Random Thursday: Worldcon is coming!

[hrj]

My primary blog has moved, but feel free to comment in either place.

It's that time of the summer when I suddenly realize it's time to book my flight to Kansas City for this year's Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention). If you followed along with all my convention blogging last year, you may remember that Worldcon was the event that left me thinking, "This. This is what a successful convention experience can be. Remember this if you're ever feeling down or left out or marginalized in the SFF community." To be sure, every Worldcon is different: a different location, a different organizing committee, a different slice of the SFF community. But it helps to go in with the confidence that I pretty much know how this thing works and that it will work for me.

In addition to the programming, I'm planning to have some fun Alpennia swag to hand out. (Memo to self: in addition to booking flight, work on Alpennia swag!) And--following an approach that worked well last year--I'm making a list of "friends I haven't met in person yet" to contact about penciling in social plans.

Check out my panel schedule here. And if you're going to be there too, please let me know so we can make sure to bump into each other.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

We're umming and ahhing about going. On the one hand, long way and not a hub (which is a pain when you're coming trans-atlantic). On the other, a chance to catch up with people I like and rarely see.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

It would be lovely to see you! (Again. Although we hadn't really yet become online acquaintances the last time we met in person.)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

When I met la_marquise_de_ I mentioned I had two other friends who spoke Welsh, and she immediately named you. Since this was in Wales (at Milford), once again I realized that the SFF world is tiny.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

But..but...I don't think I'd ever interacted with her yet at that point! How in the world could I even be on her radar?

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Have to ask her.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I hope you have a great time at Worldcon. Our summer convention season was a bust (still need a job), but we already have our Helsinki membership.