Intersection Pocket Programme Book and Local Guide

"World Science Fiction Society," "WSFS" , "Worldcon," Science Fiction Achievement Award," "Hugo Award" and "NASFiC" are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. "Intersection" is a trade name of Worldcon (Scotland) Ltd. Registered in Scotland No. 141002. Registered address: Burnawn, Stirling Rd, Glasgow G82 2PJ.

Warnings and Admonitions
Convention Information Desk
Voodoo Board
Lost & Found
Childcare
Registration
Disabled access
What's Where
Site Maps SECC & Hall 4
Dealers Room
Moat House Hotel
Forte Crest Hotel
Central Hotel
Artshow
Artists
Programme Details
Kaffeeklatsch
Signing sessions
Programme participants
Dealers Local Information
Map of Glasgow
Bookshops/comic shops
Map of West End
Transport
Parking & advice for Drivers
Telephones
Emergency Services
Internet nodes
Banks & ATM Cash Points
Trading hours
Useful Shops
Places of worship
Restaurant Guide
Parties
Acknowledgements
Advertisers & Sponsors

Welcome to Intersection, the 53rd World Science Fiction Convention. I know you are keen to get out there and explore the wonders of the science fiction universe, but you'll find it a lot easier to cope with if you take the time to read the first few pages of this guide. How to use this pocket programme This pocket programme is your guide to the convention: it contains the what, when, where (but not the why) of Intersection. In it are listed all the programme items, maps of the city, the hotels and the SECC. As a help to visitors there is also information on local restaurants and shops. It has been produced in a ring binder format so that you can carry it in your pocket/bag without the pages becoming mangled, and so that you can remove pages to insert updates or simply to make it lighter!

First Time? If you haven't been to a science fiction convention before then the morning fan programme items in Hall 4 of the SECC will give you an excellent introduction to what we are all about. Everyone here is a potential friend, so don't be shy. Talk to people, get involved in anything that's happening. This is a fun event, so have fun!

Warnings and Admonitions The convention is a fun event and everyone attending expects to have a good time with no hassles. The easiest way to ensure this is to follow these simple rules:

  1. Wear your badge so that it is easily visible at all times. It is your entry token to all events and convention areas. Keep it safe and do not allow anyone else to use it.
  2. Obey the instructions of stewards or convention staff. Remember that they are volunteers and should be treated with great respect, even reverence, as they are working at the event at which they should really be relaxing.
  3. Keep your belongings (bags, clothing etc.) with you at all times. Unattended bags may be removed by convention security. (See section on lost property.)
  4. If you have a costume which includes a weapon of some sort (sword, gun, laser blaster) then you will have to leave it outside the convention or you will be requested to leave. The only exception to this is if you enter the Masquerade and have cleared the weapon with the Masquerade director (Gytha North) in advance, and you must carry it securely wrapped to and from the Masquerade.
  5. Do not take food or drink into the Artshow or Dealers area. This is to prevent accidents damaging expensive goods.
  6. You may not eat any food or drink brought into the SECC from outside. All food and drink must be obtained from the catering outlets within the SECC Also, do not bring take-away food into the hotels as this upsets them and can create a litter problem.
  7. Do not smoke in any of the programme or display areas. Smoking areas are clearly signposted. If there isn't a sign, assume that you may not smoke.
  8. Smile at people, talk to strangers, get involved in what's going on. Volunteer to do a shift as a gopher. Everyone has a badge with their name on it, so you're on first name terms with them the moment you meet.
  9. Have fun.

Convention Information Desk Information is available at the desk on the SECC concourse near Hall 5. It is manned from 10.00 to 20.00 each day. There are noticeboards and signs around the desk giving programme changes, where the parties are and lots of other useful information. You can also pick up copies of the daily newsletter The Voice of the Mysteronshere. The newsletter has news of changes to the programme and other info about people, events, parties etc. It is available at least once per day at points scattered throughout the SECC .

Voodoo Board If you want to contact someone then you can leave a message for them at the Voodoo Board beside the Information Desk in the concourse of the SECC. It works like this: you write your message on a card, put it in the box in the correct alphabetical section, then stick a pin beside the person's name on the board - that's the Voodoo part.

Lost & Found If you lose or find something in the SECC, go to the Information Desk. If the Information Desk is closed than you should try the Ops Room which is manned until 01.00. In the evening party hotels the hotel reception desks will handle lost & found enquiries. If you require a replacement copy of this guide or have lost your badge then you should go to the membership enquiries desk in Hall 1 on Thursday and Friday and in the main concourse from Saturday onwards.

Notices If you want to stick any notices on walls in the SECC please use Blu-Tack, not tape or pins.

Childcare and Kidcon are in Hall 4. Childcare costs #1.00 per child per hour. Please note that baby changing should be done using the toilets in the childcare area of Hall 4.

Registration Opening times for registration are Thursday 10.00 - 21.00, Friday, Sat, Sun, 10.00 - 20.00 and Monday 10.00 - 17.00.

Disabled Access. Help is available for anyone with mobility problems or who requires some other help to be able to enjoy the convention. There is a desk beside the registration area where copies of a help guide are available. This is also where you can request a wheelchair, for which there will be a small fee.

What's Where SECC Daytime programme, evening extravaganzas, dealers room, artshow, daytime fan programme, fan lounge, science exhibition, computer area, fan fair. Moat House All day videos, various programme items, workshops, WSFS business meeting. Central Hotel Evening fan programme, evening science programme, small parties. Forte Crest Evening bid parties, evening filking, Ceilidh, Jazz workshop

Please note that the maps and layouts that follow are not to scale: they are provided simply to give you an idea of the layout of the convention. The Moat House Hotel is beside the SECC. The Forte Crest Hotel is in Bothwell St and the Central Hotel is in Hope St, beside Central Station.

Plan of SECC, Plan of Hall 4, Plan of Dealers room Hall 1 Mon-Fri Registration, Sat-Mon Program Hall 2 film programme Hall 3 The Wizards' Cave, Legend Room, Dan Dare and H G Wells Programme rooms. Hall 4 Dealer's Room, Fan Fair, Fan Market, Fan Lounge, Fixed Exhibits, Art Show, Dealer's Room, Science Workshop Room & Computer Area, Kidcon, LEGO Zone, Theatre Area, Kaffeeklatsch, Signings, Various Food Stalls, Bar Areas Hall 5 Extravaganzas Upstairs offices Green Room, Newsletter, Fan Repro On Concourse Information Desk, Voodoo Board, First Aid post. From Saturday - Registration Desk

Plan of Moathouse MoathouseArgyle 1, 2/3, Programme. Castle 1, 2, 3 Video

Shuna, Staffa, Barra, Jura, Board room: Programme Rockall, Malin: Games

Forte Crest Bothwell/Douglas Suite Bid parties (evening), Ceilidh (Sat), Jazz (Sun) Cabin Bar Thursday filk, non-smoking bar. Iona/Ailsa suites - Evening filking. Gallery Suite overnight filking.

Plan of Central Hotel Entresol floor: Carradale - non-smoking bar, Logie Baird - Friday night beach party, Court Lounge: smoking bar Kintyre: nonsmoking lounge and evening Fan Program First Floor: Arran: Science programme. Syndicate rooms - parties.

Art Show Art GOH: LES EDWARDS, Sculptor in Residence: VINCENT C.L. JO-NES, Artist in Residence: HEATHER SPEARs

Areas include: MAIN EXHIBITION, FAN SECTION, PRINT SHOP, SKETCH BIN "THINGS TO COME" Special exhibition in collaboration with the BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION in honour of H.G. WELLS, layfounder of the B.D.A. An exhibition of work about and inspired by Wells including archival material from the H.G. Wells Society collection at the University of North London, the Wells Collection at the Bromley Central Library and private collectors. Signings and an auction of donated books and art work to be presented by the ART SHOW and Book Room with the support of our ART GOH LES EDWARDS and HARRY HARRISON. OPENING TIMES FOR ART SHOW. Changes will be subject to programming. When possible the Print Shop and ART SHOW FOYER will remain open while preparing for special events such as the Main Auction.

Thursday open 1800, closed 2100 Friday 1000 to 2100 Saturday 1000 to 2200 Sunday 0900 to Noonand 1700 to 2100 Monday 0900 to 1700

SALES may be made in the following ways: Direct, by Auction, from the Print shop(direct). All sales must be paid in Sterling. INTERSECTION will accept VISAESS, EuroCheques, Travellers Cheques and personal cheques (UK with guarantee card). Further information on sales will be made available in the ART SHOW catalogue and art show.

AUCTIONS There will be two auctions

Art show programming and times will be announced at the convention. We plan a series of internal art show workshops, interviews, signings and other special events. Items already scheduled include: WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TOURS and many other events taking place in the Art Show Area. Full details are in the Art Show Catalogue.

List of Artists: Les Edwards (Art GoH), Brian Aldiss/Rosemary Chorley, David Angus, Chris Baker (Fangorn), Eugenia BancuiIoana, Bancui Rodica Bancui, Graham Bleathman, Martine Blond (Ty Kadrak), Michael Bossom, Jason Brookes, Ian Brooks, Scott Brown, Liyi Tan, Jackie Burns, Jim Burns, Roger Burton-West, Paul Campion, Steve Crisp, Judith Clute, Darlene Coltrain, Ctein, James S. Dougherty, Larry deSouza, Chuck Divine, Bob Eggleton, Michelle Ellington, Peter Elson, Mike Farnworth, Danny Flynn, Craig Forrester, Gilles Francescano, Peter Francis, Fred Gambino, Wendy Gamble, Stevens Nicu, Gesce Beckett Gladney, Mary Hanson-Roberts, David Hardy, Jason Hurst, Kayoko Isozaki, Clephren Janeman, Leslie Janneman, Nik Jardine, Robert Jeffrey, Camelia Jelesneac, Silviu Jelesneac, Angela Jones, Vincent Jo-Nes, Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli, Todd Lockwood, James Logan, Don Maitz, Aurel Manole, Denys Martynets, Sue Mason, Juraj Maxon (Mad Max), Ellen McMicking (Blade), Lucinda McNary, Franz Miklis, Ian Miller, Rolf Mohr, Chris Moore, Dave Mooring, Luisa Nadalini, Tom Nanson, Ione NeaguIngrid Neilson, John Nelson, Marina Nicolaev, Andy Patterson, Arthur Payn, Peter Peebles, Martina Pilcerova, Michael Porjes, Jean Porter, Jim Porter, Sergey Poyarkov, Mary Prince, Marion Radu-Ricu, Allan Richardson, Keith Scaife, Yuri Sherbatykh, Kate Soley, Spring Schoenhuth, S.M.S. Heather Spears, Colin Sullivan, Jon Sullivan, Paul Swendsen, Brian Waugh, Chris Williamson, Wizards of the Coast, Janny Wurts, Mick Van Houten, Chris Varian, Adrian Vlasceanu, Paul Youll, University of North London Bromley Central Library

Parties (not used in final version) What would a Worldcon be without parties? The following list is as up to date as possible but check the parties board at the Information Desk and look in the Newsletter for the complete list. Groups bidding to hold future Worldcons are mostly in the Forte Crest. Smaller parties are in the Central Hotel. If you want to hold a party of your own then ask at the Information Desk for details.

Thursday: In the Forte Crest Ballroom (Bothwell/Douglas Suites): Atlanta in 98, Baltimore in 98, Boston in 98, Niagara Falls in 98
In the Central Hotel: Zagreb in 99 Room 108, Kansas City in 2000 Room 105

Friday: It's Beach party night in the Logie Baird room of the Central Hotel from 22.00 as the Fan Programme puts on its most garish shirt and parties.
In the Moat House the British Publishers are hosting an open party at 22.30.
In the Forte Crest Ballroom(Bothwell/Douglas Suites): Atlanta in 98, Baltimore in 98, Boston in 98, Niagara Falls in 98
In the Central Hotel: Boston in 2001 Clydesdale Room, Boston in 2001 Douglas Room, Norwegian/agents' party Room 106, Zagreb in 99 Room 108

Saturday: In the Central Hotel: Chicago in 2000 Rooms 104 & 105, Kansas City in 2000 Room 105, Zagreb in 99 Room 108, Moscow in 2017 Room 150, Antarctica in 99 Room 151

Sunday Standing WorldCon party, '98 Winner, ConAdian Thank You party. Venues to be announced.

Monday Gopher party Forte Crest Ballroom (Bothwell/Douglas Suites)

Programme Times and Details As with all conventions, the programme is constantly being updated. Please note that the programme is subject to change and you should check the Information Desk and convention newsletter for details of changes. This is the programme as available 2 weeks before the convention. Please read the following notes which will help to guide you through the complexities of a 20 stream programme spread across five days in four venues.

The listings shown as grids give only the time, location, title and code number of each programme item. To get more detail on any item you should look up its code number in the section that comes after the grids. Note that there are 2 separate types of grid: one for daytime programme in the Moat House and SECC, the other for evening pogramme in the Moat House, SECC, Central Hotel and Forte Crest. These are followed by the other programme items like signing sessions and kafeeklatsch.

Films are listed separately in the film and video programme. Videos are not listed at all: you have to see the programme displayed outside the video rooms in the Moat House and at the Information Desk.

Extravaganzas The Masquerade is on Saturday. The Hugo Award Ceremony on Sunday will be followed by a firework display sponsored by Creed.

Feedback There is one programme item not shown on any of the programme grids, and that is the daily Feedback Session in the Hall 4 Performance Area at 1500. This gives you the chance to tell us what you think of the convention. Each session will be attended by one of the co-chairs of the convention.

Programme Items in Index Number Order Note: Apart from a few late changes, the index number list is pretty much in chronological order. 001 Breakfast Club / 15 Minute Fandom. The chance for early birds to meet and discuss the day ahead. There will be information on upcoming programme items and parties for each day and people to ask about these.

