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Online Fandom - The Never-Ending Con.
Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm CST
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Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm CST
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Letters of the Rainbow
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers...
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Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
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11:00am CST
Writing & Editing Techniques For The Neurodivergent and Disabled
Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers...
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Donna J. W. Munro teaches high schoolers the slippery truths of government and history at her day job. Her students are her greatest inspiration. She lives with five cats, a cute curly-haired dog, a fur-covered husband, a sassy septuagenarian Mama, and an encyclopedia son. Her daughter...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
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Launch Pad Astronomy
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
Speakers CR
GOH; Professor, Astronomer
Author & Science GOH; Astronomer, Professor
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
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Writing Characters with Disabilities
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers...
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Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Hi!I'm Tamara (rhymes with camera).I'm just a reader who loves to gab about scifi/fantasy stuff.
I obtained a PhD in biochemistry but, lacking the patience for scientific research, switched into science/medical writing. Now retired, I have recently completed a first novel, a sword and sorcery work titled The Whip of Abadur, and am currently seeking a publisher. I am interested...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
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Reading & Writing Through the Female Gaze
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
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Sue Burke’s most recent science fiction novel is Usurpation, published on October 29, the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Semiosis and Interference. She began writing professionally as a teenager, working for newspapers and magazines as a reporter and editor, and began...
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Author, Dawnrigger Publishing
I write books, tell tales, and generally spin stories in as many ways as I can. I also like to sing but not on stage, dance but rarely when anyone is watching, and take many pictures of my cat.
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
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Xenoarchaeology Road Show
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
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Special Gusets; Moderator
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper...
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Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way – all three books of his Pirate Series are set on Mars. Chris lives in the Chicago suburbs and still has a day job in IT. He holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern...
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Special Guest, Bill Fawcett & Associates
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
York
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What's Going On In the World of Space?
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
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Physicist. Interested in astronomy, spaceflight, history of science, history of science fiction, weird aviation, and, of course, various corners of physics. Approaching 50 years in SF fandom. Attended Windycon 3.
CR
GOH; Professor, Astronomer
Author & Science GOH; Astronomer, Professor
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
York
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Trivia for Chocolate
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
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Steven H Silver is a twenty-time Hugo Award nominee and was the editor and publisher of ISFiC Press for 8 years. He has also edited books for DAW, NESFA Press, and ZNB Books. He began publishing short fiction in 2008, his most recently published story is "Initial Engagement...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
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8:00pm CST
The Rowling Effect
Saturday November 9, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
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Steven H Silver is a twenty-time Hugo Award nominee and was the editor and publisher of ISFiC Press for 8 years. He has also edited books for DAW, NESFA Press, and ZNB Books. He began publishing short fiction in 2008, his most recently published story is "Initial Engagement...
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Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Writer, Teacher
Nebula winner; Hugo, Sturgeon and Rhysling award nominee. Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago, where I've taught Science Fiction Writing, Fantasy Writing, Science Fiction, and Tolkien, among other courses. I've been involved in convention writing workshops...
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Fandom additict. Fanfiction connoisseur. Professional napper.
Saturday November 9, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
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9:00pm CST
Celebrating Newer Trends & Older Works
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
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Writer, Teacher
Nebula winner; Hugo, Sturgeon and Rhysling award nominee. Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago, where I've taught Science Fiction Writing, Fantasy Writing, Science Fiction, and Tolkien, among other courses. I've been involved in convention writing workshops...
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Author, Dawnrigger Publishing
I write books, tell tales, and generally spin stories in as many ways as I can. I also like to sing but not on stage, dance but rarely when anyone is watching, and take many pictures of my cat.
Hi!I'm Tamara (rhymes with camera).I'm just a reader who loves to gab about scifi/fantasy stuff.
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
York
10:00am CST
The SCA Eats
Sunday November 10, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
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President, Noumena Corp
I'm a techie nerd. Unix/Linux user since the early '80s and programmer since the early '70s. I also write filks, humorous fiction (Well, I think it's humorous), and play guitar. My renewed interest in writing fiction led me to studying how to write well which led to Editomat (www.editomat.com...
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers...
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Sunday November 10, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
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11:00am CST
All Things Looney
Sunday November 10, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Speakers KL
Special Guest, Looney Labs
Sunday November 10, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
York
12:00pm CST
Alien Encounter: Boon or Bain?
Sunday November 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
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Physicist. Interested in astronomy, spaceflight, history of science, history of science fiction, weird aviation, and, of course, various corners of physics. Approaching 50 years in SF fandom. Attended Windycon 3.
Sunday November 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
York
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Wonderful Books Wrapped In Awful Cover Art
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
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Author, Lost Bard Enterprises
I am the award-winning author of Death and the Taxman about the Grim Reaper trapped in an IRS agent's dying body. He must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin. (Join me Sat at 10:00 for a reading of the first chapters!).My short stories have appeared...
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Physicist. Interested in astronomy, spaceflight, history of science, history of science fiction, weird aviation, and, of course, various corners of physics. Approaching 50 years in SF fandom. Attended Windycon 3.
Ryan Francis is a multi-talented cartoonist and animator who likes to draw animals with swords.After spending time in college learning to draw for money, Ryan tackles the day to day arrangements of projects, commissions, and ventures where he must draw like a mad lad.
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
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