WorldFantasyConvention 2016

Hours of OperationArt Show Delaware AB

Wednesday 6PM–9PM(setup)Thursday 9AM–2PM(setup&move-in)Thursday 2PM–8PMFriday 10AM–7PMSaturday 10AM–7PM Reception 8PM–10PMSunday 10AM–Noon(artpick-up)

Con Suite Peppercorn (first floor, off lobby)

Thursday 3PM–midnightFriday 8AM–midnightSaturday 8AM–midnightSunday 8AM–2PM

Dealers Room Franklin ABCD

Thursday 2PM–7PMFriday 10AM–6PMSaturday 10AM–6PMSunday 11AM–4PM

Registration Main Lobby

Wednesday 4PM–6PMand9PM–11PMThursday 10AM–9PMFriday 9AM–9PMSaturday 9AM–9PMSunday 10AM–1PM

Our thanks to our Guest of Honor Larry “Gryphon King” Dixon for permission to use his “Happy Gryphon” artwork on the cover of this pocket program. All rights reserved 2016.

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The Peppercorn Room (Con Suite) is located on the first floor, off the hotel main lobby.

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Special EventsThursday

8 PM Opening Ceremonies UNION AB

Friday1 PM Gallery Time with Larry Dixon (3 hours) ART SHOW

3 PM L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Guest of Honor Speech UNION AB

8 PM Mass Autographing (3 hours) REGENCY

SaturdayNoon Guest of Honor Dialogue with Larry Dixon UNION AB

1 PM Gallery Time with Larry Dixon (3 hours) ART SHOW

3 PM Mercedes Lackey Guest of Honor Speech UNION AB

8 PM Art Show Reception (3 hours) DELAWARE LOBBY

Sunday1 PM World Fantasy Awards Banquet (3 hours) REGENCY

WFC 2016 Code of ConductWedonottolerateharassmentofthepeopleatourconventioninanyform.

Everyoneisentitledtoaharassment-freeconventionexperience,regardlessofgen-der,sexualorientation,disability,orphysicalappearance.

Harassmentincludes,butisnotlimitedto,inappropriatephysicalcontact,unwelcomesexual attention, offensive verbal comments, deliberate intimidation, stalking or fol-lowingsomeone,makingharassingphotographyorrecordings,anddisruptingtalksorotherevents.Anyoneaskedtostopanyunacceptablebehaviorisexpectedtocomplyimmediately.

Arequestto“stop”or“goaway”meansexactlythat.Ifanyoneengagesinharassingbehavior, the convention committee may warn the offender, remove the offender from the room, or expel the offender from the convention with no refund at the Chairs’discretion.

Ifyoufeelthatyouarebeingharassed,orifyounoticesomeoneviolatinghotelorconventionpolicies,werespectfullysuggestthefollowing:

Ifyoufeelcomfortabledoingso,pointouttheinappropriatebehaviortotheper-sonsinvolved.Oftenthiswillsolvetheproblemimmediately.Ifyoudonotfeelcomfortabletalkingwiththepersonsinvolvedoriftalkingtothemdoesnotresolvetheissue,pleasereportthesituation,inperson,immedi-ately to the Operations Staff, or a Convention Committee member. Try to provide a name(foundonallbadges)and/oraphysicaldescriptionofthepersonorpersonsinvolved.Inordertotakeaction,weneedtoknowaboutanyincidentduringtheconvention.

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Thursday, 27 October 2017UNION AB

DELAWARE CD

UNION C UNION D

3 PMThe(Fantastic)ArtAlternateHistory

TheModernOc-cultInvestigator3:30 PM Reading

SarahHans

4 PMMasksandMystery

TheFantasyoftheAmerican

Heartland4:30 PM Reading

DarylGregory

5 PM

WhentoStopCostumeMakes

theCharacter

ReadingRajanKhanna

5:30 PM

6 PMDINNER BREAK7 PM

8 PM

Opening CeremoniesLongTailofthe

TallTale8:30 PM ReadingElaineIsaak

ReadingDavidMercurio

Rivera

9 PM TheSupernaturalvs.theOccult

TheFantasyWriter-Artist

ReadingMercedes

Lackey

10 PM Open Mic Poetry Reading

Friday, 28 October 2017UNION AB DELAWARE CD UNION C UNION D

10 AMTheNineties…

andtheNineties

TheKnowableandUnknowablein

Horror10:30 AM ReadingJosefMatulich

ReadingSarahPinsker

11 AM

KeepingYAWeird IBelieveICanFly

ReadingPaulDaleAnderson

ReadingIlanaC.Meyer

11:30 AMReading

JulietMarillier

ReadingBrendaClough

NOONTrilogies?Small

Stuff!TheLegacyofBruno

Schulz

ReadingKathleenAnn

Goonan

ReadingJeromeStueart

12:30 PMReading

NinaKirikiHoffman

ReadingDelia

Sherman

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Friday, 28 October 2017UNION AB DELAWARE CD UNION C UNION D

1 PMTheTimeslipFantasy

FantasyEmergingfromCrisis

JohnTibbettsPresentationon“PeterStraub’s

The Jolly Corner”

ReadingJonathanOliver

1:30 PM ReadingDavidLevine

2 PMFantasywithout

Magic

OurFavoriteMonstersandWhy

WeLoveThem

FranWildePresentationon

theFantasiesofFlight

ReadingCurtisCraddock

2:30 PM ReadingCarolBerg

3 PM Guest of Honor Speech

L.E.Modesitt,Jr.

