{"id":3340,"date":"2011-07-16T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2011-07-16T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T15:39:47","slug":"my-readercon-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/16\/my-readercon-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"My Readercon Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Readercon Thursday<\/a> began with a road trip, and so did my Readercon Friday. Only this time I wasn’t heading toward the con, I was headed toward … durian!<\/p>\n

Along with David Shaw and Josh Jasper, I drove over to H Mart at 9:30 a.m. to pick up more of that noxious fruit to serve Friday night to those with adventurous palates. (And if you don’t know from durian, you can read about a previous planned adventure here<\/a> and its aftermath here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

But a durian alone was not enough … because upon discovering that H Mart also sold jackfruit, I bought one of those as well. After all, you want a palate cleanser after eating a durian, don’t you?<\/p>\n

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We returned from our adventure just in time for the 10:00 a.m. panel, “The Readercon Classic Nonfiction Book Club: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw<\/em>,” with Matthew Cheney, Elizabeth Hand (who moderated), David G. Hartwell, Donald G. Keller, and Barry N. Malzberg. And just because you weren’t there doesn’t mean you can’t be there now, via the video below.<\/p>\n