So that was World Fantasy Convention 2021.

( Signing In )

Last night, too many days of short rest caught up with me and I went to bed early. After eight glorious hours of sleep, I felt much more human.

The people here at World Fantasy Con appear to be enjoying themselves. And eventually the hotel figured out how to prevent the heating my room from trying to cook me. So that's progress.

I made it to Montreal. The start and end of the trip were stressful, but the middle, i.e. the actual flights themselves, were not.

I only got four hours of sleep last night thanks in part to having to run back to Fernley to get my jacket. Then, technical issues with the work I need to do for Day Jobbe while I'm on vacation meant I checked out about ( Read more... )

To the person who labeled his post about the 2013 World Fantasy Convention in Brighton "Worldcon 2013," thank you for relabeling it (and the link to the WFC web site) and removing the references to Worldcon after I pointed out that WFC is not Worldcon. OTOH, I suspect that calling it "Fantasycon 2013" isn't going to endear you to the British ( Read more... )

I have Google Alerts set to tell me about uses of the WSFS service marks ("Worldcon," "Hugo Award," etc.). Over the past weekend, I've had two alerts that trouble me. At least two people writing about their trip to Austin for this past weekend's World Fantasy Convention have called it "Worldcon."

The two cases are here and here. If you go read ( Read more... )

A number of discussions I've had lately prompted me to write the following, which discusses the way "traveling" conventions interact with the local fan groups in whose areas they happen. In particular, there has been quite a bit of interest in what happens when a "traveling" convention generates a sizable financial surplus. In short...Who Gets the ( Read more... )