Those of you who know that I’ve attended every Readercon since the first in 1987—I believe I’m the only person to have done that save for a few of the committee members—will understand the sadness I felt when I learned that in 2012, it would conflict with the San Diego Comic-Con, which I cover each year on behalf of Blastr.

A Readercon without Scott Edelman? Inconceivable! (Well, to me, at least.) Something had to be done … but what?

This!

One of those two men above is now in San Diego, filing copy, while the other is whooping it up in Burlington. I leave it to you to decide which one of us is where.

If you run across me at Readercon, you’ll see I’ve asked attendees to snap photos with me and either email them or tweet using the hashtag #ReaderconScott.

And what do you know, the first sighting of Edelman in the wild has already occurred …

That’s Michael Dirda and Paul Di Filippo, who were kind enough to let me carpool with them.

If you happen to spot me at Readercon this weekend, please snap a pic and send it along, so I can vicariously experience the weekend I’m missing with my tribe!

And don’t forget to grab my quote at the Meet the Pros(e) party!