Back from Interaction, Glasgow
Aug. 11th, 2005 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbWell, I'm back from Worldcon, with an overweight luggage (books! more books!), and an empty purse. Glasgow's a brilliant city, as far as I can tell, and I was impressed by the two bookshops I visited (apart from the con).
It was the first convention I've ever been to, and I was somewhat surprised to note that about half of the attendees were middle-aged and/or overweight (Unkind of me to notice, yes). Although I did meet some nice young men from Sweden, and one from Germany.
I had fun. It was great to meet authors in person, especially Karen Traviss, whose work I've admired since first picking up Star Wars: Republic Commando Hard Contact (I'm not a big Lucas fan, but Zahn's trilogy was my introduction to SF, and I've read most of the books since). Her wess'har books are possibly the best - at least the most thought-provoking - books I've ever read.
Read lots of new books and authors heretofore unknown to me - Charles Stross, SL Viehl, Kim Harrison. Done no new writing. Will quite possibly spend the next week flat on my back.
It was the first convention I've ever been to, and I was somewhat surprised to note that about half of the attendees were middle-aged and/or overweight (Unkind of me to notice, yes). Although I did meet some nice young men from Sweden, and one from Germany.
I had fun. It was great to meet authors in person, especially Karen Traviss, whose work I've admired since first picking up Star Wars: Republic Commando Hard Contact (I'm not a big Lucas fan, but Zahn's trilogy was my introduction to SF, and I've read most of the books since). Her wess'har books are possibly the best - at least the most thought-provoking - books I've ever read.
Read lots of new books and authors heretofore unknown to me - Charles Stross, SL Viehl, Kim Harrison. Done no new writing. Will quite possibly spend the next week flat on my back.