Thursday10:30amHall 4 Fanroom
003 Survivors Guide to Intersection.
Is this your first Worldcon? Don't know anyone? No accommodation? On a tight budget? This item will give you good advice for each of these circumstances and many more.
Thursday11:00amHall 4 Fanroom
004 Where Do You Draw the Line in Comics / Art.
What are the rules governing what is and is not acceptable? Does the fact that many people consider comics as being for chidren affect the outlook on censorship on foul language, sex and violence in comics?
Thursday11:00amArgyle 1
005 The Write Way / 15 Minute Fandom.
Getting your work published can be a hit and miss affair. Our panel of writers tell us tales of tears, trauma, and hopefully, triumph.
Christina Lake, Phil Raines
ThursdayNoonHall 4 Fanroom
006 An Introduction to WSFS.
Kevin Standlee explains the arcane workings of the World Science Fiction Society.
ThursdayNoonShuna/Staffa
007 Building a Better Religion.
The mechanics of fantastic and alien theologies. How weird can they get?
David V Barrett, Lee Gold, Stephan Grundy, Robert J Sawyer, Pamela Hodgson
ThursdayNoonArgyle 1
008 Scottish Writers.
Do Scottish SF writers have a special take on the subject? If so, what?
Iain Banks, Chris Boyce, Michael Cobley, Duncan Lunan, Ken MacLeod
ThursdayNoonArgyle 2/3
009 City of Architecture.
ThursdayNoonWizard's Cave
010 Straight Reflections.
What do straights think of us? How do they see us? How do they use the ideas they get from us, and are they even aware of their origin? (Repeat the first three sentences, substituting the word "mundane.")
Stephen Dedman, Samuel R. Delany, Andy Nimmo, Paul Smit
ThursdayNoonLegend Room
011 Clementine. A talk on the results from last year's DoD lunar mapper.
Jordin Kare
Thursday1:00pmHall 4 Science Room
012 Traditional Dress.
Thursday 1:00pmWizard's Cave
013 A Comparison Between WSFS and ESFS.
Thursday1:00pmShuna/Staffa
014 30 Years of Thunderbirds.
Thunderbirds is probably Gerry Anderson's most remembered work in the world of supermarionation. What is it about Thunderbirds that made it so popular and enables it to continue to make its mark with each passing generation. Chartier
Thursday1:00pmArgyle 2/3
015 Spend, Spend, Spend..
A panel on the different approaches of American and Continental costuming covering money, presentation etc.
Giulia de Cesare, Shirlee Dunlop, Teddy
Thursday1:00pmHG Wells Room
016 Apocryphal Tales.
Did you hear the one about Banksie and the flying wardrobe? Iain hasn't, and he wants to get to the bottom of all these rumours... Diane Duane sure knows a few stories too, which we hope to persuade her to spill.
Thursday1:00pm Hall 4 Fanroom
017 Forrest Ackerman Slide Show.
Slide show of Forry's seventy-year collection of SF history.
Thursday1:00pmArgyle 1
018 Queer Vampires.
Pat Califas, Anne Rice, Poppy Z. Brite - for that matter, vampire sexuality in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was hardly straight!

Jane Carnall, Tanya Huff, Bart Kemper, Kari Maund
Fri 1500 Wizard's Cave019 Welcome
to the Fan Programme. A way of matching faces to names Jenny Glover, Steve
Glover, John D. Rickett


  Thursday1400 Hall 4 Fanroom
020 Slideshow.  Don Maitz,
Janny Wurts


  Thursday1400 Argyle 2/3021 Critical Standards. Writers who are critics
- how does each role inform the other. Samuel R. Delany, Colin Greenland,
Pat McMurray, Norman Spinrad


  Thursday1400 Legend Room022 Trading Cards. They're
here ! They're taking over the known universe! Can anything stop them ? And
what are they anyway ? C Ice,  Logger, John Mansfield, Janna Silverstein





  Thursday1400 Wizard's Cave023 Gaelic. A brief intoduction 


  Thursday1400 Shuna/Staffa024
Terraforming - The Science of Green Mars.  Martyn Fogg introduces the subject.
See also a panel on the ethics of the subject. Martyn Fogg Thu



1400 HG Wells Room
025 Fear of Being the Same. Discussion: Are Orson
Scott Card and Sheri S. Tepper homophobic? Was Robert Heinlein homophobic?
Why are  straight men generally more accepting of lesbians, and straight
women women of gay men? Is Storm Constantine scared of lesbians?  Jane Carnall,
Meg Davis, Antony Gilbert, Jim Mearns, Paul Smit Fri 1800 Barra 026 Comsats
 - Wireless World to Wired World.  Intersectionwill mark the 50th anniversary
of Arthur C Clarke's paper in Wireless World on geostationary communications
satellites. Simon Bradshaw reviews the conception and development of comsats
and looks forward to the exciting



new developments coming Simon Bradshaw


  Thursday1400Argyle 1027 ET Encounter.
This item is 2 hours long. Chris Boyce


  Thursday1400 Hall 4 Science Room 028 Worldcon
for Beginners. Big, isn't it? How to get the most out of a Worldcon and stay
sane afterwards... See also the "Survivor's Guide" items in the Morning Fan
Programme. Martin Easterbrook, Gay Haldeman, Rusty Hevelin,  Omega


  Thursday1430
Hall 4 Fanroom
029 Space Treasure Trail.  Andy Nimmo talks about a proposal
for the Millenium Fund to launch a solar sailing project. With Gregory Beckman,
Duncan Lunan, and Gordon Ross.  Gregory Beckman, Duncan Lunan, Andy Nimmo,
Gordon Ross


  Thursday1500 Wizard's Cave030 Feedback. Tell us what you think of
the con so far. 


  Thursday1500 Hall 4 Performance Area031 Take Your Pick. How
fast do classics age? Ellen Asher, Edward James, Mary Kay Kare, Mark Olson





  Thursday1500Argyle 1032 Horizon 10 -American Futures. Where next for America?
Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, Harry Turtledove, Jim Young


  Thursday1500 Argyle 2/3033
Where Do You Draw The Line on TV. What or who decides what is acceptable
material to be broadcast? Are there separate guidelines for foul



language, sex or violence?  


  Thursday1500 HG Wells Room
034 Whats WSFS.
Did you know you are a member of the World Science Fiction Society? Come
along and find out what this means, and what you  can do about it... A not
too serious guide to Worldcon Business Meetings and what they have to offer
 Paul Dormer, George Flynn, Tim Illingworth, Kevin Standlee


  Thursday1500 Hall
4 Fanroom 035 Life in the Art Lane. How does an artist take a written story
or premise and  bring it to life on  the page?  Chris Claremont, Lilian Edwards





  Thursday1500 Dan Dare Room 036 Geography of Space 1.  First of 2  talks by Henry
Spencer looking at the Useful Bits of the Solar System Henry Spencer Thu
1500 Legend Room037 Protofilk. A discussion with some performance of what
a few filkers sang before they  sang filk. Jordin Kare, Bill Sutton, Anne
Whitaker, Mike



Whitaker


  Thursday1500 Shuna/Staffa038 Opening Ceremony.  


  Thursday1600 Hall
5 039 Fanzine Reading and Review. A Hugo-nominated fan-editor takes a sideways
glance at fanzines: these may include his own, "Lan's Lantern," and perhaps
a couple of the ones published immediately before Intersection. George Laskowski




  Thursday1630 Hall 4 Fanroom
040 Cyberspace Beginners - Logging On and Loading
Up. What is this Internet thing anyway ? How do you take the first few steps
 onto it. Richard Aronson, Chad Childers


  Thursday1700 Hall 4 Science Room 041
Horizon 10 - Real & Virtual Communities. The future of the urban physical
area contrasted with the virtual urban area.  


  Thursday1700 HG Wells Room
 042
Ops Radio Procedures.  


  Thursday1700 Dan Dare Room043 Are Two Heads Better Than
One. How do people collaborate and why. Cynthia Felice, Michael F. Flynn,
Kathleen Gear, W Michael Gear, Paul



Harland


  Thursday1700 Legend Room044 Why Was Scotty Scottish ?.   Thu
1700 Wizard's Cave045 Who Goes Normal. Discussion: The use of homosexuality
as Normal - in order to prove that  it's not. Pamela Sargents 'City of Women',
'Homo/Hetero', an STNG episode 'Outcast', Joe Haldeman's 'The Forever War'...
Michael A. Banbury, Meg Davis, Tanya Huff, Andy Nimmo, Geoff



Ryman Sat 1600 Barra046 Filk in Mainstream Fandom.  


  Thursday1700 Argyle
1 047 Millenial Foundation.  Marshall Savage talks about his plans to bootstrap
space colonies using private funds. 2 hours including Q and A session.  You
might also like to look at The Oceania Homepage and at Marshall's homepage.
. Marshall Savage


  Thursday1730 Argyle 2/3048  Tale of Three Fandoms. The fandoms
of North America, Britain and Western Europe started from a common root.
How have they diverged or converged, and how do the different fandoms tackle
similar problems? This introduces a thread of related items. Anetta Meriranta
Pirinen, Robert



'Nojay' Sneddon


  Thursday1700 Hall 4 Fanroom
049 Handling Sex in RPG's.
What do you do when your players switch the script from Conan the Barbarian
 to Melrose Place. Alexandra  Honigsberg,  Amanda Leeds


  Thursday1800 Wizard's
Cave050 WSFS Mark Protection Group Meeting.  


  Thursday1800 Jura 051 Further Visions.
A talk on sequels to HG Wells's 'The Time Machine'. Stephen Baxter


  Thursday1800
Argyle 1052 ET Encounter Report.  Chris Boyce


  Thursday1800 Hall 4 Science Room
053 Get Back to Your Own Universe. Crossover stories are becoming more and
more prevelant. Is this viewed as a way of making more money and getting
more  mileage out of popular  items without extra effort on the part of the
publishers and  writers? Mary Kay Kare


  Thursday1800 Dan Dare



Room054 Fandom and the Net. Will rec.arts.sf.fandom survive the
Invasion of the Fannish Fans? Every day it seems that another fanzine fan
goes electronic  and these new people bring their own ideas on written communication
to an ephemeral medium where the instant reaction rules. Chris Croughton,
Martin Smith, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Henry Spencer


  Thursday1800 Hall 4 Fanroom

055 What is Filk?. What is this strange word 'filk'? An introductory discussion
with  demonstrations. Lee Gold, Valerie Housden, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton





  Thursday1800 Shuna/Staffa056 Building a List. How do you build an SF imprint
with a distinct image. Tom Doherty, Bill Fawcett, Jane Johnson, Caroline
Oakley,  Janna Silverstein


  Thursday1800 Legend Room057 Brass Band. One and a
half hours long. 


  Thursday1830 Hall 5058 Filkers Felidae. A sign up concert of
cat songs. No roadkill songs today please! 


  Thursday1900 Shuna/Staffa059 Crack
Cocaine and the Mythepoeic Tradition. Can fantasy handle contemporary life?
Iain Banks, Samuel R. Delany, Geoff Ryman, Michael Swanwick


  Thursday1900 Argyle
2/3 060 African Stories. Safari stories from Mike Resnick. Mike Resnick Thu
2030 Hall 5061 Anoraks of Fire. The thesis of this panel is that as SF becomes
a more assimilated part of the mainstream (cyberpunk, Star Trek, Internet
etc) you



have to have something seriously strange about you to still feel
impelled to become an active fan.   Abi Frost, Dan Steffan,  Teddy, Jaine
Weddell, Moshe Feder


  Thursday2100 Kintyre 062 SF Myths - Physics.  Geoffrey Landis
(subject to availability), Stephen Baxter, Howard Davidson, Jordin Kare,
Del Cotter (mod), and Hal Clement look at scientific misconceptions that
authors have inadvertently promoted to the extent that they have become 'common
knowledge' a



Stephen Baxter, Hal Clement, Del Cotter, Howard Davidson, Geoffrey
Landis, Jordin Kare


  Thursday2100 Arran063 A Filk at Bedtime.  


  Thursday2200 Crest
Filk Room 064 Fanzines - Do They Have An Attitude. Do fanzines have to want
to change the world   Andy Hooper, Simon Ounsely, Greg Pickersgill, Chris
Reed, Geri Sullivan


  Thursday2200 Kintyre 065 Minneapolis in '73 Party.   Thu
2300 Kintyre066 All Night Filk Circles.  


