Open Crafting & Artist Space: Make It Take It Costuming, Sit 'n' Stitch - Knitting, Crocheting, etc., Miniature Painting, etc. Instructors Available

Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.

Open Crafting & Artist Space: Make It Take It Costuming, Sit 'n' Stitch - Knitting, Crocheting, etc., Miniature Painting, etc. Instructors Available

The Coming Singularity - Dr. Ben Davis presents. 

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

It Came From The Trailer Park IV returns to the fun idea of revisiting the Classic Horror and Old-School Creature Feature genres with a hefty helping of B-rate tropes. William Joseph Roberts Moderates this Roundtable discussion about the making of the new anthology.

Room Reset after GOH Luncheon

Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

The Fermi paradox is the conflict between the lack of clear, obvious evidence for extraterrestrial life and various high estimates for their existence. Maybe because we are alone and if they exist at all are so far distant as to be unapproachable. 

This is often called the Great Filter theory. It suggests that all life must overcome certain challenges, and at least one hurdle is nearly impossible to clear. 

This discussion will be lightly structured with ample time for open discussion. We will discuss planetary and astronomical conditions which filter the development of life. What are the geological and biotic filters for the abiogenesis of life and the evolution of complex life forms? Finally, what are the potential cultural filters associated with advanced civilizations capable of developing their solar resources and exploring the galaxy?

Special GOH Ben Yalow moderates Part 1 of the discussion on the legendary John Campbell -  "John Campbell - The Author."

Come hear Literary GOH Charles E. Gannon read from his works.

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Spearman Burke will read from his new children's book "Giant Counting Robots"!

Publishers Chris Kennedy and William Alan Webb discuss Quillcraft Press, an imprint of CKP, which publishes books for writers, by writers. 

Publisher John Holmes will moderate this panel discussion of what's new and upcoming from Cannon Publishing.

Les Johnson moderates this update on what has happened in the past year in Space, and what might happen in the coming years.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Artist GOH Chaz Kemp presents "Demystifying Book Covers" where he will teach authors and artists how to break down book covers, what covers are actually for and how to spot and correct mistakes.

Eric S. Raymond is a nominating judge of the Prometheus Awards, honoring the best in libertarian SF. Learn how the process works and what is looked for in nominees.

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Shane Tourtellotte will host this discussion on what it takes to write for Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 

Steve Jackson, William Joseph Roberts and Chris Woods will discuss what's in store for new series of books based on Steve Jackson's class Car Wars Game.

Four years after landing, Mars Perseverance rover is still working hard! She’s explored the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater and is continuing to collect samples that may hold clues to the possibility of ancient life. Hear about her exploration of Jezero crater and the challenges she has faced along the way. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents.

Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.

Come out and listen as Special GOH Ben Yalow does selected readings from the Fredric Brown collection he edited. 

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Kat Waller hosts this kids edition of Are You a Werewolf?

Come one, come all to Opening Ceremonies!

Stephen Fleming presents "The Life, Death and Afterlife of the International Space Station." The International Space Station (ISS) has been continuously inhabited since November 2000. Fifteen nations contributed to constructing the $100 billion platform. The aging modules and cost of maintenance have led NASA to plan the station’s retirement in 2030. What will happen to it, and are there any alternatives? And with Artemis returning to the Moon and Elon Musk going to Mars, what comes next for space stations in low Earth orbit?

Open Crafting & Artist Space: Make It Take It Costuming, Sit 'n' Stitch - Knitting, Crocheting, etc., Miniature Painting, etc. Instructors Available

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Come play this fast-paced zombie themed card game with its designer. Try to keep your survivors alive while sending zombies to attack your opponent's survivors. Last player standing wins. But, if all the survivors die, no one wins, and zombies take over the world.

Up to 10 players - Prizes awarded!

Rob Reed hosts. 

Join Chris and his team of writers and learn what the next year holds in store for Chris Kennedy Publishing.

Come out and listen to Past STEM GOH Stephanie Osborn and A.G. Thompson read from their works!

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Futurist, magazine writer and host of the award-winning podcast The Future And You, Stephen Euin Cobb will do a recorded interview with Guests of Honor 

Dr. Diane Kelly will discuss the "Biomechanics of Movie Monsters." Originally designed as a prequel to a campus showing of "Them!" back in 2006, this is an extended discussion on the science with a Q&A session at the end. 

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Dr. Ben Davis hosts this discussion on the rapid development of AI focusing on the question: How Worried Should We Be, And How Soon?

Artist Guest of Honor Art Show Walk-Through with AGOH Chaz Kemp and Art Show Participants.

Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.

Steve Jackson will be hosting open games in the Game Room. Come one come all!

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

XX moderates this "war story" discussion with writers who are military veterans and first responders.

