P-Con day 2
Mar. 7th, 2010 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkI was a liittle late on Saturday, so things were in full swing when I arrived. I chatted with people around the reg desk for a while, then went to a documentary about Brams Stoker, which was very interesting. And lead into an interesting discussion about how much (or little) Dublin influenced him.
I then moved on to "Genre Fiction as a means of discussing the unmentionable," which covered a lot of interesting topics were raised regarding politics, race and sexuality, but someone had to bring up the most unmentionable of all: philophosy.
Following this was the Guest of Honour interview. I have to admit I knew practically nothing of Nick harkaway prior to this weekend, but he's been a fantastic guest. It was one of the easiest interviews I've ever seen, with Peter just needing to give Nick gentle prompts in a particular direction. The final quarter was a reading from Nick's book. He chose several short but entralling passages, and left the audience longing for more. I now have a wonderful image of exploding sheep firmly implanted in my brain.
The next panel I attended, Social Websites: Bane or boon? was another fascinating discussion. I think those arguing that social networks are a boon won by a nose, I think, providing you have the discipline to use them sensibly.
Next, I foolishly decided to look in on the auction. As usual, there things that I couldn't let go for so little, especially when it,s for a good cause, so I now have a some nice books and a set of Diskworld miniatures.
I was tempted to go to Pictionary, but I was reminded I had an hour to get an entry into the Frank Darcy award. This is a novel short stort competion with entries being 100 words or less. To prevent entries being prepared in advance, two specific words had to be included. I got my entry in with a whole 3 minutes to spare.
Following this I found some friends to go for a very nice Chinese meal with, then after a little while chatting at the bar, I headed for the train home.
I'm very much looking forward to the final day of the convention.
I then moved on to "Genre Fiction as a means of discussing the unmentionable," which covered a lot of interesting topics were raised regarding politics, race and sexuality, but someone had to bring up the most unmentionable of all: philophosy.
Following this was the Guest of Honour interview. I have to admit I knew practically nothing of Nick harkaway prior to this weekend, but he's been a fantastic guest. It was one of the easiest interviews I've ever seen, with Peter just needing to give Nick gentle prompts in a particular direction. The final quarter was a reading from Nick's book. He chose several short but entralling passages, and left the audience longing for more. I now have a wonderful image of exploding sheep firmly implanted in my brain.
The next panel I attended, Social Websites: Bane or boon? was another fascinating discussion. I think those arguing that social networks are a boon won by a nose, I think, providing you have the discipline to use them sensibly.
Next, I foolishly decided to look in on the auction. As usual, there things that I couldn't let go for so little, especially when it,s for a good cause, so I now have a some nice books and a set of Diskworld miniatures.
I was tempted to go to Pictionary, but I was reminded I had an hour to get an entry into the Frank Darcy award. This is a novel short stort competion with entries being 100 words or less. To prevent entries being prepared in advance, two specific words had to be included. I got my entry in with a whole 3 minutes to spare.
Following this I found some friends to go for a very nice Chinese meal with, then after a little while chatting at the bar, I headed for the train home.
I'm very much looking forward to the final day of the convention.
