WESTERCON 50 PROGRAM GUIDE
As of 7/1/97
(version 7/1.2)
(in alphabetical order by time)
Westercon for July 3, 1997
No.	Time
Category	Title
Description
Panelists	Location	
263	3:00 PM	ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING	Aspen
Writing	What are the successes and pitfalls of online publishing? Does it have a future?
James W. Fiscus, Patrick J. Swenson, Kathy Ice (Moderator), Kathryn Cramer
180	3:00 PM	FERMI'S TEMPORAL PARADOX: WHERE ARE THE 
Theme	TIME TRAVELLERS?	West B
John G. Cramer (Moderator), Howard L. Davidson, John H. Reiher, Jr., Robert L. Forward
157	3:00 PM	MUSIC AND OUR LIVES	Cedar
Performing Arts	What draws us to filk music? How do songs affect our moods and preserve our history?
Louise Marley, Darragh Metzger (Moderator), John Hedtke, Jeff Hitchin
92	3:00 PM	MYTHOLOGY: ORIGIN OF THE GODS	Metropolitan
Mythology	Alex A. Taub, Rebecca V. Neason (Moderator), Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Andrew Nisbet
22	3:00 PM	WESTERCON 1: SUPERSCIENCE: THE PERSONAL Theme	COMPUTER AND OTHER INVENTIONS OF THEIR
FUTURE	West A
It was fiction then; it's fact today. How much has the world changed in 50 years?
Amy Thomson, Vince Creisler, Jordin Kare (Moderator)
61	3:00 PM	WHAT TO DO UNTIL YOUR SHIP COMES IN	East A
Business	Keeping afloat in writing and publishing until you hit the best-seller list
Mark Chanen, Vicki Mitchell, Amy Sterling Casil, Mike Moscoe (Moderator)
46	3:00 PM	WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS - A MEETING OF
General	MINDS	East B
How can various professionals see the same story so differently?
Robert Alexander, Donald E. McQuinn, Rachel E. Holmen (Moderator), Steve Gallacci, Richard Hescox
114	4:00 PM	CARTOON VS. ILLUSTRATION – WHAT’S THE 
Art	DIFFERENCE?	Aspen
Kev Brockschmidt, Susan Stejskal (Moderator), Steve Gallacci
239	4:00 PM	CONTINUITY IN WRITING	East A
Media	How do you maintain continuity in a series, whether literary or visual?
Chris Bunch, Donald E. McQuinn (Moderator), Donna Barr, Irene Radford
57	4:00 PM	HOW TO SURVIVE ONE'S FIRST CONVENTION	Cedar
Fandom	Dameon Willich, Mary Kay Kare (Moderator), Barbara DuFault, Amy Thomson
240	4:00 PM	IS MANAGED HEALTH CARE HERE TO STAY?	East B
Medicine	Whatever you think of it, it's here. But what will the future bring.
Vicki Mitchell, Marcia Goldoft
13	4:00 PM	MYTHOLOGY: WHY DO MYTHS HAVE STAYING 
Mythology	POWER? 	West A
Robert C. Cumbow, Richard Brodie, Eileen Gunn (Moderator), Janine Ellen Young
79	4:00 PM	WILL THE CONSTITUTION WORK IN THE FUTURE?	Metropolitan
Sociology	If not, what will?
James W. Fiscus, Lonnie G. Davis, Marilyn J. Holt, Mike Moscoe (Moderator)
56	4:00 PM	WORST FUTURE YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE	West B
Sociology	Looking Backward from the Year 2047
Antonia Levi, jan howard finder (Moderator), John H. Reiher, Jr.
227	5:00 PM	COSTUMING ALIENS	East A
Costume	How do you create something with three legs or antenna and still have it look "real"?
David Tackett, Lisa Satterlund (Moderator), Betty Bigelow, Teresa Specht
9	5:00 PM	FANDOM: ARE WE LOSING OUR COMMON BONDS?	East B
Fandom	How has fandom and conventions changed over the years?
Ryan Dancey, Fred Patten, Mary Kay Kare, Andrew Nisbet (Moderator)
269	5:00 PM	GAMING RESOURCES ON THE NET	Cedar
Gaming	John H. Reiher, Jr., Greg Gorden
247	5:00 PM	IS TECHNOLOGY LEAVING PARTS OF OUR
Sociology, Technology	POPULATION BEHIND? 	Metropolitan
As our society becomes more technologically sophisticated, how do we prevent some portions of the population from being left behind? Can and should we prevent this?
Elisabeth DeVos, John G. Cramer (Moderator), Norman E. Hartman, James C. Glass, Kathleen Alcalá, Marilyn J. Holt
294	5:00 PM	MEDICINE'S ADVANCES AGAINST DEATH AND DYING	Aspen
Biology	James W. Fiscus, Marcia Goldoft, Vickie Bligh, Jack Cohen (Moderator)
330	5:00 PM	READING - Amy Axt Hanson	Douglas
Reading
359	5:00 PM	READING - Michael A. Martin	Board Room
Reading	either "Spelunking at the Cavern" or "Giants in the Earth"
40	5:00 PM	VISIONARIES - VALUABLE DREAMERS OR ANNOYING
Sociology	MADMEN?	West B
Tammy Tripp (Moderator), Rebecca V. Neason, John Hertz, Andrew Nisbet
15	5:00 PM	WILL BOOK PUBLISHING CONTINUE TO EXIST?	West A
Writing	How will the business of marketing and distribution change book publishing as we know it?
David Howell, David W. New, Ginjer Buchanan, Vicki Mitchell, David G. Hartwell (Moderator)
338	5:20 PM	READING - Kij Johnson	Douglas
Reading
407	5:20 PM	READING - Sarah J. Wrench	Board Room
Reading
6	6:00 PM	FANDOM: CLUBS, CLIQUES AND COMMITTEES	East A
Fandom	How do they work together? How can we strengthen the bonds between them?
Betty Bigelow, Barbara DuFault, Kevin Standlee (Moderator)
248	6:00 PM	MAINTAINING PRIVACY	Metropolitan
Sociology, Technology	How do we maintain privacy in the face of new technologies that can strip it away?
Ray Vukcevich, Marcia Goldoft (Moderator), Wally Weber
106	6:00 PM	PICTIONARY	Aspen
Art	Come join our artists in playing Pictionary
Dameon Willich, Kev Brockschmidt, Donna Barr (Moderator)
326	6:00 PM	READING - Mike Moscoe	Douglas
Reading
181	6:00 PM	VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS	Cedar
Science	The treatment of phobias, aircraft design, and architectural planning, what else will VR revolutionize?
Howard L. Davidson (Moderator), Mark Elrod, Forrest Bishop
95	7:00 PM	BEYOND PERSONAL PARANOIA: CONSPIRACY Sociology	THEORIES AND STRANGE PHENOMENA	East B
D. T. Steiner, Andrew Nisbet, Howard Waldrop
396	7:00 PM	CABARET - Shahrazad	Grand B
Performing Arts	Middle Eastern dance ensemble
102	7:00 PM	COSTUME'S ILLUSION	East A
Costume	The use of color and texture in costuming.
Sharleen Lambard, David Tackett, Dameon Willich, Crystal Smith, Teresa Specht (Moderator)
145	7:00 PM	GAMING: WHERE ARE WE GOING IN THE NEXT FIFTY Gaming	YEARS?	Cedar
Greg Gorden (Moderator), Ryan Dancey, Beverly Marshall Saling, John H. Reiher, Jr.
38	7:00 PM	HOW ARE CABLE AND CYBERSPACE CHANGING OUR Sociology	ACCESS TO INFORMATION?	Metropolitan
How will new technologies change how our world operates? Who will use it, and why? And what do we do with the old stuff?
Robert C. Cumbow (Moderator), Ted D. Butler
315	7:00 PM	INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PLAGUES, AND EMERGING Biology	PATHOLOGIES (OH MY)	Aspen
Solo talk by Marcia Goldoft
357	7:00 PM	OPENING CEREMONIES	West A, B
Special Event
41	7:00 PM	READING - Mary Jane Engh	Douglas
Reading	“Slipstream”
190	7:20 PM	READING - Donna Barr	Board Room
Reading
397	7:30 PM	CABARET - The Junkyard	Grand B
Performing Arts	A short story by Clifford Simak, adapted in 1956 as a radio play.
Joy Jackson and company
85	8:00 PM	CENSORSHIP AND THE MEDIA	Metropolitan
Media, Sociology	From the new TV ratings and the V chip to the CDA, who has the right to control what we see? Who sets the standards? Why should we care?
Val Ontell, Frank Catalano (Moderator), J. Michael Straczynski
8	8:00 PM	FANDOM: WHAT IS THE NATURE OF FANDOM?	Cedar
Fandom	We have literary, media, gaming, filk, art and SCA fans, but what do we all have in common?
Wally Weber, Vicki Mitchell, Mary Kay Kare, John Dalmas (Moderator)
246	8:00 PM	GENES, MEMES & DREAMS	East A
Biology	Richard Brodie (Moderator), Mark Chanen, Jack Cohen, M. Creon Levit, Catherine Faber
414	8:00 PM	INTERWORLD RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM	Aspen
Space	When humanity and its descendants colonize the solar system, a need will arise for a transportation network analogous to current air, sea and land networks.
Forrest Bishop
415	8:00 PM	READING – George R.R. Martin	Douglas
Reading
156	8:00 PM	READING – Lorelei Shannon	Board Room
Reading
276	8:15 PM	CABARET – Misty City Morris	Grand B
Performing Arts	Bells, bloody knuckles and traditional English folk dances
398	8:45 PM 	CABARET - Mental Alchemy	Grand B
Performing Arts	Mind locks and psi keys
T. Brian Wagner
167	9:00 PM	ANGLICON'S PARROT CASINO ROOM AT THE END
Special Event	OF THE UNIVERSE	West A, B
130	9:00 PM	FANDOM: THE DARK SIDE OF FANDOM	East A
Fandom	Vampires, Goths, Horror and Dark Fantasy. What's the attraction?
John Pelan, Lorelei Shannon
362	9:00 PM	OPEN FILK – 1	Metropolitan
Performing Arts
29	9:00 PM	PsiCORPS TODAY	Aspen
Sociology	Lynn S. Adams (Moderator), Bryce Walden, Elisabeth DeVos, D. T. Steiner, Heather Alexander
51	9:00 PM	THEORY AND ART OF FLIRTING	East B
General	jan howard finder (Moderator), Richard Brodie, Amy Sterling Casil
73	9:00 PM	TWENTY YEARS OF ANIME/JAPANIMATION AT	Douglas
Anime	WESTERCON
Fred Patten
277	9:15 PM	CABARET - Seattle Knights	Grand B
Performing Arts	A taste of medieval fantasy: Music, comedy, and swords.
Dameon Willich, Darragh Metzger
49	10:00 PM	BACKRUB WORKSHOP	East B
General	How to manhandle your friends and have them love it.
jan howard finder
58	10:00 PM	FEMALE PROTAGONISTS IN SF	Aspen
Sociology	From Barbarella to Xena: you've come a long way, baby!
