M50 Programming Brainstorm
The following is the list of ideas for panels/activities at Minicon 50: April 2-5, 2015. GOHs include Jane Yolen, Larry Niven, Brandon Sanderson, Adam Stemple, and Tom Doherty.
If you have an idea you'd like to add, you may either edit this page or send it to the programming department at programming@minicon50.mnstf.org
To sign up to be a panelist, send an email to programming@minicon50.mnstf.org If you are an author and would like to schedule a reading and/or signing, send an email to readings@minicon50.mnstf.org
Art
Fandom and Zeitgeist
Gaming
Literature/Writing
Adventures in Collaboration
Larry Niven, Brandon Sanderson, Jane Yolen, and Marissa Lingen have co-authored narrative works with other writers. How did such collaborations come about? What has been the reception of their collaborations?
Inappropriate (Mis)uses of Astrophysical Matter
Forget about using the universe for good! That's not the human way of doing things! Murder by black hole was used as a plot device by Larry Niven in his Hugo award-winning "The Borderland of Sol." Dominic Green postulated using a Penrose accelerator as a waste management "solution" in his Hugo-nominated story, "The Clockwork Atom Bomb [1]." A discussion of the Pandora's Box aspect of particle physics and astrophysics within SF.