{"id":20309,"date":"2015-08-13T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T01:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=20309"},"modified":"2015-08-13T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T01:00:49","slug":"time-travel-to-2005-for-13-worldcon-flashbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/13\/time-travel-to-2005-for-13-worldcon-flashbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Time travel to 2005 for 13 Worldcon flashbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, when those of us in the science fiction field were wandering Glasgow for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcon.org.uk\/interaction\/\">the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention<\/a>, Instagram hadn&#8217;t yet launched, and wouldn&#8217;t until 2010. But that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t see what we would have looked like had Instagram been around in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/sasquan.org\">the next Worldcon<\/a> about to begin in Spokane, check out who were were a decade ago, Instagram-style.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>George R. R. Martin, Anne Groell, and David Keck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MartinGroellKeck.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Charles Brown and Pat Cadigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005CharlesBrownPatCadigan.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Me and Harry Harrison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanHarryHarrison.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Christopher Priest, Kim Newman, and Malcolm Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005PriestNewmanEdwards.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fe\u00f2rag NicBhr\u00ecde and Charles Stross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Fe\u00f2ragNicBhr\u00ecdeCharlesStross.jpg 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mark Rich and Martha Borchardt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarkRichMarthaBorchardt.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Robert Silverberg &#8230; and 1957 Robert Silverberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005RobertSilverberg.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gay and Joe Haldeman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005Haldemans\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005Haldemans.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gordon Van Gelder, Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005GordonPatEllen.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Michael Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MichaelWalsh.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>David Marusek and Amelia Beamer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005MarusekBeamer.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sydney and Andy Duncan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005AndySydneyDuncan.jpg 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Me and Takayuki Tatsumi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Worldcon2005ScottEdelmanTakayukiTatsumi.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for more retro Worldcon pics, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2014\/08\/08\/time-travel-to-the-2004-worldcon\/\">last year&#8217;s look back<\/a> at 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, when those of us in the science fiction field were wandering Glasgow for the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Instagram hadn&#8217;t yet launched, and wouldn&#8217;t until 2010. But that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t see what we would have looked like had Instagram been around in 2005. With the next Worldcon about to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-20309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-worldcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20340,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309\/revisions\/20340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}