Antonia Levi, Ru Emerson (Moderator), Melissa Lee Shaw, J. Michael Straczynski, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
399	10:15 PM	CABARET - A report from our Westercon Time Traveler,	Grand B
Performing Arts	Brian Marshall
317	10:30 PM	CABARET - Cecilia Eng	Grand B
Performing Arts	Songs of other times and other places.
384	11:00 PM	CABARET - Heather Alexander	Grand B
Performing Arts	Original and traditional Celtic music.
120	11:00 PM	LOVECRAFT'S FUTURE: MOVING THE CTHULHU Horror	MYTHOS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY	Cedar
Mark Chanen, John Pelan, Kevin Andrew Murphy
278	11:45PM	CABARET - Spider & Jeanne Robinson	Grand B
Performing Arts	Sittin'-around-the-kitchen-havin'-fun-singin' music. Music to be in love with for twenty-three years.
364	12:00 AM	MIDNIGHT HORROR READING - 1	Douglas
Reading	John Pelan, Bruce Taylor
54	12:00 AM	RIDDLES IN THE DARK	Aspen
Performing Arts	jan howard finder
Westercon for July 4, 1997
No.	Time
Category	Title
Description
Panelists	Location	
88	9:00 AM	TAI CHI - 1	Metropolitan
Martial Arts	Steven E. Barnes
5	10:00 AM	ART: SCULPTING IN VR	Douglas
Art	What possibilities did full tactile VR open for artists? (From a 2047 point of view).
April Lee, Mark Elrod (Moderator)
105	10:00 AM	CONVENTION ART SHOWS: TO JURY OR NOT
Art	TO JURY 	East A
A juried art show chooses what art is exhibited; is this appropriate for conventions?
Jon M. Gustafson (Moderator), John Hertz, Margaret Organ-Kean, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson
164	10:00 AM	DO WRITING WORKSHOPS HELP OR HINDER?	Cedar
Writing	Barbara Denz, Ann Miller Jordan, Mary Jane Engh (Moderator), Jan Clark, Ray Vukcevich
228	10:00 AM	HOW TO CREATE ACCURATE MEDIA COSTUMES	Metropolitan
Costume	Paula Crist-Pickett (Moderator), David Tackett, Teresa Specht, Julie Zetterberg
83	10:00 AM	PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE GENDER ROLES IN SF/F	West B
Writing, Sociology	Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Rebecca V. Neason (Moderator), Deborah Wheeler, Marilyn J. Holt
305	10:00 AM	PLANNING FOR WESTERCON 100	East B
Theme	Where will it be held? Who will come? How much will the registration fee be?
Wally Weber, Jordin Kare (Moderator), Kij Johnson
245	10:00 AM	SCIENCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF CLONING, THE	West A
Biology, Sociology	Now that we can do it, should we do it?
Jack Cohen (Moderator), Mike Moscoe, Mary Kay Kare, Amy Thomson, Catherine Faber
238	10:00 AM	WHEN DO YOU NEED AN AGENT, AND HOW DO 
Business	YOU GET ONE? 	Aspen
John Dalmas, James C. Glass, Gordon Van Gelder (Moderator), Donald E. McQuinn
47	11:00 AM	CONSCIOUSNESS AS PROCESS	West A
Science	Is consciousness static or something that changes over time?
Jack Cohen (Moderator), Richard Brodie, Laurie Edison, Steven E. Barnes
139	11:00 AM	FILK 101	Cedar
Performing Arts	Whether you're new to the circle or an experienced participant, come with your questions and your comments.
Jeff Hitchin, Cecilia Eng (Moderator), Catherine Faber
14	11:00 AM	FIRST CONTACT: THEY'RE HERE. DEAL WITH IT.	West B
General	What's really out there?
John H. Reiher, Jr., Elisabeth DeVos, Mike Moscoe, Bryce Walden (Moderator), D. T. Steiner
111	11:00 AM	PORTFOLIO PREPARATION: THE BUSINESS OF ART	Aspen
Art, Business	Licensing, presentation, professionalism and perseverance.
Margaret Organ-Kean, Robert Alexander (Moderator), April Lee, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Rachel Holmen
27	11:00 AM	BID PRESENTATIONS	East B
Fandom	Kevin Standlee (Moderator)
377	11:00 AM	DREAMCON'S PAHTAR FUN CLUB – 1	East A
Gaming	Bring your teams of 1-4 people for silliness & games.
11:00 AM	SEATING for Babylon 5 Presentation 1 starts	Grand B, C
214	12:00 PM	ART WORKSHOP: WORKING FROM PHOTOS	Board Room
Art workshop	Betty Bigelow, Margaret Organ-Kean, Victoria (Poyser) Lisi
137	12:00 PM	CLASSIC FILK SONGS	Cedar
Performing Arts	Come enjoy some of the classic songs of this genre. Lyrics will be provided.
John Hedtke, Jeff Hitchin, Catherine Faber (Moderator), Mary Kay Kare, Jordin Kare, Cecilia Eng
283	12:00 PM	COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND RELATED 
Legal	REGULATIONS 	Metropolitan
Will the Supreme Court strike this one down? What about related governmental and private regulations?
Val Ontell, Robert C. Cumbow
100	12:00 PM	COSTUMING FOR STAGE PRODUCTIONS	Aspen
Costume	How do the requirements differ from a masquerade or other display?
Crystal Smith, Paula Crist-Pickett (Moderator), Teresa Specht, Julie, Zetterberg
75	12:00 PM	TAXES FOR FREELANCERS	East A
Business	The business side of being a freelancer.
Lisa Satterlund, James W. Fiscus, Mason, Cyn Mason (Moderator)
134	12:00 PM	THIRD WORLD MYTHOLOGIES: EXPLORATION OR 
Sociology	EXPLOITATION? 	West B
When does a fresh use of third-world culture and mythologies in fantasy become colonialization and ripoff?
Kathleen Alcalá (Moderator), Blythe Ayne, R. Garcia y Robertson, Nisi Shawl
98	12:00 PM	URBAN LEGENDS OF THE FUTURE	West A
General	Holly Wade Matter (Moderator), Ann Miller Jordan, Richard Brodie, John H. Reiher, Jr., Janine Ellen Young, Ray Vukcevich
144	12:00 PM	WHAT IS A LIVE-ACTION ROLE PLAYING GAME?	Douglas
Gaming	An Intro for beginners and the curious.
Dameon Willich, T. Brian Wagner
168	1:00 PM	BABYLON 5 PRESENTATION - 1	Grand B, C
GOH	J. Michael Straczynski
70	1:00 PM	COLLABORATIONS	Aspen
General	What is it like to collaborate with someone else?
Victoria (Poyser) Lisi (Moderator), Julius Lisi, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Martin Harry Greenberg, Barbara Denz, William C. Dietz
261	1:00 PM	FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS, THE	West B
Theme	From Things to Come to 1984, most visions of the future got it wrong. Can we do any better?
L. Pierce Ludke, Fred Patten, Jordin Kare (Moderator), Kij Johnson, Vince Creisler
146	1:00 PM	GAMING: HAVE CARD GAMES SATURATED THE 
Gaming	MARKET? 	Douglas
Is there still room for new companies and/or other types of games?
Beverly Marshall Saling, John H. Reiher, Jr. (Moderator), Ryan Dancey
78	1:00 PM	MAKING THAT FIRST PROFESSIONAL SALE	West A
Writing	Meet some writers whose first professional works appeared in 1997.
Susan R. Matthews, Kay Kenyon (Moderator), Janine Ellen Young, Jan Clark, Elisabeth DeVos
335	1:00 PM	READING – Darragh Metzger	Board Room
Reading	“The Strawberry Roan”
104	1:00 PM	SOCIAL/ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY	Cedar
Sociology	Amy Stout (Moderator), R. Garcia y Robertson, Amy Sterling Casil, Marcia Goldoft, Lonnie G. Davis
21	1:00 PM	WHITHER NASA?	East B
Space	What are NASA's current projects? What is its future?
M. Creon Levit, Bryce Walden, Terry Burlison, Faustin Bray, John Hertz (Moderator)
160	1:00 PM	WRITING GOOD HORROR	East A
Horror	Lorelei Shannon (Moderator), Lynn S. Adams, David G. Hartwell, Kevin Andrew Murphy
314	1:20 PM	READING – Edd Vick	Board Room
Reading	“Prime Cuts”
184	2:00 PM	ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE	East B
Science	New developments: How close are we to artificial intelligence, or even sentience?
Bryce Walden, Robert L. Forward, Ray Vukcevich, Norman E. Hartman (Moderator), Forrest Bishop
17	2:00 PM	BLURRING THE GENRE	Aspen
Writing	What is SF Literature, and How Do You Describe It?
Amy Sterling Casil, Rebecca V. Neason, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Moderator), Bruce Taylor, Dean Wesley Smith, George R. R. Martin
251	2:00 PM	EMOTIONAL IQ	West B
Sociology	What is it? How important is it?
Cyn Mason, Deborah Wheeler, Steven E. Barnes
113	2:00 PM	IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY	Cedar
Theme	Looking back on that "wild" decade, the 2000s
Edd Vick, Creede Lambard (Moderator)
23	2:00 PM	LIBRARIES: IS DEWEY DECIMAL STILL A VALID 
General	SYSTEM? 	East A
Mary Kay Kare (Moderator), Lisa Satterlund, Mary Jane Engh, Mark Elrod
201	2:00 PM	READING - Spider and Jeanne Robinson	Douglas
Reading	Starmind: An Hour With Spider & Jeanne
39	2:00 PM	WORLD GOVERNMENT - CLOSER OR FURTHER 
Sociology	AWAY?	Metropolitan
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Moderator), John Dalmas, Mark Elrod, Lonnie Davis, Andrew Nisbet
71	3:00 PM	ART TECHNIQUES	West B
Art	Oils, alkyols, acrylics watercolor, mixed media - what you can do with each of them
Susan Stejskal, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Victoria (Poyser) Lisi (Moderator), Richard Hescox, Julia E. Lacquemont
267	3:00 PM	CELTIC DANCE WORKSHOP	West A
Performing Arts	Have you seen Riverdance? Come learn a few of the simpler social dances of celtic culture. It's fun and easier than they make it look.
Scott MacHaffie
131	3:00 PM	DO COMICS DO SF JUSTICE?	East B
Comics	Are today's comics a legitimate forum for original science fiction?
Steve Gallacci, Fred Patten, John Hertz, Antonia Levi
378	3:00 PM	DREAMCON'S PAHTAR FUN CLUB – 2	East A
Gaming	Even if you missed round 1, bring your team of 1-4 people for a real good time.
90	3:00 PM	READING - Amy Thomson	Douglas
289	3:00 PM	THIRTY YEARS OF LOCUS	Cedar
Business	Charles N. Brown, Connie Willlis, Mark R. Kelly, Marianne Jablon, George R. R. Martin
135	3:00 PM	WHITHER THE BACKLIST?	Aspen
Writing	Why are very few authors from previous decades being reprinted? Will this change?
