Programming, Gaming and Events
Programming for COSine 2012 will open on Friday afternoon and will run through Sunday afternoon. We will have author signings, lots of gaming, a masquerade dance and more.
Please remember that this is a draft of the schedule. There will likely be some changes made before - or at - the actual convention.
COSine 2012 Programming and Gaming Schedule
| Programming (Rampart) |
Programming (Breckenridge) |
Gaming (Cripple Creek) |
Gaming (Silver Plume) |
Readings (Boardroom) |
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Friday |
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| 4:00 PM | Shaping the Time to Come - How SF has Influenced the Future | ||||
| 5:00 PM | The Greatest Anachronism: Modern Morals in Alternate Times and Places | Steampunk and Victorian SF | Castle Ravenloft 4 Players Age Limit 12+ (5-7pm) |
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| 6:00 PM | The Evolution of the Internet | Writers Groups - boon or bane? | Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition 6 Players Age Limit 12+ (6-10pm) |
Reading: Charles Stross | |
| 7:00 PM | Opening Ceremonies in the Summit Ballroom followed by an |
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| 8:00 PM | Ask Dr. Science! | What is GalaxyFest? | Settlers of Catan 7 Players Age Limit 10+ (8-10pm) |
Reading: Connie Willis | |
| 9:00 PM | Cowboys and Aliens - mixing SF and westerns | COSine Genius - an F&SF trivia game | Open Filking 9pm - midnight |
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| 10:00 PM | The Eye of Argon, a group reading led by Robin Monogue in the Con Suite |
Gaming: Werewolf 10pm - midnight |
Open Gaming 10pm - midnight |
Open Gaming 10pm - midnight |
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Saturday |
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| 10:00 AM | Guest of Honor Interview with Charles Stross | ||||
| 11:00 AM | Where Worlds Collide: the art of writing parallel and alternative timelines | What Defines Young Adult Fiction? | Reading: Wil McCarthy | ||
| 12:00 PM | More than Warriors: using military themes in F&SF | Inge Heyer Science Presentation | Open gaming (noon - 2pm) |
Dominion 6 Players Age Limit 8+ noon - 2pm) |
Reading: |
| 1:00 PM | High Middle Heinlein (the Colorado years) | Heroic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy | Reading: Carol Berg | ||
| 2:00 PM | Spaceships Real and Fictional /td> | Artist Presentation by Bill Hodgson | Villains! 4 Players (2 - 6pm) |
Reading: Kevin Anderson | |
| 3:00 PM | What did Lovecraft teach us about horror? | Na No Wri Mo | Munchkin 5 Players Age Limit 8+ (3 - 5pm) |
Reading: Rebecca Moesta | |
| 4:00 PM | How many books in that trilogy? (Big Epic SF) | The Worst Science Fiction Panel Ever: Tell us your tales | Reading: Lynda Hilburn | ||
| 5:00 PM | Reception, Book Raffle, and Mass Autographing Summit Ballroom, 4th Floor |
Legend of Drizzt 4 Players Age Limit 12+ (5 - 7pm) |
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| 6:00 PM | Mixing Marriage and Writing | All Anime, All the Time | Call of Cthulhu RPG 6 Players Age Limit 12+ (6 - 10pm) |
Reading: Theresa Crater | |
| 7:00 PM | The eBook Revolution - Reading and Publishing | Open Gaming (5pm - midnight) |
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| 8:00 PM | Changing the speed limit of light | ||||
| 9:00 PM | Open Filking (9pm - midnight) |
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| 10:00 PM | Gaming: Werewolf (10pm - midnight)> |
Open Gaming | |||
| 11:00 PM | |||||
Sunday |
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| 11:00 AM | The Evolution of Female Characters in Fantasy and SF | Inge Heyer Science Presentation | Reading: Dana Bell | ||
| 12:00 PM | What's behind the huge success of paranormal fiction?" | UFOs in fact and fiction | Open gaming | Robo Rally 5 Players Age Limit 10+ |
Reading: Sarah Hoyt |
| 1:00 PM | The Ethics of Genetic Engineering in the World to Come | The Changing Face of COSine - help us run the con into the next decade | Reading: Laura Reeve | ||
| 2:00 PM | Fans Turned Pro vs. Pros who were never fans | Achieving the Willing Suspension of Disbelief | Munchkin 5 Players Age Limit 8+ |
Open Gaming | Reading: Nikki Hohl |
| 3:00 PM | Closing Ceremonies | ||||
Programming Details
Friday 4pm - 5pm Shaping the Time to Come - How SF has influenced the futureWil McCarthy, Laura Reeve (mod), John Stith, Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Friday 5pm - 6pm The Greatest Anachronism: Modern Morals in Alternate Times and Places
Carol Berg (mod), Sarah Hoyt, Nathan Lowell, Connie Willis
3rd Floor - Rampart
Friday 5pm - 6pm Steampunk and Victorian SF
Quincy Allen, David Boop, Alan Lickiss, David Wacks (mod)
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Friday 6pm - 7pm Reading - Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Friday 6pm - 7pm The Evolution of the Internet
Carol Berg, Kent Bloom, Inge Heyer, Dan Hoyt (mod), Wil McCarthy
3rd Floor - Rampart
Friday 6pm - 7pm Writers Groups - boon or bane?
