Comments on: Readercon 08: Day Two and Three

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:09:11 +0000

Yeah, I think lists are fine at the end after you’ve covered the meat of the subjects.

By: Michael Curry

Michael Curry — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:57:44 +0000

It was great to see you again, even if I’m still not entirely sure which of us was stalking the other. I’m glad that I got the chance to hang out with you and Jenn for a while in the bar, as that was quite fun.

As for the Sunday panels, I didn’t get myself in gear quickly enough to make it to the Aesthetics of Online Magazines that morning, but now I don’t think I particularly regret that. I wish the podcasting panel, which I did make it to, had managed to go in directions that didn’t involve quite so much time spent listing out favorite sites, but there were some good bits in there. Thank you for your contributions to those! And yes, I wish the things Liz had wanted to talk about had gotten a larger share of the time.

By: Ellen Datlow

Ellen Datlow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:40:47 +0000

The problem is that market forces is a very common panel (and I’m almost kind of sick of those panels)–if I’d realized the aesthetics panel would have devolved into that –yet again–I would never have said yes to being on it.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:38:52 +0000

I think a discussion of the market forces of publishing is an interesting and valuable one, but it wasn’t what I came there for.

I was glad to hear you say that you read the same for stories whether they are in print or online.

By: Ellen Datlow

Ellen Datlow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:35:33 +0000

I was really unhappy with that aesthetics panel, too (and I was ON it)….it’s hard to move a panel
into the right direction when others on it hijack it into something entirely different than what it was intended.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:55:32 +0000

Hey! Good to run into you, too. The Codex breakfast was in the hotel restaurant Winter/Summer. They have a very nice breakfast buffet.

For coffee, it was just the Starbucks down the road.

By: Veejane

Veejane — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:41:32 +0000

Was nice to run into you on Friday night!

…but the real question is, where did you find decent breakfast within screaming distance of the con-hotel? (Or was it at the con-hotel?) Because I hate to think that I have to drive my con-friends all the way down to Somerville for a good weekend breakfast, and I can’t find anything worthwhile/open in Burlington.