Boskone 34 Program as of 10 February 1997
This is the version of the Program which went into the Pocket Program
We think it is fairly close to what will actually happen at-con, but
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any of these items will actually happen or that the people listed
will actually be at the con or on the particular program item.
But we think this -- bad weather, illness, travel disuptions,
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Friday
Fri 5:00pm Waterford
My Ideal Reader - an author's wishlist
Rosemary Edghill,
Janice M. Eisen (m),
Joe Haldeman,
Peter J. Heck
Fri 6:00pm Waterford
The Age of the APA?
Rob Hansen,
Elise Matthesen,
Priscilla Olson (m)
Fri 6:00pm Wexford
Publishing and Murphy's Laws
Ellen Asher,
Ginjer Buchanan,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Charles Ryan (m)
Fri 6:30pm Camelot C/N
Reading the Works of Others: Looking at Fantasy
Rosemary Edghill (m),
Delia Sherman,
Jane Yolen
Fri 6:30pm Kildare
Reading
Steven Sawicki
Fri 7:00pm Limerick
Discussion
Daniel Kimmel
Fri 7:00pm Waterford
Fan History 101 - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Gary Farber,
Gay Haldeman,
Melanie Herz,
Laurie Mann,
Edie Stern (m)
Fri 7:00pm Kildare
Reading
Connie Hirsch
Fri 7:00pm Wexford
40 Years After Sputnik - The Space Program Today
Catherine Asaro,
Jeff Hecht (m),
Mark L. Olson,
Ian Randal Strock
Fri 7:30pm Limerick
Discussion
Daniel P. Dern
Fri 7:30pm Kildare
Reading
Joe Mayhew
Fri 8:00pm Wexford
Looking Back at That Awful 20th Century
Esther M. Friesner,
Alexander Jablokov,
Mark Keller (m),
Don Sakers,
Steven Sawicki,
Darrell Schweitzer
Fri 8:00pm Limerick
Forgotten Fen
Rob Hansen,
Rusty Hevelin,
Peggy Rae Pavlat,
Joe Siclari (m)
Fri 8:00pm King Henry
Hymnal Filksing
Lois H. Mangan
Fri 8:00pm Waterford
The Mythic Roots of Comics
Michael A. Burstein,
Keith R. A. DeCandido (m),
Connie Hirsch,
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Fri 8:00pm Kildare
Reading
Greer Gilman
Fri 8:00pm Camelot C/N
Where Are All Those Aliens Anyway?
Hal Clement,
Joe Haldeman,
Jeff Hecht,
Mark L. Olson (m)
Fri 8:30pm Grand Ballroom
Ask Dr. Mike - Boskone 101
John M. Ford
Fri 8:30pm Kildare
Reading (1 hour)
Jane Yolen
Fri 9:00pm Camelot C/N
Covers I Would Redo
Bob Eggleton,
Susanne Gendron,
Nicholas Jainschigg,
Pat Morrissey,
Margaret Organ-Kean (m),
Ron Walotsky
Fri 9:00pm Limerick
Discussion
Catherine Asaro
Fri 9:00pm King Henry
Concerts
Denise Gendron,
Gary D. McGath,
Virginia Taylor
Fri 9:00pm Wexford
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. E-mail
Kathryn Cramer,
Saul Jaffe,
James D. Macdonald,
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m)
Fri 9:00pm Tipperary
Mystery Boskone Theater
Tom Smith
Fri 9:30pm Waterford
The Stations of the Sun: Ritual and Folklife in Imagined Worlds
Greer Gilman
Fri 9:30pm Grand Ballroom
Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
Mark Keller,
Ellen Kushner,
Josepha Sherman,
Tom Whitmore (m)
Fri 9:30pm Kildare
Reading
Joan D. Vinge
Fri 10:00pm Wexford
Discussion
Don Sakers
Fri 10:00pm Camelot C/N
How to Turn a Good Book into a Bad Movie
John M. Ford,
Daniel Kimmel (m),
Mark R. Leeper,
Jim Mann,
Steven Sawicki
Fri 10:00pm Kildare
Reading
Daniel P. Dern
Fri 10:00pm Waterford
Trivia Bowl
Mark L. Olson
Fri 10:30pm Wexford
Discussion
Nancy C. Hanger
Fri 11:00pm Wexford
Vampires: The Classic vs. the Contemporary
Catherine Asaro,
Glen Cook (m),
Esther M. Friesner,
Connie Hirsch,
Marvin Kaye,
Faye Ringel
Saturday
Sat 10:00am Art Show
Art Workshop: Pencils/Color Pencils
Susanne Gendron
Sat 10:00am Wexford
What Can You Do with a Bad Story?
