On being a twat

[trixtah]

And that's pronounced the English way, with a short "a", as in tw-at, rather than my kiwified "twot".

So, yeah, here's me announcing to damned_colonial a couple of weekends back in a rather sentitious way that I didn't really consider myself fannish. Yeah, I read SF/fantasy, but I subscribe to precisely one author-related mailing list, belong to precisely one L/J author community (lmbujold), and have a newsfeed from precisely one author's blog. The last TV I saw (or downloaded) was the last Doctor Who, and the one before that was Firefly. I have not read any Whovian fanfic. I read a bit of Firefly fic, and those written by people in my friends list. I hate Star Trek (well, maybe "hate" is too strong a word; I'm vastly indifferent to any of its permutations, and I hate Trekkies who engage in mob behaviour). I have been to one science-fiction (or any other non-work-related) convention, purely because LMB was the GoH.

Blah de blah, wankitude.

But. Oh my god, BUT. Joan D. Vinge is coming to town. JOAN VINGE is coming to CANBERRA. She is going to be GoH at Conflux, the Canberran sci-fi convention.

And all I can say is *SQUEE!*, with a big *SQUEEE!!!11!!* on top. Yes, I submit and reclaim my inner fan.

Looks like I'll be doubling my convention attendance, then.

Comments

[litalex.livejournal.com]

you post a lot (*am using the "Friends" option*).

I learned that word, twat, from the UK version of QaF, the creator of which is a writer (or is it producer?) of the current Dr. Who. Hm.

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

*coax, wheedle, entice*

Fandom: come over to the Dark Side....

[filkferengi]

This looks like a colossally keister-kicking con!

Best of all, when you see Steve Jackson, you can ask him about how "Gurps: VorKosigan" is progressing. :)

Have fun!