{"id":4355,"date":"2011-10-29T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2011-10-29T12:03:18","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T16:03:18","slug":"2011-world-fantasy-convention-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/29\/2011-world-fantasy-convention-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 World Fantasy Convention: Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know I worried in my previous post<\/a> that I’d used up all the serendipity I was allowed for 2011 last Saturday, but it seems I had a little more left Thursday morning, because as I waited for my 8:20 a.m. United flight out of Dulles, who should appear at the gate but Daryl Gregory<\/a>. Unlike the old days when I could hang out in the aisle and have conversations with friends in different parts of the plane other than in my own seat, we couldn’t talk our way to San Diego, but it still made it feel as if the con had started on the East Coast rather than the West.<\/p>\n

The oddest thing about arriving in San Diego is that except for a brief visit back in 1984, every trip I’ve taken there has been during Comic-Con, when the city has been packed with con attendees, some more obvious than others. World Fantasy is small, and so doesn’t have that affect on the place. Who were all these normies I was surrounded by? Give me back my cosplayers!<\/p>\n

I picked up my rental car and headed over to the WFC, where I grabbed lunch in the con suite, which so far has seemed both well stocked and well run. Then a quick tour of the dealers room, a blur of schmoozing, and it was off to the opening ceremonies, which if you missed, you can watch below.<\/p>\n