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Like half the size of Arisia, older, and no cosplay. Apparently it used to be big, over 4000, "the Winter Worldcon". Too big for them, so they shut down the Masquerade and banned costuming panels. So everyone who wanted that formed Arisia, and Boskone's this quiet literary thing.
Fun panels though, and filk is filk. First panel was about Stross, second had Stross and was about Lovecraft. Fantasy was declasse before Tolkien, so you had lots of fantasy in SF drag. "Our hero leaves the spaceport and loses his blaster so must use his fists and sword against Martians too proud to use guns," Now fantasy sells twice as well as SF and Stross wrote Merchant Princes as SF in fantasy drag, though partly to avoid an option on his next SF novel. I find myself wondering if we'll see more SF in fantasy drag, like Scrapped Princess? (Reminds me that I have yet to see a Rosemary Kirstein book in person or in a library system.)
Nice thing about smaller con: much more compact. Con Suite with its free food is far more accessible, in a big room on the bottom floor, rather than on the 16th floor behind a long alley of vendors.
Could have more notes but I want sleep.
Fun panels though, and filk is filk. First panel was about Stross, second had Stross and was about Lovecraft. Fantasy was declasse before Tolkien, so you had lots of fantasy in SF drag. "Our hero leaves the spaceport and loses his blaster so must use his fists and sword against Martians too proud to use guns," Now fantasy sells twice as well as SF and Stross wrote Merchant Princes as SF in fantasy drag, though partly to avoid an option on his next SF novel. I find myself wondering if we'll see more SF in fantasy drag, like Scrapped Princess? (Reminds me that I have yet to see a Rosemary Kirstein book in person or in a library system.)
Nice thing about smaller con: much more compact. Con Suite with its free food is far more accessible, in a big room on the bottom floor, rather than on the 16th floor behind a long alley of vendors.
Could have more notes but I want sleep.