Minicon 42 Programming Grid

Friday

Atrium 3

Atrium 6

Atrium 7

Krushenko's | Atrium 8

Bloomington

Other places

Music | Plaza 2

Signings | On the hallway

Readings | Atrium 2

Dr. Who Geekout

Michael Lee (m)

Does SF have a Sell-by Date?

David Dyer-Bennet, Marissa Lingen, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ethan Sommer (m), Matt Strait

Publishing 101

Lois McMaster Bujold, Michael Merriam, Kathy Sullivan, Laurel Winter (m)

5:00-6:30pm

Video: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Episodes 1-3

Krushenko's Annex, Poolside 110

Dinner Expedition

Meet next to Registration – leave by 5:35pm

Opening Ceremonies

The Year in SF

Greg Johnson (m), Russell Letson

Conversation on the Net

Kevin Austin, Seth Breidbart, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m), Jim Rittenhouse, Thorin Tatge

The Artist & Musician as Protagonist

Pamela Dean, Charles de Lint, Mary Kay Kare (m), Adam Stemple, Jane Yolen

Art Show Reception

Art Show room, Plaza 5

Erin McKee

Graham Leathers

8:00-9:00pm

Marissa Lingen 8:30-9:00

Kathy Sullivan 9:00-9:30

RPGs – What's New and What's Good

Rachel Kronick (m), John Till

The Future of Intellectual Property

Jonathan Adams (m), Laura Majerus, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Bruce Schneier

Raising Kids in Fandom

Lisa Freitag, Carol Kennedy, Ken Konkol, Jim Rittenhouse, Alison Sommer (m)

Riverfolk

9:00-10:00pm

Music Circle

10:00pm on

Saturday

Atrium 3

Atrium 6

Atrium 7

Krushenko's | Atrium 8

Bloomington

Other places

Music | Plaza 2

Signings | On the hallway

Readings | Atrium 2

Gender Roles in Anime

Alexandra Howes, Anna Waltz (m)

Pop-up Books

Laura Krentz, Lydia Nickerson (m, Jane Yolen

Discussion: Marvel's “Civil War”

Eric M. Heideman (m)

Charles de Lint

Of Ice Ages and Sea Levels

Phil Kaveny, Ken Konkol, Jim Rittenhouse (m), David Wilford

Transgender Issues in SF&F

Beth Friedman, Carol Kennedy (m), Rachel Kronick, Lyda Morehouse

Writing for the Young Adult

Pamela Dean, Laura Krentz, Adam Stemple (m), Jane Yolen

Minions and How to Acquire Them

Naomi Kritzer, David D. Levine (m), CJ Mills, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, DavE Romm

Stardust: The Movie

Charles Vess presentation

Plaza 1

Yaoi: Do you really know what this means?

Alexandra Howes (m), Anna Waltz

The Ethics of AI

Seth Breidbart, David Dyer-Bennet, David D. Levine, Ethan Sommer (m)

Creating Believable Religions

Lyda Morehouse (m), Lois McMaster Bujold, Barb Jensen, Greg Johnson, Naomi Kritzer

A Tale of Two Charleses

Charles de Lint, Charles Vess, Greg Ketter

Digital Photo Restoration for (not quite) Dummies

Ctein

Plaza 1

Jane Yolen

Adam Stemple

Hilary Moon Murphy 1:00-1:30

Michael Merriam 1:30-2:00

Ask a Disabled Fan

Peer Dudda, Michael Merriam, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m)

Transmythic Fantasy

Marissa Lingen, Naomi Kritzer (m), Lois McMaster Bujold, Hilary Moon Murphy

Dark Matter: What We Know

Ctein (m), Howard Davidson, Michael Kauper, Phil Kaveny, Jim Rittenhouse, Matt Strait

Discussion: The Works of Charles de Lint

David Lenander (co-m), Eric M. Heideman (co-m)

