My Lunacon Plans

These are from the preliminary programming schedule, and subject to change. But it's what I expect to be babbling about in a little over two weeks, in the lovely, confusing Escher Hilton in the Town of Rye:

Friday: 7:00:00 PM, Poplar
Title: So It's Your First Con
Description: What to expect from an SF convention, along with fun things you might not know to look for. A sort of orientation meeting for first-time congoers.
Participants: Jan Howard Finder, Sean P. Fodera[M], Angela Jones-Parker, Crystal Pretzman, Andrew Wheeler

Saturday: 12:00:00 PM, Brundage B
Title: Classics of S-F: Algis Budrys's Rogue Moon (1960)
Description: Probably Budrys’ most famous novel, existential, gripping, both more and less bleak than it seems, it has love and learning, death and determination, and as Vladimir Nabokov said, “the precision of poetry and the passion of science.”
Participants: John Douglas[M], John Hertz, Dennis McCunney, Darrell Schweitzer, Andrew Wheeler

Saturday: 3:00:00 PM, Odelle
Title: Evil Lair Building
Description: What to do and what not to when building your evil lair. From the basics of pitfalls to the way to stop gymnasts from flipping through your lasers to whether the best place is a volcano, deep space or the moon, we can show you the best accessories, placement and style for your lair.
Participants: Paul Calhoun, Esther Friesner, Lawrence M. Schoen, Andrew Wheeler[M]

Saturday: 5:00:00 PM, Brundage A
Title: Illegal Aliens
Description: What's the difference between a Replicant and a Migrant Worker? Why isn't "Men in Black"s Manhattan island a Warsaw Ghetto for aliens? Is "Alien Nation" a liberal or conservative's wet dream?
Participants: Nick Pollotta, Steven Sawicki, Lawrence M. Schoen, Jeff Warner[M], Andrew Wheeler

I see that I need to re-read Rogue Moon before then; it's probably about time anyway.