>> I was at Worldcon 75 for pretty much the whole week. It was my very first Worldcon! <<
Glad you were able to attend. Having a Worldcon in one's back yard makes it much easier to attend. My first Worldcon (ConJose in 2002) was in my back yard, about 15km from where I live.
>> I really really enjoyed it. What did you think of it? <<
We had a great time. We stayed downtown (the Scandic Marski, right across from Stockmann), rode the train every day (thanks to the free transit pass that came with our memberships), met lots of friendly people (especially while queueing in line for panels we didn't want to miss), caught up with our friends located in Europe who we don't get to see much, enjoyed the food (we made sure to try the local cuisine a couple of times), got closed out of panels like everyone else, and did all the usual things we do at a Worldcon. So, aside from the space being somewhat crowded due to the massive influx of locals at the last minute, which took even the organizers by surprise, it was fun.
>> Have you been to many? <<
About a dozen. That's probably "many" by most people's standards, but many of the people we know have been active in fandom much longer than I have, and have attended Worldcons almost every year.
>> I want to go to Dublin this summer for 76, <<
Well, Dublin 2019. Worldcon 76 was last year, once again in my back yard. We went, of course, and participated in programming in our primary areas of interest (filk for myself, costuming for spouse). We'll be in Dublin, too.
>> but I hear the whole city is pretty much booked solid already at this point. <<
Interesting. I've been getting messages from the Dublin concom that the hotel booking site opens this Wednesday at 16.00 your time. I'm not sure whether there are any rooms blocked for that at the hotels that will be listed, but we're going to find out. I'm planning to grab one, and then we will probably see whether we can find a residential booking online somewhere.
Anyway, hope you can make it. Adding you based on shared interests.
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Glad you were able to attend. Having a Worldcon in one's back yard makes it much easier to attend. My first Worldcon (ConJose in 2002) was in my back yard, about 15km from where I live.
>> I really really enjoyed it. What did you think of it? <<
We had a great time. We stayed downtown (the Scandic Marski, right across from Stockmann), rode the train every day (thanks to the free transit pass that came with our memberships), met lots of friendly people (especially while queueing in line for panels we didn't want to miss), caught up with our friends located in Europe who we don't get to see much, enjoyed the food (we made sure to try the local cuisine a couple of times), got closed out of panels like everyone else, and did all the usual things we do at a Worldcon. So, aside from the space being somewhat crowded due to the massive influx of locals at the last minute, which took even the organizers by surprise, it was fun.
>> Have you been to many? <<
About a dozen. That's probably "many" by most people's standards, but many of the people we know have been active in fandom much longer than I have, and have attended Worldcons almost every year.
>> I want to go to Dublin this summer for 76, <<
Well, Dublin 2019. Worldcon 76 was last year, once again in my back yard. We went, of course, and participated in programming in our primary areas of interest (filk for myself, costuming for spouse). We'll be in Dublin, too.
>> but I hear the whole city is pretty much booked solid already at this point. <<
Interesting. I've been getting messages from the Dublin concom that the hotel booking site opens this Wednesday at 16.00 your time. I'm not sure whether there are any rooms blocked for that at the hotels that will be listed, but we're going to find out. I'm planning to grab one, and then we will probably see whether we can find a residential booking online somewhere.
Anyway, hope you can make it. Adding you based on shared interests.