Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:49:34 -0400 From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com CC: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Dirda on Readercon Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On 07/20/12 14:07, Michael Walsh wrote: > "But what is Readercon, you ask? Readercon provides a chance for > writers, editors, critics, and scholars to gather together and discuss > science fiction. There are no masqueraders, no media tie-ins, no > Hollywood celebrities=97look for these at Comic-Con. This is a highly > literary convention, built around four- to six-person panels, a > dealer=92s room packed with new and used books, and a large hotel bar > where people talk and drink late into the night." > > http://theamericanscholar.org/readercon/ > So, they don't know about the room parties, and I guess having masquerades, or actual readers at the con is beneath American Scholar to = be aware of, or consider courteously. mark -- I am not a "resource", I am a human being!