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Chicon 7: The Third Day
The Crack Team breakfasted in the room again, and once more split up for separate activities. Because Saturday was the day leading up to the grand costume contest, the two younger members of the Crack Team wore their hall costumes: "Agent X" (an alien-fighting Man In Black), and the "Dalekette" (a Dalek-inspired showgirl outfit). I…
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ChiCon 7: The Second Day
Our Crack Team of congoers breakfasted in the room on muffins from one of the many coffeeshops in the warren of tunnels under the Illinois Center complex surrounding the hotel. We then showered, dressed, and went off to the convention. I attended a very entertaining and high-energy panel on "The New Pulp Fiction" featuring Adam…
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ChiCon 7: The First Day
Events at the 70th annual World Science Fiction Convention got underway at noon on Thursday. I attended an interesting panel discussion about digital media, featuring Christopher Kastensmidt, Nancy Fulda, and Tom Dowd. Following that, I went to see the discussion of "Researching History That Never Happened" by Mary Robinette Kowal, Kenneth Hite, Adam Christopher, Martin…
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My ChiCon Schedule
This year the 70th annual World Science Fiction Convention is being held in Chicago over Labor Day weekend. ChiCon 7 starts on Thursday, August 30, and runs through Monday, September 3. The Guests of Honor include legendary science fiction writer Mike Resnick, and even-more-legendary astronaut Story Musgrave. And, of course, me. My schedule is as…
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Pi Fight!
Pi-Con is the Pioneer Valley's oldest and biggest science fiction and fantasy convention. This year's con runs August 17-19 at the Holiday Inn in Enfield, Connecticut (just south of the Massachusetts border on I-91). The guests of honor are Julie Czerneda, Robert M. Price, and Shira Lipkin; other guest include Elizabeth Bear, Emily Lewis, and…
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Mr. Diggs Goes to the Movies
I don't normally say "Squee!" about upcoming movies. As an adult my most frequent emotion upon leaving the theater has been disappointment, which means that about the highest pitch of enthusiasm I can work up for something I haven't seen yet is "guardedly optimistic." Well, I'll confess to being as guardedly optimistic as a fourteen-year-old…
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Readercon After-Action Report
This past weekend I was a participant at the 23rd annual Readercon convention in Burlington, Massachusetts. As always, I had a great time. The con (-vention) committee did their usual superb job of keeping everything running smoothly. These are fans who do this for fun, and yet manage to do a better job than many…
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Bilbowulf
I recently made a minor literary discovery, which has been made by others before me, but is still interesting. A little context: a few weeks back I bought a copy of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf — the one that was a New York Times bestseller back in 2000. It's a good read and very…
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Read About Readercon
Just as I do most summers, I'm going to be a participant at this year's Readercon. If you don't know what Readercon is, and you're interested in science fiction or fantasy literature, then you're missing what is simply the best annual meeting of its kind. This year they're working me hard on Friday, then I…
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Ozblogging: The Emerald City of Oz, Part 6
The final battle has arrived! The combined armies of the Nome Axis march through the tunnel toward Oz. As they march, the Nome King and General Guph do a little scheming of their own. It turns out Guph has given some thought to ways of dealing with the terrifying allies he has recruited, and he…
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