Theresa Crater (mod), Nikki Hohl, Laura Reeve, Ronnie Seagren
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Friday 7pm Opening Ceremonies followed by Ice Cream in the ConSuite
Join COSine Chair Joe Sokola as he introduces GOH Charles Stross, Special Guests Connie and Courtney Willis, Science Speaker Inge Heyer, and other attending authors and celebrities (Elvis!). After the introductions and official announcements everyone is invited for ice cream and conversation in the ConSuite.
4th Floor - Summit Ballroom
Friday 8pm - 9pm Reading - Connie Willis
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Friday 8pm - 9pm Ask Doctor Science!
Dr. Courtney Willis
3rd Floor - Rampart
Friday 8pm - 9pm What is GalaxyFest?
Shannon Liska, David Wacks, et. al.
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Friday 9 - 10pm Cowboys and Aliens - mixing SF and westerns
Quincy Allen, David Boop (mod), Christopher Salas
3rd Floor - Rampart
Friday 9pm - 10pm
COSine Genius - an F&SF trivia game
Join us our six pro and fan players as the buzz in to answer questions about different categories of F&SF books, media, and conventions. Prizes for the winners! Doom and dudgeon for the losers.
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Friday 10pm
The Eye of Argon A group reading lead by Robin Monogue. If you've never experienced the world's worst science fiction novel, you won't want to miss this.
3rd Floor - ConSuite
Saturday 10am -11am Guest of Honor Interview
Joe Sokola and Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 11am - noon Reading - Wil McCarthy
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday 11am - noon Where Worlds Collide: the art of writing parallel and alternative timelines
Carol Berg, John Stith (mod), Charles Stross, Connie Willis
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 11am - noon What Defines Young Adult Fiction?
Dana Bell, Alan Lickiss, Nathan Lowell, Rebecca Moesta
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday noon - 1pm Reading -
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday noon - 1pm More than Warriors: using military themes in F and SF
Kevin Anderson, Nathan Lowell (mod), Laura Reeve
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday noon - 2pm Inge Heyer Science Presentation
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 1pm - 2pm Reading - Carol Berg
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday 1pm - 2pm High Middle Heinlein (the Colorado years)
Dan Hoyt, Sarah Hoyt, Mem Morman (mod), Connie Willis
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 1pm - 2pm Heroic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy
Ed Bryant, Dana Bell, Lynda Hilburn, Rebecca Lickiss (mod), Rebecca Moesta
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 2pm - 3pm Reading - Kevin Anderson
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday 2pm - 3pm Spaceships Real and Fictional
Wil McCarthy, Christopher Salas, Peter Wacks
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 2pm - 3pm Artist Presentation with Bill Hodgson
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 3pm - 4pm Reading - Rebecca Moesta
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday 3pm - 4pm What did Lovecraft teach us about horror?
