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Fourth Street Fantasy Convention
Apr. 18th, 2008 07:37 pmThey're resurrecting a con from the days when I was too broke to go to it - Fourth Street Fantasy Convention. I was working at the first Fourth Street - at the front desk of the hotel. I didn't get to go to any of the convention. That set a pattern - for whatever reason, when Fourth Street rolled around, I couldn't get to it.
To quote from the About page:
Now,lydy, with the aid of many of the people who put it on in the first place, is bringing it back. And I'd really like to see it succeed. Pre-reg deadline is May 15th, you can register on-line. And the current membership is on-line, too! I'm not listed there yet, but should be come early May.
To quote from the About page:
From 1986 to 1995, Steven Brust and his friends put on a deep, intelligent, and intimate convention on the literature of the fantastic. In 2008, it will return.
Fourth Street is a small convention for people who are serious about good fantasy and good books– serious about reading them, serious about writing them, serious about appreciating them in all their various forms. It’s also for people who are serious about having a good time. It’s a weekend of high-quality, high-intensity, mind-stretching fun, focused on books– there’s a single track of programming that is at the heart of it all. When everyone sees the same panels, it leads to fascinating conversations in the consuite, hotel bar, and corridors.
Typical panel topics range from the sublime to the frivolous, from the uses of symbolism in fantasy to the symbolism of shoes in fantasy, from subtext to developing taste. The always controversial Moral Fiction panel is a favorite. Come and argue for yourself!
Now,
lydy, with the aid of many of the people who put it on in the first place, is bringing it back. And I'd really like to see it succeed. Pre-reg deadline is May 15th, you can register on-line. And the current membership is on-line, too! I'm not listed there yet, but should be come early May.
Eeps?! Puppy Play Party?
Apr. 18th, 2008 09:53 pmiraunink & I just looked at the schedule, and concluded that the only day we can host is a week from Sunday, April 27th. For a May date, we'd have to see if someone else was interested in hosting.Who's up for the 27th? We'd probably be going for a 12:00 start time, and sending everyone home by 3:00 - it is fortuitous circumstance that has me not working until 3:30.
