Tomorrow, I'm going to the Windycon science fiction convention in Lombard, IL. While there are a lot of reasons I attend science fiction cons, the reason that is relevant to this journal is that there are quite a number of musicians that attend them, as well as perform at them. I'm planning to spend some time talking some of the performers about recording, not as a salesperson (I hate sales, ...
Head on over to our web site Pre-reg ends October 24th, 2008 Author GOH: John Ringo Artist GOH: David Mattingly Military GOH: Ryan Yantis, Lt. Col. U.S. Army (retired) Media GOH: Walter Koenig Fan GOH: Kim Williams Toastmaster: Eric Flint Special Guests: Mike Resnick, Toni Weisskopf, & Michael Z. Williamson P.S. Bright, shiny, new hotel - no more parking problems!
... known her for about 14 years haven't seen her for at least 6 or 7 years spent most of the night talking to her and she did say that I was always smart ass as long as she has known me. The Windycon party was a great success and I have to thank everybody who worked on it. because I did not do a thing to help or to hinder. I was told from somebody in the group that she heard in the elevator that ...
Science fiction is supposed to be the literature of the future, but is it oversimplifying to say that fantasy is the literature of the past? To be true, most fantasies are set in pre-Industrial societies, yet there are also fantasies that portray societies that use magic in distinctly technological ways, such as the world-city of Walter Jon Williams' Metropolitan and City on Fire , with ...
Will be stopping by for a while sometime this evening. Will NOT be there Saturday. may swing by Capricon board meeting on Sunday. Unless I see something stunningly different, this might be my last Windycon.
I'll be at Windycon Friday and Saturday. Hope to see some people there. I'm on four panels: Friday 5:00 Heathrow: Is Classic Another Way of Saying Cr*p?: Panelists discuss the classics that you’ve been told you should read, but they explain why they’re dated, trite, and really not worth your time. S. Blom, A. Eisenstein, E. Flint, R. Horton, D. Mead 10:00 pm Narita B: Unfamous Magazine ...
I promised in yesterday's post that I'd answer a question about deep-space command structures, but first a personal note. I hear that Tobias Buckell is in the hospital . On the one hand, it's heart-related, AKA Not Good, on the other hand he's awake, blogging and bitching. I hope all works out well - Toby's a young guy (not yet 30) and has a lot of living to do. Moving on, at one of the ...
Thursday: Arrived, no real traffic!!!:-O Awesome hotel staff. Checked in at once, got changed. My lovely daughter http://www.MorriganSanders.com escorted me to dinner in authentic Indian silk and Kashmiri wool, and absolutely wowed the adults. I hope to have pictures soon. Watch comments for a link. Friday, the rest of my kilt, coat and accessories arrived. www.ScottishClansman.com and www....
I started to post about the con but realized I am too drunk to do it and will have to post later. Tara with Matt were kind enough to drive me home. Since my wife and daughter are also going Sunday to see Luke we will take her car and I will be able to drive home.
