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dormouse1953There was a lot to get through at the preliminary business meeting yesterday - I'm sure the details are by now on-line somewhere - and it was done without taking a recess. A few years ago, I would have had a problem with that, as the session ran for over two hours.
There was a programme item about crosswords, especially trying to interest Americans in the UK style cryptic crosswords. Not well attended, but an interesting discussion. I'm not the only one who finds cryptic crosswords more satisfying than the the US general knowledge crosswords. Coincidentally, the Independent crossword I'd been doing had a reference to Mr Spock in it: Fictional logician having no positive impact (4)
Final item I got to last night was about Cordwainer Smith. It had completely passed me by that this year is his centenary. Must re-read Norstrilia. There were calls that his non-SF works should be republished (and one of the people on the panel was from the agency that currently represents his works). I have read two of these early novels, Ria and Atomsk, but have never seen Carola. (I paid what at the time seemed a small fortune for a copy of Atomsk in a Worldcon dealers' room about 25 years ago. Roger Robinson found a copy in a charity bookshop in Essex for 50p, which he keeps reminding me of.)
Tried to get to more of the bid parties last night, having only made the Helsinki party the night before. Maybe I'm biased, but the Helsinki one seemed the best. I especially like the Finnish for Fans video they were showing on a loop, giving the Finnish equivalents of things like "Live Long and Prosper" and "These are not the droids you are looking for", each phrase spoken by a couple of cute kids. I'm told that the translation for "Are you my mummy?" actually means "Are you my [embalmed Egyptian royal]?" but this was the actual subtitle that appeared on Finnish TV when that episode was broadcast.
Something I drank last night has given me the runs this morning. I hope the business meeting session is not as intensive today.
There was a programme item about crosswords, especially trying to interest Americans in the UK style cryptic crosswords. Not well attended, but an interesting discussion. I'm not the only one who finds cryptic crosswords more satisfying than the the US general knowledge crosswords. Coincidentally, the Independent crossword I'd been doing had a reference to Mr Spock in it: Fictional logician having no positive impact (4)
Final item I got to last night was about Cordwainer Smith. It had completely passed me by that this year is his centenary. Must re-read Norstrilia. There were calls that his non-SF works should be republished (and one of the people on the panel was from the agency that currently represents his works). I have read two of these early novels, Ria and Atomsk, but have never seen Carola. (I paid what at the time seemed a small fortune for a copy of Atomsk in a Worldcon dealers' room about 25 years ago. Roger Robinson found a copy in a charity bookshop in Essex for 50p, which he keeps reminding me of.)
Tried to get to more of the bid parties last night, having only made the Helsinki party the night before. Maybe I'm biased, but the Helsinki one seemed the best. I especially like the Finnish for Fans video they were showing on a loop, giving the Finnish equivalents of things like "Live Long and Prosper" and "These are not the droids you are looking for", each phrase spoken by a couple of cute kids. I'm told that the translation for "Are you my mummy?" actually means "Are you my [embalmed Egyptian royal]?" but this was the actual subtitle that appeared on Finnish TV when that episode was broadcast.
Something I drank last night has given me the runs this morning. I hope the business meeting session is not as intensive today.