Kathy Ice, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, David W. New, Nisi Shawl, Ginjer Buchanan (Moderator), David G. Hartwell
368	4:00 PM	GOH AUTOGRAPH SESSION - 1	Metropolitan
Autographs	Amy Thomson, Victoria (Poyser) Lisi, Walter J. Daugherty, J. Michael Straczynski, Martin Harry Greenberg
162	4:00 PM	MARKETING SHORT FICTION	West B
Business	Cynthia Ward, James C. Glass, Deborah Wheeler (Moderator), Patrick J. Swenson
287	4:00 PM	OTHER WORLDS ON EARTH - GEOLOGICAL 
Science	ANALOGUES 	Cedar
Structures from the Martian asteroid have been found on Earth; how do such discoveries enrich our knowledge of the universe.
Bryce Walden (Moderator), Alex A. Taub, Vicki Mitchell
220	4:00 PM	READING - F. M. Busby	Douglas
Reading
265	4:00 PM	RECORDING INDUSTRY, THE	Grand B
Performing Arts	What are the technical, legal and marketing aspects of producing your own album?
(This is a roundtable discussion)
Cecilia Eng, Phil Obermarck (Moderator), Heather Alexander
225	4:00 PM	RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET	Aspen
Business	Has the Internet really changed the way we do research? Will libraries of hardbound volumes become obsolete?
Frank Catalano, Amy Sterling Casil, Val Ontell, Holly Wade Matter, Jack Beslanwitch (Moderator)
	4:00 PM	ROUNDTABLES AND MICROPROGRAMMING	Grand B
Don’t see a panel you like? Create your own. List it at the Information table, and see who wants to join the discussion. Tables are available until 8pm!
243	4:00 PM	WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?	Grand C
Performing Arts	Improvisational "game show" panel
Mike Moscoe, John H. Reiher, Jr., David Howell, T. Brian Wagner, Jeff Hitchin, Edd Vick (Moderator)
154	4:40 PM	READING - Irene Radford	Douglas
Reading	from The Dragon's Touchstone
53	5:00 PM	AFTER AUSSIECON III WILL THERE EVER BE 
Fandom	ANOTHER NON-NORTH AMERICAN WORLDCON?	Grand B
(This is a roundtable discussion)
Jerry Kaufman, Suzanne Tompkins, Fred Patten, Kevin Standlee, jan howard finder (Moderator), Ben Yalow
310	5:00 PM	AUTOGRAPH SESSION -1	Metropolitan
Autographs	Bruce Taylor, Bruce Chrislip, Patrick J. Swenson, Ru Emerson, Kathryn Cramer, Jack Cady, Antonia Levi, F. M. Busby, David G. Hartwell, Rebecca V. Neason, Robert Alexander, Margaret Organ-Kean
25	5:00 PM	COSTUMING: THE ULTIMATE MASQUERADE
Costume	REQUIREMENTS	Aspen
What would be the ideal rules for a masquerade? What should be the difference between master and novice?
Paula Crist-Pickett (Moderator), Lisa Satterlund, Rick Bligh, Teresa Specht
242	5:00 PM	CREATING RELIGION FOR FUN AND PROPHET	Cedar
Mythology	What considerations go into creating a religion/mythology when writing about alien cultures?
Timothy J. Campbell, Louise Marley, Mary Jane Engh, John Hertz, Mike Moscoe (Moderator), Roberta Gregory
62	5:00 PM	FILK SWEATSHOP AND IMPROV	East A, B
Performing Arts	Gather your ideas. Filkers will write songs for them within specified amounts of time. While you wait, draw a theme from a hat and see how many songs are out there that deal with the theme.
Stephen Prescott, Duras Sisters, Cecilia Eng, Jeff Hitchin (Moderator), Heather Alexander
189	5:00 PM	READING - Kathleen Alcalá	Douglas
Reading
321	5:00 PM	READING - Sharleen Lambard	Board Room
Reading
320	5:20 PM	READING - Creede Lambard	Board Room
Reading
191	5:20 PM	READING - Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Douglas
Reading
413	5:30 PM	RECEPTION FOR LOCUS AWARD BANQUET	West A
Special Event
216	5:40 PM	READING – Holly Wade Matter	Douglas
Reading
325	5:40 PM	READING - R. Garcia y Robertson	Board Room
Reading
408	6:00 PM	AUTOGRAPH SESSION - 2	Metropolitan
Autographs	Richard Brodie, Donald E. McQuinn, Irene Radford, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jon M. Gustafson, Steven E. Barnes, Richard Paul Russo, Michael Greatrex Coney, Melissa Lee Shaw, Patricia L. Briggs, Richard Hescox
19	6:00 PM	LOCUS AWARD BANQUET	West A, B
Special Event
327	6:00 PM	WARP DRIVES AND KRASINOKOV TUBES: FTL
Science	THEORY	Cedar
John G. Cramer, Howard L. Davidson, Jordin Kare, Robert L. Forward
198	6:00 PM	READING – Vicki Mitchell	Douglas
Reading
272	6:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - Lynn Gold	East A, B
Performing Arts	Dinner music for dieters
318	6:20 PM	READING - Janine Ellen Young	Douglas
Reading	from Cinderblock
273	6:30 PM	FILK CONCERT - Stephen Prescott	East A, B
Performing Arts	Poetic folk rock
331	7:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff	East A,B
Performing Arts	Original folk and filk: music for the soul.
50	7:00 PM	HOW TO SURVIVE ONE'S FIRST MASQUERADE	Aspen
Costume	Our veterans and judges share their insights on making a good costume and presentation.
jan howard finder (Moderator), Lisa Satterlund, Paula Crist-Pickett, T. Brian Wagner, Rick Bligh, Julie, Zetterberg
284	7:00 PM	MEET THE FANS	Metropolitan
General	A social for fans to mingle and meet.
158	7:00 PM	VAMPIRES IN A NEW VEIN	Cedar
Mythology	Alternative vampires
John Pelan, Lorelei Shannon (Moderator), D. T. Steiner, Kevin Andrew Murphy
401	7:30 PM	FILK CONCERT - Quentin d'Or	East A, B
Performing Arts	Fresh from the Middle Ages
275	8:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - Rebecca Neason	East A, B
Performing Arts	Celtic songs of love and woe
363	8:00PM	MASQUERADE MEETING – 1	Douglas
Costume
312	8:00 PM	READING - John Pelan	Board Room
Reading	"Shifters"
366	8:00 PM	FRIENDS OF BILL W. – 1	Aspen
Organizations
391	8:00 PM	FANHISTORICON: HISTORY OF FILKING IN FANDOM	Cedar
Fanhistoricon
400	8:30 PM	FILK CONCERT - Jeff Hitchin	East A, B
Performing Arts	Satire and sensitivity
365	9:00 PM	ALTERNATE FILK – 1	Cedar
Performing Arts
323	9:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - Duras Sisters	East A, B
Performing Arts	Dynamic acappella trio from Phoenix, Arizona
112	9:00 PM	JOHN HERTZ' REGENCY DANCING	West A, B
Performing Arts
285	9:00 PM	MEET THE GUESTS	Metropolitan
General	A Social for guests and attendees to mingle and meet. A no-host bar will be available. All our participants are invited to be there.
374	9:00 PM	NORWESCON'S STARDANCE	Grand B, C
Special Event
36	9:00 PM	WRITING AND WORKING IN THE TV BUSINESS	Aspen
Media	J. Michael Straczynski, Donna Lettow
271	9:30 PM	FILK CONCERT - Jordin Kare	East A, B
Performing Arts	Songs of modern technology
89	10:00 PM	EROTICA IN SF	Aspen
Erotica	Crystal Smith, Edd Vick
392	10:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - John Hedtke	East A, B
Performing Arts	Novelty tunes and banjo music
270	10:30 PM	FILK CONCERT - Cat Faber	East A, B
Performing Arts	Acoustic, mostly original filk
389	11:00 PM	MOSCON'S HOT TUB ETIQUETTE	Aspen
General	Moscon is noted for its hot tub gatherings. They'll tell us what's okay and what's not.
370	11:00PM	OPEN FILK - 2	Metropolitan
Performing Arts
166	12:00 AM	ROCKY HORROR	East A, B
Special Event
Westercon for July 5, 1997
No.	Time
Category	Title
Description
Panelists	Location	
235	9:00 AM 	TAI CHI - 2	Metropolitan
Martial Arts	Steven E. Barnes 
9:00 AM	SEATING for Babylon 5 Presentation 2 starts	Grand B, C
76	10:00 AM	ALIEN ERGONOMICS	Cedar
General	From computers to cups to chairs, alien ergonomics will be different. How different?
Catherine Faber (Moderator), Jan Clark, Jack Cohen, John H. Reiher, Jr.
281	10:00 AM	EDITORIAL PROCESS, THE	East B
Writing	In getting from manuscript to bookshelf, the editorial process plays a major role. What exactly is that role, and how has it changed?
Ginjer Buchanan (Moderator), Tom Doherty, Janna Silvestein, Amy Stout, Betsy Mitchell
93	10:00 AM	IMMERSIVE FICTION	Aspen
General	Louise Marley, Ray Vukcevich, Ted D. Butler
211	10:00 AM	JOSEPH CAMPBELL'S INFLUENCE ON TODAY'S
Media, Mythology	MOVIES	West B
Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Alex A. Taub, Susan R. Matthews, Skip Press (Moderator)
182	10:00 AM	NANOTECH IN PROGRESS	East A
Science	What can we do already? What's coming?
M. Creon Levit (Moderator), Timothy J. Campbell, Norman E. Hartman, Faustin Bray, Forrest Bishop
11	10:00 AM	STORYTELLING: DOES THE MEDIUM MAKE A
Writing	DIFFERENCE?	Metropolitan
	Donna Lettow, Rebecca V. Neason, Patricia L. Briggs, Vicki Mitchell (Moderator)
66	10:00 AM	WHO KILLED SCIENCE FICTION?	West A
Fandom	Why don't conventions include programming about science fiction anymore?
Gordon Van Gelder, David G. Hartwell, Mike Moscoe
169	11:00 AM	BABYLON 5 PRESENTATION - 2	Grand B, C
GOH	J. Michael Straczynski
151	11:00 AM	CLARION WRITERS' WORKSHOPS FROM EAST TO
Writing	WEST	Cedar
A panel comprised of Clarion graduates from different generations and organizers who can address what effect the program has had on their careers.
Amy Sterling Casil (Moderator), Melissa Lee Shaw, Cynthia Ward, Amy Axt Hanson, Gordon Van Gelder, F. M. Busby
68	11:00 AM	DESERT ISLAND DISKETTES	West B
Fandom	Our panelists choose their five sf books/movies/etc. to take to a desert island.