  Thursday2300 Crest Filk Room 067 Masquerade
Meeting.   Fri 1000 Hall 5068 Writers Workshop.  Module 1, Characters and
Plots Paul Barnett, Tom Doherty, Bart Kemper, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Fri
1000 Boardroom 069 Klingon Language.  An informal panel composed of members
of the Klingon Language Institute from Scotland, England, Australia and the
US. Panelists will discuss their own involvement with the galaxy's fasted
growing language, some of the KLI's projects such as translating t Christine
  Atherton, Nial Hosking, Richard Kennaway, Nick Nicholas Fri 1000 Legend
Room070 The Campaign for Real Aliens - Babylon 5. Babylon 5 is full of aliens
that look odd and behave odder.What is it about Babylon 5 that  has  finally
brought this breakthrough? Andrew A Adams, Amanda Baker, Pat McMurray, Maureen
Speller Fri 1000Argyle 1071 WSFS.   Fri 1000 Shuna/Staffa072 We Have The
Technology. In all SF we catch glimpses of what the future might be, and
technology  plays a great part in this.  How close  to




reality are these technological leaps? Jack Nimersheim, B Pearson Sat
1000 Barra073 ESFS.   Fri 1000 Jura 074 Contact Game Session.  Chris Boyce
Fri 1000 Hall 4 Science Room075 Women in Uniform. What is it like to be a
woman writing hard/military SF? Lois McMaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon, Jennifer
Stevenson, Diann



Thornley Fri 1000 Argyle 2/3076 Breakfast Club / 15 Minute Fandom.
The chance for early birds to meet and discuss the day ahead. There will
be information on upcoming  programme items and parties for each day and
people to ask about these  Fri 10:30amHall 4 Fanroom
077 Retreating to the Golden
Age. Is fantasy an inherently reactionary genre? Paul Kearney, Katherine
Kurtz, George R.R. Martin Fri 11:00amHall 5 078 The Future of English. Has
widespread literacy and communications stopped English evolving or will it
change as much in the next 600 years as in the last 600? Jean Lorrah, Chris
Morgan, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tim Smith Fri 11:00amHG Wells Room
 079 CampBell's
Children. Current and previous CampBell Award nominees in discussion. Nicholas
A. DiChario, David Feintuch, Daniel Marcus, Laura Resnick Fri 11:00amWizard's
Cave 080 A Thousand Abandoned Cities. A slide show and talk on the Fate of
the Anasazi Indian Culture and its Implications for Our Times. M.Shayne Bell
Fri 11:00amBarra 081 Research in Writing SF. How you do it, and the surprises
you get along the way. Tanya Huff, Duncan Lunan, Terry McGarry, Sheila Williams,
Connie Willis Fri 11:00amArgyle 1083 Aliens. The alien otherness of foreign
fans and their fandoms. Examining how their differing cultures affect their
fandoms and what we can learn from them. Ellen Andressen Fri 11:00amHall 4 Fanroom
084 Planet Colonisation Simulation. 2hours Jo Walton, Ken Walton
Fri 11:00amHall 4 Science Room085 When is a Comic not a Comic. Who decides
what is a comic and what is a graphic novel?  Fri 11:00amLegend Room087 Negative
Matter Supported Wormholes.  Panelists John Cramer, Geoffrey Landis, Greg
Benford and Bob Forward discuss their recent joint physics paper on natural
wormholes and how to find them. The basic idea is that due to mass flow and
back reaction, one end of a natural



wormhole will become  Greg Benford, John Cramer, Robert L. Forward,
Geoffrey Landis Fri 11:00amArgyle 2/3088 SETI.  This talk by Paul Shuch will
explore evidence for a universe teeming with life and discuss strategies
for SETI. A new Cooperative effort  between several thousand radio amateurs
will be introduced, and it will be shown that the hardware and software which
Paul Shuch Fri 11:00amDan Dare Room 090 Great Cover! Shame about the Game..
Artists are often better at creating imaginary worlds than game designers.
 How should art and game design complement each other.  Westerman Fri 1200
Wizard's Cave091 Telling Stories and Story Telling. How important is oral
story-telling? Mike Resnick, Geoff Ryman, Jane Yolen, Shira Daemon Fri 1200
Argyle 1092 Scotland in the Early Middle Ages 1. A serious look at Scottish
history. Kari Maund Fri NoonJura 093 Tale of a Tale. From inspiration to
publication, the story of 'Seasons of Plenty' Patsy Antoine, Jim Burns, Merryl
Futerman, Colin Greenland, Jane Johnson Fri NoonHG Wells Room
 094 17th Century
Schizoid Fan. Andy Sawyer suggests that what we know today as "fandom" began
in the 17th Century. This item was first presented at Confabulation, the
1995 Eastercon, and is repeated by popular demand.. Andy Sawyer Fri 1200
Dan Dare Room 095 Working on Characters in Comics.  Lilian Edwards, Steve
Kite Fri NoonBoardroom096 A Riband For Your Coat. A fannish award can give
some recognition to the fanzine editor, some acknowledgement that the fanzine
has been



appreciated or, at least, read and remembered. This item will consider
some of the fannish awards like the Novas or the Hugos. Christina Lake, Janice
Gelb, Simon Ounsley Fri NoonBarra 097 SF Encyclopaedia - The End of the
Story. Does the existence of the SF Encyclopaedia mean that genre SF has
become a Told Story? John Clute, Peter Nicholls Fri NoonLegend Room098
Why Have a Director. Why have a director when the film we see is not necessarily
the one he  filmed?  Simon Ings, Mike Jittlov, Stephen Jones Fri NoonArgyle
2/3 099 Redesigning The Human Body for Fun and Fornication.  A talk by Jack
Cohen.  (speaker control) .  Hall 5, 12pm Jack Cohen Fri NoonHall 5100 15
Minute Fandom.   Fri NoonHall 4 Fanroom
102 Give Up the Day Job. People
who started as fans tell how they used their experiences gained from Fandom
to make a living doing what they enjoy. John-Henri Holmberg,  Linda Krawecke,
 Stephen Payne Fri 1230 Hall 4 Fanroom
103 The Mind's Eye. What are the problems
caused by writing for soemthing which has already appeared on screen, since
there a writer cannot use the reader's imagination as  a tool?  Kevin J.
Anderson, Greg Cox, David Gerrold Fri 1:00pmWizard's Cave104 Incestuous Costuming.
The future of British costuming in a Tea Party atmosphere. Michelle Dennis
Fri 1:00pmBarra105 The Turtle Sells. Peter Morwood interviews Terry Pratchett.
Peter Morwood, Terry Pratchett Fri 1:00pmHall 5 106 Alternate Technological
Histories.  Alternate Histories generally the decisions of individuals or
the outcome of wars as their turning points. But history could equally well
have been altered through differences in the way technology has developed.
What would the outcome of WW2 have



been o Stephen Baxter, Simon Bradshaw, Evelyn Leeper, Pat McMurray,
Harry Turtledove Fri 1:00pmArgyle 2/3107 Green Children of Woolpit.  Duncan
Lunan investigates a paranormal story and comes up with some very surprising
answers.  Shuna/Staffa, 1pm  Duncan Lunan Fri 1:00pmShuna/Staffa108 Con Runners
Anonymous. "Okay, so I ran a con..." Conrunning is an insidious addiction
which creeps up unnoticed until suddenly it is time  to stand up, be counted,
and announce to the world "My name is X: and I'm a conrunner." Why do these
people sacrifice their time? Jan van 't Ent,  Ford, Pat McMurray Fri 1:00pm
Hall 4 Fanroom
109 The Music Hugo - What Went Wrong. What, why, how, where
did it start, what went wrong? A moderated  discussion. Mary Kay Kare, Perrianne
Lurie, Mike Moir, Bill Sutton Fri 1:00pmLegend Room110 Vinc Clark Guest of
Honour Discussion. Vincent Clarke, Geri Sullivan Vinc Clarke chats up Geri
Sullivan (and vice versa).This is the place to find out about young British
fandom when SF readers were proud and lonely, when the few fanzines were
the only points of contact but for  1



con a year. Vincent Clarke, Geri Sullivan Fri 1:00pmArgyle 1111 Fans
and Mysteries. Every so often someone discovers that fans also read mysteries.
Of all types of fiction, this genre has come nearest to  spawning a fandom
of its own. This item will look at the similarities and differences between
the genres and their readers. Maia Cowan, Liz Holliday, Paul Harland, Mary
Frost-Pierson  Fri 1:00pmJura 112 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce Fri 1:00pmHall
4 Science Room114 Horizon 10 - Asia Rising. The rise of the Asian Tigers
and its challenge to the West. Charles Shinichi Adachi, Greg Benford, Philip
Chee, Patrick



Collins, Stephen Gould Fri 1:00pmHG Wells Room
116 Kipling: SF's Unknown
Uncle. How many of you know Rudyard Kipling was an Uncle of SF? Come and
hear more! Johannes Berg, John  Brunner, Stephen Clark, Marcus Rowland, Tom
Whitmore Fri 1:00pmDan Dare Room117 Slide Show.  Paul Swendsen Fri 1400 Argyle
1 118 Writers Workshop. Module 2 Descriptions and Symbols, Mythos and Meaning
Sue Thomas Fri 1400 Boardroom119 Married to the Mob. A fairly light item
to discuss the ups and downs of being married to an SF&F writer. And
does it help to be one yourself?



Karen Haber , Gay Haldeman, Susan Casper, Rebecca Moesta Fri 1400
Dan Dare Room120 Filkwriting (Workshop). Do you have problems writing filk
songs? Come and pick up some tips from  the experts. Jordin Kare, Bill Sutton,
 Brenda Sutton, Mike Whitaker Fri 1400 Shuna/Staffa122 Real World SF. Is
it easier to expose real world problems using SF metaphors? D.G. Compton,
Peter F. Hamilton, Gyorgy Mandics, Ian  McDonald Fri 1400 Wizard's Cave123
Fanzines in a Flash (workshop). Sometimes it seems too late to produce a
fanzine in the run-up to a con: there are so many other things to get  ready.
So here is a practical workshop chance to produce a fanzine actually at the
con, to consider contents, illustrations, distribution. 2hrs Jenny Glover,
Alasdair Hepburn, Heidi Lyshol Fri 1400 Jura 124 The Laughing Universe. When
the universe plays tricks, anything is possible. Esther Friesner, Craig Shaw
Gardner, Tom Holt, Jody Lynn Nye Fri 1400 HG Wells Room
 125 Planet Colonisation
Simulation. 2hours Jo Walton, Ken Walton Fri 1400 Hall 4 Science Room126
Fans of the Frozen North. The fandoms of Canada and Scotland are overshadowed
by their better-known neighbours to the South. But Canada



showed, with the Worldcon last year, that it has a thriving fandom
which can hold its own and which has its own national flavour. Michelle "Cuddles"
Drayton, Ben Giraud, John Mansfield, Tibbs Fri 1400 Hall 4 Fanroom
127 Lagging
Laws - Copyright.  Technically, the laws of copyright are clear and apply
no matter how a work is published, but what constitutes "publication" in
the world of computers disks, networks and the World Wide Web. A discussion
of where the laws stand, what is unclear and   what  Howard CampBell, Sarah
Goodman, Michael Ward, Laura Majerus Fri 1400 Legend Room129 The Shadow of
the City. Fictional treatments of real cities. Steve Casper, Charles de Lint,
Keith Ferrell, Jeff Noon, Walter Jon Williams Fri 1400  Hall 5130 The Spaceship
and the Bilges. Should fictional spaceships work? Diane Duane, David Feintuch,
Robert L. Forward, Geoffrey Landis, Elizabeth  Moon Fri 1400 Argyle 2/3132
Feedback. Tell us what you think of the con so far.  Fri 1500 Hall 4 Performance
Area 133 Into the Unknown. Discussion: Some novels are well-known in gay
sf fandom but virtually  unknown outside it - (like 'Chrome' or 'Daughters
of Egalia') some are just never widely  known at all. Jane Carnall, Meg Davis,
Paul Smit


  Thursday1700 Shuna/Staffa134 You Make Me DC. A sign up concert of
songs inspired by comics.  Fri 1500 Shuna/Staffa




135 Deus Ex Machina.. or How to Achieve a Climax. A talk by Brian Stableford
on how to achieve the perfect science fictional climax. Brian Stableford
Fri 1500Argyle 1136 Quantum Mechanics.  John Cramer will describe his Transactional
Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, published in Reviews of Modern Physics
and recently featured in John Gribbin's new book Schroedinger's Kittens.
The TI is an interpretation of the standard formalism of quan



John Cramer Fri 1500 HG Wells Room
137 Busman's Holiday. Editors
who write and writers who edit. Pete Crowther, Scott Edelman, David S. Garnett,
Stan Schmidt Fri 1500 Legend Room138 Exit Stage Left. What are the problems
of presenting science fiction on the stage?  Does SF lend itself to live
performances or  does it work best  with the facilities available in a TV
or film studio?  Mike Cule, Shira Daemon, Gary Stratmann Fri 1500 Barra 139
Alternate SF. How could SF's own history have been different? Brian Aldiss,
Charles N. Brown, Robert Silverberg Fri 1500 Hall 5141 Fans and Fund Raising.
Altruism is alive and well and living in fandom -- or is it just enlightened
self-interest? This panel discusses aspects of



fundraising for causes close to the fannish heart Ian Gunn, Roger
Robinson, Pam Wells Fri 1500 Hall 4 Fanroom
142 3 Books to Build a World.
Wells' traveller took 3 books to the future. Which would you take? Chris
Boyce, Mary Kay Kare, Lisanne Norman,  Allen Steele Fri 1500 Argyle 2/3143
Geography of Space 2.  Second of 2 talks by Henry Spencer looking at the
Useful Bits of the Solar System.  Henry Spencer Fri 1600 HG Wells  Room145
Desert Asteroids, Filk. Filk guest of honour Bob Kanefsky talks to Sue Mason
about life, the  universe and everything, and chooses 8 songs  (by others)
that he would like to have with him  on that fabled desert asteroid. Bob
Kanefsky, Sue Mason Fri 1600 Shuna/Staffa146 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce Fri
1600 Hall 4 Science Room 147 The Theatre of Memory. What is this mysterious
art and why is it so popular with contemporary fantasists? Gill Alderman,
Andy Sawyer, Jennifer Stevenson, Michael Swanwick Fri 1600 Wizard's Cave
148 As Easy as Apa. APAs, or Amateur Press Associations, are a slightly more
intimate form of communication than fanzines. Are they for you? Come and
find out.. Jenny Glover, Lynne Ann Morse, Barry Traish Sun 1530 Hall 4 Fanroom

149 The Most Alien Alien. How can writers evoke a genuine sense of otherness
in their aliens? Jack Cohen, David Gerrold, Paul McAuley, Walter Jon Williams
Fri 1600 Hall 5 150 SF Poetry Jam. A DIY poetry session coordinated by Mary
Turzillo. Read or listen! Mary Turzillo Fri 1600 Barra152 Forensics.  Patricia
MacEwan Fri 1600Argyle 1153 Art Workshop.   Fri 1600 Boardroom154 SF &
Postmodernism. A talk by Graham Head. Graham Head Fri 1600 Jura 155 My Life
Writ Large. The blend of autobiography and fiction. Samuel R. Delany, Joe
Haldeman, David Pringle Fri 1600 Argyle 2/3156 What Makes a Cult Show. There
are some obvious cult shows and films :Star Trek,  The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, The Prisoner, Dr. Who to



name just a few. But what is  it in these shows that attracts such
a following.  John L. Flynn,  Lichtenberg, H McCarthy, Bjo Trimble Fri 1600
Dan Dare Room 157 3 Fandoms - Clubs or Groups. SF Groups exist all over the
world and, in Britain at least, can vary in size and style from a small group
who drink together every week (FORTH, in Edinburgh) to a monthly group with
rented premises, a newsletter and an annual convention (the "Brum Group"




