TusCon 36 Program
                       (as of 10/26/09  -- see Pocket Program at TusCon for official program)

FRIDAY
1:45    Film Room Opens.  Buckley.

2:00    Consuite Opens.

3:00    Anime Room Opens.  El Conquistador.
    Art Show Opens.   Gold Ballroom.
    Dealers’ Room Opens.   Silver Ballroom.

5:00    Star Trek: Heresy or new revelation?  Hanson, Vornholt, Wiley.   McArthur.
    Reading: Frankie Robertson.   El Dorado.
 
6:00    Convention Primer.   De Priest, Ochse, Vela.   St. Augustine.
    The Geek in all of us.  Simner, Hanson, Daniel, Edwards, Wiley.   McArthur.
    Reading: Elaine Charton.   El Dorado.
 
7:00    Meet the Guests.  Gold Ballroom.
    Art Show closes.
    Film Room closes.
    Anime Room closes.
    Consuite closes.
   
9:00    Film Room reopens.  Buckley.
    Anime Room reopens.  El Conquistador.
    Consuite reopens.
    What’s that Byte?  Cassidy, Billick.  Gold Ballroom.
    Art Show reopens.   
    Classic vs. Modern Horror.  McMillan, Niswander, Cook, Bryant.  St. Augustine.
    New and noteworthy in 2009.  Edwards, Wiley, Hammer.  McArthur.
    Reading: Jill Knowles.  El Dorado.

10:00    Art Show closes.

1:00    Anime Room closes.

SATURDAY
8:30    Film Room Opens.  Buckley.

9:00    Consuite Opens.

10:00    Ghost Hunting Techniques and Equipment.  Bradford, Gross.  Gold Ballroom.
    Art Show Opens.  Gold Ballroom.
    Dealers’ Room Opens.  Silver Ballroom.
    Painting Demo.  Gilead.  St Augustine.
    How Writers Fit into the Publishing Business.  Stackpole, Vornholt, Charton.  McArthur.
    An hour with Special Guest Dr. Paul Carter.  El Dorado

11:00    Anime Room opens.  El Conquistador.
    Ghost Stories Q&A.  Bradford, Gross, Petithory-Hayes.  Gold Ballroom.
    Retelling Fairytales: How does the medium and the culture affect the story?  McKiernan, Lloyd, Dedon.  McArthur.
    An Hour with Fan GoH Liz Hanson.  El Dorado.

12:00     We Know What You Read.  Shetterly, Welch, Wells.  McArthur.
    Shameless Self-promotion for the Creative Introvert.  Charton, Gilead, Summers.  St. Augustine.
    Reading: Mike Stackpole.  El Dorado.

1:00    Mass Autograph Session.  Gold Ballroom.
    Art Demo: DAZ Studio.  Vela.  St. Augustine.
    A World Without Children: the social implications of a declining birthrate.  Daniel, Dedon, De Priest, Hanson.  McArthur.

2:00    Meet the Fan Groups of Arizona.  Gold Ballroom.
    An hour with GoH Weston Ochse.  El Dorado.
The Secret to Being a Published Author.   Bull, Niswander, Stackpole, Summers.  St Augustine.   

3:00    Anime Room closes.
    Religion in Fiction.  Shetterly, Welch, Wells, Dedon, Hammer.  St Augustine.
    The Once and Future Game: Table top vs. MMO vs. Single player.  Billick, Vornholt, Thing.  McArthur.
    Reading: Dennis L. McKiernan.  El Dorado.
    Cos-Play pre-judging. Gazebo.

4:00    Cos-Play Presentation.  Gold Ballroom.
    How Much Sex is Too Much?  Whose genre is it anyway?  Knowles, Mitchell, Summers, Robertson.  St Augustine.
    The Hero as God’s Champion.  Dedon, McKiernan, Niswander.  Mc Arthur.
    Reading: Pamela Lloyd.  El Dorado.

5:00    Teaching Old Tropes New Tricks: Making formulae interesting.   Lloyd, Shetterly, Stackpole.  Gold Ballroom.
    Psychological Horror vs. Viscera.  Knowles, McMillan, Ochse, Navarro.  St. Augustine.
    Cover Art in the Digital Age: Computer vs. hand-drawn.  Does it still sell books?  Gilead, Vela, Niswander.  McArthur.
    Reading: John Vornholt.   El Dorado.
    Consuite closes.

6:00    Anime Room reopens.  El Conquistador.
    Art Demo: Surreal Shadow Critters. McMillan.  St. Augustine.
    Ghost Tour of downtown.  Rebecca Petithory-Hays (2.5 hours.  Wear walking shoes.) $5.00 fee.

7:00    Belly Dancing by Dance of Arabia.  Gold Ballroom.
    Cross Genre is still Big.  Why?  Knowles, Mitchell, Cook, Robertson.  McArthur.
    Consuite reopens.

8:00    Regency Dance hosted by Marty and Alice Massoglia.  Gold Ballroom.
    Indie Film Production.  Paul Edwards.  St. Augustine.   
    Reading: Kate Daniel.  El Dorado.

9:00    Time Travel: Can I have a mulligan?  Billick, Cook, Daniel, Vornholt.  McArthur.
    Reading: Ed Bryant.  El Dorado.

9:30    What’s that Byte?  Billick, Cassidy.  Gold Ballroom.

10:10    Discussion: Capricorn One.  St. Augustine.

1:00    Anime Room closes.

SUNDAY
8:30    Film Room Opens.  Buckley.

9:00    Consuite Opens.

10:00    Anime Room opens.  El Conquistador.
    Art Show Opens.  Gold Ballroom.
    Dealers’ Room Opens.  Silver Ballroom.
    How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.  Ochse, Edwards, Navarro, Bryant, Billick.  Gold Ballroom.
    Stargate Universe: Successful spinoff, or Lost . . . in Space?  Hanson, Gross, Wiley.  McArthur.
    Reading: Michelle M. Welch.  El Dorado.

11:00    The Art of Novel Writing: How other people do it.  McKiernan, Ochse, Stackpole.  Gold Ballroom.
    Barry Bard Memorial Previews.  Buckley.

12:00    Art Show Closes. 
    The Business of Creativity: Practical financial matters.  Gilead, Vornholt.  McArthur.
    Reading: Janni Lee Simner.  El Dorado.

1:00    Art Auction.  Gold Ballroom.
    Non-traditional Publishing: from specialty press to the digital age. Ochse, Stackpole, Summers, Wells, Cook.  McArthur.
    Reading: Adam Niswander.  El Dorado.

2:00    The Future of Libraries.  Hanson, Edwards, Wells.  St. Augustine.
    Art Demo: Book Mending.  Michelle M. Welch.  McArthur.
    Reading: David Lee Summers.  El Dorado.

3:00    Anime Room closes.
    Dealers’ Room closes.
    Creative Partners who live and/or work together.  Hammer, Simner, Ochse, Navarro, Shetterly, Bull.  St Augustine.
    Reading: Nickolas Cook.  El Dorado.

4:00    A World Made of Birds.  Dedon, De Priest, Hanson.  St. Augustine.
    Reading: Emma Bull
Dead dog party featuring Bruce’s nuclear chilli.  Consuite.