Thursday Schedule

Thu, 1:00

CC: 104A

Beyond the First Draft

Joshua Bilmes, Josepha Sherman, Robert Silverberg, Caro Soles

Thu, 1:00

CC: 104CD

The Liar's Panel

Deb Geisler, Mike Glyer, John Pomeranz, Howard Waldrop

Thu, 1:00

CC: 201E

Online, Snailmail, Face-to-Face Writers Groups

Bridget Coila, Barb Galler-Smith, Rochelle Uhlenkott

Thu, 1:00

CC: 202C

Feedback Session

Torcon Committee Members

Thu, 1:00

CC: 203A

Hal Clement (Reading)

Hal Clement

Thu, 1:00

CC: 203C

Christy Hardin Smith (Reading)

Christy Hardin Smith

Thu, 1:00

CC: 205B

Can SF be Co-Opted?

Scott Bakker, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden, Stephen Pagel, Ann Zeddies

Thu, 1:00

CC: 206F

Adaptations: Not Faithful Enough or Too Faithful

Craig Engler, Craig Miller, Nick Sagan, Isaac Szpindel

Thu, 1:00

CC: Signing Area

Autographs

Adam-Troy Castro, Steve Sawicki, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, Robert Metzger, Rick Wilber

Thu, 1:00

RY: Alberta

Janna Silverstein (Kaffeeklatsch)

Janna Silverstein

Thu, 1:00

RY: British Columbia

Weddings

Don Kaiser, Dan Heine, Andrew Bertke, Joe Agee, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo, Don Sakers, Thomas G. Atkinson

Thu, 1:00

RY: New Brunswick

Robert J. Sawyer (Kaffeeklatsch)

Robert J. Sawyer

Thu, 1:00

RY: NS

Julie Czerneda (Kaffeeklatsch)

Julie Czerneda

Thu, 1:00

RY: PEI

Liz Williams (Kaffeeklatsch)

Liz Williams

Thu, 2:00

CC: 104A

Book Discussion: The Mists Of Avalon

Lyla Miklos, Lee Martindale

Thu, 2:00

CC: 104CD

1973: The John W. Campbell Award

George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Spider Robinson, Alexis Gilliland

Thu, 2:00

CC: 201ABCD

Cassini Probe to Saturn

Guy Consolmagno, Bill Higgins

Thu, 2:00

CC: 201E

How Is SF/F Analyzed

Charles Brown, Justine Larbalestier, Lorna Toolis, Heather Urbanski, Allan Weiss

Thu, 2:00

CC: 202C

Canada Council Reading

Dave Duncan, Jean-Louis Trudel

Thu, 2:00

CC: 203A

Thu, 2:00

CC: 205B

Genre vs. Mainstream Fiction in Canada

Alison Baird, Terence Green, Scott Mackay

Thu, 2:00

CC: Signing Area

Autographs

Richard Kirk, Robert Reed, Kevin Murphy

Thu, 2:00

RY: Confederation 3

The Filk/Folk Process

Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser, Lee Martindale, Roberta Rogow

Thu, 2:00

RY: Territories

Recording - Playing with Equipment

Ken Lalonde, J. Spencer Love

Thu, 2:30

RY: Alberta

Katherine Brandenburg (Kaffeeklatsch)

Katherine Brandenburg

Thu, 2:30

RY: New Brunswick

Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg (Kaffeeklatsch)

Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg

Thu, 2:30

RY: NS

Connie Willis (Kaffeeklatsch)

Connie Willis

Thu, 2:30

RY: PEI

Robert Metzger (Kaffeeklatsch)

Robert Metzger

Thu, 3:00

CC: 104A

Design an Alien Species

Hal Clement, Julie Czerneda, Edward M. Lerner, G. David Nordley

Thu, 3:00

CC: 104B

Fantasy Culture Design

Scott Bakker, P.C. Hodgell, Victoria McManus, Sean Mead, Josepha Sherman

Thu, 3:00

CC: 104CD

Old New Voices:  The John W. Campbell Award Winners, Thirty Years Later

Cory Doctorow, Alexis Gilliland, Harry Harrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Kristine Smith, Amy Thomson

Thu, 3:00

CC: 201ABCD

Farscape The Best Science Fiction Show Ever?

Sarah Elliott, Peter Knapp, Tara Oakes

Thu, 3:00

CC: 201E

Day Jobs for Writers -- Journalist, Freelance Technical/Science Writer or Professor Track?

Bridget Coila, Jonathan Cowie, John Scalzi, Edward Willett

Thu, 3:00

CC: 201F

LGBT Reading 2: Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff

Thu, 3:00

CC: 203A

Derryl Murphy (Reading)

Derryl Murphy

Thu, 3:00

CC: 203C

Wen Spencer (Reading)

Wen Spencer

Thu, 3:00

CC: 206B

If They Drew It, I Can Do It!

