Just a reminder for those going to Conflux in October that you need to book in advance if you’re attending the 1920s prohibition banquet. I’ll be frocking up and sipping hooch from a slipper so why doncha come on down? Do the clicky thing to download the booking form.
Conflux
Over the past few months a couple of friends have persistently asked me me whether or not I’m going to be attending Conflux 5: Dreaming this October. I’m actually an invited guest at the con, along with Sharyn November, Jack Dann, Mark Sherrif, Gillian Polack and Bruce Gillespie, but if my nearest and dearest can’t hold that information in their heads then I’m not sure its worth making too big a fuss about. The Confluxes are always good fun and this one will be more so because this year’s organisers have given mouldy old Rydges Lakeside the flick. I don’t think I could have stomached another weekend in that dump, with its clueless 12-year-old staff, perpetually broken elevators and suspiciously nauseating bar food. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I don’t know anything about the Marque Hotel, but let’s just say it would have to be hosting a…
Conflux4
Conflux 4 2007OK, so where to begin? Like most cons, Conflux 4 was a blur offamiliar faces, new attractions, late nights, group dinners andrushing about between panels and the dealers room.Rob, Robin and I drove down from Wollongong, arriving at around 5.30.Things got off to a bad start when it transpired that no one knewanything about the boxes of Daikaiju3 that were supposed to have beendelivered to Rydges Lakeside during the day. The hotel staff, most ofwhom seemed to be about 15 years old, didn’t know anything about anyboxes. Turns out they didn’t seem to know much about anything at allfor the duration of the weekend. “How do you make a latte?” and”What’s a gin and tonic?” were two classic quotes overheard bycongoers at different points. Someone actually asked if Rydges was atraining hotel. I thought it was more likely to be a work experienceweekend. As per usual, there’d be…