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Pocket Program
NORW ESCON 34
The Pacif ic Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention
Fantasy of the Mind
Pocket Program & Event Description
The Pacific Northwest’s Premier
Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention
Apri l 21 - 24, 2011
© Kinuko Y. Craft
© Kinuko Y. Craft
The Convention Committee
Wishes to Welcome You to Norwescon 34!
This pocket program contains information on the location and schedules
for events and services that are available throughout the convention. For
more information on these events, look in our Program Book or visit the
information table located in the convention space lobby. Also remember
to check out the Daily ’Zine for announcements and changes and updates
to the programming schedule.
Again, we, the Norwescon ConCom, hope you have a great time!
POCK ET PROGR A M TEA M
Publications Director
Felice Nightengale
Design & Layout
Gayle MacArthur
Editor
Andrea Howe
Programming
SunnyJim Morgan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hours of Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Thursday Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Friday Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Autograph Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saturday Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunday Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Panel Listing by Subject. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exhibiting Artists & Artists’ Alley Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Dealers & Lobby Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Video Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Where Things Are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Map 1st Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Map 2nd Floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Map Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Map 14th Floor—Maxi’s Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
HOURS OF OPERATION
Art Auction (Grand Ballroom 2)
Sunday 11:30 am – 2 pm
Art Show (Grand Ballroom 1)
Friday 10 am – 8 pm
Saturday 10 am – 7 pm (Bidding closes
Saturday at 7:00 pm)
Sunday 10 am – 3 pm (Only open for direct
sales)
Artists’ Alley (hallways to wing 7 and
wing 6)
Thursday 4 – 6 pm
Friday 9 am – 6 pm
Saturday 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 2 pm
Cloak Room & Lost and Found (7101)
Thursday Noon – Sunday 6 pm
Convention Office (7106)
Thursday 9 am – 10 pm
Friday 9 am – 10 pm
Saturday 9 am – 10 pm
Sunday 9 am – 3 pm
Gaming, Scheduled (Cascade 11/12)
Thursday 1 pm - 1 am
Friday 9 am – 1 am
Saturday 9 am – 1 am
Sunday 9 am – 4 pm
Gaming, Open (Rotunda 1 and 2)
Thursday 1 pm – 6 am
Friday 8 am – 6 am
Saturday 8 am – 6 am
Sunday 8 am – 4 pm
Hospitality (Olympic 3)
Thursday Noon – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm
Friday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm
Saturday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm
Sunday 9 am – 4 pm
Registration (lobby)
Thursday Noon – 10 pm
Friday 9 am – 10 pm
Saturday 9 am – 10 pm
Sunday 9 am – 5 pm
SMACdown Arcade (7110)
Convention Security
Available by calling 77108 from any house
phone
Thursday 3 pm – 1 am
Friday 10 am – 1 am
Saturday 10 am – 1 am
Sunday 10 am – 2 pm
Dealers’ Room (Northwest Ballrooms)
Volunteer Lounge (Olympic 2)
Thursday 4 – 8 pm
Friday 11 am – 6 pm
Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Sunday 11 am – 4 pm
Thursday 3 – 10 pm
Friday 9 am – 11 pm
Saturday 9 am – 11 pm
Sunday 9 am – Noon
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THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
12 noon
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Cascade 10
Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 13
Evergreen
1&2
Evergreen
3&4
Movie: The Last Unicorn
Baby Lounge
Quiet Hour
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 2
Salon
Presidential
Suite
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THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
3 pm
3:30 pm
4 pm
4:30 pm
Cascade 3
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
5 pm
Alma
Alexander
5:30 pm
Ted Butler
6 pm
Jean
Johnson
6:30 pm
7 pm
Larry Lewis
8 pm
Mike
Shepherd
Moscoe
8:30 pm
Kevin
Radthorne
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Fantastical Forgeless
Armor & Props
The New Nukes Next
Door
Flights of Victorian Fancy
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Biological Inspirations
Series 5: Doctor Who
Star Trek Universe Update
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Thursday Afternoon
Poetry
Comparative Religions
Tips for Giving a Good
Reading
Does This Bustle Make
My Butt Look Big?
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Making Your Futuristic
Costume
Finding Inspiration
Organize Your Sewing
Area
Fan Fic/Fan Art:
Where to Find It
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Gaming File 13
Sci-Fi Does Climate
Change
Best Board Games for
Nongamers
Theme: What’s the Real
Story?
Cascade 9
Low-Budget Special
Effects 4
4 Low-Budget Special
Effects
Living Stage and SF/F
Cascade 10
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
4Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am 4
Cascade 13
Activism Through SF/F
Writing & Art
Clay-O-Rama 4
4Clay-O-Rama
Evergreen
1&2
Opening Ceremonies
Evergreen
3&4
Olympic 1
Baby Lounge
Quiet Hour
Magnificent Mosaics
Origami Magic
Steampunk Art
Cascade 13
Paranormal Romance or
Urban Fantasy?
Evergreen
1&2
CRIME and the Forces
of Evil
Evergreen
3&4
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Banquet4
Grand
Ballroom 2
4Banquet
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Cascade
11 & 12
4Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Norwescon Dance Academy
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am
Rotunda 2
Salon
Salon
Presidential
Suite
Presidential
Suite
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THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
9 pm
Cascade 3
Friends of Bill W.
Cascade 4
Geriatric Batman
LARP: Put Live Action
Into Your Gaming
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Alien Biology
How the ’Net Changed
the Dating Scene
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Dementors, Specters, and
Nazgul, Oh My!
Arsenic and Old Lakes
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Fantastic Fantasy Females
Zombie Rules
Cascade 9
Best of Steampunk
Not Just for White Boys
Anymore
Cascade 10
10 pm
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
11 pm
12 midnight
1 am
Room
Cascade 3
I Could Do Better Than
That
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Let’s Make a Movie: Intro!
Cascade
11 & 12
2 am
Cascade 10
4Scheduled Gaming
1 pm - 1 am
Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4
Cascade 13
Artists’ Jam
Evergreen
1&2
Government of the Fen,
by the Fen
Evergreen
3&4
Electric Children
Cascade
11 & 12
Swashbuckling Adventures
Andrew Ross
Cascade 13
Open Filk4
Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke
Evergreen
1&2
4Open Filk
Evergreen
3&4
U1797
Olympic 1
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Lazer Tag4
Grand
Ballroom 3
Thursday Night Hoedown4
Grand
Ballroom 2
4Lazer Tag
4Thursday Night Hoedown
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am
Rotunda 2
Salon
Salon
Presidential
Suite
Presidential
Suite
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Scheduled Gaming
1 pm-1 am Cascade 11 & 12
Come and see what we’re playing and
sign up for a game or two!
Thursday Movie Matinee: The Last
Unicorn 1-2:30 pm Olympic 1
LouAnna Valentine
SMACdown Arcade
1 pm-1 am 7110
Retro video game arcade hosted by
SMACdown, a local club that collects
video games.
Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta,
Dave Okert
Open Gaming
1 pm-6 am Rotunda 1 & 2
Tables for convention members to sit
down with old (or new) friends and play.
No sign-up sheet required.
Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour
2:30 pm Olympic 1
Unmonitored room for parents and
infants
Magnificent Mosaics 3:30 pm Olympic 1
“Paint” stained-glass-like pictures with a
variety of colored tissue paper, beads and
other materials.
Kim Poua
Thursday Afternoon Poetry for People
Who Don’t Do Poetry
4 pm Cascade 7
Participatory poetry session
Mike Brennan, Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix
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Making Your Futuristic Costume
Truly Futuristic 4 pm Cascade 8
Let’s see if we can group design a really
realistic future look.
Janet Borkowski, Cherie Lovell, Garth
Stubbs, Richard Stephens
Gaming File 13 4 pm Cascade 9
The best ideas you haven’t been able to
use.
Eric Cagle, Dustin J Gross, Randall N.
Bills
Activism Through SF/Fantasy Writing
and Art 4 pm Cascade 13
Can art change the world?
Larry Lewis, Anina Bennett, Wayfarer’s
Moon, Paul Guinan
Norwescon Dance Academy 4-6 pm Maxi’s Ballroom
Learn the steps to the favorite songs of
fandom.
Dan Murphy, Laurie Reynolds
Origami Magic 4:30 pm Olympic 1
The ancient technique of folding paper
Kim Poua
Alma Alexander Reads From Her New
Work 5 pm Cascade 3
Alma Alexander
Fantastical Forgeless Armor & Props 5 pm Cascade 4
Learn how to create body armor using a
variety of materials and techniques.
Melissa Quinn, Douglas Herring, Molly
Boone, Ieva Ohaks
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
Biological Inspirations for SF
5 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Mining biology for story ideas
Pat MacEwen, Eva Carlstrom, Annie
Morton, Janet Freeman
Comparative Religions: Past, Present,
Future and Fictional 5 pm Cascade 7
A respectful discussion of faith, fandom
and genre fiction
Rev. Matthew Smith, Beth Runnerwolf,
MC-3PO, Rachael Kenoyer
Finding Inspiration 5 pm Cascade 8
How to develop ideas and create
compelling subject matter, and what to
do when you find yourself stuck
Liv Rainey-Smith, Todd Lockwood,
Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos
Science Fiction Does Climate Change 5 pm Cascade 9
We’ll discuss SF’s take on a warming
world.
Mary Rosenblum, Gregory Gadow, J.M.
Sidorova, Michael Alexander
Low-Budget Special Effects 5-7 pm Cascade 10
In lieu of a huge budget, here is a
collection of cheaper special effects.
Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian
D. Oberquell, Ryan K. Johnson
Clay-O-Rama 5-7 pm Cascade 13
Come sculpt monsters out of Play-Doh
and pit them against each other in
mortal combat.
Betty Bigelow
Banquet 5-7 pm Grand 2
Ted Butler Reads Endeavour Great
Circle Ship 5:30 pm Cascade 3
Adventure sci-fi
Ted Butler
Jean Johnson Reads Theirs Not to
Reason Why: An Officer’s Duty 6 pm Cascade 3
Book 2 in a futuristic military sciencefiction series
Jean Johnson
The New Nukes Next Door 6 pm Cascade 4
Nuclear power is making a comeback
worldwide. What might happen in the
near future?
Carlton Rhoades, Mike Brennan, G.
David Nordley
Series Five: Radical or Traditional
Doctor Who? 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Has Doctor Who returned to its more
classic roots or is it breaking new
ground?
Chris Nilsson, J. Spyder Isaacson,
Katharine Bond, Erik Owomoyela
Tips for Writers on Giving a Good
Reading 6 pm Cascade 7
Mary Robinette Kowal
Organize Your Sewing Area 6 pm Cascade 8
Tips and ideas for making your sewing
area more useful and enjoyable to work
in.
Anita Taylor, Molly Boone, Lori Edwards
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Best Board Games for Nongamers 6 pm Cascade 9
Our board game experts will show you
a variety of the best “entry” games for
beginners.
Matt Hammond, Julie Haehn,
Jeremy Holcomb
Larry Lewis Reads Blender 6:30 pm Cascade 3
Graphic novel
Larry Lewis
Opening Ceremonies 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Richard Stephens
Mike Shepherd Moscoe Reads Kris
Longknife Redoubtable 8 pm Cascade 3
Space opera
Mike Shepherd Moscoe
Flights of Victorian Fancy 8 pm Cascade 4
How did people fly or how could they
have flown during the Victorian Era?
Matthew “Fish” Dockrey,
Carlton Rhoades
The Star Trek Universe Update 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Update on the forthcoming Star Trek
film
Darry Willis, Douglas Herring,
Erik Owomoyela
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Does This Bustle Make My Butt Look
Big? 8 pm Cascade 7
An essential primer on bustles and other
structural underpinnings
Anita Taylor, Bethany Roullett,
Margo Loes, Lori Edwards
Fan Fiction/Fan Art: Where to Find It,
Where to Post It 8 pm Cascade 8
A listing of where some of the best fan
fiction and fan art can be found.
Fireflavored, Cassie Black,
Cheryl Dyson, Micole Rose
Theme: What’s the Real Story? 8 pm Cascade 9
What’s your story really about?
Mary Rosenblum, Felicity Shoulders,
Christopher Bodan
Is the Living Stage Any Place for
Science Fiction/Fantasy? 8 pm Cascade 10
Can you take your idea and put it on a
stage?
G.Robin Smith, G. David Nordley, J.
Spyder Isaacson
Steampunk Art 8 pm Cascade 13
Come meet some artists to see how they
use steampunk influences and styles in
their artwork.
Diana Vick, Claire Hummel, Tiffany
Toland, Rob Carlos
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
Paranormal Romance or Urban
Fantasy? Which Is It? 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Is there a common element between
the two genres that makes their
combination work so effectively?
Kat Richardson, Shannon K. Butcher,
Jim Butcher, Jean Johnson
Fantastic Fantasy Females 9 pm Cascade 8
Is fantasy the new vanguard of feminist
politics?
Jean Johnson, Liz Argall, Kim Ritchie,
J A Pitts, Julie McGalliard
CRIME and the Forces of Evil in
Concert 8 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Rage-driven acoustic elfmetal!
Dara Korra’ti, Angela Korra’ti
The Best of Steampunk Then and Now
9 pm Cascade 9
What are the steampunk classics, and
what new fiction is driving it forward?
Eileen Gunn, Mark Teppo, Diana Vick,
Lou Anders, Claire Hummel
Kevin Radthorne Reads The Pool of
Shikama 8:30 pm Cascade 3
Excerpt from my latest novel
Kevin Radthorne
Let’s Make a Movie: Intro! 9-11 pm Cascade 10
It’s our 12th anniversary!
Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III,
Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell
Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3
Artists’ Jam 9 pm Cascade 13
Hang out with other artists, show your
sketchbooks and work on art together.
Liv Rainey-Smith, Alan M. Clark,
John R. Gray III, John P. Alexander,
Rob Carlos, Mike Vaillancourt
Geriatric Batman 9 pm Cascade 4
Big-name superheroes continue to be
rewritten and resurrected with little or
no long-term change.
Ashley Cook, Matt Youngmark,
Nathan Crowder, Wayfarer’s Moon,
Andrew Dolbeck
Alien Biology 9 pm Cascade 5 & 6
How would alien bodies operate?
Pat MacEwen, Jim Kling, Dr. Ricky,
Annie Morton
Government of the Fen, by the Fen,
for the Fen . . . 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Help our panel write the constitution
that you would be willing to take into
space.
Mike Brennan; Susan R. Matthews;
David Nasset, Sr.
Dementors, Specters, and Nazgul, Oh
My! 9 pm Cascade 7
Re-creating media horrors
Garth Stubbs, Margo Loes,
Richard Stephens, Lori Edwards
Electric Children in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
8-bit electro house from Seattle
Chiptune veteran Jack Waterman
Electric Children
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Lazer Tag 9 pm-1 am Grand 2
Lazer Tag is a live action,
NONCONTACT sport.
Scott Perrin, Elizabeth Fellows
Thursday Night Hoedown 9 pm-2 am Grand 3
This ain’t your parents’ square dance!
MC300baud
LARP: How to Put Live Action Into
Your Gaming 10 pm Cascade 4
Find out how to be “in” the game when
you play.
Tara Coomes, The Camarilla
How the ’Net Changed the Dating
Scene 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Share your experiences with online
dating, and discuss the relationship sites
out there.
Judith Herman, C0splay, Eva Carlstrom
Arsenic and Old Lakes 10 pm Cascade 7
Do recent NASA findings increase the
chances of life’s existing elsewhere?
Joel Davis, Annie Morton, Arthur Bozlee
Zombie Rules 10 pm Cascade 8
Should there be one type of zombie in
movies and TV?
Steve Holetz, Mark Rahner,
John R. Gray III,
Alden Bell (Joshua Gaylord)
THURSDAY PROGRAMMING
Not Just for White Boys Anymore:
Beyond Stereotypes 10 pm Cascade 9
Can adventure gaming change with the
times?
Donna Prior, Julie Haehn,
Ogre Whiteside, SatyrPhil Brucato
Swashbuckling Adventures 10 pm Cascade 13
If you can’t be a pirate, you can always
look like one.
Richard Stephens, Molly Boone,
Victoria Shaffer
Andrew Ross in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
A can of worms filled with Pandora’s
boxes
Andrew Ross
I Could Do Better Than That . . . 11 pm Cascade 8
Our attempt to generate the better
blockbuster
R.L. McSterlingthong, Judith Herman,
Eytan Kollin
Open Filk
11 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4
Informal, come-as-you-are music
performance
Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2
Barry Bloch
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
9 am
10 am
Michael
Alexander
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
10:30 am
11 am
Roberta
Gregory
S. A. Bolich
11:30 am
Alan Clark
12 noon
Brenda
Nathan
Cooper
Crowder
1 pm
James
Knapp
Dani Kollin
2 pm
Ted
Kosmatka Nancy Kress
Room
Cascade 3
When Writing Doesn’t
Pay
Write a Story in an
Hour4
4Write a Story in an
Hour
Web Comics
Importance of a Beta
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing
Making up Science
Year’s Best SF & F 2010
Where Do We Go First?
Convergent
Evolution . . . in Space!
Fantasy in Comics
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
I Don’t Think We’re in
Kansas Anymore, Toto
Playing With History
Fandom in Daily Life
Ethics in Medical
Research
LGBTQI in SF/F &
Fandom
The Drone of Remotely
Piloted Vehicles
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Century’s Best SF/F
Movie Costumes
Japanese Clothing
Game Publishing
Goes Digital
Goth on a Budget
Costuming for Kids
Tron Tailoring
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Are AIs People Too?
Game Mechanics
Outline a Novel in 90
Minutes4
4Outline a Novel in 90
Minutes
Voice and Vernacular
The Grognard Movement
Cascade 9
Fringe: Paranormal
Investigations
History of Fantastic Art
Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It!
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade 13
Evergreen
1&2
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade
11 & 12
Mask-Making Workshop4
4Mask-Making Workshop
Science-Fiction
Shakespeare
Block Printing Demo
Cascade 13
Filk 101
Space Opera Sing-Along
Fiction of Patricia A.
McKillip
Can We Change the
World Through SF?
Evergreen
1&2
Computers in the Cloud
Marketing for Writers
Grrrl Gamers!
Kickassitude
Evergreen
3&4
Kids Filk
Olympic 1
The Business of Art
Evergreen
3&4
Censorship and the Media Cascade 10
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 1
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Ship! . . . Island!
Hobbit Country Dancing
Grand
Ballroom 3
Dark Urban Fantasy &
Horror
The Art of
Kinuko Y. Craft
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Grand
Ballroom 2
Movie Previews
Grand
Ballroom 3
Norwescon Dance Academy
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am 4
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 8 am - 3:30 pm 4
4Open Gaming 8 am - 3:30 pm 4
Rotunda 2
Stargate Scavenger Hunt
Salon
Teddy Bear Picnic
Presidential
Suite
Salon
Presidential
Suite
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
3 pm
Cascade 3
Stina Leicht
3:30 pm
Edward
Martin
4 pm
Darragh
Metzger
4:30 pm
G. David
Nordley
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
5 pm
5:30 pm
Ann Prather Ken Scholes
6 pm
Lizzy
Shannon
6:30 pm
Jack
Skillingstead
7 pm
G. Robin
Smith
7:30 pm
Christine
Winters
8 pm
8:30 pm
Keffy
R. M.
pir8fancier
Kehrli
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Neuroscience &
Neuroplasticity
New Shared-World
Anthologies
Call for Stories—The
Tomorrow Project
Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi
Flirting 101
Scary Comics
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Disability in Science
Fiction & Real Life
Intro to Armor
World Building Your
Fantasy
Polyamory 101
Comic Adaptations
Gamers Need Love Too!
