Blogging from Worldcon -- 2

Posted by Colin Harvey Aug 10, 2008

OK, so you're at the World Scienec Fiction in Denver, but you don't want to go panels listening to talking heads.

But you love Joe Haldeman or Robert J Sawyer, and you'd love to meet them. So you can one of their books in the dealer's room (where I spend some of my non-panel time staffing the SLF desk) and go to a signing session and have them sign it. Or you can attend a Kaffeeklatsch with them, and be one of eight fans spending half an hour or so chatting with their favourite author over a cup of coffee.

If that doesn't grab you, there's a Masquerade in which people get to dress up in costume, or there's the Hugo Award ceremony. Plus there are parties every night celebrating Weird Tales' 85th anniversary, or Pyr Books new releases or the convention bids for the next few years. All of them give great opportunities to munch on some nibbles, sink a few drinks and meet lots more interesting people (often the fans are the most interesting people -- from Forensic Anthropologists to twenty-year-old world travellers taking a break).

Of course, by the time you read this, Denvention 3 will probably have finished.

The good news is that we'll all be getting together in Montreal next year.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Colin