DarkFantasyvs.Horror

ReadingDavidBoop

ReadingMattKressel

3:30 PM ReadingJ.S.Breukelaar

4 PM Shirleyat100:MarkingtheShirleyJacksonCentennial

AnimalFantasy

ReadingMarilynMattie

Brahen

ReadingMikeAllen

4:30 PM ReadingRobertJ.Sawyer

ReadingEllenKushner

5 PMR. A. Lafferty: An

AmericanOriginal

AGoldenAgeofContemporaryAsian

Fantasy

ReadingL.E.Modesitt,Jr.

ReadingChrisCevasco

5 PM ReadingSharonShinn

6 PMDINNER BREAK

7 PM

8 PMMass Autographing

RegencyBallroom9 PM

10 PM

Friday and SaturdayART SHOW (DELAWARE AB)

1 PM

GalleryTimewithLarryDixon2 PM

3 PM

Friday and SundayUNION E

10 AMWorldFantasyBoardBusinessMeeting

11 AM

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Saturday, 29 October 2017UNION AB DELAWARE CD UNION C UNION D

10 AMThe Eternally Difficult

(butFascinating)WritersHorrorFictionand

Xenophobia

ReadingLarry

Hodges

10:30 AMReading

JeffMinerd

ReadingKieth

Merrill

11 AMTheFantasiesofJamesThurber

FromSalemtoArkhamtoCastleRockto…

NewOrleans?

ReadingRobertWexler

ReadingEricFlint

11:30 PMReadingMatthewWuertz

ReadingC.S.E.Cooney

NOON Guest of Honor Dialogue

LarryDixonandRandalSpangler

SwordandSorceryToday:StillSlashingAway

ReadingTina

Connolly

ReadingMimi

Mondal

12:30 PM

1 PMNewFindingsinHistory

andArchaeology:HowDoTheseInformFiction?

WhenDidFantasySeparatefromthe

Mainstream–OrWasIttheOtherWayAround?

ReadingSteve

RasnicTem

ReadingLeo

Vladimirsky

1:30 PMReadingMargaret

Killjoy

ReadingLaurelAnne

Hill

2 PMMiddleGradeFantasy

afterHarryPotter:HowLong,HowSprawling,

HowBritish,HowTiedtoSchools?

FantasyandMusic

ReadingPeter

Straub

ReadingDavidCoe

2:30 PM ReadingKayKenyon

ReadingSallyGrotta

3 PMGuest of Honor Speech

MercedesLackey

HowDoesWhoWeAreAffect What We Read?

ReadingFranWilde

ReadingMark

VanName

3:30 PMReadingCamilleGriep

ReadingGuyGavriel

Kay

4 PMArt Panel

FromIdeatoFinalImageAnAviaryofBeasties

ReadingDavidMack

ReadingSarahAvery

4:30 PM ReadingFredDurbin

ReadingLawrenceM.Schoen

5 PM

OldStories,NewTwistsHowGeorgeR.R.Martin

HasChangedFantasy

ReadingAndy

Duncan

ReadingMax

Gladstone

5:30 PMReading

EllenKlages

ReadingDarrell

Schweitzer

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Saturday, 29 October 2017UNION AB DELAWARE CD UNION C UNION D

6 PM

DINNER BREAK7 PM

8 PM OnBeyondLovecraftRememberingDavidHartwell

9 PM WhatDoWeMeanBy“WeirdFiction”

Anyway?StrangeDrugs

ReadingSarahHans

9:30 PM

10 PMBroad

UniverseRapidReading

SaturdayDELAWARE LOBBY

8 PM

Art Show Reception9 PM

10 PM

Sunday, 30 October 2017UNION AB DELAWARE CD UNION C

10 AMHowtoMakeaSmallFortuneinSpecialtyPublishing(StartingwithaLargeFortune)

FranzKafka:Oppres-sionandStrangeness10:30 AM Reading

AmalEl-Mohtar

11 AMAtheistFantasy?IsGodDead? StrangeCircuses

ReadingS.M.Stirling

11:30 AM

NOON

1 PM

2016 World Fantasy Awards BanquetRegencyBallroom

2 PM

3 PM

3:30 PM JudgesPanel(startsafterBanquet)

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World Fantasy Convention 2016 Reading Schedule(Readings are 30 minutes unless otherwise noted.)

THURSDAY4:30PM DarylGregory UNIOND5PM RajanKhanna UNIONC8:30PM DavidMercurioRivera UNIONC ElaineIsaak UNIOND9PM MercedesLackey (one hour) UNIONC

FRIDAY10:30AM JosefMatulich UNIONC SarahPinsker UNIOND11AM PaulDaleAnderson UNIONC IlanaC.Meyer UNIOND11:30AM JulietMarillier UNIONC BrendaClough UNIONDNOON KathleenAnnGoonan UNIONC JeromeStueart UNIOND12:30 PM Nina Kiriki Hoffman UNION C DeliaSherman UNIOND1PM JonathanOliver UNIOND1:30PM DavidLevine UNIOND2PM CurtisCraddock UNIOND2:30PM CarolBerg UNIOND3PM MattKressel UNIONC3:30PM J.S.Breukelaar UNIONC4PM MarilynMattieBrahen UNIONC MikeAllen UNIOND4:30PM RobertJ.Sawyer UNIONC EllenKushner UNIOND5PM L.E.Modesitt,Jr. UNIONC ChrisCevasco UNIOND5:30PM SharonShinn UNIONC