Jerry Kaufman (Moderator), Suzanne Tompkins, Amy Thomson, Barbara Denz
348	11:00AM	MASQUERADE MEETING – 2	Douglas
Costume
3	11:00 AM	ROBERT L. FORWARD'S TIME TRAVEL SLIDE SHOW	West A
Theme	Robert L. Forward
69	11:00 AM	SF/F ART: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE	East B
Art	Images, media, jobs and opportunities are continuously evolving. What was it like in the past? What will it be in the future?
Gail J. Butler, Jon M. Gustafson, April Lee (Moderator), Julia E. Lacquemont
12	11:00 AM	STORYTELLING: MECHANICS OF WRITING	Metropolitan
Writing	Kij Johnson, Ted D. Butler, Bruce Taylor, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Moderator), Vicki Mitchell, Nina Kiriki Hoffman
222	11:00 AM	WESTERCON BUSINESS MEETING - 1	Aspen
Fandom	Roger Wells, Parliamentarian; Kevin Standlee, Business Meeting Chairman; John Lorentz, Secretary
55	11:00 AM	WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BAD GUY IN SF?	East A
General	The Shadows, Cyborgs, or Mother Nature?
Janine Ellen Young (Moderator), Ann Miller Jordan, Ray Vukcevich, jan howard finder
18	12:00 PM	ALTERNATIVE SPACE PROGRAMS	Metropolitan
Space	There's the Millennial Foundation and Artemis and several others. What do they have in common? What's different about them? Will any one of them succeed?
Terry Burlison, M. Creon Levit, Michael A. Martin, Bryce Walden, Jordin Kare (Moderator), Mark Elrod
30	12:00 PM	ARE CARD GAMES "DUMBING DOWN" GAMERS?	Douglas
Gaming	Andrew Nisbet, Greg Gorden (Moderator), Beverly Marshall Saling, Ryan Dancey, John H. Reiher, Jr. 
212	12:00 PM	ART WORKSHOP: FIGURE DRAWING	Board Room
Art workshop	Robert Alexander, Margaret Organ-Kean, Richard Hescox
45	12:00 PM	COLOR MECHANICS	East B
Art	How to use and mix color in your artwork. This is a demonstration panel with audience participation.
Gail J. Butler (Moderator), Tammy Tripp, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Crystal Smith
77	12:00 PM	CREATING FICTIONAL CULTURES	East A
Writing	Kij Johnson, Donald E. McQuinn, Jan Clark, Amy Thomson (Moderator), Creede Lambard, Deborah Wheeler
163	12:00 PM	EXTRAPOLATING CULTURE	West B
Sociology	Deadheads in 2097 or Star Trek the Nth Generation?
Holly Wade Matter, Dean Wesley Smith (Moderator), Cynthia Ward
218	12:00 PM	HOW TO DO SAMPLE CHAPTERS AND OUTLINES	West A
Writing 	Jerry Oltion, Chris Bunch (Moderator). Melissa Lee Shaw, Janna Silverstein, Ted D. Butler, Rachel Holmen
388	12:00 PM	RADCON PRESENTS A DAY IN THE LIFE AT A
General	NUCLEAR RESERVATION	Cedar
What is it really like to live and work at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington?
David Hirzel, David Carson
148	1:00 PM	ARE ROLE PLAYING GAMES GETTING A BAD RAP?	Douglas
Gaming	Does publicity in the media help bring in new players? Does the media overdramatize the effects of these games?
Darragh Metzger, Dameon Willich, Beverly Marshall Saling, Greg Gorden, Andrew Nisbet, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson (Moderator)
213	1:00 PM	ART WORKSHOP: WATERCOLOR	Board Room
Art workshop	Victoria (Poyser) Lisi, Kev Brockschmidt
234	1:00 PM	CHARITY AUCTIONS - ASFA, Clarion, SFWA Medical Organization	Emergency Fund	Grand B
Margaret Organ-Kean, Kate Schaefer, Amy Thomson, George R. R. Martin
231	1:00 PM	FIRST CONTACT: AND YOU THOUGHT X-FILES WAS General	PARANOID	Cedar
Did you know that the federal government has given itself the right to take into custody any person suspected of being in contact with aliens?
Lonnie G. Davis, Bryce Walden
298	1:00 PM	JAPANESE AND AMERICAN POP CULTURE
Anime	STEREOTYPES	West A
What are the differences between Japanese and American pop culture stereotypes, and how do the two interact?
L. Pierce Ludke, Antonia Levi, Edd Vick, Fred Patten (Moderator), Dafydd Neal Dyar
282	1:00 PM	LAWS OF THE FUTURE	East A
Legal	Robert C. Cumbow (Moderator), Lisa Satterlund, Ted D. Butler
292	1:00 PM	MIXING GENRES	Aspen
Writing	Is it historical fantasy or romance novel? Esoteric mystery or horror? What are the implications for writer and reader?
Blythe Ayne, Richard Paul Russo, Irene Radford (Moderator), Mary Kay Kare, Patricia L. Briggs, David W. New
91	1:00 PM	SINGULARITY: SOCIOLOGICAL EVENT HORIZON, THE	East B
Sociology	Is the human race on the threshold of a qualitative change in the way we think?
Steven E. Barnes, John G. Cramer, Elinor Busby, Burt Webb (Moderator), Norman E. Hartman, Jack Cohen
126	1:00 PM	THEME PANEL: MEDIA FILK	West B
Performing Arts	Babylon 5, Star Trek, Star Wars, and our other favorite shows captured in song.
Jeff Hitchin, Duras Sisters, Cecilia Eng (Moderator), David Bigelow, Betty Bigelow
303	2:00 PM	DOWN MEMORY LANE	Cedar
General	Memories of Wells, Burroughs, Karloff, Lugosi, Keller, Landis, Lang, et al.
Forrest J. Ackerman, Walter J. Daugherty
178	2:00 PM	DREAMCON'S PAHTAR FUN CLUB – 3	East A
Gaming	Teams of 1-4 people are still welcome, even at this late time.
249	2:00 PM	FIRST CONTACT: ALIEN CULTURES NOW ON EARTH	West A
General	Will interacting with aliens from other worlds be any simpler or harder than interacting with the diverse cultures on our own planet?
Amy Thomson, Lynn S. Adams, Janine Ellen Young, Mary Jane Engh (Moderator), Elinor Busby
296	2:00 PM	GOH AUTOGRAPH SESSION - 2	Metropolitan
GOH	Spider Robinson, Martin Harry Greenberg, J. Michael Straczynski, Jeanne Robinson
97	2:00 PM	INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
Sociology	ON CREATIVE WORKS, THE	East B
Timothy J. Campbell, Steven E. Barnes, Kij Johnson, Amy Sterling Casil, Darlene P. Coltrain (Moderator), Megan Lindholm
159	2:00 PM	PARTICIPATORY JAM	West B
Performing Arts	Bring your voice and your instruments, and join us for an hour of instruction and experimentation.
Cecilia Eng, Duras Sisters, Stephen Prescott, Jeff Hitchin, Darragh Metzger, Heather Alexander (Moderator)
333	2:00 PM	READING - Howard Waldrop	Douglas
Reading
31	2:00 PM	TIME TRAVEL: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE	Aspen
Theme	Where would YOU go?
F. M. Busby, Ginjer Buchanan, Jerry Oltion, John H. Reiher, Jr., Robert L. Forward (Moderator)
319	2:40 PM	READING - Susan R. Matthews	Douglas
Reading	from An Exchange of Hostages
177	3:00 PM	AUTOGRAPH SESSION -3	Metropolitan
Autographs	Amy Thomson, John G. Cramer, Holly Wade Matter, John Dalmas, Vicki Mitchell, Forrest J. Ackerman, R. Garcia y Robertson, Dameon Willich, Megan Lindholm, Mike Moscoe, Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Donna Barr, James W. Fiscus, George R. R. Martin
390	3:00 PM	FIGMENTS OF REALITY	West A
GOH	Jack Cohen's Guest of Honor speech
67	3:00 PM	ONE PERFECT ANTHOLOGY, WITH PEANUTS AND
Fandom	PANELISTS	East B
Our panelists choose stories to make their dream anthology
Howard Waldrop, Ann Miller Jordan, Ben Yalow, Amy Sterling Casil, Martin Harry Greenberg (Moderator), Kathryn Cramer 
121	3:00 PM	READING - Kristine Kathryn Rusch	Douglas
Reading
143	3:00 PM	READING - Ru Emerson	Board Room
Reading
302	3:00 PM	ROB ALEXANDER'S SLIDE SHOW	Aspen
Art
264	3:00 PM	SELLING YOUR BOOK	East A
Writing	What roles do editors, markets and readers play in the creative process?
Ginjer Buchanan, Rebecca V. Neason, Janna Silverstein (Moderator), Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Hedtke, Kathy Ice
175	3:00 PM	VIEWS OF THE RED PLANET	West B
Space	Pathfinder lands this weekend. Is/was there life on Mars? What new things do we expect to learn?
Alex A. Taub, James C. Glass, Bryce Walden, Vince Creisler (Moderator), Mark Elrod, Jack Beslanwitch
210	3:00 PM	YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE	Cedar
Media	How the World Wide Web is changing a person's chances for Hollywood success
Skip Press (Moderator), Burt Webb
316	3:20 PM	READING - Dean Wesley Smith	Douglas
Reading
409	4:00 PM	AUTOGRAPH SESSION - 4	Metropolitan
Autographs	Louise Marley, Chris Bunch, Susan R. Matthews, Dean Wesley Smith, Leslie What, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Deborah Wheeler, Mary Jane Engh, James C. Glass, Robert L. Forward, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Kay Kenyon, John Pelan, Howard Waldrop
328	4:00 PM	DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING Science	SUPERCOLLIDER: A SCIENCE DISASTER	East A
Jordin Kare, John G. Cramer
35	4:00 PM	HOW TO CREATE A TV EPISODE	West A
Media	J. Michael Straczynski, Donna Lettow (Moderator), Steven E. Barnes
345	4:00 PM	HUBBLE TELESCOPE SLIDE SHOW	Aspen
Space	Mark Kochte
290	4:00 PM	IS VIOLENCE IN OUR GENES OR OUR EDUCATION?	East B
Sociology	Mike Moscoe (Moderator), Alan Paulsen, Bruce Taylor, Richard Brodie, Jack Cady
115	4:00 PM	TAKING PHOTOS FOR REFERENCE	Cedar
Art	Victoria (Poyser) Lisi, Margaret Organ-Kean (Moderator), Crystal Smith, Susan Stejskal, Robert Alexander, Richard Hescox
16	4:00 PM	WHERE ARE BOOKS BOUND?	West B
Writing	Are books only solid packets of paper with words? Or are they also online and around campfires?
David W. New, David Howell (Moderator), Rachel E. Holmen, Gordon Van Gelder, K. W. Jeter
200	4:20 PM	READING - Jerry Oltion	Douglas
Reading	an unpublished selection from Astral Astronauts series (running in Analog)
206	4:40 PM	READING – Deborah Wheeler	Douglas
Reading
84	5:00 PM	BREAKING INTO TV/FILM SF	West A
Media	So you got this great idea for a script or how to do special effects, how do you get someone to pay attention?
