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<a name="en"></a><h1><small>DARKOVER GRAND COUNCIL MEETING XXIX</small><br>DARKOVER ALTERNATE PROGRAMMING</h1>


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<h2>FRIDAY</h2>
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<strong>4:00 PM - Early Playford Dances from 1651.</strong> Susan de
Guardiola 
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<strong>5:00 PM - Continued</strong>
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<h2>SATURDAY</h2>
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<strong>10:00 AM - Beyond the herb-wife: feminism and the fantasy
herbalist.</strong> Jennifer Heise
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<strong>11:00 AM - Take this weapon and shove it! Realistic use of
warfare in fantasy and SF.</strong> Cahan Kyle and Scott
MacMillan.<br /> Can weapons really do THAT! How weapons
work in real life and in fantasy.

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<strong>12:00 Noon - Romance and Science Fiction/Fantasy.</strong> Margaret
Carter, Tim Liebe.<br />
 Do they belong together, and if so,
what is worth reading?
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<strong>2:00 PM - How to be an effective Moderator.</strong> Carl Cipra, Don
Sakers.<br />
How to draw out the quiet guests, shut up the
loud ones, and make the panel flow and be
entertaining.
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<strong>3:00 PM - Overused Fantasy Tropes.</strong> Katherine Kurtz, Heather
Rose Jones, Tamora Pierce.<br />

 Diane Wynne Jones' "Tough
Guide to Fantasy Land" shows us what not to do. When
we have used these, and the mitigating circumstances
surrounding their use.
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<strong>4:00 PM - 1632 and all that.</strong> Tim Liebe.<br />
 Rewriting history
and changing the world.
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<strong>5:00 PM - The Role of Religion in Science Fiction and
Fantasy.</strong> Herbert Gerjuoy.
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<h2>SUNDAY</h2>
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<strong>9:00 AM - Michaeline Mass</strong> - Open Christian Mass for
the community sponsored and run by the Order of  St. Michael.
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<strong>2:00 PM - Tamora Pierce talks to her fans.</strong> Open to all, not
just convention members.
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<strong>3:00 PM - continued</strong>
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