Jeff Carver,
David G. Hartwell,
Alexander Jablokov,
Rosemary Kirstein,
Elise Matthesen (m)
Sat 10:00am Limerick
Fan Funds
Rob Hansen (m),
Jerry Kaufman,
Joyce Scrivner,
Teresa Nielsen Hayden,
Ben Yalow
Sat 10:00am King Henry
Nicholas Jainschigg Slideshow
Nicholas Jainschigg
Sat 10:00am Windsor Grille
Kaffeeklatsch
Glen Cook,
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
Esther M. Friesner
Sat 10:00am Camelot C/N
Non-SF Films That Fans Like
Claire Anderson,
Connie Hirsch,
Daniel Kimmel,
Mark R. Leeper (m)
Sat 10:00am Kildare
Reading
Hal Clement
Sat 10:00am Waterford
Sagan's Influence
Michael A. Burstein,
Jeff Hecht (m),
Ian Randal Strock
Sat 10:00am Grand Ballroom
The Wounded King
Brenda Clough,
Faye Ringel,
Jane Yolen,
Ann Tonsor Zeddies (m)
Sat 10:30am Kildare
Reading
Don Sakers
Sat 11:00am Shannon-back
Autographing
Jeff Carver,
David G. Hartwell,
James D. Macdonald
Sat 11:00am Waterford
Build an Alien Language
Debra Doyle,
Mark Mandel,
Katya Reimann,
David A. Smith (m),
Cecilia Tan
Sat 11:00am Art Show
Art Workshop
Margaret Organ-Kean
Sat 11:00am Limerick
The History of the Earth
Jeff Hecht
Sat 11:00am Baron Suite 242
Fancyclopedia III
Mark L. Olson,
Joe Siclari
Sat 11:00am Wexford
Pros, Cons, (and Fans) - Getting the Most Out of Conventions
Gay Haldeman,
Rusty Hevelin,
Priscilla Olson (m)
Sat 11:00am Camelot C/N
Deep Space 9 and Babylon 5 - Can You Like Both?
Michael A. Burstein,
Daniel Kimmel,
Jim Mann (m),
Tom Smith
Sat 11:00am Grand Ballroom
SF and Political Correctness
N. Taylor Blanchard,
Ginjer Buchanan,
Janice M. Eisen,
Peter J. Heck (m)
Sat 11:00am King Henry
Reading the Works of Others: Facing Ford
Rosemary Edghill,
Gregory Feeley,
John M. Ford,
Nancy C. Hanger (m),
Ellen Kushner
Sat 11:00am Kildare
Reading
Joe Haldeman
Sat 11:30am Limerick
Demonstration
Kathryn Cramer
Sat 11:30am Kildare
Reading
Michael F. Flynn
Sat 12Noon Limerick
Looking at the Mid-60s: A fanhistorical perspective
Frederick Andrew Lerner,
Suford Lewis,
Edmund R. Meskys,
Peggy Rae Pavlat (m)
Sat 12Noon Shannon-back
Autographing
Esther M. Friesner,
Rosemary Kirstein,
Katya Reimann
Sat 12Noon Camelot C/N
Censorship
Gary Ehrlich,
Deborah M. Geisler (m),
Warren Lapine,
David A. Smith,
Cecilia Tan
Sat 12Noon Waterford
The Year of the Comet
Catherine Asaro,
Hal Clement,
Joe Haldeman,
Mark L. Olson (m)
Sat 12Noon Wexford
Selling a Book by Its Cover
Ellen Asher,
Laura Anne Gilman (m),
Joe Mayhew,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Melissa Scott,
Ron Walotsky
Sat 12Noon Grand Ballroom
I Can Explain That!
