Jolly good fun. Much thanks due to
I went to about five panels in all (which is probably more than I went to at WorldCon last year, apart from the ones I was actually on), including two on Doctor Who, where the charming
I showed my face much more briefly today, though was able to give Ken MacLeod a printout of the Celebrity Deathmatch Hugo commentary. Also very good to see
I also managed to get into town and buy:
Comics
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
Preacher: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
Books
Sixteenth Century Ireland, by Colm Lennon
Year’s Best SF 11, ed. Hartwell/Cramer
Epic, by Conor Kostick
McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon
Doctor Who: Short Trips: Past Tense, ed. Ian Farrington
Vellum, by Hal Duncan, who was actually there at MeCon but I forgot to ask him to sign it
Winter Moon – in fact not bought in town but kindly given by
DVDs
Chronicles of Narnia boxed set of the four stories done by the BBC in the 1980s
Doctor Who: Lost in Time assorted episodes from the First and Second Doctors where the rest of the story has been deleted
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani – possibly the Fifth Doctor’s best story, certainly (sadly) his last
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric – I’ve been told that the Seventh Doctor’s last season is actually rather good, well, now I’ll find out if it’s true!
Anyway, great to see you all there. Next year, perhaps?
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