Minicon 36 Program Grid

Complete program descriptions with list of participants are available on a separate page.

Friday

Time
Salon A
Salon B
Salon C
Board Room 2
Board Room 3
Director's 1
Salon E
Consuite
3:30pm
     Gordy's Proposition          
4:00pm
            
4:30pm
              
5:00pm
 Fantasy: The Long and the Short of It Mistakes I Made When I Was A Neo   Reading: Laurel Winter      
5:30pm
        
 
6:00pm
              
6:30pm
       Reading: Jane Yolen       Slugger's Cocktail Party
7:00pm
            
7:30pm
              
8:00pm
     Opening Ceremonies          
8:30pm
            
9:00pm
     Ask Dr. Mike        
9:30pm
            
10:00pm
               Six Degrees of Fandom Handshaking Party
10:30pm
   My Crackpot Theory         Filking
11:00pm
          
11:30pm
            
Midnight
            

And of course the consuite will remain open much later and the parties and music parties will run late, too. Midnight is not the end of things. But you knew that.

Saturday

Time
Salon A
Salon B
Salon C
Board Room 2
Board Room 3
Director's 1
Salon E
Consuite
9:30am
   Breaking Out of the Pack   Round Robin Poetry Reading        
10:00am
            
10:30am
                
11:00am
 The Year in Science, Part I (Physics & Astronomy)   Tam Lin by "William Shakespeare," as considered canonical on Barrayar   Convention Fears & Fantasies      
11:30am
          
Noon
                
12:30pm
   The Works of Ken MacLeod   Fannish Ethics Good Story, Bad Ending      
1:00pm
          
1:30pm
                
2:00pm
 Rocky Mountain Horrible Picture Show Fraud on the Internet The Celtic Fringe Reading: Pamela Dean   Roundtable: SF and Henry James Junkbox Wars  
2:30pm
    
3:00pm
              
3:30pm
 The Year in Science, Part II (Biosciences) The Civil War: Is It Over Yet? Reading: Ken MacLeod Reading: Katya Reimann How e-text Won't Change Publishing Roundtable: Moderating Program Items    
4:00pm
    
4:30pm
                
5:00pm
 Remembering Gordon R. Dickson (1923-2001) What the Heck is the Matter with the Comics Industry? Reading: Jo Walton Ten Things Computers Shouldn't Be Used For History is the Trade Secret of Science Fiction      
5:30pm
      
6:00pm
                
6:30pm
                
7:00pm
                
7:30pm
                
8:00pm
 Intimate with 433 Eros: First Contact with an Asteroid   Trivia Bowl   Reading: Steven Brust     When Weirds Collide: Mardi Gras meets the Minnesota State Fair at Minicon
8:30pm
        
9:00pm
       Bedtime Stories, with Jane Yolen and milk and cookies.     Concert: Leslie Fish
9:30pm
          
10:00pm
     The Return of Kids, Don't Try This At Home      
10:30pm
           More Filking
11:00pm
          
11:30pm
            
Midnight
            

And of course the consuite will remain open much later and the parties and music parties will run late, too. Midnight is not the end of things. But you knew that.

 

Sunday

Time
Salon A
Salon B
Salon C
Board Room 2
Board Room 3
Director's 1
Salon E
Consuite
11:00am
 War Stories: Conrunner Tales British SF & Fantasy You Haven't Read (and Should) Interview: Leslie Fish Lady Poetesses From Hell        
11:30am
        
Noon
                
12:30pm
   What Should I Read Next? Interview: Ken MacLeod Reading: John M. Ford        
1:00pm
          
1:30pm
                
2:00pm
 Minicon 37 Kickoff Meeting   Interview: Jo Walton          
2:30pm
            
3:00pm
                
3:30pm
     Closing Ceremonies          
4:00pm
              
4:30pm
                

Parties, teardown, and the usual things occur after Closing Ceremonies.