MarsCON Schedule (Morehouse/Hallaway)

The preliminary schedule is up on the MarsCON page, and from what I can tell I'll be on two panels.  One on Saturday at 11 am and the other on Sunday at 3 pm.

GETTING INTO THE MIND OF A RELIGIOUS FANATIC

Exec Lounge (Krushenko’s)—Saturday, 11:00 am

Uber villain or bit player, what are they like? Are there any useful generalizations? Are they likely to be suicidal and does that depend on the religion or the person? ow can they make for interesting novels and stories without being stereotyped and one dimensional?

With: Naomi Kritzer, mod.; P M F Johnson, Lyda Morehouse, G. David Nordley, David E. Romm, Ozgur K. Sahin

DULL, REALISTIC CHARACTERS

Atrium 2 (Re(a)d Mars) — Sunday 03:00 pm

The people who really explore space and fight modern wars have a lot of self control. They don’t slam fists into spacecraft controls like Hulk Hogan. Do you have to forget about them in fiction, or can you make them interesting? And if your protagonist is like that do you just have to accept that critics will complain and press on in hopes of finding an audience that appreciates a little verisimilitude?

With: Bridget Landry, G. David Nordley, mod.; Patrick W. Marsh, Lyda Morehouse, Kathryn Sullivan

General MarsCON information is as follows:

MarsCon 2014

Time Is The Key
March 7-9, 2014

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington-Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Boulevard
Bloomington, MN 55439

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