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
John M. Ford,
Craig Shaw Gardner,
Marvin Kaye,
Darrell Schweitzer (m),
Ann Tonsor Zeddies
Sat 12Noon King Henry
Slide Show
Jael Brown
Sat 12Noon Tipperary
Jane Yolen Tells Stories
Jane Yolen
Sat 12Noon Windsor Grille
Kaffeeklatsch
Brenda Clough,
Rosemary Edghill,
Josepha Sherman
Sat 12Noon Art Show
Origami
Mark R. Leeper
Sat 12Noon Kildare
Reading (1 hour)
Bruce Coville
Sat 1:00pm Shannon-back
Autographing
Bob Eggleton,
Margaret Organ-Kean,
Jane Yolen
Sat 1:00pm King Henry
Does This Soot You (a Slideshow+)
Hal Clement
Sat 1:00pm Art Show
Discussion
Thomas Kidd
Sat 1:00pm Camelot C/N
Interviewing Jerry Kaufman and Suzanne Tompkins
Ginjer Buchanan (m),
Jerry Kaufman,
Suzanne Tompkins
Sat 1:00pm Grand Ballroom
Mixing Fantasy and Hard SF
Jeff Carver,
Debra Doyle,
Michael F. Flynn,
Rosemary Kirstein (m),
Charles Ryan
Sat 1:00pm Wexford
Work for Hire
Craig Shaw Gardner,
Christopher Golden,
James D. Macdonald (m),
Pat Morrissey,
Joan D. Vinge
Sat 1:00pm Waterford
Reviewing as Hazardous Duty
Don D'Ammassa,
Thomas A. Easton,
Janice M. Eisen,
Joe Mayhew (m),
Don Sakers
Sat 1:00pm Kildare
Reading
Darrell Schweitzer
Sat 1:00pm Limerick
Writing Down Your Music
Denise Gendron
Sat 1:30pm Kildare
Reading
Peter J. Heck
Sat 2:00pm Shannon-back
Autographing
Rosemary Edghill,
Darrell Schweitzer,
Josepha Sherman
Sat 2:00pm Camelot C/N
Copyrights, Parodies, and the Internet
Deborah M. Geisler (m),
Nancy C. Hanger,
Tom Smith
Sat 2:00pm Art Show
Dueling Easels: 1-1/2 hours of artistic daring and excitement.....
Geary Gravel,
Nicholas Jainschigg,
Thomas Kidd,
Margaret Organ-Kean,
Katya Reimann,
Cortney Skinner
Sat 2:00pm Baron Suite 242
Where Have All the Fanzines Gone?
Janice M. Eisen,
Rob Hansen,
Jerry Kaufman,
Joe Siclari (m)
Sat 2:00pm Grand Ballroom
John M. Ford - The Interview
John M. Ford,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (m),
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Sat 2:00pm Wexford
Where History Went Wrong
Esther M. Friesner,
Mark Keller,
Evelyn C. Leeper (m),
Mark L. Olson
Sat 2:00pm King Suite 3 flr
Space Cadets Program: Story and Dance
Catherine Asaro
Sat 2:00pm Windsor Grille
Kaffeeklatsch
Hal Clement,
Michael F. Flynn,
Rosemary Kirstein
Sat 2:00pm Kildare
Reading (1 hour)
Ellen Kushner,
Delia Sherman
Sat 2:00pm Waterford
Realism in Art
N. Taylor Blanchard (m),
Bob Eggleton,
Susanne Gendron
Sat 2:00pm Limerick
Singing Rounds
Lois H. Mangan
Sat 2:00pm King Henry
How Do You Win a Hugo?
Gregory Feeley,
Joe Haldeman,
David G. Hartwell,
Frederick Andrew Lerner (m),
Tom Whitmore
Sat 3:00pm Shannon-back
Autographing
Thomas A. Easton,
Craig Shaw Gardner,
Peter J. Heck
Sat 3:00pm Wexford
The Future of SF Fandom and Conventions
Gay Haldeman,
Rusty Hevelin,
Joe Siclari,
Suzanne Tompkins (m),
Tom Whitmore
Sat 3:00pm Grand Ballroom
Gender-Driven Plots
Debra Doyle,
Rosemary Edghill,
Don Sakers (m),
Delia Sherman,
Cecilia Tan
Sat 3:00pm Camelot C/N
Why Write Poetry?
John M. Ford,
Joe Haldeman,
Jane Yolen (m)
Sat 3:00pm Kildare
Reading
Brenda Clough
Sat 3:00pm Waterford
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Rogers
Bruce Coville,
Christopher Golden,
Marvin Kaye,
Frederick Andrew Lerner (m),
James D. Macdonald
Sat 3:00pm Limerick
Story to Song
Mark Mandel,
Virginia Taylor
Sat 3:00pm King Henry
Slide Show
Ron Walotsky
Sat 3:30pm Kildare
Reading
Keith R. A. DeCandido
Sat 4:00pm Art Show
The Ten Best Pieces in the Art Show
Claire Anderson,
Laura Anne Gilman,
Jerry Kaufman,
Joe Mayhew (m),
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Sat 4:00pm Shannon-back
Autographing
John M. Ford
Sat 4:00pm Grand Ballroom
Tom Smith Concert
Tom Smith
Sat 4:00pm King Suite 3 flr
Fossils for Young Kids
Hal Clement
Sat 4:00pm Tipperary
Art Workshop for Kids
Jael Brown
Sat 4:00pm Waterford
Long Live the Legion!