Maral Agnerian, Pierre Pettinger, Dawn McKechnie

Thu, 3:00

CC: Signing Area

Autographs

Scott Green, Caro Soles, Robert Charles Wilson

Thu, 3:00

RY: Confederation 3

Songwriting - Intro

Terence Chua, Gary Ehrlich, Lynn Gold

Thu, 3:00

RY: Territories

Concert: Peggi Warner-Lalonde / W. Randy Hoffman

W. Randy Hoffman, Peggi Warner-Lalonde

Thu, 3:30

CC: 203A

Melinda Snodgrass (Reading)

Melinda Snodgrass

Thu, 3:30

CC: 203C

Suzy Charnas (Reading)

Suzy Charnas

Thu, 4:00

CC: 103A

Opening: Getting to know you…

Lisa Ragsdale

Thu, 4:00

CC: 103B

Kids Favorite Movies

Anne Pinzow, Bonnie Kunzel

Thu, 4:00

CC: 104B

Archetypes and Fairy Tales

Kathryn Cramer, Dave Duncan, Sarah Elliott, P.C. Hodgell

Thu, 4:00

CC: 104CD

Discworld 101

Suzy Charnas, Ed Greenwood, Alixandra Jordan, Terry Pratchett

Thu, 4:00

CC: 201F

Minneapolis, er, make that, Toronto in 1973

Thu, 4:00

CC: 202C

Beauty in the Near and Far Future

Stephanie Johanson, Anthony Lewis, Scott Westerfeld

Thu, 4:00

CC: 203A

Julie Czerneda (Reading)

Julie Czerneda

Thu, 4:00

CC: 206B

Where Are The LGBT Characters?

Rob Gates, Stephen Pagel, Lyla Miklos, Stephen Leigh, Peter Knapp, Stephen M. Stirling

Thu, 4:00

CC: 206F

Wanted: The Privatisation of Space

Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, Steven Lopata, Henry Spencer, Karen Traviss

Thu, 4:00

CC: Signing Area

Autographs

Bill Patterson, E.E. Knight, Glenn Sixbury

Thu, 4:00

CC: Summit

The Chesley Awards:  A Retrospective

Paul Barnett, Elizabeth Humphrey, Pamela D. Scoville

Thu, 4:00

RY: Alberta

George R. R. Martin (Kaffeeklatsch)

George R. R. Martin

Thu, 4:00

RY: Confederation 3

Filk Copyright Issues

J. Spencer Love, Gretchen Roper, Persis Thorndike

Thu, 4:00

RY: New Brunswick

Sheila Finch (Kaffeeklatsch)

Sheila Finch

Thu, 4:00

RY: NS

Lawrence Schoen (Kaffeeklatsch)

Lawrence Schoe

Thu, 4:00

RY: PEI

Charles Coleman Finlay (Kaffeeklatsch)

Charles Coleman Finlay

Thu, 4:00

RY: Territories

Concert:  Andrew Barton & Kate Soley Barton

Andrew Barton, Kate Soley Barton

Thu, 5:00

CC: 103A

Kids Favorite Books

David-Glenn Anderson, Kathryn Sullivan

Thu, 5:00

CC: 103B

Movie Screening

Thu, 5:00

CC: 104A

Writing the Extraordinary Realistically

Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen, Chris Moriarty, Melinda Kimberly, Connie Willis

Thu, 5:00

CC: 104B

Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Sentience?

Andrew Burt, Charles Cohen, Julie Czerneda, Marcel Gagne, Bill Taylor

Thu, 5:00

CC: 104CD

Has Science Fiction Failed as a Fiction of Science?

Hal Clement, John G. Hemry, Charlie Stross, Jean-Louis Trudel

Thu, 5:00

CC: 201ABCD

Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Esther Friesner, Tanya Huff, Mike Resnick, Steve Sawicki, Lorna Toolis

Thu, 5:00

CC: 201F

Friends of Bill W.

Thu, 5:00

CC: 202C

Magnetic Poetry

Carolyn Clink

Thu, 5:00

CC: 203A

Gord Rollo (Reading)

Gord Rollo

Thu, 5:00

CC: 203B

The BDP Hugo Split...Will It Prevail?

Chris M. Barkley, Vincent Docherty, Daniel Kimmel, Peter Knapp, Guy Lillian

Thu, 5:00

CC: 203C

Mike Moscoe (Reading)

Mike Moscoe

Thu, 5:00

CC: 205B

The Myth of Fannish Uniqueness

James Hay, Evelyn Leeper, Nicki Lynch, Andrew Porter, Ben Yalow

Thu, 5:00

CC: 206B

LGBT Fiction: Missing In Action?

