Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> writes: > Starshadw at aol.com writes: > >You know, I NEVER go to conventions. I'm not big on large crowds of people > >pushing and shoving each other, nor do I suffer from "star fever." > > Do people who never go to conventions really think this is what they > are like? There are conventions, and then there are conventions. From what I hear the Creation cons, for example, are pretty much as described. But aren't what *I* mean when I say "convention" at all. > Huh. > > Josh, who goes to largish parties held by friends, which largely > consist of friends and accquaintences sitting around munching snacks > and chatting about anything they feel like, or playing music, whether > said friends and acquaintences work in the SF publishing industry or > some other field...which is what he means when he says "conventions". Yep, exactly. A wild party blowout, for people whose idea of a wild blowout is talking to their friends a lot. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info