All programming takes place in the classroom building unless otherwise noted
Friday - Noon to 5:00
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THURSDAY
3:00 p.m. - Registration opens.
9:00 p.m. - Weenie Roast and Ghost Stories behind the Student Union.
FRIDAY
9:30 a.m. - Coffee and Doughnuts (aka "The Breakfast of Champions") in the quad outside the dorm.
10:00 a.m. - Cars depart for Necon Olympics -- This year -- Bowling!
2:00 p.m. - Permanent Psychological Damage -- Scaring the Pants Off Young Adults: Chris Golden
(mod.), Liesa Abrams, John Buja, Tom Sniegoski, Yvonne Navarro.
3:00 p.m. - Nighttime Visitors - Those Ghosts and Aliens and Vampires and Werewolves Are Our
friends, Aren't They?: Rick Hautula (mod.), Tamara Thorne, Tom Tessier, P.D. Cacek, John Merz.
4:00 p.m. - I'll Buy That For A Dollar! (Or Maybe Not) The Editors Speak: Don D'Auria (mod.),
Ginjer Buchanan, Liesa Abrams, Elizabeth Monteleone, Darrell Schweitzer.
5:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:00 p.m. - The Artist's Reception: Come admire the fine artwork with coffee and pastries outside
the art show in the classroom building.
8:00 p.m. - Meet the Author's Party and Book Signing: The judging of the annual Hawaiian Shirt
Contest, plus movies and stuff!
SATURDAY
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - Waking Up, Breaking In - Our Traditional Early Morning New Authors Panel: Dan Keohane
(Moderator), Linda Addison, Laura Anne Gilman, Nick Kaufman, Holly Newstein.
10:00 a.m. - Whoops! Apocalypse! Why do writers of fantastic fiction love to destroy the world?:
Doug Winter (mod.), Simon Clark, Yvonne Navarro, Jim Moore, Gordon Linzner.
11:00 a.m. - The Passion of the Camp Neconite: Religion and Mythology in Horror Fiction: Tina Jens
(mod.), Gerard Houarner, John D. Harvey, Tom Monteleone, Sephera Giron, Les Daniels, Tom
Piccirilli.
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - What Becomes A Legend Most: Doug Winter tells all to Hank Wagner.
2:00 p.m. - The Guest of Honor Maxi-Interview - Three For the Price of One!: Gordon Linzner talks
to Simon Clark, Tom Piccirilli and Tamara Thorne.
3:00 p.m. - Collaboration: The Good, the Bad, and the Impossible: Why do people team-up to write?
Steven Spruill (mod.), F. Paul Wilson, Matt Costello, Peter Straub, Jack Ketchum, Weston Ochse.
4:00 p.m. - Softball - On the Diamond and Croquet on the Quad.
5:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:30 The Game Show, New and Improved: With Doug Winter and Craig Shaw Gardner. Followed by
Something Else.
9:30 a.m. - More movies and entertainment in the Student Union. Plus, the Necon Hi-Lo-Jack
Tournament.
SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - Trolling for Terror - Reviewers and readers give their recommendations: Craig Shaw
Gardner (mod.), Hank Wagner, Bev Vincent, John McIlveen, Dave Hinchberger.
11:00 a.m. - Town Meeting & Auction: Dan and Craig take your kudos and complaints. We'll have
the semi-annual auction to raise funds for Necon 25 and we give out the Necon Olympic Medals!
Noon - Cookout and Farewell.
Saturday - 9:00 am to 5:00
Sunday - 9:00 am to Noon