Monday 19th August
The last day of the convention started
slowly, for me at least. Julian and Lucy were due to fly out early
afternoon so headed off in the morning for a last look around. The
others wandered off to do their thing and left me to my washing and
part packing.
After lunch it was in to the convention
where I dropped off some left-over beers to a bid table, and had some
long, liquid discussions with Mark Linneman. I only get to see Mark
every second year or so. He's lived back in the USA since the early
to mid 90s after having been in Melbourne for about 10 years. He
worked with me on the 1999 and 2010 Worldcons and I've always found
him to be amusing and entertaining company.
I wasn't aiming to go anywhere too far
this afternoon as I had to hang around for the Former Worldcon Chairs
Party that evening – generally an event not to be missed.
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| Dinner gang (L to R): me, Justin Ackroyd, Tony Berry, Eve Harvey, John Harvey, Rose Kitchell, Simon Litten, Robyn |
Chats with Tom Becker and Joe Siclari,
beers with Eve and John Harvey, and then Tony Berry. Dinner was had
and the party arrived at. The main order of business is usually the
bestowal of a “Past Worldcon Chair” ribbon on that year's Chair.
It took a while but we got there in the end.
Robyn, Rose and I were heading off to
Belfast on the train the next morning so we made our final excuses
and headed home.
Last days at any convention are tough.
You rush around trying to catch up with all those friends you've
missed over the previous four days and then you have to say goodbye
to them, “see you in Wellington.”
I do love going to Worldcons, but the
last day is hard.
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