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https://douglaslucas.com/blog/2024/04/02/fading-fun-norwescon46-friday-future/>
"On Fri. Mar. 29, I attended Norwescon 46, the annual four-day science fiction
convention nowadays based in Seattle (okay, SeaTac) that’s been running
continuously since 1978. This was my first Norwescon — which I assume means
North West Convention, though I’ve never seen that explicitly stated.
Previously I’ve gone to a few other conventions: ConDFW (2009), Wiscon (2009),
and Conflation (2014 or so).
Since I live in the Emerald City, I could bypass hotel room fees. And by
limiting my participation to Friday only, I wasn’t diverting too much time away
from work or toward crowds, which by nature repel introverts such as me. Before
departing for the convention, I told myself to have a good attitude, to make
the most of it, and — well, I had a good time, but it felt faintly elegiac.
Like something that, if you look down to check your wristwatch too long, might
not be there when you look back up."
Via
The RISKS Digest: Volume 34 Issue 17
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/34/17#subj8
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
