Mythcon 30 - July/August 1999
Mythcon 30
Bree & Beyond:
Exploring the Fantasy Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and His Fellow Travelers
Archbishop Cousins Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 30-August 2, 1999
Mythcon 30 was held in conjunction with Bree Moot 4.
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 ReportBalin’s Report
Guests of Honor
- Sylvia Hunnewell, fantasy artist
- S. Gary Hunnewell, Tolkien scholar
- Douglas A. Anderson, Tolkien and fantasy scholar
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