Readercon Aftermath

Still reeling.  A friend visited from out of town, which as Confucius reminds us, is a pleasure–”you peng zi yuanfang lai, bu yi le hu?”  (Characters to follow once I figure out why Chinese support is broken on WordPress…)  But, unfortunately, my friend’s visit coincided with Readercon, so rather than abandoning either him or the con, I had to squeeze a weekend’s worth of conning into a single crazy day.  And what a day!  Excellent times with my editors at Tor, and an evening of great drinks with John Crowley, Jim Morrow, and a host of other wonderful folks whose company always makes me feel like the dim bulb on the string.

And, of course, my annual visit to the dealer’s room.  This must be what BotCon feels like for toy people.  (That’s to say, people who care about toys, not people who are toys.  BotCon for people who are toys must feel pretty… strange.)

Much more varied than my usual haul of Zelazny paperbacks.  Of course, I now own most of Z.-’s back catalog, so it’s time to branch out.  I’m woefully under-read when it comes to Heinlein–I went through my Starship Troopers phase like so many young geeks (though it was the Shakespeare bit in “Have Spacesuit, Will Travel” that gave me the chills), but this’ll be my first time through either Moon or Space Cadet.

Very excited about the more modern books in the pile, too.  I’ve heard cool things about all of them, and it’ll be great to see for myself.