Category Archives: Conventions

102 ℉, and Comments About Hugo Awards Demographics

Posted on Monday 5 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today at 4pm or so. Last night we streamed the Hugo Awards ceremony,

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More San Jose Worldcon Panels

Posted on Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

(Long post — from Facebook, 23 August) Finishing my report on this year’s Worldcon, about the several interesting panels I attended — long post, about panels on SF and philosophy, definitions of SF, evolutionary theory and 19th Century SF, and … Continue reading →

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San Jose Worldcon Panels

Posted on Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

(From Facebook post, 20 August) Among the highlights of this year’s Worldcon, sadly, were tributes to Gardner Dozois and Harlan Ellison. I posted comments about the Dozois tribute on Friday. Back home now, I’m catching up on notes about the … Continue reading →

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Gardner Dozois memorial, San Jose 2018

Posted on Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

(from 17 August Facebook post) Nice, typical day at a Worldcon. I attended a Locus Foundation meeting as a member of the board, with discussions about various aspects of keeping the magazine, and its attendant projects, going. The GRRM event … Continue reading →

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George R.R. Martin’s Redwood City event

Posted on Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

(Facebook post, Wednesday 15 August, following the event on Tuesday the 14th.) The onstage interview last night with George R.R. Martin and John Picacio was very good. Both George and John have stage presence; they speak fluently and engagingly and … Continue reading →

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Late Night Notes from the Final Night of This Year’s World Science Fiction Convention

Posted on Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

(This post drafted on Sunday 19 August, late night in my hotel room; cleaned up and posted today, Tuesday 28 August.) I’m in San Jose, late on a Sunday night after this year’s Hugo Awards have been presented, and after … Continue reading →

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