Provisional Schedule for Saturday 27 September |
| Time |
Programme Room 1 |
Programme Room 2 |
| 10.00 - 10.15 |
Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
Committee, Guest of Honour, Guests |
Closed for Opening Ceremony |
| 10.15 - 10.55 |
Just a Minute Quiz
Contestants must speak on a given topic for 60 seconds without deviation, hesitation or repetition, just like the long-running BBC Radio 4 quiz show
MC David Stewart,
Eugene Byrne, Juliet McKenna, Peter Morwood, John W Sexton |
Small Press: Keeping the World Safe for SF
With the big publishing houses dismantling their genre lists, it is falling more and more to the smaller presses to keep some of our finest writers in print. However, small press has problems of its own.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Bob Neilson, Nigel Quinlan, Steve Westcott |
| 11.00 - 11.50 |
Marx vs. Asimov
The people who were mostly thinking about the future in the twentieth century were socialists and science fiction writers. Who got it right? Is Marxist SF possible or desirable?
Ken McLeod, James P Hogan, Kim Newman, Charlie Stross
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The Dawn of the Irish Comics Industry
In 2002, a number of individuals, all acting independently, created the beginnings of a strong Irish comics industry. We’ve got all of them here for you! The people behind Clamnut Comix, Atomic Diner, Cló Mhaigh Eo, and the acclaimed comic "In Dublin City" are all on one panel.
Bob Byrne, Robert Curley, Gerry Hunt, Colmán Ó Raghallaigh
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| 12.00 - 12.50 |
Celtic Fantasy: Boon or Bust?
Celtic mythology has proved a rich vein of material for fantasy writers for many years. Is it time for the poor embattled Celts to speak up against this, or should we applaud this opportunity to explore our heritage?
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Kathryn Kurtz, Bob Neilson, Steve Westcott
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NaNoWriMo: The National Novel Writing Month
Is it possible to write a fifty thousand-word book in just thirty days? That’s what thousands of people try to do every November, as part of the now global NaNoWriMo phenomenon.
Diane Duane, Angie McKeown, LynneAnn Morse, James Shields
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| 13.00 - 13.50 |
How to Write a Short Story in 50 Minutes or Less…
A panel of unsuspecting guests construct a short story live before the audience, taking turns one after the other, the story and plot elements to be nominated by the audience at the beginning of the panel.
Eugene Byrne, Kim Newman, Nigel Quinlan, John W Sexton
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WorldCon Presentation
David Stewart, Ireland’s Worldcon agent, explains why we should all go to Glasgow in 2005, and how much it will cost to do so.
David Stewart
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| 14.00 - 14.50 |
Guest of Honour Speech
Ken McLeod speaks to Charlie Stross about his career and his work.
Ken McLeod
interviewed by
Charlie Stross
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Closed for GoH speech
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| 15.00 - 15.50 |
How to Liberate an Evil Empire
Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman, along with a few friends, present a follow-up to "How to Run an Evil Empire," which they presented last year. "This was great fun as basically we adopted a roleplay game we did years ago and involved the audience in playing various roles in our evil empire. We could do something similar this year and riff on everything from Star Wars to recent world events."
Eugene Byrne, Kim Newman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood
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Aural Gratification: SF on the Radio
Three members of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, along with the writer of RTÉ’s long-running Ivory Tower radio series discuss the possibilities of listening for pleasure.
Roger Gregg, Morgan Jones, Dave Murray, John W Sexton
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| 16.00 - 16.50 |
Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?
Questions writers hate being asked the most, and why.
Diane Duane, James P Hogan, Juliet E McKenna, Steve Westcott
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Comics Workshop
All you need to know about how to create a comic. Ireland’s top comics creators tell it like it is.
Bob Byrne, Robert Curley, Gerry Hunt, Colmán Ó Raghallaigh
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| 17.00 - 17.50 |
It’s Laughs Jim, But Not As We Know It…
The award-winning Crazy Dog Audio Theatre perform their highly acclaimed Star Trek Comedy Improvisation. Perhaps the funniest thing you’ll ever see at a SF convention…
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre
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Swords in Fact & Fancy
Peter Morwood shows us some of his favourite pieces of cutlery, and explains how his love of weaponry ties in with the adaptation of the Nibelungenlied himself and his wife Diane Duane have sold to German television.
Peter Morwood and his swords…
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| 20.00 till late |
Disco
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