WisCon 32 schedule
This is the program schedule for WisCon 32 (2008), with links to transcripts, panel reports, and so on.
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Thursday May 22, 2008
Friday May 23, 2008
- Writers' Workshop
- G is for The Gathering
- 1 Toys: The Other Childhood Fixation We Didn't Leave Behind
- 2 Nordic Trek
- 4 Puzzles, Coloring, Magic the Gathering
- 5 The Hunt is On
- 6 It's Not About Identity
- 7 Mod Squad
- 8 Juvenilia: What We Wrote Before We Were Writers
- 9 Not Enough Octopusses
- 10 Glass slippers come off! 5 new YA writers
- 11 And Now For Something Completely Different
- 12 Opening Ceremonies
- 13 LiveJournal and WisCon
- 14 Not Just Japan: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy
- 15 Elves and Dwarves: The Racism Inherent in Fantasy
- 16 Punctuation, Grammar, Usage: Who Needs 'Em?
- 16a Ratbastards' Rabid Karaoke Blast
- 17 Aqueduct Press Writers II
- 18 Narrative Process in SF
- 19 Thinking Ahead: Feminists thinking about possible near and middle futures and feminist responses to them
- 20 Women Writing Speculative Poetry
- 21 Clarion West 25th Anniversary
- 22 Scribe Agency/Electric Velocipede
- 23 Speculative Literature Foundation/Serendib Press
- 24 ThinkGalactic
- 25 Stevenson/Wilce Book Launches
- 26 Lilacs, Laundry Lists and Lycanthropy: The Magic of Everyday Life
- 27 Sexual Politics, Gender and Class in the Universe of C.J. Cherryh's Chanur Series
- 28 The Joy of Fat Sex
- 29 Fanfic and Slash 101
- 30 Sherlock Dracula: The Appeal of the Vampire Detective
- 31 Academics & Fans: Bringing them Together #2
- 32 Silent SF Films of 2007
- 33 Boisterous Basilisks, Bears and a Balcony
Saturday May 24, 2008
- 34 Fantasy Films of 2007: The Year of the Franchise
- 35 Ancient Mythology in Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
- 36 Balancing Creativity And The Day Job
- 37 Technology and the Environment
- 38 Environmentalism and Spirituality
- 39 Women of Action
- 40 Porn Crushes the Patriarchy!
- 41 Is Reading a Choice that Closes Other Doors?
- 42 Soylent Green or Just Plain Soy?
- 43 Parenting On Other Planets
- 44 Defining God
- 45 Fantastic Groves of Academe
- 46 Guest of Honor Reading: L. Timmel Duchamp
- 47 Scribe Agency Dreamtime Commandos
- 48 Representing Seers/Out of Egypt
- 49 Strong Or Stroppy?: Annoyingly Feisty Female Protagonists
- 50 Carl Brandon Society Update
- 51 Legos and Build a Castle
- 52 Two Heads With But a Single Brain - Collaborators talk about writing together
- 53 Elemental Magic
- 53a Tiptree Bake Sale
- 54 Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
- 55 Historical Research for Fiction Writers
- 56 The Curious Boundaries of YA Fantasy
- 57 Disability in SF and Fantasy Fiction
- 58 Combining Science And Fiction
- 59 Magical Realism: Threat or Menace?
- 60 How I Did It All Wrong And Got Published Anyway
- 61 Good Reads, Chocolate, and Scotch
- 62 Critiquing Maureen McHugh
- 63 Women of Japan
- 64 WisCon 101
- 65 Build a Castle
- 67 Navigating the Id Vortex
- 68 Fat Is Not the Enemy
- 69 League of Substitute Heroes
- 70 Sparkly Boys and Tough Girls, Revisited
- 72 The Rights of Simulacra
- 73 Fairy Tales for a New Generation of Girls
- 74 Here's Where The Story Ends
- 75 Captain Jack's Big Gay Torchwood
- 76 Curses! YA Villains Unite
- 77 Aqueduct Press Writers I
- 78 Creative Futures of Fiction & Politics
- 79 Books You Haven't Heard Of, The People of Color Edition!
- 80 Women and Hard SF
- 81 Kids' Discussion: Harry Potter Book 7
- 82 The Bearded Man, The African, the Witch and the Whore
- 83 Does It Have to Get Boring Before it Gets Good?
- 84 Retrospective Tiptrees
- 85 Fighting the Good Fight with Limited Resources
- 86 The Ship Who Knitted, and Other Side-Effects of Transportational Intelligence
- 87 The "Real City" of Urban Fantasy
- 88 What Can't We Forgive?
- 89 The Slayer's Legacy: Ten Years of the Buffyverse
- 90 Journeys of Self-Discovery
- 91 Sexuality in SF: Art or Social Critique?
- 92 Making Ends Meet
- 93 'Out And Proud' Or 'Not In Front Of The Children?'
- 94 SF Swim
- 95 Red Beans and Rice
- 96 Tiptree Auction
- 97 Fanfic and Slash 201
- 98 Beyond Illustration: The Process of Creating 'Vision'
- 99 Male Feminists: You Don't Get A Cookie
- 100 LGBTQ Fiction: Are we ready for the Mainstream? Are they ready for us?
