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hafidha sofia (She/Her)

Attendee
Pacific NW

Interested in a lot of things

3:00pm PDT

Forgiving History LincolnGibbitt Rhys-Jones • James Fiscus • Sarah Gulde • Frog Jones • John Scalzi Nonconformists and Utopians: the Future of Offworld Settlements Jeff/AdamsDave Davis • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross

6:00pm PDT

Anticipatory Anthropology HawthorneManny Frishberg • Rhiannon Held • Rhiannon Louve • John Lovett

9:00pm PDT

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

10:30pm PDT

Late Night Horror Reading: Charles Mason MadisonCharles Mason

10:00am PDT

Saturday 10am Kaffeeklatsch MultnomahCarol Berg • Curtis Chen • Diana Pharaoh Francis • David D. Levine • Sonia Lyris • Allen Morris • Anthony Pryor F*** Your Knight and the Horse He Rode in on: Fantasy Series Not Based on Medieval European Culture LincolnFrog Jones • Manny Frishberg • Emily Jiang • Petrea Mitchell

11:00am PDT

The Patent Office as a Historical Research Tool SellwoodGuy Letourneau Open Read and Critique LincolnStephanie L. Weippert

12:00pm PDT

Beyond Victoriana - A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk WeidlerAnina Bennett • Jeffrey Cook • Paul Guinan • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford GoH : John Scalzi Reading Ross IslandJohn Scalzi Contract Pitfalls to Avoid LincolnJames Fiscus • David D. Levine • John Lovett

1:00pm PDT

The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross World Building: Science Fiction vs Fantasy RooseveltHugh S. Gregory • Rhiannon Held • Langley Hyde • Jason LaPier

2:00pm PDT

Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process RooseveltKaren Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass Disasters, Crises, and Resultant Industrial Progress HawthorneGordon E Frye • Ari Goldstein • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley

3:00pm PDT

Why the Goggles? Steampunk Technology and Life During the Industrial Revolution WashingtonChad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Guy Letourneau How Do You Get Published Today? RooseveltFrog Jones • David Boop • Stoney Compton • Cat Rambo

4:00pm PDT

How to Revise RooseveltCarol Berg • tina connolly • Ctein • Lee French

5:00pm PDT

Paper Modelling with SketchUp 3 SistersGeahk Burchill Cat Rambo Reading MadisonCat Rambo SF and Slavery Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Ari Goldstein • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Jennifer Willis

6:00pm PDT

A Tour of Hells and Underworlds JacksonEmily Jiang • Crystal Connor • Charlie Stross • Tom Whitmore The Wild and Wonderful Weird West SellwoodS. A. Bolich • David Boop • Gordon E Frye • Scott Woodard

11:00am PDT

Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading BroadwayWendy Van Camp • S. A. Bolich • J Tullos Henning • Marta Murvosh • Cat Rambo Open Read and Critique LincolnStephanie L. Weippert

12:00pm PDT

Black Cinderella and the New Jim Crow: Media Representation in Post-Racial America WashingtonElizabeth Adams • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology HawthorneAri Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey Successfully Writing About Horrible Things RooseveltDavid Boop • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • Crystal Connor • Manny Frishberg • Andrew P Mayer

1:00pm PDT

Is Gibson Getting Out of Hand? HawthorneBob Brown • Jim Doty • Janet Freeman-Daily • Frank Hayes Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages Ross IslandJason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett

2:00pm PDT

Zombies, Vampires, and Capitalism LincolnEmily Jiang • Bob Brown • Gwen Callahan • Andrew P Mayer • Erica Satifka

3:00pm PDT

Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox HawthorneCtein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare

4:00pm PDT

Challenges and Joys of Collaboration RooseveltLee French • Esther Jones • William F. Nolan • Shannon Page • Scott Woodard

10:00am PDT

Copyright: What You Need to Know BroadwayAri Goldstein

11:00am PDT

NIWA (Northwest Independent Writers Association) Meet & Greet WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Jeffrey Cook • Ellen Klowden • Kenneth Lett Publishing Coops: The BookView Cafe RooseveltDiana Pharaoh Francis • Shannon Page • Phyllis Irene Radford • Sara Stamey Australian Aboriginals as First Astronomers HawthorneJames Glass

12:00pm PDT

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