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Visions of PK Dick
Axes of Identity
Art of the Mashup
Scholarship:
Documentation vs.
Re-Creation
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
A Day in the Life
Poly Parenting
Threads of Time
Dieselpunk & Retro
Futurism
Science of Magic
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Editing the Novel
Getting Your Game Made
The Year in Board and
Card Games
Ask the Game Masters
Talebones Live
Cascade 9
Cascade 10
Mars: What We’ve
Learned
Designing the Future
With Science Fiction
XPRIZE: Oil Cleanup
History of the X-Men
XCOR Presentation
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Script Reading: Star Wars
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade 13 Rectangular Construction
Modern Wizards
Beyond the Book Cover
Evergreen
1&2
The Science Behind SF &
the Supernatural
Writing for Computer
Games
Take It on the Road
Evergreen
3&4
How to Survive a Zombie
Invasion
Coolest Alternative
Energy Ideas
Supernatural Seattle
Cool Summer Movie
Stuff!
Olympic 1
Baby Lounge and Quiet
Hour
Quarter-Century-Old
Horror
Cascade
11 & 12
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Collage Painting Demo
Trashed Future
Pre-masquerade Meeting
Cavalier Chivalry
Floozies, Soiled Doves &
Ladies of the Evening
Cascade 13
Pondside
Leannan Sidhe
Evergreen
1&2
Interview and Q&A With
Marie D. Jones
Charismatic Mega
Catastrophes
Evergreen
3&4
The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery 101
Art Show Tour: Todd
Lockwood
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand 1
Artist Show
Lazer Tag
Grand
Ballroom 3
Grand
Ballroom 2
PK Dick Awards
Ghostology 101
Museum of Legends and
Lore
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Maxi’s
Ballroom
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
Salon
Open Gaming
8 am-3:30 pm
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Space Dominators Green Screen Film Opportunity4
Cascadia’s Got Talent!
Presidential
Suite
18
Olympic 1
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Single Pattern Contest
Judging4
4Space Dominators Green Screen Film Opportunity
4Single Pattern Contest Judging
Like Water for Quarks
Book Launch
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming
8 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 2
Salon
Presidential
Suite
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
9 pm
10 pm
Cascade 3
Friends of Bill W.
J A Pitts
Cascade 4
Broad Universe
Rapid-Fire Reading
Alternative Scene
Etiquette
Cascade
5&6
The State of SyFy
Remaking Classic Films
Intro to Seattle SexPositive Culture
Cascade 7
Deconstructing the
Superhero
HIV: Then and Now
SEX! How to Write
Smutfic
Cascade 8
Shadow of the Vampire
Tim Burton’s Wonderland
Cascade 9
Hey, <Series> Would
Make a Great Game!
Dude, Seriously, WTF?
Cascade 10
Fictional Linguistics
Geek Geek . . .: Authors &
Cover Artists
Cascade
11 & 12
10:30 pm
Judith
Herman
11 pm
SatyrPhil
Brucato
11:30 pm
Video Game Art
Evergreen
1&2
Aislinn the Bard
Starlight
Evergreen
3&4
Postapocalypse Now
Transgender Characters in
Spec Fiction
1 am
2 am
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Victorian Sex
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Has Hollywood Sucked
Vampires Dry?
Cascade 9
Cascade 10
4Scheduled Gaming
9 am - 1 am
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade 13
12 midnight
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 13
Open Filk4
Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Evergreen
1&2
4Open Filk
Evergreen
3&4
Stitch & Bitch
Olympic 1
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show
Setup
Carnivale de Stardance4
4Carnivale de Stardance
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Camarilla LARP 9 pm - 2 am4
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 2
4Camarilla LARP 9 pm - 2 am
Salon
Salon
Presidential
Suite
Presidential
Suite
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Open Gaming
8 am-6 am Rotunda 1 & 2
The Rotunda tables are available for
members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Pro Roy
Michael Alexander Reads Come Again
Some Other Day 10 am Cascade 3
An unorthodox solution to global
warming
Michael Alexander
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It! 10 am-Noon Cascade 10
We go over the plan, figure out the gear,
work up a story, write the script and
plan the shoot.
Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III,
Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell
Write a Story in an Hour 11 am-1 pm Cascade 4
Attendees will be given time to write a
story based on prompts provided.
Cheryl Dyson, Fireflavored, Micole Rose
The Year’s Best SF and F in 2010 11 am Cascade 5 & 6
What books and stories were on the
cutting edge this year?
Cat Rambo, Nancy Kress, Lou Anders,
Nick Mamatas, Gordon Van Gelder
Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing 9 am Cascade 5 & 6
What makes it a book you can’t put
down?
Mike Shepherd Moscoe, Liz Argall,
G. David Nordley
When Writing Doesn’t Pay 10 am Cascade 4
What happens when people don’t want
to pay for content?
Nancy Kress, Mary Robinette Kowal,
Jack Skillingstead, pir8fancier,
Rose O’Keefe
I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas
Anymore, Toto 9 am Cascade 7
Time lag in communications over
interstellar distances
Joel Davis, Sean Hagle,
Russell D. Campbell, Jeff Brown
Making up the Science in Science
Fiction 10 am Cascade 5 & 6
How do you go about making up
science?
Amy Thomson, Jim Kling, Dr. Ricky,
John Lawler
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 1 10-11:30 am Olympic 1
Constructing the heads of our puppets
with balloons and papier-mâché
Kim Poua
Fandom in Daily Life 11 am Cascade 7
Do you express your fannishness in
daily life? Share how you show your
fannish colors.
Shannon Flowers, MC-3PO, C0splay,
Dierdre Phoenix
The Century’s Best Science-Fiction
and Fantasy Movie Costumes 9 am Cascade 8
Julie Zetterberg, Garth Stubbs, Bethany
Roullett, Cherie Lovell
Playing With Medieval History 10 am Cascade 7
Alternate timelines, quantum universes
or just plain-old time machines
Darragh Metzger, Cymbric Early-Smith,
Bryan Hawkins
SMACdown Arcade
10 am-1 am 7110
Members of Seattle Area Metro
Collectors present a full-fledged video
game arcade here at Norwescon.
Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta,
Dave Okert
Game Publishing Goes Digital 11 am Cascade 8
What does this mean for the future
of the gaming industry? What does it
mean for your local gaming store?
Ogre Whiteside, Dustin J Gross, Jeremy
Holcomb, Sean K Reynolds
S. A. Bolich Reads An Infinity of
Moments 10:30 am Cascade 3
Near-future SF: an immortal addicted
to death tries to discover a reason for
her existence.
S. A. Bolich
Outline a Novel in an Hour and a
Half 11 am-1 pm Cascade 9
At the end of the session, you’ll be ready
to start writing your book!
Mark Teppo
Are AIs People Too? 9 am Cascade 9
When does artificial intelligence become
a person?
Kurt Cagle, Brian David Johnson,
Jordan Lapp, Ted Chaing
Scheduled Gaming
9 am-1 am Cascade 11 & 12
The first full day of the con is packed
with games! Stop in to see what we’ve
added.
Kathi Pickett
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Japanese Clothing: Kimono and
Beyond 10 am Cascade 8
An exploration of Japanese garments
Deborah Strub, Melissa Quinn, Katrina
Marier, Richard Stephens
How Game Mechanics Cross
Platforms 10 am Cascade 9
How games share characteristics despite
their different platforms
Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Rodney
Thompson, Jeff Grubb, Andy Megowan
The Business of Art 10 am Evergreen 1 & 2
There’s more than talent to making a
living as an artist.
Tiffany Toland, Kinuko Y. Craft,
John R. Gray III, Wayfarer’s Moon
Roberta Gregory Reads Mother
Mountain 11 am Cascade 3
Four-book series in progress
Roberta Gregory
Mask Making 11 am-1 pm Cascade 13
For all ages, materials provided
Vicki Glover, Kate McClure,
Shannon Flint, Orchid
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Filk 101 11 am Evergreen 1 & 2
Wait, what? Filk? What the hell is this?
Beth Runnerwolf; David Nasset, Sr.;
Karen Rall; Creede Lambard
Computers in the Cloud 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4
What is cloud computing?
Kurt Cagle, Sean Hagle,
Brian David Johnson, Carlton Rhoades
Ship! . . . Island! 11 am Grand 2
An hour of running around and games
Captain Black-Morgan
Dark Urban Fantasy and Horror 11 am Grand 3
Where and what is the borderline
between urban fantasy and horror?
Kat Richardson, Jim Butcher, Rhiannon
Held, Julie McGalliard
Alan M. Clark Reads Boneyard Babies 11:30 am Cascade 3
Just-released fiction collection, bizarro,
horror, fantasy
Alan M. Clark
Brenda Cooper Reads Mayan
December Noon Cascade 3
Novel coming out in 2011
Brenda Cooper
Where Do We Go First? Noon Cascade 5 & 6
Where do we look for resources in
space?
Joel Davis, Arthur Bozlee,
Carlton Rhoades, Greg Paddock
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Ethics in Medical Research Noon Cascade 7
Ethical review boards and community
advisory boards—how they operate.
Miki Garrison, Gregory Gadow,
Nancy Kress
Goth on a Budget Noon Cascade 8
How not to break the bank to look
great
Misty Marshall, Tamera Mickelson,
Bryan Lovely
Fringe: Paranormal Investigations in
SF Television Noon Cascade 10
Why the investigation format works so
well and which series and episodes did
it best
Chris Nilsson, Durlyn, Marie D. Jones,
Jeff Davis
Space Opera Sing-Along Noon Evergreen 1 & 2
Come and sing songs about space the
old-fashioned way.
Beth Runnerwolf; Creede Lambard;
David Nasset, Sr.; Karen Rall;
Sunnie Larsen; Juliana McCorison;
Stephanie L. Weippert
Marketing for Writers Noon Evergreen 3 & 4
How do you market your work in this
electronic age?
Eileen Gunn, Rose O’Keefe, Lou Anders,
Anina Bennett
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Hobbit Country Dancing Noon Grand 2
Come learn the latest dance of the
season and flirt with other hobbits.
Betty Bigelow
The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft Noon Grand 3
Please join our Artist Guest of Honor,
Kinuko Y. Craft, on a tour of her work.
Kinuko Y. Craft
Scavenger Hunt Noon Salon
Grab your list, hear the rules and run
amok through the con!
Max Blaze
Nathan Crowder Reads The Price of
Cream 12:30 pm Cascade 3
Urban fantasy/fairy tale
Nathan Crowder
James Knapp Reads State of Decay 1 pm Cascade 3
PK Dick Nominee reads from his novel.
James Knapp
Web Comics 1 pm Cascade 4
Are they replacing newspaper comics as
the preferred daily/weekly comic strip?
Ashley Cook, Roberta Gregory, Stan!,
SatyrPhil Brucato, Wayfarer’s Moon
Convergent Evolution . . . in Space! 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Could life elsewhere bear a superficial
resemblance to life forms on Earth?
Jim Kling, Paul Dixon, David Stuart,
G. David Nordley, Annie Morton
LGBTQI in SF/F & Fandom 1 pm Cascade 7
Do science-fiction and fantasy authors
have a responsibility to work outside
gender norms?
Rev. Matthew Smith, K.C. Ball,
Larry Lewis, Jane “Jeliza” Patterson
Costuming for Kids 1 pm Cascade 8
Let’s discuss how to make kids’ dreams
come true with smart compromises.
Wendy Prather, Katrina Marier,
Bethany Roullett, Melissa Quinn,
Cherie Lovell
Voice and Vernacular 1 pm Cascade 9
How do you find the right voice for
your character?
Eileen Gunn, Keffy R. M. Kehrli,
Kat Richardson, Michael Alexander
History of Fantastic Art 1 pm Cascade 10
Fantasy art movements and how they
have influenced contemporary styles
and content
Mark Roland, Liv Rainey-Smith,
Douglas Herring, John P. Alexander
Science-Fiction Shakespeare 1 pm Cascade 13
Shakespeare’s plays as contemporary
explorations of magic, psychology and
fantasy
G.Robin Smith, Spencer Ellsworth,
Mark Bourne, Mary Robinette Kowal,
Steven Barnes
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
The Fiction of Patricia A. McKillip 1 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Discussion of Patricia A. McKillip’s
work with Q&A
Liz Argall, Patricia A. McKillip,
Leslie Howle, Kris Millering
Grrrl Gamers! 1 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Our all-woman panel discusses women
and gaming.
Julie Haehn, Tamera Mickelson,
Kate Marshall, Shannon Flowers
Attack of the Movie Previews! 1-3 pm Grand 3
Join us for the latest previews, news and
rumors out of Hollywood.
Keith Johnson, Alan Halfhill
Norwescon Dance Academy 1-3 pm Maxi’s Ballroom
Learn the steps to the favorite songs of
fandom.
Dan Murphy, Laurie Reynolds
Stargate Scavenger Hunt 1 pm Salon
Get the rules and a checklist of chevrons
Trent Lum
Teddy Bear Picnic 1 pm Presidential Suite
Bring your stuffed buddies to a picnic
especially designed for both of you!
Becky Citrak
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Dani Kollin Reads Confessions of a
Vampire Knight in the Zombie Wars 1:30 pm Cascade 3
Dark fantasy
Dani Kollin
Ted Kosmatka Reads The Helix Game 2 pm Cascade 3
An excerpt from his forthcoming novel
Ted Kosmatka
Importance of a Beta and Where to
Find One 2 pm Cascade 4
What’s the value of a good beta reader?
Jean Johnson, Darry Willis (NurseDarry),
Cassie Black, pir8fancier
Fantasy in Comics 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6
The comics format has great potential
for fantasy art and narrative.
Wayfarer’s Moon, Bryan Syme,
SatyrPhil Brucato,
Charles “Zan” Christensen
The Drone of Remotely Piloted
Vehicles 2 pm Cascade 7
Unmanned aircraft have clearly become
more important.
Bart Kemper, Burt Webb,
Brian David Johnson
Tron Tailoring—LEDs and E-wire 2 pm Cascade 8
How to incorporate LED lights and
e-wire into costumes
Garth Stubbs, Melissa Quinn,
Neil (Lights) Duttkin, Deborah Strub
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
The Grognard Movement 2 pm Cascade 9
Are we experiencing a period of gaming
nostalgia?
Erik Mona, Bruce R. Cordell,
Rodney Thompson,
Stephen Radney-MacFarland
Censorship and the Media 2 pm Cascade 10
Should everyone be limited in what
they can view?
Eric Mona, Sheye Anne Blaze,
Frank Catalano, Eric Morgret
Block Printing Demo and Workshop 2 pm Cascade 13
Come and watch as artists working on
lino and wood blocks create their art.
Liv Rainey-Smith, Larry Lewis,
Mimi Noyes
Can We Change the World Through
Science Fiction? 2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
How deep of an impact can literature
have on informing people’s thoughts
and behavior?
Leslie Howle, Michael Alexander,
Brenda Cooper, Eileen Gunn,
Todd Lockwood
Urban Fantasy: “Kickassitude” 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
How important is this element to a
good urban fantasy?
Kat Richardson, Jack Skillingstead,
M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Jim Butcher
Kids Filk! 2 pm Olympic 1
Introductory participatory filk singing
session for kids and young adults.
Creede Lambard; Juliana McCorison;
David Nasset, Sr.
Nancy Kress Reads From Her Work 2:30 pm Cascade 3
Nancy Kress
Stina Leicht Reads Of Blood and
Honey 3 pm Cascade 3
Dark fantasy/1970s era
Stina Leicht
Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity 3 pm Cascade 4
How does the brain keep changing?
Miki Garrison, Sean Hagle, Janet
Freeman, Misty Marshall
Disability in Science Fiction and Real
Life 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Are disabled characters a sign of
mainstream acceptance?
Mikki Kendall, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain
The Visions of Philip K. Dick, Then
and Now 3 pm Cascade 7
We’ll discuss Dick’s work and its
relevance today.
Eileen Gunn, Robert Ferrigno, Gordon
Van Gelder, Marc Laidlaw
A Day in the Life of a King’s Man-atArms 3 pm Cascade 8
Learn about the retainers of nobles and
royalty.
Dameon Willich, Bryan Hawkins
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Editing the Novel 3 pm Cascade 9
Editing a 5,000-word short story is one
thing. How do you edit a 100,000-word
novel?
Kelley Eskridge, Shannon K. Butcher,
Lou Anders, Nick Mamatas,
Janna Silverstein
Mars: What We’ve Learned 3 pm Cascade 10
We’ve sent robotic probes to Mars.
What have we learned, and why are
these missions important.
Jerry Black
Rectangular Construction: Historical
Methods That Combat Fabric Waste 3 pm Cascade 13
See how tailors historically used
rectangular construction to make the
most of their precious fabric.
Tammie L. Dupuis,
Cymbric Early-Smith, Anita Taylor,
Molly Boone
PSIence: The Science Behind Science
Fiction and the Supernatural 3 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
A presentation of scientific theories and
discoveries that may explain paranormal
phenomena
Marie D. Jones
How to Survive a Zombie Invasion 3 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
“Real” ways to get prepared for a
zombie invasion
The Reverend En Fuego, Steve Holetz,
Matt Youngmark
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Lazer Tag 3-5 pm Grand 2
Lazer Tag is a live-action,
NONCONTACT sport.
Scott Perrin, Elizabeth Fellows
Cascadia’s Got Talent! 3-5 pm Salon
You have eight minutes, two songs or
until the gong sounds, whichever is
shorter. Show us what you’ve got!
Dara Korra’ti, Andrew Ross, Death*Star
Edward Martin III Reads “I Saw a
Pony,” “The Gift” and “Love, She Is
Blind” 3:30 pm Cascade 3
Three short horror pieces from the
author’s online ’zine
Edward Martin III
Cool Summer Movie Stuff! Family
Movie Previews 3:30 pm Olympic 1
Come see what cool (and familyfriendly) stuff is coming to the movies
this summer.
Keith Johnson
Darragh Metzger Reads The
Strawberry Roan 4 pm Cascade 3
Western comic fantasy
Darragh Metzger
New Shared-World Anthologies 4 pm Cascade 4
Where are they headed? What makes
them good?
Mary Robinette Kowal, Jennifer Brozek,
Nathan Crowder, Jay Lake, Jordan Lapp
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Introduction to Armor 4 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Introduction to armor and protective
clothing of the Middle Ages
Bryan Hawkins, Dameon Willich
Axes of Identity: Race and Gender
Identity in Speculative Fiction 4 pm Cascade 7
How does an awareness of race
and gender add to the text and our
understanding of it?
Eileen Gunn, Steven Barnes, Caren
Gussoff, Keffry R. M. Kehrli
Poly Parenting 4 pm Cascade 8
And you thought blending households
and finances was complicated . . .