Henry Balen, Mark Olson, Nico Veenkamp Fri 1630 Hall 4 Fanroom
158
You Won't Respect Us in the Morning. Humorous books sell well but rarely
win awards. Why? Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett, Bob Shaw, Harry  Turtledove,
Toni Weisskopf Fri 1700 Hall 5159 Terraforming - Can We? Should We?.  A panel
discussion hosted by Martyn Fogg, with Kevin J Anderson, Dave Hardy, and
Marshall Savage  See also the introduction to terraforming. Kevin J. Anderson,
Martyn Fogg, Dave Hardy, Marshall Savage Fri 1700 HG Wells Room
160 The Hero
in Spite of Himself. Why are our heroes not as heroic as they used to be?
Terry Brooks, Lois McMaster Bujold, Alex Stewart, James  White Fri 1700 Wizard's
Cave161 Down the Slippery Slope.  Ann Crispin, Tim Smith Fri 1700 Dan Dare
Room 162 Economics of Space Tourism.  Patrick Collins Fri 1700 Hall 4 Science
Room163 The Wheels of If. A talk on alternate history theories. Herman Ritter
Fri 1700 Jura 164 What are the Limits to Science.  Are there things man was
not meant to know? Are there things we can't find out? Are there questions
we can't ask? Does science have any limits? Scientists and SF authors discuss.
With Howard Davidson, Ctein (moderator), Jack Nimersheim, Amy



Thomson  Fri 1700 Argyle 2/3165 Need Hard SF Be Hard?. Does hard
SF have to be tough, masculine, or scientific? Greg Benford, Kathryn Cramer,
Valerie Freireich, Geoffrey  Landis Fri 1700 Legend Room166 Filkers Playtime.
Two teams battle it out through increasingly silly filk-based games. Gwen
Funnell, Peter Wareham Fri 1700 Shuna/Staffa167 The Value of Style. How
important is literary style in SF? Simon Bisson, Colin Greenland, Guy Gavriel
Kay, Ian McDonald, Michael Marshall Smith Fri 1700Argyle 1169 Agony Column.
Do you have a problem? Do you need some help? Are you too shy to come out
of the closet and admit that you don't know how to pub an ish? Here is the
opportunity to ask the fannish agony aunts all those things you've always
wondered about. Chris Marble, Nick



Lynch, David Kushner, Roger Sims, Andy Hooper Fri 1700 Hall 4 Fanroom
171
Con Running Workshop.   Fri 1730 Boardroom 172 Slide Show.  Dave Hardy Fri
1000 Wizard's Cave173 Beyond the Round Table. (Ab)uses of Arthurian legend
in fantasy. Esther Friesner, Haydn Middleton, Jody Lynn Nye, Darrell Schweitzer
Fri



1800Argyle 1174 Show and Tell. Discussions, presentation and displays
of costumes that are inelligible for  entry into the Masquerade. Possibly
aligned in themes  to other parts of the programme. Michelle Dennis, Marisa
Merewood, Maggie Percival, Frances Tucker, Jaine Weddell Fri 1800 Dan Dare
Room175 Asteroid Deflection 1.  An asteroid has been discovered on a collision
course with Earth. How could we stop it? How much notice would we  need?
Is the technology available? Bill Higgins explains how to Save the World
before the issue is discussed by a panel. . Bill Higgins Fri 1800 HG Wells
Room 176 ET Encounter Game Report.  Chris Boyce Fri 1800 Hall 4 Science Room177
Ceilidh dance workshop.   Fri 1800 Arran 178 Arthur, Merlin and Camelot -
Were They Scottish?.   Fri 1600 Legend Room179 From Computer to Camera. 
In  this talk we get to see behind the scenes and see some of the tricks
of the trade as divulged by Alan Marques from



the Magic Camera Company. Alan's latest involvement has been on
the set of  'Space Precinct'. Alan Marques Fri 1800 Legend Room180 Do You
Judge a Comic by its Cover?. When a comic cover is drawn by someone other
than the artist for the  contents does this cause problems?  Are there differences
in style between the cover and contents and does it detract from the comic?
 Graham Bleathman, Steve Kite Fri 1500 Dan Dare Room 181 Filk Feeding Frenzy.
  Fri 1800 Shuna/Staffa183 Fan Room Beach Party. Party generously sponsored
by North London's leading SF and fantasy bookstore, Fantasy Centre  Day 2
2200 Logie



Baird184 Why is So Much Crap Published?. If SF readers are so discerning,
why is there so much rubbish in print? Ellen Datlow, Harry Harrison, John
 Jarrold, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Fri 1800 Argyle 2/3185 Glasgow Gay Society.
The Glasgow Gay SF Society's 1st birthday party. With haggis! Andy Nimmo
Fri 1900 Jura/Barra 186 Regency Dance - Scottish Style.   Fri 1930 Crest
Filk Room187 The Works of Gerry Anderson.  Gerry Anderson, Ralph Titterton
Fri 1930 Hall 5 188 Reading - Jane Yolen.  Jane Yolen Fri 1930Argyle 1189
Reading - Brian Aldiss.  Brian Aldiss Fri 2000Argyle 1190 The Final Frontier.
A  sign up concert of space songs.  Fri 2000 Shuna/Staffa191 Gilgamesh. A
performance/ recital by Geoff Ryman based on the ancient legend (2 hours).
Geoff Ryman Fri 2000 Argyle 2/3192 Glasgow Fortean Society.   Fri 2000 Arran193
Reading - Kathleen Ann Goonan.  Kathleen Ann Goonan Fri 2030Argyle 1194
Reading - David Gerrold.  David Gerrold Fri 2100Argyle 1195 Dune or "The
Sand of Music." A cast of thousands consisting of Ian Sorensen, Jackie McRobert
and  Phil Raines turn Frank Herbert's book into



a multimedia spectacular! (You'll believe a sandworm can surf.)
Come dressed in your favourite Tropicana beachwear for party night! Philip
Raines, Jackie McRobert, Ian Sorensen Fri 2100 Logie Baird 196 Pass the Hat
Concert. You write down songs on slips of paper, and whatever is drawn out
of the  hat has to be played. Valerie Housden Fri 2100 Shuna/Staffa197 Reading
- George R.R. Martin.  George R.R. Martin Fri 2130Argyle 1198 UK Publishers
Party.  Sponsored by Boxtree, Gollancz, HarperCollins, Hodder & Stoughton,
Legend, MacMillan, Millennium, Orbit,   Signet/Creed, Titan, Transworld Fri
2200 Argyle 2/3199 Reading - Morgan Llewellyn.  Morgan Llewellyn Fri 2200
Argyle 1 200 Reading - Terry Bisson.  Terry Bisson Fri 2230Argyle 1201 In
Conversation.  Paul McAuley, Kim Newman Fri 2300Argyle 1202 All Night Filk
Circles. Don't you people ever get tired?  Fri 2300 Crest Filk Room




203 Lovecraft Filk & Readings.  Gary Stratmann, Linda Stratmann,
 Mike Whitaker, Anne Whitaker Fri midnightArgyle 1204 Costuming the Hard
Way. It is difficult enough to create costumes when you have the physical
 evidence in front of you. But how difficult does



it become to create a costume from scratch  to fit a script or premis?
C CampBell Sat 1000 Wizard's Cave205 Biting the Hand. SF has had to produce
its own critics - what impact has this had? John Clute, Brett Cox, Samuel
R. Delany, Andy Sawyer,  Brian Stableford Sat 1000Argyle 1206 More Than
The Sum of the Parts. What makes a good anthology - the concept, the writers,
the story selection? Pete Crowther, David S. Garnett,  Stephen Jones, Mike
Resnick, Alex Stewart Sat 1000 Argyle 2/3207 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce Sat
1000 Hall 4 Science Room 208 Writers Workshop. Module 3 - Worldbuilding Research
and Rubber Science Stephen Baxter,  Bayers, Katherine Kurtz, Diann Thornley,
David Wingrove Sat 1000 Boardroom 209 WSFS.   Sat 1000 Shuna/Staffa210 How
Green is SF.  A talk by Jonathan Cowie.   2 screens. Jonathan Cowie Sat 1000
HG Wells Room
 211 Virtual Reality. The Internet, Virtual Reality And Cyberspace
: Games, Science Fiction and work. John Mariani Sat 1000 Dan Dare Room212
ESFS.   Sat 1000 Jura 213 The Breakfast Club / 15 Minutes Fandom. The chance
for early birds to meet and discuss the day ahead. There will be information
on upcoming programme items and parties for each day and people to ask about
these.  Sat 10:30amHall 4 Fanroom
215 King Kong vs Godzilla.  The old cult
'B' movies will ever live in the hearts of film lovers, but  why? What was
it about these films, that are usually screened in the early  hours of the
morning, that has proved so endearing and long lasting? Kim Newman, Peter
Nicholls, B Pearson Sat



11:00amArgyle 1216 View from the Foreign Legion. While the idea of
having foreign agents to sell a con overseas is not new, Intersection tried
to update and  streamline their role. Heidi Lyshol, Helen Ryder, Toni Jerrmann,
Neyir Cenk Gokce Sat 11:00amBarra217 Around the Con in 18 Hours. Is this your
first Worldcon? Don't know anyone? No accommodation? On a tight budget? This
item will give you  good advice for each of these circumstances and many
more.  Andrew A Adams, Bridget Wilkinson, Bridget Hardcastle Sat 11:00amHall
4 Fanroom218 Planet Colonisation Simulation. 2hours Jo Walton, Ken Walton
Sat 11:00amHall 4 Science Room 219 From Maria to Marvin. The mechanical man
has been a popular premis in many films and series. Why create something
 that is supposed to be able to do many things that man can't and then burden
him with  all of the human characteristics there are? Kevin J. Anderson Sat

11:00amLegend



Room220 You're the Alien. What does our depiction of aliens tell
us about our own attitudes? Scott Edelman, Valerie Freireich, Gwyneth Jones,
Martha  Soukup, Karen Haber Sat 11:00amArgyle 2/3221 Headlong into the Drink.
 A talk by Julian Headlong on the biology and biochemistry of why you get
drunk, why it can hurt so much  afterwards, and perhaps how to stop hangovers.
No tech required. Julian Headlong Sat 11:00amHG Wells Room
222 Online Martian
Atlas.  A talk by Bob Kanefsky on his on-line atlas of Mars, plus work he's
been doing on enhancing space images. . Bob  Kanefsky Sat 11:00amDan Dare Room223
Authors are just Role Players without Friends. What can authors and role
players learn from each other. Are they doing the  same thing or is there
 realy an inherent difference between the two genres.  Howell, C Ice, Terry
Pratchett Sat 11:00amWizard's Cave224 Writing for Star Trek. Generations of
Star Trek writers in discussion. Ann Crispin, Diane Duane, Jean Lorrah, Peter
Morwood Sat 11:00amHall 1 226 15 Minute Fandom / Around the Con (cont).   Sat
1130 Hall 4 Fanroom
227 Cyberspace Intermediate. OK, so you've started cruising
the Infobahn, where are the best places to  pull over and hang out. Dale
Amon,



Butterworth, G Freeman Sat NoonHall 4 Science Room228 Enough is
Enough. How far should a series goes before a halt should be called?   Manning-Schwartz,
Bjo Trimble, Dave Wolverton Sat NoonWizard's Cave229 21 Years of Glasgow
Fandom. A celebration and a look back at those years of Glasgow cons and
meetings with memories and anecdotes Ann  Mair, John McShane, Bruce Savile,
Bob "fake" Shaw Sat NoonBarra230 To Spend or not to Spend. How much do you
spend on our costume and is it really necessary to spend  vast amounts. Shirlee
Dunlop,  Teddy  Sat NoonLegend Room231 You'll Scare the Children. How far
can you go in YA horror? And is it a good idea to be writing it anyway? Jo
Fletcher, Craig Shaw Gardner,  Jenny Jones, Stephen Jones, Stan Nicholls
Sat NoonHG Wells Room
232 The Iconography of Scotland. Why are the neverlands
of medieval Scotland and the Highlands so powerful as an image? Deborah Turner
Harris,  Katherine Kurtz, Lisanne Norman, Robert Subiaga Sat NoonArgyle
1233 Scotland in the Early Middle Ages 2. A serious look at Scottish history.
Kari Maund Sat NoonJura 234 Art Workshop.   Sat NoonBoardroom235 Laughter
Lines. SF and humour - do they go together easily? Our panel proves that
a sensawunder can have a sensafun. Iain Banks, Tom Holt,



Simo Sat NoonHall 4 Fanroom
236 Why Are Artists So Underused.  Dave
Mooring, Sue Mason, Miklis, C. Forrester, Avery Sat 1400 HG Wells Room
 239
A Cruise Through the Hard Fantasy Archipelago. What is hard fantasy - myth,
reality, or label? Greer Gilman, Eileen Gunn, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick
Sat NoonArgyle 2/3240 21st Century Propulsion.  How do you drive spaceships
without rockets? Robert L Forward gives a talk on the possibilities.  . 
Hall 1, 12pm Robert L. Forward Sat NoonHall 1 241 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce
Sat 1:00pmHall 4 Science Room242 Beyond Cyberpunk. Where next in the area
of super-hard and shiny SF? Brett Cox, Simon Ings, Jeff Noon, Michael Marshall
Smith, Jim Young



