This Saturday by mutual agreement the Lady and I put our wedding preparations on hold and took a mutual day off. I pulled up stakes and headed to Readercon, which was amazing! Some key events:
- John Crowley (crowleycrow on livejournal) was kind enough to take me around and introduce me to folks. Good times had by all. Which means, of course, that I…
- Hung out with a whole host of incredible people! Generally this took place in the hotel bar, a chintzy Irish pub pastiche, but the servers are more than patient with crazed writer-types, and the beer is cold. The bar was two doors down from the dealer room, where I…
- Found the same hardcover Hyperion Cantos omnibus I read back in high school! Or the same edition anyway. The dealers were a charming couple, incredibly generous; the husband of the pair turned out to be a huge Zelazny fan, and it turned out he…
- Had a few Zelazny books I haven’t found in years of searching – finally I have my own Jack of Shadows! So of course I…
- Ran over to the NESFA table to pick up the last two volumes of the 6 volume Zelazny short fiction collection, which all-in-all touched off the…
- Crazy book acquisition festival. I’ve resisted looking at my bank statement since returning from Readercon, but my two bags were brimming with books on the way back.
All-in-all, top quality time. I’m definitely going again next year!