Philcon Schedule

[babarnett]

I'll be at Philcon this weekend, doing a whole mess o' panels:

Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
[Panelists: Tom Purdom (mod), Philippa Ballantine, Dina Leacock, Neal Levin, Barbara Barnett]
Will the future visitor to the library or bookstore be someone carrying his or her e-reader into a nook or cranny?

Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)
FRACTURED FAIRY TALES
[Panelists: Diane Weinstein (mod), Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Barbara Barnett, David Sklar, Roberta Rogow]
There have been so many subversions, modernizations, updatings and post modern retellings of fairy tales (think of all those Datlow/Windling anthologies or books like Gregory Maguire's WICKED  and THE LAST UNICORN) which play on the fairy tales of our childhood.  Is this a vein that has been exhausted? Is it still possible to do this idea straight?

Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
BUT THAT'S NOT SCIENCE FICTION
[Panelists: Michael J. Walsh (mod), Diane Weinstein, Carl Fink, Glenn Hauman, Barbara Barnett]
Certain types of non-Science Fiction works such as the Sherlock Holmes series, the Regency Romances of Georgette Heyer, much of Kipling and the Hornblower series are widely read by many science fiction fans and writers. Is there something these works have in common with science fiction? If so, what is it?

Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
SEXY SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY STORIES
[Panelists: Oz Drummond (mod), Barbara Barnett, KT Pinto, Jennifer Williams, Genevieve Iseult Eldredge]
How to combine sexual elements in your fiction

Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN IN FANTASY
[Panelists: Ray Ridenour (mod), Barbara Barnett, Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen]
The fantastic elements in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas and their influences today

Sun 3:00 PM in Plaza V (Five) (1 hour)
REMEMBER WHEN VAMPIRES WERE EVIL?
[Panelists: KT Pinto (mod), Barbara Barnett, Chris Pisano, Jennifer Williams]
After 150 years of vampire literature, how did they become cuddly and romantic? When and why did this happen?

Anyone else planning to be there this weekend? I'd love to put some LJ user names to their real life faces!

Comments

[dqg-neal.livejournal.com]

The Future of Libraries and Bookstores turned out to be a good panel.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I thought so too. And it was definitely the best attended panel I was on all weekend.