We had a party again on the Saturday this year, I cobwebbed the hall and bookshelves as before but made the mantelpiece into a pretty decent spooky altar. Costumes ended up low-key (at least compared to original plans) reusing our sunspot outfits from a previous event, but some friends did excellent Hera and Kanan outfits. On Halloween itself we got an hour or so of trick-or-treaters before catching Metro into town to see Garth Marenghi at the Tyne Theatre. I wasn’t sure what to expect aside from him being in character, but it was great! We bought a copy of …
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Hugos
The Hugo shortlist came out a few days ago, and John is on it again for his work on Journey Planet! There are some other great entries across the categories, a few not great ones imo, several I feel are miscategorized, plus some categories I don’t really bother with. In short, its your usual ballot. I managed to read or see an higher percentage than usual of what ended up on there, ironic in a year that is likely to have a longer than normal voting period. Currently rooting for Piranesi in Novel and Palm Springs in BDP, and was …
Stockholm – Helsinki Worldcon day 1
The Helsinki Worldcon was many years in the making, so it feels a bit surreal that it finally came and went and is now just a memory. Loncon 3 had been my first Worldcon outside of the US and now Worldcon 75 was to be my first one outside of the anglosphere. Having never been to northern Europe I was delighted when Bryan and Mette invited us to join in their plans to fly into Stockholm and then take the (in)famous ferry to Helsinki. Altogether there were eight of us in our little group; Mette and Bryan, our intrepid local …