Maybe I’ll be able to tell you in person how much I like your site and blog!

Robert Forward managed to write about a involving a couple and TWO of the gentlemen’s older selves (I forget the title).

The older the gentleman got, the more he looked forward (har!) to the encounter, so maybe HolyJuan is on to something with the “older/fatter future spouse” bit.

I guess if I met my future time traveling self I’d be able to take my ex up on her suggestion that I go do a NSFW activity with myself.

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Heinlein did it first. David Gerrold did it second.

See, I’m speaking as a San Diegan (albeit one stuck in NYC right now). Within the next two weeks, the San Diego Convention Center will be *entirely* swamped by geeks, dorks, and nerds of various flavors. Yes, it’s nominally a comics convention, and comics do take center stage, but there’s room for everyone, and there’s a number of scifi (often mixed with fantasy, admittedly, but I like ‘em both, so works for me) author panels as well as knowledgable booksellers. And of course there’s overlap between sci-fi and comics, too! Schlock Mercenary comes immediately to mind, and Howard Taylor’s been there every year I have. So, yeah, smaller cons may not last when the big ones have much more bang for your time spent (given bigger budgets and the ability to draw in headliners), but the convention itself is alive and well.

I think it’s a little unfair to note the demise of two overly ambitious supermegacatastrophe’s as the trend for all sci fi cons. I do agree he has a point about the internet taking away some of the advantages of the con. Having internet availability to online order any random gimmick reduces the dealer room draw, and internet chat and bulletin boards do provide fan interaction/debate. I think a bigger problem is the aging of the fan base and aging of the people running and attending. The younger crowds are more in to anime/manga.

1. Have a secret question

The funny part is, I came up with one back when I was 9 years old.