From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:16:38 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:09 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon

> "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Most Americans of the mundane sort are uncomfortable in non-American
> > cultures.  (This is why American hotel chains make their foreign
> > hotels indistinguishable from their American hotels.  It allows
> > tourists and business people to find a reassuringly "American" home
> > base on their travels.)  There was a time when most fans Weren't
> > Like That, but I think that time has pretty well passed now, at
> > least when we speak of the 8,000+ who attend US Worldcons.
>
> Ah, for the good old days, when fans were real fans...
>
> I wouldn't mind staying at a Japanese-style hotel, sleeping in space
> little bigger than a coffin, and getting a shower down the hall.  In
> fact I wish I could save money by staying at such hotels at American
> cons.  I don't need all that space unless I'm hosting a room party.
> I don't need a TV, or a full length mirror, or a private bathroom, or
> a mini-bar, or a window.  I just want a warm, clean, quiet place to
> sleep for five or six hours, a place to store my bag, and to be able
> to take a hot shower once or twice each day.

Your obvious answer (in this country) is the Y....

--Ted White