Stephen Pagel, Elspeth Potter, Jim Grimsley, Alan Beatts, Aynjel Kaye, Rob Gates

Thu, 5:00

CC: 206D

Kathleen Goonan (Reading)

Kathleen Goonan

Thu, 5:00

CC: 206F

Heinlein's Women -- "Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad"

Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Larry Niven, David Silver, Pat York

Thu, 5:00

CC: Signing Area

Autographs

Michael Picray, Edward Einhorn, Claude Lalumiere, Wen Spencer

Thu, 5:00

CC: Summit

SPACE: The Imagination Station

Lyla Miklos

Thu, 5:00

RY: Confederation 3

Voice Workshop

Mark Bernstein

Thu, 5:00

RY: Territories

Concert: Gary Ehrlich / Lynn Gold

Gary Ehrlich, Lynn Gold

Thu, 6:00

CC: 103A

Growing Up in Fandom

Karen Purcell

Thu, 6:00

CC: 103B

Movie Screening

Thu, 6:00

CC: 201ABCD

Design: The Glue Holding Our Dreams to Our Reality

Dr. F. Salustri

Thu, 6:00

CC: 201E

Electronic Books - What do READERS Need?

John Bartley, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Cory Doctorow, Norma McPhee, Michael Ward

Thu, 6:00

CC: 202A

LGBT Fandom: Opening The Closet Door

Rob Gates, Alan Siler, Antonio Ruffini, Peter Knapp, Carl Cipra, Ctein

Thu, 6:00

CC: 203A

Caitlin Sweet (Reading)

Caitlin Sweet

Thu, 6:00

RY: British Columbia

WSFS Mark Protection Committee Meeting

Kevin Standlee

Thu, 6:00

RY: Quebec

Practical Fantasy: Costuming For The Hall

jan howard finder, Toni Lay, Kate Morgenstern, Andrew Trembley

Thu, 7:00

CC: 103B

Closed for the evening

Thu, 7:00

CC: 103B

Closed for the evening

Thu, 7:00

CC: 202B

Women In Classic SF

John G. Hemry, Paula Lieberman, Janice Eisen, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Kimberly Ann Kindya

Thu, 7:00

CC: 202C

The Virgin And The Unicorn

Esther Friesner, Morgan Brilliant, Suzy Charnas, Louis Epstein, Suford Lewis, Josepha Sherman

Thu, 7:00

CC: 203A

Pat Forde (Reading)

Pat Forde

Thu, 7:00

CC: 203C

Rick Wilber (Reading)

Rick Wilber

Thu, 7:00

CC: 206D

Shane Tourtellotte (Reading)

Shane Tourtellotte

Thu, 7:00

RY: Alberta

Elizabeth Moon (Reading)

Elizabeth Moon

Thu, 7:00

RY: Confederation 3

Filk for Non-Filkers

Eloise Beltz-Decker, Daniel Glasser, Melissa Glasser, Joey Shoji, Lee Martindale

Thu, 7:00

RY: Manitoba

Robots Learn to Shoot: The Use of Robots in a Military Role

Greg D. Armstrong, Paul Chafe, Charles Cohen

Thu, 7:00

RY: Quebec

Getting a TV Series on the Air

Lyla Miklos, Melinda Snodgrass, Isaac Szpindel, Marc Zicree

Thu, 8:00

RY: British Columbia

Keith DeCandido (Reading)

Thu, 8:00

RY: Concert Hall

Opening Ceremony and Guest of Honour Reception

Peter Jarvis, Guests of Honour

Thu, 8:00

RY: PEI

Open Filk -- Chaos

Lee Martindale

Thu, 9:00

RY: Alberta

Team Banzai

Julie Czerneda, Catherine Asaro, Jordan Raddick, Isaac Szpindel, Peter Watts

Thu, 9:00

RY: Ballroom

Spiderman

Thu, 9:00

RY: British Columbia

Laura Anne Gilman (Reading)

Laura Anne Gilman

Thu, 9:00

RY: Manitoba

R&D in Magic

Rob Chilson, James Alan Gardner, Ed Greenwood, Steven Lopata, Elizabeth Moon

Thu, 9:00

RY: New Brunswick

Elizabeth Hand (Reading)

Elizabeth Hand

Thu, 9:00

RY: Nova Scotia

Rob Gates (Reading)

Rob Gates

Thu, 9:00

RY: Territories

Coffeehouse

Carolyn Clink, Judith Hayman, Richard Chwedyk, David Clink, Scott Green, Sandra Kasturi, Herb Kauderer

Thu, 10:00

RY: Concert Hall

The Robinsons In Concert

Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson

Thu, 10:00

RY: Ontario

Conversation with George and Howard

George R. R. Martin, Howard Waldrop

Thu, 10:00

RY: Quebec

Planet Relish (Reading)

Planet Relish

Thu, 10:00

RY: Tudor 7

Theme Filk: Fantasy

Barry Gold

Thu, 11:00

RY: Ballroom

Minority Report

Thu, 11:00

RY: Confederation 3

Theme Filk: Zoological

Lynn Gold

Thu, 11:00

RY: Saskatchewan

Instaband Signup

Thu, 11:00

RY: Tudor 7

Theme Filk: Brand New Songs

David Hayman

Thu, 12:00

RY: Confederation 3

Open Filk -- Chaos

Lynn Gold

Thu, 12:00

RY: Tudor 7

Open Filk -- Poker Chip

Lee Gold, Barry Gold

Thu, 12:00

RY: Tudor 8

Open Filk -- Chaos

Terence Chua