my Philcon schedule

Thanks to an invite we got for an Offisherl Spammers Room Party, pds_lit and I are arriving at the con on Friday rather than, as initially planned, first thing Saturday morning.

This is just as well, because since we made the decision the Philcon programmers have sent me my schedule, and I've discovered they're planning to work me really hard. Assuming my groin holds up under the stress, this is what I'll be doing:

Sat 10:00 AM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B) (1 hour)
ART SHOW TOURS (108)

    [Panelists: Lee Gilliland (mod), Ken Warren, John  Grant]

    Looking for people to take fans through the art show and give some
    insight to the art displayed

Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza VII (1 hour)
THE ONLY THING WORTH WRITING SCIENCE FICTION ABOUT IS _______ . (19)

    [Panelists: Tom Purdom (mod), Michael Swanwick, John  Grant, Ann
    Tonsor Zeddies, Ty Drago]

     Love and death? Sex and religion? Vacuum tubes and transistors? Can
    you ever narrow down the essence of science fiction to just a few
    concepts

Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza V (1 hour)
FUNNY FANTASY- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMOR AND PARODY (70)

    [Panelists: Larry Hodges (mod), Bud Sparhawk, Richelle Mead, Gregory
    Frost, John  Grant]

    How do you create humor that is an original creation rather than a
    reflection of something else

Sat 4:00 PM in Executive Suite 623 (1 hour)
JOHN GRANT READING (243)

    [Panelists: John  Grant (mod)]

Sat 8:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING: HOAX PHYSICS (171)

    [Panelists: John  Grant (mod), Tony Rothman, Frank O'Brien, Jay
    Wile]

    Perpetual motion, free energy, anti-gravity, etc. Although they have
    never worked, such "inventions" have been popping up since the
    middle ages. Today there are still plenty of people willing to
    invest large amounts of money in mysterious energy devices and
    variations on perpetual motion. There are even magazines devoted to
    the cause. Why can't these fallacies be laid to rest? Is there a
    glimmer of reality to any of it

Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza III (1 hour)
EDITING ANTHOLOGIES (14)

    [Panelists: Darrell Schweitzer (mod), Gardner Dozois, Marvin Kaye,
    John  Grant]

     Editors explain how they do it. The differences between an all
    original and an all reprint anthology

The highlight of all this is of course the 4pm Saturday event. I've not made my mind up 100%, but I'm provisionally intent on reading a bit from Leaving Fortusa, "Commander Ginfalcio Beeswax and the Menace from Deneb", which has the advantage of having lots of good jokes in it.