ARCHON 20 POCKET PROGRAM
SPECIAL NOTES
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Art Show Noon-8pm 9am- 4pm
9am-2pm
(Artist checkout Noon-3pm Sunday)
Great Rivers Hall in the Gateway Center
Dealers Room 4pm-8pm 10am-6pm
10am-2pm
Great Rivers Hall in the Gateway Center
Gaming Noon-midnight 9am-midnight
10am-??pm
Ballrooms B, C, D in the Holiday Inn
NOTE: Archon Gaming Inc presents Eric Luke, author of
Shades of Noir, who will autograph his comic and
anthology book
Hospitality 3pm-??am 10am-??am
10am-????
Clinton/Sangamon in the Holiday Inn
No beer until 4pm
Registration 10am-6pm 10am-6pm
10am-3pm
Main Lobby center in the Gateway Center
Video I 5pm-3am 10am-3am
10am-3pm
Marquette East and West in the Gateway Center
Variety and Family viewing
Video II 4pm------------24 hours--------3pm
St. Clair A in the Holiday Inn--"Anime" Room
NOTE: Anime Club meeting will be Sat, 2:30pm-5:30pm
(instead of 11am)
Children's 7:30pm-9:30pm 10am-5pm 10am-1pm
Programming Cahokian Room in the Gateway Center
(check Pocket Program for specific activities)
Remember that all programming events are subject to change due to changes in
guest schedules and availability; check the Programming Board in the Lobbies of
the Gateway Center and Holiday Inn for the latest word.
The Cahokian Room, which is running Children's Programming, is NOT a
baby-sitting service. Archon would appreciate parental supervision and
support.
LOCATION OF PROGRAMMING ROOMS: In general, MOST Gateway Center programming
starts on the hour; MOST Holiday Inn programming on the half (marked with an
asterisk *). Unless otherwise noted, programs are approximately an hour
long.
AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS: Check Pocket Program for authors, times, and locations.
Limit per signing is 3 for the four Guests of Honor and
5 for everyone else.
If you want more items signed, please return to the back of
the line for each set of 3/5 items to be autographed.
Space for Filking will be available in the Mississippian in the Gateway Center,
beginning 11pm Friday night and continuing until 3am. Ditto for Saturday.
VOLUNTEERS!! To volunteer, or for information, visit the Volunteer Department at
the "window" inside the Gateway Center's Main Lobby.
ARCHON 21 MEMBERSHIPS will be sold at the Registration Table beginning Saturday
afternoon; sign up now for the cheapest rate available for next year.
Moderators for the following programs are indicated by (M).
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1996
Noon Illini E Tales from White Knuckle Airlines: You may
never fly again. David Means, Roger Tener
1:00 pm Illini E SF & Fantasy Jeopardy! (Round One): Hosted
by Mark "Alex Trebek" Sumner
1:30 pm* Calhoun Survivors of the Con/Fan/Pro from Hell:
Hair-raising experiences (not to set the tone
for this con, of course!). Clay Evans, David
Means, Roger Tener
2:00 pm Mississippian From Golden Age to Silver Age to Modern
Age: 50 years of strange Schwartz stories
from DC Comics. Julius Schwartz
Illini E Out-patient Heart Surgery?: The future
of medicine and the SF vision. H. G.
Stratmann MD (M), Linda Thompson
RN/MSN/DSN, Jim Thompson Ph.D MT(ASCP)
2:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Joey Froehlich
3:00 pm Mississippian Reading: Greg Bear
3:30 pm* Calhoun Grins and Groans: Humor (however
questionable) in SF/Horror/Fantasy. Debbie
Millitello, Marella Sands (M), H. G.
Stratmann
Randolph Dress for Success: Useful tips from
some sartorial wonders. Margene Bahm (M),
Jim Knappenberger, David Means, Jim Murray
4:00 pm Mississippian 1939 World Science Fiction Convention:
Hosted by John Coker III, with Forrest
J. Ackerman, Ray Harryhausen, Julius
Schwartz
Illini E Undersea Photography: Richard Schumann
4:30 pm* Calhoun Making Up is Hard to Do: Finishing off
your costume for the hall or stage,
including special FX and prosthetics.
Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Steve
Swope, Tricia Overkamp
Randolph Prose--Between the Looonng and Short of It:
Development of the novella and the
novelette. Greg Bear, Brian Hopkins (M),
Allen Steele
5:00 pm Illini W Slide Show: J. R. Daniels
Main Hallway Autographs: Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen,
Forrest J. Ackerman, Julius
Schwartz (1 hour)
5:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Bill Baldwin (The Defiance)
Calhoun Following in Our Footsteps: Thoughts on
fandom's next generation. Robin Bailey
(M), Mike McFadden, Roger Tener
Randolph Yours, Mine and Ours: Making the
collaborative process work. Marella
Sands, Mark Sumner (M), Victor Milan
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 pm Mississippian The Good Old Daze: Amble down memory lane.
Ray Beam, John Coker III, Mark Schulzinger,
Wilson "Bob" Tucker
Illini E Singing to the Eyes: Poetry in SF &
Fantasy. Suzette Haden Elgin, Joey
Froehlich, Thomas M. K. Stratman, Paul
Edwin Zimmer (M)
Illini W Demonstration: Airbrushing.
Ray Van Tilburg
6:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Mark Tiedemann
Calhoun Furry Costuming: Larger than life, furry,
and mascot-type costumes. Darren Bost,
Robert King, Bruce Mai, Ron Orr
Randolph Star TrekTrekTrek: Can the 30 year old
phenom keep growing, or has it "peaked?"
Rodney Eaton (M), Laurell K. Hamilton, Victor
Milan, David Phelps
7:00 pm Great Rivers OPENING CEREMONIES (Guests presented)
7:30 pm Cahokian Movies for Kids (2 hrs)
7:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Robin Bailey
Calhoun The Good, the Bad, and The Ugh: Praise or
damnation of TV's treatment of the
genre. Margene Bahm, Clay Evans (M),
Mickey Zucker Reichert
Randolph Two Sides of the Fantasy "Coin": Sword
and sorcery versus suburbia and sorcery
(traditional/ contemporary). Glen Cook,
Debbie Millitello, Mark Sumner, Paul Edwin
Zimmer (M)
8:00 pm Mississippian John Tibbets Presents a Tribute to Joseph
Mugnaini, Ray Bradbury's Illustrator
(1.5 hours)
Illini E Convention 101: If you're a neofan, some
old hands will show you the ropes.
Brock "Dev" Hanke, Mike McFadden, Roger
Tener (M), Wilson "Bob" Tucker
Illini W Slide Show: David Lee Anderson
8:30 pm Marquette Special Presentation: Sony Picture
Imageworks "Starship Troopers." Ernest
Farino, Visual Effects Producer
(1.5 hours; will be shown again on Sat)
8:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Laurell K. Hamilton
Calhoun Pros and Cons of Short Story Writing: Rob
Chilson, Suzette Haden Elgin, David
Truesdale (M)
9:00 pm Illini E Kiss'em Up and Shoot'em Up: There's all
this Sex and Violence--why not just leave it
up to our imaginations? Brian Hopkins (M),
Victor Milan, David Means
Illini W "If I Was the Writer...": Ever disagree
with how a scene or episode was written?
Here's your chance to do some "rewriting."
David Phelps
9:30 pm* Monroe "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To"
... "Oh Yes They Do": Modern movies, as good
as or better than the oldies? Robin Bailey,
Ray Beam (M), Clay Evans, Marella Sands
Calhoun Transcending Ourselves--Universal Themes:
Common threads in our myths and stories. Bill
Clemente (M), Alex Eisenstein, Lloyd Kropp,
Mickey Zucker Reichert
Randolph The Evolution of the Super Hero, From
Superman to...Earthworm Jim?: Brock "Dev"
Hanke, Steve Houska, Mike McFadden (M)
10:00 pm Great Rivers Mike "Missouri" Smith and Company
Present "Dead Again": A participatory
fantasy mystery play; first 100 people
get parts! (In the play, not body)
Illini E Scared Stiff: Not merely frightened,
but FRIGHTENED (and it made me what I am
today): Richard Stooker, Mark Sumner, Alan
Tromp (M), Barry York
Marquette Video: The X-Files Season Premiere
10:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Brian Hopkins
11:00 pm Mississippian OPEN FILKING
LaSalle FAT FRIDAY GRANDE MASQUE BALL: Gotta
Dance!
