History
5:00 PM | Location: University C
Game Show: Real or Alternative History?
Two teams of contestants decide if certain "facts" are alternate history or really happened. Audience participation encouraged!
Moderator: Phillip Drayer Duncan
Panelists: Phillip Drayer Duncan, Peri Charlifu, Dr Paisley, vickey malone kennedy, Kimber, Tracy S. Morris, Ted Pennella, Joey “Okie Space Queen” Rodman, Mel. White
Tracks: History, General Interest, Contest, Gaming
7:00 PM | Location: Hotel Suite (look for location on the signage boards)
Historical Fashion Exhibit
SoonerCon attendees are invited to join costumer and historic-clothing collector Ms. Kathleen M O'Brien in her parlor for a viewing of antique and vintage garments. Questions welcome! (2 hours, come-and-go viewings.)
Moderator: Kathleen M O'Brien
Panelists: Kathleen M O'Brien
Tracks: Costuming & Fashion, History, General Interest
4:00 PM | Location: Boomer B
Retrofuture: Visions of the Future from the Past
From robots that clean and tablet computers, to jetpacks and flying cars. Join the fun as our panelists discuss how the past saw the future! What did they get right, what did they get laughably wrong?
Moderator: Mel. White
Panelists: Mel. White, Mark Alfred, Tim Frayser, Sheila Hartney, Chaz Kemp, Kathleen M O'Brien
Tracks: STEM, History, Culture & World Affairs, Science Fiction, Pop Culture & Entertainment
2:00 PM | Location: Sooner A
Roots & Influences: Mythology in UF
Authors discuss how mythology from various cultures plays a role in their urban-fantasy works and in those of other writers they admire.
Moderator: Mark Finn
Panelists: Mark Finn, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Kyri Hester, Karen Thrower
Tracks: History, Writing & Publishing, Supernatural & Paranormal, Fantasy
3:00 PM | Location: Boomer A
Spiritualism & the Occult in Victorian Times
Victorian culture across the world had a broad and complex relationship with spiritualism and the occult. Let's discuss!
Moderator: Bekah June
Panelists: Bekah June, Tim Chessmore, Kathleen M O'Brien, Jeff Provine, Rie Sheridan Rose, Karen Thrower
Tracks: History, Supernatural & Paranormal, General Interest
2:00 PM | Location: Sooner A
Comic Book History 101
A (brief) history of the hundred years of comic books, from the Golden Age to the Modern Age. What's worth reading today?
Moderator: Alan J Porter
Panelists: Alan J Porter, Tim Frayser, Sally Hamilton, Chaz Kemp, Matthew Price, ET Wardwell
11:00 AM | Location: Boomer B
Fandom Past, Present, and Future
Conventions have been happening, officially, since 1939's Worldcon. But...why? Panelists share nerdkind's lore about con traditions, the history of sf fandom, and how congoers today are defining pop-culture trends and building new media markets.
Moderator: Larry Nemecek
Panelists: Larry Nemecek, Aaron Bossig, Sara Felix, Tim Frayser, Kimber, Paula Helm Murray
Tracks: History, Pop Culture & Entertainment, Culture & World Affairs, General Interest
4:00 PM | Location: Boomer B
Folk and Fantasy, Kith and Kin
Modern fantasy and urban fantasy often draw from oral and academic histories of folktales worldwide. How are these best incorporated into today's sf stories? And what's the line between appreciation and appropriation of these cultural myths in making new media mythologies?
Moderator: Rhonda Eudaly
Panelists: Rhonda Eudaly, David Carrico, Shai Fenwick, A. Lee Martinez, Ted Pennella, Steven E. Wedel
Tracks: History, Pop Culture & Entertainment, Supernatural & Paranormal, Writing & Publishing, Fantasy
Noon | Location: Hotel Suite (look for location on the signage boards)
Historical Fashion Exhibit
SoonerCon attendees are invited to join costumer and historic-clothing collector Ms. Kathleen M O'Brien in her parlor for a viewing of antique and vintage garments. Questions welcome! (3 hours, come-and-go viewings.)
Moderator: Kathleen M O'Brien
Panelists: Kathleen M O'Brien
Tracks: History, Costuming & Fashion, General Interest
10:00 AM | Location: Noble
King Arthur's Knights and the Search for the Holy Grail
Anthropologist Mel. White shares the fascinating history and mythology of the legendary search for the Holy Grail.
Moderator: Mel. White
Panelists: Mel. White
Tracks: Pop Culture & Entertainment, History, General Interest
1:00 PM | Location: Boomer B
How the Little Dragon Got So Big in Art
Dragons in early art tended to be smaller than a horse. Today's dragons are mighty and massive. What caused dragon inflation? An open discussion about the size discrepancies of dragons in art.
Moderator: Ted Pennella
Panelists: Ted Pennella, David Carrico, Tim Chessmore, Teddy Harvia, W J Hodgson
Tracks: History, Art, Culture & World Affairs, Fantasy