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Lisa Costello

Friday, July 1
 

3:00pm PDT

Forgiving History LincolnGibbitt Rhys-Jones • James Fiscus • Sarah Gulde • Frog Jones • John Scalzi GOH: David D. Levine Reading Ross IslandDavid D. Levine Nonconformists and Utopians: the Future of Offworld Settlements Jeff/AdamsDave Davis • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross The Wired Brain HawthorneSonia Lyris • William Hertling • Kenneth Lett • Sean Robinson

4:00pm PDT

19th C. Medical Quackery 3 Sisters

5:00pm PDT

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

8:00pm PDT

Flirting 101 Ross IslandSonia Lyris
 
Saturday, July 2
 

10:00am PDT

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

Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Long Series - Why We Love Them, Why We Hate Them RooseveltEsther Jones • Stoney Compton • Mike Moscoe • Sara Mueller

12:00pm PDT

GoH : John Scalzi Reading Ross IslandJohn Scalzi

1:00pm PDT

Recent Scientific Breakthroughs JacksonDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Janet Freeman-Daily • Gregory Gadow The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross

1:30pm PDT

Sonia Lyris Reading MadisonSonia Lyris

2:00pm PDT

Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process RooseveltKaren Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass

3:00pm PDT

Crowdfunding for Artists SellwoodM. Scott Hammond • Hazard • Lee Moyer • Jeff Sturgeon Satire to Striptease: The History of Burlesque in the Victorian Era WeidlerVanity Thorn

6:00pm PDT

A Tour of Hells and Underworlds JacksonEmily Jiang • Crystal Connor • Charlie Stross • Tom Whitmore
 
Sunday, July 3
 

11:00am PDT

SF as a Stealth Delivery Platform Ross IslandLiz Argall • Sunni Brock • James Glass • John Scalzi

12:00pm PDT

Has Star Trek Left Us With an Enduring Mythology? Ross IslandSunni Brock • Sarina Dorie • Langley Hyde • Patrick Swenson From Parts to a Whole: Turning a Bunch of Essays into a Unified Book JacksonJason V Brock • Tod McCoy • William F. Nolan • Shannon Page

4:00pm PDT

GoH : Charles Stross Reading JacksonCharlie Stross

5:00pm PDT

Sex Scenes in Writing RooseveltSienna Saint-Cyr • Diana Pharaoh Francis • Rhiannon Held • Mike Moscoe
 
Monday, July 4
 

10:00am PDT

The Anthropogenic Extinction HawthorneGregory Gadow • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross

12:00pm PDT

Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi