Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:02:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Ivy Yap wrote:

> --- "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. <<<<

Yes, it is a distinctly alien culture.  It's not just a few blips of towns
and cities set in the middle of a howling desert.

-- Dick Eney