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Musings on Boskone
Mar. 5th, 2004 12:43 pmNext year's Boskone, the GoH is going to be Orson Scott Card.
In Massachusetts. By that point, gay marriages will have been legal for some time. And at least a few people running Boskone will be married because of that fact.
This past Boskone was basically a relaxicon, because everyone's focused on the upcoming Boston Worldcon, so we can discount that. But the year before that, David Brin was the GoH, and managed to insult every single person at the con, personally. Well, I think he missed a couple people who were in the gaming room, but he insulted them by proxy.
So, my question is. . . who can Boskone possibly get for 2006? I mean, around here, a fair number of people LIKE Harlan Ellison, and, in any case, "abrasive" does not equal "offensive", not in the way that Brin and Card manage it.
(Besides, we should have someone whose last name starts with "D", then we can have Ellison for 2007.)
Any suggestions?
In Massachusetts. By that point, gay marriages will have been legal for some time. And at least a few people running Boskone will be married because of that fact.
This past Boskone was basically a relaxicon, because everyone's focused on the upcoming Boston Worldcon, so we can discount that. But the year before that, David Brin was the GoH, and managed to insult every single person at the con, personally. Well, I think he missed a couple people who were in the gaming room, but he insulted them by proxy.
So, my question is. . . who can Boskone possibly get for 2006? I mean, around here, a fair number of people LIKE Harlan Ellison, and, in any case, "abrasive" does not equal "offensive", not in the way that Brin and Card manage it.
(Besides, we should have someone whose last name starts with "D", then we can have Ellison for 2007.)
Any suggestions?