Illini E Archon Exclusive! Eyewitness Account of
Alien Abduction!: Thelma and Maybel, the
"UFO Sisters"
Marquette Video: War of the Worlds (movie and TV
versions)
11:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Thomas M. K. Stratman
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1996
9:00 am* Outside Hotel Live Action Dungeon (2 hrs)
9:30 am* Calhoun Verbal Self-Defense Workshop: Suzette
Elgin Haden (2 hrs)
10:00 am Mississippian Hangin' In There--Hurdles for Beginning
Writers and Ways to Overcome Them: Bill
Baldwin (M), Rob Chilson, Laurell K.
Hamilton, Debbie Millitello
Illini W Demonstration: From Pencil to Paint.
Ed Wilson
Marquette W St. Louis Space Frontier: The Delta
Clipper and the Future of Single Stage
Space Transportation. Erv Baumann
Cahokian From the Mouths of Our Kids: Kids' panel
on growing up fannish.
10:45 am LaSalle Doors open to begin seating for Ray
Harryhausen presentation
11:00 am Mississippian Meet "Mr. Science Fiction," Our Fan Guest
of Honor, Forrest J. Ackerman
Illini E Religion and Politics in SF & F Works:
Impact/influence/treatment of these
elements. Bill Clemente, Lloyd Kropp (M),
Mickey Zucker Reichert, Mark Tiedemann
Illini W St. Louis Space Frontier: Technical
Seminar--Introduction to Spacecraft
Dynamics. Ed Barocela (Bring pen &
paper for note-taking if you wish)
Cahokian Create a Critter: Artist John Sies draws
"critters" to kids' specifications
Art Show Demonstration: A Painting in One Hour.
J. R. Daniels
Main Hallway Autograph Session: Greg Bear, Allen
Steele (1 hour)
11:30 am LaSalle Film: Early Ray Harryhausen.
Presented by David Massaro
11:30 am* Calhoun Metamorphosis--From Human to ???:
Monster/alien make-up how-to's. Tricia
Overkamp (with help from Halloween Express)
Randolph Just Had to Have It, But Where to Put It?:
The joy and curse of growing collections.
Robin Bailey, Ray Beam, Glen Cook, Brock
"Dev" Hanke (M)
Noon* Outside Hotel Demonstration: Armored Combat by the
Society for Creative Anachronism
Noon LaSalle The Special FX Wizardry of Ray Harryhausen.
Ray Harryhausen (2-3 hours)
Illini E The Rhythm Method: Choosing and using
appropriate music for costume presentation.
Nora Mai, Bruce Mai, Karen Heim, Steve Swope
Illini W St. Louis Space Frontier: Strategic
Surveillance and Reconnaissance--The Area 54
Conspiracy and the Zeta Reticuli Incident.
Thomas Becker
Cahokian Sketch-Along with Artist Keith Berdak
Art Show Demonstration: Water Colors. Tim
Burns Main
Hallway Autograph Session: Glen Cook, Thomas M.
K. Stratman, Wilson
"Bob" Tucker (1/2 hour)
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
12:30 pm Main Hallway Demonstration: Sketching. John Sies
Main Hallway Autograph Session: J. R. Daniels,
Mickey Zucker Reichert,
Mark Tiedemann (1/2 hour)
12:30 pm* Calhoun Walk a Mile in His/Her Shoes:
Characterizing the opposite sex. Greg
Bear, Phyllis Eisenstein (M), Suzette
Haden Elgin, David Means
1:00 pm Mississippian "Beeep, Beeep, I'm a Robot": Costuming
for kids (school-age). John Mitchell
Illini E Dinos Big, Dinos Small: Our resident
dinosaur experts tell all. Keith Berdak,
Marella Sands, Mark Sumner
Illini W St. Louis Space Frontier: The Implication
of Life on Mars to the U.S. Space Program. Ed
Barocela, Erv Baumann, Thomas Becker (2
hours)
Cahokian Face Painting. Artist J. R. Daniels
Art Show Demonstration: Sculpy. Jennie Roller
1:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Mickey Zucker Reichert
Calhoun Just Keep Quiet, Lest You Offend:
Political correctness; need more be said?
