Category: Travel
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Australia, Part 3
Our first full day in Sydney was Saturday, May 3. That was also the date of an "author event" at Abbey's Bookshop in downtown Sydney, which was one reason we scheduled our visit then. The reading and signing were set for afternoon, so in the morning we woke early and breakfasted at a chocolate shop…
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A Keene Event!
Three weeks from today I'll be at the brand-new Barnes & Noble store in the lovely town of Keene, New Hampshire. As part of their grand opening, the store is having a score of authors from all over New England sign books and do readings during the month of July. I'll be doing my part…
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Australia, Part 2
Thursday, April 24: We saw the hulk of the clipper ship City of Adelaide, which sits on land supported by a steel framework near the Port of Adelaide. The ship was built 160 years ago, with an iron frame and wood hull, made multiple trips around the world during the mid-19th century, spent some time…
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Australia, Part 1
Being an Account of an Expedition to the Antipodes Undertaken in the Year of Our Lord 2025 For the Purpose of Scientific Inquiry and Exploration By Dr. Kelly and Mr. Cambias Back in 2024, Diane got awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to go study the reproductive physiology of echidnas in Australia. She flew across the Pacific…
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Off to LibertyCon 2025!
In a couple of weeks I'm off to the mountain-girt fastness of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for this year's LibertyCon. It looks like a fun time. Here's my schedule in case you want to catch up with me at the convention: Friday, June 20, 3:00 P.M.: My Little (or Enormous) Buddy — Randee Dawn moderates a panel…
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Boskone is Coming! Boskone is Coming!
Mid-February brings blizzards, Valentines . . . and Boskone! On February 14-16 I'll be at the fabulous Westin Boston Seaport District hotel for New England's oldest science fiction convention. This year they're keeping me busy, which is great because The Miranda Conspiracy should just be hitting the bookstore shelves. Here's my schedule, and when I'm…
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Arisia!
Boston's big January SF convention, ARISIA, is coming up in two weeks, over the weekend of January 17-20 at the fabulous Hyatt Regency Cambridge (a.k.a. "The Ziggurat"), just next door to M.I.T. As always, I'll be there. If you want to drop by, here's my schedule. Saturday, January 18, 12:30 p.m. — Reading: Stop by…
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Ho Ho Ho
It's Christmas Eve afternoon as I write, which means it's time to click on the NORAD Santa Tracker to keep tabs on St. Nick's whereabouts. If you're in the Western Hemisphere there's still time to be good. Barely. Christmas Day is also the first night of Hanukkah, so light 'em if you've got 'em —…
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My PhilCon 2024 Schedule
In two weeks I'll be driving down to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, home of PhilCon 2024, the Philadelphia area's longest-running science fiction convention. This year it runs from November 22 through 24, and I've got events all three days. Friday, November 22, 8:00 p.m.: Let's Design a New SF Television Show! — A panel of…
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A Busy Day at AlbaCon
As is my habit, I'll be attending this year's AlbaCon convention in Albany, New York, on Saturday the 14th. It's at the Marriott Courtyard hotel in Clifton Park, NY, just outside Albany. This year I told the convention organizers they could have me for a single day, so they decided to pack as much into…
The Cambias Digression 