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Final Thoughts on Worldcon 2009
I had promised some final thoughts on my first Worldcon, and in the nearly three weeks since it ended I’ve had plenty of time to ruminate and absorb other people’s con reports. First of all, it was a great lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipation, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Science Fiction, Worldcon
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Worldcon: Day 5 Recap
NOTE: I tried to post this yesterday, but my web host seemed to go down. Hence, this is a day late. The morning started off with sleeping in a bit—there were no 9:00 AM panels that grabbed our interest more … Continue reading
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Worldcon: Day 4 (Part 2)—The Hugo Awards
Sunday evening was the main event—the Hugo Awards presentation. Before that, being human beings of a hungry sort, we decided to seek out food. This proved to be more problematic that we could have imagined. We first decided to go … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugo Awards, Neil Gaiman, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Science Fiction, Worldcon
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Worldcon: Day 4
The fourth day of Worldcon was also a big one, and quite full. We started at 9 AM once again, with a panel on “How Not to be a Jerk Online”. I went to this because John Scalzi—whose blog and … Continue reading
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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap (Part 2)
After a quick lunch, my girlfriend had hoped to take in the panel on “Montreal Local History”, but it was apparently cancelled. I headed to “Building Realistic Worlds”, but it was so full that there wasn’t even space to stand … Continue reading
Worldcon: Day 3 Recap
Day 3 of Worldcon was a very panel-heavy day for us. We started with “Writing for the Non-Adult”, which had a nice mix of panelists that played off each other well, and talked about the difficulties of writing for children … Continue reading
Worldcon: Day 2 Recap (Part 2)
When last we left our heroes, they were heading back to the Con for the Neil Gaiman signing, tickets to which they had acquired earlier that day. Arriving at 3:30 PM (for the 4:00 signing), there was already a massive … Continue reading
Worldcon: Day 2 Recap (Part 1)
This was a long day, very full of delightful things. The morning started early, as we went to line up to get tickets for the Neil Gaiman signing. We arrived at about 8:30, and (thankfully) the line was still pretty … Continue reading
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Worldcon: Day 1 Recap
Oi! It is early on the second day of Worldcon, so I thought I’d post about the first day, as promised. The first thing I noticed about Worldcon was the scale. It’s big. Very big. I mean, granted, I have … Continue reading
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Next Week: Worldcon!
So, I have a zillion things to post about, which I’ll get to once the journal paper I’m working on is finished and my research is under control. There will be a number of movie, book, and concert reviews to … Continue reading
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Tagged Convention, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Science Fiction, Worldcon
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