Robert Cornett (M), Brock "Dev" Hanke, Jim
Murray
Randolph The Care and Feeding of Your Fantasies:
What we do in our "other" lives to make
our "fan" life possible. Ed Wilson
Outside Hotel Hollywood Special FX: Pyrotechnics
courtesy of J. D. Street, Tom Seymour,
Richard Cross
2:00 pm* Courtyard WEDDING. Congratulations to Steve and Paul
2:00 pm Mississippian Charity Auction: To benefit the Lewis &
Clark Library Association (2 hours)
Illini E Translating Prose into Art: Artists'
conceptualization of authors' imagination.
David Lee Anderson, John Sies
Cahokian 1-2-3 Costuming: Kids create their own
costumes to wear in Children's Masquerade
Art Show Demonstration: Acrylics. Tim Burns
2:30 pm Hallway Autograph Session: Bill Baldwin, Joey
Froehlich, Victor Milan
(1/2 hour)
2:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Paul Edwin Zimmer
Calhoun Now That's a Novel Idea...I Think: What
makes an idea worth developing into a
novel? Suzette Haden Elgin, Mark
Tiedemann (M), Rick Urdiales
Randolph 01/01/00: Will computers be ready for
the year 2000? And if not...? Gary
Hamilton, Mark Sumner, Richard Zellich (M)
3:00 pm Illini E & W 60 Years of Surprising Stories About
Science Fiction Celebrities: Julius
Schwartz
Lobby CHILDREN'S MASQUERADE
Marquette Special Multimedia Presentation:
Lucasfilms Star Wars Projects.
Stephen J. Sansweet, Director of
Specialty Marketing
(1.5 hours; will be shown again on Sun)
Main Hallway Autograph Session: Phyllis Eisenstein,
Laurell K. Hamilton,
Debbie Millitello (1/2 hour)
3:30 pm Main Hall Autographs Session: Marella Sands,
Mark Sumner (1/2 hour)
3:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Lloyd Kropp
Calhoun Internet, Web Sites, E-Mail, My Oh My!:
Is the Information Super Highway super
enough? Clay Evans, Brock "Dev" Hanke,
Brian Hopkins (M)
Randolph Advanced Role Playing Techniques. Jim
Garrison, Cob
4:00 pm Illini E Who Put the Science in DC's Science Fiction
Comics? Mike McFadden(M), Steve Houska
Illini W The Image of Nursing in Science Fiction.
Linda Thompson, RN/MSN/DSN
Main Hall Autograph Session: Ray Bradbury,
Ray Harryhausen,
Forrest J. Ackerman,
Julius Schwartz (1 hour)
4:30 pm Marquette Special Presentation: Sony Picture
Imageworks "Starship Troopers." Ernest
Farino, Visual Effects Producer (1.5 hours)
4:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Phyllis Eisenstein
Calhoun UFOs - If They're Not Spaceships, Why Do So
Many Believe They Are? David Means,
Marella Sands (M), Roger Tener
5:00 pm Mississippian ART AUCTION (2 hours)
Illini E & W Reading: Allen Steele
5:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Mark Sumner
Calhoun SF Without Science is What?: If it's not
"hard" SF, is it still science fiction?
David Lee Anderson, Bill Baldwin (M), David
Truesdale
SATURDAY EVENING
6:00 pm Illini E & W Reading: George R. R. Martin (1.5 hours)
6:30 pm* Calhoun Building A World: The details that make
it plausible. Robin Bailey, Rob Chilson (M),
Suzette Haden Elgin
Randolph Traditional Spouses' Panel: Do the spouses
ever feel "lost in the shuffle" at cons?
