- Guest of Honor: Ken Liu
- Special Guest: James Morrow
- Editor Guest: L. Timmel Duchamp (Aqueduct Press)
- Fan Guest: John DeNardo (SF Signal)
- Toastmaster: Stina Leicht
- Artist Guest: Rocky Kelley
ArmadilloCon 37 Program Grid
| Friday | Ballroom D | Ballroom E | Ballroom F | Southpark B | Conference Center | Lobby |
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| 4:00 PM |
Welcome to ArmadilloCon Bobo, Burton, Juday*, Reisman |
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| 4:30 PM | ||||||
| 5:00 PM |
Alternate History Antonelli, Brown*, Dimond, Kimbriel, Mills, Waldrop |
Researching Your Book Blaschke, Cheney*, Moyer, Osborne, Thomas, Wood |
Growing the Next Generation of Readers Griffin, Jacobs, Mancusi, Rylander, Sarath*, Stoddard |
Reading Eugene Fischer |
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| 5:30 PM |
Reading Eric Bakutis |
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| 6:00 PM |
Humor in SF/F Chang, Ewing*, J. Moore, Sanger |
Game of Thrones: Comparing the book to the TV show Bakutis, Benjamin, Clarke, Finn, Picacio, Swendson* |
Favorite Webcomics Fischer, Melton, Rose |
Reading Dantzel Cherry |
Reading Pauline Baird Jones |
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| 6:30 PM |
Reading Julia Mandala |
Reading Sanford Allen |
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| 7:00 PM |
Opening Ceremonies DeNardo, Duchamp, Juday, Kelley, Leicht*, Liu, Morrow, C. Siros |
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| 7:30 PM |
Meet the Pros Party |
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| 8:00 PM |
New Twists on Urban Fantasy Clevenger, Mancusi*, J. Moore, Richerson |
The Art of the Short Story Allen, Antonelli, Bey, Griffin, Mandala, Wade* |
Writing for Film and TV Benjamin, Cargill, de Orive, Lansdale*, Sullivan |
Reading Paige Ewing |
Reading David Hardy |
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| 8:30 PM |
Reading Amanda Downum |
Reading Katharine Eliska Kimbriel |
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| 9:00 PM |
Work of James Morrow Brown, Lalumiere*, N. J. Moore, Schwarz, Weisman |
Classic Feminist SF Johnson, Juday, Latner, Reed, Reisman*, Sarath |
SF TV Shows We're Anticipating Allen*, Frank, Klaw, Oliver, Rountree, |
Dual Reading Eudaly, Finn |
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| 9:30 PM |
Reading C. Robert Cargill |
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| 10:00 PM |
Badass, Babe, or None of the Above: Are Women's Archetypes Evolving (or Not) in SF/F Literature? Cherry, Downum*, Reed, Wright |
Love in the Time of Vampires Clevenger, Mancusi, Sherlock, White* |
The Map vs. The Territory Gibbons*, Simmons |
Reading Fred Stanton |
Reading Josh Rountree |
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| 10:30 PM |
Reading Matt Cardin |
Reading Kenneth Mark Hoover |
| Saturday | Ballroom D | Ballroom E | Ballroom F | Southpark A | Southpark B | Conference Center | Dealers' Room | Con Suite |
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| 10:00 AM |
Stump the Panel: Make Up an SF/F Use for an Everyday Object Cheney*, Mandala, Stoddard, Rose, Rountree |
Silkpunk: Asian themes and influences in SF/F Chu, Kerr, Kimbriel, Landon, Liu*, Oliver |
What Sciences Haven't Been Used? Allen, Ledbetter*, J. Moore, Simmons, Yoachim |
Hobbit Movies Blaschke, Carl, de Orive, Ewing, Swendson*, Wilson |
Reading Rick Klaw |
Reading Mari Mancusi |
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| 10:30 AM |
Reading Claude Lalumiere |
Reading Marguerite Reed |
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| 11:00 AM |
Learning to Write: Recommended Workshops, Books and Classes Cardin, Catmull*, K. M. Hoover, Maresca, Wells, Yoachim |
Hunger Games vs. Divergent Burton*, Cherry, P. J. Hoover, Prevost, Rylander |
Fan Guest Interview DeNardo, Johnson*, Person* |
Dinosaurs in SF Cupp, Hardy, Leicht*, Reed, Rogers |
Reading Cassandra Rose Clarke |
