Futuriana

(Whoops, forgot to press publish – have backdated this now) Took a little break from most of the internet, for obvious reasons ,but also because I was travelling and then tired/ill from said travelling. Feeling slightly better now, physically I…

The last month flew by, a work visit to London, a family visit here in Newcastle, and then a week of men tramping through the house to install a heat pump. All positive things but each a bit disruptive. The…

The grand finale of our weekend in Durham was Kynren. The first big surprise was the surrounding park, its in the middle of nowhere and I wasn’t expecting that much, but its modern and generally well-designed. There are shuttle buses,…

At the end of August, John’s parents along with his brother and sister-in-law came up for little mini-vacation. They rented a place in Durham and touristed for a couple of days and then on Friday night we headed over, it…

But sort of still Worldcon really. After the convention was over, we had planned for an extra few days to explore Glasgow. Meg kindly offered to put us up and show us around a bit, so on Tuesday morning we…

And then it was Monday, the last day of the convention. We had belatedly decided to stay one more night, but the Village was asking for a bizarrely high price so we booked at the Crowne Plaza instead. Since the…

(And a Hugo for John!) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it is taking me longer to write about Worldcon that it did to experience, but we’re finally at Hugo night! The pre-Hugo reception was described as having hors…

Past the voting deadline now, but figured I would complete the set. Short story, fun category this year! Often the case actually, brevity being the soul of wit and all that. However my top pick was “The Sound of Children…