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Aurealis Readings
Authors reading include
Jack Dann, Lucy Sussex, Sean Williams, Adam Browne, Simon Haynes, Alison Venugoban
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NatCon Business Meeting
Jack Herman (Chair) |
Aurealis Readings cont'd
Authors reading include
Jack Dann, Lucy Sussex, Sean Williams, Adam Browne, Simon Haynes, Alison Venugoban |
Model making workshop |
Reading: Sue Bursztynski Reading: Sue Isle |
| 11 a.m. |
Writing for a movie/TV franchise
So, you’ve been asked to write a novel for a popular TV Series/Movie… How strict are the guidelines? Are you allowed to kill off the characters? Do they give you a story outline and you have to fill in the gaps? Here are the answers from the writers of Star Trek and Star Wars novels
Sean Williams, Joe Haldeman |
NatCon Business Meeting
Jack Herman (Chair)
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The Australian humorous SF scene
Why has there been so little humorous SF published in this country? Where are the Australian Terry Pratchetts or Harry Harrisons? Is there anything we can do to create a local market?
Chuck McKenzie, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Simon Haynes
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Model making workshop |
Reading: Lucy Sussex Reading: Maxine McArthur |
| 12 p.m. |
LUNCH |
Lunchtime fan film screening |
LUNCH |
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LUNCH |
| 1 p.m. |
The great debate
Topic: should Natcons continue in Australia?
Greg Turkich, Danny Heap, Mark Loney, Ian Nichols, Vanessa Jacobsen, Justin Ackroyd, Dave Luckett (chair)
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Looking at comics
What do comics offer that other genres don't? What do the best comics offer that other comics don't? What are the best comics, and why? The quest for that special thing that makes comics worth reading.
Grant Watson, Dave Cake
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Living with a writer
The trials and tribulations of living with a writer
Julian Warner, Gay Haldeman, Janeen Webb, Jack Dann, Cat Sparks, Sally Beasley
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Reading: Justine Larbalestier
Reading: Richard Harland |
| 2 p.m. |
The collectables panel
How has collecting changed in the last decade? Are the same things collectable as ten years ago? Have online auction affected collecting? Where do you go to find collecting bargains?
Sean-Paul Smith, Sue Ann Barber |
Ghostly shapes and rotting corpses: the ghost in print and on film
Recent big-budget ghost movies, such as "The Sixth Sense", seem to indicate a renaissance of some sort in the telling of ghost stories. This panel will examine past and present ghosts in print and on film, with a side-glance at the social circumstances that seem to encourage them. Why are they still so scary?
Robert Hood, Robin Pen, Kyla Ward, David Carroll, Rick Kennett |
What is the relevance of fantasy today?
With the threat of Terrorism after September 11th and the spate of Ethnic Cleansings happening world wide, how relevant is Fantasy for today's reader?
Cory Daniells, Janeen Webb, Jennifer Fallon, Dirk Flinthart, Sue Isle
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Model making workshop |
Reading: Grant Watson Reading: Dave Luckett
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| 3 p.m. |
The Lord of the Rings - good film but bad for Tolkien
The World was young, the mountains green,
And Middle-Earth lived in our hearts,
But now we've Jackson's picture seen.
It's lovely, but a flaw it has:
It's Jackson's picture. All the parts
Are fixed forever on the screen.
Is Tolkien less, now that his art's
Defined as what Pete saw it as?
Ted Scribner, Jack Herman, Dave Luckett |
Urban legends
No, that really DID happen to a friend of a friend of mine’s third cousin’s hairdresser. Honest!
Dave Cake |
The chocolate panel
A favourite at Multiverse – repeated here for your indulgence
Karen Scott, Katherine Shade and others |
Guests of honour autograph session
Sean Williams, Joe Haldeman, Lucy Sussex, Gay Haldeman
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Reading: Bill Congrieve |
| 4 p.m. |
The expanded Star Wars universe: an exercise in continuity...
Just how do they maintain the continuity between the Star Wars comics, books and films and still manage to create an encompassing 'story arc'
Sean Williams, H. Gibbens, Cameron Smith, Warwick Holt, Craig Tonkin |
Why are so many SF fans, crime fans?
Crime writers and fans seem to have a huge crossover with the SF community. Why does that happen?
Lucy Sussex, Heather Venn, Kerry Greenwood |
Timebinding - how should we preserve the past (or: What should we do with all this junk)
Over time fans collect lots of fannish memorabilia: photos, fanzines, convention souvenirs, etc. How can we keep these in the 'family', for others to enjoy?
Irwin Hirsh, John Foyster, Marc Ortlieb and others |
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Closing Ceremony
Everyone! |
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CLEAN UP |
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CLEAN UP |
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CLEAN UP |