Ed Bryant and Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 3pm - 4pm Na No Wri Mo
Dana Bell, Theresa Crater, Carol Hightshoe, Nikki Hohl, Anita Romero (mod), David Wacks
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 4pm - 5pm Reading -
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Saturday 4pm - 5pm How many books in that trilogy? (Big Epic SF)
Kevin Anderson, Sarah Hoyt (mod), Wil McCarthy, Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 4pm - 5pm The Worst Science Fiction Panel Ever: Tell us your tales
Alan Lickiss (mod), Laura Reeve, John Stith, Connie Willis
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 5pm - 6pm Reception, Book Raffle, and Mass Autographing
4th Floor - Summit Ballroom (right hand doors)
Saturday 6pm - 7pm Mixing Marriage and Writing
Kevin Anderson, Dan & Sarah Hoyt, Rebecca Moesta, Courtney & Connie Willis, Mem Morman (mod)
3rd Floor - Rampart
Saturday 6pm - 9pm All Anime, All the Time
Trapper John Corres
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Saturday 7pm - 8pm The eBook Revolution - Reading and Publishing
Marie DesJardins, Lynda Hilburn, Nathan Lowell (mod), Ronnie Seagren, David Wacks (mod)
2nd Floor – Breckenridge
Saturday 8pm - 11pm Cowboys and Aliens Masquerade Ball
Put on your Stetson and fluff your tentacles (or come as you are!) for an evening of square dancing in the alien West. There will be prizes for the best costumes, but this is a dance, not a costume call. We will have live musicians and Chris Kermiet will call and teach the dances. No prior experience is necessary and you don't need to bring a partner. Comfortable shoes are advised.
4th Floor - Summit Ballroom (right hand doors)
Saturday 8pm - 9pm Changing the speed limit of light
Inge Heyer, Rebecca Lickiss, Wil McCarthy (mod), Courtney Willis
3rd Floor - Rampart
Sunday 11am - noon The Evolution of Female Characters in Fantasy and SF
Quincy Allen, Michelle Brothers (mod), Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Sunday 11am - noon Inge Heyer Science Presentation
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Sunday noon - 1pm Reading - Sarah Hoyt
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Sunday noon - 1pm What's behind the huge success of paranormal fiction?
Dana Bell (mod), Carol Hightshoe, Lynda Hilburn, Nikki Hohl, Christopher Salas
3rd Floor - Rampart
Sunday noon - 1pm UFOs in fact and fiction
David Boop, Dan Hoyt (mod), Rebecca Lickiss, John Stith, Connie Willis
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Sunday 1pm - 2pm Art Auction
4th Floor - Summit Ballroom (right hand doors)
Sunday 1pm - 2pm Reading - Laura Reeve
3rd Floor - Executive Boardroom
Sunday 1pm - 2pm The Ethics of Genetic Engineering in the World to Come
Carol Berg (mod), David Boop, Dan Hoyt, Wil McCarthy, Charles Stross
3rd Floor - Rampart
Sunday 1pm - 2pm The Changing Face of COSine - help us run the con into the next decade
Kent Bloom, Ted Monogue (mod), Mem Morman, Joe Sokola
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Sunday 2pm - 3pm Fans Turned Pro vs. Pros who were never fans
Sarah Hoyt, Nathan Lowell, Ronnie Seagren, Connie Willis (mod)
3rd Floor - Rampart
Sunday 2pm - 3pm Achieving the Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Carol Berg (mod), Marie DesJardins, Alan Lickiss, John Stith
2nd Floor - Breckenridge
Sunday 3pm Closing Ceremonies
Charles Stross, Joe Sokola, Mem Morman
3rd Floor - Rampart
Events
Cowboys and Aliens Masquerade Ball
Our Saturday night event is a Masquerade Ball set in the American West. There will be live music and Chris Kermiet will teach and call a variety of square (ish) dances. No experience is needed. No need to bring a partner Costumes are welcome, but by no means required; come as you are! There will be a costume contest with prizes, but there will not be a formal costume call - our judges will mix with the audience and observe.
Art Show
The art show will feature many outstanding science fiction and fantasy artists and will run every day of the convention. Come view and bid on the amazing artwork!
Dealer's Room
COSine 2012 is proud to feature more dealers than ever before. There will be a list in the program book.
Video/Animé
Video programming will feature a selection of science fiction movies and animé and will run for the duration of the convention.
Gaming will include both scheduled and open play of various board games, role-playing games, and other games from our library. Come work on the jigsaw puzzle between events!