Albacon #1

I'm at Albacon 11 right now.

Panels Attended So Far:

Creating Characters Outside the Mainstream
The Long and the Short of It
B Movies - Peter David was on this one.

Freebies in the Room:

Bottle of Poland Spring
Sleep CD
Earplugs
Linen spray to help you sleep
Sleep mask
The usual stuff in the bathroom, plus body talc that looks like a little salt shaker

Freebies in the Packet:

A DVD of the Battlestar Galactica Story So Far
A copy of the Magazine of F&SF - an issue I'd actually read!
A copy of an issue of the SFWA Bulletin - sweet!

Freebies at the Freebie Thing:

A different issue of the SFWA Bulletin - double sweet!
Bookmarks
Random book cover cards
The usual con and store flyers

Freebies Handed out by Authors:

A booklet with sample chapters from Peter Prellwitz
A metal book fobby thing.. I'm not even sure what it is from Elaine Isaak

Other Stuff:

I'm collecting business cards. I have some from artists especially, so I can see if their websites have cool stuff.

Food:

Ice cream social - free ice cream and toppings!
Water
Soda machine - looks like just Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Sierra Mist, but.. free soda!
I also saw what looked like the remains of potato chips
Hopefully more food tomorrow!

I haven't taken a lot of pictures. It doesn't seem a very picture-taking kind of crowd. I'm going to try to take more.

If you have any particular questions, I'll try to answer them in the comments or the next installment.

3 Comments »

  1. K Said,

    October 7, 2006 @ 12:03 am

    The soda is free?

  2. Jellyn Said,

    October 7, 2006 @ 12:05 am

    It's like a soda fountain? I don't know the technical name. Like the soda machines at a fast food place. Free, free, free!

  3. K Said,

    October 7, 2006 @ 3:28 am

    Oh. Okay. When you say soda machine I picture a vending machine. That makes slightly more sense.

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