Jane “Jeliza” Patterson,
Sheye Anne Blaze, Eva Carlstrom
Getting Your Game Made 4 pm Cascade 9
What you need to do to get your board
game published
Mike Selinker, Jeremy Holcomb,
Randall N. Bills
Designing the Future With Science
Fiction 4 pm Cascade 10
What if we used science fiction based on
science fact to develop new technologies
and products?
Brian David Johnson, Sarah Perez-Kriz
Modern Wizards 4 pm Cascade 13
What would wizards in current times
wear?
Julie Zetterberg, Janet Borkowski,
Vicki Glover, Shannon Flint
Writing and Story Development for
Computer Games 4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Story development can affect game
system design, character design and
environments.
Marc Laidlaw, Wayfarer’s Moon,
Ted Kosmatka, Kate Marshall, Jeff Grubb
The Coolest Alternative Energy Ideas 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
What are the really fun ways of making
alternative energy?
Mike Brennan, Burt Webb,
Pat MacEwen, Amy Thomson, Elton
Elliott
Ghostology 101 With Ross Allison 4 pm Grand 3
See if you have what it takes to be a real
ghost hunter.
Ross Allison
Art Show Tour With Todd Lockwood 4 pm Grand 1
Todd Lockwood
Space Dominators Needs YOU! 4-8 pm Rotunda 2
Come join the creators of the SF
comedy series Space Dominators on the
green screen!
Sonnet Realm Films
G. David Nordley Reads Into the
Mirand Rift 4:30 pm Cascade 3
Unpublished part of the novel version,
takes place on Mars
G. David Nordley
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour
4:30 pm Olympic 1
Unmonitored quiet hour for parents
with infants
Anne Prather, aka Aislinn the Bard,
Reads Wings of Joy: Songs and Stories
of the Starmasters 5 pm Cascade 3
Songs and stories
Anne Prather
Call for Stories—The Tomorrow
Project—Q&A Session 5 pm Cascade 4
Interested in writing SF based on
science fact?
Brian David Johnson, Sarah Perez-Kriz
World Building Your Fantasy 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6
How do we make fantasy worlds real?
Susan R. Matthews, Sam Sykes,
Stina Leicht, Alma Alexander,
M.H. (Maggie) Bonham
The Art of the Mashup 5 pm Cascade 7
How do you take someone else’s style
and expand it?
Mary Robinette Kowal, Mark Teppo,
Jeff Burk
Threads of Time: Medieval/
Renaissance Costume Re-creation 5 pm Cascade 8
Costuming tips from some of our most
experienced re-creationists.
Anita Taylor, Tammie L. Dupuis,
Cymbric Early-Smith, Bethany Roullett
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The Year in Board and Card Games 5 pm Cascade 9
Which games are the most popular,
and which ones are worth the time and
money.
Julie Haehn, Jason Bulmahn,
Mike Selinker
X PRIZE: Oil Cleanup for Fun and
Profit 5 pm Cascade 10
X CHALLENGE entry with oil-spillcleanup technology
Bart Kemper, Krista Wohlfeil
Beyond the Book Cover 5 pm Cascade 13
How to make money doing art that isn’t
illustration or book covers
Wayfarer’s Moon, Christine Winters,
Bryan Syme, Mimi Noyes, Alan M. Clark
Take It on the Road 5 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Putting together a good starter sound
system for performing on the road
John Seghers, Heather Dale, K Wiley,
Ben Deschamps
Supernatural Seattle 5 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Why is there so much urban fantasy set
in Seattle?
Cat Rambo, Julie McGalliard, J A Pitts,
K.C. Ball, Kat Richardson
Northwest Museum of Legends and
Lore 5 pm Grand 3
Come explore what there is at
Washington state’s only paranormal
science museum.
FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Single Pattern Contest Judging 5-8 pm Salon
Janet Borkowski
Ken Scholes Reads In Time of Despair
and Great Darkness 5:30 pm Cascade 3
An Arthurian tale set in the dust bowl
Ken Scholes
Lizzy Shannon Reads Time Spin 6 pm Cascade 3
Excerpt from the author’s new SF/space
opera novel
Lizzy Shannon
Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi 6 pm Cascade 4
Why are supernatural TV shows and
films calling themselves science fiction?
David A. Page, Julie McGalliard,
Erik Owomoyela, Jeff Davis
Polyamory 101 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What is polyamory? What are the pros
and cons?
Loree Parker, Sean Hagle,
Beth Runnerwolf, Sheye Anne Blaze
Script Reading: Star Wars 6-8 pm Cascade 7
Join us for a reading of the script for
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope.
J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed.;
Brian D. Oberquell
Dieselpunk and Retro Futurism 6 pm Cascade 8
What is it? We talk about why and how
you, too, can build your own jet pack or
at least look like you could.
Diana Vick, Cherie Lovell,
Victoria Shaffer
Ask the Game Masters 6 pm Cascade 9
Come to this panel with questions
about your RPG campaign.
Ogre Whiteside, Jonathan Tweet,
Jason Bulmahn, Rodney Thompson
An Illustrated History of the X-Men 6 pm Cascade 10
A crash course in Mutant History X
Matt Youngmark, Spencer Ellsworth
Collage Painting 6 pm Cascade 13
Demonstration of a unique technique
using acrylic gel to transfer images
Mark Roland
Trashed Future 6 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Taking stock of the signs and portents
of disaster
J.M. Sidorova, Mary Rosenblum
Pre-masquerade Meeting 6 pm Olympic 1
To enter the masquerade, you MUST
attend either this meeting or the
Saturday morning pre-masquerade
meeting.
Trent Lum
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
Like Water for Quarks Book Launch 6 pm Presidential Suite
Bruce Taylor, Elton Elliott, Doug Odell
Jack Skillingstead Reads From His
New Work 6:30 pm Cascade 3
Jack Skillingstead
G.Robin Smith Reads To Each Their
Own 7 pm Cascade 3
Modern writ-Shakespearean style
comedy
G.Robin Smith
XCOR Presentation 7-9 pm Cascade 10
An update on corporate spaceflight
Arthur Bozlee
501st Charity Photo Event 7:30-10:30 pm Lobby
Your picture taken with Darth Vader
and/or Storm Troopers for charity.
Marc Semenchuk
Cavalier Chivalry—Macho
Musketeers 7 pm Cascade 13
Costumes of the past and modern
interpretations of the cavalier style
Carmen Beaudry, JoAnne Kirley,
Tammie L. Dupuis, Richard Stephens
pir8fancier Reads Let’s Pretend the
War Is Over 8 pm Cascade 3
Harry Potter: Postwar AU
pir8fancier
Flirting 101 7 pm Cascade 4
“How to flirt” workshop
Sonia Lyris
Pondside in Concert 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Songs of dragons, monsters and
beachfront property on Ganymede
Juliana McCorison
Comic Adaptations 7 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What are some of the best and worst of
these?
Ashley Cook, Matt Youngmark,
Anina Bennett, Mike Selinker
Interview and Q&A With Marie D.
Jones 7 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Come meet our PSIence Guest of
Honor, Marie D. Jones. Have your
questions ready!
Robert Stewart, Marie D. Jones
Quarter-Century-Old Horror 7 pm Cascade 8
How do horror movies that debuted 25
years ago hold up?
Eric Morgret, Jenna M. Pitman,
Mark Rahner, Nathan Crowder
The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery
101 7-9 pm Olympic 1
Come give embroidery a try, materials
provided.
LouAnna Valentine
Talebones Live! 7-9 pm Cascade 9
Readings by writers published in
Talebones magazine
Patrick Swenson
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FRIDAY PROGRAMMING
The Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
Ceremony 7-8:30 pm Grand 2
William Sadorus, Gordon Van Gelder
Christine Winters Reads Enchantress
Moon 7:30 pm Cascade 3
Time-travel romance
Christine Winters
Scary Comics 8 pm Cascade 4
What horror comics are out there?
Mark Rahner, Steve Holetz
Gamers Need Love Too! 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Etiquette suggestions to keep you from
being that “creepy person” others avoid.
18+ with ID only
Mickey Schulz, Loree Parker,
Donna Prior
Scholarship: Documentation vs.
Re-creation 8 pm Cascade 7
The value of historical re-enactment
in the world of traditional “what they
wrote” research
Karen Rall, Darragh Metzger,
G.Robin Smith
The Science of Magic 8 pm Cascade 8
How do you make magic believable and
consistent?
Bart Kemper, K.C. Ball,
Bruce R. Cordell, Kim Ritchie
Floozies, Soiled Doves and Ladies of
the Evening 8 pm Cascade 13
The oldest profession in the old west
and what they wore (may not be
suitable for those under age 16)
Carmen Beaudry, Wendy Prather,
Victoria Shaffer, Lori Edwards
Leannan Sidhe in Concert 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Bittersweet faerie folksongs for
ensnaring human hearts
Leannan Sidhe, Betsy Tinney,
Sunnie Larsen
Charismatic Mega Catastrophes 8 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
This is the way the world ends.
Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix,
Carlton Rhoades, Marie D. Jones
Keffy R. M. Kehrli Reads Bonehouse 8:30 pm Cascade 3
Keffy R. M. Kehrli
Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
and Chocolate Event 9 pm Cascade 4
Intriguing, very short readings by local
members of Broad Universe
The State of SyFy (née Sci-Fi
Channel) 9 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What happened to the Sci-Fi Channel,
and can it be fixed? Should we bother?
Matt Hammond, David A. Page,
Judith Herman
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Deconstructing the Superhero 9 pm Cascade 7
How has comics’ oldest genre matured?
Andrew Dolbeck, Matt Youngmark,
Nathan Crowder
Shadow of the Vampire 9 pm Cascade 8
Major trends and looks of vampire
fashion
Lori Edwards, Margo Loes,
Richard Stephens, Garth Stubbs,
Shannon Flint
Hey, <Insert Series> Would Make a
Great Game! 9 pm Cascade 9
Why certain books, TV or movie series
would make great/terrible games
Erik Mona, Stan!, Kate Marshall,
Rodney Thompson
Fictional Linguistics 9 pm Cascade 10
A linguist discusses how to use existing
languages as a model for fantasy or alien
cultures.
John Lawler
Video Game Art 9 pm Cascade 13
What goes on behind the art and
creation of video games
Claire Hummel, Wayfarer’s Moon,
Douglas Herring, Mike Vaillancourt
Aislinn the Bard in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Pegasus nominee Aislinn the Bard
invites you to the Day of Jubilee.
Anne Prather (aka Aislinn the Bard)
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Postapocalypse Now 9 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Civilization as we know it is broken.
How do you fix it?
Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix,
Brenda Dau, Bart Kemper, Paul Dixon
HIV: Then and Now 10 pm Cascade 7
What we’ve learned about HIV and
viruses
Rev. Matthew Smith, Gregory Gadow,
Warren Dinges
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show 9-10:30pm Grand 2 & 3
The title pretty much says it all.
Burlesque entertainment provided by
Dark Dolls Productions, 18+ with ID
only
Emcee—Caren G.
Tim Burton’s Wonderland 10 pm Cascade 8
Costumes from our favorite Tim Burton
movies and how to re-create them
Cherie Lovell, Margo Loes,
Lori Edwards, Richard Stephens
Camarilla LARP 9 pm-2 am Maxi’s Ballroom
Live-action role-play (LARP) open to all
members, 18+ with ID only
Tara Coomes
Dude, Seriously . . . WTF? When
Gamers Cross the Line 10 pm Cascade 9
Things in a game you JUST. SHOULD.
NOT. DO.
Ogre Whiteside, SatyrPhil Brucato,
Donna Prior, Loree Parker
J A Pitts Reads Honeyed Words 10 pm Cascade 3
Book 2 in the Black Blade series
J A Pitts
Alternative Scene Etiquette 10 pm Cascade 4
Different social rules in different arenas
Mickey Schulz, Rachael Kenoyer
There Can Be Only One: Remaking
Classic Films 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Movie remakes: which ones work,
which ones don’t?
Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Eric Morgret,
Mark Bourne, Mark Rahner
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me! 10 pm Cascade 10
We will test audience members’
knowledge of authors and cover artists
from the 1940s to now.
Brooks Peck, Leslie Howle,
Gordon Van Gelder, Todd Lockwood
Starlight in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
A heady mix of country, folk, filk and
rock with a skyward reach
Raishaan O’Leary, Rebecca Sons,
Stephanie L. Weippert,
BriarRose McDougal, John R. Gray III
Transgender Characters and Issues in
Speculative Fiction 10 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Discussion of works of science fiction
or fantasy that expand or explore our
understanding of gender
K.C. Ball, Keffy R. M. Kehrli
Stitch and Bitch 10 pm-Midnight Olympic 1
Enjoy working among your fellow fen
on your project du jour.
Bethany Roullett, Vicki Glover, Wendy
Prather
Judith Herman Reads Grumpy Old
Vampires 10:30 pm Cascade 3
Comedy
Judith Herman
SatyrPhil Brucato Reads “Chaser,”
“Rabbit Moves the World” or Both 11 pm Cascade 3
Urban fantasy
SatyrPhil Brucato
Intro to Seattle Sex-Positive Culture 11 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What is “sex positive,” and where can
you find it? 18+ with ID only
Rachael Kenoyer; Lilith von Fraumench;
David Nasset, Sr.
SEX! How to Write a Smutfic 11 pm Cascade 7
What to do and what not to do when
writing pornography. 18+ with ID only
Cheryl Dyson, Cassie Black,
Darry Willis (NurseDarry)
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Has Hollywood Sucked the Vampires
Dry? 11 pm Cascade 9
Is there anything left for vampires to do
in film, TV and books?
R.L. McSterlingthong,
Julie McGalliard, Chris Nilsson
AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS
Autograph Session 1: Saturday at 2 pm in the Grand Ballroom 2
Patricia McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher,
Lou Anders, John P. Alexander, Michael Alexander, Steven Barnes, Greg Bear,
M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Ted Butler, Kurt Cagle, Alan M. Clark, Bruce R. Cordell,
Heather Dale, Caren Gussoff, Jean Johnson, Wayfarer’s Moon, Dani Kollin, Eytan
Kollin, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Larry Lewis, Todd Lockwood, Edward Martin III,
Susan R. Matthews, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, G. David Nordley, J A Pitts, Mark
Rahner, Kat Richardson, Mary Rosenblum, Lizzy Shannon, Jeff Sturgeon, Sam Sykes,
Mark Teppo, Gordon Van Gelder, Dameon Willich, Matt Youngmark
Open Filk
11 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4
Informal, come-as-you-are music
performance
Autograph Session 2: Saturday at 3 pm in the Grand Ballroom 2
Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K.
Butcher, Lou Anders, Alma Alexander, Anina Bennett, S. A. Bolich, SatyrPhil Brucato,
Rob Carlos, Brenda Cooper, Nathan Crowder, James C. Glass, Roberta Gregory,
Paul Guinan, Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake, Stina Leicht, R.L. McSterlingthong, Darragh
Metzger, Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin Tate, Kevin Radthorne, Cat Rambo, Mary
Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes, Jack Skillingstead, G.Robin Smith, Renee Stern, Rodney
Thompson, K Wiley, Christine Winters, Stan!
Carnivale de Stardance 11 pm-2 am Grand 2 & 3
Celebrate Mardi Gras style as DJ
Request and DJ Rohkan spin the mixes
deep into the night.
DJ Request, DJ Rohkan
Victorian Sex Midnight Cascade 5 & 6
Come learn about the not-so-straitlaced
Victorians.
Victoria Shaffer, Mickey Schulz,
Tamera Mickelson
Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror
Picture Show Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2
Vicarious Theater Company
© Kinuko Y. Craft
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
9 am
10 am
Garth
Upshaw
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
10:30 am
J.M.
Sidorova
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
11 am
11:30 am
Stan!
Sam Sykes
Freelancing 101
First Pages
12 noon
Bennett &
Mark
Guinan
Bourne
1 pm
1:30 pm
Stephanie
R.L.
Weippert McSterlingthong
2 pm
Kelley
Eskridge
2:30 pm
Janet
Freeman
Collecting Arcade Games The Lost World of Clones Carolyn Palms Memorial
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
E-Book and Publishing
Writing Hard SF
Best Short Fiction Markets
Giving Good Alien
How Do You Find an
Agent?
Near-Future Nightmares
and Dreams
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
I’ll Be in My Bunk
Growing up Fen
Potassium-Deficient
Superhero
Basic Writing Help—
Horror
Building Character Using
Any Method
Crash Course in Comics
History
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Contemporary Asian
Fantasy Costumes
Twisting History
When Fandoms Collide
Fanfiction to Mainstream
Podcasting 101
Return to Middle Earth
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
Climate Change in the
21st Century
Why Is the Paranormal so Old Plots, New Structure
Popular?
Evolution of Marriage
3-D Cinema: Revolution
or Novelty?
Young & Queer in
Society & Fandom
Cascade 9
Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It!
From Science Fiction to
Science Fact
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Figure-Drawing Demo
Cascade 13
History of Underwear
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
The Citizen-Soldier in the
High-Tech World
Headdress Armature
Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models in Costume
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 13
Evergreen
1&2
We Will Meet the Borg,
and They Will Be Us
Harm Me With Harmony
Performance
Enhancement
The Mongoliad
Today’s Teens in 2022
Evergreen
1&2
Evergreen
3&4
Developing Your Own
Mythos
Under the Sea Fashion
Show
Crunch vs. Fluff
Women in the Gaming
Industry
Writers’ Workshops
Evergreen
3&4
Olympic 1
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 2
Grand 1
Artist Show
Interview With Jim and
Shannon K. Butcher
Grand
Ballroom 2
Tai Chi
Grand
Ballroom 3
Pre-masquerade Meeting
Urban Fantasy’s HardBoilded Detective Roots
Wand-Making Workshop
Olympic 1
Art Show Tour:
Liv Rainey-Smith
Grand 1
Artist Show
Trends in Urban Fantasy
Camarilla LARP noon - 5 pm4
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 1 pm4
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Salon
Scavenger Hunt
Presidential
Suite
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Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
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Autograph Session 1
4Open Gaming
8 am - 1 pm
Poker Tournament 1 pm - 5 pm4
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
Salon
Presidential
Suite
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
Cascade 3
3:00 pm
Brian David
Johnson
3:30 pm
Heather
Dale
4:00 pm
Steven
Barnes
4:30 pm
Cymbric
Early-Smith
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
5:00 pm
Jenna
Pitman
5:30 pm
Mikki
Kendall
6 pm
Sonia Lyris
6:30 pm
Susan R.
Matthews
7 pm
Kurt Cagle
7:30 pm
Angel
McCoy
8 pm
Craig
English
8:30 pm
M.H.
