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Eastercon in Little
Apr. 22nd, 2006 11:52 amOr, this would be a better and timelier report if among other things I did not have a recorder group performance next week, a pilot's license to be maintained, and a recently arrived rabbit as a permanent guest.
I was not at Eastercon (Concussion in Glasgow) for the entire weekend. I arrived Friday night in time for the mass signing, spent the night at one of the satellite hotels, and went home after Dr Who on Saturday evening… then back to the con late Sunday afternoon. I didn't go on Monday. In fact I didn't see much of the programming, apart from the 3 panels I was involved in plus a couple more, but I did do LOTS of wonderful chatting with people I had never met before and talking about books. And I don't think I had to buy myself a single drink during the entire weekend. I was very impressed with the friendliness and generosity of everyone I met, more so than at WorldCon last summer (though of course EasterCon is a considerably smaller event and able to be more intimate).
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brisingamen here. In a perfect world I would give you a blow-by-blow report of the panels I went to, but I think edited highlights are all I can manage.* ( Panel highlights )
I met and talked to some very cool people. I also had some marvellous media experiences, including watching the first episode of the new series of Dr. Who in a ballroom with 500 people (I don't know what the final count was… maybe closer to 300, but still great fun). The HIGHLIGHT of the weekend for me, sad git that I am, was a showing of the 1977 BBC production of Alan Garner's Red Shift. It was here that I metbrisingamen, who is arguably a much more dedicated Alan Garner groupie than I am, despite my having rung the bells and sung in the choir at Nether Alderley church, and having my picture taken in the window of the folly on Mow Cop, and setting my first novel in the caves at Alderley Edge, and getting my copy of The Owl Service signed by Garner AND his wife, and … stuff like that.
I liked Eastercon. I am going again next year. Andsdn will be there!
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In other news… So, as I said, we have a rabbit. It arrived on Easter Sunday while I was in Glasgow watching Red Shift. The children are beside themselves with joy at having a pet more interesting than a goldfish (though they are very loyal to the goldfish). It is a "blue" Dutch lopear and is housetrained and mellow and terribly eager for companionship. We have got it for a year. (I would rather have a cat. The litter box is just as pesky to change, you can't let the rabbit run around the house on its own, and it doesn't purr. Maybe when the bunny goes home.)
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*The committee asked that we not post other panel members' names on our blogs if we put up our schedules, to avoid them turning up that way in Google searches, etc., so I'm not going to list the panel members here, either. But you can get a programme overview at http://www.eastercon2006.org/
I was not at Eastercon (Concussion in Glasgow) for the entire weekend. I arrived Friday night in time for the mass signing, spent the night at one of the satellite hotels, and went home after Dr Who on Saturday evening… then back to the con late Sunday afternoon. I didn't go on Monday. In fact I didn't see much of the programming, apart from the 3 panels I was involved in plus a couple more, but I did do LOTS of wonderful chatting with people I had never met before and talking about books. And I don't think I had to buy myself a single drink during the entire weekend. I was very impressed with the friendliness and generosity of everyone I met, more so than at WorldCon last summer (though of course EasterCon is a considerably smaller event and able to be more intimate).
If you want a good in-depth and overall impression of the con, try
brisingamen here. In a perfect world I would give you a blow-by-blow report of the panels I went to, but I think edited highlights are all I can manage.* ( Panel highlights )I met and talked to some very cool people. I also had some marvellous media experiences, including watching the first episode of the new series of Dr. Who in a ballroom with 500 people (I don't know what the final count was… maybe closer to 300, but still great fun). The HIGHLIGHT of the weekend for me, sad git that I am, was a showing of the 1977 BBC production of Alan Garner's Red Shift. It was here that I met
brisingamen, who is arguably a much more dedicated Alan Garner groupie than I am, despite my having rung the bells and sung in the choir at Nether Alderley church, and having my picture taken in the window of the folly on Mow Cop, and setting my first novel in the caves at Alderley Edge, and getting my copy of The Owl Service signed by Garner AND his wife, and … stuff like that.I liked Eastercon. I am going again next year. And
sdn will be there!--------------------------------
In other news… So, as I said, we have a rabbit. It arrived on Easter Sunday while I was in Glasgow watching Red Shift. The children are beside themselves with joy at having a pet more interesting than a goldfish (though they are very loyal to the goldfish). It is a "blue" Dutch lopear and is housetrained and mellow and terribly eager for companionship. We have got it for a year. (I would rather have a cat. The litter box is just as pesky to change, you can't let the rabbit run around the house on its own, and it doesn't purr. Maybe when the bunny goes home.)
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*The committee asked that we not post other panel members' names on our blogs if we put up our schedules, to avoid them turning up that way in Google searches, etc., so I'm not going to list the panel members here, either. But you can get a programme overview at http://www.eastercon2006.org/