The Delphic Oracle -- through the aid of "Magic Todd Dust" an intrepid group of people (usually writers) band together to form the great, miraculous Delphic Oracle.  The members of the Delphic Oracle will strive to answer questions posed by the audience one member at a time, one word at a time.  The results are usually hilarious

Come enjoy the feral ladies readings and shenanigans. 

Sarah Martin will DJ Friday Night Karaoke! Come out and show us your pipes! Check out the song book >>HERE<<

Every year THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE to win bragging rights for a year. Will you be the one? Sign-up sheets will be at the registration desk.

Panel discussion on UFOs led by Dr. Ben Davis. 

Literary GOH Charles E. Gannon offers up an Ask Me Anything session on the Cainverse! 

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Open Filking hosted by Gray Rinehart - come and participate!

Toni Weisskopf hosts Walking with the Pros, a chance to get a little exercise before the con on Saturday morning. Meet outside the dealer's room.

Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Guest of Honor Speeches

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Avast ye swabs! Irene Zielinski will GM "Scurvy Buggers", a troupe-style ahistorical fiction pirate RPG of her design. Up to 6 players. 2 hours.

Open Crafting & Artist Space: Make It Take It Costuming, Sit 'n' Stitch - Knitting, Crocheting, etc., Miniature Painting, etc. Instructors Available

YA Author Wayne Kramer will read from his works.

Les Johnson moderates this discussion on the feasibility of building a working Space Elevator. 

Come out and watch a Terrain Building Demonstration by artist Anita Moore.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Kevin Steverson moderates the Salvage Title Universe Roundtable.

Tammie Darden moderates this panel on Foraging and the Back Yard Salad, i.e. what weeds can feed you in the early spring. 

Dr. Robert Hampson moderates this panel on the trials, tribulations and humor of working in the lab. 

Room Reset

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

A Historical Retrospective Interview of Special GOH Ben Yalow by Stephen Euin Cobb. 

William Alan Webb will moderate this roundtable on the latest additions to Last Brigade Universe, with a mass autograph session at the end.

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Come out and listen to Todd McCaffrey read from his works!

Dragonfly is a rotorcraft lander mission that is being developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory as part of NASA's New Frontiers Program.  Dragonfly will fly to different geological settings and travel farther than a rover could traverse.   This revolutionary mission concept includes the capability to explore diverse locations to characterize the habitability of Titan's environment, to investigate how far prebiotic chemistry has progressed, and even to search for chemical signatures that could indicate water-based and/or hydrocarbon-based life. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents.

Ian McMurtrie (aka Lawdog) will moderate this panel on what's the year holds in store for Raconteur Press.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Toni Weisskopf will be running the crowd through the best of what's going on in the Baen universe in this perennial event. (And there will be giveaways!)

Watch the Artists bounce around ideas and complete their vision before time runs out. All the pieces will go to the Charity Auction to be auctioned off! Ann Robards moderates.

Watch the Artists bounce around ideas and complete their vision before time runs out. All the pieces will go to the Charity Auction to be auctioned off! Ann Robards moderates.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Will you be the one?

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Bryan Jones hosts this workshop on basic puppetry and puppet making.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

The Alpha Mercs is a group of writers,  editors, and artists. Our group is all published and practice the philosophy of “rising tide” mutually supporting each other by sharing critiques and open calls. This Roundtable will be a nuts and bolts approach to the establishment,  development and maintenance of such groups. The discussion will touch on determining if a particular group is a good fit. Also,  if and when a writer might have outgrown a group. Sam Robb moderates.

MC Mike Massa moderates this perennial panel on the Technological Future of War and how the steady march of technology makes combat across all spheres more lethal.

Todd McCaffrey hosts: Are You a Werewolf? -- the classic re-interpretation of the old Mafia game of mob rule and paranoia.

Steve Jackson dishes on the latest developments from his secret games laboratory. Will include autograph session at the end of the presentation.

Tammie Darden moderates "Food or Compost?" Should we be eating the "throw away" parts of food.

Dr. Robert Hampson moderates this panel answering the question:  How do you use travel and lived experience to get first-hand knowledge for your books? 

Dan Hollifield moderates this panel on the myriad worlds of the Steampunk genre.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Interstellar Research Group (IRG) (Formerly TVIW) will provide a discussion of their past activities and upcoming symposia in Texas and Luxembourg during their yearly update. Stephen Euin Cobb moderates.

Jon Osborne and Mark Wandrey will host "The Omega War", a game set in the Four Horsemen Universe (4HU). First come first served.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Stephen Euin Cobb will moderate this panel of podcasters who will talk about their passion and how it impacts the world around them.

Closed for setup of the LC 37's Art and Charity Auction.