Bonham
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Getting Lost in SF TV
BADFIC—What Not
to Do
Medieval Weaponry
Batman vs. Superman
Cascade
5&6
Advanced Polyamory
Best Writing Advice
Real Ghosts in the
Machine
Ethics of Genetic
Modification
Breaking in to Print
Not Another Monster
Story
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Ins and Outs of
Collaboration
Godzilla vs. Zombies
Writing Good Dialogue
Exploring Other Cultures
Future of Medicine
Queer Superheroes
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Evolving Image of the
Dragon
Invisible Disabilities
Clothing of the Coast &
Inland Salish Peoples
Cascade 9
Ask the Developers
Tabletop Gaming is
DEAD
Micropublishing and New
Games
Children’s Masquerade
Panel
Cascade 10
Language Fossils
Return to the Moon
Reality Paranormal TV
Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It!
Cascade
11 & 12
Costume Recycling
Multicultural Steampunk
Art Aerobics
Evergreen
1&2
Power to the People!
Home Recording I
Housefilk, Filkcon,
Gencon
Evergreen
3&4
Clarion West
Pyr Presents
Olympic 1
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 3
Rotunda 1
4Poker Tournament 1 pm - 5 pm
Copyright and You
Cascade 13
Fighter X
Death*Star
Evergreen
1&2
Lazer Tag 7 pm - 11 pm4
Evergreen
3&4
Found Object Workshop
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
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Open Gaming
5 pm - 6 am4
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Queer Eye
Salon
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Size Acceptance is for
Everybody
Story Hour
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Presidential
Suite
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Doors Open
4Camarilla LARP noon - 5 pm
Cascade 8
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Attaching This to That
Grand
Ballroom 3
Rotunda 2
Writing Great Sex Scenes
Autograph Session 2
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Cascade 4
Cascade 9
Art Show Tour: Alan
Clark
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
Surface Details: Beyond Far Future: Where Fantasy Alternative Energy in the
Beading
Meets SF
Age of Steam
4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade 13
Search for Life in the Solar Church of the SubGenius
System
Room
4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Rotunda 2
Salon
Babel4
4Babel
Presidential
Suite
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
9 pm
Cascade 3
Friends of Bill W.
Cascade 4
Flash Fiction
10 pm
Caren
Gussoff
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
11:30 pm
12 midnight
1 am
2 am
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
Spooky Music
Cascade
5&6
Techno-Cycles
Cascade 7
Flirting 102
Slash and Mainstream
Media
Cascade 8
Putting the R in RPG
BDSM 101
Advanced BDSM
Cascade 9
Don’t Tell Making It out of the Slush
Cascade 10 Geek, Geek . . .
Me: Movies
Pile
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 10
4Scheduled Gaming
9 am - 1 am
4 Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 13
Evergreen
1&2
Room
Bizzaro!
Has Fandom Shattered Its Sex Tech & Getting Your
Glass Ceiling?
Gadget On
Space Colony Utopia
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
11 pm
Spencer
Ellsworth
Best and Worst Movies
of 2010
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
10:30 pm
David A.
Page
Cascade 13
Vixy & Tony
Evergreen
3&4
The Heather Dale Band
4Lazer Tag 7 pm - 11 pm
Open Filk4
Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind
Evergreen
1&2
4Open Filk
Evergreen
3&4
Chain Mail/Stitch & Bitch
Olympic 1
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2 4Masquerade
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
Dance: It’s Saturday Night!4
7:30 pm 9:30 pm
4Dance: It’s Saturday Night!4
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Camarilla LARP4
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4
4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4
Rotunda 2
Maxi’s
Ballroom
4Camarilla LARP
Salon
Salon
Presidential
Suite
Presidential
Suite
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Open Gaming
8 am-1 pm Rotunda 1 & 2
The Rotunda tables are available for
members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Pro Roy
Has the Future Arrived? The E-book
and the Publishing Industry 9 am Cascade 5 & 6
Where does the e-book leave our local
bookstore?
Cat Rambo, Darragh Metzger,
Bob Kruger, Joshua Palmatier
I’ll Be in My Bunk 9 am Cascade 7
What do you do to entertain yourself
on a space station?
Mike Brennan, B. D. Gallagher
Contemporary Asian Fantasy
Costumes 9 am Cascade 8
Anime, manga and Japanese horror are
all the rage.
Deborah Strub, Melissa Quinn,
Cherie Lovell, Vicki Glover
Climate Change in the 21st Century 9 am Cascade 9
Is there any chance at all that we can
slow down global warming?
Brenda Cooper, Paul Dixon,
Janet Freeman, Mary Rosenblum
Scheduled Gaming
9 am-1 am Cascade 11 & 12
Something new every day up in
our corner of the con! Take every
opportunity to qualify for a prize!
Kathi Pickett
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Tai Chi 9 am Grand 2
Start your morning with moving
meditation.
Steven Barnes
Pre-masquerade Meeting 9 am Grand 3
To enter the masquerade, you MUST
have attended last night’s meeting or
this pre-masquerade meeting.
Trent Lum
Figure-Drawing Demo 9:30-11 am Cascade 13
Come watch, learn and discuss how
our professional artists draw the human
figure.
Michaela Eaves, Bryan Syme,
Christine Winters
Garth Upshaw Reads “Birdwatcher” 10 am Cascade 3
Flash piece with aliens, crows and
dysfunctional teenagers
Garth Upshaw
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Growing up Fen 10 am Cascade 7
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of growing up in
convention fandom?
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson,
Beth Runnerwolf, Dierdre Phoenix
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 2 10-11:30 am Olympic 1
In this second part of our three-part
workshop, we will begin constructing
bodies for our puppets.
LouAnna Valentine
Twisting History 10 am Cascade 8
Modern costumes inspired by historical
garments
Lori Edwards, Julie Zetterberg,
Bethany Roullett, Diana Vick
Interview and Q&A with Jim and
Shannon K. Butcher 10 am Grand 2
Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher
Why Is the Paranormal so Popular? 10 am Cascade 9
Which TV shows make the grade, and
which do not?
Jeff Davis, Marie D. Jones, Durlyn
Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It! 10 am-Noon Cascade 10
In part 2 we shoot like mad weasels
because there’s not much time!
Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III,
Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell
Freelancing 101 10 am Cascade 4
Freelance writing for the gaming
industry
Jeff Combos, Liz Courts,
Randall N. Bills, Jeff Grubb
We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will
Be Us 10 am Evergreen 1 & 2
Prosthetic devices, personal electronics
and the future
Karen Rall, Russell D. Campbell,
Jonathan Tweet, Sean Hagle
Can You Write Hard SF Without a
Science Background? 10 am Cascade 5 & 6
How do you fold in the science without
making it an info dump?
Nancy Kress, Jim Kling,
Michael Alexander, Erik Owomoyela,
Mike Shepherd Moscoe
Developing Your Own Mythos 10 am Evergreen 3 & 4
How do you create a mythos unique to
your story?
Louise Marley, Patricia A. McKillip,
Kat Richardson, Ken Scholes
Scavenger Hunt 10 am Salon
Stop by to pick up the list and the rules.
Max Blaze
SMACdown Arcade
10 am-1 am 7110
Members of Seattle Area Metro
Collectors present a full-fledged video
game arcade here at Norwescon.
Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta,
Dave Okert
J.M. Sidorova Reads Death, Rebirth.
An Heir, a Karakuri 10:30 am Cascade 3
Near-future sci-fi dealing with the
Uncanny Valley phenomenon
J.M. Sidorova
Stan! Reads The Littlest Shoggoth 11 am Cascade 3
A children’s book with a Lovecraftian
Christmas story, viewable at
http://tinyurl.com/264jvdk
Stan!
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
First Pages 11 am Cascade 4
Workshop leaders will read each piece
aloud in turn and discuss what does and
doesn’t work.
Cat Rambo, Louise Marley
Good Markets for Short Fiction in
2011 11 am Cascade 5 & 6
Print and e-zines specializing in science
fiction and fantasy
Lou Anders, Jordan Lapp
The Potassium-Deficient Superhero 11 am Cascade 7
The best story arcs from the various
Green Lanterns, and where the
character is headed now
Ashley Cook; J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed.;
Douglas Herring; J A Pitts
When Fandoms Collide 11 am Cascade 8
How do you balance fannish activities
in your life?
Karen Rall, Matt Hammond
Old Plots and New Narrative
Structures 11 am Cascade 9
How can we use old plots to create fresh
fiction?
Nancy Kress, Susan R. Matthews,
Ken Scholes
The Citizen-Soldier in the High-Tech
World 11 am Cascade 13
Is it time for the American model of
the citizen-soldier to take another step
forward?
Bart Kemper, Mike Brennan,
Brenda Cooper, Mike Shepherd Moscoe
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Harm Me With Harmony 11 am Evergreen 1 & 2
Want to sing along but don’t know how
it works?
Sunnie Larsen, BriarRose McDougal,
Darragh Metzger
Collecting Arcade Games Noon Cascade 4
The ins and outs of collecting vintage
arcade games
Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta,
Dave Okert
Under the Sea: Fashions From
Fathoms 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4
Fashion show of aquatic-inspired
costumes
Carmen Beaudry, Margo Loes, Bethany
Roullett, Orchid, Tamera Mickelson, Vicki
Glover, Kate McClure, Wendy Prather,
Deborah Strub, Lori Edwards, Ieva
Ohaks, Victoria Shaffer, Shannon Flint,
JoAnne Kirley, Garth Stubbs
Giving Good Alien Noon Cascade 5 & 6
What does it take to create a believable
alien?
Richard A. Lovett, Mary Rosenblum,
Amy Thomson, John Lawler,
G. David Nordley
Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled
Detective Roots 11 am Grand 2
Current urban fantasy owes a lot to the
American hard-boiled detective genre.
Kat Richardson, Mark Teppo,
Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher,
Rhiannon Held
Sam Sykes Reads Tome of the
Undergates 11:30 am Cascade 3
Misanthropic adventurers and the
troubles they face
Sam Sykes
Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan Read
Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical
Marvel Noon Cascade 3
The story of the world’s first robot,
accompanied by a slide show of
historical images
Anina Bennett, Paul Guinan
Basic Writing Help—Horror Writing Noon Cascade 7
How far is too far in a horror story?
Jenna M. Pitman, Stina Leicht,
Jeff Burk, Nick Mamatas
Fanfiction to Mainstream Publishing:
Is It Possible? Noon Cascade 8
Hear success stories from people who
have made the transition.
pir8fancier, Jean Johnson
Evolution of Marriage Noon Cascade 9
Marriage has seen many shapes and
forms, both in SF/F and the real world.
Katharine Bond, Loree Parker,
Eva Carlstrom
From Science Fiction to Science Fact:
Humans to Mars Noon Cascade 10
How the dream of a human mission to
Mars could be achieved in our lifetime
Jerry Black
Materials and Techniques for
Headdress Armature Noon Cascade 13
Traditional and unconventional
millinery materials and techniques
Ieva Ohaks, Margo Loes, Melissa Quinn,
Shannon Flint
Performance Enhancement
(Performance Skills Workshop) Noon Evergreen 1 & 2
Workshop: play a song of your choice
and get feedback from our panel
Dara Korra’ti, MC-3PO,
Creede Lambard, Heather Dale, C0splay
Crunch vs. Fluff: FIGHT! Noon Evergreen 3 & 4
Rules vs. story line in RPGs
Erik Mona, Bruce R. Cordell, Jonathan
Tweet, Jason Bulmahn, Jeff Grubb, Stan!
Wand-Making Workshop Noon Olympic 1
Come make your own wooden magic
wand.
Scott Perrin
Trends in Urban Fantasy Noon Grand 2
Are vampires cliché? Do werewolves
rock? Are zombies still shambling to the
cash register?
Kat Richardson, Lou Anders,
Jim Butcher
Camarilla LARP Noon-5 pm Maxi’s Ballroom
World of Darkness live-action role-play
(LARP). 18+ with ID only
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Art Show Tour With Liv Rainey-Smith Noon Grand 1
Come enjoy an artist’s perspective on
the art show!
Liv Rainey-Smith
Mark Bourne Reads Jasper 12:30 pm Cascade 3
The first chapter of the author’s new
novel in progress
Mark Bourne
Stephanie L. Weippert Reads Familiar
Trouble 1 pm Cascade 3
Young adult novel
Stephanie L. Weippert
The Lost World of Clones 1 pm Cascade 4
Soon it may be possible to bring extinct
animals back to life.
Jim Kling, Pat MacEwen,
Spring Schoenhuth
You’ve Finished Your Novel. Now How
Do You Find an Agent? 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Pro writers share advice based on their
own experience.
Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin Tate,
Lizzy Shannon, Robert Ferrigno,
Shannon K. Butcher
Building Character Using Any
Method You Can 1 pm Cascade 7
How do writers make their characters
seem real? What techniques work best?
Mary Rosenblum, Ted Kosmatka,
Nancy Kress, Jack Skillingstead,
Kelley Eskridge
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Podcasting 101 1 pm Cascade 8
Learn how do make your own podcast.
J.C. Gordon Granger, Shannon Flowers,
Steve Holetz
3-D Cinema: Revolution or Novelty? 1 pm Cascade 9
Is 3-D a genuine revolution in
filmmaking or a cynical way to make
more money?
Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Claire Hummel,
The Reverend En Fuego, Mimi Noyes
History of Underwear 1-3 pm Cascade 10
What did our ancestors wear under
their clothing?
Carmen Beaudry, Tammie L. Dupuis,
Bethany Roullett
Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models
in Costume 1-3 pm Cascade 13
Models in costume will do a variety
of poses. Bring your own drawing and
painting supplies.
Anita Taylor, Mary Robinette Kowal,
Cymbric Early-Smith, G.Robin Smith,
Victoria Shaffer, Michaela Eaves,
Christine Winters, Douglas Herring
The Mongoliad: A Presentation 1 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Is this new model of a shared-world
story a harbinger of things to come?
Mark Teppo, Greg Bear, Erik Bear,
Neal Stephenson
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Women in the Gaming Industry 1 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
The growing presence/awareness of
women playing and designing games
Donna Prior, Julie Haehn, Liz Courts,
Jennifer Brozek
Crash Course in American Comics
History 2 pm Cascade 7
Come learn what’s so great about Krazy
Kat, R. Crumb, Peanuts, etc.
Ashley Cook, Roberta Gregory,
Paul Guinan, Charles “Zan” Christensen
Poker Tournament 1-5 pm Rotunda 1
No Limit Texas Hold ’Em Poker
Mariah Johnson
Return to Middle Earth in 2011 2 pm Cascade 8
Relive your favorite LOTR moments,
and discuss your hopes for the new
films.
Spencer Ellsworth, Elton Elliott,
Chris Nilsson, Spring Schoenhuth
R.L. McSterlingthong Reads The
McSterlingscenes 1:30 pm Cascade 3
Excerpts from the author’s favorite
novels, written by himself
R.L. McSterlingthong
Kelley Eskridge Reads Solitaire 2 pm Cascade 3
A young woman convicted of a terrible
crime is sentenced to eight years in
solitary confinement—in a virtual
prison cell within her own mind.
Kelley Eskridge
Memorial for Carolyn “Dulcinea”
Palms 2 pm Cascade 4
Come join Carolyn’s family in
remembering her while enjoying some
tunes Carolyn hand picked.
Near-Future Nightmares and Dreams 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What might happen in the next decades
as a result of political, social and
metaphysical events of recent years.
Brenda Cooper, Marc Laidlaw,
Jack Skillingstead, Robert Ferrigno
Young and Queer in Society and
Fandom 2 pm Cascade 9
Young people with questions about their
place in society and fandom talk with
each other and with older fen who’ve
been through it themselves. It gets
better. http://thetrevorproject.org/
Loree Parker, Rev. Matthew Smith,
Dierdre Phoenix
Today’s Teens in Two Thousand
Twenty-Two 2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Twelve years from now, what will young
adults be doing for work, fun, family?
Paul Dixon, Frank Catalano,
Russell D. Campbell
Writers’ Workshops: From Local to
National 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Writers who have participated in both
local and national workshops share their
experiences and answer your questions.
Eileen Gunn, K.C. Ball, Liz Argall,
Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Patrick Swenson,
Leslie Howle
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Autograph Session 1 2 pm Grand 2
Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y.
Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher,
Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders,
John P. Alexander, Michael
Alexander, Steven Barnes, Greg
Bear, M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Ted
Butler, Kurt Cagle, Alan M. Clark,
Bruce R. Cordell, Heather Dale, Caren
Gussoff, Jean Johnson, Wayfarer’s
Moon, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Ted
Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Larry Lewis,
Todd Lockwood, Edward Martin III,
Susan R. Matthews, Mike Shepherd
Moscoe, G. David Nordley, J A Pitts,
Mark Rahner, Kat Richardson, Mary
Rosenblum, Lizzy Shannon, Jeff
Sturgeon, Sam Sykes, Mark Teppo,
Gordon Van Gelder, Dameon Willich,
Matt Youngmark
SMACdown Arcade Tournament 2 pm 7110
It’s a tournament! Come to 7110 to sign
up and for more information.
Todd Clark
Janet Freeman Reads Non-Native
Species 2:30 pm Cascade 3
A short story from Analog Jan/Feb 2011
Janet Freeman
Brian David Johnson Reads Brain
Machines 3 pm Cascade 3
Do humans really have free will? Could
the answer to this question actually
drive people insane?
Brian David Johnson
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Getting Lost in SF Television 3 pm Cascade 4
What is the appeal of this recurring
theme, and what are its origins?
Karen Rall, Jesse “Fish” Simpson,
Doug Odell
Advanced Polyamory 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6
You’ve decided that poly is the way to
go. So now what?
Katharine Bond, Tamera Mickelson,
Rachael Kenoyer, Jeremy Holcomb
The Ins and Outs of Collaboration 3 pm Cascade 7
How easy or hard is it to collaborate on
a story or novel?
Mark Teppo, Ted Kosmatka, Joel Davis,
Eytan Kollin
The Evolving Image of the Dragon in
Art and Literature 3 pm Cascade 8
What is it about dragons that has so
captured the collective imaginations of
all cultures throughout the ages?
Todd Lockwood, Liv Rainey-Smith,
John R. Gray III
Ask the Developers 3 pm Cascade 9
A discussion of exactly what a game
developer does
Mike Selinker, Andy Megowan, Sean K
Reynolds, Dustin J Gross, Jason Bulmahn
Language Fossils 3 pm Cascade 10
We’ll talk about outmoded words and
expressions that we still use.
John Lawler
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Costume Recycling 3 pm Cascade 13
Tips and tricks for repurposing
clothing, trims, etc.
JoAnne Kirley, Katrina Marier,
Julie Zetterberg, Garth Stubbs,
Kate McClure
Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake, Stina Leicht,
R.L. McSterlingthong, Darragh
Metzger, Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin
Tate, Kevin Radthorne, Cat Rambo,
Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes,
Jack Skillingstead, G.Robin Smith,
Renee Stern, Rodney Thompson,
K Wiley, Christine Winters, Stan!
Power to the People! 3 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Is it possible that some day people won’t
need electricity and fuel transported by
complex, vulnerable systems?
Burt Webb, David Stuart, Kurt Cagle,
G. David Nordley
Heather Dale Reads The Legends of
Arthur 3:30 pm Cascade 3
Lively storytelling about King Arthur
Heather Dale
The Clarion West Writers’ Workshop 3 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Recent CW student and instructor
alums describe this intensive, six-week
program.
