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Gateway Center - Marquette B

Sessions

Friday 29 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Cat Greenberg (Moderator)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Lloyd Kropp, Retired from University (Participant)

Ms Judi Cook, None (Participant)

Religion has been around since time began and is still important to society, so why do few SF novels even acknowledge its existence?  Will it disap...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
This Story Changed My Life
50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Van Allen Plexico (Moderator)

Ms Judi Cook, None (Participant)

David Benem (Participant)

Jan DiMasi, self employed (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Young Adult Literature For Everyone
50 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Cole Lanahan (Moderator)

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Participant)

Sarah Jude (Participant)

Rachel Neumeier (Participant)

YA Lit today is in no way lesser than regular literature of any genre. Come share your favorites and discuss how it meets the needs of readers acro...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Cathy Hird, - None - (Moderator)

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Participant)

Dr Pamela Gay L, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Lettie Prell (Moderator)

Mr. Adrian Matthews (Participant)

Kathryn Sullivan (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Urban Fantasy: What Would You Like to Read?
50 minutes, 8:00 PM - 8:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Walt Boyes, The Grantville Gazette & Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press (Participant)

Shawntelle Madison (Participant)

The urban fantasy subgenre has been everywhere in the last few years! What themes or supernatural beings would you like explored in an urban fantas...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
The Annual Mad Poet Reading
50 minutes, 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Joey Froehlich (Moderator)

Saturday 30 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Series Reading: Downfalls and Shortcomings
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Moderator)

Walt Boyes, The Grantville Gazette & Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press (Participant)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Where SF Goes - Science Follows
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Ms Christine Nobbe (Moderator)

Cindy A. Matthews (Participant)

Dr. Jack Glassman Ph.D., SIUE Department of Physics (Participant)

SF often predicts future science, though not always correctly.  Has it also helped ease the public into acceptance of scientific breakthroughs or h...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Major Spacer In The 21st Century
50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Moderator)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Moderator)

Rich Horton, 1959 (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Stephen King: Is He Leaving Horror Behind?
50 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Jan DiMasi, self employed (Moderator)

Jim Yelton, Geek Universe with Jim Yelton/Midnight Entertainment (Participant)

Joey Froehlich (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
The Mystery of H.P. Lovecraft
50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Mr. Brian Katcher, Harper Collins Publishing (Moderator)

John Hornor Jacobs, Hornor and Son (Participant)

Benjamin C. Kinney (Participant)

Shawntelle Madison (Participant)

Mr Thomas Stratman, Self (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Recurring Themes in Speculative Science Fiction
50 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Moderator)

Dr Pamela Gay L, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Participant)

Cindy A. Matthews (Participant)

Thomas Carpenter K. (Participant)

Speculative fiction has become more and more popular in recent years.  Come participate in a discussion on themes in spec lit and what's on the hor...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Cosplay Contest (Teen)
50 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Event

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Sex and Controversy in Young Adult Literature
50 minutes, 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Cole Lanahan (Moderator)

Rachel Neumeier (Participant)

David VonAllmen (Participant)

Mr. Brian Katcher, Harper Collins Publishing (Participant)

Thomas Carpenter K. (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Asimov: A Beginner's Guide
50 minutes, 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Rich Horton, 1959 (Participant)

Ms Judi Cook, None (Participant)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Moderator)

10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Geek Trivia
2 hours, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Game

Kevin Hammel (Moderator)

Do you know everything about pop culture? Love to be right about things? Just want to prove to somebody that memorizing the eye color of the comple...

Sunday 1 October, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Reflections on Bradbury
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Prof Daniel Yezbick, St Louis Community College at Wildwood (Moderator)

Deborah Millitello, SFWA (Participant)

Cindi Gille-Rowley (Participant)

Susan Baugh (Participant)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Evolution of Fanfiction
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Cindi Gille-Rowley (Moderator)

Susan Baugh (Participant)

Jim Yelton, Geek Universe with Jim Yelton/Midnight Entertainment (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Can Writing Fanfiction Make You a Better Writer?
50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Kathryn Sullivan (Moderator)

Mr Michales Joy (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Van Allen Plexico (Participant)

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Participant)

Ethan Nahté, LIVE 'N' LOUD (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Model & Miniature Contest Awards Ceremony
50 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Event