Weekend Report: Norwescon, #Amazonfail, and Stories

I spent the weekend at Norwescon.  It was a lovely con.  I also, finally and slowly (hit me on the head as a slow learner) understood why there have been so many alternate history sf stories set in the 1800’s in my magazines of late.  Having decided to look up and look around, I think the whole steampunk think is lovely (yes, I’ve read and enjoyed a lot of it, but I hadn’t stuck a name on it and have been simply wondering where all this delightful weirdness came from.  Must be a syndrome that co