Carolyn Anderson, Diana Bailey, Carol Cook,
Mary Ann Corbett, Mark Moore
Monroe Babylon 5, An Alternate to the Star Trek
Universe. J. R. Daniels (M), Rodney
Eaton, Diane Suddeth, Michelle Zellich
7:30 pm Illini E SF & Fantasy Jeopardy! (Round Two): Hosted
by Mark "Alex Trebek" Sumner
Illini W Conspiracy Theories: Ready-made
Alternate Histories? Robert Cornett,
Glen Cook, Roger Tener (M)
7:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Victor Milan
Calhoun We've Got the Technology; Do We Have the
Ethics? Bill Clemente, Brock "Dev" Hanke,
Mickey Zucker Reichert, Mark Tiedemann
(M)
8:00 pm* Randolph Scream and Scream Again: Our fascination
with the horrific. Laurell K. Hamilton,
Brian Hopkins, Richard Stooker (M)
Ballroom A An Hour with Our GOH, Ray Bradbury
8:30 pm Illini E Demonstration: Airbrushing. Tim Burns
9:00 pm Great Rivers GRANDE MASQUE. Victor Milan, MC
10:00 pm Illini E Are Monsters Really Bad, or Just
Misunderstood? Joey Froehlich, Marella
Sands, Rick Urdiales (M)
Illini W Film and Commentary. David Massaro
11:00 pm Mississippian OPEN FILKING
Marquette E Video Nasties: Horror movie madness
Alan Tromp, Barry York
Marquette W Grande Masque Replay
Midnight Illini E Radio Room. Jim Theis
Marquette Midnight Movie
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1996
10:00 am* Hospitality Roger Tener's Traditional 10 am Panel
(Coffee Talk with Roger)
10:30 am* Calhoun "I'm Not Just a Pro, I Have a Life!"
Glen Cook, Mickey Zucker Reichert,
H. G. Stratman
10:30 am Illini E SF & Fantasy Jeopardy! (Final Round):
Hosted by Mark "Alex Trebek" Sumner
Illini W Trek-Libs: Hosted by David Phelps
11:00 am Mississippian Ray Squared with Greg Bear. Greg Bear
interviews our GOH Ray Bradbury and
AGOH Ray Harryhausen
11:30 am* Calhoun It May Be Schlock But We Love It: Robin
Bailey, Bill Baldwin, Lloyd Kropp (M),
David Means
Ballroom A Volunteer Pizza Party with the Pros
MAY BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PLACE AND A
LATER TIME
11:30 am Illini E Some People Will Do Just About Anything for
A Buck: Weird job tales. Joey Froelich,
Steve Houska, Roger Tener
Illini W Demonstration: Colored Pencils.
Rodney Eaton
Noon Great Rivers BANQUET (MUST have tickets in advance)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
12:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Marella Sands
12:40 pm Great Rivers Ship Commissioning Ceremony for the
"Bradbury"
1:00 pm Great Rivers Guest of Honor Speeches
(at close of the banquet)
Mississippian The Madding Crowd. St. Louis' only Improv
group
1:30 pm* Monroe Reading: Suzette Haden Elgin
Calhoun Toys, Toys, Toys: Toy-making and toy
trends. John Mitchell
Randolph Costuming in One Hour: How to make a
simple tunic for hall wear. One lucky
audience member will win it.
Ramona Taylor, Pierre Pettinger
1:30 pm Marquette Special Multimedia Presentation:
Lucasfilms Star Wars Projects.
Stephen J. Sansweet, Director of
Specialty Marketing (1.5 hours)
2:00 pm Mississippian CHARITY AUCTION: To benefit the Lewis
and Clark Library Association (2 hours)
Illini E Script Writing Seminar. Bob Mattingly
Illini W A Little Bit of Spa: Revive your
con-stressed self with a soothing facial.
Limited to 6 participants but onlookers are
welcome. Charlotte Phelps
2:30 pm* Monroe St. Louis Science Fiction Society club
meeting
Randolph St. Louis Costumers Guild meeting
4:00 pm Mississippian CLOSING CEREMONIES
5:00 pm* Hospitality Dead Dogs Party On...
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