#worldcon 77

[petermorwood]

@dduane (who’s one of the Writer GoHs) and I were in Dublin on Saturday to record this. It was an unexpected honour for me, and seeing Busby Berkley on the list was just as unexpected.

It shows, too! :-)

He was the creator of all those amazing geometry-from-above song-and-dance sequences which led IIRC to synchronised swimming as an Olympic event, and though he’s not the first name you’d associate with science fiction, fantasy - escapism - is another matter.

[dedalvs]

Congratulations to the nominees for the first Worldcon YA Award! They are:

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

Summer in Orcus byT. Kingfisher

As a reminder, if you’d like to nominate works for the second Worldcon YA Award to be presented next year, you need to sign up for an attending or supporting membership to next year’s Worldcon by December 31st, 2018. You can do so here.

[angrylittlesliceofpizza]

… hey so guess who should have gone and talked to Lindsay Ellis right there and then because she didn’t come to the panel where i thought i would catch her? :s (schedule mixup… they happen :/ )

aaanyway, worldcon is over, it was GREAT, i am knackered, and also saw a hugo (at the green room) and a bunch of weird not so mysterious cylindrical boxes (in the lift, and then waiting for the post office to take them away), right before i left. so that was nice and *completely* new for me. exactly the right tone of surreal to end the week.

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PPS: I WOULD have more things to say, but it would be mostly unintelligible rambling if i tried right now, so. maybe later? if and when it will be relevant to other stuff.

[angrylittlesliceofpizza]

*whispers* I just saw Lindsay Ellis and said hi. I never get used to that kind of things in such a big event +__+

[angrylittlesliceofpizza]

I'm at the worldcon panel on hopepunk and @ariaste just mentioned Terry Pratchett as extremely hopepunk and the whole room went YESSS

and that was SO satisfying for everyone. I'm so glad to be here.

[protytwo]

Dublin Worldcon in 2019 looks so cool! Life is a little chaotic and finances aren’t overflowing enough for me to attend. But you should know that there’s an initiative to help people of color, members of the Irish Traveller community, and Irish residents facing financial hardships attend the Irish Worldcon. If you want to help the initiative, or apply for the assistance, the link is here https://dublin2019.com/join-us/fantastic-fund/