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eveglassWorldCon 2009 will be held in Montreal. The author guest of honour is... wait for it... Neil Gaiman! How amazingly awesome is that! Woot!
More info at:
The official bid site
The official bid site's blog
WorldCon bids
Edited to add: Curses! It overlaps with the second week of Pennsic! Why, oh cruel hand of fate, must you make me choose between these two most awesome of events?!?
More info at:
The official bid site
The official bid site's blog
WorldCon bids
Edited to add: Curses! It overlaps with the second week of Pennsic! Why, oh cruel hand of fate, must you make me choose between these two most awesome of events?!?
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Date: 2007-09-02 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-02 07:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-02 09:09 pm (UTC)I know Neil Gaiman for having read a couple of his comics but what is this WorldCon and what is this thing of "we won" ?? I looked at the website you link and it did not give me more info. Thank you.
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Date: 2007-09-02 10:24 pm (UTC)Worldcon is the World Science Fiction Convention, of which this year's, in Yokohama, was the 65th. The first was held in 1939! A complete list can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Worldcons. Next year's is in Denver. After that, Montreal. So, attending a Worldcon connects you to just about the oldest of fannish traditions.
Yes, there are fannish traditions.
;-)
Worldcons are produced by members of the World Science Fiction Society - http://www.wsfs.org - which exists to: Choose the recipients of the Hugo Awards, select the location of Worldcon, attend Worldcons, and select the locations of occasional NASFiC (the North American convention held when Worldcon is outside of North America).
There's more, much more, but I'll leave it a this.
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Date: 2007-09-02 10:47 pm (UTC)Thank you !
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Date: 2007-09-07 04:40 am (UTC)