Worldcon this week

[vivdunstan]

Envious of my friends (including some St A CS folks!) who are heading to the Glasgow Worldcon this week. Sadly though we have in person attending tickets we can't go. I'm far too seriously ill now to manage it. Plus the infection risk is too high for severely immunosuppressed me. We can use the streaming part of our tickets though, both during the event, and on catchup after through to Christmas. So will get to see lots. Have fun folks going!

Comments

[andrewducker]

I'm sorry you can't go.

I'm not going either. Will hopefully do so if it comes back to the UK in another decade or so, and the children are more manageable!

[vivdunstan]

Dublin's bidding for 2029 - they last ran it in 2019 I think. We had a fab time there. I would expect it will come back to London again in the 2030s.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, looking at the history, Glasgow in 95, then 05, then London in 14, now back to Glasgow in 24.

So probably one of the two in 34/5.

[a_cubed]

Very unlikely to be London again. 2014 was a collision of a number of factors that made the Excel Centre (just) affordable. London is just too expensive for the budget of a Worldcon without those factors. Hence why 79, 87 were in Brighton, 95, 05 and 24 in Glasgow. 57 and 65 were in London, but that was another age. Dublin is so far uncontested for 2029.

[a_cubed]

Sorry we shan't be able to catch up again.

[vivdunstan]

Yup, same here. I dropped you an email (at gmail) re St A CS folk I know who're going. One of them you may not know in person. But the other you will!