Smiley's Tropical Escape Vox 2007-09-06T07:16:44Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251e70a18e1d/tags/worldcon/ Sad Songs on a Broken Ukelele WorldCon 2007, Painting Demonstration tag:vox.com,2007-09-06:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398a55cb60001 2007-09-06T07:16:44Z 2007-09-06T07:16:44Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Artists

One of the more interesting events at WorldCon was the artists' demonstration. Three well known science-fiction artists - Bob Eggleton, Michael Whelan, and Naoyuki Kato - took suggestions from the audience and turned them into paintings. The ar...

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]]> World Con Day 4 Notes tag:vox.com,2007-09-02:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398a41e4a0003 2007-09-02T14:32:34Z 2007-09-02T14:32:34Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom (Sunday) Started the day with a coffee klatch hosted by Cory Doctorow. The coffee klatches are just informal round tables where people can sign up to meet with artists and authors and ask them just about anything. It was fun and entertaining; a...

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]]> World Con Day 3 Notes tag:vox.com,2007-09-02:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398a41d270004 2007-09-02T14:18:32Z 2007-09-02T14:18:32Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom (Saturday) Mainly wandered around aimlessly after having slept in too late to attend the Yoshitaka Amano panel. Tried to hit a panel called "Transcendence or Mundane" about the singularity, but missed that as well due to a schedule mix-up. Fina...

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]]> World Con Day 2 Notes tag:vox.com,2007-09-01:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398a38e770001 2007-09-01T01:59:48Z 2007-09-01T01:59:48Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom (Friday) Lots more people today. A few cosplayers, but not too many, which is a bit surprising and a tad disappointing. On the other hand, the maid cafe opened today and they're all in costume, which is cool. Started the day by going to a read...

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]]> World Con Day 1 Notes tag:vox.com,2007-08-31:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398a389ad0005 2007-08-31T16:52:51Z 2007-08-31T17:19:41Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The con, so far at least, is a bit smaller than I had thought it would be. About 50/50 Japanese and foreign. I'm in the younger demographic; not to mention healthier / skinnier. Sat through a panel run by two Japanese editor / translators calle...

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