PhilCon Schedule

[shadesong]

Fri 11:00 PM in Seminar A (1 hour)
FANTASY FROM BALLADS (128)

Exploring folk ballads a source of modern fantasy

Sat 11:59 PM in Parlor B (1 hour)
PLEASE TELL ME THAT'S NOT A TENTACLE!: ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES IN FANDOM (80)

(WARNING: MATURE SUBJECT MATTER! No one under age 18 will be
admitted!)
Fandom seems to attract a large number of people who are involved
in, or at least interested in, alternative sexual lifestyles. Is
the fan community more open and accepting of these lifestyles? Or
are fans just more open to experimentation? We will discuss a
number of lifestyle choices, including polyamory, BDSM, swinging,
and fetishism, among others, and how they relate to fandom, and how
fans relate to them.


Sat 12:00 PM in Parlor B (1 hour)
GRAPHIC TALES: COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND SF (106)

Since the 1930’s, with the debut of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, and a
certain strange visitor from another planet, comics and SF have been
intertwined. Characters like Batman, Iron Man, Green Lantern, and
the X-Men all contain heavy science fiction influences. And titles
like The New Gods, The Eternals, and The Legion of Super Heroes
(which took place in the 30th century!) are basically serialized
space operas. So why does it seem like so many fans of either genre
don’t seem to see any similarity? Our panelists will look at comics
from an SF perspective.

Sun 11:00 AM in Freedom Ballroom (1 hour)
SAM WILL KILL HIM IF HE TRIES ANYTHING: BLOGGING AND SF (86)

Some of today’s hottest SF&F writers actually publish several short
essays per week, and even per day… online. Whether on MySpace,
LiveJournal, Blogger, or their own websites, authors, artists, and
other creators, and their fans, are using web-logs to reach out to
other fans. Find out more about this phenomenon, and hear from
some of the most popular bloggers out there.

Sun 12:00 PM in Salon 1 (1 hour)
CHILDREN ARE FROM MARS, PARENTS ARE FROM VENUS: RAISING KIDS IN FANDOM (78)

You’re a fan. And you’re a parent. You go to cons. Your kids come
with you. You love SF, fantasy, horror, comics, anime, role-playing
games, and/or LARPing. Your kids… couldn’t care less. Or, perhaps,
they want to join in. How do you deal with being a fan AND being a
parent?


I'm on the blogging panel with Spooky, hughcasey, and autopope. octoberland, what panel am I on with you? The kink one?

Who else is doing panels? I shall want your schedules!

And hughcasey, does it say "a reading schedule will be given to you at Philcon" on everyone's schedule, or does that mean I'm doing a reading? Do I need to prepare something? *pokes at Places You Haunt, if people are interested after the "Fantasy From Ballads" panel*

I see Spooky on Friday! I need to rent a tux for PhilProm.