OryCon

5/10/05 19:54
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Just got my schedule for Orycon. I am going to be busy--I don't think I've ever had this much stuff to do at a non-Worldcon.

Fri 3:00 pm, Perverting historical fiction: altering the past to support a political agenda.
Fri 5:00 pm, What impact does technology really have on history
Sat 12:00 pm, Reading: 12:00 Madeleine Robins / 12:30 Richard A. Lovett
Sat 1:00 pm, The City as Character
Sat 2:00 pm, Portraying workplaces in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Sat 4:00 pm, How Quinine Changed the World (Medicine & History)
Sat 8:00 pm, Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
Sun 1:00 pm, Sustaining fantasy elements in a modern setting
Sun 2:00 pm, Magical realism - contempory, fantasy, or fabulist fiction?

The quinine panel I suggested, since I'm working with the effect of quinine in the Napoleonic wars right now. Must figure out what I should bring to read...