Leslie Howle, Gordon Van Gelder,
Mike Alexander, Caren Gussoff,
J.M. Sidorova, Patrick Swenson
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 3 3-5 pm Olympic 1
Now it’s time to finish our puppet
heads: painting, adding hair and other
features and attaching them.
LouAnna Valentine
Autograph Session 2 3 pm Grand 2
Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y.
Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher,
Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, Alma
Alexander, Anina Bennett, S. A. Bolich,
SatyrPhil Brucato, Rob Carlos, Brenda
Cooper, Nathan Crowder, James C.
Glass, Roberta Gregory, Paul Guinan,
Steven Barnes Reads Devil’s Wake 4 pm Cascade 3
Reading from the zombie novel
Steven Barnes
BADFIC—What Not to Do While
Writing 4 pm Cascade 4
“Mary Sues,” bad grammar, overuse of
descriptive terms and other bad writing
pir8fancier, Jordan Lapp,
David A. Page, Judith Herman
The Best Writing Advice I Ever
Received 4 pm Cascade 5 & 6
. . . and am now passing on to you.
Nancy Kress, Mary Robinette Kowal,
Jack Skillingstead, Brenda Cooper,
Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake
Godzilla vs. Zombies 4 pm Cascade 7
Both Godzilla and zombies are iconic
movie monsters. Are zombies the en
vogue monster for a while?
Shannon Flowers, Lilith von
Fraumench, The Reverend En Fuego
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Invisible Disabilities 4 pm Cascade 8
Not every disability is apparent at a
glance, nor is anyone’s personal health
anyone else’s business.
Sheye Anne Blaze, Beth Runnerwolf,
Gregory Gadow, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain
Tabletop Gaming Is DEAD . . . or Is
It? 4 pm Cascade 9
Electronic gaming vs. traditional
gaming
Erik Mona, Jeff Grubb, Jeff Combos,
Sean K Reynolds
Return to the Moon 4 pm Cascade 10
Politics aside, what will be required to
return to the moon and stay?
Chris Vancil, Greg Paddock,
David Stuart, Arthur Bozlee, Jerry Black
Multicultural Steampunk 4 pm Cascade 13
Come get some ideas on how to make
your steamy-wear a bit more exotic.
Diana Vick, Victoria Shaffer, Janet
Borkowski
Home Recording I 4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Everybody wants to make a demo.
What can you do with what you’ve got?
Vixy & Tony, Dara Korra’ti, K Wiley,
Juliana McCorison
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Spotlight Publisher: Pyr Books
Presents 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Pyr publisher Lou Anders presents
forthcoming books. Come get your
questions answered.
Lou Anders
Clothing of the Coast and Inland
Salish Peoples 5 pm Cascade 8
Techniques and style of indigenous
people of the Northwest
Carmen Beaudry, Deborah Strub,
Tammie L. Dupuis, Cymbric Early-Smith
Cymbric Early-Smith Reads The Janus
Paradox 4:30 pm Cascade 3
Paranormal time travel fiction
Cymbric Early-Smith
Micropublishing and the New Games
Renaissance 5 pm Cascade 9
Pros and cons of small and selfpublishing game companies
Stan!, Liz Courts, Jeff Combos,
Dustin J Gross
Jenna M. Pitman Reads Murder in the
Red Barn 5 pm Cascade 3
Two girls experience the beginning of
teenage love only to be forced to face
horrors beyond imagining.
Jenna M. Pitman
Medieval Weaponry for Fun and
Profit 5 pm Cascade 4
An overview (in 50 minutes) of
medieval weaponry in all its fascinating
variations
Darragh Metzger, Dameon Willich
Real Ghosts in the Machine 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Direct interface between brain and
computer seems to get closer every day.
Burt Webb, Jonathan Tweet, Sean Hagle,
David Shoemaker, Ted Chaing
Writing Good Dialogue 5 pm Cascade 7
How to write dialogue that (1) seems
natural, (2) builds character and (3)
advances plot.
Cat Rambo, Jack Skillingstead,
Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Ted Kosmatka
“Reality” Paranormal Television and
Its Effects on the Field 5 pm Cascade 10
Do “reality” paranormal shows help
the field of paranormal investigation or
hinder it?
Durlyn, Marie D. Jones, Jeff Davis
Art Aerobics 5 pm Cascade 13
Fun and wacky exercises help give your
brains a workout.
Mimi Noyes, Betsy Mott,
John R. Gray III, Rob Carlos
Housefilk, Filkcon, and Filking at a
Gencon 5 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
What is unique to Norwescon, and
what is it missing compared to other filk
venues?
Beth Runnerwolf, Leannan Sidhe,
Creede Lambard, Stephanie L. Weippert,
Andrew Ross, Raishaan O’Leary
Art Show Tour With Alan Clark 5 pm Grand 1
Come enjoy an artist’s perspective on
the art show!
Alan M. Clark
Babel 5-7 pm Presidential Suite
Learn about some of the local fan clubs,
or tell others about your group, hosted
by the Seattle Browncoats and Battlestar
Hyperion.
Brian Pickett
Mikki Kendall Reads Copper for a
Trickster 5:30 pm Cascade 3
Steampunk horror
Mikki Kendall
Sonia Lyris Reads Stuff She Wrote 6 pm Cascade 3
Sonia Lyris
Batman vs. Superman: Who Would
REALLY Win in a Fight? 6 pm Cascade 4
Industry experts debate!
Ashley Cook, Spencer Ellsworth,
Shannon Flowers, Matt Youngmark
Ethics of Genetic Modification 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Do we have the right to design our
children?
Nancy Kress, Ted Kosmatka, Janet
Freeman, Mary Rosenblum, J.M.
Sidorova
Story Hour 5 pm Olympic 1
LouAnna Valentine
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Exploring Other Cultures (Without
Being a Jerk) 6 pm Cascade 7
Suggested pre-panel Googling: Derailing
for Dummies, Racism 101, Unpacking
the Invisible Knapsack
Loree Parker, Lilith von Fraumench,
Mikki Kendall, Sheye Anne Blaze,
Steven Barnes
Surface Details: Beyond Beading 6 pm Cascade 8
How to create textures, mix fabrics,
layer trims, use buttons in creative ways
and create a unique look
JoAnne Kirley, Ieva Ohaks,
Julie Zetterberg
Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It! 6-8 pm Cascade 10
We put all that crazy footage down and
make it into a movie that makes some
kind of sense.
Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret,
Brian D. Oberquell, Ryan K. Johnson
Attaching This to That 6 pm Cascade 13
Artists using all types of media offer
their expertise, share their stories and
answer your questions.
Tamera Mickelson, Neil (Lights) Duttkin,
Jeff Sturgeon, Matthew “Fish” Dockrey
Susan R. Matthews Reads Sanctuary
Planet 6:30 pm Cascade 3
New Koscuisko/jurisdiction novel, a
work in progress
Susan R. Matthews
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Children’s Masquerade Panel 6:30-7:30 pm Cascade 9
All children wishing to participate must
meet here (with parents).
Queer Eye for the Congoer 6:30 pm Maxi’s Ballroom
Enjoy a night of speed dating and games
all topped off with The Tempting Tarts
taking seduction to the next level. 18+
with ID only
Laurie Reynolds
Kurt Cagle Reads For Eleise 7 pm Cascade 3
Set in a slightly future, post-resource
world, this is a story about information,
ethics and which goggles go best with
formal dinner dress.
Kurt Cagle
Search for Life in the Solar System 7 pm Cascade 4
If we do not find life inside our solar
system, what does that tell us about life
outside?
Janet Freeman, Jeffery Brown,
Pat MacEwen, G. David Nordley
Breaking in to Print 7 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Get advice from pros on the markets,
publishers, agents, conventions,
networking and improving your writing
all at once.
Ken Scholes, Mike Shepherd Moscoe,
Lizzy Shannon, Jude Kelley Green,
Shannon K. Butcher
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Future of Medicine 7 pm Cascade 7
What’s the future of diseases and cures?
How will genetics transform medicine?
Misty Marshall, Dr. Ricky,
Mary Rosenblum, Jim Kling,
Darry Willis (NurseDarry)
Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF 7 pm Cascade 8
When writing about the distant future,
where do we draw the distinction
between science and magic? Can we?
Gordon Van Gelder, Lou Anders,
Ted Chiang, Michael Alexander,
Felicity Shoulders
Size Acceptance Is for Everybody 7 pm Cascade 13
The works of fat-positive authors, the
origins of the BMI table, the definition
of an epidemic and basic manners.
Mickey Schulz, Tamera Mickelson,
Loree Parker, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain
Fighter X in Concert 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
It’s gameboy dance music!
Fighter X
Lazer Tag 7-11 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Lazer Tag is a live-action,
NONCONTACT sport.
Scott Perrin
Found Object Workshop 7-9 pm Olympic 1
Make something cool and funky!
G.Robin Smith, Krista Wohlfeil
Masquerade Doors Open 7-7:30 pm Grand 2 & 3
Show up early to get the best seats in
the house.
Angel McCoy Reads “Josephine
Winterdove and the Erupting
Eulogist” 7:30 pm Cascade 3
Josephine Winterdove has coveted the
Candileja cameo for some time, but
its owner, Ernesto Aperador, has clung
jealously to it and refused to sell. Now
Ernesto is dead, and Josephine knows he
intends to take the cameo to his grave.
She has other plans. (Set to appear in
the anthology Clockwork Chaos)
Angel McCoy
Masquerade 7:30-9:30 pm Grand 2 & 3
Come one, come all to the grand and
glorious Norwescon Masquerade.
Trent Lum, A Cast of Thousands
Craig English Reads The Anvil of
Navarre 8 pm Cascade 3
Swashbuckling political thriller
Craig English
The Church of the SubGenius 8 pm Cascade 4
Let the Church of the SubGenius wipe
that smile back onto your face!
Lilith von Fraumench
Not Another Monster Story 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Horror fiction you should be reading.
Jenna M. Pitman, Eric Morgret,
Jeff Burk, Nick Mamatas
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
They’re Here, They’re Queer, They
Have Super Powers! 8 pm Cascade 7
Come take a broad look at gay
characters and creators in the industry,
from mainstream to Prism.
Charles “Zan” Christensen,
Spencer Ellsworth, Larry Lewis
Alternative Energy in the Age of
Steam 8 pm Cascade 8
How might the world of the 1800s have
generated electricity with yesterday’s
materials and techniques but today’s
knowledge?
Matthew “Fish” Dockrey,
Mike Brennan, Kurt Cagle
The Dos and Don’ts of Writing Great
Sex Scenes 8 pm Cascade 10
Pros will read examples of the most
important dos and don’ts of writing
good sex scenes. 18+ with ID only
Jean Johnson, J A Pitts, Jack Skillingstead,
Caren Gussoff
Copyright and You 8 pm Cascade 13
What do you need to know about
copyright law?
Sean K Reynolds, Kinuko Y. Craft,
Tiffany Toland, Todd Lockwood
Death*Star in Concert 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
From Magic to tabletop, Mecha to
GameStop, these nerds rap about geek
culture in all its glory.
Death*Star
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M.H. (Maggie) Bonham Reads
Howling Dead 8:30 pm Cascade 3
Urban fantasy
M.H. (Maggie) Bonham
Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3
Flashes of Brilliance: Writing Flash
Fiction 9 pm Cascade 4
How can you fit your big idea into a
limited word count?
Caren Gussoff, Cat Rambo,
Jordan Lapp, K.C. Ball
Has Fandom Shattered Its Glass
Ceiling? 9 pm Cascade 7
What do current portrayals of women
in genre media and print suggest about
the future of feminism in our local
fandom?
Maida ‘Mac’ Cain, Katharine Bond,
Karen Rall
Space Colony Utopia 9 pm Cascade 8
How would utopian colonies function
and interact with Earth?
Mark Bourne, Brenda Cooper,
G. David Nordley, Eytan Kollin
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me! 9 pm Cascade 10
We will test audience members’
knowledge of movies from the 1940s
to now.
Brooks Peck, Leslie Howle, Jesse “Fish”
Simpson, Anina Bennett, Mark Rahner
SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
Vixy & Tony in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Come rock out with Vixy & Tony’s
intensely fun acoustic folk-rock!
Vixy & Tony
Chain Mail/Stitch and Bitch 9 pm-Midnight Olympic 1
Chain maillers, bring your pliers and
rings! Beginners and questions welcome!
Joseph Hill
Camarilla LARP 9 pm-2 am Maxi’s Ballroom
Join us for our World of Darkness liveaction role-play. 18+ with ID only
Caren Gussoff Reads Legion 10 pm Cascade 3
From her current novel in progress, set
in the near-future, post-pandemic Puget
Sound
Caren Gussoff
Best and Worst Movies of 2010 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Which movies made the grade, and
which ones should have stayed on the
cutting room floor?
Chris Nilsson, Mimi Noyes,
The Reverend En Fuego, Judith Herman
Sex Tech and Getting Your Gadget On 10 pm Cascade 7
Do we really need human interaction
anymore? 18+ with ID only
Russell Harmon, Sean Hagle
Flirting 102: Flirting for the
Advanced Student 10 pm Cascade 8
You’ve had Flirting 101, you did your
homework and you’re ready for more
advanced topics.
Sonia Lyris
Putting the “R” in RPG 10 pm Cascade 9
Our panelists will discuss how to
successfully incorporate R-rated
elements into your game or campaign.
MATURE CONTENT
Ogre Whiteside, Jennifer Brozek,
Mickey Schulz, SatyrPhil Brucato
Making It out of the Slush Pile 10 pm Cascade 10
What are editors looking for? What
makes a story stand out?
Jude Kelley Green, Patrick Swenson,
Nick Mamatas, Lizzy Shannon
The Heather Dale Band in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
21st-century Celts, fusing jazz, rock and
world music influences with Canadian
Celtic roots
Heather Dale, Ben Deschamps,
Betsy Tinney
It’s Saturday Night! 10 pm-2 am Grand 2 & 3
Join DJ Dancin’ Dan as he plays for you
the best party hits of all time.
DJ Dancin’ Dan
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SATURDAY PROGRAMMING
David A. Page Reads Surviving Frank 10:30 pm Cascade 3
A young detective pushes the limits of
his imagination and his sanity as he’s
forced into a supernatural world by his
werewolf partner
David A. Page
Spencer Ellsworth Reads The Ifrit’s
Trial 11 pm Cascade 3
Spencer Ellsworth
Bizarro! 11 pm Cascade 4
Weird stuff that doesn’t quite fit into
any of the genres
Rose O’Keefe, Jeff Burk,
Carlton Mellick III
Spooky Music 11 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What horror-movie soundtracks give
good inspiration while you’re writing?
Brian D. Oberquell, Mark Rahner,
Steve Holetz
Techno-Cycles 11 pm Cascade 7
Improving on obsolete technologies
Russell D. Campbell, Kurt Cagle,
David Shoemaker
Slash and Mainstream Media 11 pm Cascade 8
A general discussion of slash and
its impact on fandom. MATURE
CONTENT
Cheryl Dyson, Fireflavored, pir8fancier
BDSM 101 11 pm Cascade 9
Interested in BDSM? Want to find out
what it’s all about? 18+ with ID only
Russell Harmon, Mickey Schulz,
Tamera Mickelson
SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
9 am
Renee Stern
Open Filk
11:30 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4
Informal, come-as-you-are music
performance
Advanced BDSM Midnight Cascade 9
Beyond basics: Where do you go from
there? 18+ with ID only
Rachael Kenoyer, Tamera Mickelson,
Russell Harmon
Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind
(Based on Actual Case Studies) Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2
A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved
mystery in Alaska, where one town
has seen an extraordinary number of
unexplained disappearances during the
past 40 years and there are accusations
of a federal cover up.
Barry Bloch, Marie D. Jones
10 am
10:30 am
Mary
Robinette
Kowal
11 am
11:30 am
Kat
Kim Ritchie Richardson
Room
Cascade 3
Human Evolution
Dr. Frankenstein’s
Character Lab
Cascade 4
Fannish Gardening
Bad Writing, No Cookie
Cascade
5&6
Unique Techniques
Fannish Home Decor
Cascade 7
Small Press: Wave of the
Future?
Which Point of View
Cascade 8
Inviting the Demons for
Tea
Home Recording II
Cascade 9
Teaching Tech
Camping Out, Medieval
Style
Cascade 10
Cascade
11 & 12
Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 4 pm4
Monster Mash 10 am - 1 pm4
Cascade 13
Evergreen
1&2
Kinuko Y. Craft Demo
Evergreen
3&4
Easter Egg
Hunt
Olympic 1
Costume Camouflage
Easter Egg
Hunt
Easter Egg
Hunt
Grand 1
Artist Show
Art Show
Auction4
Tai Chi
Paranormal Fair 10 am - 2 pm4
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4
Rotunda 2
Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final
Salon
Presidential
Suite
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SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
Room
Cascade 3
12 noon
Cat Rambo
12:30 pm
Pat
MacEwen
1 pm
1:30 pm
Jay Lake
Rhiannon
Held
SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
2 pm
James C.
Glass
2:30 pm
John P.
Alexander
3 pm
Bruce
Cordell
3:30 pm
4 pm
5 pm
Room
Cascade 3
Cascade 4
SWOC Meeting
Writer’s Block
Westercon Meeting
Crowns & Swords
Cascade 4
Cascade
5&6
Texture and Weathering
Costumes
Geek Careers
Hook ’Em When They’re
Young
Should Genre Labels
Disappear?
Cascade
5&6
Cascade 7
Women Characters in
Comics
Early 20th-Century
Ribbon Work
Masquerade Debriefing
Fairy-Tale Fashion
Do-Overs
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Create a Character in One
Scene
Beyond Doctor Who
Costuming Block
What Makes You a Fan?
Cascade 8
Cascade 9
The Final Countdown
Plagues, Pandemics and
You
Artists’ Coffee Klatch
Science in Movies
Cascade 9
The 10% Solution
The Next Big Thing
Psychology of Urban
Fantasy
Cascade 10
4Scheduled Gaming
9 pm - 4 pm
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 10 Gaming and Community
Cascade
11 & 12
Cascade 13
4Scheduled Gaming 9 pm - 4 pm4
4Monster Mash
10 am - 1 pm
Miniatures Painting
Evergreen
1&2
Movie Previews
Fandance Film Festival4
Evergreen
3&4
Trouble Clef Jam
Camarilla Fan Club
Cascade 13
Onions & Roses
Easter Carnival
Olympic 1
Evergreen
1&2
4Fandance Film Festival
Closing Ceremonies
Evergreen
3&4
Olympic 1
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand 1
Artist Show
Grand
Ballroom 2
4Art Show Auction 11:30 am - 2 pm
Grand
Ballroom 2
Grand
Ballroom 3
4Paranormal Fair 10 am - 2 pm
Grand
Ballroom 3
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Maxi’s
Ballroom
Hugo Nominations
Rotunda 1
4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4
4Open Gaming
8 am - 4 pm
Rotunda 1
Rotunda 2
4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4
4Open Gaming
8 am - 4 pm
Rotunda 2
Salon
Scavenger Hunt Final
Presidential
Suite
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Salon
Presidential
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SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
Open Gaming
8 am-4 pm Rotunda 1 & 2
The Rotunda tables are available for
members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Pro Roy
Scheduled Gaming
9 am-4 pm Cascade 11 & 12
Wind down by winding up in a game!
