Bree Moot 4/Mythcon XXX
Bree & Beyond: Exploring the Fantasy Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and His Fellow Travelers
July 30 - August 2, 1999
Archbishop Cousins Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Partial List of Program Items
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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