Program Grid
| Thursday | Ballroom A | Wedgwood | Brazos |
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| 2:00 PM |
Was REH the First of a Line of Weird Small Town Writers? Barrett, Denton, D. Duncan(m), Hobb, Lord |
Setup |
Reading Melanie Rawn |
| 2:30 PM |
Reading Sam Enthoven |
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| 3:00 PM |
The Small Press in the Big Woods O'Neill, Roberson(m), Van Pelt, Wallace |
Reading Martin Owton |
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| 3:30 PM |
Reading Patrice Sarath |
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| 4:00 PM |
In Remembrance: Jim Baen, Charles L. Grant, and Other Absent Friends Bryant(m) |
Reading Leo Grin |
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| 4:30 PM |
Reading Jayme Lynn Blaschke |
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| 5:00 PM |
Why Does Fantasy Dominate Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games? Allston(m), de Orive, McHugh, Mixon, W. Spector |
Reading Jay Lake |
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| 5:30 PM |
Reading Eileen Gunn |
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| 6:00 PM |
Dinner Break |
Dinner Break |
Dinner Break |
| 6:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | |||
| 7:30 PM |
Open for Seating |
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| 8:00 PM |
International Horror Guild Awards Picacio(m) |
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| 8:30 PM |
Reading David Keck |
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| 9:00 PM |
Reading Patrick O'Leary |
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| 9:30 PM |
Reading Alan DeNiro |
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| 10:00 PM |
The Lone Star State of Fantasy Klaw, Marin, Siros, C. Spector(m) |
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| 10:30 PM |
| Friday | Ballroom A | Wedgwood | Brazos | Bosque | Prefunction Area |
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| 10:00 AM |
It's Not A Cliché… Yet Cook, C. N. Douglas, Flint, Gill, Modesitt(m) |
Regional Differences in Fantasy Lake(m), McIntosh, Phillips, Williamson |
Reading Maria V. Snyder |
Reading Julianne Lee |
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| 10:30 AM |
Reading Melissa Mia Hall |
Reading Chris Roberson |
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| 11:00 AM |
Editor Guest Interview Herman(m), Lord |
Taking One for the Team: Memorable Supporting Characters D. Duncan, J. Moore, Rawn, Stevermer, W. Wheeler(m) |
Reading Peter S. Beagle |
Reading Lillian Stewart Carl |
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| 11:30 AM |
Reading Joe Haldeman |
Reading Esther Friesner |
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| Noon |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
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| 12:30 PM | |||||
| 1:00 PM | |||||
| 1:30 PM |
Artist Guest Selected Portfolio and Q&A Fenner(m), Palencar |
Curb Your Hound of Evil: Finding the Dark Woods in an Urban World Coe, Hobb, T. S. Jones, Lindskold(m), Link |
SFPA Poetry Reading Bobet, Graham, Haldeman, S. Henderson(m), Lunde, Schwabach, Trimm, Voss |
Reading K. D. Wentworth |
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| 2:00 PM |
Reading Walter Jon Williams |
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| 2:30 PM |
Fantasy Roundup: Should Reads of the Last Year Beatts(m), C. N. Brown, Datlow, Fletcher, Morgan |
Special Item TBA |
Reading Glen Cook |
Reading Lisa Tuttle |
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| 3:00 PM |
Reading Sharon Shinn |
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| 3:30 PM |
GoH Interview: Robin Hobb Hobb, Sherman(m) |
What if Robert E. Howard Struck Oil Instead?: Alternate History in Fantasy Literature Alexander, Grant, Howle(m), Park, Waldrop |
Paranormal Romance Reading Dayton, Owens, Smith-Ready, Swendson |
Reading Daniel Abraham |
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| 4:00 PM |
Reading Steven Erikson |
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| 4:30 PM |
Interpreting REH's Fiction in Art Gianni, Martin(m), Palencar, Picacio |
Fantasy, Social Networking, and the Blogosphere Bear, Cardin, Flewelling(m), Levine, A. Wheeler |
Reading Dave Duncan |
Reading Mary A. Turzillo |
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| 5:00 PM |
Reading Katharine Eliska Kimbriel |
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| 5:30 PM |
Vampire Powerhouse Andersson, Charnas, Guran(m), Harris, Yarbro |
Lone Rider or Ravening Horde: The Barbarian in Modern Fantasy Drake, Finn(m), H. Jones, Martindale, McKiernan |
Reading Diana Pharaoh Francis |
Reading Hal Duncan |
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| 6:00 PM |
Reading Michelle M. Welch |
Reading Jeffrey Ford |
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| 6:30 PM |
Dinner Break |
Dinner Break |
Dinner Break |
Dinner Break |
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| 7:00 PM | |||||
| 7:30 PM | |||||
| 8:00 PM |
Autograph Session |
