The Finncon program has been published (more or less—it has been living
in a wiki, and the final version should be appearing any moment now).

Collected here is a listing of the program items that will be held in
English. This should be final, but if I spot changes later on, I’ll
update them here. Duration of the items is one hour unless specified
otherwise.

Friday

- 15.00 Science in Science Fiction (Pannuhalli)
How much is enough science in science fiction? And how much is TOO
much? Tommy Persson (chair), Toni Jerrman, Alastair Reynolds, Johan
Jönsson

- 16.00 Adam Roberts Interview (Valssaamo)
- 17.00 On Writing: The GoHs are interviewed on writing
(Merikaapelihalli)
- 19.00 George R.R. Martin GoH Speech (Merikaapelihalli)Saturday

- 11.00 The New Breed—Modern Vampire Mythos (Pannuhalli)
Ever since Anne Rice introduced vampire Lestat to the unsuspecting
audience, the children of the night have transformed from blood-thirsty
Balkan nobility into something a bit more… sexier and about as
blood-thirsty. Tanja Sihvonen (chair), George R.R. Martin, Tarja
Rainio, Päivi Väätänen

- 14.00–15.30 George R.R. Martin GoH Interview (Merikaapelihalli)
- 15.00 Alastair Reynolds Speaks and Reads (Valssaamo)
- 16.00 Hugo 2009 Discussion (Turbiinisali)
The panel of experts say what they think about the current crop of the
Hugo Award nominees. Marianna Leikomaa (chair), Ben Roimola, Tommy
Persson, Cheryl Morgan, Adam Roberts

- 17.00–18.30 Adam Roberts Speech (Turbiinisali)
- 18.00 Alastair Reynolds GoH Interview (Pannuhalli)Sunday

- 11.00 Journey into Space (Turbiinisali)
Have space, will travel. A serious discussion about possibilities,
fantasies and realites of the space travel. Alastair Reynolds, Risto
Isomäki

- 12.00 Big Is Better But Small Is Beautiful (Pannuhalli)
Does fantasy have to be big and epic? Is there room for something less
grandeur? General preconception of fantasy still tends to veer toward
the door stopping bulky pseudo medieval mammoth, but that is not the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Jukka Halme (chair),
George R.R. Martin, Johan Anglemark, Markku Soikkeli, Cheryl Morgan

- 14.00 Book Talk (Turbiinisali)
What to read when all the translated books have been read? Jukka Halme
(chair), Cheryl Morgan, Hannu Blommila, Marianna Leikomaa

- 15.00 Book Then, Book Now, Book in the Future (Valssaamo)
Book is a book, except when it’s not. The future of book is the
question: will there still be books as we know them now? Is the
electronic version The Way or is there a third alternative? Jukka Halme
(chair), Tommy Persson, Johan Jönsson, Alastair Reynolds

- 16.00 Doctor Who (Valssaamo)
Travel with the Timelord through time and space. Kristoffer Lawson.

- 17.00 George R.R. Martin Reading (Merikaapelihalli)In addition there
will also be kaffeeklatch sessions with the GoHs—inquire at the info
desk if you want some face time with them at the convention.

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Posted By Tero to Partial Recall at 6/29/2009 03:19:00 PM