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SATURDAY10AM LarryHodges UNIONC10:30 AM Jeff Minerd UNION C KiethMerrill UNIOND11AM RobertWexler UNIONC EricFlint UNIOND11:30AM MatthewWuertz UNIONC C.S.E.Cooney UNIONDNOON TinaConnolly UNIONC MimiMondal UNIONDIPM SteveRasnicTem UNIONC LeoVladimirsky UNIOND1:30PM MargaretKilljoy UNIONC LaurelAnneHill UNIOND2PM PeterStraub UNIONC DavidCoe UNIOND2:30PM KayKenyon UNIONC SallyGrotta UNIOND3PM FranWilde UNIONC MarkVanName UNIOND3:30PM CamilleGriep UNIONC GuyGavrielKay UNIOND4PM DavidMack UNIONC SarahAvery UNIOND4:30PM FredDurbin UNIONC LawrenceM.Schoen UNIOND5PM AndyDuncan UNIONC MaxGladstone UNIOND5:30PM EllenKlages UNIONC DarrellSchweitzer UNIOND9PM SarahHans UNIOND10PM BROADUNIVERSEREADING UNIONCSheri Lane/Elizabeth Crowens, Brenda Carr/Brenda Carre, Carol Berg, Paula S Jordan, Karen Wester Newton/Carmen Webster Buxton, Julia Dvorin

SUNDAY10:30AM AmalEl-Mohtar UNIONC11AM S.M.Sterling UNIONC

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World Fantasy Convention 2016 ScheduleTHURSDAY

3 PMThe (Fantastic) Art Alternate History UNIONAB

Howdoyoumakeitthebasisforameaningfulstory,ratherthanjustano-tion? And how, specifically, is alternate history useful in fantasy, as opposed to science fiction. The science-fictional alternate history story is an offshoot of the time-travel story, as typified by Ward Moore’s Bring the Jubilee.ButwhatdowemakeofJohnM.Ford’sWorldFantasyAwardwinner,The Dragon Waiting?

David Boop, Eric Flint, David Coe (m), Alan Smale, S. M. Stirling,Elizabeth Crowens

The Modern Occult Investigator DELAWARECDThe combination of detective and supernatural fiction dates at least to the 19thcentury.ImagineBramStoker’sVanHelsingasaseriescharacter.Stokerdidn’tbutotherwritersdidproducesuchseries–Carnacki,JohnSilence,etc.Whoarethemodern-dayexamples?JimButcherandLaurellK.Hamiltonimmediatelyspringtomind.Oftenwecallthis“UrbanFantasy,”butwearefocusingonsomethingalittlenarrowerhere:theghoststorymeetsSherlockHolmes,ornoir.Howhassupernaturalsleuthingevolvedoverthedecades?

Laura Bickle, E. J. Stevens, Stephen Vessels, Elektra Hammond

3:30 PMSarah Hans Reading UNIOND

4 PMMasks and Mystery UNIONAB

They’reevocative,spooky,concealing,andsometimesrevealing.Howandwhyhavemasksbeenusedinfantasy?Aretheymerelyabouthidingidentityordotheyholdsomegreatermetaphysicalpower?

Carol Berg, Josef Matulich, Joelle Reizes, Elaine Isaak

The Fantasy of the American Heartland DELAWARECDTheAmericanstoryisapowerfulone,thesourceofmyths.IthasproducedRayBradbury’sfantasiesofMidwesternchildhood,CharlesFinney’sabsurdistThe Circus of Dr. Lao,StephenKing’sThe Stand,EmilySt.JohnMandel’sStation Eleven,andmanyothers.Therearemoralambiguitieshere.Themythofthepioneerandtheexplorerinvolvesdisplacementofnativepopula-tions. American “exceptionalism” may not be of much benefit to the rest of the world. Let us try to define what makes an American fantasy story.

Rob Howell (m), Karen Bovenmyer, Lynne Cantwell, Gary K. Wolfe,Stephanie Loree

Daryl Gregory Reading UNIOND

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THURSDAY5 PM

When to Stop UNIONABSomeseriesseemtogoonforever.Atwhatpointmusttherereallybeanending?Trilogiesseemtobeadefault,buturbanfantasyseries(e.g.LaurellK.Hamilton’sAnitaBlakenovels)seemtojustgoonandon.Isthelongseriessimplyafactorofmarketforcesoristhereastorytellingimperativebehindit?Withdecliningshelfspaceandevermoredemandsfortheattentionofreaders,arethelongforseriesbecominglessdesirable?

Sarah Avery, J. L. Doty, Summer Hanford, Mark Van Name (m), David Mack

Costume Makes the Character DELAWARECDWhat do fantasy characters wear and how does that affect the story? Think of Conan or Gene Wolfe’s Severian. Very different characters with a very different appearance. Julian May deliberately gave her characters elaborate costumessoshecouldseetheminsubsequentmasquerades.CertainlythecharactersinEllenKushner’sThe Privilege of the Sword, et al. have a defi-nitelyfashionsense.PopculturebloggerGaviaBaker-Whitelawhasopenedalot of eyes to what costuming says in film. This link is a bit harder in literature wheretheimaginationdoestheworkoftheeyes.Howcanwritersdescribeclothingtoovercomeareader’sbiasabouthowpeopleshouldlook?Howcanclothesbeusedassignpoststohelpreadersconceptualizeastrangeworld?

