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Time travel to 2005 for 13 Worldcon flashbacks

Posted by: Scott    Tags:  Worldcon    Posted date:  August 13, 2015  |  No comment


Ten years ago, when those of us in the science fiction field were wandering Glasgow for the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Instagram hadn’t yet launched, and wouldn’t until 2010. But that doesn’t mean we can’t see what we would have looked like had Instagram been around in 2005.

With the next Worldcon about to begin in Spokane, check out who were were a decade ago, Instagram-style.

George R. R. Martin, Anne Groell, and David Keck

Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck

Charles Brown and Pat Cadigan

Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan

Me and Harry Harrison

Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison

Christopher Priest, Kim Newman, and Malcolm Edwards

Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards

Feòrag NicBhrìde and Charles Stross

Worldcon2005FeòragNicBhrìdeCharlesStross

Mark Rich and Martha Borchardt

Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt

Robert Silverberg … and 1957 Robert Silverberg

Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg

Gay and Joe Haldeman

Worldcon2005Haldemans

Gordon Van Gelder, Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow

Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen

Michael Walsh

Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh

David Marusek and Amelia Beamer

Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer

Sydney and Andy Duncan

Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan

Me and Takayuki Tatsumi

Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi

And for more retro Worldcon pics, check out last year’s look back at 2004.





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