Babcom 95 - A UK Con of some sort
Steve Glover
convention. Conventions are run by and for the people who attend
them. This *thing* is being run to line someone's pockets.
Still I can understand why you need to charge so much: there's not
that many fools about with that much cash, and you need to skin each
one good and proper.
In article <3jn6tm$r...@hawk.le.ac.uk>, M.D. Broadhurst <m...@le.ac.uk> wrote:
>Guests will be autographing only once over the weekend
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>Guests appear subject to work commitments
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>Seat types, price per day:
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>Front arena, #25.00
>Middle Arena, #20.00
>Rear Arena, #15.00
>Standing Arena, #8.50
>10% discount if buying for both days. Include administration fee of #2.50
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>(Tickets for the show also include entrance to the dealers area -
>Tickets for the dealers area only are available on the door priced #3.00
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>For more information ring 0891 517037 - calls cost 39p per
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>minute cheap rate and 49p per minute all other times. (U.K. Only)
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Erm. "Blatant extortion?" Why not try a proper convention? You could
have four days at Eastercon for that price. (Or three at Worldcon, but
it's WAY bigger -- Nearly 6000 square meters of dealer room/art show
(if you like that sort of thing), and enough programming to fill three
hotels and five halls of the SECC)
>Mike Broadhurst, University of Leicester, England, UK
>Editor of Engage/SciFi Zone and X-Files-UK. Email : m...@le.ac.uk
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Steve, who's not saying anything about B5 programming at Worldcon yet.
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kur...@tardis.tardis.ed.ac.uk "Steve Glover" writes:
> Erm. "Blatant extortion?" Why not try a proper convention? You could
> have four days at Eastercon for that price. (Or three at Worldcon, but
> it's WAY bigger -- Nearly 6000 square meters of dealer room/art show
> (if you like that sort of thing), and enough programming to fill three
> hotels and five halls of the SECC)
>
> >Mike Broadhurst, University of Leicester, England, UK
> >Editor of Engage/SciFi Zone and X-Files-UK. Email : m...@le.ac.uk
> ~~~~~
> Steve, who's not saying anything about B5 programming at Worldcon yet.
> --
Yes, but will jms, CC, PJ and crew members of B5 be there? I agree that
it's an overpriced con. *but* I want a chance (small that it might be) to
meet these people.
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When the winds are crying."
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Steve Glover
: > Steve, who's not saying anything about B5 programming at Worldcon yet.
: > --
: Yes, but will jms, CC, PJ and crew members of B5 be there? I agree that
: it's an overpriced con. *but* I want a chance (small that it might be) to
: meet these people.
Fair enough. As they say, you get what you pay for. I'm still unclear on
what B5 programming we're running at Worldcon, even after the posting
from my colleague from the Science programme, and I can only assume that
*something* is going on -- but this is speculation based on what I've
seen on the non-Board internal mailing lists.
I think what I was trying to say was "don't expect too much", and I sort
of over-expressed it.
Steve
Mike Dunn
: > ~~~~~
: > Steve, who's not saying anything about B5 programming at Worldcon yet.
: > --
: Yes, but will jms, CC, PJ and crew members of B5 be there? I agree that
: it's an overpriced con. *but* I want a chance (small that it might be) to
: meet these people.
Then go to WOLF 359!
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