August 2014 Trip: Loncon 3

[randy_byers]

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[holyoutlaw]

Well, I avidly read all the way through and there was no chance of egoscanning, so there you go.

I think younger fans are going into different venues like anime, cosplay, and comicons. Wiscon has a generation gap, but it doesn't lack for younger participants (20s-30s).

[randy_byers]

What's interesting about the current generational clash is the political nature of much of it. There was probably some of that back in the '60 and '70s too.

[frostfox]

Eira the artist is my oldest fannish friend, we were at art collage together in 1981.

And it was smashing to see you too, even if it wasn't for long enough.

FF

[randy_byers]

I love it. Fandom really is a small world, isn't it? Or is it just that there are so few artists?

[surliminal]

Well Eira is married to SMS whom Ian, I and ( inter alia) all the Glasgow lot have known since what early eighties?
Old fandom is a pretty small world in general i think :-) ( a generation clash advantage no less!)

[voidampersand]

Great report! What would be really cool would be if there was some way you could print it out as a booklet with a nice layout.

[randy_byers]

Sounds expensive.

[grytpype_thynne]

Ghod that final photo is heaving with angst. Or something.

I too enjoyed the dinner at the Lebanese place. Many, many dishes and I think we went a bit berserk with the starters (probably my fault we seemed to have about three pounds of whitebait). Sadly they only did Shawarma at lunchtime, thus killing my feeble joke about "I don't know what it is but I wanna try it".

On the generational gap thing - I've realised I don't care. The 'hard bitten' fanzine fans may be old these days but still dangerous and fun. In fact may I take this opportunity to claim for my own future satirical use: "REF! Retired: Extremely Fannish" With Helen Mirren as Lil, Catherine Z-T as Spike; Bruce Willis as Randy Byers; Morgan Freeman as Dr Jackson, John Malkovitch as Graham and a surprise cameo from a younger Alan Rickman as me.

Keep well.

[randy_byers]

Dude! Bruce Willis?! That's sooooooo sweet!

[surliminal]

And Helen Mirren? man. In my dreams :-) ( and maybe even other peoples!)

THat meal and the room party after ( which Randy sadly didnt get to) were definitely the nearest I got to desperate fun at that con!!

[randy_byers]

Sorry I didn't make it to your party, but I was really running out of energy on Sunday. I left the bar at 1am, an hour before it closed, causing Jim to accuse me of being a lightweight.

[surliminal]

This mAkes me wonder if the big mistake I made was going to panels! All the reports but yours have majored on programme but sounded kinda worthy but dull. This one makes me wAnt to go back and do the con over again...

[randy_byers]

The grass is always greener?