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State of Tamaranth
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 07:44 pm1. enjoyed Eastercon very much, with a few exceptions (I was a BSFA Awards walk-out, though went back after the 'comic' turn; I was also a restaurant dash-out due to crap service; I may have snarled at a few people who were clogging bottlenecks). Caught up with many dear friends and a few new ones, though not everyone I'd have liked to spend time with.
1a. High points included the Not the Clarke Award panel; Chris Priest's acceptance of BSFA Best Novel award for The Islanders; cheese and marmite paninis with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladymoonray; our 'Alternate Universes in (Sherlock) Fanfiction' panel; the 'Romance in SF' panel as moderated by me, though wish I hadn't had to terminate increasingly interesting argument between Justina Robson and Adam Rrrroberts; oh, and glimpsing a few out-of-context people including one I haven't seen for a decade.
2. really, massively benefited from being able to schedule time-outs each day. Being in the main hotel is no longer a luxury for me: it's the only way I can cope with full-on fannish interaction over four days. (Last time I was in overflow, a 'time-out' usually meant not getting back to the con.) Still, by the end of the con was so overcome with inertia that I stuck to my bar-sofa instead of making it to the closing ceremony.
3. MY TOOTH HURT. A LOT. Thanks to high-heeledfishlifter and to gummitch for providing little bottles of happy anaesthesia (not the gin-flavoured kind).
3a. Went to dentist this morning. Have antibiotics, painkillers and a dead tooth which has to come out as soon as possible. Next available appointment = 25th May (and that's just the 'sedate me or it will not be pretty' conversation). Expect much whining.
4. I have soooo many books to write up that it's quite intimidating. Including Flashforward, The Chrysalids, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The End Specialist, Last Movement (Joan Aiken), Malvolio's Revenge (Sophie Masson), Servant of the Underworld, Pirate King, Osama, Rule 34.
1a. High points included the Not the Clarke Award panel; Chris Priest's acceptance of BSFA Best Novel award for The Islanders; cheese and marmite paninis with
ladymoonray; our 'Alternate Universes in (Sherlock) Fanfiction' panel; the 'Romance in SF' panel as moderated by me, though wish I hadn't had to terminate increasingly interesting argument between Justina Robson and Adam Rrrroberts; oh, and glimpsing a few out-of-context people including one I haven't seen for a decade.2. really, massively benefited from being able to schedule time-outs each day. Being in the main hotel is no longer a luxury for me: it's the only way I can cope with full-on fannish interaction over four days. (Last time I was in overflow, a 'time-out' usually meant not getting back to the con.) Still, by the end of the con was so overcome with inertia that I stuck to my bar-sofa instead of making it to the closing ceremony.
3. MY TOOTH HURT. A LOT. Thanks to high-heeled
fishlifter and to gummitch for providing little bottles of happy anaesthesia (not the gin-flavoured kind).3a. Went to dentist this morning. Have antibiotics, painkillers and a dead tooth which has to come out as soon as possible. Next available appointment = 25th May (and that's just the 'sedate me or it will not be pretty' conversation). Expect much whining.
4. I have soooo many books to write up that it's quite intimidating. Including Flashforward, The Chrysalids, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The End Specialist, Last Movement (Joan Aiken), Malvolio's Revenge (Sophie Masson), Servant of the Underworld, Pirate King, Osama, Rule 34.
