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coalescentAnd so I return, blinking in the light, from the strange con-zone in which I barely know what day it is, let alone what time of day. The clocks went forward over the weekend, right?
Pretty relaxed morning. Bought more books (The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard; Dreaming in Smoke and Someone to Watch Over Me by Tricia Sullivan and a collection of stories by Gardner Dozois And Others, all in hardback, total cost: a fiver) to bring my con total books bought to a dozen. Unless I'm forgetting some. Which is respectable, but some way short of Nick's monumental haul. I don't think he quite made the hundred, but he wasn't far short.
Lunchtime and early afternoon saw Ken Macleod's guest of honour talk (which turned out to be a reading from Learning the World (which is going to have that title in this country), followed by questions) and then, er, Helm's Deep re-enacted on bouncy castles.
Then came home and watched '33' (Battlestar Galactica 1x01) with Andrew and Geneva. It's still very good, with just two minor flaws: the birth, which I can see was necessary but was overplayed, and the look through the windows of the Olympic Carrier, which was entirely unnecessary.
The only bits of news to penetrate the con bubble over the weekend, aside from those already documented, were the result of the boat race (woo!) and the result of the Philip K Dick Award (won by Life, which is very good and a worthy winner, albeit not quite as good or worthy as Air). So what else have I missed?
(And my, it's exciting to be typing on an actual keyboard again.)
Pretty relaxed morning. Bought more books (The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard; Dreaming in Smoke and Someone to Watch Over Me by Tricia Sullivan and a collection of stories by Gardner Dozois And Others, all in hardback, total cost: a fiver) to bring my con total books bought to a dozen. Unless I'm forgetting some. Which is respectable, but some way short of Nick's monumental haul. I don't think he quite made the hundred, but he wasn't far short.
Lunchtime and early afternoon saw Ken Macleod's guest of honour talk (which turned out to be a reading from Learning the World (which is going to have that title in this country), followed by questions) and then, er, Helm's Deep re-enacted on bouncy castles.
Then came home and watched '33' (Battlestar Galactica 1x01) with Andrew and Geneva. It's still very good, with just two minor flaws: the birth, which I can see was necessary but was overplayed, and the look through the windows of the Olympic Carrier, which was entirely unnecessary.
The only bits of news to penetrate the con bubble over the weekend, aside from those already documented, were the result of the boat race (woo!) and the result of the Philip K Dick Award (won by Life, which is very good and a worthy winner, albeit not quite as good or worthy as Air). So what else have I missed?
(And my, it's exciting to be typing on an actual keyboard again.)
