Schedule
A note from your programming staff:
Although we have designated panelists for each program item ñ because we think that these people are both interesting and have cool things to say about the topic at hand ñ we intend for 4th Street to be a conversation, not a series of lectures or performances. If you have something to say on any given topic, please speak up and contribute. Ask questions. Speculate. Make a joke. Just be polite and let everyone else talk too. The moderators are there to keep the conversation flowing.
All scheduled events occur in the programming room unless otherwise noted.
F R I D A Y
| 3pm | Opening ceremonies |
| 3:30pm–4:30pm | How to Sound Smart on Panels
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| 4:30pm–6:00pm | How has Fantasy Changed in the last 20 years?
There have been big changes in the last twenty years, in what kind of fantasy people are reading, and in what channels they are getting it through. From traditional fantasy novels, to ìurban fantasyî series, the romance cross-overs, to television and games– fantasy is everywhere. Discuss!
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| 6:00pm–7:30pm | Dinner Break |
| 7:30pm-8:30pm | Reasons Things Go Wrong:
. . . in the crafting of stories. War stories from writers and readers alike.
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| 9:00pm – ? | Beer and Moral Philosophy of Fiction
Wide-ranging discussion of what makes fiction moral and immoral. Bring some interesting beer! Or, of course, whatever you like to drink. This salon will take place in the smoking consuite, i.e. Steve Brust’s room. (Room # to be announced)
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S A T U R D A Y
| 10:00am–11:00am | One Night Stand vs. Round Two
What makes a viable series character? What gives a series staying power?
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| 11:15am–12:15pm | Childrens and YA Fantasy– it’s not just for kids!
The bestsellers in our genre are, mostly, nominally YA. Why is that?
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| 12:15pm-1:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:30pm–2:45pm | Fantasy and the Family
Talk about families as represented and misrepresented in fantasy. And just what do we mean by family, anyway?
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| 3:00pm–4:15pm | Embracing Exposition
Exposition is your friend! No, really!
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| 4:30pm–6:00pm | What is FanFic?
And what isn’t? And why do we care? “It has been explained to me that any time I return to a setting for another story, I’m writing fanfic.” –Steven Brust
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| 6:00pm–7:30pm | Dinner Break |
| 7:30pm–8:30pm | Food, Fashion, and Fornication
What do the cuisine, the clothing, and the sexual habits of people in a story say about the general nature of that society? And do you suppose the author really meant that?
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S U N D A Y
| 10:00am–11:00am | How to Give and Take Critique
From editors, as beta readers, in writers groups, or from your dog (how to take a critique from your cat would require its own panel, if not its own convention).
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| 11:00am–1:00pm | Decadent Brunch in the Terrace Room: Included in Your Membership |
| 1:00pm–2:30pm | The Different Panel
At every convention, some really interesting idea gets thrown out on a panel, and then everyone says “but that’s a different panel” and drops it. Make a note. Tell us at brunch. We’ll hold that different panel RIGHT NOW.
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| 2:45pm–4:30pm | The Stuff of Fantasy
What objects say about context, culture, and world.
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| 4:30pm | Closing Ceremonies |
