{"id":8637,"date":"2025-08-16T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/?p=8637"},"modified":"2025-08-16T23:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:38:52","slug":"worldcon-2025-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/16\/worldcon-2025-day-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldcon 2025 Day Four!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Well, we made it through WorldCon Day 4! My talk apparently went well, as I was mobbed when it was over and a half-dozen people actually dropped by the poster session – some of them, interested in serious academic followup! And one guy said, “Your talk was the fastest thirty minutes of my life. I loved it.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mission accomplished!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Clockwork Alchemy contingent finally arrived in force, so we at last had a proper table setup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I got to head out to see the show floor, which was pretty amazing! There was a Star Trek Jack Skellington, holding what appears to be either a Babylon 5 Shadow Ship or a modified Klingon batleth sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were too many cool things for this post, but, I always have time for … robots!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonic screwdrivers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wand duels!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our books continuing to sell! (The stack isn’t shorter, but we’ve been replenishing it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later that night I attended the Hugo ceremony, which was pretty awesome, with singing by Nisi Shawl that is still echoing in my head because they did it as a “bit” between the different presentations (“Down, down, down the Hugo road …) and a really funny video bit from the actual Hugo Best Novel winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afterwards, some of the award winners came to the Fountain bar in the Sheraton for a victory lap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also got to see a lot of friends at the con. All in all, a pretty good day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictured: The fan tables, me at my poster, Sandra Forrer talking to a steampunk fan, our table, the giant Jack Skellington in a Next Generation uniform, a youth robot team, a sonic screwdriver collection, a LARP wand duel, the Neurodiversiverse at the Liminal Fiction table, the Hugos, and the hotel afterparty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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