Michael A. Burstein,
Brenda Clough,
Rob Hansen,
Priscilla Olson (m),
Don Sakers
Sat 4:00pm King Henry
Women in SF? - What about Men in Fantasy?
Greer Gilman,
Geary Gravel,
Ellen Kushner,
Faye Ringel (m),
Joan D. Vinge
Sat 4:00pm Limerick
"Odyssey" - The SF Writing Workshop
Jeanne M. Cavelos
Sat 4:00pm Kildare
Reading
Josepha Sherman
Sat 4:00pm Wexford
The Small Press Today
Warren Lapine,
Charles Ryan,
Steven Sawicki (m),
Darrell Schweitzer,
Timothy P. Szczesuil,
Cecilia Tan
Sat 4:00pm Camelot C/N
Super Science Today!
Ellen Asher,
Don D'Ammassa (m),
Thomas A. Easton,
Mark L. Olson,
Melissa Scott
Sat 4:30pm Kildare
Reading
Rosemary Edghill
Sat 5:00pm Shannon-back
Autographing
Brenda Clough,
Michael F. Flynn,
Melissa Scott
Sat 5:00pm Wexford
There Can Be Only One
Ginjer Buchanan,
Connie Hirsch,
Priscilla Olson (m),
Sharon Sbarsky
Sat 5:00pm Camelot C/N
Build Your Own Religion
Esther M. Friesner,
Jane Jewell,
Daniel Kimmel (m),
Elise Matthesen,
Josepha Sherman
Sat 5:00pm Kildare
Reading
Debra Doyle
Sat 5:00pm King Henry
Filk Concerts
Gary Ehrlich,
Mark Mandel
Sat 5:00pm Waterford
TAFF Auction
Joyce Scrivner
Sat 5:30pm Kildare
Reading
Don D'Ammassa
Sat 6:00pm Wexford
Good Things on the Web, and How to Find Them
Daniel P. Dern,
Nancy C. Hanger,
James D. Macdonald,
Margaret Organ-Kean,
Steven Sawicki (m)
Sat 6:00pm King Henry
Vocal Tips
Mary Ellen Wessels
Sat 7:00pm Camelot C/N
Out-of-This-World Mythology
Catherine Asaro,
Jeff Carver (m),
Brenda Clough,
Lawrence Schimel,
Darrell Schweitzer
Sat 8:00pm Camelot C/N
The Future of E-Mail
Daniel P. Dern (m),
Saul Jaffe,
Evelyn C. Leeper,
Don Sakers
Sat 10:00pm Grand Ballroom
Punday Night!
Tom Smith
Sat 10:00pm Waterford
Scurrilous Fandom - a fannish horror panel
Anthony R. Lewis,
Laurie Mann,
Joe Siclari,
Edie Stern (m)
Sat 10:00pm Wexford
The SF Files - the other sf on TV
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
Laura Anne Gilman (m),
Connie Hirsch,
Steven Sawicki,
Sharon Sbarsky
Sunday
Sun 8:30am Limerick
Writers' Workshop
Alexander Jablokov,
David A. Smith
Sun 10:00am Shannon-back
Autographing
Bruce Coville,
Marvin Kaye
Sun 10:00am King Henry
Man on the Moon - The Artemis Project
Ian Randal Strock
Sun 10:00am Waterford
A History of Boston Fandom
Hal Clement,
Richard Harter,
Anthony R. Lewis (m),
Edmund R. Meskys
Sun 10:00am Camelot C/N
Crossover Novels
Rosemary Edghill,
Laura Anne Gilman,
Geary Gravel,
Peter J. Heck (m),
Lawrence Schimel
Sun 10:00am Grand Ballroom
Where Do Elves Come From?
Debra Doyle,
Esther M. Friesner,
Greer Gilman,
Josepha Sherman (m)
Sun 10:00am Tipperary
Art Workshop for Kids
Susanne Gendron
Sun 10:00am Wexford
Kaffeeklatsch
Michael A. Burstein,
James D. Macdonald,
Jane Yolen
Sun 10:00am Kildare
Reading
Jeff Hecht
Sun 10:30am King Suite 3 flr
Space Cadets Program: Storytelling
Don Sakers
Sun 10:30am Kildare
Reading
Elise Matthesen
Sun 11:00am Shannon-back
Autographing
Hal Clement,
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
Joan D. Vinge
Sun 11:00am Baron Suite 242
Where Is All This Fan-stuff?
