Worldcon Through A Timewarp

Posted by Colin Harvey Aug 11, 2009

As I type this, I'm sitting at Montreal Dorval Airport, waiting to board the flight to New York, where I'll catch the BA flight to Heathrow. Worldcon is over, and I'm as sad as I always am.

I've had no internet access for the last week -- my laptop stubbornly refused to connect in either the hotel (via dial-up in the bedroom or wi-fi in the reception) or in the convention centre.

But in some ways it's been a blessing in disguise. It's allowed me to actually do things and soak up the atmosphere without having to sit typing for ages. It's curiously liberating to be free of outside distractions, and above all it's allowed me time to think, while in the company of people with whom I share a passion, and who in turn spark off ideas.

But rather than not blog at all, I'm going to post a week behind, rather like the Nebula Awards anthologies are the Year's Best a year after all the other Year's Best.

So more will come later, and then on a daily basis.