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22. I heard about that.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #21)

Thu Oct 7, 2021, 02:17 AM

Oct 2021

Harlan still had some learning to do. I hope he learned from that experience, and never did it again.

Going to Fantasy/Science Fiction conventions is not really my thing; I went to the one in 2006 specifically because Harlan Ellison was going to be there.

Every year, I kept hoping Foolscap would announce he was coming back. After he died, I gave up hope.

One of my saddest discoveries is that, as I get older, I'm able to tolerate fiction less and less, and I spend more time on non-fiction; history and current events, mostly. There's so much really good science fiction out there that I've never read, and I'm starting to think I never will...

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Just arrived at my hotel in Spokane for the PA Continuing Ed conference. [View all] Aristus Oct 2021 OP

I have modest dreams. viva la Oct 2021 #1

As luck would have it, those are my modest ambitions. Aristus Oct 2021 #2

Enjoy! viva la Oct 2021 #3

Will do... Aristus Oct 2021 #4

Which hotel? Mme. Defarge Oct 2021 #5

The Davenport. Aristus Oct 2021 #6

I love the Davenport gopiscrap Oct 2021 #7

Yeah, they've been putting me up here for about eight years now. Aristus Oct 2021 #9

Okay, shoulda done my research Mme. Defarge Oct 2021 #8

Yeah, this isn't that. Aristus Oct 2021 #10

Whatever, Mme. Defarge Oct 2021 #11

Very much... Aristus Oct 2021 #12

My all time fav in Spokane MissB Oct 2021 #13

Yeah, their king mattresses make it seem like one is nestling into a warm cocoon of comfort. Aristus Oct 2021 #14

I do love staying in hotels. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #15

I had sorta-kinda room service. Aristus Oct 2021 #16

That sounds like an excellent compromise. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #17

Good. Aristus Oct 2021 #18

And there are doctors and nurses out there PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #19

Last Fantasy/Science Fiction Convention I went to was Foolscap 2006. Aristus Oct 2021 #20

Very nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #21

I heard about that. Aristus Oct 2021 #22

Good that you had the experience of going to that one. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #23

Great! A day or two without patients! malthaussen Oct 2021 #24