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The Worldcon this year was held in Melbourne, Australia. Naturally, I wasn't there. I don't even know how Australians can afford to be Down Under. Certainly, I couldn't afford the plane fare half-way across the planet.
But I was up for a Hugo again this year, which meant that a certain amount of loot was coming to me. There’s the spiffy rocket-shaped pin, of course. I believe I’m due the program book as well, since I was a voting member. I rely on the mail service to be quick and efficient making the delivery! The first of my loot I got this afternoon. A local fan that I knew had gone to Aussiecon 4 and brought back a "gift" from next year's Worldcon (in Reno) to the nominees for this year's Hugo. It has become another venerable tradition, it seems. Murray Moore arranged to meet me and have coffee so that he could hand the thingie over.
”Thingie” was the word. I opened the plain box and found myself looking at something that looked rather like a well-polished mortar shell. The narrow part came off to show that the lower part had a perforated top. My first thought was that it was something you filled with salt, garlic, onion, chili powder and various other secret herbs and spices, and used it to garnish the steaks or burgers on the barbie. It was an Australian Worldcon, after all.
But no... it's a cocktail mixer. If there's one thing I'm sure of, in life, it's that I've never mixed a cocktail before... or ever considered the possibility. Oh well, its the thought that counts. I do wonder what they were thinking, though...
The inscription says, "Renovation, the 69th. World Science Fiction Convention, August 17-21, 2011, Reno Nevada, USA"
This will not be the permanent resting place of my new bar accessory – I stuck it on top of the TV for favorable lighting, so I could take a picture. It goes where the rest of the loot sits, on a dusty shelf. You know... I could use it to keep cremation ashes in... but who should I cremate?
But I was up for a Hugo again this year, which meant that a certain amount of loot was coming to me. There’s the spiffy rocket-shaped pin, of course. I believe I’m due the program book as well, since I was a voting member. I rely on the mail service to be quick and efficient making the delivery! The first of my loot I got this afternoon. A local fan that I knew had gone to Aussiecon 4 and brought back a "gift" from next year's Worldcon (in Reno) to the nominees for this year's Hugo. It has become another venerable tradition, it seems. Murray Moore arranged to meet me and have coffee so that he could hand the thingie over.
”Thingie” was the word. I opened the plain box and found myself looking at something that looked rather like a well-polished mortar shell. The narrow part came off to show that the lower part had a perforated top. My first thought was that it was something you filled with salt, garlic, onion, chili powder and various other secret herbs and spices, and used it to garnish the steaks or burgers on the barbie. It was an Australian Worldcon, after all.
But no... it's a cocktail mixer. If there's one thing I'm sure of, in life, it's that I've never mixed a cocktail before... or ever considered the possibility. Oh well, its the thought that counts. I do wonder what they were thinking, though...
The inscription says, "Renovation, the 69th. World Science Fiction Convention, August 17-21, 2011, Reno Nevada, USA"
This will not be the permanent resting place of my new bar accessory – I stuck it on top of the TV for favorable lighting, so I could take a picture. It goes where the rest of the loot sits, on a dusty shelf. You know... I could use it to keep cremation ashes in... but who should I cremate?
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It is, if nothing else, a token of esteem from the people who run the convention, or perhaps a suitable means for administering anesthesia in a socially acceptable form. if nothing else, it could be looked upon as a training device to prepare you for the rigors of competing for another Hugo, if nominated for the convention in Reno.
Being able to hold your liquor in Nevada is considered a better vice than being able to hold onto your money.
Being able to hold your liquor in Nevada is considered a better vice than being able to hold onto your money.
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Funny you should mention that. I have jsut realized that I have a prime candidate for the urn... a writer named John Scalzi, who was one of the first pros to win a fan category Hugo for his on-line blogging. That was merely questionable... the blog didn't qualify as professional writing in any way. The problem was that he was trading on his popularity as a well known writer to attract voters.
But, he's also been a vocal advocate of the notion that the Worldcon should try to "catch up" with major media cons like San Diego Comics Con and Dragoncon. This would entail altering the focus of the con, changing much of the program to media events, and paying lots of second rate "celebrities" like John Scalzi to attend. He says that if the Worldcon doesn't evolve that way, important people like him will no longer come, because there aren't enough big deals to make and money to grab at a "little" con.
I would certainly not mind having his ashes in my cocktail shaker... so I can use it also as a urinal.
But, he's also been a vocal advocate of the notion that the Worldcon should try to "catch up" with major media cons like San Diego Comics Con and Dragoncon. This would entail altering the focus of the con, changing much of the program to media events, and paying lots of second rate "celebrities" like John Scalzi to attend. He says that if the Worldcon doesn't evolve that way, important people like him will no longer come, because there aren't enough big deals to make and money to grab at a "little" con.
I would certainly not mind having his ashes in my cocktail shaker... so I can use it also as a urinal.
SDCC quit having anything to do with comics a long time ago, it's strictly a Big Media event that has crowded out all the real original reason for its existence. If this guy wants to go to something like that, let him go there and stop bothering everyone else with his tarditude.
I agree. I've thought from the start of that controversy that many writers go to the Worldcon because its the Worldcon, and they like it that way. It's only self-deception that there are big deals waiting for writers at San Diego. Usually a movie studio will approach you if they want something, and they only want it if its already a proven property, having made a lot of money for osmeone else. Otherwise they'll hire a flunky to write a story based on something the studio stole, or the producer's nephew thought up.
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