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• That Travel Meme Again

  
  Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life — Authority: 424
  Ive picked up some new states and countries since the last time I visited this. visited 32 states (64%) Create your own visited map of The United States I dont count states where I only changed planes or otherwise stopped while flying by air without leaving the airport (Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho). I do count ...
  1 week ago

• Emperor Norton — The Musical!

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  Poster for Emperor Norton The Musical The Emperor Norton, who graced the 1993 Worldcon with his regal presence as a time-traveling guest of honor, now has inspired Emperor Norton The Musical . It’s coming to Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater in North Hollywood on November 7 after three successful runs in San ...
  1 week ago

• Aussiecon 4 Seeks Artists and Dealers

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon, is taking reservations for space in the Art Show and Dealers Room. Instructions for applying can be found at the official web site: www.aussiecon4.org.au . Full text of the press release appears after the jump. Press Release Number 2009-5, For release: 24 October, 2009 AUSSIECON ...
  2 weeks ago

• In Jeopardy with John W. Campbell

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  Ben Bova listed the people he credits for helping him make it as a professional writer  in an article for the Naples News : No writer stands alone. We all owe our success, such as it is, to those who taught us, inspired us, helped us understand and persevere. Editor John W. Campbell figures prominently in that ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Fan! A Fan! My Worldcon for a fan!

  
  The Crotchety Old Fan — Authority: 495
  The minions over at TLTSNBN are in a posting uproar following Mike Resnick’s, ummm, polemic?, over at Baen’s Universe , in which Mike castigates WSFS and shows favoritism towards ( shudder ) commercial cons over fannish cons. The commentary by the (suspected, rumored and not self-appointed) lords of creation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pros and Cons

  
  Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life — Authority: 424
  Thanks to Gary Farber for pointing out that Mike Resnick is unhappy about Worldcons not being held mostly in the USA near where publishers and pros can get there regularly and driving away all of the media fans. He holds up events like Dragon*Con and Comic-Con as whats good -- professionally-run events with monster ...
  3 weeks ago

• Monty Python Documentary on IFC

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  This will be the second post of the day to mention Mike Glicksohn. During Torcon II he introduced a room party full of American fans to Monty Python’s Flying Circus , then being aired on Canadian television but not in the U.S. The episode — The Spanish Inquisition — fulfilled even the wildest expectations. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lowering Worldcon Voting Cost, Part 2

  
  Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life — Authority: 424
  A couple of days ago, I posted my proposal to Decouple Voting Costs from Attending Membership Costs at Worldcon. There is a related proposal -- elements of which I admit to having accidentally conflated in the ensuing discussion -- that I think would also help increase participation in the Worldcon and would reduce ...
  4 weeks ago

• Lowering Worldcon Voting Cost

  
  Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life — Authority: 424
  Several things have come up on The List That Shall Not Be Named Because Its Secret but that I think are interesting. Heres the first of them. I intend to write about at least one more of the subjects later, but I have other things I must do today and probably wont get to it until at least tomorrow. Currently, when ...
  4 weeks ago

• ISBW #131- Worldcon Interviews – Lake, Gilman, and Kelly, Kessel, and Cadigan

  
  The Murverse — Authority: 114
  We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! I’m too beat for detailed show notes. I finish up my WorldCon interview series with Jay Lake , Felix Gilman , and a round table-like chat with Jim Kelly , John Kessel , and Pat Cadigan . So much awesome in one episode!
  8 weeks ago

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