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pshrynk · 08-06-2009, 11:37 AM

Well, it's just a few hours from now and WorlCon 09 will open it's doors. The excitement is palpable. Well, truth be told, the palpable part is the croissant I boosted fromt he breakfast buffet that is turning into a soggy mess in my pocket, but something is definitley palpable around here.

Today, the convention starts at noon and runs until all the old geezers who seem to comprise fandom these days say, "You kids get off my lawn!" and go to bed. Probably around 8-ish.

First up for your intrepid reporter -- Bio ethics. something about wheter or not we should actually be writing about mass destruction of humanity when we set a story in the far future after an apocalyptic event. My main question is going to be, "If we're writing a post apocalyptic story wherein everyone survived and is getting on happily just like before, then where's the pathos?" I'm planning on asking that toward the end, since getting thrown out of a panel at the beginning tends to cut down on the information one gets from it. In most cases.

Then it's on to "EBooks from the Reader's and Writer's Perspective". I plan to ask about the perspective of the Reader's Owner's perspective, as well...

After that it's a lively round of "The Editing Gam: America vs Europe." I'm going to enter as the Pinwheel faction if that's okay with the Queen.

Then, I'm going to check out "Fantasy: The French Touch." Not having VR along with me to be the babelfish, I may skip it if it's in actual French...

Then I plan to wander the Huckster Room for a while and go to "Canid Ethology and Evolution" just because of all the evolved dogs here at MR.

After that, Opening Ceremonies and then "How to Get to Alpha Cenaturi." (Step one, build an actual working Spacde Program...)

So far, I've seen about a dozen Smart Cars here in Montreal. I'm sure Steve will be happy to hear that. The food is French, even when it's Italian, so it's all good. This seems to be a very European city with narrow little streets that have actually interesting architechture, rather than steel and glass every where.

So, if you're at teh Convention, look me up. I'm the fat guy with the goatee carrying a bag with a computer in it... I'm also on the Voodoo board. Pshrynk is pencilled in next to my IRL name, which is close to pshrynk alphabetically...

08-06-2009, 11:37 AM	#6
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, it's just a few hours from now and WorlCon 09 will open it's doors. The excitement is palpable. Well, truth be told, the palpable part is the croissant I boosted fromt he breakfast buffet that is turning into a soggy mess in my pocket, but something is definitley palpable around here. Today, the convention starts at noon and runs until all the old geezers who seem to comprise fandom these days say, "You kids get off my lawn!" and go to bed. Probably around 8-ish. First up for your intrepid reporter -- Bio ethics. something about wheter or not we should actually be writing about mass destruction of humanity when we set a story in the far future after an apocalyptic event. My main question is going to be, "If we're writing a post apocalyptic story wherein everyone survived and is getting on happily just like before, then where's the pathos?" I'm planning on asking that toward the end, since getting thrown out of a panel at the beginning tends to cut down on the information one gets from it. In most cases. Then it's on to "EBooks from the Reader's and Writer's Perspective". I plan to ask about the perspective of the Reader's Owner's perspective, as well... After that it's a lively round of "The Editing Gam: America vs Europe." I'm going to enter as the Pinwheel faction if that's okay with the Queen. Then, I'm going to check out "Fantasy: The French Touch." Not having VR along with me to be the babelfish, I may skip it if it's in actual French... Then I plan to wander the Huckster Room for a while and go to "Canid Ethology and Evolution" just because of all the evolved dogs here at MR. After that, Opening Ceremonies and then "How to Get to Alpha Cenaturi." (Step one, build an actual working Spacde Program...) So far, I've seen about a dozen Smart Cars here in Montreal. I'm sure Steve will be happy to hear that. The food is French, even when it's Italian, so it's all good. This seems to be a very European city with narrow little streets that have actually interesting architechture, rather than steel and glass every where. So, if you're at teh Convention, look me up. I'm the fat guy with the goatee carrying a bag with a computer in it... I'm also on the Voodoo board. Pshrynk is pencilled in next to my IRL name, which is close to pshrynk alphabetically...