Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:13:58 -0400 From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Ted White wrote: >(Sorry about the previous post-without-reply; my finger slipped on the >keyboard, and apparently "Ctrl" means "send.") > >Despite it being called "the World Science Fiction Convention" or >"Worldcon," it's mostly American (the majority of attendees -- even in >foreign locations) and analogous to baseball's "World Series," which has >*never* left the USA. It's really the American national convention > Uh, I think the folks in Glasgow and Toronto would quibble with that. -- Jim Kling science writer Rockville, MD http://nasw.org/users/jkling