Loscon 48
442 table tents for 120 program items
Friday
1-4: Arthur C. Clarke: Unlocking the "Impossible" (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 2)
5: A Writer's Journey Through Science Fiction (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 2)
6-10: Building Aliens for Fun and Profit (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 2)
11: Orbital Mechanics of Our Solar System (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 2)
12-16: Says Who? Writing Memorable Dialogue (1:00 pm, California 1)
17-20: What Makes for a Strong Character? (1:00 pm, California 1)
21-23: The Future of Writing (1:00 pm, California 1)
24-28: Writing for the Screen (1:00 pm, California 1)
29-32: Capturing Fear: How To Write Great Horror (1:00 pm, California 1)
33-36: Reboots, Reimaginings and Relaunches: Updating for a new audience or easy money? (1:00 pm, California 2)
37-40: How to Write Memorable Characters (1:00 pm, California 2)
41-42: Writer Spotlight: Tanya Huff (1:00 pm, California 3)
43-44: Artist Spotlight: Dave Kellett (1:00 pm, California 3)
45-47: SciFi.Radio with GoH's Susan Fox and Gene Turnbow (1:00 pm, California 3)
48-51: Costume Construction (1:00 pm, Los Angeles 1)
52-56: Holding a Modern lens to our Myths and Legends (1:00 pm, Los Angeles 1)
57: Illustration Workshop with Dr. Laura Brodian Freas Beraha (1:00 pm, Los Angeles 1)
58-61: Anne McCaffrey: Multi-Genre Universes (1:00 pm, Los Angeles 1)
62: Mead: From the Babylonians to Harry Potter (1:00 pm, Los Angeles 1)
63-68: Imaginative Verse: A Reading of Speculative Poets (1:00 pm, Marquis 3)
69-75: Opening Ceremonies (1:00 pm, Marquis 3)
76-80: Space Exploration (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 3)
81-85: Fringe Science, Pseudoscience, and Junk Science (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 3)
86-90: Apollo Missions (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 3)
91-95: Will Human Beings Go Extinct? (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 3)
96-99: Technology in Cinema (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 4)
100: Classics of SF Discussion: Charles Harness, The Paradox Men (1953) (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 4)
101-103: Introduction to Virtual Reality (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 4)
104-105: Selling at Conventions (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 4)
106: Star Trek - The Trouble With Tribbles Script Read! (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 4)
107: Basic Dyeing FAQs (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 5)
108-112: Sound in Space (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 5)
113: Dyeing For Renters or Those With Limited Space Situations (1:00 pm, Pacific Coast 5)
Saturday
114-116: Autograph Session 1 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
117-118: Autograph Session 2 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
119-120: Autograph Session 3 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
121-123: Autograph Session 4 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
124-126: Autograph Session 5 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
127-130: Autograph Session 6 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
131-134: Autograph Session 7 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
135-138: Autograph Session 8 (11:30 am, Imperial A-B)
139-142: What's at the bottom of a black hole? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
143-147: Star Trek: Then and Now (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
148-151: Science Fiction and How it Relates to the World Today (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
152-155: The Three Woodsman of Twin Peaks Discuss Acting: Principal and Background (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
156-160: Multimedia science fiction and fantasy (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
161-164: The Movies that Made Us (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
165-168: When is Hard Sci-Fi too Hard? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
169-173: What Does Success in Writing Look Like? (11:30 am, California 1)
174-178: Writing for Television (11:30 am, California 1)
179-183: Goal Setting for Writers (11:30 am, California 1)
184-187: The Twilight Zone: A Wondrous Land of Imagination (11:30 am, California 1)
188-191: Villains: How to Write Immoral Characters (11:30 am, California 1)
192-197: Finding Your Own Voice in Writing (11:30 am, California 1)
198-201: The Basics of Comic Book Writing (11:30 am, California 1)
202-204: Everything You Need to Know about Editing (11:30 am, California 2)
205-209: Playing God: Writing Fictional Universes (11:30 am, California 2)
210-213: World building: How to Build a Believable World (11:30 am, California 2)
214-215: How to Succeed at Kickstarter (11:30 am, California 2)
216-220: Do You Really Need to "Write What You Know"? (11:30 am, California 2)
221-223: How To Make Art that Means Something (11:30 am, California 2)
224-228: Has Science Fiction changed the course of relationships in America (11:30 am, California 3)
