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August 31, 2004

World Con

Like so many of my peers, I will be at WorldCon in Boston this weekend. For those attending, here's my schedule. Please stop by and say hi at some point.

Friday, 3 p.m., SFF.net suite, Sheraton

Autographing

Saturday, 1 p.m., Trailer Park, Grand Ballroom

Substituting for Jeff Walker, I'll be on hand to introduce trailers and take questions on upcoming movies.

Saturday 2:30pm Remembering Julie Schwartz (0.5 hrs) H206

Bob Greenberger, Barry Short, Jerry Weist

Julie Schwartz was a well-known SF and comics personaliby who died over the last year. He had an interesting history, having published the "first" fanzine, and then was a literary agent for numerous SF authors. He created the "silver age" of comic book superheroes, and had a hand in the creation of comics fandom. Remember him.

Saturday 4:00pm Kaffeeklatsch ConSuite

Kaffeeklatsches are an opportunity for fans to relax and drink coffee (or tea) with their favorite SF personality. Spend an hour with your favorite author or artist…we don't promise that everybody will start off awake, but we'll supply the caffeine to get you going!

Kaffeeklatsches will take place in the ConSuite, and are by advance sign-up only. They'll run through the middle of the afternoon each day of the con.

Sunday 10:00 a H311:
Star Trek: A Reflection of Cultures?

How has each series reflected its time?

Bob Greenberger, Les Johnson, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jim Mann (m)

Sunday, 6 p.m., SFF.net suite, Sheraton

Reading. I haven't done one of these before so right now I'm not sure what I will read from. I'll likely ask Keith DeCandido for a suggestion form either A Time to Love or A Time to Hate.

Monday 12:00 n H307:
Comics: Conventional Wisdom Was…

Superman could never be in a team book because he was way too powerful to be a team player. Fans held this notion for years (somewhat encouraged by DC editors). Yet Superman joined the Justice League and sales are through the roof. And take the Bizarro world: the conventional wisdom is that new stories can't be retold because they can't be funny and still politically correct. Is this true?

What are other bits of comics' conventional wisdom that may not be as true as we once thought?

Bob Greenberger, Steve Saffel, Barry Short (m)

Monday 1:00 p H301:
The Flash

There have been enough Flashes (and family members) that they'd practically be their own team book, if they appeared together enough and weren't separated by a thousand years or so. Now that Bart Allen has taken on the handle of Kid Flash, let's look back at the Flashes, from Jay to Barry to Wally to Bart, and all those peripheral characters. What would have happened if: Barry had not died to prevent the Crisis; if Wally hadn't matured from his young adult smart alec/lecher status; if the Tornado Twins hadn't died? (And why has there been so little about the Tornado Twins, anyway?) Just what is our fascination with people who can run really fast? And—is the Flash really better than Green Lantern(s)?

Steve Antczak, Tom Galloway (m), Bob Greenberger

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