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| 8:30 PM | |||||
| 9:00 PM |
Art Reception |
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| 9:30 PM | |||||
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| 10:30 PM |
| Saturday | Ballroom A | Wedgwood | Brazos | Bosque |
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| 10:00 AM |
Effects of the Web and Online Publishing on Fantasy Klima, Surrette(m), Turner, Valente, Wilson |
Rules of Fantasy: Says Who and Why? Cook, Elliott, Hobb, Powers(m) |
Reading Neil Williamson |
Reading Chris Nakashima-Brown |
| 10:30 AM |
Reading Paul Park |
Reading Lee Killough |
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| 11:00 AM |
REH Artist Guest Slide Show Gianni |
Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Other Fictions that Go Bump in the Night Barron, Holder, Jens(m), S. Jones, A. VanderMeer |
Broad Universe Reading Bray, Burton, Casil, Cheney, Green, Isaak, Latner, N. J. Moore(m), Oliver, Rambo, Simner, Smith, Sullivan, Vanderhooft |
Reading Scott Edelman |
| 11:30 AM |
Reading Cathy Clamp |
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| Noon |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
| 12:30 PM | ||||
| 1:00 PM | ||||
| 1:30 PM |
The God or the Machine? Chiang, Marley, Stackpole, W. J. Williams, Young(m) |
Aging Wonder: Writing and Reading Fantasy throughout the Lifetime Beagle, Buchanan, D. Duncan(m), Haldeman, Lord |
Reading Paul Witcover |
Reading Carrie Richerson |
| 2:00 PM |
Reading Graham Joyce |
Reading Charlaine Harris |
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| 2:30 PM |
GoH Interview: Glen Cook Anderson(m), Cook |
The Phantom Book: Lovecraft, Borges, and Others Bryant, H. Duncan, Roden, Schweitzer(m), Webb |
Reading Carol Berg |
Young Adult Reading Durst, Millitello, Trent(m), Whittemore |
| 3:00 PM |
Reading Patricia A. McKillip |
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| 3:30 PM |
Contemporary Art and Fantasy Book Covers Anders, Gianni, Givens(m), Palencar, Vess |
Forgotten Masters: Readings from the Deep Dark Past Hartwell, Nevins, Park(m), Strauss |
Cross Plains Universe Reading Cupp(m), Person, Reisman |
Reading Kate Elliott |
| 4:00 PM |
Reading L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
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| 4:30 PM |
Closed for Banquet Setup |
GoH Interview: Dave Duncan D. Duncan, Stirling(m) |
Reading Holly Phillips |
Reading Thomas Monteleone |
| 5:00 PM |
Reading Cecelia Holland |
Reading F. Brett Cox |
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| 5:30 PM |
Deconstructing Howard I: The Writer, His Life, and His Influence Archer(m), Hardy, Lord, Louinet, Reasoner |
Reading Robin Hobb |
Reading Mary Rosenblum |
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| 6:00 PM |
Reading Joshua Palmatier |
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| 6:30 PM |
Open for Seating |
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| 7:00 PM |
Pre-Banquet Cocktails |
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| 7:30 PM |
Banquet and Awards Denton(m) |
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| 8:00 PM | ||||
| 8:30 PM | ||||
| 9:00 PM | ||||
| 9:30 PM |
| Sunday | Ballroom A | Wedgwood | Brazos | Frio |
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| 10:00 AM |
Natural Progressions and Unnatural Spawn: Fantasy Crossovers Caine, Cook, Kushner(m), Stirling, Van Gelder |
The Weird Tales Triumvirate: The Shared Worlds of Lovecraft, Howard, and Smith Burke(m), Connors, Drake, Powers |
Reading Charles de Lint |
Business Meeting |
| 10:30 AM |
Reading Laura Anne Gilman |
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| 11:00 AM |
Fantasy is Fundamental: Young Adult Fantasy in the 21st Century Black, de Lint, Freitag(m), Goldblatt, M. L. Williams |
Fantastic Adventures: 19th Century Heroes Crider(m), Cupp, Kesel, Nevins |
Reading Robert Freeman Wexler |
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| 11:30 AM |
Reading Ellen Klages |
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| Noon |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
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| 12:30 PM | ||||
| 1:00 PM | ||||
| 1:30 PM |
Pirates in Fantasy Cook, Denton(m), D. Duncan, Hobb |
WFA Judges' Panel Lockley, Roden, Strauss, J. VanderMeer, A. Wheeler(m) |
Reading Maureen McHugh |
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| 2:00 PM |
Reading Howard Waldrop |
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| 2:30 PM |
Art in the New Millennium: What is an Original? Deen, Dringenberg, Palencar, Picacio(m), Snellings-Clark |
Deconstructing Howard II: The Research B. Brown, Finn, Herman, Tompkins(m) |
Reading Joe R. Lansdale |
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| 3:00 PM |
Reading Bradley Denton |
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| 3:30 PM |
Will Somebody Please Explain This Book? Anders, Bey, Dedman, Groell, November(m) |
Past Masters: The Persistence of What Has Gone Before in REH Gould(m), Grin, Liu, Lord |
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| 4:00 PM |