Program
The program will look something like this. There are a couple of items still not confirmed so there will be some changes. The program was last updated February 28th 2010.
Thursday
18.00 welcome to the con, introduction of the GoH
18.30 GoH speech
20.00 Workshop: Do Not Disturb sign
21.30 A movie
Friday:
13.00 Fantastic Friday (recommend a book)
14.00 Fandom – why on earth do we do it??
15.30 Panel about the movie
16.30-18.30 No program (aka dinner break)
18.30 Bheer & books -panel
20.00 GoH interview
21.30 “Never Mind the Buzzaldrins”
Saturday:
13.00 Science Fiction Saturday (recommend a book)
14.00 Some-type-of-gender-related-panel
15.30 Mundane science fiction -panel
16.30-17.30 no programming
17.30-19.30 Banquet
19.30 Whining about modern vampires -panel
21.00 One-hit wonders
22.30 “Cthulhu vs. Mary Poppins”s
Sunday:
12.00 Gripe session
13.00 End of con
If you have any program ideas or wish to be part of the program, please contact us via email (acon (at) sci.fi) or leave a comment here!
Here’s the list of the books recommended on Fantastic Friday:
Diana Wynne Jones: Tough guide to fantasyland
Dark Lord of Derkholm / Year of the griffin
Bob Croshaw: Mogworld
Maria Turtchaninoff: Arra
Catherynne M Valentine: Palimpsest
China Mieville: The City and the City
Terry Pratchett: Nation / Money
Arne Dahl: Mysterioso
Steven Brust: Vlad Taltos books / Phoenix Guard
Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride and prejudice and zombies / Sense and sensibility and seamonsters
Markku Soikkeli: Kuninkaantekijät
Ursula Le Guine: Pimeä lipas / The Winds Four Quarters
Lois McMaster Bujold: The Sharing Knife series
Martha Wells: The Wheel of the Infinite / The Element of fire
James H. Schmitz: Witches of Karres
Gwyneth Jones: Bold as love trilogy / Rainbow Bridge
Mervy Peake: Gormenghast
James Branch Cabell
Sture Lönnestrand short stories
Daina Chaviano: Fairy Tales for Adults