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mbernardiUp at 6:40 actually slept all night. Got downtown to discover my favoured eating place didn't open til 8am on the weekend, and most of the other shops and eating places weren't open (even Subway didn't open til 7:30. The free bus service also seems less frequent.
Dropped in on the Friends of Liad breakfast at the CCC, said hi to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nbarber and growlycub but no spare places. So I then went looking for the CCC Lost & Found. There was a black bag found, which got my hopes up, but when I got to the security office it wasn't mine. Since it was after 8am I walked off to my regular haunt (Corner Cafe Bakery) and had a "Berry Almond Swiss" and coffee. This was quality museli with extra fresh fruit, thick dairy product (might have been cream and yogurt) in a very large bowl. Very filling. Uploaded one days notes, but I'm still at least a day behind.
Not having a program book made planning my day a bit difficult (until I realised I had a copy on my Palm!) Anyway I did catch the 10:00 panel on "The Future of Libraries" which rambled at bit. I left before it finished as I knew the next panel would be crowded, Lois Bujold reading from her new Vorkosigan novel.
It was for some reason, in a normal sized room and was crowded out, with standing room only, before Lois had even arrived. I was lucky asgrowlycub had saved me a space on the front row! Lois read 2 of the 4 chapters she has written so far. Material her publisher Toni W only got to hear with us. Set on a new planet with at least one new viewpoint character it sounds really interesting, how we will cope having to wait over a year for completion is another matter.
I stopped off or lunch at the Corner Bakery Cafe for a Bacon Lettace and Tomato sandwich for lunch, and saw Pat Wrede and Jo Walton (papersky) having lunch there too.
I then went to the Sheraton Hotel to report the loss of my bag (and passport) to the convention's Lost and Found, it was not easy to find as it was up an unlabled staircase, down a couple of corridors. I left my details including the hostel phone number. Interestingly of the 4 fans in the room only one wan't from the UK!
I rushed back to the CCC for "A Bryant of Books" missed the first few minutes, so don't know if James explained that the term came form the Bujold mailing list or not. (later discussion indicated he did). However the talk continued about types of collecting, rather than numbers (the original sub title).
"Choosing Religion as a setting for a Novel" with Lois Bujold, Louise Marley, PC Hodgell, Sharon Shinn and Steve M Stirling, was also well attended and has some prettygod good discussion.
I then mosied over to the main hall where "Star Trek: Phase II 'Blood and Fire' " was supposed to start at 5:30, but BSG Razor over ran so it didn't start until nearly twenty minues later, and as this was a 2 part story didn't finish until 7:35 It was a really good story, and even without all the special effects and music queues it was enjoyable. I look forward to be able to watch it on the web (http://www.startreknewvoyages.com) later this year.
The Hugo ceremony was due to start at 7:30 so the lights had gone down by the time I'd arrived, but none of the awards had been announced yet. As I was stumbling through the dark I heard someone call my name, tuned round to see Steve S, so I was able to sit next to him for the evening. The coolest award (for me) was that Sufford Lewis was given the Big Heart Award, as a fellow Bujold fan and attendee of the listie curry on Thursday, I saw her while leaving the theatre and was able to give her my congratulations.
Then back to the hostel, to try to determine what to do re loss of passport. Spoke to a police officer who recommended reporting the loss via www.denvergov.org/911. However on returning to my room, I found a note attached that said "call this number re the missing passport." with a local phone number. Which sounded like good news, and so to bed.
Dropped in on the Friends of Liad breakfast at the CCC, said hi to
nbarber and growlycub but no spare places. So I then went looking for the CCC Lost & Found. There was a black bag found, which got my hopes up, but when I got to the security office it wasn't mine. Since it was after 8am I walked off to my regular haunt (Corner Cafe Bakery) and had a "Berry Almond Swiss" and coffee. This was quality museli with extra fresh fruit, thick dairy product (might have been cream and yogurt) in a very large bowl. Very filling. Uploaded one days notes, but I'm still at least a day behind.Not having a program book made planning my day a bit difficult (until I realised I had a copy on my Palm!) Anyway I did catch the 10:00 panel on "The Future of Libraries" which rambled at bit. I left before it finished as I knew the next panel would be crowded, Lois Bujold reading from her new Vorkosigan novel.
It was for some reason, in a normal sized room and was crowded out, with standing room only, before Lois had even arrived. I was lucky as
growlycub had saved me a space on the front row! Lois read 2 of the 4 chapters she has written so far. Material her publisher Toni W only got to hear with us. Set on a new planet with at least one new viewpoint character it sounds really interesting, how we will cope having to wait over a year for completion is another matter.I stopped off or lunch at the Corner Bakery Cafe for a Bacon Lettace and Tomato sandwich for lunch, and saw Pat Wrede and Jo Walton (
papersky) having lunch there too. I then went to the Sheraton Hotel to report the loss of my bag (and passport) to the convention's Lost and Found, it was not easy to find as it was up an unlabled staircase, down a couple of corridors. I left my details including the hostel phone number. Interestingly of the 4 fans in the room only one wan't from the UK!
I rushed back to the CCC for "A Bryant of Books" missed the first few minutes, so don't know if James explained that the term came form the Bujold mailing list or not. (later discussion indicated he did). However the talk continued about types of collecting, rather than numbers (the original sub title).
"Choosing Religion as a setting for a Novel" with Lois Bujold, Louise Marley, PC Hodgell, Sharon Shinn and Steve M Stirling, was also well attended and has some pretty
I then mosied over to the main hall where "Star Trek: Phase II 'Blood and Fire' " was supposed to start at 5:30, but BSG Razor over ran so it didn't start until nearly twenty minues later, and as this was a 2 part story didn't finish until 7:35 It was a really good story, and even without all the special effects and music queues it was enjoyable. I look forward to be able to watch it on the web (http://www.startreknewvoyages.com) later this year.
The Hugo ceremony was due to start at 7:30 so the lights had gone down by the time I'd arrived, but none of the awards had been announced yet. As I was stumbling through the dark I heard someone call my name, tuned round to see Steve S, so I was able to sit next to him for the evening. The coolest award (for me) was that Sufford Lewis was given the Big Heart Award, as a fellow Bujold fan and attendee of the listie curry on Thursday, I saw her while leaving the theatre and was able to give her my congratulations.
Then back to the hostel, to try to determine what to do re loss of passport. Spoke to a police officer who recommended reporting the loss via www.denvergov.org/911. However on returning to my room, I found a note attached that said "call this number re the missing passport." with a local phone number. Which sounded like good news, and so to bed.