Delia Sherman, Madeleine Robins (m), Cinda Chima, Mercedes Lackey

Rajan Khanna Reading UNIONC5:30 PM

Amal El-Mohtar Reading UNIONC6 PM

DINNER BREAK (6 – 8 PM)8 PM

Opening Ceremonies UNIONAB

Long Tail of the Tall Tale DELAWARECD“Talltales,liketheirfairytalecousins,arereinventedineveryculturearoundtheworld.Thesetales,handeddownthroughgenerations,provideanamaz-ingcontextforhowhumansrelatetooneanotherandtostory.Howhavethese oral traditions influenced today’s fiction? Is there such a thing as a moderntalltale?”

Anatoly Belilovsky, Mimi Mondal, Amal El-Mohtar, Kit Reed, Andy Duncan (m)

8:30 PMDavid Mercurio Rivera Reading UNIONCElaine Isaak Reading UNIOND

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9 PMThe Supernatural vs. the Occult UNIONAB

A distinction without a difference? Dion Fortune vs. Stephen King? What happensiftheauthorpresentsthe“supernatural”aspartoftheassumed,realisticbackground,notasanintrusionorviolationofnaturallaw?Doesthisrestrictthestory’sappealtoanaudienceoftruebelievers?ThomasAquinasarguedthedistinctionbetweenpreternatural(thatwhichappearsoutsideof“the natural,” like the occult) and the supernatural is the difference between that which is affected by created beings—such as man, or demons—and that which are merely the unintended consequences of God. Which works of fic-tionexplorethislinebetweenthecosmicandthemerelycreepy,themiracu-lousandthenearlymundane?Whentheactionsofmonsters,aliens,ghosts,ormutantscanappeartoasmarvels,howdoesanauthorwritecharactersthatbelievablystandachance?

Jonathan Oliver, Dena Bain Taylor, Bernadette Bosky (m), Joelle Reizes

The Fantasy Writer-Artist DELAWARECDWecanthinkofnumerousexamplesoffantasywriters(novelistsorshortstorywriters)whowerealsoaccomplishedpaintersorillustrators–fromMervyn Peake to Janny Wurts. How does working in one medium affect work intheother?Wehopetohearfromactivecontemporarywriter-artistsonthispanel,notjusttalkaboutthem.

Brenda Carre, Sally Grotta (m), Seth Lindberg, Jerome Stueart, Charles Vess

Mercedes Lackey Reading (one hour) UNIONC

10 PMOpen Mic Poetry Reading UNIONAB

Darrell Schweitzer (m)

FRIDAY10 AM

WFC Business Meeting (two hours) UNIONE

The Nineties… and the Nineties UNIONABThe1890swereaveryspecialtime,culturallyandartistically,with“deca-dence”mostemblemizedbyThe Yellow Book,aliteraryjournalofthetime.The decade produced many important writers and artists who still influence fantasyenormously:Wilde,Beardsley,Machen,Chambers,andmanymore.Whatwasgoingonanddidithappenagainahundredyearslater?Istheresomething about the final decades of centuries? In many ways, the 1990s re-flected this same phenomenon of counter culture. What genre writers of the 1990s best reflect this push back against convention? Can we make the case that the fiction of the 1990s launched the golden era of genre fiction we find ourselvesintoday?

S. M. Stirling, Janeen Webb, Laurel Anne Hill, Jason A. Wyckoff

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FRIDAYThe Knowable and Unknowable in Horror DELAWARECD

Exploringthecontrastbetweenthepurelysupernaturalhorror(ghosts,vam-pires) and those that border on science fiction (shoggoths!). In the former case,thehorrorarisesfromanabsoluteviolationofnaturallaw.Inthelatter,thephenomenoncan,atleastpotentially,heunderstood.Whatspecialprob-lemsdotheseapproachespresenttothewriter?Istheinherentnatureofthedread itself (ghostly vs. cosmic) different?

Mike Allen, Laura Bickle, Stephanie Feldman (m), Louise Marley, Tim Waggoner

10:30 AMJosef Matulich Reading UNIONCSarah Pinsker Reading UNIOND

11 AMKeeping YA Weird UNIONAB

Youngadultreadershavealwaysembracedliteraryworksdarkandstrange--fromtheclassicsWe Have Always Lived in the CastlebyShirleyJackson’sandLord of the FliesbyWilliamGolding’stoFrancesHardinge’sThe Lie Tree,KendareBlake’sAnna Dressed in Blood,StephKuehn’sDelicate Mon-sters,JonathanMaberry’sRot and Ruinseries,andNeilGaiman’sCoraline.ThepanelwilldiscusstraditionsandthemesofweirdYA,andwhatmightbecomingnext.

Fran Wilde, Christopher Barzak, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Ellen Klages (m),Rani Graff

I Believe I Can Fly DELAWARECDThose lyrics, popularized by R. Kelly in the film Space Jam,highlightsome-thing each and every one of us dreams of — being able to soar in the heav-ens.Greekmyth,superherostories,andmanygenrebookstapintothisfan-tasy. What about the concept of flight is so appealing? How are today’s books reimaginingthetropeandwhereelsecanwegowithit?

Curtis Craddock, C. E. Cooney (m), Dan Koboldt, Alan Smale

Paul Dale Anderson Reading UNIONCIlana C. Myer Reading UNIOND

11:30 AMJuliet Marillier Reading UNIONCBrenda Clough reading UNIOND

NOONTrilogies? Small Stuff! UNIONAB

Thechallengesandtriumphsofwritingalong,multi-volumeseries.Whatshouldsomeonestartingalongseriesknowattheoutset?