Autographing Brust, Chu, Liu, N. J. Moore, Morrow, White |
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| 11:30 AM |
Reading James Stoddard |
Reading Cary Osborne |
Reading John Hornor Jacobs |
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| Noon |
SF Mysteries Crider, Cupp*, Lalumiere, Melton, Mills, Sarath |
How to Sell a Book to Aqueduct Press Duchamp, N. J. Moore*, Ward, Weisman |
Artist Guest Interview Kelley, Picacio*, Zrubek* |
How to Draw Dragons and Armadillos Sherlock |
Reading Jessica Reisman |
Reading Joe Lansdale |
Autographing Antonelli, Clarke, Moyer, Porter, Wood |
Space Squid Readings Bey, Chang |
| 12:30 PM |
Reading Juan Perez |
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| 1:00 PM |
The Work and Influence of H. P. Lovecraft de Orive, Downum, Person, Spencer, Stanton, Webb* |
Private Space Travel Abell*, Frank, Gibbons, Jackson, Ledbetter, Latner |
Betrayal With Integrity: Conformance and Estrangement in Translating Chinese SF Liu |
Writing a Strong Teen Protagonist Blaschke*, Griffin, P. J. Hoover, Kerr, Mancusi, Prevost |
Reading Martha Wells |
Loteria! Picacio |
Autographing Cargill, Catmull, Ewing, K. M. Hoover, Jacobs, Perez |
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| 1:30 PM |
Reading Rob Rogers |
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| 2:00 PM |
Fannish Feud Bobo, DeNardo, Duchamp, Eudaly, Kelley, Leicht*, Hollas, Liu, Morrow, Sarath, Simpson, Wilson |
Writing Prompts to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Bracken, Brust, Clevenger*, Lansdale, Mills, Webb |
Virtual Reality Presentation Bakutis |
Broad Universe Burton, Cheney, Jones, Latner*, Oliver, Ward, Wright |
Reading Scott Cupp |
Reading Trakena Prevost |
Autographing Cardin, Cherry, Downum, Kimbriel, Mancusi, Stoddard |
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| 2:30 PM |
Reading Christopher Brown |
Reading William Ledbetter |
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| 3:00 PM |
What You Should Have Read in 2014-2015 DeNardo, Landon, Muenzler*, White, W. Siros |
Career Adjustments for the Writer Liu, Maresca, Southard, Swendson, Weisman, Wells* |
Hayabusa 2 Spacecraft Mission Abell |
Time Travel: Essential Books and Stories Finn, Griffin, Jones, Lalumiere, Wood |
Reading Jayme Lynn Blaschke |
Reading Wesley Chu |
Autographing Kelley, Johnson, Mandala, Osborne, Thomas, Waldrop |
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| 3:30 PM |
Reading Lou Antonelli |
Reading Patrice Sarath |
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| 4:00 PM |
Speculative Fiction as a Mirror to Religion Blaschke*, Cardin, Kimbriel, Marmell, Morrow, Swendson |
Editor Guest Interview Brown*, Dimond*, Duchamp |
History of the Illustrated 007 Porter |
Ray Bradbury: A Consideration of a Body of Work Catmull, Crider, Lansdale, Spencer, Stoddard, Sullivan, Wade* |
Fandom before the Internet Bobo, Jackson*, Sherlock, W. Siros, Wilson |
Dual Reading Brust, White |
Autographing Cheney, Eudaly, Finn, Latner, Reed, Webb, Wells |
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| 4:30 PM | ||||||||
| 5:00 PM |
Kid Scary vs. Adult Scary Catmull*, Clarke, Griffin, Jacobs, Richerson, Waldrop |
Charity Auction Leicht |
Artist Guest Slide Show Kelley |
Poetry Round Robin Reading Moyer, Muenzler, Perez*, Rose, Sanger, Simmons |
Reading Caroline M Yoachim |
Reading John Gibbons |
Autographing Allen, Bey, Carl, Cupp, Melton, Sarath |
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| 5:30 PM |
Reading Don Webb |
Reading Alexis Glynn Latner |
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| 6:00 PM |
Attracting and Growing an Audience for Your Work Eudaly*, K. M. Hoover, Melton, Picacio, Rose |
Reading Alan Porter |
Reading P J Hoover |
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| 6:30 PM |
Reading Michael Bracken |
Reading Ernie Wood |
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| 7:00 PM |
Southern Gothic Fiction Lansdale*, Richerson, Southard, Spencer, Wade, Wood |