Sat 1:00pmArgyle 2/3243 Canadian SF. Does Canada have a distinctive
SF, and how does it relate to that of the US? John Clute, Candas Jane Dorsey,
David G. Hartwell,  Cath Jackel, Geoff Ryman, Robert J Sawyer Sat 1:00pmWizard's
Cave244 My Hovercraft is Full of Eels. The problems of translating language.
Sylvie Denis, Gay Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Eva Hauser Sat 1:00pmLegend  Room246
The Great Silence. Where are the Extraterrestrials? Why haven't we been contacted?
A goldmine for SF ideas, the academic study of this problem  has come a long
way in the last 10 years. Are we victims of a galactic conspiracy, or is
the forrest full of wolves? Dave Clements  Greg Benford, Dave Clements, Jonathan
Cowie, Martyn Fogg, Duncan Lunan, Paul Shuch Sat 1:00pmHG Wells Room
 247 Special
Effects Maketh The Film. For many of us the most memorable parts of films
and TV programmes are the special effects Mike Jittlov, Alan Marques, B Pearson
Sat 1:00pmHall 1 248 Sodall ? Sodit. Discussion: The gay sf apa, The Sodality
of the Holy Bride and Sompanions  of St Aeired, is seven years old this year;
a respectable age for an apa. Why have  so few people heard of Gay Amateur
Press? Where did it get that peculiar name?  Jane Carnall, Paul Smit,



Frances Tucker Sat 1:00pmBarra249 Fan History for Beginners: Why
Bother. One way to see where we're going is to look back at where we've come
from. Vincent Clarke and Greg  Pickersgill discuss the changes they've seen,
and why an appreciation of the history of fandom is useful. Vincent Clarke,
Greg Pickersgill Sat 1:00pmJura 251 World at One. A panel discussing what
is happening where, filkwise, in the world; where  and when filk cons are
etc. Lissa Allcock, Julianne Honisch, Mary Kay Kare, Bill Sutton Sat 1:00pm
Shuna/Staffa252 The Ego has Landed. Fanzines were once the lifeblood of
Fandom - they were around before conventions and were the main form of fannish
interaction. They mix creativity with social interaction. Fanzines are still
around. Find out more at this panel.  Steve Green,  Alison Freebairn,



Simon Ounsley, Dan Steffan Sat 1:00pmHall 4 Fanroom
253 Batman vs
Batman. One of the most longlasting super heroes of our era is Batman. But
is the  Batman we remember  the true one? Greg Cox,  Craig Shaw Gardner,
Michael Reaves Sat 1:00pmDan Dare Room254 Deconstructions - The Guns of the
South. Author and critic in discussion. Paul Kincaid, Harry Turtledove Sat

1:00pmArgyle 1255 Horizon 10 - A United States of Europe?. The future of
the EC - expansionist or fortress Europe? Johannes Berg, Jurgen Marzi, Alexandru
Mironov, Ian Watson Sat 1400 Dan Dare Room 256 Lagging Laws - Computers.
 Legal systems tend to rely heavily on precedent. When a new technology comes
along, the law looks for ways in which it is similar to things which have
come before, and trys to apply the appropriate rules from the past. Can appropriate
metaphors and analo



Henry Balen, Lilian Edwards, Sarah Goodman, Laura Majerus, James
Whalen Sat 1400 Wizard's Cave257 Writers Workshop. Module 4 - Mass Market
Machination Stephen Baxter,  Bayers, Katherine Kurtz, Diann Thornley, David
Wingrove Sat 1400  Boardroom258 Samuel R. Delany Guest of Honour Speech.
Come and hear our literary Guest of Honour. Samuel R. Delany Sat 1400 Hall
1 259 Who's Animated Now. One of the most fascinating things to see on screen
is animation. Here is  an opportunity to see behind the scenes and find out
about the various techniques used to bring lumps of clay and cartoon characters
to life.  Takachino Sat 1400Argyle 1260 Intersection Starship.  2 hours
of panels/workshops to design an Intersection starship. Even if you can't
make the workshops, come along to the final session to hear what was devised.
Moderated by Gerald Nordley, with Paul Marrow, Bob Forward, Steven Howe,
Carol Botteron and St   Carol Botteron, Stephen Davis, Robert L. Forward,
Steve Howe, Paul Marrow, Gerald Nordley Sat 1400 Hall 4 Science Room261 Who's
Anorak is it Anyway. Based on the popular Channel 4 series, this is a light-hearted
quiz including games such as The Worlds Worst...  (time travel arrival?)
and Room Party Quirks. Simo, Chris O'Shea, Pete Morwood, Jackie McRobert,
Phil Raines Sat 1400 Hall 4 Fanroom





264 Hypertext Fiction Demonstration. A reading and presentation with
Kathryn Cramer. Kathryn Cramer Sat 1400 Barra265 Great Contributors to Screen
SF. There have been many great contributors to the film and TV portrayal
of SF ranging from Spielberg, Lucas,



Roddenberry, Larson, Pal,Nation, Harryhausen and Allen. A look at
the works of these people.  Ellicott,  Felton,  Strick, Bjo Trimble,  Waggott
Sat 1400 Argyle 2/3266 Finding Fandom Through Fame. Some of us found fandom
through picking up a flyer in a book shop. For others, the first trip to
a con came at the suggestion of an agent. Why is it that some writers become
regular con-goers, while others are never seen again? Iain Banks, Maggie
Furey,



Jenny Jones Sat 1400 Legend Room267 A Con of Your Own. A workshop
to discuss the running of small to medium sized conventions, with special
ephasis on UK conrunning. This  item will run in "floating panel" format,
so if you have plenty to say, be prepared to be welcomed aboard! Janice Gelb,
John Mansfield, Jette Goldie, Jennifer Stevenson Sat 1400 Jura 268 Steal
from the Best. What makes a good parody? Explanations from the best/worst
filkers... Phil Allcock, Barry Gold, Bob Kanefsky, Rennie Levine Sat 1400
Shuna/Staffa269 Gays in Comics. Discussion: What made Marvel decide to get
Northstar to come out? What's  the attraction of bishonen in Japanese anime/manga?
 Cat Anestopoulo, Paul Cockburn, Sue Mason Sun 11:00amLegend Room270 Does
Fiction Warp Your Mind?. Reality and fiction are blurring in the 'real' world:
does this distort our perception? Charles N. Brown, Maia Cowan, Moshe Feder,
Simon Ings, Allen Steele Sat 1500 Legend Room271 Jack Barron to Pictures
at Eleven: 25 Years of the Media in SF. A talk on the changing role of the
media and its treatment in SF. Norman Spinrad Sat 1500Argyle 1272 A Certain
Age. How does writing for teens and juveniles differ from writing for an
'adult' audience? Ann Crispin, Diane Duane, Garry Kilworth, Jane Yolen Sat
1500 Dan Dare Room 273 Pass Me The Deux Ex Machina. What are the best and
worst cop-outs and plot twists in SF? John Brunner, Jack Chalker, Bob Shaw,
James White Sat 1500 Hall 1 274 Judging Dredd. Amid much publicity the new
Judge Dredd film has hit the streets. How does the film differ from the well
read comic character and how well received has the film been amongst the
comic's staunch readers?  J Killick, Edward J K Penfold Sat 1500 Argyle 2/3
276 Technology & the Genocide of Native Peoples.  Henry Balen, Maggie
Flynn, Daniel Marcus, Dale Skran, Amy Thomson Sat 1500 Wizard's Cave277 Harmony.
What it says, a workshop on how to make the most of your voice when working
with others. Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton Sat 1500



Shuna/Staffa279 Live Action Fanzine. Can a live action fanzine be
produced like a convention "one-shot"? Come along and find out...  Nicki
Lynch, Teresa  Nielsen Hayden + others Sat 1500 Hall 4 Fanroom
280 Feedback.
Tell us what you think of the con so far.  Sat 1500 Hall 4 Performance Area
281 Cannot Load File "Sistine Chapel."  Dave Hardy, Sally Meyer, Beckett
Gladney, Porjes Sat 1700 Wizard's Cave283 Asteroid Deflection 2.  Assuming
we can move asteroids, should we? Some people, eg Carl Sagan, feel that such
an ability would be too



dangerous as a potential weapon. Others are sure that if we can
develop the required technology, we should do so in good time. The panel
followi Marianne Dyson, Bill Higgins, Gordon Ross, Steve Rothman, Jonathan
vos Post Sat 1500 HG Wells Room
 284 Music Has a Strong Magic. A discussion
of the use of magic in fiction. Dick Eney, Rhodri James, Hugh Mascetti, Mike
Whitaker Sat 1600 Shuna/Staffa285 Contact Game Session.  Chris Boyce Sat
1600 Hall 4 Science Room286 The Impossibility of Truth. Why is SF increasingly
using historical characters?  Paul McAuley, Jack Nimersheim, Mark Olson,
Connie Willis Sat



1600 Legend Room287 The Time Machine, 100 Years On. What does Wells
offer to modern SF? Stephen Baxter, Robert J Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Brian
Stableford  Sat 1600 HG Wells Room
288 The Villian is Always in Black. Why
is the villain so often seen as having dark hair and wearing dark  clothes?
Is there a fundemental need to  portray evil as dark and good as light to
help  distinguish between the two? Jean Lorrah, George R.R. Martin, H McCarthy,
Peter Nicholls, David Prowse,  Takachino Sat 1600 Dan Dare Room 289 Cyberpunk
to Gothic Horror. Is the Role Playing Game just moving into all the existing
areas of SF and  Fantasy or is it creating new ones. Richard Aronson, Marcus
Rowland,  Tweet Williams Sat 1600 Wizard's Cave290 Whose Mythology?. Celtic
mythology in fantasy - perversion or natural development? Greer Gilman, Morgan
Llewellyn, Diana L Paxson, Michael Scott  Sat 1600Argyle 1291 TV / TS.
Discussion: Transsexuality; the concepts as used in SF, how they differ and
 how they actually are, in fandom and outside it. John Varley's Ophiuchi
Hotline  future history? Virginia Woolf's Orlando? Can one really change
sex? Sandra Bond, Elaine Kemp, Andy



Oppenheimer, Geoff Ryman, Kate N'Ha Ysabet Sat 1000 Legend Room292
How to Suppress Fannish Feminism. If the personal is political, why isn't
fandom feminist? Eva Hauser,  Caroline Mullan Sat 1600 Hall 4  Fanroom293
No Strings Attached.  Ken Houghton Sat 1600 Boardroom 294 The Making of Space
Precinct. Gerry Anderson's latest project has been Space Precinct. Here we
can see  not only what happened on screen but behind it with a unique insight
into the  processes that went into putting this series together with slides
and video footage.  2 hours Gerry



Anderson, Ralph Titterton Sat 1600 Hall 1295 Jackpot!.  Intersection
has bought a lottery ticket. It will win the jackpot. How will we use this
money to better scientific and technological  research? The panel of experts
discusses grant proposals from the audience. Dave Clements moderates Andy
Nimmo, Marshall  Dave Clements, Andy Nimmo, Marshall Savage, Paul Shuch,
Gary Stratmann  Sat 1600 Jura 296 More Utopias. Why does SF produce so many
utopias? What makes them useful? Brian Aldiss, Terry Bisson, Edward James,
Walter Jon Williams, Scott Bradfield Sat 1600 Argyle 2/3299 Don't Tell Me
What to Write!. What do we censor or suppress in SF, consciously, or not?
Terry Bisson, Suzy McKee Charnas, Gwyneth Jones, Lucian Merisca, Jaroslav
Olsa Fri 1800 Wizard's Cave300 Concentration: A Compressed Con. All the
main features of a con crammed kicking and screaming into a two hour slot.
"Guests" and "Panelists" to be announced in the con newsletter. Barry Traish,
David Levine, Pat McMurray  Sat 1700 Hall 4 Fanroom
301 Translators Workshop
/ Seminar. A chance to meet, greet and compare notes. 2 hours Bridget Wilkinson
Sat 1700 Jura302 Filk Feeding Frenzy.   Sat 1700 Shuna/Staffa303 The Hero's
Journey. The journey is a central feature of fantasy. What can it tell us?
John L. Flynn, Deborah Turner Harris, Guy Gavriel Kay, Paul Kearney, Elizabeth
Moon Sat 1700 Argyle 2/3304 Post Nuclear Family.  SF has suggest numerous
alternatives to the husband-wife-and-2.4 kids that became the supposed norm
in the fifties. Many people are now living these alternatives for real. Does
the Nuclear family have a future? Can alternatives work?  Ctein, Jennifer
Dailey-O'Cain,



Sarah Goodman, Amy Thomson Sat 1700 Hall 4 Science Room305 SF Poetry
Jam. A DIY poetry session coordinated by Mary Turzillo. Read or listen! Mary
Turzillo Sat 1700 Barra 307 Reinventing ... Vampires. How do you do something
different with the vampire story? Greg Cox, Nicu Gecse, Scott MacMillan,
Kim Newman Sat 1700 Legend Room308 Horizon 10 - The Information Economy.
 Email, Ecash, and E-economics - the world is getting wired, and pretty soon
information will be the main source of wealth in the West. What will this
mean? Will there be an information Underclass? Will we have bountious leisure
time producing



a flowering Dale Amon, Simon Bisson, Howard Frank, Michael Ward
Sat 1700 Dan Dare Room310 Combined Fan Fund Auction. An explanation of the
Fan Funds, and why they are still important, followed by an auction to raise
funds...  Donations for the auction will be accepted in the Fan Lounge. 
2 hours Abi Frost, Ian Gunn, Eva Hauser, Karen Pender-Gunn, Rog Peyton, Dan
Steffan Sat 1700Argyle 1311 Where Horror Meets SF. At what point does horror
begin to blur into SF?   Kathryn Cramer, Ellen Datlow, Scott Edelman, George
R.R. Martin, Susan Casper Sat 1800 HG Wells Room
 312 One Rule for All. Why
do we never see Batman on trial for breaking and entering? How do we distinguish
between breaking the law for good and breaking the law for evil? Why did
we never see the Master on trial when  the Doctor was tried 3 times?  J Jeremy
Bentham, Chris Claremont,