Skip Press (Moderator), Donna Lettow, George R. R. Martin
4	5:00 PM	CHRONOCENTRISM: THE AMERICAN WRITER'S Writing, Sociology	SYNDROME	East A
Chronocentrism is the belief that all times have been exactly like now: Science-fiction with 20th-century American values—sneering at Japanese feudal peoples for believing their tiny kingdoms were huge—and forgetting that they didn't have cars—can be as damaging—certainly for the historian—as ethnocentrism.
Alex A. Taub, Howard Waldrop, Chris Bunch, Jack Cady, Donna Barr (Moderator)
232	5:00 PM	FIRST CONTACT: HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE?	Cedar
General	How will language, culture and diplomacy shape our First Contact?
Kathy Ice, Lynn S. Adams, John G. Cramer (Moderator)
253	5:00 PM	INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, THE	East B
Internet	What can we do to alleviate the current gridlock?
Jack Beslanwitch, Frank Catalano
244	5:00 PM	JUST A MINUTE	West B
Fandom	Our contestants attempt to speak semi-coherently on a subject for one minute without repeating themselves or resorting to nonEnglish.
Jack Cohen, John H. Reiher, Jr., Sharleen Lambard, Amy Thomson, David Howell, Edd Vick (Moderator), Creede Lambard
122	5:00 PM	MEDIA TIE-IN NOVELS	Aspen
Writing	Come hear from those who have written them about what its like to work in established universes from those who have written them and those who oversee their production.
Ru Emerson, William C. Dietz, Kathryn M. Drennan, Ginjer Buchanan (Moderator), Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Michael A. Martin
187	5:00 PM	READING – Leslie What	Board Room
Reading	from Bending the Landscape
429	5:00 PM	READING – John Dalmas	Douglas
Reading
416	5:20 PM	READING – Sage Walker	Board Room
Reading
279	5:20 PM	READING – Nina Kiriki Hoffman	Douglas
Reading	“Survivals”
420	5:35 PM	READING – Elizabeth Ann Scarborough	Board Room
Reading
313	5:35 PM	READING – Richard Paul Russo	Douglas
Reading	from Carlucci’s Heart
161	6:00 PM	ARE SUPERNATURAL-ORIENTED SHOWS
Media	DISCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING?	East A
Steve Fahnestalk, T. Brian Wagner, Lorelei Shannon (Moderator)
72	6:00 PM	GETTING IDEAS FOR ARTWORK AND WRITING	West B
Media	Just where DO those ideas come from? And how do you decide what form of expression they will take?
Victoria (Poyser) Lisi, Bruce Chrislip (Moderator), L. Pierce Ludke, Kev Brockschmidt, Barbara Denz
24	6:00 PM	PUBLISHING: ARE YOU WORTH READING?	Metropolitan
Writing	Rebecca V. Neason, Kathy Ice, Rachel E. Holmen (Moderator)
386	6:00 PM	READING FOR THE FUTURE . . .	East B
General	. . . is writing for our children. A discussion on how to bring science fiction into the schools.
Gyla Beth Seal, Steven E. Barnes, Mary Jane Engh, Val Ontell, Meghan Lancaster (Moderator)
65	6:00 PM	WHITE DWARFS, RED GIANTS AND BLACK HOLES—Writing	FORGOTTEN STARS OF SF AND FUTURE GREATS	Aspen
Help recommend forgotten authors and new authors
Eileen Gunn, Ted D. Butler (Moderator), Ann Miller Jordan, Jerry Kaufman
266	6:00 PM	WRITING MUSIC AND LYRICS	Cedar
Performing Arts	Our panelists answer your questions about the creative process.
Cecilia Eng, Phil Obermarck, Jeff Hitchin, Darragh Metzger (Moderator), Duras Sisters, Catherine Faber
152	6:00 PM	WRITING WITH ONE HAND	West A
Writing	How do you manage to keep writing with a newborn baby in the house?
Amy Stout, Amy Axt Hanson (Moderator), Megan Lindholm, Leslie What, Terry Burlison
6:15 PM	SEATING for Masquerade	Grand B, C
339	6:30 PM	WESTERCON MASQUERADE, THE	Grand B, C
Special Event	(Half time entertainment: movie previews)
124	7:00 PM	DIVERSITY IN SF LITERATURE	Metropolitan
Writing, Sociology	Does SF literature reflect today's biases regarding handicaps, race, sexual orientation, age, etc.? Does it make an attempt to overcome them? Does it have its own unique biases?
Leslie What, Donna Barr, Ru Emerson (Moderator), Holly Wade Matter, Bruce Taylor
48	7:00 PM	HOW TO BID AT AN ART AUCTION	West B
Art	What does and does not sell? What do you look for? What do you buy?
jan howard finder, John H. Reiher, Jr., Lonnie G. Davis, Steve Fahnestalk, Jon M. Gustafson (Moderator)
82	7:00 PM	PUBLISHERS' PET PEEVES	East B
Writing	Horror stories from the slush pile
Beverly Marshall Saling (Moderator), Patrick J. Swenson, Gordon Van Gelder, Betsy Mitchell
199	7:00 PM	READING - Rebecca Neason	Douglas
Reading
209	7:00 PM	RELIGION: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN	East A
Mythology	Elisabeth DeVos, Richard Brodie, Andrew Nisbet, Patricia L. Briggs, Roberta Gregory, Tammy Tripp (Moderator)
299	7:00 PM	WHY IS ANIMATION A VIABLE MEDIUM FOR ADULT SF Anime	MOVIES AND TV IN JAPAN BUT NOT IN AMERICA?	Cedar
Fred Patten, Antonia Levi
347	8:00 PM	ALTERNATE FILK – 2	East A
Performing Arts
28	8:00 PM	NONLINEAR CAMPFIRE TALES	Cedar
General	We're not sure either, but come check it out.
Jack Cohen (Moderator), Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Kij Johnson, Eileen Gunn
63	8:00 PM	SPIDER DOES BEATLES	Metropolitan
Performing Arts	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
165	9:00 PM	ART AUCTION	West A
Art
332	9:00 PM	BABY HED	Aspen
346	9:00 PM	FRIENDS OF BILL W. – 2	Cedar
Organizations
229	9:00 PM	CAMARILLA CONCLAVE	West B
344	9:00 PM	OPEN FILK – 3	Metropolitan
Performing Arts
241	9:00 PM	PAGANISM: WHAT IS IT?	East B
Mythology	What's the appeal of paganism? What should everyone know about it?
T. Brian Wagner, Meghan Lancaster (Moderator), Mary Kay Kare, Antonia Levi, Heather Alexander
109	10:00 PM	“HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES” TRAVELLING SHOW	Aspen
Media	How does Highlander gets made? Also, Donna will show the new Highlander blooper reel!
Donna Lettow
341	10:00 PM	RUSTYCON'S ONE AFT CANTINA DANCE CLUB	Grand B, C
Special Event
80	12:00 AM	MIDNIGHT HORROR READING - 2	Douglas
Reading	John Pelan, Kevin Andrew Murphy
Westercon for July 6, 1997
No.	Time
Category	Title
Description
Panelists	Location	
236	9:00 AM	TAI CHI - 3	Metropolitan
Martial Arts	Steven E. Barnes
99	10:00 AM	ALTERNATE AND MAINSTREAM MARKETS FOR
Art, Business	SF/F ART	Metropolitan
What sells, what doesn't, and how do you find your market?
Margaret Organ-Kean, Jon M. Gustafson (Moderator), Darlene P. Coltrain, Julia E. Lacquemont
37	10:00 AM	CHANGING STRUCTURE OF FAMILIES, THE	Grand C
Sociology	The last fifty years has seen a decline in the family structure. Will the next fifty years see a continuation of that trend, a reversal, or something completely different?
Laurie Edison, Deborah Wheeler (Moderator), Amy Thomson, Alex A. Taub, Meghan Lancaster
153	10:00 AM	DRAGONS IN MYTH AND HISTORY	West B
Mythology	Irene Radford (Moderator), Susan R. Matthews, Jack Cohen, Timothy J. Campbell
26	10:00 AM	EDITING: ARE EDITORS BECOMING MORE OR LESS
Writing	IMPORTANT?	West A
Vicki Mitchell, Dean Wesley Smith, David G. Hartwell, Beverly Marshall Saling, Kathy Ice (Moderator), Donald E. McQuinn
224	10:00 AM	NORTHWEST CONVENTION LEAGUE MEETING	Douglas
Organization	Are you interested in the future of conventions? Come talk about the larger issues with those who run them.
Becky Simpson
250	10:00 AM	ROCK LOGIC TO WATER LOGIC	Grand B
Sociology	Linear thinking vs. flexible connections; how do they compare?
David Howell, Marilyn J. Holt, Adrienne Martine-Barnes
74	10:00 AM	WHITHER THE COMIC BOOK HEROES . . .	Cedar
Comics	. . . now that Marvel is folding?
Fred Patten, Edd Vick, Michael A Martin
257	11:00 AM	ALTERNATIVE LAUNCH SYSTEMS	Grand C
Space	Robert L. Forward, John G. Cramer, Vince Creisler, Mark Elrod, Terry Burlison (Moderator), M. Creon Levit
355	11:00 AM	DREAMCON'S PAHTAR FUN CLUB – Finals	Grand B
Gaming	Come watch as the teams face off in the final 3 events.
140	11:00 AM	HOW TO KEEP CREATING WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE General	WAY	West A
Finding time, setting goals, and maintaining motivation.
Ann Miller Jordan, Ted D. Butler, Roberta Gregory, Deborah Wheeler, Darlene P. Coltrain, Louise Marley (Moderator)
351	11:00 AM	MASQUERADE DEBRIEFING	Douglas
Costume
288	11:00 AM	ROLE OF SF IN SPACE DEVELOPMENT	West B
Sociology	Bryce Walden (Moderator), Jan Clark, Jordin Kare
136	11:00 AM	THEME PANEL: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SONGS	Metropolitan
Performing Arts	Computers, genetics, and spacecraft, oh my!
Duras Sisters, Jeff Hitchin (Moderator), Cecilia Eng
223	11:00 AM	WESTERCON BUSINESS MEETING - 2	Cedar
Fandom	Roger Wells, Parliamentarian; Kevin Standlee, Business Meeting Chairman; John Lorentz, Secretary
43	12:00 PM	COPYRIGHT ISSUES	West A
Business	The rules that protect the intellectual property are in flux. What's happening?
Kathy Ice, Rachel E. Holmen, Kathryn Cramer, Lisa Satterlund, Robert C. Cumbow (Moderator)
2	12:00 PM	DUMBING OF AMERICA, THE	Grand C
Sociology	Why is popular culture advocating stupidity?
