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I don’t attend many conventions, and most of the ones I do appear at are local. The last couple of years have presented me with more opportunities. Some have involved a bit of driving and staying either with a friend … Continue reading
Category Archives: Conventions
My sweetheart, an engineer who works with a lot of models, likes to quote the statistician George Box, who says, “All models are wrong. Some are useful.” At the WisCon panel “Change Happens at the Edge of Chaos,” the writer … Continue reading
Last weekend, Memorial Day 2019, I was unable to attend MisCon in Missoula, Montana. But I was there by proxy, represented by numerous friends, colleagues, and B-Cubed Press. The publisher of B-Cubed is my co-author, co-editor, and best friend Bob … Continue reading
The Boston SF fan community is one of the oldest in the US, and they’ve had a Boskone for as long as anyone can remember. Travel to Boston in February is challenging, and it is kind of far for me, … Continue reading
Philcon used to be held in Philadelphia. But these days, thanks to high city hotel prices, it’s held in the suburbs, in Cherry Hill, NJ in a large comfortable hotel. This year the convention shared it with not one, nor … Continue reading
The World Fantasy Convention was held last weekend in Baltimore, MD. This is one of those conventions that moves every year, and next year it’ll be in Los Angeles. I try to go when it’s convenient, but I can’t make … Continue reading
The Washington DC area has been having an SF convention, in one form or another, for a good 40 years or so. (Somebody with a precise number will come along and correct me, I know.) Some highly creative things have … Continue reading
Like a goodly number of my fellow BVC-ers, I went to the Worldcon in San Jose last week. How could I not? It’s literally just down the road from me. Plus, chance to see all sorts of people I don’t … Continue reading
The World Science Fiction Convention is the major event of the year for the genre. But Worldcons always reflect their time. The concerns of last year or the year before are superseded by the new. The major development at Worldcon … Continue reading
Because of the publication of A Most Dangerous Woman I am hitting the convention trail this season. And why should you not enjoy them with me? So this is a short travel series which begins with Confluence, the event put … Continue reading