FenCon V - October 3-5, 2008 - Dallas, Texas

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A Fan-Operated Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary and Filk Convention in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Friday Programming Schedule


FenCon V Friday Programming Highlights:


We welcome the early birds with an intimate panel featuring Guest of Honor Gregory Benford and an "unretirement" party for Artist GoH Real Musgrave. We've got panels on Star Trek, Cthulhu, C.S. Lewis, Torchwood, Superman, Volunteering, and much more. Oh, and the fifth annual Obligatory Stargate Panel and a whole mess of filk caps off the evening.

Check out the complete Friday programming grid below.
(And don't forget about our 24-hour video room and gaming!)


FenCon V Friday Autograph Schedule:


  • 1:00pm - open
  • 2:00pm - open
  • 3:00pm - open
  • 4:00pm - open
  • 5:00pm - G. Benford, P.N. Elrod, C. Havens
  • 6:00pm - open

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FenCon IV Friday Programming Schedule:




 

First
Stage

Main
Programming

Program
Two

Program
Three

Second
Stage

SF Reading Room

Workshop

Demo
Room

10am

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 12pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 2pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Writing Workshop

(Lake*)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

11am

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 12pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 2pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Writing Workshop

(Lake*)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

12pm

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Texas in SF and Fantasy

(C. Havens, A. Martinez, B. Denton*)

Room Closed

(opens at 2pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 3pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

1pm

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Are SF Fans Unengaged With the Real World?

(A. Jackson, S. Mohammed, M. White, M. Bahm*)

Room Closed

(opens at 2pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 3pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

2pm

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Seventy Years of Superman

(A. Martinez, M. Nelson, B. Waller, S. Patrick*)

Why So Serious? Incorporating Humor in Writing

(C. Spector, M. White, C. Havens*)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 3pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

3pm

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 4pm)

Fanfic to Profic to Profit

(D. Egan, G. Oliver, R. Sheridan, R. Eudaly*)

Real Musgrave Unretirement Party

(R. Musgrave*)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Writing Workshop

(Lake*)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

4pm

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Caution: Contents may spoil

(A. Balthrop, A. Martinez, S. Swendson*)

Hacking it to pieces

(J. McDermott, R. Sheridan, L. Donahue*)

Gregory Benford Early Bird Panel

(G. Benford)

Room Closed

(opens at 5pm)

Writing Workshop

(Lake*)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

5pm

What’s Your Post- Apocalyptic Skill?

(W. Ledbetter, K. Paffenforth, C. Donahue*)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Hooking your friends and family on SF/F

(M. Tatum, T.M. Wagner, K. Hutson Price*)

Doctor Who: Mind the Gap Year

(M. Nelson, G. Oliver, K. Sullivan, T. Miller*)

C. S. Lewis

(D. Egan, J. Lanterman, M. White, S. Swendson*)

Reading

(J. Mandala, R. Sheridan)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

6pm

Is There A Dr. in the "House"?

(M. Bahm, B. Denton, D. Egan, S. Swendson, J. Barrett*)

The Adventures of "Cap'n Coconut"

(G. Burton, J. Murray*)

Working Digitally - How to Get Started in Digital Artwork

(R. Musgrave, T. Harvia*)

"Can I Help?" Volunteering for Conventions

(M. Miller, S. Mohammed, M. Tatum, D. Mennear*)

Defending the Creative Life

(D.L. Anderson, C. Havens, L. Singleton, J.K. Cheney*)

Reading

(L. Donahue, W. Ledbetter)

Accessorizing Your Costume

(S. Edmunds, J. Lanterman, S. Sullivan, C. Talbot)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

7pm


Opening
Ceremonies

(Guests of Honor G. Benford, G. Burton, D. Egan, J. Lake, R. Musgrave, Three Weird Sisters, H. Waldrop, R. Miller*)
 

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 9pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 8pm)

8pm

Three Weird Sisters Friday Night Concert

(M. Crowell, T. Powell, Br. Sutton)

What Fuels Your Engine?

(J. Lake, K. Sullivan, R. Clement-Moore*)

What Would Cthulhu Do?

(S. Cupp, L. Donahue, C. Fulbright, T.M. Wagner, D.Duggins*)

Return of the Golden Throats of SF

(J. Barrett, P. Barrett, L. Groebe)

The Obligatory Star Trek Panel

(M. Braun, E. Braun, R. Cruise, J. Epps, M. Nelson, A. Sisson, R. Winans*)

Reading

(P.N. Elrod)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Buzz Blaster Radio Play Tryouts

(M. Gearhart-Gray, D. Gray*)

9pm

Brobdingnag- ian Bards Friday Night Concert

(M. Gunn, A. McKee)

Why Is This Crap Lodged in My Brain - and What Can I Do to Get it Out?

(J.K. Cheney, L. Donahue, M. White, C. Fulbright*)

Going all the way - sex in SF

(R. Babcock, A. Hawkes, J. McDermott, M. Fletcher*)

Space: Future or Fossil?

(A. Jackson, C. McMurray, W. Ledbetter*)

Mining the Rift: A Torchwood panel

(K. Antell, T. Miller, G. Oliver, C. Havens*)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

10pm

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Filking Around on the Side

(D. Foye, C. Sledge, B. Sutton, M. Middleton*)

Liars Panel

(R. Clement-Moore, J. Murray, K. Hutson Price, J. Lake*)

The Fifth Annual Obligatory Stargate Panel

(J. Leaf, W. Leaf, L. Singleton, K. Sullivan*)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

11pm

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Friday Night Bardic Filk

(open)

Friday Night Chaos Filk

(open)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)



 

First
Stage

Main
Programming

Program
Two

Program
Three

Second
Stage

SF Reading Room

Workshop

Demo
Room


* indicates the panel moderator

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Last updated 02 October 2008