Denvention

I'm back from worldcon... The bottom line (in case you don't care to read past the cuts) is that I did everything I needed to do and generally had a good time, though I found the convention itself too 'diffuse', scattered as it was among several hotels and the convention center. My hotel was about six blocks from the Convention Center, and seemingly six blocks from every other hotel. The 'party' hotel, the Sheraton, was also five or six blocks from the Center... and five or six blocks from mine. As a consequence, there was lots of walking -- which was probably good for me from a fitness standpoint (and no, I didn't have any trouble with the altitude; didn't notice it at all, frankly), but was bad for a feeling of community and for meeting people. The con didn't seem to have a 'focus' for me: a place where you could sit with friends and converse, and everyone you wanted to see would eventually pass by.

( Wednesday, when not all that much happened... )

( Thursday: Programming, and some very hot (in the temperature sense) parties... )

( Friday: Sheila's critique of NIGHTFALL and a lavish DAW dinner... )

( Saturday: Wild Cards and Mounted Heads )

And Sunday, I flew home. The less said about that the better. Suffice it to say that it made me wish that very small children were not permitted to fly.

So overall, it was a good convention, those as with all worldcons, I didn't see everyone I wanted to see (like the Minneapolis contingent), and didn't get to spend as much time with some people as I would have liked. That's par for the worldcon course, unfortunately.

And I'm glad to be home, frankly....