There’s still plenty to enjoy in Scheduled
Gaming. Maybe bring your cards in and
do some trading with other players. And
don’t forget, the grand prize drawing
for all gaming attendees requires your
presence to win.
Kathi Pickett
Tai Chi 9 am Grand 2
Start your morning with moving
meditation. Steven Barnes’s Tai Chi is
back!
Steven Barnes
SMACdown Arcade
9 am-2 pm 7110
Members of Seattle Area Metro
Collectors present a full-fledged video
game arcade here at Norwescon.
Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta,
Dave Okert
Renee Stern Reads A Mother’s Choice 10 am Cascade 3
Renee Stern
Human Evolution 10 am Cascade 4
Are we still evolving? What will we
become?
Nancy Kress, Darry Willis (NurseDarry),
Dr. Ricky, Annie Morton
Fannish Gardening 10 am Cascade 5 & 6
You may not be able to terraform Mars
(yet), but there is still the backyard.
Mike Brennan, Gregory Gadow,
William Sadorus
Unique Techniques 10 am Cascade 7
Unusual techniques and processes that
can actually be done in one’s own home
Matthew “Fish” Dockrey,
Neil (Lights) Duttkin, Mark Roland
Small Press: The Wave of the Future? 10 am Cascade 8
Is this the future of publishing or merely
an alternative to New York publishing?
Lou Anders, Jak Koke, Bob Kruger, Rose
O’Keefe, Patrick Swenson
Inviting the Demons in for Tea: How
to Keep Writing 10 am Cascade 9
In this workshop, Craig examines the
demons that both hinder and mentor
our writing.
Craig English
Teaching Tech 10 am Cascade 10
Join our panelists as they try to answer
the questions and question the answers.
Kurt Cagle, John Lawler, Frank
Catalano, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson
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SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
Monster Mash 10 am-1 pm Cascade 13
Create marvelous monsters
Mimi Noyes, Krista Wohlfeil,
Roberta Gregory
Costume Camouflage 10 am Evergreen 3 & 4
. . . Or how to play up your strengths
and disguise your weaknesses in your
costumes.
Wendy Prather, Shannon Flint, Orchid
Easter Egg Hunt 10 am Olympic 1
Ages 4 and under
Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine
Paranormal Fair 10 am-2 pm Grand 3
We have a museum, ghost hunters,
researchers of the weird and unusual,
fortune-tellers and more from the
world or the paranormal. Want to learn
more about things we don’t always
understand? Come on in!
Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final 10 am-Noon Salon
Did you hunt down more Stargate
chevrons than you even knew existed?
Trent Lum
Mary Robinette Kowal Reads Shades
of Milk and Honey 10:30 am Cascade 3
An excerpt from her debut novel, with
puppet show
Mary Robinette Kowal
Easter Egg Hunt 10:30 am Olympic 1
Ages 5 to 8
Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine
Kim Ritchie Reads Triple Time 11 am Cascade 3
Sci-fi/time travel
Kim Ritchie
Dr. Frankenstein’s Character
Laboratory 11 am Cascade 4
Giving your characters life
Craig English
Bad Writing, No Cookie 11 am Cascade 5 & 6
What makes a piece of writing . . . bad?
Cat Rambo, Alma Alexander,
Caren Gussoff, Jordan Lapp, Randy
Henderson
Fannish Home Decor 11 am Cascade 7
How to showcase your geek aesthetic
and not look like an audition for
Hoarders.
Anita Taylor,
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson
Which Point of View Serves Your
Story Best? 11 am Cascade 8
Any story can be told from any point of
view: How do you find the best one for
yours? What gains and losses come with
first person, with limited third person,
with multiple third with multiple first?
Jay Lake, Susan R. Matthews, Mary
Robinette Kowal
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Home Recording II 11 am Cascade 9
OK, you have some equipment. Now
what do you do with it?
Vixy & Tony, Heather Dale,
Ben Deschamps
Cat Rambo Reads Resurrecting Love Noon Cascade 3
She was the greatest general of her
day . . . and long after, when she labored
in zombie servitude (a Tabat story).
Cat Rambo
Camping out, Medieval Style 11 am Cascade 10
A survey of medieval encampments,
tents and pavilions and how to achieve
that effect today.
Cymbric Early-Smith, Karen Rall,
Krista Wohlfeil
SWOC Meeting Noon Cascade 4
Come and see what is happening on the
local con scene.
Demo: Kinuko Y. Craft 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4
Kinuko Y. Craft shares her tools and
techniques.
Kinoku Y. Craft
Easter Egg Hunt 11 am Olympic 1
Ages 9 and up
Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine
Kat Richardson Reads Downpour 11:30 am Cascade 3
A paranormal detective story
Kat Richardson
Norwescon Art Show and Charity
Auction 11:30 am-2 pm Grand 2
Bid on the most hotly contested pieces
of art in the year’s art show and annual
Charity Auction to benefit Clarion
West Writers Workshop and Northwest
Harvest.
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Textures and Weathering Effects in
Costuming Noon Cascade 5 & 6
Make new fabric, leather and synthetics
look convincingly old, worn and faded.
Deborah Strub, Richard Stephens,
Garth Stubbs, Ieva Ohaks
Women Characters in Comics Noon Cascade 7
Join us for a look at some well-known
women characters and related themes.
Ashley Cook, Jenna M. Pitman,
Larry Lewis, Andrew Dolbeck,
Charles “Zan” Christensen
Create a Character in One Short
Scene Noon Cascade 8
What’s the best way to introduce a
character?
Mary Rosenblum, Brenda Cooper,
Kevin Radthorne, Craig English
The Final Countdown Noon Cascade 9
Was the Space Shuttle worth the cost,
time and effort?
Chris Vancil, Carlton Rhoades,
Greg Paddock, Jerry Black
SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
Gaming and Community Noon Cascade 10
Our panelists will discuss social
networking and creating a positive
community via chat tools, Web forums,
Twitter, Facebook, blogs and third-party
news sites.
Donna Prior, Matt Hammond,
Liz Courts, Jeff Combos
Revenge of the Movie Previews! Noon-2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
Including (at no additional cost) the
famous, “why? Why? WHY?”
Keith Johnson, Alan Halfhill
Trouble Clef Jam (Songs in the Key of
R) Noon-2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Join our pros and anyone else who cares
to join in for a fun musical jam—a
Norwescon tradition.
Everyone!
Hugo Nominations Noon Maxi’s Ballroom
With Eastercon, an announcement of
the Hugo nominees
Don Glover
Scavenger Hunt Final Noon-2 pm Salon
Present your scavenged items to the
judges.
Max Blaze
Pat MacEwen Reads “Home Sweet
Bi’ome” 12:30 pm Cascade 3
Biotech gone mad! Published in the
F&SF Dec/Jan 2010 issue
Pat MacEwen
Jay Lake Reads From His Work 1 pm Cascade 3
Jay Lake
Writer’s Block 1 pm Cascade 4
Our panelists talk about writer’s block
during a fest and how to motor through
it and turn your fic in on time.
Cassie Black, Rose O’Keefe, Jean Johnson,
Jordan Lapp
Geek Careers 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6
What business opportunities (besides
high tech) are out there that are (or can
be made) fandom friendly?
Mike Brennan; Judith Herman;
J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed.
Early 20th-Century Ribbon Work 1 pm Cascade 7
Cockades, frills, flowers and more!
Carmen Beaudry, Anita Taylor,
JoAnne Kirley
Beyond Dr. Who: The British Sci-Fi
Universe 1 pm Cascade 8
Come discuss your favorite sci-fi from
the other side of the pond.
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson,
Chris Nilsson, Durlyn
Plagues, Pandemics and You 1 pm Cascade 9
Disease has been a constant throughout
human history. It will be a fixture in the
future. What are the threats? What new
forms of disease might arise? How will
we combat them?
Miki Garrison, Matt Hammond, Darry
Willis (NurseDarry), Misty Marshall
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The 10% Solution: How to Edit Your
Work 1 pm Cascade 10
We’ll discuss how to cut passive voice,
unnecessary words and anything else
that slows your fiction down.
Patrick Swenson, Renee Stern,
Ted Butler, Craig English, Kelley Eskridge
Miniatures Painting 101 Workshop 1-3 pm Cascade 13
Learn the basics on how to get started
painting miniatures.
Sean K Reynolds,
Stephen Radney-MacFarland
Easter Carnival 1-3 pm Olympic 1
Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine
Rhiannon Held Reads “Bloodtech” 1:30 pm Cascade 3
Science-fiction short story
Rhiannon Held
James C. Glass Reads “Rainbow
Lady” 2 pm Cascade 3
Short story
James C. Glass
Westercon 65 Meeting 2 pm Cascade 4
Come and hear about what Seattle is
planning for 2012.
Hook ’Em When They’re Young 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6
Come talk with us about the best books
and media to get kids interested in SF/F.
Durlyn, Spring Schoenhuth,
Maida ‘Mac’ Cain, Eva Carlstrom
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Masquerade Debriefing 2 pm Cascade 7
Come and tell us what we did well and
how we can improve the Masquerade in
the future.
Trent Lum
Costuming Block 2 pm Cascade 8
Renewing your inspiration
Wendy Prather, Katrina Marier,
Molly Boone, Kate McClure
Artist Coffee Klatch 2 pm Cascade 9
Come spend an hour with some of our
fine artists in an informal setting.
Kinuko Y. Craft, Betsy Mott, Liv RaineySmith, John R. Gray III, Michaela Eaves,
Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos, Wayfarer’s
Moon, Bryan Syme, Mike Vaillancourt
The Next Big Thing 2 pm Cascade 10
The big thing of the past 50 years was
computers; they changed pretty much
everything. What is the next big thing,
and when will it arrive?
David Nasset, Sr.; Matthew “Fish”
Dockrey; Frank Catalano; David Stuart
Fandance Film Festival 2-4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2
In its 12th year, the festival is a
celebration of low- and no-budget
cinema, brought to wondrous, lurching
life by amateur filmmakers from all
around the Pacific Northwest.
Edward Martin III, Ryan K. Johnson
SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
Camarilla Fan Club: A Global LARP
Community 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
The largest organization of live-action
role-playing in the World of Darkness
universe wants you!
Tara Coomes, The Camarilla - A World
of Darkness Fan club
John P. Alexander Reads I, Bonita 2:30 pm Cascade 3
Tales of an immortal witch
John P. Alexander
Bruce R. Cordell Reads Sword of the
Gods 3 pm Cascade 3
Introduction to the author’s next series
Bruce R. Cordell
Crowns and Swords 3 pm Cascade 4
Countless novels have been set in the
intertwined worlds of monarchy and
fantasy. How can this long-standing
tradition be updated or refreshed?
Kris Millering, Randy Henderson, Kim
Ritchie, Kevin Radthorne
Should Genre Labels Disappear? 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6
How are labels assigned and why?
Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Felicity Shoulders,
Julie McGalliard, Jude Kelley Green
What Makes You a Fan? 3 pm Cascade 8
Books, movies, going to conventions . . .
what is it that makes you a fan?
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson,
Donna Prior
Science in Movies: Good, Bad and
Stupid 3 pm Cascade 9
Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes
they get it hilariously wrong.
Judith Herman; Annie Morton;
David Nassett, Sr.
The Psychology of Urban Fantasy 3 pm Cascade 10
Is urban fantasy a worldview that
frightens us or one we wish were true?
Mark Teppo, Kat Richardson,
Kurt Cagle, Liz Argall
Onions and Roses 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
Come share with us your ideas about
what went well, what didn’t and how
we can continue to make Norwescon an
event you’ll come back to year after year.
Closing Ceremonies 5 pm Evergreen 3 & 4
That’s all, folks. Another Norwescon has
come and gone. Bid adieu to our Guests
of Honor, and help us close out another
year of learning, fun and mayhem.
Fairy-Tale Fashion Do-Overs 3 pm Cascade 7
We review and examine new fashion
looks for classic fairy tales.
Melissa Quinn, Orchid,
Janet Borkowski, Shannon Flint
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PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT
Art
Finding Inspiration
Thursday
5pm
Cascade 8
Steampunk Art
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 13
Artists’ Jam
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 13
The Business of Art
Friday
10am
Cascade 13
The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft
Friday
Noon
Grand 3
History of Fantastic Art
Friday
1pm
Cascade 10
Block Printing Demo
Friday
2pm
Cascade 13
Art Show Tour: Todd Lockwood
Friday
4pm
Grand 1
Beyond the Book Cover
Friday
5pm
Cascade 13
Collage Painting
Friday
6pm
Cascade 13
Video Game Art
Friday
9pm
Cascade 13
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Author &
Cover Artist
Friday
10pm
Cascade 10
Figure-Drawing Demo
Saturday
9:30-11am
Cascade 13
Art Show Tour: Liv Rainey-Smith
Saturday
Noon
Grand 1
Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models
in Costume
Saturday
1-3pm
Cascade 13
Evolving Image of the Dragon
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 8
Art Aerobics
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 13
Art Show Tour: Alan Clark
Saturday
5pm
Grand 1
Attaching This to That
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 13
Found Object Workshop
Saturday
7-9pm
Olympic 1
Copyright and You
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 13
Unique Techniques
Sunday
10am
Cascade 7
Monster Mash
Sunday
10am-1pm
Cascade 13
Kinuko Y. Craft Demo
Sunday
11am
Evergreen 3&4
Artists’ Coffee Klatch
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 9
© Kinuko Y. Craft
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PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT
Biology
Costume
Biological Inspirations
Thursday
5pm
Cascade 5&6
Making Your Futuristic Costume
Thursday
4pm
Cascade
Alien Biology
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 5&6
Fantastical Forgeless Armor & Props
Thursday
5pm
Cascade 4
Arsenic and Old Lakes
Thursday
10pm
Cascade 7
Organize Your Sewing Area
Thursday
6pm
Cascade 8
Ethics in Medical Research
Friday
Noon
Cascade 7
Does This Bustle Make My Butt Look Big?
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 7
Convergent Evolution . . . in Space!
Friday
1pm
Cascade 5&6
Dementors, Specters and Nazgul, Oh My!
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 7
Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity
Friday
3pm
Cascade
Swashbuckling Adventures
Thursday
10pm
Cascade 13
Fictional Linguistics
Friday
9pm
Cascade 1
Century’s Best SF/F Movie Costumes
Friday
9am
Cascade 8
Friday
10pm
Cascade 7
Japanese Clothing
Friday
10am
Cascade 8
Saturday
9am
Cascade 9
Mask-Making Workshop
Friday
11am-1pm
Cascade 13
Costuming for Kids
Friday
1pm
Cascade 8
Tron Tailoring
Friday
2pm
Cascade
HIV: Then and Now
Climate Change in the 21st Century
We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us
Saturday
10am
Evergreen 1&2
Giving Good Alien
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 5&6
The Lost World of Clones
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 4
Rectangular Construction
Friday
3pm Cascade 13
Language Fossils
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 10
Intro to Armor
Friday
4pm
Cascade 5&6
Search for Life in the Solar System
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 4
Modern Wizards
Friday
4pm
Cascade 13
Future of Medicine
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 7
Threads of Time
Friday
5pm
Cascade 8
Human Evolution
Sunday
10am
Cascade 4
Single Pattern Contest Judging
Friday
5pm-8pm
Salon
Plagues, Pandemics and You
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 9
Dieselpunk & Retro Futurism
Friday
6pm
Cascade 8
Pre-Masquerade Meeting
Friday
6pm
Olympic 1
Cavalier Chivalry
Friday
7pm
Cascade 13
Floozies, Soiled Doves & Ladies of the Evening
Friday
8pm
Cascade 13
Shadow of the Vampire
Friday
9pm
Cascade 8
Tim Burton’s Wonderland
Friday
10pm
Cascade 8
Stitch & Bitch
Friday
10pm-whenever Olympic 1
Contemporary Asian Fantasy Costumes
Saturday
9am
Cascade 8
Pre-Masquerade Meeting
Saturday
9am
Grand 3
Twisting History
Saturday
10am
Cascade 8
Comics
Geriatric Batman
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 4
Web Comics
Friday
1pm
Cascade 4
Fantasy in Comics
Friday
2pm
Cascade 5&6
History of the X-Men
Friday
6pm
Cascade 10
Comic Adaptations
Friday
7pm
Cascade 5&6
Scary Comics
Friday
8pm
Cascade 4
Deconstructing the Superhero
Friday
9pm
Cascade 7
Potassium-Deficient Superhero
Saturday
11am
Cascade 7
Crash Course in Comics History
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 7
Batman vs. Superman
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 4
Queer Superheroes
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 7
Women Characters in Comics
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 7
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Under the Sea Fashion Show
Saturday
11am
Evergreen 3&4
Headdress Armature
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 13
History of Underwear
Saturday
1-3pm
Cascade 10
Costume Recycling
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 13
Cascade 13
Multicultural Steampunk
Saturday
4pm
Clothing of the Coast & Inland Salish Peoples
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 8
Surface Details: Beyond Beading
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 8
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PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT
Costume (cont.)
Fannish Culture (cont.)
Chain Mail/Stitch & Bitch
Saturday
9-Midnight
Olympic 1
Costume Camouflage
Sunday
10am
Evergreen 3&4
Exploring Other Cultures
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 7
Size Acceptance Is for Everybody
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 13
Texture and Weathering Costumes
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 5&6
Early 20th-Century Ribbon Work
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 7
Queer Eye
Saturday
6:30-7:30pm
Maxi’s Ballroom
Queer Superheroes
Saturday
8pm
Masquerade Debriefing
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 7
Cascade 7
Has Fandom Shattered Its Glass Ceiling?
Saturday
9pm
Costuming Block
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 7
Cascade 8
Sex Tech & Getting Your Gadget On
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 7
Fairy-Tale Fashion Do-Overs
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 7
Flirting 102: Flirting for the Advanced Student
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 8
Fannish Culture
Activism Through SF/F Writing & Art
Thursday
4pm
Cascade 13
Comparative Religions
Thursday 5pm
Cascade 7
Fantastic Fantasy Females
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 8
How the ’Net Changed the Dating Scene
Thursday
10pm
Cascade 5&6
Fandom in Daily Life
Friday
11am
Cascade 7
Goth on a Budget
Friday
Noon
Cascade 8
LGBTQI in SF/F & Fandom
Friday
1pm
Cascade 7
Can We Change the World Through SF?
Friday
2pm
Evergreen 1&2
Disability in Science Fiction & Real Life
Friday
3pm
Cascade 5&6
Poly Parenting
Friday
4pm
Cascade 8
Polyamory 101
Friday
6pm
Cascade 5&6
Flirting 101
Friday
7pm
Cascade 4
Gamers Need Love Too!
Friday
8pm
Cascade 5&6
Alternative Scene Etiquette
Friday
10pm
Cascade 4
Transgender Characters in Spec Fiction
Friday
10pm
Evergreen 3&4
Intro to Seattle Sex-Positive Culture
Friday
11pm
Victorian Sex
Friday
Midnight
BDSM 101
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 9
Advanced BDSM
Saturday
Midnight
Cascade 9
Fannish Gardening
Sunday
10am
Cascade 5&6
Fannish Home Decor
Sunday
11am
Cascade 7
Gaming and Community
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 10
Geek Careers
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 5&6
Hook ’Em When They’re Young
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 5&6
What Makes You a Fan?