- 101 Wizards & Shamans
- 102 Avoiding the Environmental Apocalypse
- 103 Prineas/Schwartz Book Launches
- 104 Haiku Earring Party
- 106 Capes and Consoles
- 107 Tor Books
- 108 EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing and Flying Pen Press
- 109 What If You Don't Want to Have Children? Redux
- 110 Fanfic Rising: The Organization for Transformative Works
- 111 Living in the Castle: The Writing of Shirley Jackson
- 112 Making 'War' on 'War,' Part 2
- 113 What is Fabulist Fiction?
Sunday May 25, 2008
- 114 Is LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy In Trouble?
- 115 Cliché or Trope?
- 116 Phillip Pullman vs. C.S. Lewis: Smackdown!
- 117 Timmi Duchamp's Marq'ssan Cycle
- 118 The Dead Have No Shadow
- 119 Biscuits, Bells, Bravery, and other things that Start with B
- 120 'How to Manage Teh Stupid': White Allies Confronting Racism
- 121 Time To Put Down The Laptop?
- 122 Old Age, Illness and Death in SF/F
- 123 Hot Flashes and Power Surges
- 124 Narrative and Politics
- 125 Why Return a King (or Queen)?
- 126 Terry Pratchett: Bend That Trope Until It Breaks
- 127 When Worlds Collide
- 128 Power, Ethics, & Possibility in Fantastic Ecofeminist Fiction
- 129 Judging the Tiptree
- 130 Can Internet Drama Change The World?
- 131 Take Things Apart
- 132 Transgender Folks Discuss Transgender Books
- 133 Love, Sex and Weirdness
- 134 Inside the Magic Book Machine
- 135 Supporting Our Writers
- 136 The Fictional Is Political — Political SF/F Of Both Sorts
- 137 The Future Of The Book
- 138 Writing Working-Class Characters
- 139 Let's Build a World
- 140 Guest of Honor Reading: Maureen McHugh
- 141 Taboo
- 142 Roleplaying: Gender and Heroism
- 143 Karen Axness Memorial Panel: Women Writers You Never Heard Of
- 144 Philip Pullman: Threat or Menace?
- 145 Start A Mosaic
- 146 Get Out Your Secret Decoder Ring
- 147 Women of The Twilight Zone
- 148 Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades
- 149 Does Written SF Have a Future?
- 150 Being the Heroine of a Romance Novel Doesn't Make Me Weak
- 151 Revealing Your World
- 152 Transformation, Ready or Not
- 153 Publishing, Profit, Agendas, and Ideals: The Eclipse One Cover Debate
- 154 Workshops and Critique Groups
- 155 Dissecting Privilege — Let's Look At The Guts
- 156 Delicate Flowers
- 157 Octavia Butler, SF, and the Political Imagination
- 159 War for Water
- 160 Crochet
- 162 Like Quills upon the Fretful Porcupine
- 163 On The Lifespan Of Genres
- 164 Pansexuality and Polyamory: The New Face of Romance in Fiction?
- 165 The WisCon Scavenger Hunt
- 166 Faux Diversity vs. Actual Diversity
- 167 Publishing: Meritocracy or Social Construct?
- 168 Writing and parenting, and Writing About Parenting
- 169 Violence, Destruction, Degradation, and Catharsis
- 170 Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!: Even Better than Monster Trucks
- 171 Performing Gendered and Genred Identities
- 172 Welcome Back to Riverside
- 173 Some of Us Are Brave: Identity Intersections in an Election Year
- 174 SF Swim
- 174a Strange Horizons Tea Party
- 175 Clarion San Diego 2007
- 176 Dessert Salon
- 177 GoH Speeches
- 178 Trans 101
- 179 OUFISCIPO: Writing SF/F with Arbitrary Constraints
- 180 Martha Jones: Made of Awesome or Disappointing Stereotype?
- 181 The Appropriated Magic User
- 182 Shape-Shifting and Identity
- 183 The Brave New World of Twenty-First Century Publishing
- 184 Greening WisCon
- 185 Fancy Dress Party
- 186 Lethe Press
- 187 Post-Rapture Comic Launch / TheCulturalGutter.com
- 187a LiveJournal Party
- 188 Small Beer Press
- 189 Gaylaxicon
- 190 SF Films of 2007: The Year of the Franchise
- 191 Last time, on Battlestar Galactica...
- 192 Imagination as Resistance
- 193 Gender in Virtual Worlds
Monday May 26, 2008
- 194 How Much Is Too Much?
- 195 Embarrassing Foremothers!
- 196 How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?
- 197 SF on TV This Season
- 198 Feminist SF Cons: Past, Present, Future
- 199 Classic Progressive Books For Children
- 200 Fundraising for Small, Feisty, Paradigm-Shifting Literary Nonprofits
- 201 How To Be A Good Ally—And A Bad One
- 202 On Being an Aging SF Writer
- 203 Powerful Protagonists or Fetish Fantasies: Female Roles in Modern SF Television
- 204 Two-Headed Monsters: A Collaborative Entity
- 205 Tradition & Liberation in the Fantastic
- 206 Apples to Apples & Other Games
- 207 The SignOut
- 208 Clean-up
- 209 WisCon 32 Post-Mortem
- 210 Mid-Career Writer's Gathering
- 211 Dead Dog Party