We had the hotel room an extra night, in order to fully enjoy the last day of the convention, allowing for a nice relaxed morning, an afternoon nap, and plenty of time to collect art, drop by the lounge, say copious goodbyes, etc. I napped through closing ceremonies, making this the first Worldcon in a while where I missed both opening and closing. For dinner John and I took a bus over to Villains Brewing, which had pretty good food and beer. Although it was only lightly themed, they did have a pretty nerdy sports story playing on one of …
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LAcon V: Day Two
Friday! I had to be up early to do my art show tour (link available for members, I have not watched this because I’m too chicken, but presumably it isn’t so terrible they couldn’t post it). I ended up enjoying myself a great deal doing it, but I went in with some trepidation, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, when I’d initially agreed to do it I’d assumed it would be a streaming item, with interaction from the Discord audience, so virtual members could visit the art show in real time. A recording was a different proposition, the future audience …
LAcon V: Day One
Yes, finally and actually the first day of the convention. John and I headed over for breafast with Lori and Kevin to Huckleberry’s, a chain which serves “Southern food with a California twist”. Not sure what the twist is, and I’m no expert in southern cooking, but it was a pretty good breakfast and there was a mechanical motion activated alligator, so as you can imagine I was delighted. Back at the convention John ran off to his first panel, and I went to the art show to prepare for my docent tour the next day. Now that all the …
I won the Rotlser!
File 770 has a nice write up, at the time of posting the official page itself is not updated yet as I assume everyone involved is recovering from a lovely Loscon weekend. One of the nice things about this is that each year’s recipient is added to the Rotsler banner, which is usually displayed at Worldcon. If you visited us in the fan lounge at Glasgow you may have seen it proudly hanging along the outside wall.
I Went to Worldcon and All I Got Was These Excellent Friends – Part Two
(And a bunch of stuff I bought in the dealers room too, I guess) We were staying at the Village, across the bridge from the SEC and Crowne Plaza, which had a decent breakfast buffet but more importantly was also where Liz Batty and several Third Row folks were staying – meaning the days started with a nice little breakfast hangout. It was also the hotel where the business meeting was taking place, which was convenient for John who wanted to look in on a few of those sessions. I made a brave attempt to see a panel on Saturday …
Late Shows Ouseburn
One of the cool things about this city is the extensive creative scene, too much to keep track of really. Once a year the Late Shows serves as a sort of art crawl/city exploration where venues open their doors late to the public and you can visit a range of places. The first year we heard about it late and just did a behind the scenes tour of the Tyneside Cinema, which was fascinating. Last year we were out of town, so this year we’re trying to take in as much as possible! The whole thing takes place over two …
London
We had a couple of days in London to go see Cabaret and visit with friends and along the way managed to squeeze in some culture. First off we went to the Barbican, which I visited in 2016 but only remember the conservatory – if I had a chance to take in the architecture at the time I have no memory of it. Our initial reason to go was the Poor Things costume exhibition, but John pointed out that it was also used as a location for The Kitchen which was a nice bonus. We had a wander, taking in …
Hugo Nom
So I’m a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Artist! The announcement went out over a week ago and I’ve posted on the socials, but now that the initial excitement has died down I thought I’d post more complete thoughts than just “yay!”.* The Hugos and fandom are inextricably linked for me. I became aware of the existence of conventions, and therefore fandom, thanks to one of the old Hugo Winners anthologies. The introduction included some anecdote that took place at a Worldcon party. I don’t remember the story, or the names of the people involved, but the glimpse into that …
Untitled
We went to London and saw some culture! Despite the strikes on Friday we had a smooth trip to Croydon to the stay at Fishlifter Manor, where we were greeted by a very welcome dhansak. Saturday we headed to the Royal Academy to explore Making Modernism, an exhibition about four German Modernist painters; Maula Modersohn-Becker, Kӓthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin. It was an interesting look at a different perspective, the Kollwitz drawings in particular. We were then joined by John’s parents and explored Spain and the Hispanic World, which was a very ambitious exhibition exploring Spanish art, its …
Chicago, etc
Not a proper con report, but a roundup of highlights; Arriving at 3am and losing a day of touristing due to American Airlines being trash, but still getting to ride the L because it runs all night. Good breakfasts at Wildberry and Cafecito accompanied by Alison, Liz, Steven, Garcia, and Vanessa. The artist reception (which could have been better advertised but was still a lot of fun) and seeing the Korshak Collection up close including the original Finlay colour illustration for The Ballad of Lost C’mell. Selling nine out of the ten fans I brought! The Fanzine Lounge, which was …