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Yep, it really is that time of year. In addition to Mythcon, I've done Origins and DexCon, with brief reports on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
labcats. I seem to be horridly allergic to the DexCon hotel, to the point where I'm wondering if I'm better off skipping the con, despite how enjoyable it is.
If all goes well, it's off to GenCon Indy. No WorldCon for us this year, but I think Mythcon was a fair exchange for it.
labcats. I seem to be horridly allergic to the DexCon hotel, to the point where I'm wondering if I'm better off skipping the con, despite how enjoyable it is.If all goes well, it's off to GenCon Indy. No WorldCon for us this year, but I think Mythcon was a fair exchange for it.
I had pretty much the reaction that Gaiman was hoping for -- the movie is wonderful. I want to see it again. And, yes, Mr. Gaiman, the book is better.
I've been on the Mythcon committee that selects the work of adult fiction that gets an award since, um, 1995. Had to recuse myself then (hadn't read all the works on the finalist list, and was getting used to the list and how to pace myself), and in this year (had a paper to finish for Mythcon 38). But, I've voted in the other years. One of the few years where I was absolutely convinced that the right thing had won was 1999, when Stardust took it. It was a good year, with four other very respectable finalists. I disliked only one of them, and that one I placed third in my list. Stardust was first, hands down. I let out a somewhat muted cheer (I was at work at the time) when I learned that it had won.
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mnemex, who was at GenCon at the time. This was when I was doing rpg reviews more regularly, and we'd discovered that he could get review products for me, since people knew who I was, and who he was.
Things are a lot stranger than in 1999, and fantasy is now In at the movies. There's going to be a movie of The Golden Compass, and the trailer looks good. There's going to be a movie of The Dark is Rising, about which I have mixed feelings. Judging from the trailer, there's a lot of stuff I think is just plain stupid. Still, I enjoyed the movie Constantine, merely reminding myself that it wasn't anything to do with the comic. Perhaps this will also be a good movie, if one understands it has nothing to do with the book.
There was a trailer for the Spiderwick movie, which looks good. And there was one for Beowulf, which Gaiman worked on. I'm not sure about that one. I mean, I'll see it, of course. I trust Gaiman. And, what I was was not at all bad, merely very strange.
But, first, I want to see Stardust again, and read the book -- the one with Vess's illustrations.
( Spoilers )
I've been on the Mythcon committee that selects the work of adult fiction that gets an award since, um, 1995. Had to recuse myself then (hadn't read all the works on the finalist list, and was getting used to the list and how to pace myself), and in this year (had a paper to finish for Mythcon 38). But, I've voted in the other years. One of the few years where I was absolutely convinced that the right thing had won was 1999, when Stardust took it. It was a good year, with four other very respectable finalists. I disliked only one of them, and that one I placed third in my list. Stardust was first, hands down. I let out a somewhat muted cheer (I was at work at the time) when I learned that it had won.
I think I passed that information on to
mnemex, who was at GenCon at the time. This was when I was doing rpg reviews more regularly, and we'd discovered that he could get review products for me, since people knew who I was, and who he was.Things are a lot stranger than in 1999, and fantasy is now In at the movies. There's going to be a movie of The Golden Compass, and the trailer looks good. There's going to be a movie of The Dark is Rising, about which I have mixed feelings. Judging from the trailer, there's a lot of stuff I think is just plain stupid. Still, I enjoyed the movie Constantine, merely reminding myself that it wasn't anything to do with the comic. Perhaps this will also be a good movie, if one understands it has nothing to do with the book.
There was a trailer for the Spiderwick movie, which looks good. And there was one for Beowulf, which Gaiman worked on. I'm not sure about that one. I mean, I'll see it, of course. I trust Gaiman. And, what I was was not at all bad, merely very strange.
But, first, I want to see Stardust again, and read the book -- the one with Vess's illustrations.
( Spoilers )
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