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56th World Science Fiction Convention, Baltimore, August 1998

Thursday, August 6th

Friday, August 7th

At the Regency Ball; me with Karen Oliver. From Rachel Holmen.

The Internet Lounge kept us linked	Table of the Costumers Guild	More Guild
Gathering for the Regency Ball	Ailing J.M. Straczynski was ever in our thoughts	Merchanter's Luck	...known as "the Dealers' Room"
Murray Leinster tribute t-shirt displayed for the Sidewise Awards	Award for "How Few Remain" goes to Harry Turtledove	And Harry accepts William Sanders' award for "The Undiscovered"
The flamingos of the Boston in Orlando bid were ubiquitous	Barry Freeman serenades the dinner time crowd	After the Hugos	"Underground" swings the night away at the Marriott

Saturday, August 8th

And now, the Business Meeting	The financial statement	We will now have an orderly parliamentary debate....	"I move that '500 miles' be amended to '2^12 furlongs' ;." "KILL SETH! KILL SETH"
But can she dance?	It was fun, fun, fun, till their daddy took their longship away on Gyrfalcon

The promised "Fan Photography Area" turned out to be a case of "The plans are on display in the locked file cabinet in the basement." So this is the best I can offer from the masquerade....

While waiting for the masquerade	Patches....	...on a night of delight
From "The 1001st Night"	More	More
From "The 1001st Night"	Passing through	Hall costumes abound in the throng
And the roving judge scans them	Marking the worthy for awards	Recognition at last!
The Menopause Fairy, Megan Bouchard.	Calfrodite, Goddess of Love and Milk and Honey from Xena, Warrior Milkmaid	Scarlett's Web, Donna Dube. (...but she is surely not a BLACK widow!)	From "Stargate"

Sunday, August 9th

Father John Blaker and Randy Smith officiated at morning service	on the panel Rusty Hevelin, James Morrow, Janice Gelb, and Gene Wolfe ponder "Religion and Science Fiction	Competing squads from Cancun and Toronto square off in "Fannish Feud"
Costume exhibit	at closing ceremonies, the Pyrates Royal administer the oath to the survivors.

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