Better Late Than Never
Dec. 9th, 2005 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeEvelyn Leeper has posted her Humongous Interaction Worldcon Report. (Due to Geocities' bandwidth restrictions, it may not be available when you try to click through to it. I had to try about half a dozen times until I finally got through late last night.)
As is Evelyn's wont, she concentrates heavily on Programming, only lightly touching on any of the other aspects of the convention. She does, however, say that she plans to nominate the opening speech of the Hugo Award Ceremony for Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation, which I plan to do as well as nominating Ready!Steady!Sew! -- but I am of course heavily biased, being the de facto Producer (or possibly Executive Producer) of both shows.
Evelyn's main knock on the convention was that there were not a lot of convenient places to eat immediately adjacent to the convention centre, which is true. By her standards, it would appear that one of the most important features of a Worldcon is that there be a food court attached to it, so that you can get a complete meal by missing only one programming block. While this is convenient, I wouldn't say it was my highest priority. And for that matter, I recall that in San Antonio (where there was indeed a food court and other restaurants adjacent to the convention center/hotel complex), I heard people complaining about having the shopping mall/food court so close, because it meant there were too many mundanes too close to us fans. So you really can't win. Also, it's unrealistic to expect every Worldcon to be in Boston.
As is Evelyn's wont, she concentrates heavily on Programming, only lightly touching on any of the other aspects of the convention. She does, however, say that she plans to nominate the opening speech of the Hugo Award Ceremony for Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation, which I plan to do as well as nominating Ready!Steady!Sew! -- but I am of course heavily biased, being the de facto Producer (or possibly Executive Producer) of both shows.
Evelyn's main knock on the convention was that there were not a lot of convenient places to eat immediately adjacent to the convention centre, which is true. By her standards, it would appear that one of the most important features of a Worldcon is that there be a food court attached to it, so that you can get a complete meal by missing only one programming block. While this is convenient, I wouldn't say it was my highest priority. And for that matter, I recall that in San Antonio (where there was indeed a food court and other restaurants adjacent to the convention center/hotel complex), I heard people complaining about having the shopping mall/food court so close, because it meant there were too many mundanes too close to us fans. So you really can't win. Also, it's unrealistic to expect every Worldcon to be in Boston.
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Date: 2005-12-09 09:17 pm (UTC)You bet it is. Damned unrealistic.
:-)
(And we'd hate it if it was!)
Interaction Food
Date: 2005-12-14 03:09 am (UTC)I don't actually want a food court right nearby, but restaurants that are less than a half a mile away, that are open most of the time, and that serve food fairly quickly would help. (E.g., Reading Market in Philadelphia was the first and third, but closed for a lot of MilPhil--or Philcons these days.) For example, diner-style restaurants, Chinese restaurants, or most of the chains (e.g. Chili's) work in the US. Of course, part of the problem is that eating out in the UK is considered a more leisurely event--it's a cultural thing, but it makes popping out for dinner in a limited time a problem. (It's not just conventions--we had the same problem when I was there on a business trip and planned to work after dinner.)