229-231: Tales of the Ravensdaughter (11:30 am, California 3)
232-237: How to Collaborate Successfully (11:30 am, California 3)
238-239: GoH Q&A: Tanya Huff (11:30 am, California 3)
240-241: GoH Q&A: Alexander James Adams (11:30 am, California 3)
242-243: GoH Q&A: Dave Kellett (11:30 am, California 3)
244-247: The Dark Side of Fantasy (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
248-252: Best Advice from People in Entertainment (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
253: Fairytale Retelling Workshop (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
254: Classics of SF Discussion: Robert A. Heinlein, Time for the Stars (1956) (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
255-258: We Have Always Been Here: Women in Fandom (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
259-263: Got Filk? The Hidden Musical Side of Science Fiction (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
264: The History and Culture of Beer (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
265-268: We Know the Future: Data Collection and Human Behavior (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
269-271: Launching the Space Program (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
272-275: What's new in Science? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
276-279: Getting the Science Right (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
280-283: What makes us human? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
284-288: James Webb Telescope (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
289-293: Stories from Production (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
294-295: Seeing Beyond: The Imagery of NASA's Space Telescopes (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
296-299: The Hollywood Sound Museum (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
300-303: Creating Your Own Comic (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
304-307: How to Pitch Your Project (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
308-312: Stories from the Entertainment Business (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
313-315: The Sound and Music of Star Wars (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
316: Building your own R2-D2 and other droids (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
317-322: Classic Days of Ridiculous Star Wars Rumors (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
323-327: From Apollo to the Space Shuttle & beyond (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
328-331: Women in STEM (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
332-333: 1980s Czech SF: Bradbury's Shadow (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
334-337: Memorial for Greg Bear (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
Sunday
338-341: 19th Century Science Fiction (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
342-347: Star Wars: An Enduring Force (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
348-352: Grokking Heinlein (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
353-356: Time Travel: Should We? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 2)
357-361: Building Empathy Through Storytelling (11:30 am, California 1)
362-363: Stories and Stage: How to make them work together (11:30 am, California 1)
364-367: What the Publishing Landscape Looks like Today (11:30 am, California 1)
368-372: I Wrote the Book, Now What? (11:30 am, California 1)
373-376: The Importance of Diversity in Writing (11:30 am, California 2)
377-381: How to Write for a Specific Genre (11:30 am, California 2)
382-384: How to Find and Keep Track of the Publishing Markets (11:30 am, California 2)
385-390: What to Expect from a Creative Career (11:30 am, California 2)
391-392: How to succeed at NaNoWriMo (11:30 am, California 2)
393: Introduction to Shibori Dyeing Techniques (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
394-398: Listening to the Reactions of Your Readers (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
399-403: The Art of Poetry (11:30 am, Los Angeles 1)
404-410: Closing Ceremonies (11:30 am, Marquis 3)
411: Welcome quilt for the new JPL director (stories behind the squares and the quilt) (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
412-414: Futurus Rex' with author Lynn Barker (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
415-419: Are we alone in the universe? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
420: The History of JPL: From Science Fiction to Science Fact (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 3)
421-423: SF Films by Quarters: 1922, 1647, 1972, 1997, and 2022 (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
424-427: Comics Today (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
428-432: The Eric Hoffman Memorial (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 4)
433-437: The Three Flaws of Robotics: Artificial vs. Organic Intelligence (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
438: Classics of SF Discussion: C.L. Moore, Doomsday Morning (1957) (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)
439-442: How Close are we to Warp Drive? (11:30 am, Pacific Coast 5)