"Spin!"OK, I grant you it's an obscure reference. But like Blish's
Cities in Flight, a good con is a self-contained, self-sustaining environment whirling at some non-relativistic rate. And Context XVI had sort of that feel. These updates are late, of course. I discovered that bouncing all over for three days like a burst of coherant light in a hall of mirrors carries a price tag. The adrenaline burnout felt like jet-lag, about nine timezones worth. Caffine and determination have enabled me to get to work on time, and answer the essential emails. But other than that, I've been pretty useless. The photos from Saturday and Sunday are in the system and have been cropped and tweaked - they should go up tonight, Ghoddess willing.
But Saturday was good - lots of fun, lots of energy. Programming in full force. I met Catherine Asaro and shared a script with her at our reading and discussion of Renee Alper's "Roll Model." Good Watched some college football highlights with Jim Minz (Tor Books and Wisconsin Badgers), Don Wasylyk (Strange Horizons and Penn State Nittany Lions), and Ian Randal Strock (Artemis Magazine and unaffiliated since the Mets season ended sometime back in June).
I had dinner with Craig & Karen Jackson and Tim Waggoner - I was helping Craig with Art Show duties, and Tim had done a reading. (Tim is one of the group of writers whose goodwill is Context's most valuable asset.)
Labels: con reports
BlogThis!
<< Home
