With the news today that Kodak is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it seems like the right time to share a Kodak photo wallet you would have received had your film been developed in the UK during the ’30s.

The copy declares—”What fun we had!”

And yes, Kodak, we did. We did.

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Gary K. Wolfe opened his room at the Intercontinental late yesterday afternoon to hold a wake for Charles Brown. And while many moving and tearful things were said by his many friends, which I will leave unreported as I believe that for the most part what happens at a wake should remain at a wake, one comment Gary made stuck with me.

Once the room was filled, he stood on a ledge by the window (inside the glass, of course) to get our attention and begin the proceedings. Some began to shout “Jump! Jump!” … because, as we all know, those of us who gather at Worldcon once each year are three-year-olds at heart.

In response to this, Gary pointed at Ellen Datlow and Gardner Dozois, seated on the edge of the bed, and said:

“The science fiction editor says ‘Don’t jump.’ The horror editor says ‘Jump.’ That’s all you need to know about those genres.”

The more I think about it, the more I like it.

I’m still too stunned by the news of the death of Charles N. Brown, with whom I and hundreds of others spent time this weekend at Readercon, for coherent thought right now, so any words I have to say about him I’ll share tomorrow. Right now, I’d rather let a few pictures speak.

Charlie and I (along with Jennifer Hall) spent Thanksgiving 2002 in Havana attending a Cuban science fiction convention. Here we are visiting Havana’s Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro and hamming it up during happier times.

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