SFF Conference: A Disappointment With Few Surprises
FYI,
"Conference Over"
Rand Simberg's Transterrestrial Musings
http://www.interglobal.org/weblog
: I'm asked in comments how the conference was. Not as good as
: previous years, in terms of either presentations or attendance--it
: had the look'n'feel of being thrown together at the last minute
: (which is, unfortunately, often a result of being put on by a
: volunteer organization). I'd hoped to see some people who ended up
: not attending, but it was worthwhile nonetheless. There was a
: disappointing panel of SF writers toward the end on Saturday that
: I'll blog about a little later (or perhaps even write a column
: about).
: I missed the Saturday evening partying due to another engagement in
: Hollywood. But there were sufficiently few people at the conference
: that I managed to talk to everyone there that I had/wanted to
: anyway.
: However, because I was schmoozing in the hallway at one point
: (actually, at many points--it's the main reason I attend these
: things--I rarely hear anything of which I'm not already aware, one
: way or another) I did miss the one bit of news to come out of it--a
: new X-Prize contender. Fortunately Jeff Foust, who was also in
: attendance, didn't, and he's already written up the story.
"Enter the Liberator
- A new team is making a late bid to win the X Prize"
The Space Review
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/51/1
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