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Worldcon was fun
21/8/19 11:53 Arrived very stressed from RL stuff, and then failing to get into the very first panel I tried for made me even more stressed. However, I soon met up with friends and had nice chats with strangers, so became de-stressed very fast. The overall conclusion: Dublin 2019 was chilled.
The Thurs queuing was chaotic, but the fans and the organisers gradually got everything streamlined and sorted. In fact in some cases the queuing was as entertaining as the panels - especially the young German man who was queue marshalling dressed as an android, and the lady with the clipboard who was doing "a survey on your queuing experience". The survey questions contained such gems as "On a scale of 1 to 5, what day is it?" They even continued the joke in the newsletter, with a 'block chart' of the results - a photo of a pile of Lego!
Things I went to:
Horse Sense
Space Opera: Boldly Going Where No Genre has Gone Before
The Impact of Kickstarter on the Gaming Industry
GoH Interview - Steve Jackson
Medical Effects of Biological Weapons
Speculative Biology - an Evolving Field (panellist)
Biology and Hard SF: Predicting the Future
There be Dragons: Crafting Maps for Fantasy Worlds (mod) - we had tech issues at the start, but everything went swimmingly after that
Non-human and Interspecies Communication (panellist) - I was offline and at the con before the moderator made contact, so I didn't see any of the questions or topics in advance. All of us panellists flailed a little as a result.
What Fanfiction can Teach Genre Writers
Send in the Crones: Older Women in SFF
The Lack of Technological Progress in Fantasy
The Importance of the Fanfiction Community
Trailblazer: Anne McCaffrey's Legacy & Legend -
Is There Any Other Life in the Solar System? (a fantastic double act from two scientists)
Games for Science (mod) - I got to be on a panel with Steve Jackson. Squee! Squee!
Slightly miffed that I couldn't go to the Women Write About War panel, because I was moderating right afterwards and would have had to leave partway through.
I also went to the Art Show (terrific) and the academic posters exhibit (very cool).
The Thurs queuing was chaotic, but the fans and the organisers gradually got everything streamlined and sorted. In fact in some cases the queuing was as entertaining as the panels - especially the young German man who was queue marshalling dressed as an android, and the lady with the clipboard who was doing "a survey on your queuing experience". The survey questions contained such gems as "On a scale of 1 to 5, what day is it?" They even continued the joke in the newsletter, with a 'block chart' of the results - a photo of a pile of Lego!
Things I went to:
Horse Sense
Space Opera: Boldly Going Where No Genre has Gone Before
The Impact of Kickstarter on the Gaming Industry
GoH Interview - Steve Jackson
Medical Effects of Biological Weapons
Speculative Biology - an Evolving Field (panellist)
Biology and Hard SF: Predicting the Future
There be Dragons: Crafting Maps for Fantasy Worlds (mod) - we had tech issues at the start, but everything went swimmingly after that
Non-human and Interspecies Communication (panellist) - I was offline and at the con before the moderator made contact, so I didn't see any of the questions or topics in advance. All of us panellists flailed a little as a result.
What Fanfiction can Teach Genre Writers
Send in the Crones: Older Women in SFF
The Lack of Technological Progress in Fantasy
The Importance of the Fanfiction Community
Trailblazer: Anne McCaffrey's Legacy & Legend -
Is There Any Other Life in the Solar System? (a fantastic double act from two scientists)
Games for Science (mod) - I got to be on a panel with Steve Jackson. Squee! Squee!
Slightly miffed that I couldn't go to the Women Write About War panel, because I was moderating right afterwards and would have had to leave partway through.
I also went to the Art Show (terrific) and the academic posters exhibit (very cool).
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