Wally Weber, Jack Cohen, Jack Cady, Val Ontell, Spring Schoenhuth (Moderator)
268	12:00 PM	FILK CONCERT - Heather Alexander	Metropolitan
Performing Arts	Original and traditional Celtic music.
149	12:00 PM	HOW ARE GAME WORLDS CREATED?	Douglas
Gaming	Do you need elves and demons or robots and cybertech? A discussion about how characters are used in playing a game.
Beverly Marshall Saling, John H. Reiher, Jr., Greg Gorden, Ryan Dancey (Moderator), Andrew Nisbet
291	12:00 PM	PROS AND CONS OF CLARION	West B
Writing	Clarion graduates discuss their experiences
Louise Marley (Moderator), Rebecca V. Neason, Patrick J. Swenson, Richard Paul Russo
195	12:00 PM	READING - James C. Glass	Board Room
Reading
150	12:00 PM	WHERE ARE THE FANS?	Cedar
Fandom	A comparison of finding fen, then and now. Clubs, zines and online communication.
Suzanne Tompkins, Jerry Kaufman, John Hertz, Allyson Dyar (Moderator), Barbara DuFault
311	12:20 PM	READING - John G. Cramer	Board Room
Reading	From Einstein's Bridge
329	12:40 PM	READING - Ann Miller Jordan	Board Room
Reading
60	1:00 PM	ART AND BOOK COLLECTING: HOW IT'S CHANGED	Douglas
Fandom	Jon M. Gustafson, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson
101	1:00 PM	FANZINES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE	Cedar
Fandom	Jerry Kaufman (Moderator), Fred Patten, Wally Weber, Suzanne Tompkins
280	1:00 PM	NEGOTIATING YOUR BOOK CONTRACT	West A
Business	John Hedtke, James W. Fiscus, Mike Moscoe (Moderator), Dean Wesley Smith, Robert C. Cumbow, Betsy Mitchell
86	1:00 PM	PRINT SF VS. MEDIA SF: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?	Grand B
Media	Ginjer Buchanan, Janna Silverstein, Jack Cohen (Moderator), Martin Harry Greenberg, Vicki Mitchell, J. Michael Straczynski
300	1:00 PM	PUNDAY	Metropolitan
General	See who can make the worst puns. Audience participation required!
Bruce Chrislip, Rick Bligh, Jordin Kare (Moderator)
197	1:00 PM	READING - Adrienne Martine-Barnes	Board Room
Reading
233	1:00 PM	TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICINE	West B
Biology	Synthetic blood products, neural implants, what else is becoming reality?
Deborah Wheeler, Howard L. Davidson, Vickie Bligh, Marcia Goldoft (Moderator), Catherine Faber
217	1:20 PM	READING - Jack Cady	Board Room
Reading
304	1:40 PM	READING - Forrest J. Ackerman	Board Room
Reading
221	2:00 PM	HOW TO USE LIGHT IN YOUR PAINTINGS	Cedar
Art	Victoria (Poyser) Lisi (Moderator), Robert Alexander, Crystal Smith
410	2:00 PM	ONIONS AND ROSES	Grand B
Fandom
259	2:00 PM	SPACE LAW	West B
Space	Will the settlement of space be similar to the settling of the North American West (e.g. homesteading, ownership of asteroids, determination of nationality, etc.)?
Robert C. Cumbow, Ted D. Butler, Lonnie G. Davis, Vince Creisler (Moderator)
110	2:00 PM	UNSHARED VISIONS	West A
Sociology	Does a lack of unified goals threaten our society?
Mike Moscoe, R. Garcia y Robertson, D. T. Steiner (Moderator), Elisabeth DeVos
322	2:20 PM	READING - Bruce Chrislip	Board Room
Reading
324	2:40 PM	READING - Kay Kenyon	Board Room
Reading
356	3:00 PM	CLOSING CEREMONIES	Grand B
Special Event
352	4:00 PM	DEAD DOG FILK	Metropolitan
Performing Arts
353	4:00 PM	GEODUCK DANCE BY GEOCON	Grand C
Special Event

WESTERCON 50 PROGRAM GUIDE
As of 7/1/97
(in categorical order)

Category	EventID	EventName

Anime	73	Twenty Years of Anime/Japanimation at Westercon
Anime	298	Japanese and American Pop Culture Stereotypes
Anime	299	Why is Animation a Viable Medium for Adult SF Movies and TV in Japan but not in America?
Art	5	Art: Sculpting in VR
Art	45	Color Mechanics
Art	48	How to Bid at An Art Auction
Art	69	SF/F Art: Past, Present and Future
Art	71	Art Techniques
Art	105	Convention Art Shows: To Jury or Not to Jury
Art	106	Pictionary - General
Art	114	Cartoon vs. Illustration - What's the Difference?
Art	115	Taking Photos for Reference
Art	165	Art Auction
Art	221	How to Use Light in Your Paintings
Art	302	Rob Alexander's Slide Show
Art workshop	212	Art Workshop: Figure Drawing
Art workshop	213	Art Workshop: Watercolor
Art workshop	214	Art Workshop: Working from Photos
Art, Business	99	Alternate and Mainstream Markets for SF/F Art
Art, Business	111	Portfolio Preparation: The Business of Art
Autographs	177	Autograph Session -3
Autographs	296	GOH Autograph Session - 2
Autographs	310	Autograph Session -1
Autographs	368	GOH Autograph Session - 1
Autographs	408	Autograph Session - 2
Autographs	409	Autograph Session - 4
Biology	233	Technological Developments in Medicine
Biology	246	Genes, Memes & Dreams
Biology	294	Medicine's Advances Against Death and Dying
Biology	315	Infectious Diseases, Plagues, and Emerging Pathologies (Oh My)
Biology, Sociology	245	Science and Implications of Cloning, The
Business	43	Copyright Issues
Business	61	What to Do Until Your Ship Comes In
Business	75	Taxes for Freelancers
Business	162	Marketing Short Fiction
Business	225	Research on the Internet
Business	238	When Do You Need an Agent, and How Do You Get One?
Business	280	Negotiating Your Book Contract
Business	289	Thirty Years of Locus
Comics	74	Whither the Comic Book Heroes...
Comics	131	Do Comics Do SF Justice?
Costume	25	Costuming: The Ultimate Masquerade Requirements
Costume	50	How to Survive One's First Masquerade
Costume	100	Costuming for Stage Productions
Costume	102	Costume's Illusion
Costume	227	Costuming Aliens
Costume	228	How to Create Accurate Media Costumes
Costume	348	Masquerade Meeting - 2
Costume	351	Masquerade Debriefing
Costume	363	Masquerade Meeting - 1
Erotica	89	Erotica in SF
Fandom	6	Fandom: Clubs, Cliques and Committees
Fandom	8	Fandom: What Is the Nature of Fandom?
Fandom	9	Fandom: Are We Losing Our Common Bonds?
Fandom	27	Bid Presentations
Fandom	53	After Aussiecon III Will There Ever Be Another Non-North American Worldcon?
Fandom	57	How to Survive One's First Convention
Fandom	60	Art and Book Collecting: How It's Changed
Fandom	66	Who Killed Science Fiction?
Fandom	67	One Perfect Anthology, With Peanuts and Panelists
Fandom	68	Desert Island Diskettes
Fandom	101	Fanzines: Past, Present and Future
Fandom	130	Fandom: The Dark Side of Fandom
Fandom	150	Where Are the Fans?
Fandom	222	Westercon Business Meeting 1
Fandom	223	Westercon Business Meeting 2
Fandom	244	Just a Minute
Fandom	403	Volunteer Party
Fanhistoricon	391	Fanhistoricon: History of Filking in Fandom
Gaming	30	Are Card Games "Dumbing Down" Gamers?
Gaming	144	What is a Live-Action Role Playing Game?
Gaming	145	Gaming: Where Are We Going in the Next Fifty Years?
Gaming	146	Gaming: Have Card Games Saturated the Market?
Gaming	148	Are Role Playing Games Getting a Bad Rap?
Gaming	149	How Are Game Worlds Created?
Gaming	178	Dreamcon's Pahtar Fun Club - 3
Gaming	269	Gaming Resources on the Net
Gaming	355	Dreamcon's Pahtar Fun Club - Finals
Gaming	377	Dreamcon's Pahtar Fun Club - 1
Gaming	378	Dreamcon's Pahtar Fun Club - 2
General	14	First Contact: They're Here. Deal With It
General	23	Libraries: Is Dewey Decimal Still a Valid System?
General	28	Nonlinear Campfire Tales
General	46	Writers and Illustrators - A Meeting of Minds
General	49	Backrub Workshop
General	51	Theory and Art of Flirting
General	55	Who Will Be the Next Bad Guy in SF?
General	70	Collaborations
General	76	Alien Ergonomics
General	93	Immersive Fiction
General	98	Urban Legends of the Future
General	140	How to Keep Creating When Life Gets in the Way
General	231	First Contact: And You Thought X-Files Was Paranoid
General	232	First Contact: How Do We Communicate?
General	249	First Contact: Alien Cultures Now on Earth
General	284	Meet the Fans
General	285	Meet the Guests
General	300	Punday
General	303	Down Memory Lane
General	386	Reading for the Future . . .
General	388	Radcon Presents A Day in the Life at a Nuclear Reservation
General	389	Moscon's Hot Tub Etiquette
GOH	168	Babylon 5 Presentation 1
GOH	169	Babylon 5 Presentation 2
GOH	342	Seating for Babylon 5 Presentation 2
GOH	390	Figments of Reality
Horror	120	Lovecraft's Future: Moving the Cthulhu Mythos into the 21st Century
Horror	160	Writing Good Horror
Internet	253	Information Superhighway, The
Legal	282	Laws of the Future
Legal	283	Communications Decency Act and Related Regulations, The
Martial Arts	88	Tai Chi - 1
Martial Arts	235	Tai Chi - 2
Martial Arts	236	Tai Chi - 3
Media	35	How to Create a TV Episode
Media	36	Writing and Working in the TV Business
Media	72	Getting Ideas for Artwork and Writing
Media	84	Breaking into TV/Film SF
Media	86	Print SF vs. Media SF: What's the Difference?
Media	109	"Highlander: The Series" Travelling Show
Media	161	Are Supernatural-Oriented Shows Discouraging Critical Thinking?
Media	210	You Can Get There From Here
Media	239	Continuity in Writing
Media	332	Baby Hed
Media	360	Movie Previews
Media, Mythology	211	Joseph Campbell's Influence on Today's Movies
Media, Sociology	85	Censorship and the Media
Medicine	240	Is Managed Health Care Here to Stay?
Mythology	13	Mythology: Why Do Myths Have Staying Power?
Mythology	92	Mythology: Origin of the Gods
Mythology	128	Tarot Reading Workshop
Mythology	129	Rune Reading Workshop
Mythology	153	Dragons in Myth and History
Mythology	158	Vampires in a New Vein
Mythology	209	Religion: What Is It and What Does It Mean
Mythology	241	Paganism: What Is It?