Stephen Clark, Craig Shaw Gardner, Steve Kite,  Reaves Sat 1800
Legend Room313 A Filk at Bedtime. A sign up concert where people read extracts
from stories and then perform  the songs they inspired. Rhodri James, Hugh
 Mascetti, Anne Whitaker Sat 1800 Shuna/Staffa314 Ceilidh Dance Workshop.
  Sat 1800 Crest  Ballroom 315 Your Legend, My Inspiration. Myths and legends
rewritten as fantasy and SF. Grania Davis, Charles de Lint, Garry Kilworth,
Peter Morwood, Ian Watson Sat 1700 HG Wells Room
 316 Women Scientists, From
Marie Curie to Susan Calvin.  What impact have women had on science; and
science on women; and how accurately is this portrayed in SF? Amanda Baker
moderates Perrianne Lurie, Renee Seiber, Aleta Jackson, Carol Botteron, and
Marianne Dyson. Amanda



Baker, Carol Botteron, Marianne Dyson, Perrianne Lurie, Renee Sieber,
Aleta Jackson Sat 1800 Dan Dare Room317 Mercury.  A talk by Hal Clement on
the planet closest to the Sun. Hal Clement Sat 1800 Wizard's Cave318 ET
Encounter Report.  Chris Boyce Sat 1800 Hall 4 Science Room319 From the Underworld.
Where should SF stand with respect to the mainstream? Should we aspire to
the heights or be happy in our ghetto? Iain   Banks, Samuel R. Delany, Paul
Kincaid, Norman Spinrad, Sue Thomas Sat 1800 Hall 1




320 If We Ruled The World. What WOULD SF authors do if they were in control?
 Graham Joyce, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Bob Shaw, James Bibby Sat 1800 Argyle
2/3 321 The Not-the-Masquerade Circle. A relaxed circle for people who don't
want to go to the Masquerade. Please  note the location.  Sat 1900 Crest
Filk Room 322 College of Piping. Bagpipe fever.  Sat 1900 Crest  Ballroom323
WSFS.   Sat 1900 Jura 324 Masquerade. The big one: more sequins than stars
in the heavens.  Sat 1900 Hall 5325 Verse Story - MacIntyre.  F. Gwynplaine
MacIntyre Sat 1930Argyle 1326 SF Myths - Biology.  Del Cotter moderates
Jonathan Cowie, Julian Headlong, Amy Thomson to look at misconceptions in
biology and medicine spread by SF. Del Cotter, Jonathan Cowie, Julian Headlong,
Amy Thomson Sat 2000 Arran 327 Reading - Janny Wurts.  Janny Wurts Sat 2000
Argyle 1328 Traditional Music and Songs.   Sat 2000 Crest  Ballroom 329 Reading
- M. Shayne Bell.  M.Shayne Bell Sat 2030Argyle 1330 Ceilidh. Come and join
in an event someone once descibed as "a distillery set to music"!  Sat 2100
Crest  Ballroom 331 Reading - Ian McDonald.  Ian McDonald Sat 2100 Argyle
1332 Is There Life After Intersection ?. Conspiracy delivered a near death
blow to fanzine fandom, but was the ship that launched a thousand



conventions.  Is it the turn of conrunning fandom now to roll over
and die?  Donaldson,  Hardcastle,  Siclari,  Simo, Pam Wells Sat 2100 Kintyre333
Tall Technical Tales.  This will be a late-evening, carry-on-in-the-bar-afterwards
session of anecdotes and stories regarding hairy experiences in  science,
engineering, spaceflight, military tech and the like...  This idea grew out
of a 'There I was... / A mate of mine once... Simon Bradshaw, Dermot Dobson,
Bill Higgins, Jordin Kare, Geoffrey Landis Sat 2100 Arran 334 Reading - Tom
Holt.  Tom Holt Sat 2130Argyle 1335 Storytelling.  Jane Yolen Sat 2200 Argyle
1 336 Have I Got a Fandom for You. A fannish version of Britain's best known
satirical quiz, in which pros take on fans to see who can make the most liBellous
insunuations in under an hour. Ian Sorensen as Angus. Iain Banks, Linda Krawecke,
 Jackie McRobert, Geoff Ryman, Ian Sorensen Sat



2230 Kintyre337 Rendezvous Concert. A small concert to kick-start
the night. Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Anne Whitaker, Mike Whitaker Sat 2300
Crest Filk  Room338 Eternicon Party. Come anytime.  Sat 2330 Kintyre 339
All Night Filk Circle. Onward they filk, into the night...  Sat midnight
Crest Filk Room340 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce Sun 1000 Hall 4 Science Room
341 Horizon 10 - Armed and Dangerous.  Nerve gas on the Tokyo Underground,
homemade bombs kill hundreds in Oklahoma. The world is getting a dangerous
place where technology gives even individuals the capacity for making weapons
of mass destruction. What does this imply for the



future? Will it Kunio Aoi, Bart Kemper, Hugh Mascetti, Ian McDonald,
Allen Steele Sun 1000 Wizard's Cave342 The Day Job.  Many SF writers and
SF fans are scientists in real life. How do they combine the two? What is
doing science for a living really  like? Are we all really mad scientists
who want to rule the world? 'Pass me that brain Igor, I must build a panel
member' Dave John Brathwaite, M.K. Brett-Surman, Patricia MacEwen, Wil McCarthy,
Steve Rothman, Gary Stratmann Sun 1000 Legend Room343 It's a Kind of Magic.
What makes a magical world work? Terry Brooks, Graham Edwards, Maggie Furey,
Janny Wurts Sun 1000 HG Wells Room
344 Space in 1999. Gerry Anderson's view
of the period surrounding the year 1999 is widely remembered from both the
series 1999 and UFO. But as



we rapidly approach the  year itself is this view still valid? 
Chartier Sun 1000 Argyle 2/3345 Writers Workshop. Module 5 On the Slab  Sun
1000 Boardroom 346 Mike Jittlov Talk. Mike Jittlov is most famous for his
film 'The Wizard of Speed and Time' but  his career spans a variety of jobs
behind the scenes including camera work and  special effects. Mike Jittlov
Sun 1000 Hall 1 347 Triple Marriages. Discussion: 'Babel-17',' Dhalgren','
The tale of Five' .Marriage between two people is assumed the norm in this
culture; the idea of human 'pairbondong' uses pseudoscientific  speech to
make it a universal norm. Why change that assumption? Samuel R. Delany, Diane





Duane Sun 1000 Dan Dare Room348 The Funny Bone's Connected to the
Headbone. Can humour help you to put across serious points? Eileen Gunn,
Mike Resnick, Connie Willis,  Jody Lynn Nye Sun 1000Argyle 1349 ESFS.  
Sun 1000 Jura/Barra 350 WSFS.   Sun 1000 Shuna/Staffa351 Breakfast Club /
15 Minute Fandom. The chance for early birds to meet and discuss the day
ahead. There will be information on upcoming



programme items and parties for each day and people to ask about
these.  Sun 10:30amHall 4 Fanroom
353 Reinventing ... Genre Fantasy. With so
much genre fantasy being published, what can be done to refresh our jaded
palates? Paul Barnett, Charles  de Lint, Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine Kurtz,
Maureen Speller Sun 11:00amHall 1354 Cyberspace Advanced - Data Perception
in Cyberspace. The man who said "We want information" never had to deal with
the amount of  it that is  available on the net. How can the computer help
you wade through all  this stuff and leave you enough time for a life back
in the real world, or in fandom.  Butterworth,  Howell,  meier Sun 11:00amHall
4 Science Room 355 Dr Horror's Hangover cures. An experimental and masochistic
half hour designed to either kill or cure you. Be there if you dare! Kenny
Smith Sun 11:00amHall 4 Fanroom
357 How Do We Get There from Here?. What do
SF writers do when they invent the future? John Brunner,  Moshe Feder, Peter
F. Hamilton, Alexandru Mironov Sun 11:00amWizard's Cave358 Expanded Universes.
Expansions, sharecrops, sequels, shared worlds. Stephen Baxter, George R.R.
Martin, Jody Lynn Nye, Robert Silverberg Sun NoonArgyle 1359 Just a Shade
Off Beam. Often comic versions of films and TV series are produced once the
 popularity of a programme or film is assured. But do these spin-offs or
follow ons really stand  up on their own or do they exist due to the original
source?   Sun 1500 Dan Dare Room 360 British Space - What Was and What Might
Have Been.  A talk by Simon Bradshaw on Britain's space programme in the
1950s and 1960s, together with cancelled projects, future concepts and some
'what might have been' ideas. . Simon Bradshaw Sun 11:00amHG Wells Room
 361
Fantasy on Trial. Is commercial fantasy killing science fiction? John R.
Douglas, Malcolm Edwards, David G. Hartwell, John Jarrold Sun 11:00amArgyle
2/3 362 In the Niche. Niche marketing, small press publishing, and their
role in SF? John D. Berry , Ivan Adamovic, Roelof Goudriaan, Jack Nimersheim,
Chris Reed Sun 11:00amDan Dare Room 363 Constructive Criticism. Why do the
films and programmes you like most seem to be the ones that are slated by
the critics?   John Brosnan, Myra Cakan, Kim Newman, Peter Nicholls Sun 11:00amArgyle 1 364 15 Minute Fandom / History of the Hugo's. The current Hugo administrator
and winner of rather a lot of the little rockets tell you about their origin.
Mike Moir, Dave Langford, Pete Weston Sun 1130 Hall 4 Fanroom
365 SF and
the Death of God. Is SF an Atheist Literature? David V Barrett, Stephen Clark,
Stephen Gould, Harry Harrison Sun NoonArgyle 2/3366 Horror by Another Name?.
Is dark fantasy more than soft horror? Pete Crowther, Graham Joyce, Chris
Morgan, Teresa Nielsen Hayden Sun 1200



HG Wells Room
368 (Ab)Uses of Popular Science.  An enquiry into the
uses and abuses of popular science moderated by Caroline Mullan, with Steve
Brewster,  Christine Carmichael, Keith Ferrell, and Daniel Marcus. Steve
Brewster, Christine Carmichael, Keith Ferrell, Daniel Marcus, Caroline Mullan
Sun NoonDan Dare Room 369 The Music of "The War of the Worlds." Sony Music
is releasing a revised version of the music of War of the  Worlds. In celebration
of the works H.G. Wells and the superb soundtracks we have a  question and
answer session with Jeff Wayne, accompanied by some clips from the new   release.
  Jeff Wayne Sun NoonHall 1370 Woman as Machine. What special resonances
can one find in the image of the woman as machine? Maia Cowan, Sue Thomas,
Amy Thomson,  Sheila Williams Sun NoonWizard's Cave371 Adapting to Circumstances.
What constitutes a good adaptation from screen to book and book to screen?
 Diane Duane, Liz Holliday, Peter  Morwood, Michael Marshall Smith Sun 1200
Legend Room372 History of the Hugos (Cont). There's an entire evening dedicated
to the awarding of these much coveted trophies, authors careers can virtually
be  guaranteed when they win one. How is it done and who thought it all up?
This panel of rocket men know what it's all about. Dave Langford, Mike Moir,
Pete Weston Sun NoonHall 4 Fanroom
374 Intersection Starship.  Carol Botteron,
Stephen Davis, Robert L. Forward, Steve Howe, Paul Marrow, Gerald Nordley
Sun NoonHall 4 Science Room 375 Publishing in the International Market.
A Talk by N. Lee Wood. N. Lee Wood Sun NoonJura/Barra376 Con Running Workshop.
  Sun NoonBoardroom 377 15 Minute Fandom.   Sun 1230 Hall 4 Fanroom
378 An
Interview with Scott Bradfield. Scott Bradfield in conversation with Stan
Nicholls. Scott Bradfield, Stan Nicholls Sun 1:00pmShuna/Staffa379 The Rough
Guide to Fantasy Worldbuilding. Starting points, tips and tricks.  Don Callander
,  Rosemary Kirstein, Adam Nichols, Diana L. Paxson Sun 1:00pmHG Wells Room

380 It'll be Ready Any Day Now ... The revision process - how do you know
when to stop? Kathleen Ann Goonan, Terry McGarry, Donald




McQuinn, Diann Thornley, Karen Haber Sun 1:00pmDan Dare Room381 Promoting
in the Public Sector. There was a mammoth campaign to call the first Shuttle
'Enterprise'. How  much influence does SF have on the  general public and
can it help to change people's thinking?  David S. Garnett, Jean Lorrah,
David Pringle, M Simpson Sun 1:00pmWizard's Cave383 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce
Sun 1:00pmHall 4 Science Room 384 Costume Post-Mortem. Post Masquerade opportunity
for discussion with Masquerade participants, hopefully in or with costumes.
Divided into two parts; Purely Costume and  Technical applications.  Sun

1:00pmJura/Barra 385 Dinosaurs as Aliens.  A panel discussing the differences
and similarities in the evolutionary solutions adopted by prehistoric creatures,
and how this might give a handle on the range of alien creatures that could
exist. M.K. Brett-Surman moderates Robert J. Sawyer, Gardner D M.K. Brett 




Surman, Stephen Dedman, Gardner Dozois, Robert J Sawyer Sun 1:00pmArgyle 1386 Privacy.  New technologies like digital telephony and strong
encryption are fighting it out against governments who want to make tapping
easy;  smart cards with your ID and medical records may soon be introduced
that can be interrogated from a distance without thei Chad Childers,Henry
Balen, Jack Nimersheim, Philip Wadler Sun 1:00pmLegend Room387 Art Auction.
3 hours of bidding for art bargains  Sylvia Starshine Sun 1:00pmHall 1389
The Second Coming. Of these sub-genre fans, who is the true messiah. Which
are the false prophets? Will feature Thor, God of Thunder, some



