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Convention Fiction
« on: April 13, 2007, 03:29:58 PM »
I'm trying to find fiction about conventions.  Does anyone know anything?  So far I know of Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones, We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews, and Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova (I probably spelled her last name wrong).
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2007, 04:38:10 PM »
There's a convention in one of the earlier Sandman comics, found in the Doll's House collection.  That same setting is repeated in one of the prose short stories in the Sandman: Book of Dreams anthology.

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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2007, 11:34:36 PM »
I tried Sandman once.  It was a bad, bad idea. I'm not allowed to read any more of the series.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2007, 12:10:51 AM »
So, I'm guessing this means there aren't any other books about conventions.  Unless there are people out there holding out on me.  Reply, dang you!
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2007, 02:09:55 AM »
Well, you already mentioned Dramacon, which would have (obviously) been my suggestion. I believe that sections of Comic Party and Genshiken also occur at conventions.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2007, 01:15:55 PM »
THere's a short Lethargic Lad story that takes place at a con.
"I'm writing a fan fiction about what Boba Fett does in his spare time. I figure he watches a lot of TV."

And almost every web comic on the planet has been to a con once or twice.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2007, 04:41:25 PM »
Wow, so all I have to do to get people to respond is to act grumpy?  If only I had known this sooner.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2007, 01:44:47 PM »
I want it on the record that I did *not* respond to grumpiness. I was out of town for a week, which I posted in multiple locations. I didn't even check the boards in that time.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2007, 03:59:31 PM »
Forgive my impertinence.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2007, 04:42:58 PM »
I just re-read Deep Secret not too long ago, and enjoyed it a lot. 

What about that... ummm... Bimbos of the Death Sun, or whatever it's called.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2007, 04:45:24 PM »
Yeah, I was trying to remember that one, I haven't read it, and I couldn't remember the title, but the description came to mind.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2007, 05:12:43 PM »
Bimbos of the Death Sun?  I admit I've never heard of this one.
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Re: Convention Fiction
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2007, 06:11:39 PM »
If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's a murder mystery set at an SF con.
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