{"id":22135,"date":"2016-07-11T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=22135"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:38:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:38:40","slug":"celebrate-readercon-with-15-guests-eating-12-donuts-in-a-lightning-round-episode-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/11\/celebrate-readercon-with-15-guests-eating-12-donuts-in-a-lightning-round-episode-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Readercon with 15 guests eating 12 donuts in a “lightning round” episode of Eating the Fantastic!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readercon<\/a>, which concluded its 27th incarnation yesterday in Quincy, Massachusetts, is consistently my favorite convention of the year. Since it’s always been special to me, I thought I’d do something special in return. And once I learned that back in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts was born just a few miles from our hotel, and the first restaurant still stood, I knew exactly what that something would be. <\/p>\n

I paid a visit to that original location—which is decorated with a retro flair—<\/p>\n

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—and returned to the con with a fresh dozen. <\/p>\n

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I planted myself in the lobby (as captured in the photo below by Ellen Kushner), where I offered free donuts to the first 12 random passersby willing to give brief interviews about their favorite Readercon memories.<\/p>\n

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I had no idea who might wander over, but knew that something entertaining would surely come out of this sugary experiment. And it did! I ended up with 15 guests digging into those 12 donuts—the differential being because there were three who eschewed—in a \u201clightning round\u201d 13th episode I’ve decided to call the Readercon Donut Spectacular<\/strong>. Surprise visitors included Greer Gilman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Rajan Khanna, plus a dozen more.<\/p>\n

Guests—some of whom had attended nearly every Readercon, and some for whom this was their first—shared their peak Readercon moments, many of which revolved around Samuel R. Delany.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can join us for a sugar rush—<\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at the iTunes store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) Use the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to download episodes on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or … just click and listen below.<\/p>\n