News

• Jan Long's Mythcon Report Available (November)
• Photo Gallery Added (August)
• Program Available (August)
• List of Registered Attendees (August 10)

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Guest of Honor

Steven Goldsberry

We are delighted to welcome Steven Goldsberry as Mythcon XXXI Guest of Honor. An Associate Professor of English (Creative Writing) at the University of Hawai'i, Steven is a recipient of the Cades Award for Literature and a Michener Fellowship. He is the author of the novels Maui the Demigod and LUZON, and the books Over Hawai'i and (with his wife U'i) Sunday in Hawai'i. Steven's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, McCall's, Windsurf, ALOHA, Honolulu, and GEO. His current work includes Pacific Northwest Indian mythology.

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Guest of Honor Talks

• Legend as Modern Metaphor (Steven Goldsberry)
• The Secret of Kapokohelele Cave (Steven Goldsberry)

Papers

• Christine Barkley, "Studying Tolkien Online: Supplemental Material for a Tolkien Class"
• David Bratman, "The Geography of Earthsea"
• David Bratman, "The Inklings and the Pacific Ocean"
• Diana Pavlac Glyer, "'I've a good mind to punch your head...': Criticism and Conflict Among the Inklings"
• Diana Pavlac Glyer, "Joy Davidman's Weeping Bay: Neglected Masterpiece, Feeble Effort, or Blasphemous Anti-Catholic Tract?"
• Tina Hamrin-Dahl, "The Pig God Kamapua'a, the Volcano Goddess Pele: Morals, Manners and Customs"
• Darci Hill, "The Mythic Vision of C.S. Lewis: Sensucht and his Romance Trilogy"
• LeiLani Hinds, "Images of Mountains and Volcanoes in Myths and Fairy Tales from the Bible to Tolkien"
• Michael Johnson, "That Hideous Eldil"
• Alexei Kondratiev, "Celtic Lehua: Padraic Colum's Re-Tellings of Polynesian Myth"
• Doris T. Myers, "'The New Psychology' in Glome"
• Rebecca Umland and Samuel J. Umland, "All For Love: The Myth of Romantic Passion in Japanese Cinema"

Panel

• Women Heroes in Fantasy Melisa Michaels , Mary Kay Kare, U'i Goldsberry, Ken Burtness (moderator)

Other Events

• The Blessing of Mythcon -- Walk to the Caldera -- Stories of Pele
• Pacific Island Storytelling (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
• Healing and Understanding through Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film (Ken Burtness)
• Myth and Legend Through Puppetry (Heather Hollmann)
• Discussion: 2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards (Sponsor: Butterbur's Woodshed)
• Discussion: Maui the Demigod (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
• Fun and Fantasy with Kids (Heather Hollmann)
• Third Annual Mythcon Book Toss (Sponsor: Khazad-dûm)
• The Old Stories of Narnia (Reader's Theater: Darci Hill)
• Great Mythopoeic Books (Sponsor: Sammath Naur)
• Volcano Hike (Leader: Steve Brown)
• Film Program

Mythcon Traditions

• Procession
• Opening Ceremonies
• Bardic Circles
• Banquet
• Masquerade
• Mythopoeic Society Members' Meeting
• The Not-Ready-for-Mythcon Players

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