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Lynne M. Thomas
>Lynne M. Thomas is the Head of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, where she is responsible for popular culture special collections that include the literary papers of over 50 SF/F authors. She is the co-author of Special Collections 2.0, a book about web 2.0 technologies and special collections in libraries with Beth Whittaker (Libraries Unlimited, 2009), as well as academic articles about cross-dressing in dime novels and using libraries to survive the zombie apocalypse. She is perhaps best known as the co-editor of the Hugo-nominated Chicks Dig Time Lords (2010) with Tara O’Shea, and Whedonistas (2011) with Deborah Stanish, essay collections celebrating women involved in media fandoms and the production of television series, published by Mad Norwegian Press. Her next book will be Chicks Dig Comics with Sigrid Ellis (2012).
Programming for Lynne M. Thomas
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| Fri | 16:00 | (A16) | 1 hr |
Reboots of TV & Movie Series
V. Star Trek. Battlestar Galactica. Every show or series of note seems to have undergone a reboot. Have they been successful? Does a new origin story really help or is it just a gimmick to draw in new audiences? |
| Fri | 17:00 | (A16) | 1 hr |
New Producer, New Doctor, New Companion: Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, and the New Doctor Who
At the time of this panel, Stephan Moffat will have completed one full season and the first part of his second season of Doctor Who. How have he, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill done? How does the latest series compare with those of Russell Davies and to even earlier series? |
| Sat | 10:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 10:00
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| Sat | 16:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Sat 16:00
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