Rob Hansen,
Frederick Andrew Lerner,
Joe Siclari (m)
Sun 11:00am Camelot C/N
Imaginary Genders
James D. Macdonald,
Katya Reimann,
Lawrence Schimel,
Delia Sherman,
Edie Stern (m)
Sun 11:00am Wexford
Kaffeeklatsch
Debra Doyle,
Joe Haldeman,
David G. Hartwell
Sun 11:00am Grand Ballroom
Out-of-the-Ordinary Mythology
Brenda Clough,
Connie Hirsch (m),
Josepha Sherman,
Jane Yolen,
Ann Tonsor Zeddies
Sun 11:00am Kildare
Reading
Catherine Asaro
Sun 11:00am Waterford
What's My Timeline?
Mark Keller (m),
Evelyn C. Leeper,
Mark L. Olson
Sun 11:00am King Henry
The Craft of Writing
Bruce Coville,
Rosemary Edghill,
Michael F. Flynn (m),
John M. Ford,
Rosemary Kirstein
Sun 11:30am Kildare
Reading
Marvin Kaye
Sun 12Noon Shannon-back
Autographing
Debra Doyle,
Joe Haldeman
Sun 12Noon Grand Ballroom
SFWA Auction
Peter J. Heck
Sun 12Noon Waterford
How Artists Can Diversify Their Careers
Bob Eggleton,
Pat Morrissey,
Margaret Organ-Kean (m),
Cortney Skinner,
Ron Walotsky
Sun 12Noon Wexford
Kaffeeklatsch
John M. Ford
Sun 12Noon Tipperary
Fossils for Kids
Hal Clement
Sun 12Noon Camelot C/N
Before and Besides Books: the Prehistory of SF
Kathryn Cramer,
Marvin Kaye,
Elise Matthesen,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Darrell Schweitzer (m)
Sun 12Noon King Henry
The Craft of Reading
Don D'Ammassa,
Gregory Feeley,
Jane Jewell,
Jerry Kaufman,
Jim Mann (m)
Sun 12Noon Kildare
Reading
Esther M. Friesner
Sun 12:30pm Limerick
Computer Art and Copyrights - a Discussion
N. Taylor Blanchard,
Jael Brown
Sun 12:30pm Kildare
Reading
James D. Macdonald
Sun 1:00pm Camelot S
Magic - the Gender Gap
Priscilla Olson
Sun 1:00pm Kildare
Reading (1 hour)
Rosemary Kirstein
Sun 1:00pm Limerick
The Use and Abuse of Statistics
Michael F. Flynn
Sun 1:00pm Wexford
Terraforming: How Much for Just the Planet?
Daniel Hatch (m),
Jeff Hecht,
Mark Keller,
Ian Randal Strock
Sun 1:00pm Waterford
Web Writing
Kathryn Cramer,
Daniel P. Dern,
Rob Hansen,
Don Sakers,
Sharon Sbarsky (m)
Sun 1:00pm Camelot C/N
Wise Women
Rosemary Edghill (m),
Greer Gilman,
Elise Matthesen,
Delia Sherman,
Jane Yolen
Sun 1:30pm Limerick
The Fantasy of Lord Dunsany
Darrell Schweitzer
Sun 1:30pm King Suite 3 flr
Space Cadet Program: Story Book
Janice M. Eisen
Sun 2:00pm Wexford
Anthologizing for Fun (and Profit?)
Keith R. A. DeCandido,
Esther M. Friesner,
Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Tom Whitmore (m)
Sun 2:00pm Limerick
Discussion
Don D'Ammassa
Sun 2:00pm Baron Suite 242
Fannish Musicals
Jerry Kaufman (m),
Mark Keller,
Suzanne Tompkins
Sun 2:00pm Kildare
Reading
Katya Reimann
Sun 2:00pm Camelot C/N
Point A to Point B: Transportation in the Future
Hal Clement (m),
Michael F. Flynn,
John M. Ford,
Daniel Hatch,
Alexander Jablokov
Sun 2:30pm Limerick
Discussion
Pat Morrissey
Sun 2:30pm Kildare
Reading
Cecilia Tan
Sun 3:00pm Wexford
Classic Literature and Its Influence on SF
Don D'Ammassa,
Debra Doyle,
Greer Gilman,
David G. Hartwell (m),
Faye Ringel,
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Sun 3:00pm Baron Suite 242
FanHistory on the Internet
Gary Farber,
Rob Hansen,
Evelyn C. Leeper (m),
Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
Ben Yalow
Sun 3:00pm Kildare
Reading
Laura Anne Gilman
Sun 3:00pm Waterford
Story Telling
Josepha Sherman