Afternoon all,
Taking a quiet moment in the Nook cafe at Newcon after a busy morning, so thought I'd take the chance to have a live blog!
Arrived about 11am to jump straight into the first panel - SF in Other Media. Nice to see a bit of love for Games Workshop and a good bit of computer game talk to boot. Ultimate conclusion - science-fiction has won, having infilitrated every aspect of the media. Also some really interesting points about viral film-making and how YouTube has opened up all those kind of possibilities. And remember: the cake is a lie...
Short break, so took the chance to say hello to a lot of familiar faces - Kim and Derrick Lakin-Smith, Sam Moffatt and Paul Skevington, Donna Scott, Neil Bond and NewCon chair Ian Whates, all of whom were in fine form. Second session was a reading from Kim Lakin-Smith, Sam Stone and Jaine Fenn. Kim read from her upcoming title Cyber Circus, Sam Stone read form a forthcoming short story collection and Jaine Fenn read a short segment from her novel Guardians of Paradise. A very mixed variety of interesting readings.
And for the last half an hour it's been sat in the bar topping up the caffiene levels and resisting the temptation to buy cool t-shirts (which I will eventually succumb to). Two or three panels planned for the afternoon, so more to follow.
Cheers!
Alex
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