Balticon Schedule
5/27/11 9:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Salon B Track: Fan
Steampunk Update
Still going strong? Is it here to stay in fiction, fashion and dance?
5/28/11 12:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Parlor 1041 Track: Gaming
Games in Education
Are Games used in education? How can games be used in education? How to use games in education? Come join in the discussion on these topics and more. Join our hosts and bring your questions, answers, and comments.
5/28/11 6:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Salon B Track: Fan
Fans And Writers
A panel of writers, fans and publishers discuss the pluses and minuses of the sometimes close relation between the creators of SF and its readers.
5/28/11 7:30 PM Duration: 01:50
Room: Frankie & Vinnie (Con Suite) Track: Special Events
Fictioneers Launch Party
Fictioneers Launch Party - Founded in 2007, THE FICTIONEERS are an international, non-profit writers club for authors of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. Displaying the fun trappings of a mid-20th century radio club (aka Captain Midnight, Little Orphan Annie, etc.), The Fictioneers are dedicated to the celebration of the fantastic, and open communication between new writers and old pros. http://www.thefictioneers.com.. This is their first gathering in the physical universe!
5/29/11 11:00 AM Duration: 00:50
Room: Salon B Track: Publishers (Mini-Program)
Dark Quest Books Presents
How to build a successful small press, one great book at a time, from award-winning science fiction to military fantasy with a built-in cult following to titles that overturn the expectations of the genre tropes.
5/29/11 5:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Belmont Track: Publishers (Mini-Program)
Authors and Publishers
Small Press Publishing Round Table
Back by popular demand! Small press publishers discuss how they work with authors and authors discuss how their experiences working with small press publishers have been.
5/29/11 6:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Parlor 1041 Track: Gaming
Gaming as a Gateway to Literature
Gaming as a Gateway to Literature: Can games be a gateway to Literature, if so how? Join our hosts as they discuss these questions and find the answers together. Please bring your questions, answers, and comments.
5/29/11 7:00 PM Duration: 02:00
Room: Garden Track: Readers
Both Barrels (Defending the Future) Launch Event
Dark Quest Books gives it to you with Both Barrels! Not one, but two installments of the award-winning Defending the Future anthology series are celebrated at this year’s Balticon. Check out By Other Means and No Man’s Land, and get to meet many of the contributing authors. Light refreshments and raffle prizes to be had. Also being released are two special bonus books, David Sherman’s Get Her Back! (A DemonTech Novella) and James Daniel Ross’s I Know Not: The Story of Fox Crow.
5/29/11 10:00 pm
Room: Parlor 1041
Polygyny in Science Fiction: Why don't we see more of this? Is it believably represented when it is written about? Give some examples of works that touch on polygyny as a marriage option.
5/30/11 10:00 AM Duration: 00:50
Room: Belmont Track: Readers
The Line Between Horror and Paranormal Fiction
Does it matter? Are these really two separate sub-genres or is that just nit-picking?
Room: Salon B Track: Fan
Steampunk Update
Still going strong? Is it here to stay in fiction, fashion and dance?
5/28/11 12:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Parlor 1041 Track: Gaming
Games in Education
Are Games used in education? How can games be used in education? How to use games in education? Come join in the discussion on these topics and more. Join our hosts and bring your questions, answers, and comments.
5/28/11 6:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Salon B Track: Fan
Fans And Writers
A panel of writers, fans and publishers discuss the pluses and minuses of the sometimes close relation between the creators of SF and its readers.
5/28/11 7:30 PM Duration: 01:50
Room: Frankie & Vinnie (Con Suite) Track: Special Events
Fictioneers Launch Party
Fictioneers Launch Party - Founded in 2007, THE FICTIONEERS are an international, non-profit writers club for authors of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. Displaying the fun trappings of a mid-20th century radio club (aka Captain Midnight, Little Orphan Annie, etc.), The Fictioneers are dedicated to the celebration of the fantastic, and open communication between new writers and old pros. http://www.thefictioneers.com.. This is their first gathering in the physical universe!
5/29/11 11:00 AM Duration: 00:50
Room: Salon B Track: Publishers (Mini-Program)
Dark Quest Books Presents
How to build a successful small press, one great book at a time, from award-winning science fiction to military fantasy with a built-in cult following to titles that overturn the expectations of the genre tropes.
5/29/11 5:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Belmont Track: Publishers (Mini-Program)
Authors and Publishers
Small Press Publishing Round Table
Back by popular demand! Small press publishers discuss how they work with authors and authors discuss how their experiences working with small press publishers have been.
5/29/11 6:00 PM Duration: 00:50
Room: Parlor 1041 Track: Gaming
Gaming as a Gateway to Literature
Gaming as a Gateway to Literature: Can games be a gateway to Literature, if so how? Join our hosts as they discuss these questions and find the answers together. Please bring your questions, answers, and comments.
5/29/11 7:00 PM Duration: 02:00
Room: Garden Track: Readers
Both Barrels (Defending the Future) Launch Event
Dark Quest Books gives it to you with Both Barrels! Not one, but two installments of the award-winning Defending the Future anthology series are celebrated at this year’s Balticon. Check out By Other Means and No Man’s Land, and get to meet many of the contributing authors. Light refreshments and raffle prizes to be had. Also being released are two special bonus books, David Sherman’s Get Her Back! (A DemonTech Novella) and James Daniel Ross’s I Know Not: The Story of Fox Crow.
5/29/11 10:00 pm
Room: Parlor 1041
Polygyny in Science Fiction: Why don't we see more of this? Is it believably represented when it is written about? Give some examples of works that touch on polygyny as a marriage option.
5/30/11 10:00 AM Duration: 00:50
Room: Belmont Track: Readers
The Line Between Horror and Paranormal Fiction
Does it matter? Are these really two separate sub-genres or is that just nit-picking?