More books you might like at Boskone

One thing we book readers love to do is recommend books to each other. At “One More Time – If You Liked That, Read This …” Debra Doyle, David Anthony Durham, Faye Ringel, Edie Stern, and Christopher Weuve did their best. Christopher Weauve even had a card listing books for those interested in naval history […]

How beer leads to books at Boskone

Possibly the high point of hanging with friends and talking came at the literary beer at the end of Saturday, with various alumnae of the Ultimate SF Workshop, headed by one of our teachers, Craig Shaw Gardner. Sadly, Jeff Carver succumbed to mystery bugs. So Hello again to Fran, Chris Howard and his daughter Chloe, […]

Awaited snowdrops

Snowdrops! That was quick! These are actually on a slightly more snow-covered patch of ground. But they’re up. Snowdrops!

Waiting for snowdrops

Usually I see the first snowdrops in mid- to late January. Usually the rest are flowering by now. But this year, I guess the lack of snow cover is making them reluctant. The ground has been bare and hard and cold for weeks on end. Even today, after a few inches of wet snow came […]

In search of the future at Boskone

In contrast to the trashing given to SF’s ability to predict the future at Readercon last year, last Friday at Boskone, “The Place of Prediction in SF and Reality” confined the trashing to Hugo Gernsback’s ability to predict the future. He sure inspired a whole bunch of other people to do better.

Boskone recap

So what did I do at Boskone?

Sunday at Boskone

If you don’t see any activity here today, it’s because I went to Boskone, and I’m too tired to post.

Saturday at Boskone

If you don’t see any activity here today, it’s because I’m still at Boskone.

Friday at Boskone

If you don’t see any activity here today, it’s because I’m at Boskone.

Boskone alert

If you don’t see any activity here for the next three days, it’s because I’m going to Boskone.