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., David Drake, Sharon Shinn, Mercedes Lackey, Kay Kenyon

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The Legacy of Bruno Schulz DELAWARECDHewasaJewishwriter,whowaskilledintheHolocaust.IsheanotherKafka?A pervading influence. But how many have read him? Why is he important?

Robert Knowlton, Rick Lieder, Darrell Schweitzer (m)

Kathleen Ann Goonan Reading UNIONCJerome Stueart Reading UNIOND

12:30 PMNina Kiriki Hoffman Reading UNIONCDelia Sherman Reading UNIOND

1 PMGallery Time with Larry Dixon (three hours) DELAWAREAB

YourchancetohavepersonaltimewithLarryDixon,whowilllookatportfo-lios,discussapproaches,techniques,philosophiesofcreativity,andpracticalmethodsofexpressionacrossmanycreativeedisciplines.

The Timeslip Fantasy UNIONABIt’sstillpopular.DianaGabalon’sOutlanderseriesprovesthat.Butthere’salsoHenryJames’s“ASenseofthePast,”JohnBalderston’sBerkley Square(and film of same), Richard Matheson’s Bid Time Return(a.k.a.Somewhere in Time).TheTimeslipstoryisdistinguishedfromthetimetravelstory.Notime-machineshere.Usuallytheslipoccursinvoluntarily,astheprotagonistbecomesunstuckinreality.Whatarethesestoriesreallyabout?Aretheyalwaysromantic?

Elizabeth Crowens, Gillian Chan, S. M. Stirling, Jane Yolen, Alex Eisenstein (m)

Fantasy Emerging from Crisis DELAWARECDAre there trends in fiction that can be tied to global crises? E.g., certain kinds offantasyemergedfromtheinstabilitythatleduptoWWI.The Lord of the RingsisaclearresponsetotheGreatWar.Aretheredirectionswecanan-ticipate with near-future environmental conflicts (water wars), destabilizing naturaldisasters,risingseas,incomeinequalityissues,etc.perhapsleadingtomorepoliticalworks(especiallyconsideringthepopularityofGame of Thrones)?9/11producedLavieTidhar’sWorldFantasyAwardwinningOsamaandalsoinspiredstoriesbyLuciusShepard,RichardBowes,JackKetchum,andothers.Fantasyinevitablyarisesfromthezeitgeist.Itcanalsocomerightoutoftheheadlines.

Chris Phillips, Jason Sanford (m), Gary K. Wolfe, Chrisopher Husberg,Caroline Yoachim

John Tibbetts presents“Peter Straub’s ‘The Jolly Corner’” (one hour) UNIONC

Jonathan Oliver Reading UNIOND1:30 PM

David Levine Reading UNIOND

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FRIDAY2 PM

Fantasy without Magic UNIONABIsthisasubgenre?Gormenghast,Islandia,Ambergrisareallimaginaryplaces,quiteapartfromknownhistoryandgeography,fantasy-landsbutwithoutanythingsupernaturalgoingon.Whenthemagicisintheplaceinstead,howdowereadandexplorethoseworks?

Phyllis Eisenstein, Madeleine Robins, Fred Lerner (m), Emmie Mears,Ellen Kushner

Our Favorite Monsters and Why We Love Them DELAWARECDIfwebecometoofondofourmonsters,aretheymonstrousanymore?Whichones are still scary and which evoke pity or even affection?

Fred Durbin, Mimi Mondal, Betsy Dornbusch, James Moore (m)

Fran Wilde Presentation on theFantasies of Flight (1 hour) UNIONC

Curtis Craddock Reading UNIOND2:30 PM

Carol Berg Reading UNIOND3 PM

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Guest of Honor Speech UNIONAB

Dark Fantasy vs. Horror DELAWARECDArethesejustmarketingterms,oristhereavaliddistinctionhere?Isitpos-sibleforastorytobeonewithoutbeingtheother?

Ellen Datlow (m), Rio Youers, Christopher Golden, Steve Rasnic Tem,Jonathan Oliver.

David Boop Reading UNIONCMatt Kressel Reading UNIOND

3:30 PMJ. S. Breukelaar Reading UNIONC

4 PMShirley at 100: Marking theShirley Jackson Centennial UNIONAB

InDecemberofthisyear,ShirleyJacksonturns100.Bestknownforherstory“TheLottery”(1948),Jacksonhasbeenreadbyteenagersacrosstheworld.ButhernovelsThe Haunting of Hill HouseandWe Have Always Lived in the Castleendurealmostasstrongly.WhatisJackson’slegacytomodernhorror?

Eileen Gunn (m), Peter Straub, Gordon Van Gelder, Karen Bovenmyer,Stephanie Feldman

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Animal Fantasy DELAWARECDTheformhasbeenaroundsinceancienttimes(Aesop),andinrecentyearsWatership Down,WalterWagnerin’sThe Book of the Dun Cow,KijJohn-son’sThe Fox Woman,andseveralothersuchbooksdidverywell.Every-thingfromE.B.White’sCharlotte’s WebtoLives of the Monster DogsbyKirstenBakisandTailchaser’sSongbyTadWilliams.Wearenottalkingaboutshapechangershere,butthekindofstoryinwhichthecharactersareanimals.Themostobvioususeforsuchaformisallegory,asinOrwell’sAnimal Farm,butthereareotherattractionsaswell.

Jane Yolen, Gillian Chan, Maaja Wentz (m), Cinda Williams Chima,Mercedes Lackey

Marilyn Mattie Brahen Reading UNIONCMike Allen reading UNIOND

4:30 PMRobert J. Sawyer Reading UNIONCEllen Kushner Reading UNIOND

5PMR. A. Lafferty: An American Original UNIONAB

Celebrate the life and work of one of our field’s grandest of grand eccentrics.