Roman centurions, a holy gourd, women in false beards and a lot
of quotes from 'The Life of Brian'. Mike "Simo" Simpson, Noel Collyer, Jim
DeLiscard, Kenny Smith Sun 1:00pmHall 4 Fanroom
390 High Tech. Meets Low Tech..
How well does contemporary SF treat the Third World? Brian Aldiss, Gwyneth
Jones, Sam Lundwall, Ian McDonald, Jaroslav Olsa Sun 1:00pmArgyle 2/3391
Space Access 1 - DCX.  30 min talk by Mitch Burnside Clapp, Aleta Jackson
and Henry Spencer. . Mitchell Burnside Clapp, Aleta Jackson, Henry Spencer
Sun 1400 Legend Room392 The Epona Project.  2 hours of talks and panels
on the Epona Project, the most detailed attempt to design an alien planet
and ecology ever done. Organised by Greg Barr, with Roger Zuidema, Nancy
Zuidema, Martyn Fogg, David Angus, Steven Hanly, Gerald Nordley, and others.
OH Greg



Barr, Martyn Fogg, Steven Hanly, Nancy Zuidema, Roger Zuidema, Del
Cotter, David Angus (2 hours) Sun 1400 Hall 4 Science Room395 These You Have
Filked. Filk GoH Bob Kanefsky talks about filk, fandom, blowing bubbles etc.,
and  asks suspecting victims to perform his  evil parodies... Bob Kanefsky
Sun 1400 Shuna/Staffa396 Encore Un Fin de Siecle. Why is late Victorian fiction
back in fashion? Michael Scott Rohan, Darrell Schweitzer, Maureen Speller,
Brian  Stableford Sun 1400Argyle 1397 Hopes and Dooms of the Next Century.
The world faces great problems of our own creation, but there is much to
be hopeful about as well. We  examine the hopeful prospects as well as some
of the problems. With Gregory Benford, Peter F Hamilton, DG Compton, Stan
Schmidt, and Carol Botteron. Greg Benford, Carol Botteron, D.G. Compton,
Peter F. Hamilton, Stan Schmidt Sun 1400 HG Wells Room
 398 Six String Futures.
SF and film and rock music all belong to contemporary culture, and SF has
always had common interests with rock music in particular. Rock stars use
SF motifs (Bowie, Hawkwind, Rocky Horror ...), SF has used rock stars as
characters.  Graham Joyce, Kim Newman,



Norman Spinrad, Jim Young Sun 1400 Wizard's Cave399 From Hektography
to the WWW. Is the "message" of a fanzine medium-independent? In the days
when fanzine production was (to us idle  moderns) a long hard task, a fanzine
editor had to be pretty strongly motivated to "pub his ish." Nowadays, obtaining
a world-wide readership is easy. Ben Giraud, Jenny Glover, Alex McLintock
Sun 1400 Hall 4 Fanroom
400 Samuel R. Delany Interviewed. Samuel Delany reveals
almost all to Paul Kincaid. Samuel R. Delany, Paul Kincaid Sun 1400 Argyle
2/3402 Thog's Fliegenklatsch. The item is to be based on the Thog's Masterclass
"awful lines from sf" section in Ansible, with live readings of a literarily





distressing nature.  Paul Barnett, Dave Langford Sun 1400 Dan Dare
Room403 Space Access 2 - Black Horse.  30 min talk on the USAF's Black Horse
air-refuelled aerospaceplane by Capt Mitchell Burnside Clapp, who's  project
manager for it. Mitchell Burnside Clapp Sun 1430 Legend Room405 Star Wars
- The Saga Continues ... Where could/should the saga go next? Roger MacBride
Allen, Kevin J. Anderson, John L. Flynn, Frank P.  Mann, Rebecca Moesta,
Dave Wolverton Sun 1500 Argyle 2/3406 The 2nd Foundation Lecture. The Academy
and Science Fiction: Symbiosis or Parasitism - A lecture by Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls Sun 1500 Argyle 1407 Pilotted by Puppets: Gerry Anderson's
Extraordinary Vehicles.  Futuristic aircraft, rockets, and submarines figured
prominently in such  technophilic TV series as Thunderbirds, Stingray, and
Fireball XL5. Take a tour of these marvelous machines, and compare them with
real-world designs. . Bill Higgins moderates Mit Mitchell Burnside Clapp,
Bill Higgins, David Stein, Kim Newman Sun 1500 Jura/Barra 408 Getting Your
Game Published. Open the door of the Games Publishing houses. Throw two dice
and find out  what you see. What are the skils you will need in this particular
labyrinth. Liz Holliday, Marcus Rowland,  Tweet Williams Sun 1500 Wizard's
Cave 410 Space Access 3 - Fast and Cheap.  30 min talk by Stephen Baxter.
Stephen Baxter Sun 1500 Legend Room411 Feedback. Tell us what you think of
the con so far.  Sun 1500 Hall 4 Performance Area 412 3 Fandoms - Conventions.
Conventional behaviour around the World: how conventions differ in size and
motive, how programme items may be peculiar to one sort of con, how they
may be varied according to locality. Mary Branscombe, Jacky Gru"ter-Andrew,
Ben Yalow Sun 1500 Hall 4



Fanroom413 Guessing Games. Does the acceleration of change invalidate
extrapolative fiction?  Maia Cowan, Laura Frankos, Ken MacLeod, Paul McAuley
 Sun 1500 HG Wells Room
414 Space Access 4 - Artemis Moonbase. 30 min on the
Artemis lunar base design project by Geoffrey Landis Geoffrey Landis Sun
1530 Legend  Room415 Postcard From Romania. A snapshot of fandom in a society
which is constantly changing: a short talk and a video. Felix Moga Fri 1600
Hall 4  Fanroom416 The Bugs Bite Back.  Strep throat turns into a flesh eating
killer; Ebola comes out of the jungle and melts its victims; resistant TB
on the rise in  New York; a mysterious agent turns cows' brains to mush.
Is the age of medical miracles over? What was life without antibiotics like?
 Dave Clements, Ctein, Stephen Davis, Perrianne Lurie, Gary Stratmann Sun
1600 Wizard's Cave417 Deconstructions - The Iron Dragon's Daughter. Author
and critic in discussion. John Clute, Michael Swanwick Sun 1600Argyle 1418
Producing a Filk Tape (workshop). What goes into one, what do you need to
think about? Chris Croughton, Spencer Love, Brenda Sutton,



Anne Whitaker Sun 1600 Shuna/Staffa419 Magazines. What is the role
of magazine publishing today? Ivan Adamovic, Ellen Datlow, Gardner Dozois,
David Pringle, Darrell Schweitzer Sun  1600 Dan Dare Room420 Well it Was
Funny in English. How well does humour travel? Piotr Cholewa, Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain,
Esther Friesner, Annemarie van Ewyck Sun  1600 Legend Room421 Les Edwards
- Artist Guest of Honour.   Sun 1600 Argyle 2/3422 Planet Colonisation Simulation.
2hours Jo Walton, Ken Walton Sun 1600 Hall 4 Science Room424 Art Workshop.
  Sun 1600 Boardroom 427 Simon Ings, Media Presentation. A  behind the scenes
look at the film making industry. Simon Ings presents  an in depth look at
the processes involved in the making of one or all of the short  films he
currently has in production. Simon Ings, Simon Pummell Sun 1600 Hall 1 428
Body Image: Self Image. Once upon a time there was "Fat, Feminism and Fandom."..
This panel builds on that and follows on to discuss how body image and self
image relate inside and outside fandom. Barry Freeman, Bobby McLaughlin,
Kate Solomon, Kate N'ha Ysabet Sun 1600   Hall 4 Fanroom
429 Take Five Women.
Where do women stand in the SF field today? Teresa Nielsen Hayden , Eva Hauser,
Kathleen Ann Goonan, Myra Cakan,  Tricia Sullivan Sun 1600 Jura/Barra430
Greybeards. Do the SF classics stand rereading? Why? And why not? Jack Chalker,
 Moshe Feder, Cyril Simsa, Toni Weisskopf, Jim Young Sun  1600 HG Wells Room
431
Which Comes First, Character or Setting?. Where do you start to create a
fiction? Gill Alderman, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jenny Jones, Jean Lorrah  Sun
1700 Argyle 2/3434 Rheingold. A talk by Stephan Grundy about his reworking
of the Ring myth.  Sun 1700 Jura/Barra 435 The Fan in the High Castle. Fandoms
of If. How changes in history and technology would have affected fandom...
And what about changes purely internal to fandom itself? Simon Bisson, Andy
Butler, Mike Resnick Sun 1700 Hall 4 Fanroom
436 Turning Points. What makes
a good, or a believable, alternate history? Michael F. Flynn, Evelyn Leeper,
Kim Newman, Herman Ritter, Harry Turtledove Sun 1700 Hall 1 437 Talking Guitars.
A workshop in which various filkers compare experiences, and show you how
 they get some of their weirder notes. Phil Allcock, Bill Sutton, Mike Whitaker
Sun 1700 Shuna/Staffa438 Losing our Heritage. What happens to SF's heritage
when classics can't stay in print? Grania Davis, John R. Douglas, Ricahrd
Evans, John Jarrold, George Laskowski, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Sun 1700 Dan
Dare Room 439 Soviet Space Programme.  A talk by Hugh Gregory, on the until-recently
hidden darker days of the Soviet Space Programme. .  Science Room, 5pm Hugh
Gregory Sun 1700 Hall 4 Science Room 440 Right and Proper. We all know fans
who have copies of TV programmes ad films tucked away in their collections
and we all know that 'technically' they are breaking the law.  But what are
the effects of video piracy?  Sun 1700 Wizard's Cave441 Contact.  A talk
by Greg Barr on the work of the Contact organisation, who promote discussion
on SETI and xenobiology. CONTACT Japan




will also present their clubs activities in worldbuilding with Masamichi
Osako, Takashi Nakamura, and Tetsuya Ochiai. See also a ta Greg Barr, Masamichi
Osako, Takashi Nakamura, Tetsuya Ochiai Sun 1700Argyle 1442 Family Ties.
The traditional family is often a central theme of fantasy but not in SF.
Why? Pauline Ashwell, Suzy McKee Charnas, Candas Jane Dorsey, Alexandra Honigsberg
Sun 1700 Legend Room443 SF & Addictions - Babylon 5. Babylon 5 is worth
considering as an interesting example of addictions and addictive behaviour
in Media SF. Claire Brialey, Jacky Gru"ter-Andrew, Pat McMurray, Helen Steele
Sun 1700 HG Wells Room
 444 Computer Graphics. The Pixel Pushers Workshop.
 J Clark, Martin Easterbrook Sun 1730 Boardroom445 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce
Sun 1800 Hall 4 Science Room 446 Can You Really Learn How to Write?. The
phenomenon of "how to" books, workshops and the like. Cynthia Felice, Geoffrey
Landis, Robert J Sawyer, Tess Tavormina, Wendy Wheeler Sun 1800 Argyle 2/3
447 Scottish Romances and Classical Fantasy. The enduring appeal of Scott,
Stevenson, Fraser, Haggard, et al. Paul Barnett, Hal Clement, Laura Frankos,
Michael Scott Rohan Sun 1800 Wizard's Cave448 The World of Anime. Most fans
have heard of the terms Anime and Manga and associated it with Japanese cartoons.
But is there more to the world of anime?  A  look at the effects of Anime
on fandom by Roe Adams. R Adams III Sun 1800Argyle 1449 Making the Break.
Professional authors don't just suddenly appear: together with the many years
of writing and improving one's craft, sometimes the authors start off as
fans and use their fannish environment to help them. Here are three people
who did just that. Amy Thomson, Liz Holliday,



Lisanne Norman Sun 1800 Jura/Barra450 The Monsters and the Critics.
Critical reviews often seem to place importance above enjoyment. Is criticism
useful? John Clute, Ian Watson,   Charles N. Brown, Tom Doherty Sun 1800
HG Wells Room
451 Bob Shaw's Serious Scientific Talk. Need we say more ...
Bob Shaw Sun 1800 Hall 1 452 Myths, Legends and Taboos. Who *did* saw Courtney's
Boat? And what was Courtney's Boat anyway? This item gives a chance to explain
some of these anecdotes which get casually mentioned and rarely explained.
 Peggy-Rae Pavlat, Ben Yalow Sun 1800 Hall 4 Fanroom
453 Meet Mainland Europe.
Would any mainland European filkers please come and meet each other, swap
addresses etc. Rafe Culpin Sun 1800 Shuna/Staffa454 Escape From SF: The
Appeal of the Detective Story. Why do disaffected SF readers turn to Detective
stories? Steve Carper, Claire Eddy, Mary Frost-Pierson, Gary Stratmann Sun
1800 Legend Room455 Computer Risks.  The perils and pitfalls of relying
too heavily on machines to do your thinking for you. From piloting aircraft
to running missile defences, there are problems we usually avoid thinking
about... Daniel Dern moderates, with Philip Wadler, Charles Stross, H Howard





