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Draft Program Grid
This is the Final draft program schedule for Lenny Bailes. There will undoubtably be changes after the fact. Please keep an eye out for notices of program changes at the Con. And have fun!
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| Day | Time | Title | Description | Participants | Room |
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| Friday |
| Friday | 7:00pm | Modern classics | What makes a book a classic? Everyone in SF still reads Dune, Foundation, Starship Troopers? What other recent books, since the 80s, do you think will someday be held up with these as a classic? why would you say this is a classic? | Lenny Bailes (m), Dennis Danvers, Doug Fratz, Peter Heck, George H. Scithers | Montrose |
| Saturday |
| Saturday | 10:00am | Fantasy vs SF | Is fantasy overwhelming SF in the bookstores? Why is it more popular? What does this say about American society (and about the readers/fans)? Are publishers encouraging fantasy and telling writers not to do as much SF? Is fantasy doing something SF cannot? What can SF writers learn from fantasy's popularity? | David Bartell (m), Lenny Bailes, Mindy L. Klasky, John G. Hemry, Michael Swanwick | Plaza |
| Sunday |
| Sunday | 2:00pm | Post Consumer economy | Is it possible to have a post consumer economy? What will it look like? - What happens when we decide we all have enough Stuff? What happens when the Star Trek replicator is invented or everyone has his own magic genie? | James Maxey (m), Lenny Bailes, David Louis Edelman, Tom Jackson King, Kathy Morrow | Montrose |
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