Greg Ketter, Darrell Schweitzer (m), Dena Bain Taylor

A Golden Age of Contemporary Asian Fantasy DELAWARECDThispanelexploresthegrowingbodyofworkbywritersfromAsiaandthediaspora,whointerrogate,reinterpret,anddeveloptheliterarytraditionsoftheircountriesandculturesoforigin(amongotherliterarytraditionsandcultures,includingthe“West”)inaglobalizedcontext.”

Brenda Clough, Mary Soon Lee, Rajan Khanna, Amal El-Mohtar,Don Pizarro, Mimi Mondal

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Reading UNIONCChris Cevasco Reading UNIOND

5:30 PMSharon Shinn Reading UNIONC

6 PM

DINNER BREAK (6 – 8 PM)8 PM

Mass Autographing (8 – 11 PM) REGENCYBALLROOM

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SATURDAY10 AM

The Eternally Difficult (but Fascinating) Writers UNIONABThewriterswhowillneverbepopularbutwhowillneverfadeaway.IthasbeensuggestedthatatleastonepersonayearwillreadDavidLindsay’sAVoyagetoArcturuswithgreatfascinationfromnowuntiltheendoftime.Buthewillneverbepopular.ClarkAshtonSmith’sprosestylerepelssomeandenchantsothers,butweknowhewillneversellmillionsofcopies.Wedon’tmean just neglected writers. What about the “difficult” writers? Does James Joyce’sFinnegansWake(adreamfantasyofsorts)fallintothiscategory?What is the place for difficult prose styles or ideas which can only reach the fewandneverthemany?

Robert Knowlton, Seth E. Lindberg (m), Gary K. Wolfe, Janeen Webb,Kathleen Ann Goonan

Horror Fiction and Xenophobia DELAWARECDHorrorfrompreviousgenerationsdrawsmuchofitspowerfromthefearoftheOther.Insomecasestheotherisanunknowablebeing,acosmicterror,butjustasoftenit’snot,referencinginsteadmoremundanedistinctionsbetweenusandthem.HowproblematicistheuseoftheOthertoengenderfear?HasfearoftheOtherledtosomeofthechallengesgenrefacestodayrelativetoinclusivenessandequality?

S. M. Stirling, Mark Van Name, Tim Waggoner (m), Laurel Anne Hill

Larry Hodges Reading UNIONC

10:30Jeff Minerd Reading UNIONCKieth Merrill Reading UNIOND

11 AMThe Fantasies of James Thurber UNIONAB

ItisnotjustthathewrotesomeofhismostfamousworksrighthereinColumbus(thereisaThurbermuseumnotfarfromtheconhotel),butwecelebrateJamesThurber’sdelightfulfantasiesfortheirsheerandexuberantmerit.SurelyTheThirteenClocksisoneofthemasterpiecesof20thcenturyAmericanfantasy.Andthereissomuchmore.“TheSecretLifeofWalterMitty.”TheWhiteDeer.Panelistsareencouragedtoreadaloudtheirfavoritepassages.

Jane Yolen, Leo Vladimirsky, Ellen Kushner, Gary K. Wolfe, Elaine Isaak

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From Salem to Arkham to Castle Rock to…New Orleans? DELAWARECD

Often it seems that New England is the heart of American horror fiction, if onlybecausewriterslikeNathanielHawthornehadaheadstart.Isit?YoucouldjustasreadilyargueforFlanneryO’Connor’sSouthernGothic.WhatISthe scariest region of the USA, in fiction at least?

Chris Golden, Chris Phillips, Gordon Van Gelder, Rio Youers (m)

Robert Wexler Reading UNIONCEric Flint Reading UNIOND

11:30 AMMatthew Wuertz Reading UNIONCC. S. E. Cooney reading UNIOND

NOONGuest of Honor Dialogue:Randal Spangler & Larry Dixon UNIONAB

Sword and Sorcery Today: Still Slashing Away DELAWARECDThispairinghasbeenamainstayeversinceRobertE.Howardcameonthescene.FritzLeiber(whoraisedittoawholenewlevel)coinedtheactualterm. There was a huge revival when the Conan paperbacks first appeared in the1960s.Sincethentherehavebeenawholeseriesofrevivalsandrenais-sances,andsuchanthologiesasJonathanStrahan’sSwords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery.DavidDrake,GlenCook,andStevenEriksonare turning out significant works. How do we account for its continued vital-ity?Couldswordandsorcerybedescribedasthefantasyequivalentofthehardboileddetectivestory?Atwhatpointdoesitmergewithjustplainepicfantasy?DoMercedesLackeyandGeorgeR.R.Martinwriteswordandsor-cery,epicfantasy,orboth?

James Moore (m), David Drake, Mercedes Lackey, S. M. Stirling, Scott Andrews

Tina Connolly Reading UNIONCMimi Mondal Reading UNIOND

I PMGallery Time with Larry Dixon (three hours) DELAWAREAB

YourchancetohavepersonaltimewithLarryDixon,whowilllookatportfo-lios,discussapproaches,techniques,philosophiesofcreativity,andpracticalmethodsofexpressionacrossmanycreativeedisciplines.

