I mean I know it’s the WHOLE aesthetic of these “gentle apocalypse” shows (a term, IIRC, that I picked up from @rdm doing a panel at #Swancon one year) but it’s questionable over decades, let alone the centuries (I think) that #YukiYuunaIsAHero #YuYuYu pulled in its finale…

#swancon50 has been launched!

Not been to a #Swancon? Well, Number 50 will let you get all caught up on the history and also be a part of the now and the future!

https://swancon.square.site/swancon-50-2026

#PerthWesternAustralia #ScienceFictionConventions #Scifi

Take advantage of the special earlybird price!

Absolutely gobsmacked to receive not one, but two awards at the Swancon Art Show!

Both were for "The Infinite Library" - a little story kiosk project I thought up one evening, loaded up with all the little bits of fiction I have shared here.

Inside the library-shaped shell is a Raspberry Pi3 and a M02 thermal printer, along with some scripts that I wrote to randomly print a story on the press of a button concealed as a part of the roof.

I received the "Judges Selection" and "Technical Innovation" prizes.

A huge thank-you to the Swancon49 Committee and Guests who made up the judging panel.

I will be bringing the Library to any (and all) cons I attend in the future, so that everyone can have a little story to read any time they need one.

#Swancon #Swancon49 #ArtShow #Microfic #Tootfic #SFCon #NotActuallyFiction

Ok, the food is good, and the service is fairly fast (something that @rdm and @leece would appreciate after last night at #Swancon).

However I’ve HAD #HiroshimaOkonomiyaki and had it IN #hiroshima, and good as this food was, it wasn’t that…

Just bought this pin at #swancon, and one that #SousouNoFrieren fans everywhere will appreciate

People at the next table at #SwanCon are playing #GodsWarGlorantha - it’s a fairly elaborate set, all in on all of the #Kickstarter extras.

One player just overheard saying “It sucks to be you”

My reaction: “It’s #Glorantha… your point?” 😂🤣

Ok, turns out that only the winners advanced. Fair. #swancon
Playing in a #TicketToRide tournament at #SwanCon, just came 2nd in the first round in a fast, well played, game to @rdm. Top 5 scores across the 3x3 tables will advance so I’m not entirely out of it yet…
About to play #Globetrotting at #swancon
Pleasant day at #swancon yesterday, heading back there now.