Report From The BSFA Meeting

[coalescent]

That was fun. Some highlights:

- Dan (above centre) heckling the audience as much as the audience heckled him.

- The cheerfulness with which Liz (above right) called Dan a wronghead.

- Andrew: "Complaining Accelerando is about people who are still a bit like us is like complaining that post-nuclear-holocaust stories aren't about piles of dust."

- Martin (above left)'s opinion of the shortlist: there's always a lower place.

- Dan and Abigail discussing Jane Austen (Graham: "Ginger, get the popcorn.")

- General agreement on the brilliance of Air.

- The many many books I came home with, including the beautiful Polder.

Can we do it again sometime?

Comments

[sdn.livejournal.com]

my copy of polder just arrived too. but niall, who are the people in the photo?

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

The girl is me. The poser in the black shirt in the middle is immortalradical aka Dan, and the guy on the left is ninebelow aka Martin.

[sdn.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[giantbedsprings.livejournal.com]

That looks nothing like Martin.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Nevertheless, I promise you that is him. Heroically struggling on despite crippling illness, and all.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I have given up heroically struggling and have just come back from work and climbed into bed.

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

I guess it was good that Dan and I did not ask you to come and have drinks with us in Leiscter Square, then.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

:( Any other night of my life.

[giantbedsprings.livejournal.com]

crippling illness

???

Are you referring to drink here, or something else?

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I had a touch of flu.

I'm not actually an alcoholic ;)

[(Anonymous)]

Ah - that's why you don't look so good :(

I hope you're not offended that I implied alcohol problems...(I thought things weren't going so well with regards to alcohol, etc)

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I am a diabolical master of disguise!

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

That's a good pic of you, Liz. I like your jacket :)

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

It's not a bad photo, is it? Although we do look rather serious.

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

Well, god forbid this sort of thing be fun.