Art Auction Zrubek |
How Would Discovery of Alien Life Affect Us? de Orive*, Ledbetter, Sarath, Schwarz, Wright |
Zombies in Fiction and on TV Clevenger*, Mancusi, Maresca, Perez, Rountree, |
Reading Nancy Jane Moore |
Reading Shanna Swendson |
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| 7:30 PM |
Reading Henry Melton |
Reading Katherine Catmull |
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| 8:00 PM |
SF from an International Perspective Brown, Hardy, Morrow*, Porter |
Food in SF Allen, Brust, Mandala*, Sherlock, White |
Writing for the Gaming Industry Bakutis*, Chang, de Orive, Marmell, Stanton |
Reading Lee Thomas |
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| 8:30 PM |
Reading Derek Austin Johnson |
Reading Nate Southard |
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| 9:00 PM |
The Hugo Award's Struggle for Relevance Antonelli, Landon, Muenzler*, Reed, Weisman |
What Writers' Workshops Have Done for Me Brust, Leicht, Melton, Reisman*, Thomas, Wagner |
Economics and Infrastructure in World-building Bakutis, Carl, Dimond*, K. M. Hoover, Stoddard, Wells |
SF Movies from Last Year Cargill, Clarke, DeNardo*, Johnson, Klaw, Wright |
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Reading Marshall Ryan Maresca |
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| 9:30 PM |
Reading Adrian Simmons |
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| 10:00 PM |
SF as a Survival Guide P. J. Hoover, Perez*, Person, Schwarz, Thomas |
Writing Erotic Fiction Bracken, Crider, Ewing, Rose*, Webb |
Comic Books on TV Bey, Eudaly, Klaw, Lalumiere, Porter*, Rogers |
Ghost Stories Finn, Osborne, Rountree*, Sanger, Southard |
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| 10:30 PM |
| Sunday | Ballroom D | Ballroom E | Ballroom F | Southpark A | Southpark B | Conference Center | Dealers' Room |
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| 11:00 AM |
New Feminist SF Downum*, N. J. Moore, Sanger, Yoachim |
Hardcore Business of Writing Cheney, Jacobs, Maresca, Swendson*, Wells |
How I Wrote The Grace of Kings Liu |
Becoming a Rocket Scientist Abell*, Frank, Jackson, Ledbetter |
Reading Gloria Oliver |
Reading Patrick Sullivan |
Autographing Marmell, Reisman, Rountree |
| 11:30 AM |
Reading Carrie Richerson |
Reading Jaime Lee Moyer |
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| Noon |
Writing Fiction from a Gender, Ethnic, Cultural, or Temporal Viewpoint Other Than Your Own Finn, Mandala*, Prevost, Thomas, Wright |
Special Guest Interview Gibbons*, Morrow |
Performing Major Surgery on Your Novel Cargill, Cheney*, Chu, Marmell, Sarath, Wood |
Classic SF Back in Print Cupp, Hardy, Person*, Wagner, Weisman |
It's 2015, the Year of Back to the Future 2: Where are our Hoverboards? Abell, Sherlock, Porter*, Waldrop |
Reading Stina Leicht |
Autographing Blaschke, Clevenger, Duchamp, P. J. Hoover |
| 12:30 PM | |||||||
| 1:00 PM |
Learning from Others' Mistakes: Writing Errors to Avoid Burton, Eudaly, Finn*, Latner, Ward, Swendson |
Pictionary Campbell, Chang, Kelley, Sherlock, C. Siros |
Visit to Two Small Planets Gibbons |
Short Fiction You Should Have Read Last Year Fischer, Rylander, Southard, Schwarz |
Reading Michelle Muenzler |
Reading L. Timmel Duchamp |
Autographing Klaw, Lalumiere, Ledbetter, Leicht, Maresca, Prevost |
| 1:30 PM |
Reading Carrie Clevenger |
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| 2:00 PM |
Reading James Morrow |
Blogging and Podcasting as Fan Activity Landon, Porter, Wagner |
Book Covers: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly P. J. Hoover, Kelley*, Klaw, Moyer, W. Siros, Weisman |
The Magic of Collaboration Brust, Cargill, Clevenger*, de Orive, Mandala, Marmell, Rountree |
Reading Rebecca Schwarz |
Autographing Rose, Oliver, Southard, Swendson, Yoachim |
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| 2:30 PM | |||||||
| 3:00 PM |
Reading Howard Waldrop |
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| 3:30 PM |