Mythology	242	Creating Religion for Fun and Prophet
Organizations	224	Northwest Convention League meeting
Organizations	229	Camarilla Conclave
Organizations	234	Charity Auctions - ASFA, Clarion, SFWA
Organizations	346	Friends of Bill W. - 2
Organizations	366	Friends of Bill W. - 1
Organizations	410	Onions and Roses
Performing Arts	54	Riddles in the Dark
Performing Arts	62	Filk Sweatshop and Improv
Performing Arts	63	Spider Does Beatles
Performing Arts	112	John Hertz' Regency Dancing
Performing Arts	126	Theme Panel: Media Filk
Performing Arts	136	Theme Panel: Science & Technology Songs
Performing Arts	137	Classic Filk Songs
Performing Arts	139	Filk 101
Performing Arts	157	Music and Our Lives
Performing Arts	159	Participatory Jam
Performing Arts	243	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Performing Arts	265	Recording Industry, The
Performing Arts	266	Writing Music and Lyrics
Performing Arts	267	Celtic Dance Workshop
Performing Arts	268	Filk Concert - Heather Alexander
Performing Arts	270	Filk Concert - Cat Faber
Performing Arts	271	Filk Concert - Jordin Kare
Performing Arts	272	Filk Concert - Lynn Gold
Performing Arts	273	Filk Concert - Stephen Prescott
Performing Arts	275	Filk Concert - Rebecca Neason
Performing Arts	276	Cabaret - Misty City Morris
Performing Arts	277	Cabaret - Seattle Knights
Performing Arts	278	Cabaret - Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Performing Arts	317	Cabaret - Cecilia Eng
Performing Arts	323	Filk Concert - Duras Sisters
Performing Arts	331	Filk Concert - Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff
Performing Arts	344	Open Filk - 3
Performing Arts	347	Alternate Filk - 2
Performing Arts	352	Dead Dog Filk
Performing Arts	362	Open Filk - 1
Performing Arts	365	Alternate Filk - 1
Performing Arts	370	Open Filk - 2
Performing Arts	384	Cabaret - Heather Alexander
Performing Arts	392	Filk Concert - John Hedtke
Performing Arts	396	Cabaret - Shahrazad
Performing Arts	397	Cabaret - _The Junkyard_
Performing Arts	398	Cabaret - Mental Alchemy
Performing Arts	399	Cabaret - A report from our Westercon Time Traveler
Performing Arts	400	Filk Concert - Jeff Hitchin
Performing Arts	401	Filk Concert - Quentin d'Or
Reading	41	Reading - Mary Jane Engh
Reading	80	Midnight Horror Reading - 2
Reading	90	Reading - Amy Thomson
Reading	121	Reading - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Reading	143	Reading - Ru Emerson
Reading	154	Reading - Irene Radford
Reading	156	Reading - Lorelei Shannon
Reading	187	Reading - Leslie What
Reading	189	Reading - Kathleen Alcalá
Reading	190	Reading - Donna Barr
Reading	191	Reading - Maya Kathryn Bohnhoff
Reading	195	Reading - James C. Glass
Reading	197	Reading - Adrienne Martine-Barnes
Reading	198	Reading - Vicki Mitchell
Reading	199	Reading - Rebecca Neason
Reading	200	Reading - Jerry Oltion
Reading	201	Reading - Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Reading	206	Reading - Deborah Wheeler
Reading	216	Reading - Holly Wade Matter
Reading	217	Reading - Jack Cady
Reading	220	Reading - F. M. Busby
Reading	279	Reading – Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Reading	304	Reading - Forrest J. Ackerman
Reading	311	Reading - John G. Cramer
Reading	312	Reading - John Pelan
Reading	313	Reading - Richard Paul Russo
Reading	314	Reading - Edd Vick
Reading	316	Reading - Dean Wesley Smith
Reading	318	Reading - Janine Ellen Young
Reading	319	Reading - Susan R. Matthews
Reading	320	Reading - Creede Lambard
Reading	321	Reading - Sharleen Lambard
Reading	322	Reading - Bruce Chrislip
Reading	324	Reading - Kay Kenyon
Reading	325	Reading - R. Garcia y Robertson
Reading	326	Reading - Mike Moscoe
Reading	329	Reading - Ann Miller Jordan
Reading	330	Reading - Amy Axt Hanson
Reading	333	Reading - Howard Waldrop
Reading	335	Reading - Darragh Metzger
Reading	338	Reading - Kij Johnson
Reading	359	Reading - Michael A. Martin
Reading	415 	Reading - George R.R. Martin
Reading	416	Reading - Sage Walker
Reading	420	Reading - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Reading	364	Midnight Horror Reading - 1
Reading	407	Reading - Sarah J. Wrench
Reading	429	Reading - John Dalmas
Science	47	Consciousness as Process
Science	181	Virtual Reality Applications
Science	182	Nanotech in Progress
Science	184	Artificial Sentience
Science	257	Alternative Launch Systems
Science	287	Other Worlds on Earth - Geological Analogues
Science	327	Warp Drives and Krasinokov Tubes: FTL Theory 1
Science	328	Decline and Fall of the Superconducting Supercollider: A Science Disaster The
Sociology	2	Dumbing of America, The
Sociology	29	PsiCorps Today
Sociology	37	Changing Structure of Families, The
Sociology	38	How Are Cable and Cyberspace Changing Our Access to Information?
Sociology	39	World Government - Closer or Further Away?
Sociology	40	Visionaries - Valuable Dreamers or Annoying Madmen?
Sociology	56	Worst Future You Can Imagine, The
Sociology	58	Female Protagonists in SF
Sociology	79	Will the Constitution Work in the Future?
Sociology	91	Singularity: Sociological Event Horizon, The
Sociology	95	Beyond Personal Paranoia: Conspiracy Theories and Strange Phenomena
Sociology	97	Influence of Personal Philosophy & Religion on Creative Works, The
Sociology	104	Social/Ethical Implications of Technology
Sociology	110	Unshared Visions
Sociology	134	Third World Mythologies: Exploration or Exploitation?
Sociology	163	Extrapolating Culture
Sociology	250	Rock Logic to Water Logic
Sociology	251	Emotional IQ
Sociology	288	Role of SF in Space Development
Sociology	290	Is Violence in Our Genes or Our Education?
Sociology, Technology	247	Is Technology Leaving Parts of Our Population Behind?
Sociology, Technology	248	Maintaining Privacy
Space	18	Alternative Space Programs
Space	21	Whither NASA?
Space	175	Views of the Red Planet
Space	259	Space Law
Space	345	Hubble Telescope Slide Show
Space	414	Interworld Rapid Transit System
Special Event	19	Locus Award Banquet
Special Event	166	Rocky Horror
Special Event	167	Anglicon's Parrot Casino Room at the End of the Universe
Special Event	339	Westercon Masquerade, The
Special Event	341	Rustycon's One Aft Cantina Dance Club
Special Event	353	Geoduck Dance by Geocon
Special Event	356	Closing Ceremonies
Special Event	357	Opening Ceremonies
Special Event	374	Norwescon's Stardance
Special Event	413	Reception for Locus Award banquet
Theme	3	Robert L. Forward's Time Travel slide show
Theme	22	Westercon 1: Superscience: The Personal Computer and Other Inventions of Their Future
Theme	31	Time Travel: Past, Present and Future
Theme	113	It Was Forty Years Ago Today
Theme	180	Fermi's Temporal Paradox: Where Are the Time Travellers?
Theme	261	Future that Never Was, The
Theme	305	Planning for Westercon 100
Writing	11	Storytelling: Does the Medium Make a Difference?
Writing	12	Storytelling: Mechanics of Writing
Writing	15	Will Book Publishing Continue to Exist?
Writing	16	Where Are Books Bound?
Writing	17	Blurring the Genre
Writing	24	Publishing: Are YOU Worth Reading?
Writing	26	Editing: Are Editors Becoming More or Less Important?
Writing	65	White Dwarfs, Red Giants and Black Holes - Forgotten Stars of SF and Future Greats
Writing	77	Creating Fictional Cultures
Writing	78	Making that First Professional Sale
Writing	82	Publishers' Pet Peeves
Writing	122	Media Tie-In Novels
Writing	135	Whither the Backlist?
Writing	151	Clarion Writers' Workshops from East to West
Writing	152	Writing with One Hand
Writing	164	Do Writing Workshops Help or Hinder?
