Mythcon 30 was held in conjunction with Bree Moot 4.

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Guests of Honor

• Sylvia Hunnewell, fantasy artist
• S. Gary Hunnewell, Tolkien scholar
• Douglas A. Anderson, Tolkien and fantasy scholar

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Reports

• October 1999
  • Lee Speth: Simmerillion: Warm Memories
• September 1999
  • Berni Phillips: Mordor with Mosquitos
  • David Bratman: MythMoot Report
• August 1999 (from TheOneRing.net)
  • Corvar's Report
  • Balin's Report

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Partial List of Scheduled Programming

Updated: 7 July 1999

Papers

• Janice Bogstad, "Sheri Tepper's Fantasy Fiction"
• David Bratman, "Top Ten Rejected Plot Twists from The Lord of the Rings"
• Timothy D. Callahan, "Fantasy Themes in Non-Fantasy Cinema"
• Phil Coffman, "Symbolic Expression & Language in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
• Eleanor M. Farrell, "King Arthur 'Lite': Dilution of Mythic Elements in Arthurian Film"
• Mike Foster, "In The Ringmaster's Hand Revisited"
• Mike Foster, "Ringo & Samwise: Paradigms?"
• Anita Gorman, "The Road Goes Ever On: Song Cycles in Stevenson and Tolkien"
• Philip E. Kaveny, "Lewis and the Great War"
• David Lenander, "Eleanor Arnason's Ring of Swords"
• Stanley Pelkey, "Chivalry and Anti-Chivalry in Farmer Giles of Ham"
• John Rateliff, "Karhu, Doolittle, and Bothvar Bjarki"
• Gregory Rihn, "Tolkien the Borrower: Mordor and Blauwildebeestefontein"
• David Salo, "Tolkien's Application of Historical Linguistics to Elvish Language"
• Dorothea Salo, "Introduction to Linguistics"
• Dorothea Salo, "The Growth of Fantasy Languages: Dunsany to Le Guin"
• William A.S. Sarjeant, "Pastoral Farming in the Shire"
• Fernando J. Soto, "Lewis and 'Joy'"
• Dwayne Thorpe, "Maps of Desire"

Panels

• "I Want My MTV: Millenial Themes in Contemporary Television" (Edith Crowe, Berni Phillips, Arden Smith, Joan Marie Verba, Eleanor M. Farrell)
• "Tolkien, Roman Catholicism and the Birmingham Oratory" (Nancy Martsch, Matt Fisher, Mike Foster, Adam Schwartz)
• "Hidden Meanings in Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis" (Fernando J. Soto, Ted Sherman)
• "His Dark Materials: Where Can Pullman Go From Here?" (Richard West, Janice Bogstad, Verlyn Flieger, Ted Sherman)
• "Tolkien Fandom, Clubs, and Fanzines" (Nancy Martsch, Gary Hunnewell, John Houghton)
• "Farmer Giles of Ham: The 50th Anniversary" (Richard West, Douglas A. Anderson)
• "Analysis of Tolkien's Theory of Fairy Stories" (Fernando J. Soto, Verlyn Flieger)

Other Categories

• Douglas A. Anderson, Slide show on illustrating and annotating The Hobbit
• Douglas A. Anderson, "Episodes in the Life of a Scholar/Researcher: Rediscovering Snergs, Excavating Obscure Dead Authors, and Pleasant Encounters with Nonagenarians" (GoH Speech)
• Gary Hunnewell, GoH Speech
• Sylvia Hunnewell, GoH presentation
• Ted Nasmith, Slide show
• Dorothea Salo, "Introduction to Linguistics" (lecture)
• William A.S. Sarjeant, "Dinosaur Fiction" (lecture)
• Play (reading): The Archdruid by Kenneth Morris (organized by Douglas A. Anderson)
• Play: "St. Cecilia's Day 1963" (Mike Foster, et al.)
• The Not-Ready-for-Mythcon Players
• Banquet and Presentation of Mythopoeic Awards
• Annual General Meeting of the Tolkien Collectors of America
• Council General of the Restored Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor

Participatory Events

• The traditional Mythcon Opening Procession
• Discussion: "Current Fantasy and Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominees" (hosted by Butterbur's Woodshed)
• Discussion: "Works of P.C. Hodgell" (hosted by David Lenander)
• The Second Annual Mythcon Book Toss (sponsored by the Khazad-dûm discussion group)
• Golfimbul (when you least expect it)
• Mythopoeic Society Annual Members' Meeting
• Costume Masquerade
• Beyond Bree Goblin Market
• Mythopoeic Society Auction
• Bardic circles
• BreeMoot Improvisational Rock 'n' Filk Jam (hosted by Mike Foster & David Emerson)
• Field trips to the Tolkien archives at Marquette University

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