I'm quite impressed with the convention hotel. It's got plenty of usable public space with a bar with reasonable food if you don't fancy what the con eatery is serving. They even had someone cooking omelettes while you wait at breakfast.
The sense of fun at this convention is almost tangible. People seem to be enjoying themselves far more than I've seen at recent Eastercons - possibly because no-one is trying to claim that the Discworld books are Literature with a capital L. The dealers' room is certainly much more interesting than I've seen for a long time too.
So far I haven't done much in the way of programme, although I am taking part in the Great Hedgehog Race, where we're building a 2-3 minute timer from bits and bobs. Ours is a gravitationally-driven, water-damped device with added axle grease.
Now I'm trying to decide what to have for lunch before throwing myself into the afternoon.
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Who sez they ain't literachure?
During the Guilty of Literature panel, one member was saying that in the past year or two, there have been quite a lot of PhD theses on the Discworld oeuvre, so it's definitely getting there.
I think it was on Sunday that I discovered that they weren't only doing omelettes but were also baking pancakes on the spot. Let's just say the pancake ladies and me got very well acquainted after that.
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