David Badurina hosts "The Dark, The Absurd, and The Unfiltered: Injecting Humor Into Story" - a panel focused on exploring humor in stories, in particular embracing absurdity, dark humor to break tension, and how to walk the cliff's edge of cultural satire that delights with hilarity and stops just short of getting you cancelled. 

After decades of effort, reusable rockets are finally here, and we are about to find out how much market demand there is and how low the price can get.  But no technology stays on top forever — as SF authors, futurists, or investors, the question arises, what's next?  Will discuss briefly options for rockets beyond chemical (nuclear), then pass on to various forms of infrastructure for assisting launch: catapults, slings, and guns for things on the ground, tethers and skyhooks for things in the sky.   Airbreathing as an alternative for first stages and returning a stage to the launch site.   Then on to the approach which seems most promising in the near term — beamriders of various kinds, laser, microwave, and charged particle.    Will discuss the pros and cons of various strategies for the first part of the delta-v to orbit and why a beam-driven airbreather trades well.  Close with space-based beam options for reducing the final part of the delta-v and providing the extra push for Earth escape.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Come out and bid at LC 37's Art and Charity Auction. Our charity of choice this year is

Terry Maggert moderates this panel discussion on the requirements of good world building for realistic horror.

Room closed for Atlanta Radio Theatre Company setup

Open Gaming with Steve Jackson - come out and join the fun!

G. Scott Huggins moderates this discussion on what's new in Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Jon R. Osborne has opened up his series, the Milesian Accords, to contributors for the first time. This panel will explore the series and will provide some readings from new contributors.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (ARTC) will perform: 

LGOH Charles E. Gannon and Past LGOH David Weber discuss collaborations from the Caineverse: Misbegotten and Forsworn. The events in the two novels determine how the series ultimately resolves after book 9 (Dominant Species).

They are working on them now and should be able to share some interesting tidbits and teasers about both. Mike Massa moderates. 

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Typos can be the nightmare of any Creative. But they have the potential to lead to loads of hilarity. Join us for an hour of creative wackiness as we invite our panel of victi—err—contestants who will be given lines of dialogue or writing that has been corrupted by our inept, but well-meaning Autocorrect-9000, and asked to pitch a story around this goof. Phil Booker moderates. 

Closed for teardown of the LC 37's Art and Charity Auction.

Todd McCaffrey hosts: Are You a Werewolf? -- the classic re-interpretation of the old Mafia game of mob rule and paranoia.

Roundtable discussion of various and timely science topics moderated by Les Johnson. This is a remarkable panel dating back to the earliest LibertyCons. Everyone gets a say but no one gets to say too much. This year the participants will be the current STEM GOH and 4 Past Science Guests of Honor.

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Weaponsmith Oren Truitt moderates this panel about how weapons worked in the past and speculates about the future of kinetic weapons.

The Masters of Military SF discuss their craft. Mike Massa moderates. 

Open Filking hosted by Gray Rinehart - come and participate!

Non-denominational Prayer Service, hosted by Gray Rinehart

This year's topic:  "Tissue Engineering and Replacement Parts for the Human Body." Doctors Robert Hampson and Brent Roeder will discuss some of their more exciting moments in science.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Bryan Jones will conduct a workshop on the ancient skill of creating chain mail. He will provide rings and fittings gratis for each attendee to make a chain mail bracelet.

Come out for a cup of coffee with the pros!

Open Gaming with Steve Jackson - come out and join the fun!

Stephen Fleming presents "The Case for (Human) Life on Mars." Robert Zubrin has been promoting Mars colonization for decades.  In his latest book, he updates the technologies involved, but also goes deep into the cultural and political impacts that Mars colonies would have on Earth. This presentation summarizes Zubrin’s ideas about manifest destiny on the Red Planet, followed by audience discussion.

Special GOH Ben Yalow moderates Part 2 of the discussion on the legendary John Campbell -  "John Campbell - The Editor."

Four Horsemen Universe (4HU) Roundtable and Mass Autograph session, Chris Kennedy (mod)

Room reset after the kaffeeklatsch

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover landed in August 2012 in Gale Crater and has been exploring ever since. Her journey through an exceptional landscape has uncovered the unexpected about Mars. As the aging rover forces us to adopt new ways of operating her, she continues to reveal puzzles from Mars’ past. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents. 

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Come one, come all and spend an hour with Todd McCaffrey. 

Bjorn Hasseler moderates this panel on what is new in the 1632 / Grantville universe in all it's alternate history glory.

Artist GOH Chaz Kemp will do a career retrospective showing of his works. 

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

William Joseph Roberts moderates this roundtable discussing what the coming year holds for Three Ravens Publishing.

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Did you have a great time at the convention? Or was there something that absolutely irritated you? Either way, come out and let us know at our Closing Ceremonies.

Publisher John Holmes will critique your new manuscript in this hands-on workshop - 3-5 pages max.