WorldCon the Virtual Way
Sep. 2nd, 2022 09:09 pmTwo years ago, I bought a membership to this year's WorldCon in Chicago, figuring surely we'd all have this Covid thing figured out by then. To their credit, the concomm is requiring proof of vaccination and wearing of masks, but I really didn't want to risk getting sick in another country, so I decided not to risk attending in person. The con is running virtual panels and events, so at least I get to participate in a small way from the comfort of my balcony.
Watching a panel in a computer screen on your own isn't quite the same experience as being in a room with your tribe, but I'll take it for now. (Next year, Winnipeg won the bid for the North America con while WorldCon is in China, so that one I'm going to definitely attend in person. I've wanted to go to Winnipeg for years anyway.)
There's been lots of interesting ideas, and it seems like after every panel I come away with another long list of books to check out. Here's a few that went straight to my TBR list:
The Asian SFF Panel Recs
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco. Necromancy and coming of age from a Filipino perspective.
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap. Short stories from a Filipino writer.
Lion City by Ng Li-Sheng. More short stories from a Singaporean poet.
The Middle Ages Weren't That Bad Panel Recs
Langue[dot]doc 1305. Time travelling historians travel to 1305 France.
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. Pretty much what it says on the tin.
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just_ann_now, Martha Wells did a reading from a new Murderbot novella to come out sometime next year, so yay to that!
Watching a panel in a computer screen on your own isn't quite the same experience as being in a room with your tribe, but I'll take it for now. (Next year, Winnipeg won the bid for the North America con while WorldCon is in China, so that one I'm going to definitely attend in person. I've wanted to go to Winnipeg for years anyway.)
There's been lots of interesting ideas, and it seems like after every panel I come away with another long list of books to check out. Here's a few that went straight to my TBR list:
The Asian SFF Panel Recs
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco. Necromancy and coming of age from a Filipino perspective.
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap. Short stories from a Filipino writer.
Lion City by Ng Li-Sheng. More short stories from a Singaporean poet.
The Middle Ages Weren't That Bad Panel Recs
Langue[dot]doc 1305. Time travelling historians travel to 1305 France.
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. Pretty much what it says on the tin.
Oh, and just for
just_ann_now, Martha Wells did a reading from a new Murderbot novella to come out sometime next year, so yay to that!
