Adina Adler <adina at panix.com> writes: > Stacy wrote: > > > >In a message dated 7/22/2002 11:34:27 AM Mountain Daylight Time, mneme at io.com > >writes: > > > > > >> Do people who never go to conventions really think this is what they > >> are like? > > > >I've been to enough of them in the past that my opinion is based on my > >experience. I've been to big ones (StarCon in Denver - when Patrick Stewart > >made his last appearance) and to smaller ones (small gaming convention in > >Wisconsin) and they were all the same, whether they were big or little. Lots > >of people milling about aimlessly, crowding each other, etc. > > You might want to try one of the smaller, more literary conventions, > like Wiscon, or Potlatch, or Readercon. (Note: I'm on the committee > that runs Readercon, so I'm biased.) Maybe Minicon, though I don't > know how big it is these days. I've been to several conventions where > Steve has given readings, and he's always delightful. Nice and small these days; high hundreds I think, this most recent one. And Steven gets to them (so far at least). -- 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