The Hugos, the panels and more: Satuday and Sunday at Worldcon

This is a long post with lots of text under the cut for specific panels.

Saturday
( Web Publishing and the Future of Magazines )

( Return of the Killer Bs )

I took in a concert while I ate lunch and enjoyed the singer and cellist Unwoman

Shibori
I’ve done a bit of dyeing in the past, both with chemical dyes and natural ones, so I was looking forward to learning some new techniques. The instructor was enthusiastic and not very organized. There were about five panels (out of more than 20) that I was interested in and since I hadn’t really done anything hands-on yet I took a gamble on this. I lost.


After the Shuttle: Our Next Spacecraft
Speculating on where space exploration is headed from an aerospace historian, an aeronautical engineer and an astrophysist/engineer.


( Art Direction: What’s Involved )

( Hugo awards ceremony )

Sunday
( The Superior Form: How Short Fiction Remains the Cutting Edge )

( History of Masquerade )

Rest of the afternoon spent at Art auction and waiting in the UPS line to ship home a painting, Doorway in the Sand by Jeff Fennel . It was only $100, which is kind of a steal, but, hey, it was the end of the auction and no one was bidding against me. He’s one of the artists whose works really caught my eye at the Art Show and I’m very, very happy to have it.

Closing ceremonies wound things up and I’m contemplating doing this all over again next year at Chicon 7 in Chicago