Worldcon Through A Timewarp - Saturday

Posted by Colin Harvey Aug 15, 2009

A second Codex breakfast at the same venue, although there are fewer of us, I catch up with the affable Lawrence Schoen, who sold his books through the same SLF table as I did last year, and I also meet Eric James Stone, Tom Crossfield and Keffi Kehrli for the first time.

More mooching:

I'm acutely aware that I'm not going to any panels, but having sat in the audience for 17 of them last year on the Rising Stars thread, and sat on the panels for 4 more I figure that I'm allowed a pass on this year's so instead I meet some more people at the SFWA desk, and progress to the autographing session at 1.30pm.

I decide to take some books I've brought along anyway, even though no one will come.

Surprise! People come!

The Albedo One boys turn up, and we arrange dinner. Ben Jeapes -who I met on the Stroll with the Stars walk the day before- also arrives, and realizes that I'm the same Colin Harvey who edited Future Bristol. It turns out that he's just reviewed it for Vector. Happy coincidence.

And nicest of all, Sandy Kydd and her partner Bart R. Leib, both of whom I met last year have been looking for me. They've started a lovely cross-genre magazine, which though small looks gorgeous. I wish them well.

Off to lunch with my agent, who I've not really had a chance to talk to much, but Jenny is full of drive and purpose and by the end of the meal I'm happy that we have a great set of plans.

I sit around for some of the afternoon with the multi-talented Elaine Isaak, fellow Swimming Kangaroo author and Codex-ian, and who came over for Eastercon, then successfully find and purchase Kate's Peanut Butter ("Come home with 2kgs of peanut butter -- or don't come home.")

Dinner with the Albedo One team, and then attend my only panel as an audience member on the small press and what they offer that the big boys don't. I may cover that in a separate blog, as it was fascinating, and space precludesit.

The parties start slowly with Dave Murphy and I ambling from room to room before I meet up with Kaaren and her supporters and the Angry Robot team again. Lee Harris turns out to have a budding future as a replacement for Stephen Fry on QI (so what did Britain give the world in each decade from the 50s to the 90s, and what did North America provide? And which was more significant?).

And apparently Lee looks about 30. Boy, don't some people wear thick beer goggles.....