Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:23:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ivy Yap <yapivy at techemail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
<snipped fascinating first-hand account of battling to get Worldcon overseas>
>>>>
So how about a Japanese Worldcon?    It has two strikes against it for most Americans and Brits:  First, it's almost as far away -- and expensive to get to -- as Australia.  And second, it's a distinctly more alien culture, non-English-speaking, and thus perceived by many as less hospitable.  Plus (maybe strike three) it's a Damned Expensive country -- at least in the cities where a Worldcon could be held.  Just one strike might not be a problem, but two or more strikes are.
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Ivy:
Japan may be alien to Westerners, and it is admittedly non-English-speaking.  I dunno, I guess I expected SF fans to be a bit more adventurous and willing to wander off the beaten (Western) track.

--- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>>>>
Is there any significant amount of non English language fandom,
i.e. not just SF stories but also fanzines and cons?
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Ivy:
Perhaps you can ask some of the foreign fans in Boston, if you can find any.

>>>>
I agree.  I'm surprised Ivy prefers it.  For one thing, long before
'07 she will be living in the US.  For another, even if she's still in
the Philippines in '07, will Japan really be cheaper to travel to than
the US?  I'd think the additional distance to the US would be more
than made up for by the higher prices in Japan.
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Ivy:
Whether I can attend or not has no bearing on my preference to see a Worldcon held in Asia for the first time.  Let's put the World back in Worldcon!

Ivy

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