Cons To The Left Of Me, Festivals To The Right

[coalescent]

For the past four years, Picocon and Caption have been the only cons I've attended. I've wanted to go to others, but just not been organised; and it's not easy to get a group of students to all afford a minimum of UKP150 for a weekend con at the same time.

This year, I'm going to be organised. I want to go to Eastercon, and probably some of the Oxford Literary Festival (let's face it, 'festival' is just the establishment word for 'con'), and possibly End of Days as well (although that one really is expensive). And then there's Interaction, the 2005 Worldcon, for which it would probably be a good idea to book sooner rather than later.

Anyone care to jump in on any of those?

Comments

well, you'll see some of us at Eastercon, then ...

[cleanskies.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure of the full list, but it *might* be Ruth, Ian, Jenni, Jo, Alex, Neal, Damian and me.

[greengolux.livejournal.com]

I'm highly tempted by Eastercon and Worldcon, and was thinking of buying membership for both very shortly. I was hoping to sort something out about accomodation for Eastercon too, so let me know what your plans are.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I might jump in on Worldcon - it's a bit early to commit to something in 2005 though, I ahven't even decided if I'll still be in the UK for starters :)

As for End of Days being expensive, well £75 for a weekend is a lot but it's cheaper than Worldcon, and you don't have to stay in the con hotel, Blackpool is not short of B&Bs. :)

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

it's a bit early to commit to something in 2005 though

I'm thinking now is good to avoid future price hikes.

£75 for a weekend is a lot but it's cheaper than Worldcon

It's also got guests that appeal to me a lot less than those at worldcon. Now, if they got organised and invited some of the writers or producers...