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SATURDAYNew Findings in History and Archaeology:How Do These Inform Fiction? UNIONAB

Whathappenswhenwhatwethoughtthepastwasallaboutturnouttobewrong?AtapanelattheWorldFantasyConventionlastyear,itwassuggest-edthatthefamousAnglo-SaxoninvasionofBritainneveractuallyhappened.Instead, the German mercenaries left behind when the Roman officer class withdrewgotoutofhand.Ifthatisso,whatdoesthisrevelationdototheentireArthurianmythos?Howcanwriterslooktonewideasofhowvariouscivilizationsfaced/failedathandlingnatural/politicalcrisesasapointforplot,characterandworlddevelopment?

Eric Flint (m), David Drake, S. M. Stirling, Rhiannon Held, Rosemary Smith

When Did Fantasy Separate from the Mainstream –Or Was It the Other Way Around? DELAWARECD

Wedistinguishbetweenfantasyandmythologyhere.Byfantasy,wemeanstoriesasstories,notintendedtobebelievedastrue.When,how,andwhydidthefantasticstorybecomeadeliberateact,ratherthanjustthedefaultofstorytelling?

Ginjer Buchanan, Peter Halasz (m), Juliet Marillier, David Moore,Darrell Schweitzer

Steve Rasnic Tem Reading UNIONCLeo Vladimirsky Reading UNIOND

1:30 PM Margaret Killjoy Reading UNIONCLaurel Anne Hill Reading UNIOND

2 PMMiddle Grade Fantasy after Harry Potter: How Long, How Sprawling, How British, How Tied to Schools? UNIONAB

Jane Yolen, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (m), Delia Sherman, Sarah Beth Durst

Fantasy and Music DELAWARECDMusic can lead to flights of fantasy. Fantasy can inspire music and music can inspirefantasy.ThinkofMarvinKaye’sFantastiquewhichisbasedontheBerliozsymphony.Musicinfantasyhasbeenusedtoeducatethepopula-tion (and so the reader) in McCaffrey’s PernseriesandWilde’sUpdraft.Butthere’salsoalonghistoryofmusicitselfbeingmagical,asinEmmaBull’sWar for the Oaks.Howdowritersdecidewhereandhowtousemusic?Whatotherworkshavelookedbeyonddeployingsongsasexposition?

Linda Robertson, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Mercedes Lackey, Steven Piziks (m), Fred Durbin, Sarah Pinsker

Peter Straub Reading UNIONCDavid Coe Reading UNIOND

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2:30 PMKay Kenyon Reading UNIONCSally Grotta Reading UNIOND

3 PM

Mercedes Lackey Guest of Honor Speech UNIONAB

How Does Who We Are Affect What We Read? DELAWARECDItishardtoimagine–andallwecandoisimagine–whattheOdysseymusthavemeanttoanancientGreekaudience.Butcanweevenhavethesameexperiencewith,say,Victorianghoststoriesorearly20thcenturypulpmagazine fiction that the readers of the time did? How does the passage of timeandculturalchangeworkwhenthetextitselfdoesnotchange?Whichelementsinastoryareuniversalandwhicharegenerational?

Gregory Wilson, David Coe, Robert Sawyer, Mary Soon Lee,Bernadette Bosky (m)

Fran Wilde Reading UNIONCMark Van Name Reading UNIOND

3:30 PMCamille Griep Reading UNIONCGuy Gavriel Kay Reading UNIOND

4 PMArt Panel: From Idea to Final Image UNIONAB

Workingartistsexplainhowtheytranslatethewrittenwordintopicturesona page, when to be specific and when to be ambiguous, and what happens whentheartistbecomesthewriter,whathappenswhenthewriterbecomestheartdirector?

Charles Vess, Greg Manchess, Fran Wilde, M: Irene Gallo, Chris Roberts

An Aviary of Beasties DELAWARECDThedragonandthePegasusarewellknowntoWesternfantasyreaders,butwhatothercreatureslurkintheskies?TheManananggalofthePhilippines,theKongamatoofZambia,theAhoolofIndonesia,eventhelegendaryThun-derbirdofNorthAmerica...Let’smovepastthecommonandexplorethefullrangeofairbornemythologicalcreaturesfromaroundtheworld.Whyareweso enamored with things that fly?

Auston Habershaw, Dan Koboldt, E. J. Stevens, Susan Shell Winston (m).Rajan Khanna

David Mack Reading UNIONCSarah Avery Reading UNIOND

4:30 PM Fred Durbin Reading UNIONCLawrence M. Schoen Reading UNIOND

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SATURDAY5 PM

Old Stories, New Twists UNIONABInYAliterature,retellingsoffairytales,myths,andliteraryworksbyauthorsincludingJaneAusten,Shakespeare,andC.S.Lewisareincreasinglypopular.Whatpleasureisthereforreadersandauthorsintheseretellingsandwhatdotheytellusaboutchangeswithinthegenre?ThepanelwilldiscusstheworkofRobinMcKinley,ShannonHale,JulieKagawa,MalindoLo,GregoryMaguire,andotherauthorsworkingthisfruitfulveinoffantasy.

Jane Yolen, Cinda Williams Chima (m), Amal El-Mohtar, Juliet Marillier,Rani Graff, Navah Wolfe

How George R. R. Martin Has Changed Fantasy DELAWARECDWillimaginary-worldfantasyeverbethesame?AwholegenerationhasgrownupreadingA Song of Ice and Fire.ASoIaFisrifewithstrongfemalecharacters,bothgoodandevil,disabledcharacterswithrealpower,andlackofsecurityaroundthecharacterstheylove.Whatkindsofstoriesshouldwebe writing for those fans? What is the long-term influence likely to be, be-yond the obvious cash-ins and knock-offs? What should we anticipate?