Davidson, Daniel Dern, Howard Frank, Philip Wadler, Charles Stross
Sun 1800 Dan Dare Room456 Hugo Ceremony. Find out who has walked off with
SF's most prestigious prizes.  Sun 1900 Hall 5 457 Reading - Greer Gilman.
 Greer Gilman Sun 2000Argyle 1458 Jazz.   Sun 2000 Crest  Ballroom 459 Acoustic
Filk Concert. The main Filk Concert, a much better option than the Hugos!
Rhodri James, Mike Whitaker Sun 2000 Hall 1460 Live and Dangerous Ansible
Review of the Worldcon: . Dave Langford asks How was it for you?  Sun 2000
Kintyre 461 Reading - Diana L Paxson.   Sun 2030Argyle 1462 Romancing the
Internet. Are we entering the era of the cyber-blind-date? Why are increasing
numbers of fans finding love on the information



highway? Do these relationships have different codes of conduct
than terrestrial affairs?   Sun 2100 Kintyre463 Burns, Auld Scots and Poetry.
  Sun 2100 Crest  Ballroom 464 Reading - Suzy McKee Charnas.  Suzy McKee
Charnas Sun 2100Argyle 1465 Brewing & Distilling in Space.  A panel
on the problems/advantages of making hooch in space. If this topic interests
you, you might also find



the Malt Whisky Tour useful in planning your trip to Scotland. Martin
Hoare, Mark Olsen, Paul Treadaway, Chris Cooper and Wolf Foss?. Chris Cooper,
Martin Hoare, Mark Olson, Paul Treadaway Sun 2100 Arran 466 Reading - Elizabeth
Moon.  Elizabeth Moon Sun 2130Argyle 1467 Reading - Gill Alderman.  Gill
Alderman Sun 2200Argyle 1468 Sex in Fandom. Once upon a time, fandom was
that fabled land where regardless of your looks, weight, sexual orientation
or body odour, there would be Mr or Ms Right (or Mr/Ms That Night) for you.
 Or was that always bullshit? A pansexual panel ponders on this.  Sun 2200
Kintyre 469 Reading - Simon Ings.  Simon Ings Sun 2230Argyle 1470 Whys and
Wherefores of Fan Funds. More than forty years ago, a group of American fans
so enjoyed the writing of Northern Irish fan Walt



Willis, that they put together a special fund to bring him to a
con in the 'States . This led to today's fan funds (TAFF, GUFF, DUFF and
FFANZ) Greg Pickersgill, Pam Wells, Karen Pender-Gunn  Mon 1400 Barra 471
All Night Filk Circle. We'll sing for hours and hours and...  Sun 2300 Crest
Filk Room472 Fannish Blind Date. Just what you think it is, only possibly
tackier.  Sun 2330 Kintyre 473 What Makes a Good Short Story?. How does a
short story differ from a novel and what makes it work. Terry Bisson, Martha
Soukup, Maureen Speller, Ian Watson Mon 1000 Argyle 2/3474 ET Encounter.
 Chris Boyce Mon 1000 Hall 4 Science Room475 WSFS.   Mon 1000 Shuna/Staffa
476 ESFS.   Mon 1000 Jura477 Space Warps and Time Machines.  How to make
a time machine? Robert L Forward tells us how.    Hall 1, 10am Robert L.
Forward Mon 1000



Hall 1478 Something Eldritch This Way Comes. The continuing success
and resurgence of Lovecraft. Bill Fawcett, Stephen Jones, Darrell Schweitzer,
Linda  Stratmann Mon 1000Argyle 1479 Writers Workshop.  Module 6 - By Popular
Demand  Mon 1000 Boardroom 480 I Didn't Know They Could Read. Babylon 5 withstanding,
the gulf between 'media' fans and 'bookie' fans,  still seems very wide on
the surface, is this misleading?  K Knight Mon 1000 Wizard's Cave481 Readers
and Fans. Most fans start as readers who become active, but the difficulty
can be finding out how to become active: who to contact, what to do, even
what to say. Here are some pointers to suggest ways of leaping out of the
book environment Sarah Goodman, Mike Siddall, Tibbs



Mon 1600 Hall 4 Fanroom
482 Breakfast Club / 15 Minute Fandom. The
chance for early birds to meet and discuss the day ahead. There will be information
on upcoming  programme items and parties for each day and people to ask about
these.  Mon 10:30amHall 4 Fanroom
484 Virtual Fandom. With the seemingly unstoppable
rise of live-action games like Laserquest 2000 and Alien War where will fans
be coming from in  the future. Will technology outstrip media fandom - with
new fans deciding to live their action adventures? John Riddell, Dave Clements
Mon 11:00amHall 4 Fanroom
485 From the Frozen North. Nordic SF - does it exist,
and if so, what is it? Niels Dalgaard, Sam Lundwall, Heidi Lyshol, Johanna
Sinisalo Mon 11:00amHG Wells Room
 486 Time Travel in RPG's. From "All you Zombies"
to "Back To The Future" SF stories delight in the  plot convolutions time
travel can bring. How can the gamer cope with all the  possibilities that
yesterday might offer.  Mon 11:00amBarra 487 Space Access 5 - Wrap-up Panel.
 1 hr 'wash-up' panel with all participants from the Space Access short talks,
plus Patrick Collins. Stephen Baxter, Patrick Collins, Henry Spencer, Mitchell
Burnside Clapp, Aleta Jackson, Geoffrey Landis Mon 11:00amArgyle 2/3488 Personality
Trades. Can you really change places with someone's mind? Anne Gay, Simon
Ings, Andy Nimmo, Michael Swanwick Mon 11:00amArgyle 1490 Sci-Fi, Who Wants
It?. It is regarded as being for 'kids' and as such it is put on early in
the  evening and then edited to remove the unsuitable bits. Why is SF treated
so shabbily?  Mon 11:00amDan Dare Room 491 Seen the Film, Bought The T-Shirt.
Merchandising means big bucks to many companies. How do these companies decide
what to sell and which films and programmes will be  successful enough to
warrant the tremendous outlay.  Mon 11:00amLegend Room492 Planet Colonisation
Simulation. 2 hours Jo Walton, Ken Walton Mon 11:00amHall 4 Science Room493
The Collapse of Chaos.  Mike Scott interviews Jack Cohen about his book (written
with Ian Stewart), The Collapse of Chaos, which describes a



new approach to complex chaotic systems, simple laws of nature,
and why the real world is understandable. The book was released in paperb
 Jack Cohen, Mike Scott Mon 1:00pmHall 1 494 15 Minute Fandom / Attack of
the Evil Subversives.  Graham Joyce, Steve Green, George Houston Mon 1130
Hall 4 Fanroom
495 Porn by Women, for Women, With Love.   Atropos, Jane Carnall,
Jane Mailander, Kari Maund Mon NoonBarra 496 Attack of the Evil Subversives
(cont). Are the people involved in dark fantasy and horror evil subversives
or just ordinary people? What draws people to this darker side of literature,
film, media and fannish fandom? We've caught some of these night creatures
for you to find out more.



Mon NoonHall 4 Fanroom
497 Is It A Plane or is it Airfix.  B Pearson
Mon NoonBoardroom 499 Diane and Peter's Desert Planet Discs. Diane Duane
and Peter Morwood meander through a multimedia reminiscence. Diane Duane,
Peter Morwood Mon NoonArgyle 2/3500 Conan Doyle and Forensic Science. 
 Mon NoonLegend Room501 After the Walls Came Down. How has SF in E.Europe
been affected by the removal of the Iron Curtain? Alexandr Korzhenevsky,
Krsto   Mazuranic, Bridget Wilkinson Mon NoonDan Dare Room




502 The Threepenny Space Opera. Is scientific and technical literacy
killing sensawunda in space opera? Roger MacBride Allen, Jack Chalker, Hal
Clement, Peter F. Hamilton, Simon Bisson Mon NoonArgyle 1504 100 Years
of Cinema. The Cinema celebrates its 100th year and Channel 4 have reflected
this anniversary by screen many of it's most famous films, in addition to
the series  of Science Fiction films shown.  Mon NoonHall 1 505 The Myth
of Fannish Tolerance. "Conventional" wisom has it that fandom is tolerant
in the extreme. Has open-mindedness become Political Correctness? Vicki Rosensweig,
Brendan Ryder, Nina Watson, Kate N'ha Ysabet Mon NoonJura 506 15 Minute
Fandom.   Mon 1230 Hall 4 Fanroom
507 To Last a Thousand Years.  What can
mankind realistically achieve in the next millenium? Colonising planets,
trips to the stars, and what else?



With Marshall Savage, Walter Jon Williams, Ben Best, and Keith Henson.
 Hall 1, 11am Ben Best, Keth Hensen, Marshall Savage, Allen Steele, Walter
Jon Williams Mon 11:00amHall 1 508 That Doesn't Look Like Him..   Mon 1:00pmBarra509 Roger Zelazny Remembered. We gather in memory of a friend. John
R. Douglas, George R.R. Martin, Walter Jon Williams, Joe Haldeman Mon



1:00pmArgyle 1510 Other Fandoms. One assumption often made of fans
is that they read SF: yet fans, being multidimensional people, can have other
equally  absorbing interests: railways, real ale and reenactment being just
a few examples. But is "our" fandom the only one that's a Way Of Lif Chris
Croughton, Simon Bisson, Chris Cooper Mon 1:00pmJura 511 Dutch Science. After
Dutch uncles and Dutch treats, Paul Harland talks about Dutch science. Paul
Harland Mon 1:00pmShuna/Staffa512 Awards Ceremony.   Mon 1:00pmArgyle 2/3513
The Fantasy Encyclopaedia. A sneak preview of the forthcoming Fantasy Encyclopaedia.
Paul Barnett, John Clute, Dave Langford Mon 1:00pmDan Dare Room 514 The Word
for World is Dingblat. Does the structure of language determine how you perceive
the world? Greer Gilman, Eileen Gunn, Richard Kennaway, Tim Smith Mon 1:00pm
Legend Room515 I'm too Sexy for my Beany. KIM CampBell MC's this irreverently
hilarious fashion show displaying some of the weird things for which fans
seem to have particular penchants.  Mon 1:00pmHall 4 Fanroom
516 Nanotechnology.
 What would the world be like if molecular technology proved feasible? Would
it become a dystopia far worse than anything imagined by Huxley or Orwell,
as dictators used machines to spy on their people and regulate their behaviour?
Would it become a liber Ben



Best, Paul Cray, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Keith Hensen, Jonathon vos
Post Sat NoonDan Dare Room517 ET Encounter.  Chris Boyce Mon 1:00pmHall 4
Science Room 518 Mirror Images. What preconceptions did you have before setting
foot in Intersection? Have your prejudices been enforced or blown out of
the water? This is the chance to voice your opinions to those responsible
(well, partly responsible). Claire Brialey, Vince Docherty, Alison Freebairn,




Jackie McRobert Mon 1330 Hall 4 Fanroom
519 Intersection Starship
Final Report.  Carol Botteron, Robert L. Forward, Steve Howe, Gerald Nordley
Mon NoonWizard's Cave520 Choosing the Best Bits.  Maxon, Bob Eggleton,
Danny Flynn,  Don Maitz. Mon 1400 Legend Room521 Building a Character. How
do words on a page become flesh and blood? Colin Greenland, Martha Soukup,
Connie Willis, Terry Pratchett Mon



1400 Hall 1522 International Cooperation in Space.  Are international
projects a good idea? What happens when one partner pulls out (as happened
with the US  half of the Ulysses mission)? What if the main partner moves
the goalposts and other participants can't keep up? With the International
Space Station Dale Amon, Janet Johnston, Jordin Kare, Wil McCarthy, Andy
Nimmo Mon 1400Argyle 1523 What is Filk. So, after four days, what do you
think is (or isn't) filk? Come and have an argument.. Chris Croughton, Valerie
Housden, Brenda Sutton Mon 1400 Shuna/Staffa524 Other Styles of Conrunning.
  Mon 1400 Jura525 Fanzine Reading and reviewing. This fanzine reading can
look back at fanzines distributed at the convention and pick out a few favourites,
with



a sideways look at the fanzines nominated for the Hugos. Andy Hooper,
Mike Siddall Mon 1400 Hall 4 Fanroom
526 The Reviews We Deserve. Do reviews
have a function? If so, what is it?  David V Barrett, Greg Cox, Kathleen
Ann Goonan, Simon Ings Mon  1400 HG Wells Room
527 3 Fandoms - Travellers.
This short item will explore culture clash, and will feature people who have
travelled to other countries for fan meetings,  who have lived in other countries
and who have perceived the differences in life there. Fran Dowd, Oliver Gru"ter-Andrew,
Lynne Ann Morse Mon 1430 Hall 4 Fanroom
528 Out of the Closet, Into the Universe.
  Mon 1500 Barra529 Culture Crossings. The problems of translating worldviews
and ideas. John Brunner, Wikto Bukato, Joe Haldeman, Krsto Mazuranic Mon
1500



Wizard's Cave530 So What Use is an Editor?. What difference can
an editor really make to a book?  Bill Fawcett, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Janny
Wurts, Jane Yolen  Mon 1500Argyle 1531 Feedback. Tell us what you think
of the con so far.  Mon 1500 Hall 4 Performance Area 532 Armageddon and Beyond.
There have been many films and TV shows which depict man  living in domes
amid desolate wastelands of humans mutated as a reslt of a great war.  With
the break down of the East -West barriers and the end of the Cold War are
these views out of date? John L.



Flynn, Craig Shaw Gardner,  Takachino Mon 1500 HG Wells Room
533
The Art of Fanzines. too often, art in fanzines consists of taking an illustration
at random and plugging it into a blank space. What is the case  for integrating
text and art? Should an artist have any say in how the art should feature
in the fanzine? A selection of fan artists and editors  Mon 1500 Hall 4 Fanroom

534 Trekkie Beams Down. No matter what you tell them or how hard you try
,the newspaper, TV and  radio are still hell bent on pursuing the 'weirdos'
in fancy costumes.  Can we do anything to alter these perceptions?   Bart
Kemper, J Killick Mon 1500 Legend Room535 Urban Spaceman.   Mon 1500 Jura536
Love and Rockets. Sex and eroticism in SF. Terry Bisson, Ellen Datlow, Samuel
R. Delany, Norman Spinrad, Alex Stewart Mon 1500 Hall 1 537 WSFS Business
Meeting.   Mon 1500 Dan Dare Room538 You've Played the Game. Once games were
a spin off from films. Now even films can be spin offs from games. Can the
merchandisers give gamers



what they want ?  Mon 1500 Argyle 2/3539 Community b