Writing	208	Martin H. Greenberg Speech to the Writers Workshop
Writing	218	How to Do Sample Chapters and Outlines
Writing	263	Electronic Publishing
Writing	264	Selling Your Book
Writing	281	Editorial Process, The
Writing	291	Pros and Cons of Clarion
Writing	292	Mixing Genres
Writing, Sociology	4	Chronocentrism: The American Writer's Syndrome
Writing, Sociology	83	Past, Present & Future Gender Roles in SF/F
Writing, Sociology	124	Diversity in SF Literature

WESTERCON 50 PROGRAM GUIDE
As of 7/1/97
(Participants and their Panel Numbers)
Ackerman, Forrest J.	177, 303, 304
Adams, Lynn S.	29 (Mod), 160, 249, 232
Alcalá, Kathleen	134 (Mod), 189, 247
Alexander, Heather	29, 62, 159 (Mod), 241, 265, 268, 384
Alexander, Robert	46, 111 (Mod), 115, 212, 221, 285, 302, 310
Ayne, Blythe	134, 292
Barnes, Steven E.	35, 47, 88, 91, 97, 235, 236, 251, 290, 386, 408
Barr, Donna	4 (Mod), 106 (Mod), 124, 177, 190, 239
Beslanwitch, Jack	225 (Mod), 175, 253
Bigelow, Betty	6, 126, 214, 227, 396
Bigelow, David	126
Bishop, Forrest	181, 182, 184, 414
Bligh, Rick	25, 50, 300
Bligh, Vickie	233, 294
Bohnhoff, Jeff	331
Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn	12 (Mod), 39(Mod), 191, 331, 409
Bray, Faustin	21, 182
Briggs, Patricia L.	11, 209, 285, 292, 408
Brockschmidt, Kev	72, 106, 114, 213
Brodie, Richard	13, 47, 51, 98, 209, 246(Mod), 290, 408
Brown, Charles N.	289, 15, 31, 43, 86, 122(Mod), 135(Mod), 158, 264
Buchanan, Ginjer	15, 31, 86, 122, 135, 264, 281 (Mod)
Bunch, Chris	4, 218(Mod), 239, 285, 409
Burlison, Terry	21, 152, 257(Mod)
Busby, Elinor	91, 249
Busby, F. M.	31, 151, 220, 310
Butler, Gail J.	45(Mod), 69
Butler, Ted D.	12, 38, 65(Mod), 93, 140, 218, 259, 282
Cady, Jack	2, 4, 217, 290, 310
Campbell, Timothy J.	97, 153, 182, 242
Carson, David	388
Casil, Amy Sterling	17, 51, 61, 67, 97, 104, 151(Mod), 225
Catalano, Frank	85(Mod), 225, 253
Chanen, Mark	61, 120, 246
Chrislip, Bruce	72(Mod), 285, 300, 310, 322
Clark, Jan	76, 77, 78, 164, 288
Cohen, Jack	2, 28(Mod), 47(Mod), 76, 86(Mod), 91, 153, 244, 245(Mod), 246, 285, 294(Mod), 356, 390
Coltrain, Darlene P.	97(Mod), 99, 140
Coney, Michael Greatrex	408
Cramer, John G.	91, 177, 180(Mod), 232(Mod), 247(Mod), 257, 285, 311, 327, 328
Cramer, Kathryn	43, 67, 263, 285, 310
Creisler, Vince	22, 175(Mod), 257, 259(Mod), 261
Crist-Pickett, Paula	25(Mod), 50, 100(Mod), 228(Mod)
Cumbow, Robert C.	13, 38(Mod), 43(Mod), 259, 280, 282(Mod), 283
d'Or, Quentin	401
Dalmas, John	8(Mod), 39, 177, 238, 285, 429
Dancey, Ryan	9, 30, 145, 146, 149(Mod)
Daugherty, Walter J.	303, 356, 357, 368
Davidson, Howard L.	180, 181(Mod), 233, 327
Davis, Lonnie G.	39, 48, 79, 104, 231, 259
Denz, Barbara	68, 70, 72, 164
DeVos, Elisabeth	14, 29, 78, 110, 209, 247
Dietz, William C.	70, 122
Doherty, Tom	281
Drennan, Kathryn M.	122
DuFault, Barbara	6, 57, 150
Duras Sisters	62, 126, 136, 159, 266, 323
Dyar, Allyson	150(Mod)
Dyar, Dafydd Neal	298
Edison, Laurie	37, 47
Elrod, Mark	5(Mod), 18, 23, 39, 175, 181, 257
Emerson, Ru	58(Mod), 124, 285, 310, 143, 122
Eng, Cecilia	62, 126(Mod), 136, 137, 138, 139(Mod), 159, 265, 266, 317
Engh, Mary Jane	23, 41, 164, 242, 249(Mod), 386, 409
Faber, Catherine	76(Mod), 137(Mod), 139, 233, 245, 246, 266, 270
Fahnestalk, Steve	48, 161
finder, jan howard	48, 49, 50(Mod), 51(Mod), 53(Mod), 54, 55, 56(Mod), 284, 285
Fiscus, James W.	75, 79, 177, 263, 280, 285, 294
Forward, Ph.D., Robert L.	3, 31(Mod), 184, 257, 285, 327, 409
Gallacci, Steve	46, 114, 131
Gilligan, ElizaBeth	386
Glass, James C.	162, 175, 195, 238, 247, 284, 285, 409
Glover, Don	224
Gold, Lynn	272
Goldoft, Marcia	104, 233(Mod), 240, 248(Mod), 294, 315
Gorden, Greg	145(Mod), 148, 149, 269, 30
Greenberg, Martin Harry	67(Mod), 70, 86, 285, 296, 356, 357, 368
Gregory, Roberta	140, 209, 242
Gunn, Eileen	13(Mod), 28, 65, 118
Gustafson, Jon M.	48(Mod), 60, 69, 99(Mod), 105(Mod), 285, 408
Hanson, Amy Axt	151, 152(Mod), 330
Hartman, Norman E.	184(Mod), 91, 182, 247
Hartwell, David G.	15(Mod), 26, 66, 135, 160, 285, 310
Hedtke, John	137, 157, 264, 280, 392
Hertz, John	105, 112, 124(Mod), 131, 150, 21(Mod), 242, 40
Hescox, Richard	46, 71, 115, 212, 285, 408
Hirzel, David	388
Hitchin, Jeff	62(Mod), 126, 136(Mod), 137, 139, 157, 159, 243, 266, 400
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki	12, 264, 279, 285, 408
Holmen, Rachel E.	16, 24(Mod), 43, 46(Mod), 111, 218
Holt, Marilyn J.	79, 83, 247, 250
Howell, David	15, 16(Mod), 243, 244, 250
Ice, Kathy	135, 232, 24, 26(Mod), 263(Mod), 264, 43
Jablon, Marianne	289
Jackson, Joy	397
Jeter, K. W.	16
Johnson, Kij	12, 28, 77, 97, 261, 285, 305, 338
Jordan, Ann Miller	55, 65, 67, 98, 140, 164, 329
Kare, Jordin	137, 18(Mod), 22(Mod), 261(Mod), 271, 288, 300(Mod), 305(Mod), 327, 328
Kare, Mary Kay	8, 9, 23(Mod), 57(Mod), 137, 241, 245, 292
Kaufman, Jerry	53, 65, 68(Mod), 101(Mod), 150, 284
Kelly, Mark R.	289
Kenyon, Kay	78(Mod), 285, 324, 409
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska	58
Kochte, Mark	345
Lacquemont, Julia E.	71, 69, 99
Lambard, Creede	77, 113(Mod), 244, 320
Lambard, Sharleen	102, 244, 321
Lancaster, Meghan	37, 241(Mod), 386
Lee, April	5, 69(Mod), 111
Lettow, Donna	11, 35(Mod), 36, 84, 109
Levi, Antonia	56, 58, 131, 241, 298, 299, 310
Levit, M. Creon	18, 21, 182(Mod), 246, 257
Lindholm, Megan	97, 152, 177
Lisi, Julius	70
Lisi, Victoria (Poyser)	70(Mod), 71(Mod), 72, 115, 213, 214, 221(Mod), 356, 357, 368
Lorentz, John	222, 223
Ludke, L. Pierce	72, 261, 298
MacHaffie, Scott	267
Marley, Louise	93, 140(Mod), 157, 242, 291(Mod), 409
Marshall, Brian	399
Martin, George R. R.	17, 84, 177, 234, 289, 415
Martin, Michael A.	18, 74, 122, 359
Martine-Barnes, Adrienne	28, 83, 92, 177, 197, 211, 250, 285
Mason, Cyn	75(Mod), 251
Matter, Holly Wade	98(Mod), 124, 163, 177, 216, 225
Matthews, Susan R.	78, 153, 211, 319, 409
McQuinn, Donald E.	26, 46, 77, 238, 239(Mod), 408
Metzger, Darragh	148, 157(Mod), 159, 266(Mod), 277, 335
Misty City Morris	276
Mitchell, Betsy	82, 281, 280
Mitchell, Vicki	8, 11(Mod), 12, 15, 26, 61, 86, 177, 198, 240, 287
Morgan, Cheryl	53
Moscoe, Mike	14, 61(Mod), 66, 79(Mod), 110, 177, 242(Mod), 243, 245, 280(Mod), 285, 290(Mod), 326
Murphy, Kevin Andrew	80, 120, 158, 160
Neason, Rebecca V.	11, 17, 24, 40, 83(Mod), 92(Mod), 199, 264, 275, 285, 291, 310
New, David W.	15, 16, 135, 292
Nilsson, Jacqualynn D. Duram	45, 60, 71, 105, 111, 148(Mod)
Nisbet, Andrew	9(Mod), 30, 39, 40, 92, 95, 148, 149, 209
Obermarck, Phil	265(Mod), 266
Oltion, Jerry	31, 200, 218, 285
Ontell, Valerie	2, 85, 225, 283, 386(Mod)
Organ-Kean, Margaret	99, 105, 111, 115(Mod), 117(Mod), 212, 214, 234, 310
Patten, Fred	9, 53, 73, 74, 101, 131, 261, 298(Mod), 299
Paulsen, Alan	285, 290
Pelan, John	80, 120, 130, 158, 312, 364, 409
Prescott, Stephen	62, 159, 273
Press, Skip	84(Mod), 210(Mod), 211(Mod)
Radford, Irene	153(Mod), 154, 239, 292(Mod), 408
Reiher, Jr., John H.	14, 30, 31, 48, 56, 76, 98, 145, 146(Mod), 149, 180, 243, 244, 269
Robertson, R. Garcia y	104, 110, 134, 177, 325
Robinson, Jeanne	63, 70, 201, 278, 285, 296, 356
Robinson, Spider	63, 70, 201, 278, 285, 296, 356
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn	17(Mod), 121, 122, 135, 285, 409
Russo, Richard Paul	285, 291, 292, 408, 313
Saling, Beverly Marshall	26, 30, 82(Mod), 145, 146, 148, 149
Satterlund, Lisa	23, 25, 43, 50, 75, 227(Mod), 282
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann	420
Schoenhuth, Spring	2(Mod)
Seal, Gyla Beth	386
Shannon, Lorelei	130, 156, 158(Mod), 160(Mod), 161(Mod)
Shaw, Melissa Lee	58, 151, 218, 408
Shawl, Nisi	134, 135
Silverstein, Janna	86, 218, 264(Mod), 281
Smith, Crystal	45, 89, 100, 102, 115, 221
Smith, Dean Wesley	17, 26, 163(Mod), 280, 285, 316, 409
Specht, Theresa	100, 102(Mod), 228
Standlee, Kevin	222(Mod), 223, 27(Mod), 53, 6(Mod)
Steiner, D. T.	14, 29, 95, 110(Mod), 158
Stejskal, Susan	71, 114(Mod), 115, 285
Stout, Amy	104(Mod), 152, 281, 285
Straczynski, J. Michael	35, 36, 58, 85, 86, 168, 169, 285, 296, 356, 357, 368
Swenson, Patrick J.	82, 162, 263, 291, 310
Tackett, David	102, 227, 228
Taub, Alex A.	4, 37, 92, 175, 211, 287
Taylor, Bruce	12, 17, 124, 290, 310, 364
Thomson, Amy	22, 37, 57, 68, 77(Mod), 90, 177, 244, 245, 249, 285, 356, 357, 368
Tompkins, Suzanne	53, 68, 101, 150, 284
Tripp, Tammy	40(Mod), 45, 209(Mod)
Van Gelder, Gordon	16, 66, 82, 151, 238(Mod), 285
Vick, Edd	74, 89, 113, 243(Mod), 244(Mod), 285, 298, 314
Vukcevich, Ray	55, 93, 98, 164, 184, 248
Wagner, T. Brian	50, 144, 161, 241, 243, 398
Walden, Bryce	14(Mod), 175, 18, 184, 21, 231, 287(Mod), 288(Mod), 29
Waldrop, Howard	4, 67, 95, 333, 409
Walker, Sage	416
Ward, Cynthia	151, 162, 163, 285
Webb, Burt	91(Mod), 210
Weber, Wally	2, 8, 101, 248, 305
What, Leslie	124, 152, 187, 409
Wheeler, Deborah	37(Mod), 77, 83, 140, 162(Mod), 206, 233, 251, 285, 409
Willich, Dameon	57, 102, 106, 144, 148, 177, 277
Willlis, Connie	289
Wrench, Sara J.	407
Yalow, Ben	53, 67
Young, Janine Ellen	13, 55(Mod), 78, 98, 249, 318
Zetterberg, Julie	50, 100, 228