
San Juan   Saturday   4:00 PM

Lopez, Dan (Moderator)
Buhalis, Rev. Lois
MacArthur, Thena
Orzechowski, Tom

Artists' Favorites
Artists discuss their favorite artists.
San Carlos   Saturday   4:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina
Lopez, Dan
Robins, Arlin (Moderator)

Dramatization 101
Now that you've got the costume, how do you make it come alive? Being in character while in costume.
Monterey   Saturday   4:00 PM

Hartlove, Jay
Bass, Trystan

Aliens: Good, Bad, and Believable
Writing aliens that make sense.
Cedar   Saturday   4:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
MacEwen, Patricia
Fesmire, Jonathan
Simpson, Don (Moderator)

Hidden Gems
Little-known books that shouldn't be forgotten.
San Jose   Saturday   4:00 PM

Lyau, Bradford
Oestreicher, Joy
Moscoe, Mike (Moderator)

Valuing Our Differences
No, we're not all the same. This is a good thing. This may seem obvious, but it isn't always. Classism vs. different roles in life.
Carmel   Saturday   4:00 PM

Goodman, Sarah (Moderator)
Radford, Irene
Saidak, Sandra

Looking Into the PAST: Astronomy and Space Exploration
Real time travel happens every night through the lenses of telescopes around the world. Find out how.
Pine   Saturday   4:00 PM

Shostak, Seth
Davidson, Howard
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)

Mars Pathfinder Slide Show
Slides from JPL. (Missing specific information - just come check it out!)
Fir/Oak   Saturday   4:00 PM

Landry, Bridget

B&D in S/F BoF
Carmel   Saturday   5:30 PM

B5/Crusade BoF
Friends of J. Michael
San Carlos   Saturday   5:30 PM

Portables, PDAs, and Gadgets BoF
San Juan   Saturday   5:30 PM

Dr. Who BoF
San Carlos   Saturday   5:30 PM

Masquerade
Cedar/Pine/Fir   Saturday   8:00 PM

Bass, Trystan
Anderson, Kevin J.
Brewster, Kent
Hartlove, Denisen
Hartlove, Jay
Moesta, Rebecca
Thomas, Nene Tina
Price, Jan

Eye of Argon Reading
Foyer   Sunday   12:01 AM

Simpson, Don

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