What's Up in the 1632 Universe
In July of 2007 the 1632 crew of writers and fans met, many for the first time, at Conestoga, the Tulsa, Oklahoma science fiction convention. We had a great time and learned a lot. Eric Flint, our fearless leader, snerked a good bit of the upcoming plots, Virginia DeMarce presented a panel called "Time Passed in the Past," and, oh, lots and lots of stuff.
Lots and lots—piles and piles—of information got exchanged.
But mostly, we just had a great time. It's always fun to meet like-minded folks, and the 1632 Mini-convention is a great opportunity to meet more of those.
So, in 2008, we're going to do it again. This year, on October 10 - 12, in Albany, New York.
Here's the url for Albacon: http://www.albacon.org/hotel.html
Yes, you'll need to buy a membership to Albacon—at least for the day you're going to join us.
We'll be having some more panels, although we haven't settled our schedule just yet. We work our stuff around the panels that Eric is on, so's we can all go watch. As well, since the Guests of Honor are Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey, some of us (like me) have every intention of attending those panels. Even with that, there will be plenty of time for 1632. And there's always dinner and hanging out once the days' programming is done . . . which is one of the best parts of a convention to my mind.
So herewith an invitation: Y'all come see us.
Assuming nothing gets in the way (and we're working hard to prevent that) Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce, Rick Boatright, Iver Cooper, Walt Boyes, Gorg Huff and I are planning to attend. So far, grin. We're working on getting as many of the 1632 writers and fans together as we can. We had great attendance in Tulsa, and I'm betting we'll do just as well in Albany.
Hope to see you there.
Paula