Worldcon Report 7: It Begins

by Brenda W. Clough

The word is that this Worldcon will be possibly the biggest ever. We arrived today, checking into one of the con hotels and immediately having a Book View Cafe dinner with everyone available plus friends — you may see here among others Chris Dolley, Madeleine Robins and Jen Stevenson!

The con committee prudently organized perhaps 30 tracks of programming, and we’re all going to be busy as bees, if not on programs then attending each other’s panels and making trenchant commen...