If it's Tuesday, this must be Doomsday

Patrick Nielsen Hayden (m), Bruce Schneier

Lyda Morehouse

Pamela Dean

Jane Yolen 2:30-3:00

Adam Stemple 3:00-3:30

Four Decades of Minicon

Don Bailey, Dean Gahlon, DavE Romm, Jim Young (m)

The City as Character

Charles de Lint, David D. Levine, Lyda Morehouse, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m)

Energy Sources in the Future

Ctein, Howard Davidson, Mark Richardson, Matt Strait (m)

Filming Dick

Rachel Kronick (m), Eric M Heideman, Greg Ketter, Paul F. Richards, Ed Rom

Drawing Down the Moon

Charles Vess slideshow

Plaza 1

Naomi Kritzer

Kathy Sullivan

Pamela Dean 4:00-4:30

Laurel Winter 4:30-5:00

Knitting Circle

All who want to participate

5:00-6:30pm

Video: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Episodes 4-6

Krushenko's Annex, Poolside 110

Dinner Expedition

Meet next to Registration – leave by 5:35pm

TC Speculative Fiction Writers Network Group Reading and Snack Break

Hilary Moon Murphy, host

Krushenko's Annex, Poolside 110

Mike Ford Celebration

7:00-8:30

Pamela Dean, Elise Matthesen, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, other guests to be announced

Fictional Non-Fiction

Rachel Kronick (m), Kathy Sullivan

Star Wars at 30

Michael Lee (m), Alison Sommer, Jeremy Stomberg

Medicine for Writers

Stella Evans, Lisa Freitag (m), Beth Friedman

Charles de Lint concert

Lyda Morehouse 8:30-9:00

Naomi Kritzer 9:00-9:30

“Frell, Frack, Feiwu!” A History of SF&F Swearwords

Marissa Lingen, Lyda Morehouse (m), Alison Sommer, Kelly Strait, Kathy Sullivan

Books that Actually Changed You

Don Bailey, Barb Jensen, Lydia Nickerson, Laurel Winter (m)

Knights of the Dinner Table readings

Richard Tatge

Jane Yolen's Bedtime Stories

Jane Yolen, milk, cookies

Music Circle

10:00pm on

Sunday

Atrium 3

Atrium 6

Atrium 7

Krushenko's | Atrium 8

Bloomington

Other places

Music | Plaza 2

Signings | On the hallway

Readings | Atrium 2

Ask a Scientist

Ctein, Kelly Strait, Matt Strait (m)

What do Dwarves Eat?

Ruth Berman, Rachel Kronick (m), Adam Stemple, Jane Yolen

Where There's a Will

Jonathan Adams, Magenta Griffith, Laura Majerus (m)

Panel: Why Heinlein?

Eric M. Heideman (m), Ed Rom

Conversation & Music with Charles & MaryAnn

Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris

Part Seen, Part Imagined

Charles Vess slideshow

Plaza 1

David D. Levine 11:30-12:00

Lisa Freitag 12:00-12:30

Hard SF as a Moving Target

Howard Davidson, Marissa Lingen, Greg Johnson (m), Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Kelly Strait

Dr. Who in Love

Michael Lee (m), David D. Levine, Kathy Sullivan

Movie Westerns

Eric M. Heideman (m), David Christenson

Lady Poetesses from Hell

Ruth Berman, Terry Garey, Rebecca Marjesdatter, John C. Rezmerski, Laurel Winter, Jane Yolen

Charles de Lint

Charles Vess

CJ Mills

1:00-1:30

Wikireality

Dean Gahlon, Michael Lee, DavE Romm (m), Matt Strait, David Wilford

SF, Gatekeeping and the Literary Canon

Jan Bogstad, Pamela Dean, CJ Mills, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m)

Fun with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Howard Davidson, Peer Dudda, Mary Kay Kare (m), Alison Sommer, Kelly Strait

What's 6 Times 9? The Universe According to Douglas Adams

Eric M. Heideman (m), Scott Lohman, Hilary Moon Murphy, Paul F. Richards

Ladies' Sewing Circle

Laura Krentz, host

Room 206

Closing Ceremonies