Dan Koboldt, Ginjer Buchanan, Betsy Dorbush, Christopher Husberg,Rob Howell (m)

Andy Duncan Reading UNIONCMax Gladstone Reading UNIOND

5:30 PMEllen Klages Reading UNIONCDarrell Schweitzer Reading UNIOND

6 PM

DINNER BREAK (6 – 8 PM)8 PM

On Beyond Lovecraft UNIONABHPLisnotgoingaway.Hiscomplicatedlegacywillcontinuetoevolve,per-hapsinunexpectedways,suchasweseeinVictorLaValle’smuch-acclaimedThe Ballad of Black TomorCaitlinKiernan’sWorldFantasyAwardwinning(anddecidedlyMythosinfused)“BlackHelicopters.”OncewemovebeyondLovecrafthimselfanddiscardhispersonalbaggage,whatneweldritchpos-sibilitiesopenupbythecontinuedexpansionofhisthemes?

Bernadette Bosky, Christopher M. Cevasco, Tim Waggoner

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Remembering David Hartwell DELAWARECDCelebrating the life and career of one of the field’s truly great editors, and oneofthefoundersofWFC.

Gordon Van Gelder, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Kevin Maroney, Robert Sawyer,Elspeth Kovar

Art Show Reception (8 – 11 PM) DELAWARELOBBY

9 PMWhat Do We Mean By “Weird Fiction” Anyway? UNIONAB

Lovecraftpopularizedtheterm.HegotitfromLeFanu.Sincethenwe’vehadwriters such as China Mièville, Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, Livia Llewellyn, and many others redefining the term. Is there any meaningful distinction between“theweird”andplainoldfantasy&horror?

Steve Rasnic Tem, Ellen Datlow, Michael Kelly (m), J. S. Breukelaar

Strange Drugs DELAWARECDOpiumandthelikehavealwayshadaromanticallure.Howaboutimaginarydrugs?AliceinWonderland?ClarkAshtonSmith?Howdoesthefantasyphar-macopeia differ from the real thing? What kind of drug do you take to see intothefutureorenteranotherworld?

Brady McReynolds, Jason Sanford, Anya Martin, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro,E. J. Stevens (m)

Sarah Hans Reading UNIOND

10 PMBroad Universe Rapid Reading (until whenever) UNIONC

Sheri Lane/Elizabeth Crowens, Brenda Carr/Brenda Carre, Carol Berg,Paula S Jordan, Karen Wester Newton/Carmen Webster Buxton, Julia Dvorin

SUNDAY10 AM

WFC Business Meeting UNIONE

How to Make a Small Fortune in Specialty Publishing(Starting with a Large Fortune) UNIONAB

Soyouhaveidealismandvision.Youknowofthebookthatjustmustbepublished,andyouactuallymadetoproduceit.AreyounowthenewAugustDerlethfoundingthenewArkhamHouse?Ormaybeit’snotassimpleasallthat.Ourpanelofgrizzledandbattle-scarredexpertsdiscussthepitfallsthatmaylieinthewayofsuccessandhowtoavoidthem.Wrongprint-run.Wrongtiming?Wrongproductionvalues?Surprisesmayawaittheunwary.

Daniel Crankshaw (m), Yanni Kuznia, Jeremy Lassen, Tod McCoy,Robert J. Sawyer

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SUNDAY10 AM

Franz Kafka: Oppression and Strangeness DELAWARECDKafka was one of the great figures of 20th century literature, best known for The Trial,The Castle,and,mostofall,“TheMetamorphosis,”inwhichdetailsthecomicagoniesofamantransformedintoa“vermin.”(Itdoesn’tactu-allysay“cockroach.”)Hisstoriesareaboutimplacable,absurdbureaucraciesand often the nightmarish nature of existence. His influence was enormous, pointingthewaytoeverybodyfromWoodyAllentoThomasLigotti.Whoiswriting“Kafkaesque”today?Giventhepoliticalclimate,isitontheincrease?

Leo Vladimirsky, Stephen Vessels, Robert Knowlton (m)

10:30 AMAmal El-Mohtar Reading UNIONC

11 AMAtheist Fantasy? Is God Dead? UNIONAB

InPhilipPullman’sGolden Compassseries,twochildrenliterallykillGod.Iftherearenogodsorspirits,whatwouldsuchfantasybeabout?JoannaRuss’s“The Man Who Couldn’t See Devils” (in Anne McCaffrey’s Alchemy and Aca-deme)isaremarkablestoryabouttheonlypersonwhocouldn’texperiencethesupernaturalinanotherwisespirit-hauntedworld.Orcanthesupernatu-ralorfantasticgetalongquitewellwithoutanyvestigeofreligion?

Max Gladstone, Auston Habershaw, Larry Hodges (m), Kevin Maroney,Jeff Minerd, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Strange Circuses DELAWARECDA recurring theme in fantasy fiction, found in The Circus of Dr. Lao,Some-thing Wicked This Way Comes,The Night Circus,etc.Explorethemagicandmenaceofthesupernaturalcircus.Wouldyoudaretoattendone?

Delia Sherman, Chris Phillips, Chris Roberts, Sarah Pinsker

S. M. Sterling Reading UNION C1 PM

World Fantasy Awards Banquet (1 – 3 PM) REGENCY

3:30 PM(after Banquet)

Judges Panel UNIONABKay Kenyon, Elaine Isaaks, Rani Graff