Su J SokolAttended three sci-fi conventions/conferences within ten days, the last Congrès boréal with the mostly francophone quebecers. All three were lovely, but It is so interesting to experience the small cultural differences between different SFF communities! #SFF #CanCon2023
Andy W TaylorI posted part 1 of my #CanCon2023 Round Up on my blog earlier this week. Hoping to make a couple more follow up posts this weekend. One regarding my book haul from the con, and one about Waub Rice’s book launch from the Monday when I got back. http://sooguy.com/cancon2023-round-up-part-1/
’Nathan Burgoine#CanCon23 was fantastic, and I loved it, and I need to take a second to (a) thank them for the masking mandate and (b) share with you all the sheer *magic* of the nametag:
(With apologies for post-Con gravel-voice).
Part 1 of my #CanCon2023 book haul.
Never Whistle at Night - An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Edited by
Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Deadlands Year One Anthology
The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
No one will Come Back for Us by Preemee Mohamed
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Quantum War by Derek Kunsken
Lost Cargo by PA Cornell
Never Whistle at Night - An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Edited by
Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Deadlands Year One Anthology
The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
No one will Come Back for Us by Preemee Mohamed
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Quantum War by Derek Kunsken
Lost Cargo by PA Cornell
WTLSunday; ~10 hours of sleep, then a lovely time #cycling with @TAV around #Ottawa. It's interesting; when I cycle with her, my heart rate is low for doing an activity (~83 BPM), when then seems to have an effect on the deepness of my sleep that night. Will see if tonight adds to that data set. 🤔
Also popped into #CanCon2023, said hello to a few friendly faces and carried back TAV's book haul.
I’m just wrapping up a wonderful weekend at #CanCon2023 (having been posting about it a bit more on BlueSky). Ton of wonderful panels to attend and fellow writers to talk to. My reappearance on Mastadon may be due in part to attending a panel called Online Connections ina Post-Twitter World.
Ariel KroonHighly enjoyed #CanCon2023, esp the gender-neutral bathrooms and quiet recharge room. Also all the excellent presenters, volunteers, and attendees, of course. Special shoutout to the Halloween candy. I know there's another full day of con, but @RyanChartier and I are headed home on the train tomorrow. Not bad for my first Can*Con!
#SFF #SF #SFFQ #SFFCF #CanadianSF #ScienceFiction #Convention #CanadianScienceFiction #Ottawa
Something that has come up a lot at Can*Con and it makes me smile is how many panelists I've heard, in answer to "how do you know what's going on?" say "Watch indie romance." #CanCon23 #CanCon2023
I also am a little "hungover" from yesterday evening. Not from alcohol, just that fun chronic fatigue. Know that I find the long paused between words when I speak as annoying as you do. Apparently my brain is having a hard time parsing the excellent input from every direction here and it's slowing down my cognition significantly.
If you run into me in person today, please know that I don't have COVID, it's just that the air in the place I'm staying is DRY and as a result EVERYTHING irritates my throat to the point where I cough constantly because talking makes it tickle. Sorry!!