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 8
Editing/Publishing/Literature
Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy?
Thursday
8pm
Evergreen 1&2
Best of Steampunk
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 9
When Writing Doesn’t Pay
Friday
10am
Cascade 4
Year’s Best SF& F in 2010
Friday
11am
Cascade 5&6
Marketing for Writers
Friday
Noon
Evergreen 3&4
Kickassitude
Friday
2pm
Evergreen 3&4
Editing the Novel
Friday
3pm
Cascade 9
Cascade 5&6
New Shared-World Anthologies
Friday
4pm
Cascade 4
Cascade 5&6
E-Book and Publishing
Saturday
9am
Cascade 5&6
Cascade 5&6
Growing up Fen
Saturday
10am
Cascade 7
Best Short Fiction Markets
Saturday
11am
When Fandoms Collide
Saturday
11am
Cascade 8
Trends in Urban Fantasy
Saturday
Noon
Grand 2
Evolution of Marriage
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 9
How Do You Find an Agent?
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 5&6
Young & Queer in Society & Fandom
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 9
Advanced Polyamory
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 5&6
Invisible Disabilities
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 8
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The Mongoliad
Saturday
1pm
Evergreen 1&2
Pyr Presents
Saturday
4pm
Evergreen 3&4
Micropublishing and New Games
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 9
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PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT
Editing/Publishing/Literature (cont.)
Events (cont.)
Breaking in to Print
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 5&6
Flash Fiction
Saturday
9pm
Cascade 4
SMACdown Arcade
Saturday
10am
7110
Camarilla LARP
Saturday
Noon-5pm
Maxi’s Ballroom
Making It out of the Slush Pile
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 10
Poker Tournament
Saturday
1-5pm
Rotunda 1
Bizzaro!
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 4
Autograph Session 1
Saturday
2pm
Grand 2
Small Press: Wave of the Future?
Sunday
10am
Cascade 8
SMACdown Arcade Tournament
Saturday
2pm
7110
Should Genre Labels Disappear?
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 5&6
Autograph Session 2
Saturday
3pm
Grand 2
Psychology of Urban Fantasy
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 10
Open Gaming
Saturday
5pm-6am
Rotunda 1
Children’s Masquerade Panel
Saturday
6:30-7:30pm
Cascade 9
Lazer Tag
Saturday
7-11pm
Evergreen 3&4
7-7:30 pm
Grand 2&3
Events
Open Gaming
Thursday
1pm-6am
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming
Thursday
1pm-6am
Rotunda 2
Scheduled Gaming
Thursday
1pm-1am
Cascade 11&12
SMACdown Arcade
Thursday
3pm-1am
7110
Banquet
Thursday
5-7pm
Grand 2
Opening Ceremonies
Thursday
7pm
Evergreen 1&2
Thursday Night Hoedown
Thursday
9pm-2am
Grand 3
Open Gaming
Friday
8am-6am
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming
Friday
8am-3:30pm
Rotunda 2
Scheduled Gaming
Friday
9am-1am
Cascade 11&12
SMACdown Arcade
Friday
10am-1am
7110
Open Gaming
Friday
8pm-6am
Rotunda 2
Pre-Masquerade Meeting
Friday
6pm
Olympic 1
PK Dick Awards
Friday
7-8:30pm
Grand 2
501st Charity Photo Event
Friday
7:30-10:30pm
Lobby
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show
Friday
9-10:30pm
Grand 2&3
Camarilla LARP
Friday
9pm-2am
Maxi’s Ballroom
Grand 2&3
Friday
11pm-2am
Open Gaming
Carnivale de Stardance
Saturday
8am-1pm
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming
Saturday
8am-6am
Rotunda 2
Pre-Masquerade Meeting
Saturday
9am
Grand 3
Scheduled Gaming
Saturday
9am-1am
Cascade 11&12
Scavenger Hunt
Saturday
10am
Salon
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Masquerade Doors Open
Saturday
Queer Eye
Saturday
6:30pm-7:30pm Maxi’s Ballroom
Masquerade
Saturday
7:30pm-9:30pm
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies
Saturday
9pm
Cascade 10
Grand 2&3
Camarilla LARP
Saturday
9pm-2am
Maxi’s Ballroom
Dance: It’s Saturday Night!
Saturday
10-2am
Grand 2&3
Open Gaming
Sunday
8am-4pm
Rotunda 1
Open Gaming
Sunday
8am-4pm
Rotunda 2
SMACdown Arcade
Sunday
9am-2pm
7110
Scheduled Gaming
Sunday
9am-4pm
Cascade 11&12
Paranormal Fair
Sunday
10am-2pm
Grand 3
Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final
Sunday
10am-Noon
Salon
Art Show Auction
Sunday
11:30am-2pm
Grand 2
Hugo Nominations
Sunday
Noon
Maxi’s Ballroom
Scavenger Hunt Final
Sunday
Noon-2pm
Salon
Masquerade Debriefing
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 7
Onions & Roses
Sunday
4pm
Evergreen 3&4
Closing Ceremonies
Sunday
5pm
Evergreen 3&4
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Family
Fantasy
Movie: The Last Unicorn
Thursday
1-2:30pm
Olympic 1
Fantastic Fantasy Females
Thursday
9pm
Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour
Thursday
2:30pm
Olympic 1
Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror
Friday
11am
Cascade 8
Grand 3
Magnificent Mosaics
Thursday
3:30pm
Olympic 1
World Building Your Fantasy
Friday
5pm
Cascade 5&6
Origami Magic
Thursday
4:30pm
Olympic 1
Supernatural Seattle
Friday
5pm
Evergreen 3&4
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 1
Friday
10-11:30am
Olympic 1
Science of Magic
Friday
8pm
Cascade 8
Ship! . . . Island!
Friday
11am
Grand 2
Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled Detective Roots
Saturday
11am
Grand 2
Teddy Bear Picnic
Friday
1pm
Presidential Suite
Evolving Image of the Dragon
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 8
Kids Filk
Friday
2pm
Olympic 1
Crowns & Swords
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 4
Cool Summer Movie Stuff!
Friday
3:30pm
Olympic 1
Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour
Friday
4:30p
Olympic 1
The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery 101
Friday
7-9pm
Olympic 1
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 2
Saturday
10-11:30am
Olympic 1
Wand-Making Workshop
Saturday
Noon
Olympic 1
Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 3
Saturday
3-5pm
Olympic 1
Story Hour
Saturday
5pm
Olympic 1
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday
10am
Olympic 1
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday
10:30am
Olympic 1
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday
11am
Olympic 1
Easter Carnival
Sunday
1-3pm
Olympic 1
Fan Fiction
Gaming
Gaming File 13
Thursday
4pm
Cascade 9
Best Board Games for Nongamers
Thursday
6pm
Cascade 9
LARP: Put Live Action Into Your Gaming Thursday
10pm
Cascade 4
Not Just for White Boys Anymore
Thursday
10pm
Cascade 9
Game Mechanics
Friday
10am
Cascade 9
Game Publishing Goes Digital
Friday
11am
Cascade 8
Grrrl Gamers
Friday
1pm
Evergreen 3&4
Cascade 9
The Grognard Movement
Friday
2pm
Getting Your Game Made
Friday
4pm
Cascade 9
Writing and for Computer Games
Friday
4pm
Evergreen 1&2
The Year in Board and Card Games
Friday
5pm
Cascade 9
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 8
Ask the Game Masters
Friday
6pm
Cascade 9
Write a Story in an Hour
Friday
11am-1pm
Cascade 4
Hey, <Series> Would Make a Great Game!
Friday
9pm
Cascade 9
Importance of a Beta
Friday
2pm
Cascade 4
Video Game Art
Friday
9pm
Cascade 13
Fan Fic/Fan Art: Where to Find It
SEX! How to Write Smutfic
Friday
11pm
Cascade 7
Camarilla LARP
Friday
9pm-2am
Maxi’s Ballroom
Fanfiction to Mainstream
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 8
Dude, Seriously, WTF?
Friday
10pm
Cascade 9
BADFIC—What Not to Do
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 4
Freelancing 101
Saturday
10am
Cascade 4
Writing Great Sex Scenes
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 10
Crunch vs. Fluff
Saturday
Noon
Evergreen 3&4
Slash and Mainstream Media
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 8
Camarilla LARP
Saturday
Noon-5pm
Maxi’s Ballroom
Writer’s Block
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 4
Women in the Gaming Industry
Saturday
1pm
Evergreen 3&4
Ask the Developers
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 9
Tabletop Gaming Is DEAD
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 9
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Gaming (cont.)
GoH (cont.)
Micropublishing and New Games
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 9
Camarilla LARP
Saturday
9pm-2am
Maxi’s Ballroom
Putting the R in RPG
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 9
Pyr Presents
Saturday
4pm
Reality Paranormal TV
Saturday
5pm
Evergreen 3&4
Cascade 10
Breaking in to Print
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 5&6
Gaming and Community
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 10
Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 8
Miniatures Painting
Sunday
1-3pm
Cascade 13
Copyright and You
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 13
Camarilla Fan Club
Sunday
2pm
Evergreen 3&4
GoH
Opening Ceremonies
Thursday
7pm
Evergreen 1&2
Evergreen 1&2
Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy?
Thursday
8pm
Best of Steampunk
Thursday
9pm
Cascade 9
The Business of Art
Friday
10am
Cascade 13
Year’s Best SF & F 2010
Friday
11am
Cascade 5&6
Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror
Friday
11am
Grand 3
Fringe: Paranormal Investigations
Friday
Noon
Cascade 10
Marketing for Writers
Friday
Noon
The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft
Friday
Fiction of Patricia A. McKillip
Friday
Kickassitude
Editing the Novel
Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind
Saturday
Midnight-2am
Evergreen 1&2
Small Press: Wave of the Future?
Sunday
10am
Cascade 8
Paranormal Fair
Sunday
10am-2pm
Grand 3
Kinuko Y. Craft Demo
Sunday
11am
Evergreen 3&4
Artist Coffee Klatch
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 9
Closing Ceremonies
Sunday
5pm
Evergreen 3&4
Cascade 7
History/Medieval
Playing With History
Friday
10am
A Day in the Life
Friday
3pm
Cascade 8
Evergreen 3&4
Intro to Armor
Friday
4pm
Cascade 5&6
Noon
Grand 3
Threads of Time
Friday
5pm
Cascade 8
1pm
Evergreen 1&2
Scholarship: Documentation vs. Re-creation
Friday
8pm
Cascade 7
Friday
2pm
Evergreen 3&4
Medieval Weaponry
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 4
Friday
3pm
Cascade 9
Camping Out, Medieval Style
Sunday
11am
Cascade 10
The Science Behind SF & the Supernatural
Friday
3pm
Evergreen 1&2
Interview and Q&A With Marie D. Jones
Friday
7pm
Evergreen 3&4
Cascade 8
Charismatic Mega Catastrophes
Friday
8pm
Evergreen 3&4
Why Is the Paranormal so Popular?
Saturday
10am
Cascade 9
Developing Your Own Mythos
Saturday
10am
Evergreen 3&4
Interview With Jim and Shannon K. Butcher
Saturday
10am
Grand 2
Best Short Fiction Markets
Saturday
11am
Cascade 5&6
Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled Detective Roots
Saturday
11am
Grand 2
Trends in Urban Fantasy
Saturday
Noon
Grand 2
How Do You Find an Agent?
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 5&6
Autograph Session 1
Saturday
2pm
Grand 2
Autograph Session 2
Saturday
3pm
Grand 2
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Thursday
10pm
Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror
Zombie Rules
Friday
11am
Grand 3
How to Survive a Zombie Invasion
Friday
3pm
Evergreen 3&4
Quarter-Century-Old Horror
Friday
7pm
Cascade 8
Scary Comics
Friday
8pm
Cascade 4
Basic Writing Help—Horror
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 7
Godzilla vs. Zombies
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 7
Not Another Monster Story
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 5&6
Spooky Music
Saturday
11pm
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Media
Miscellaneous Mayhem
Low-Budget Special Effects
Thursday
5-7pm
Cascade 10
Norwescon Dance Academy
Thursday
4-6pm
Maxi’s Ballroom
Series 5: Doctor Who
Thursday
6pm
Cascade 5&6
Clay-O-Rama
Thursday
5-7pm
Cascade 13
Star Trek Universe Update
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 5&6
Living Stage and SF/F
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 10
Let’s Make a Movie: Intro!
Thursday
9-11pm
Cascade 10
Government of the Fen, by the Fen
Thursday
9pm
Evergreen 1&2
Lazer Tag
I Could Do Better Than That
Thursday
11pm
Cascade 8
Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke
Thursday
Midnight-2am
Evergreen 1&2
Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It!
Friday
10-Noon
Cascade 10
Thursday
9pm-1am
Grand 2
Ship! . . . Island!
Friday
11am
Grand 2
Hobbit Country Dancing
Friday
Noon
Grand 2
Fringe: Paranormal Investigations
Friday
Noon
Cascade 10
Scavenger Hunt
Friday
Noon
Salon
Movie Previews
Friday
1-3pm
Grand 3
Science-Fiction Shakespeare
Friday
1pm
Cascade 13
Maxi’s Ballroom
Censorship and the Media
Friday
2pm
Cascade 10
Norwescon Dance Academy
Friday
1-3pm
Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi
Friday
6pm
Cascade 4
Stargate Scavenger Hunt
Friday
1pm
Salon
The State of SyFy
Friday
9pm
Cascade 5&6
Lazer Tag
Friday
3-5pm
Grand 2
Remaking Classic Films
Friday
10pm
Cascade 5&6
Cascadia’s Got Talent!
Friday
3-5pm
Salon
Has Hollywood Sucked Vampires Dry?
Friday
11pm
Cascade 9
Ghostology 101
Friday
4pm
Grand 3
Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Why Is the Paranormal so Popular?
Friday
Midnight-2am
Evergreen 1&2
Museum of Legends and Lore
Friday
5pm
Grand 3
Saturday
10am
Cascade 9
Script Reading: Star Wars
Friday
6-8pm
Cascade 7
Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It!
Saturday
10-Noon
Cascade 10
Like Water for Quarks Book Launch
Friday
6pm
Presidential Suite
3-D Cinema: Revolution or Novelty?
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 9
Flirting 101
Friday
7pm
Cascade 4
Return to Middle Earth
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 8
Getting Lost in SF TV
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 4
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Authors &
Cover Artists
Cascade 10
Reality Paranormal TV
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 10
Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It!
Saturday
6-8pm
Cascade 10
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies
Saturday
9pm
Cascade 10
Best and Worst Movies of 2010
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 5&6
Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind
Saturday
Midnight-2am
Evergreen 1&2
Movie Previews
Sunday
Noon-2pm
Evergreen 1 & 2
Beyond Doctor Who
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 8
Fandance Film Festival
Sunday
2-4pm
Evergreen 1&2
Science in Movies
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 9
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10pm
Tai Chi
Saturday
9am
Grand 2
Collecting Arcade Games
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 4
Podcasting 101
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 8
Carolyn Palms Memorial
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 4
SMACdown Arcade Tournament
Saturday
2pm
7110
Babel
Saturday
5-7pm
Presidential Suite
Lazer Tag
Saturday
7-11pm
Evergreen 3&4
Church of the SubGenius
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 4
Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies
Saturday
9pm
Cascade 10
Cascade 8
Flirting 102: Flirting for the Advanced Student
Saturday
10pm
Tai Chi
Sunday
9am
Grand 2
SWOC Meeting
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 4
Westercon 65 Meeting
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 4
Camarilla Fan Club
Sunday
2pm
Evergreen 3&4
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Music
Readings (cont.)
CRIME and the Forces of Evil in Concert
Thursday
8pm
Evergreen 3&4
Larry Lewis Reads Blender
Electric Children in Concert
Thursday
9pm
Evergreen 3&4
Andrew Ross in Concert
Thursday
10pm
Evergreen 3&4
Mike Shepherd Moscoe Reads Kris Longknife
Redoubtable
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 3
Open Filk
Evergreen 3&4
Kevin Radthorne Reads The Pool of Shikama
Thursday
8:30pm
Cascade 3
Michael Alexander Reads Come Again Some
Other Day
Friday
10am
Cascade 3
S. A. Bolich reads An Infinity of Moments
Friday
10:30am
Cascade 3
Roberta Gregory Reads Mother Mountain
Friday
11am
Cascade 3
Alan M. Clark Reads Boneyard Babies
Friday
11:30am
Cascade 3
Brenda Cooper Reads Mayan December
Friday
Noon
Cascade 3
Nathan Crowder Reads The Price of Cream
Friday
12:30pm
Cascade 3
James Knapp Reads State of Decay
Friday
1pm
Cascade 3
Thursday
11pm-2am
Filk 101
Friday
11am
Evergreen 1&2
Space Opera Sing-Along
Friday
Noon
Evergreen 1&2
Kids Filk
Friday
2pm
Olympic 1
Cascadia’s Got Talent!
Friday
3-5pm
Salon
Take It on the Road
Friday
5pm
Evergreen 1&2
Pondside in Concert
Friday
7pm
Evergreen 1&2
Leannan Sidhe in Concert
Friday
8pm
Evergreen 1&2
Aislinn the Bard in Concert
Friday
9pm
Evergreen 1&2
Thursday
6:30pm
Cascade 3
Starlight in Concert
Friday
10pm
Evergreen 1&2
Dani Kollin Reads Confessions of a Vampire
Knight in the Zombie Wars
Friday
1:30pm
Cascade 3
Open Filk
Friday
11pm-2am
Evergreen 3&4
Ted Kosmatka Reads The Helix Game
Friday
2pm
Cascade 3
Harm Me With Harmony
Saturday
11am
Evergreen 1&2
Nancy Kress Reads From Her Work
Friday
2:30pm
Cascade 3
Performance Enhancement
Saturday
Noon
Evergreen 1&2
Stina Leicht Reads Of Blood and Honey
Friday
3pm
Cascade 3
Home Recording I
Saturday
4pm
Evergreen 1&2
Housefilk, Filkcon, Gencon
Saturday
5pm
Evergreen 1&2
Edward Martin III Reads “I Saw a Pony,”
“The Gift” and “Love, She is Blind”
Friday
3:30pm
Cascade 3
Evergreen 1&2
Darragh Metzger Reads The Strawberry Roan
Friday
4pm
Cascade 3
Evergreen 1&2
G. David Nordley Reads Into the Mirand Rift
Friday
4:30pm
Cascade 3
Anne Prather, aka Aislinn the Bard, Reads Wings of
Joy: Songs and Stories of the Starmasters
Fighter X in Concert
Death*Star in Concert
Saturday
Saturday
7pm
8pm
Vixy & Tony in Concert
Saturday
9pm
Evergreen 1&2
The Heather Dale Band in Concert
Saturday
10pm
Evergreen 1&2
Spooky Music
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 5&6
Open Filk
Saturday
11:30pm-2am
Evergreen 3&4
Home Recording II
Sunday
11am
Cascade 9
Trouble Clef Jam
Sunday
Noon-2pm
Evergreen 3&4
Readings
Friday
5pm
Cascade 3
Ken Scholes Reads In Time of Despair and Great
Darkness
Friday
5:30pm
Cascade 3
Lizzy Shannon Reads Time Spin
Friday
6pm
Cascade 3
Jack Skillingstead Reads From His New Work
Friday
6:30pm
Cascade 3
G.Robin Smith Reads To Each Their Own
Friday
7pm
Cascade 3
Talebones Live!
