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Amber Michelle Cook

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Speculative fiction author and artist of color and wonder, I'm fascinated by urban faery, Victorian lit, color and light effects and marine life, esp. cephalopods. Director of National Novel Editing Month, improv writer and linguist.

11:00am PDT

Hospitality - Lunch Room 1555

1:00pm PDT

Conventions of the Pacific Northwest Ross IslandKaren Anderson • Gene Armstrong • Gregory Gadow • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

2:00pm PDT

Docent Tour: Lee Moyer Art ShowLee Moyer New Horizons HawthorneRoy Torley

3:00pm PDT

Steampunk for the Casual Fan WeidlerLindsay Schopfer • Jeffrey Cook Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson Curtis Chen Reading MadisonCurtis Chen

4:00pm PDT

Braids, Falls, and Hair Flowers WashingtonWolfcat 19th C. Medical Quackery 3 Sisters Meet the Steampunks! Gearcon Parlour The Celestia Space Simulation Program HawthorneRoy Torley

5:00pm PDT

Friday Fright Night HamiltonNat Saenz Goofy Patents of the Steampunk Age 3 SistersGuy Letourneau Short Fiction Markets LincolnCrystal Connor • Andrew Fuller • Keffy R. M. Kehrli • Devon Monk

6:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremony Mult/HollAlexander James Adams • Bobak Ferdowsi • David D. Levine • Lea Rush • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross

7:00pm PDT

Around the World In 80 Days Mult/HollWillamette Radio Workshop

8:00pm PDT

2016 Endeavor Awards Hosted by GEAR Con Gearcon ParlourDanielle Nicole Arthun • James Fiscus • Flori Lima-Steele

9:00pm PDT

Match Game SF Jeff/AdamsKevin Standlee • Jim Doty • Manny Frishberg • Andrew Fuller • Lynn Gold • Lisa Hayes • David D. Levine • Debra Stansbury

11:00pm PDT

Stand Up for Geeks WashingtonTristian Spillman

10:00am PDT

Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz

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Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz

11:00am PDT

Building Art Cars JacksonSamuel Coniglio • Katherine the Great The Patent Office as a Historical Research Tool SellwoodGuy Letourneau Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Open Read and Critique LincolnStephanie L. Weippert

12:00pm PDT

Fan Films, oh My! HamiltonNat Saenz Beyond Victoriana - A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk WeidlerAnina Bennett • Jeffrey Cook • Paul Guinan • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford GEAR Con Tea Parlour Gearcon ParlourFlori Lima-Steele Peelers, Coppers, and Lawdogs: Justice in Victoria Jeff/AdamsJD Hughes GoH : John Scalzi Reading Ross IslandJohn Scalzi Contract Pitfalls to Avoid LincolnJames Fiscus • David D. Levine • John Lovett

12:30pm PDT

Fan Films, oh My! HamiltonNat Saenz

1:00pm PDT

GoH Artist: Amusements and Diversions in the Age of Steam Jeff/AdamsTheresa Mather

2:00pm PDT

Gravestone Entertainment Presents HamiltonNat Saenz Waisted Effort WeidlerLaura Sinclair McShane Victorian Working Girls: History of Victorian Prostitution Jeff/AdamsHeidi Davisson

3:00pm PDT

Documentaries HamiltonNat Saenz Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson

4:00pm PDT

Features HamiltonNat Saenz Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Self-Defense Swords for Scribes Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer Steampunk Horror WeidlerPaul Abeyta • Geahk Burchill • Gwen Callahan • Montana Marshall How to Revise RooseveltCarol Berg • tina connolly • Ctein • Lee French

5:00pm PDT

Cat Rambo Reading MadisonCat Rambo

5:30pm PDT

Lizzy Shannon Reading MadisonLizzy Shannon

7:00pm PDT

Spiritualism & the Victorian Occult WeidlerProfessor DR Schreiber

10:00am PDT

Emily French Reading MadisonLee French

11:00am PDT

Docent Tour: Mark Ferrari Art ShowMark J. Ferrari Vacuum Tubes and the Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Open Read and Critique LincolnStephanie L. Weippert

12:00pm PDT

World of Steampunk HamiltonNat Saenz GEAR Con Tea Parlour Gearcon ParlourFlori Lima-Steele

1:00pm PDT

Nina Kiriki Hoffman Reading MadisonNina Kiriki Hoffman Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages Ross IslandJason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett Guest of Honor Autograph: John Scalzi AutographsJohn Scalzi Writing Workshops and Critique Groups: What to Look For LincolnLiz Argall • S. A. Bolich • Tod McCoy • Lindsay Schopfer

2:00pm PDT

Power Station Open House 3 SistersDon Anderson Hubble HawthorneLoretta McKibben

3:00pm PDT

State Of the Art: Digital Imagery JacksonMark J. Ferrari • Michael Brugger • L. Pierce Ludke Fan Films HamiltonNat Saenz Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson Wonder-Cabinets Then & Now WeidlerStephen Couchman Books Into Audiobooks Broadwaytina connolly • Lynn Gold • Sharon Joss

4:00pm PDT

Regency Dance Jeff/AdamsJohn Hertz Power Satellites: Replacing Fossil Fuels with Solar Energy from Space HawthorneKeith Henson

5:00pm PDT

Ultimate Steampunk: Could the Victorians Have Built a Flying Carriage? WeidlerGuy Letourneau Victorian Underwear 3 SistersSarina Dorie

6:00pm PDT

SF&F Films HamiltonNat Saenz The Cabaret of Curiosities Mult/Holl The Conjuring Connection: The History of Science's Influence on Magic 3 SistersProfessor DR Schreiber

10:00am PDT

Baron Munchausen HamiltonNat Saenz

11:00am PDT

NIWA (Northwest Independent Writers Association) Meet & Greet WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Jeffrey Cook • Ellen Klowden • Kenneth Lett Technology of the Tesla Coil 3 Sisters Publishing Coops: The BookView Cafe RooseveltDiana Pharaoh Francis • Shannon Page • Phyllis Irene Radford • Sara Stamey

12:00pm PDT

The 52 Project: Writing a Short Story Every Week for a Year (and Publishing the Best!) WashingtonKenneth Lett • Ellen Klowden

1:00pm PDT

How to Make Fairy Wings SellwoodTheresa Halbert How the Hugo Awards Work BroadwayKevin Standlee • David D. Levine • Ben Yalow The Ukrainian Bandura: How Stalin's Henchmen Tried to Destroy a Bardic Tradition OregonJoan Gaustad • Roy Torley Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson

2:00pm PDT

Costume Exchange SellwoodAndrea Letourneau Whither conventions? BroadwayGene Armstrong • Mir Plemmons • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Tom Whitmore Onion and Orchids Ross IslandLea Rush • Helen Umberger

7:00pm PDT

GoH Science : Juno Viewing Party Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi