CON.TXT 2014 Convention Report

June 28, 2014 | Posted in CONVENTIONS | By

A CON.TXT tradition: panel notes posted along the hotel corridor.

Two weekends ago (June 13-15, 2014) I attended the CON.TXT fan convention, which is held biannually in Silver Spring, Maryland. CON.TXT is a slash-focused, multi fandom convention, so it is always interesting to see…

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Can you teach an old convention new tricks?

June 2, 2014 | Posted in CONVENTIONS | By

Flyers on a hotel corridor window at MediaWest*Con 34.

Last week I posted my MediaWest*Con 34 convention report, where I talked fairly extensively about the greying of the convention as a whole and how the event seems to be slowly dying. This has been an issue with MediaWest for some time…

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MediaWest*Con 34: Post-convention report

May 27, 2014 | Posted in CONVENTIONS | By

MediaWest*Con 2014 dealers room.

2014 marked MediaWest*Con’s 34th year as the self-proclaimed “definitive gathering of Science Fiction/Media fandom”, held annually in Lansing, Michigan over the Memorial Day weekend. I question whether that description truly applies any longer…

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