Friday
7-9pm
Cascade 9
Christine Winters Reads Enchantress Moon
Friday
7:30pm
Cascade 3
pir8fancier Reads Let’s Pretend the War Is Over
Friday
8pm
Cascade 3
Alma Alexander reads from her new work
Thursday
5pm
Cascade 3
Keffy R. M. Kehrli Reads Bonehouse
Friday
8:30pm
Cascade 3
Ted Butler Reads Endeavour Great Circle Ship
Thursday
5:30pm
Cascade 3
Jean Johnson Reads Theirs Not to Reason Why:
An Officer’s Duty
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading and
Chocolate Event
Friday
9pm
Cascade 4
Thursday 6pm
Cascade 3
J A Pitts Reads Honeyed Words
Friday
10pm
Cascade 3
Judith Herman Reads Grumpy Old Vampires
Friday
10:30pm
Cascade 3
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Readings (cont.)
Readings (cont.)
SatyrPhil Brucato Reads “Chaser,” “Rabbit Moves
the World” or Both
Friday
11pm
Cascade 3
Garth Upshaw Reads “Birdwatcher”
Saturday
10am
Cascade 3
J.M. Sidorova Reads Death, Rebirth. An Heir,
a Karakuri
Saturday
10:30am
Cascade 3
Stan! Reads The Littlest Shoggoth
Saturday
11am
Cascade 3
Sam Sykes Reads Tome of the Undergates
Saturday
11:30am
Cascade 3
Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan Read Boilerplate:
History’s Mechanical Marvel
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 3
Mark Bourne Reads Jasper
Saturday
12:30pm
Cascade 3
Stephanie L. Weippert Reads Familiar Trouble
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 3
Cat Rambo Reads Resurrecting Love
Sunday
Noon
Pat MacEwen Reads “Home Sweet Bi’ome”
Sunday
12:30pm
Cascade 3
Cascade 3
Jay Lake Reads From His Work
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 3
Rhiannon Held Reads “Bloodtech”
Sunday
1:30pm
Cascade 3
James C. Glass Reads “Rainbow Lady”
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 3
John P. Alexander Reads I, Bonita
Sunday
2:30pm
Cascade 3
Bruce R. Cordell Reads Sword of the Gods
Sunday
3pm
Cascade 3
Science Fiction
R.L. McSterlingthong Reads The McSterlingscenes
Saturday
1:30pm
Cascade 3
Sci-Fi Does Climate Change
Kelley Eskridge Reads Solitaire
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 3
Making up the Science
Thursday
5pm
Cascade 9
Friday
10am
Cascade 5&6
Janet Freeman Reads Non-Native Species
Saturday
2:30pm
Cascade 3
Can We Change the World Through SF?
Friday
2pm
Evergreen 1&2
Brian David Johnson Reads Brain Machines
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 3
The Visions of PK Dick
Friday
3pm
Cascade 7
Heather Dale Reads The Legends of Arthur
Saturday
3:30pm
Cascade 3
Axes of Identity
Friday
4pm
Cascade 7
Steven Barnes Reads Devil’s Wake
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 3
Designing the Future With Science Fiction
Friday
4pm
Cascade 10
Cymbric Early-Smith Reads The Janus Paradox
Saturday
4:30pm
Cascade 3
Trashed Future
Friday
6pm
Evergreen 3&4
Jenna M. Pitman Reads Murder in the Red Barn
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 3
Writing Hard SF
Saturday
10am
Cascade 5&6
Mikki Kendall Reads Copper for a Trickster
Saturday
5:30pm
Cascade 3
Giving Good Alien
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 5&6
Sonia Lyris Reads Stuff She Wrote
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 3
Near-Future Nightmares and Dreams
Saturday
2pm
Cascade 5&6
Susan R. Matthews Reads Sanctuary Planet
Saturday
6:30pm
Cascade 3
Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 8
Kurt Cagle Reads For Eleise
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 3
Ethics of Genetic Modification
Saturday
6pm
Cascade 5&6
Cascade 7
Angel McCoy Reads “Josephine Winterdove and the
Erupting Eulogist”
Saturday
7:30pm
Cascade 3
Craig English Reads The Anvil of Navarre
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 3
M.H. (Maggie) Bonham Reads Howling Dead
Saturday
8:30pm
Cascade 3
Arsenic and Old Lakes
Thursday
10pm
Caren Gussoff Reads Legion
Saturday
10pm
Cascade 3
I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto
Friday
9am
Cascade 7
David A. Page Reads Surviving Frank
Saturday
10:30pm
Cascade 3
Where Do We Go First?
Friday
Noon
Cascade 5&6
Spencer Ellsworth Reads The Ifrit’s Trial
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 3
Mars: What We’ve Learned
Friday
3pm
Cascade 10
Renee Stern Reads A Mother’s Choice
Sunday
10am
Cascade 3
XCOR Presentation
Friday
7-9pm
Cascade 10
I’ll Be in My Bunk
Saturday
9am
Cascade 7
From Science Fiction to Science Fact
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 10
Return to the Moon
Saturday
4pm
Cascade 10
Search for Life in the Solar System
Saturday
7pm
Cascade 4
Mary Robinette Kowal Reads Shades of Milk
and Honey
Sunday
10:30am
Cascade 3
Kim Ritchie Reads Triple Time
Sunday
11am
Cascade 3
Kat Richardson Reads Downpour
Sunday
11:30am
Cascade 3
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Space (cont.)
Writing (cont.)
Space Colony Utopia
Saturday
9pm
Cascade 8
Outline a Novel in 90 Minutes
Friday
11am-1pm
The Final Countdown
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 9
Voice and Vernacular
Friday
1pm
Cascade 9
Writing for Computer Games
Friday
4pm
Evergreen 1&2
Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project
Friday
5pm
Cascade 4
Art of the Mashup
Friday
5pm
Cascade 7
Technology
Cascade 9
The New Nukes Next Door
Thursday
6pm
Cascade 4
Developing Your Own Mythos
Saturday
10am
Evergreen 3&4
Flights of Victorian Fancy
First Pages
Saturday
11am
Cascade 4
Cascade 9
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 4
Are AIs People Too?
Friday
9am
Cascade 9
Computers in the Cloud
Friday
11am
Evergreen 3&4
The Drone of Remotely Piloted Vehicles
Friday
2pm
Designing the Future With Science Fiction
Friday
Coolest Alternative Energy Ideas
Friday
Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project
Friday
Old Plots, New Structure
Saturday
11am
Basic Writing Help—Horror Writing
Saturday
Noon
Cascade 7
Cascade 7
Building Character Using Any Method
Saturday
1pm
Cascade 7
4pm
Cascade 10
Writers’ Workshops
Saturday
2pm
Evergreen 3&4
4pm
Evergreen 3&4
Ins and Outs of Collaboration
Saturday
3pm
Cascade 7
5pm
Cascade 4
Clarion West
Saturday
3pm
Evergreen 3&4
Cascade 5&6
XPRIZE: Oil Cleanup
Friday
5pm
Cascade 10
Best Writing Advice
Saturday
4pm
Charismatic Mega Catastrophes
Friday
8pm
Evergreen 3&4
Writing Good Dialogue
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 7
Postapocalypse Now
Friday
9pm
Evergreen 3&4
Writing Great Sex Scenes
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 10
We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us
Saturday
10am
Evergreen 1&2
Inviting the Demons for Tea
Sunday
10am
Cascade 9
The Citizen-Soldier in the High-Tech World
Saturday
11am
Cascade 13
Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Lab
Sunday
11am
Cascade 4
Today’s Teens in 2022
Saturday
2pm
Evergreen 1&2
Bad Writing, No Cookie
Sunday
11am
Cascade 5&6
Power to the People!
Saturday
3pm
Evergreen 1&2
Which Point of View?
Sunday
11am
Cascade 8
Real Ghosts in the Machine
Saturday
5pm
Cascade 5&6
Create a Character in One Scene
Sunday
Noon
Cascade 8
Alternative Energy in the Age of Steam
Saturday
8pm
Cascade 8
Writer’s Block
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 4
The 10% Solution
Sunday
1pm
Cascade 10
Techno-Cycles
Saturday
11pm
Cascade 7
Teaching Tech
Sunday
10am
Cascade 10
The Next Big Thing
Sunday
2pm
Cascade 10
Writing
Thursday Afternoon Poetry
Thursday
4pm
Cascade 7
Tips for Giving a Good Reading
Thursday
6pm
Cascade 7
Theme: What’s the Real Story?
Thursday
8pm
Cascade 9
Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing
Friday
9am
Cascade 5&6
Write a Story in an Hour
Friday
11am-1pm
Cascade 4
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EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Alan F. Beck
Alan M. Clark
Amber Clark
April Faires
Belsac
Brass & Steam Productions
Bridget E. Wilde
Butch Honeck
Cary A. Conder
Christine D. Winters
Christopher Baldwin
Christpher Sumption
Christy Grandjean
Claire Hummel
Clock Work Beetle Curiosities
Cori Dietsch
David Ketcherside
Diana Daniels
Douglas Herring
Durlyn
Eden Hopkins
Eric Stewart
Evening Angel
Evergirl Art
Falstaff
Gempunk Jewelry
Jackie Duram Nilsson
Jane Olsen
Jeff Sturgon
Jeliza
Jim Humble
Jo Brown
John R. Gray III
JT
K. Amarak Waters
Karen C. Thompson
Kevin Radthorne
Kinuko Y. Craft
Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk
Mad Bee
Mara Campbell
Margaret Organ-Kean
Mark Roland
Mayda’ Taney
Megan McBurney
Michael Stonecastle
Michele Hansen
Nicholas Alexander
NightshadeRose Studio
Nina O. Tabares
Northwest College of Art
Opal Campbell
Patricia McCracken
Patty Watson
DEALERS
Paul Groendes
Peter Pan
Philip Peterson
Rena Bassilvergoran
Rob Alexander
Rob Carlos Fantasy Art
Russell D. Campbell
Ruth Peterson
Sandra Santara
Sarah Clemens
Seattle Illustrator’s
Collective
Shaughnessy
Stacey Hardin
Stephen Lestat
Susan Stejskal Alexander
TaBry Illustrations
Tamera A. Mickelson
Tammy Tripp
Teresa Miller
Theresa Mather
Tiffany Toland
Tina Klein-Lebbink
Todd Lockwood
Tyee High School
Valerie Kinman
Angelwear
Apex Publications
Art of Wings
B Brown and Associates
Book Universe
Cargo Cult Books and
Notions
Celtic Moonlighting
Cordochorea Creations
Dragondyne Publishing
Dragonmaker
Everett Comics
Eye-Deas Fantasy Cat Art
Firefly Cargo Bay
Firefox Leather and Furs
Gaean Allusions Pottery
Games Plus
Gypsy Troll
Honeck Sculpture
Lastwear
Offworld Designs
Pegasus Publishing
Prose and Steel
Quicksilver Fastasies
Realm of Regalia
Rischa Leinweber Designs
Royal Magick and The
Silverwind
Rob and June Edwards
Rogers Rocketships
Runecraft Creations
Seams Like Magik
Sign of the Unicorn
Sinister Metalworks
Springtime Creations
Steelcraft
The Badgers Den
The Gilded Quill
The Magickal Aardvark, LTD
Tormented Artifacts
Velvet Mechanism
William and Amy Gembala
Xcentricities Corsets
Ye Olde Dragons Hoard
LOBBY TABLES
501st Legion
Alpha Base
Beyond Reality Costumers Guild
Blue Falcon Editing
ChiCon (Worldcon 2012)
emp/sfm
Jedi Assembly
Project London
Seattle Based Charities
Seattle Browncoats
Sonnet Realm Films
Standard Action Production
Steamcon
Tai-Pan Literary Society
Westercon 64 (San Jose 2011)
Westercon 65 (Seattle 2012)
ZomBCon
ARTISTS’ ALLEY PARTICIPANTS
John P. Alexander
lexlothor.deviantart.com
Roberta Gregory
www.robertagregory.com
Mad Bee
www.madolin.deviantart.com
Christopher Baldwin
www.spacetrawler.com
Joseph Hill
www.piratesofpugetsound.com
Chris Sumption
www.chrissumption.com
Cori Dietsch
www.coridietsch.com
David Ketcherside
www.purposelessplay.com
Tombstone
www.tombstonejig.com
Evergirl Art
www.evergirlart.com
Angela Krupp
midnightmarionette.etsy.com
Wayfarer’s Moon
www.wayfarersmoon.com
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NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 1
NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 1
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:55 pm 7:30 pm
9:45 pm
11:20 pm
Cosmos
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
The Green Hornet
Alien Nation (Pilot)
INK (NR)
Hot Tub Time Machine (R)
Zombieland (R)
FRIDAY
12:50 am
6:15 am 7:45 am
9:05 am
11:05 am
1:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:55 pm
5:25 pm
5:45 pm
6:10 pm
8:10 pm
9:40 pm
11:40 pm
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The Watchmen (R)
Planet 51 (PG)
Battle for Terra (PG)
Avatar (PG)
Wonder Woman (Pilet)
Metropolis
The Green Hornet
The Infinite World of H.G. Wells
Futurama
The Green Hornet
Iron Man 2 (PG)
Gentlemen Broncos (PG-13)
Kick Ass (R)
The Road (R)
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1:30 am The Book of Eli (R)
3:30 am Mutant Chronicles (R)
5:10 am Starhunter
5:55 am Space Chimps (PG)
7:15 am How to Train Your Dragon (PG)
8:55 am Space Chimps 2 (PG)
10:10 am Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
11:50 am Beauty and the Beast (Pilot)
12:40 pm The Green Hornet
1:05 pm Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror
2:25 pm The Green Hornet
2:50 pm The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
4:20 pm The Last Airbender (PG)
6:00 pm The Green Hornet
7:00 pm Masquerade Live
9:30 pm Nowescon Pool Party (Archer, Family Guy, Futurama,
Titan Maximum, Ugly Americans)
SUNDAY
7:10 am
9:00 am
10:00 am
10:45 am
12:20 pm
1:00 pm
1:50 pm
Despicable Me
Masquerade Tape
Max Herdroom
War of the Worlds
Earth Find Conflict
Wonder Woman
Alien Nation
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NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 2
NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 2
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
3:00 pm
4:30 pm
6:10 pm
6:50 pm
7:35 pm
8:20 pm
10:30 pm
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Star Trek: The Menagerie
The Outer Limits: A Stitch in Time
Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Body
Babylon 5: Messages From Earth/Point of No Return/Severed Dreams
Alien Nation: Millennium
FRIDAY
12:00 am
1:30 am
2:55 am
5:10 am
6:40 am
7:30 am
9:20 am
11:00 am
1:20 pm
2:00 pm
3:15 pm
5:40 pm
7:35 pm
9:30 pm
11:10 pm
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Dark Shadows (Pilot)
Doctor Who
A Clockwork Orange
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines
UFO: Identified
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition)
Forbidden Planet
Farscape: Liars, Guns and Money
The X-Files: Wetwired
Heroes: Chapter One—Genesis (Director’s Cut)
Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus (Extended Episode)/Resurrection Ship
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Boy Who Could Fly
Dragonheart
Superman Returns
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1:40 am
3:35 am
6:05 am
8:30 am
10:10 am
11:40 am
12:30 pm
1:55 pm
5:40 pm
6:25 pm
6:50 pm
10:00 pm
Pan’s Labyrinth
Independence Day (Special Edition)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion
Farscape: Infinite Possibilities
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling
Battlestar Galactica: Exodus
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)
The X-Files: Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man
The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life
Norwescon Masquerade
Aliens (Special Edition)
SUNDAY
12:30 am
3:05 am
4:50 am
7:50 am
9:45 am
11:45am
1:55 pm
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Extended Special Edition)
Children of Men
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Time Bandits (Original European Version)
Logan’s Run
The Andromeda Strain
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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WHERE THINGS ARE
DOUBLETREE MAPS
Main Floor
Grand 1
Grand 2
Grand 3
NW Ballrooms
Art Show
General Programming and Special Events
General Programming and Special Events
Dealers’ Room
Second Floor
Evergreen 1-4
Cascade 1 & 2
Cascade 3
Cascade 4-10 & 13 Cascade 11 & 12
General Programming and Special Events
Green Room and Stage Management
Readings/Evening General Programming
General Programming
Scheduled Gaming
Bathrooms
Convention Services
Stairs
* “R” to
Salon and
Maxi’s
Elevators*
Art Show
Grand Ballrooms
To Second Floor
Registration
Courtyard
Tower - Floor 14
Maxi’s Ballroom
Salon
Mt. Baker/Mt. Rainer
General Programming and Special Events
General Programming and Special Events
Writers’ Workshop
Dealers’ Room
Hallways to Wings
Bar
*Please ask our
helpful staff for
assistance
Elevator*
Penthouse Floor
Presidential Suite 1360
Special Programming
Hotel Check-in
Coffee Garden
Hallway to Wing 7 and Wing 6
Artists’ Alley
DoubleTree Ground Floor
Check-in and Lobby Area
Main Floor
Olympic 1
Olympic 2
Olympic 3
Room 7101
Room 7106
Room 7108 Room 7110
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Family Programming and Special Events
Volunteers
Hospitality
Cloakroom/Lost & Found
Norwescon Office
Norwescon Security/Dispatch
SMACdown Arcade
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Art Show
Grand Ballrooms
Registration
Dealers’ Room
Courtyard
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DOUBLETREE MAPS
DOUBLETREE MAPS
Wing 5B
Bathrooms
Bathrooms
Convention Services
Convention Services
Elevators & Stairs
Wing 5
Elevators & Stairs
Readings
13
Elevators
Green Room
1-2
3-4
12
11
Gaming Gaming
7-8
Wing 7
Volunteers
Cascade Rooms
5-6
Wing 6
Hospitality
Olympic 1
9-10
Security 7108
Con Office 7106
Gym
Cloak Room 7101
Artists’ Alley
Rotunda
To First Floor
Pool
3-4
Evergreen Rooms
Elevator*
1-2
*Please ask our
helpful staff for
assistance
DoubleTree Second Floor
Cascade and Evergreen Rooms
Wing 4
Wing 3
Wing 2
This Floor Contains
This Floor Contains
Hospitality
Cascade Meeting Rooms
Note: Cascade 11 & 12 Gaming
Volunteers
Green Room
Evergreen Meeting Rooms
Readings
Olympic Rooms
Security
Convention Office
Cloak Room/Lost & Found
Rotunda
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NOTES
14TH FLOOR
MT BAKER MT RAINIER MAXI’S
ROOM
BALLROOM
ROOM
m
w
Maxi’s
Lounge
elevators
THE
SALON
Maxi’s Events
Please check individual event
listings for age requirements
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