Sep 22, 2008

Back from Fantasy(Con) land

To mis-quote Charles Dickens, "it was the best of cons, it was the worst of cons..."

The worst part wasn't actually the con, it was the stuff around it. Like losing the return part of my ticket, and having to pay another £47 (US$90) for another one, and other assorted mishaps like half my books being trapped in DH(Hel)L. I will never, ever use DHL again. They are the absolute pits.

But the con itself was fantastic, even though I saw very little apart from the Dealer's Room and the Bar. Well, what else is there?

Kudos to Paul Kane, Marie, Helen, Vicky and Martin especially for their tireless work, but also to everyone else who volunteered. I'll probably post something over at the BFS Board as well. And also to Rob, who paid for a day pass, just to help me sell books, and to Sharon, who flew over from Germany for the Con. That's dedication!

I'd recommend this con to anyone in the UK, or who has an excuse to get to Britain at about that time, and can stretch their trip to accomodate it.