{"id":4360,"date":"2011-10-31T02:32:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T06:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2011-10-31T02:34:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T06:34:39","slug":"2011-world-fantasy-convention-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/31\/2011-world-fantasy-convention-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 World Fantasy Convention: Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started off my second day at the World Fantasy Convention with my second visit to a San Diego Man v. Food<\/em><\/a> restaurant. Karen and Charlie Newton joined me at the Broken Yolk Cafe<\/a>, where Adam Richman attempted the Iron Man Challenge.<\/p>\n

What’s the Iron Man Challenge? Read it off the menu and weep.<\/p>\n

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There was no way I was going to attempt this (or any other) Man v. Food<\/em> challenge, though I do sometimes order the meal in question just to see what it looks like in 3-D under my nose, and return with the uneaten portion and give it away in the con suite to a hungry fan. But since I didn’t think an omelet was likely to travel well, I went with the blueberry pancakes instead.<\/p>\n

Back at the con, I found I very rarely ended up where I intended to go. I kept bumping into friends, getting swept up in their magnetic fields, and not making it to readings or panels I’d originally planned. I had a nice chat with Pat Murphy and Eileen Gunn about Joanna Russ and other things out in the warm San Diego sun, bumped into my old Marvel boss Len Wein, and more. I chose people over programming. The only official event I ended up at was Kathleen Ann Goonan’s 4:30 p.m. reading, which you can of course catch right here.<\/p>\n