Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:59:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: N Lynch <sfbookfan at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- Ivy Yap <yapivy at techemail.com> wrote:
> Without participation and involvement
> from the rest of the world, the Worldcon will remain
> nothing but the "American National Convention".  Do
> American SF fans actually want to remain isolated?

That question of isolation could be made of any
country with a national convention.  Just about every
other country with an SF fandom has a national
convention except the U.S.  If they are not considered
chauvinistic for that, why should the U.S.?  Is being
chauvinistic uniquely American, as it is generally
implied?

I tend to see the Worldcon for what it is, a U.S.
national convention that combined with a "world"
event, although no SF con I know of would turn away a
foreign fan.  Maybe NASFic should be spun off as a
U.S. national convention on its own and Worldcon set
free to be where ever.  There may come a time when the
idea of a Worldcon is dropped entirely for a national
convention due to expenses and last of committees to
pull off the truly large con.

Nicki

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