| Author | Message | ||
     Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
Just registered for this:- http://www.whc2010.org/ From this board I see that Ramsey, Ally, Gary & Emily have registered so far - anyone else thinking of going? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
I just tried registering via PayPal but it wouldn't let me. I'm definitely going. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
And I hope my first novel will be released there!  | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.254.209.182 |
I have tentative plans. Tentative. If so, there's talk of launching something there, but it's still too early to know for sure. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
Go for it, SS! Be good to see you again. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.142 |
And I hope my first novel will be released there! If so, there's talk of launching something there, but it's still too early to know for sure. Hey great because ....oh balls I forgot I can't say anything yet! But I will be there too. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
You're not going to release another epidemic, are you, Doctor? Not like FCon, 2007 - that bug's symptoms involved a raging thirst that could be satiated only by lager. Horrible thing. Never again, please. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.142 |
Is that the one where we drank wine by the pint or was that Walsall? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
No, it was Nottingham. That curry restaurant. You had to go for a walk to deal with the shock. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.142 |
Oh yes -I was indeed very, very drunk. I seem to remember dropping a sausage at the castle but that could have been a lager-fevre dream | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
I just tried registering via PayPal but it wouldn't let me. I'm definitely going. You don't have to click the Paypal button, Gary - you can go direct to Paypal, log in and "send money" to treasurer@whc2010.org and give your info in the note. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
Ah, thanks, mate. I'll do that. Mind you, I just emailed the organisers: "Jeez, no wonder these Brits are in recession! Hot damn!" | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
I have every intention of crossing the pond for this. Whether my bank account has the same intention remains to be seen. I'll be making a concrete decision sometime this summer. If it's financially feasible to attend, I'll be registering at that time. It will be great to see the folks from WHC '07 again, and to meet many others for the first time. I'm hoping to have something to flog there as well, but that depends on a great many factors. Of course if I don't have a book released, I can always just flog Simon. :-) | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.244.220 |
I saw him first. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Luckily for you boys, there plenty of me to go around, if you catch my meaning  | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
Oh, Joel and I have caught plenty of things from you in the past, Simon. Your meaning is the least of them. | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.176.111 |
We're thinking about it, and hoping to make it over for 2010. It would be a good chance to get Tim over to England and let him see some of the Old Country. Since he's got dual citizenship, he could well find himself studying or working there when he's older. | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.151.125.173 |
Aye, aye... Should I be going to this? gcw | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Sound like it, GCW. It's going to be the event of the season. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
Should I be going to this? Of course! It'll be just like WorldCon in Toronto. Only with high UK prices. And poor service. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
Yeah, but you'll be able to drink everywhere! | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
That's true! And we will! | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 70.31.36.204 |
Thinking about it. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.19.103.122 |
Same here | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.19.103.122 |
Been to Brighton twice, playing shows both times and it was great- just thinking of a cold beer and the beach now.... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.92.246 |
I'll bet the bar doesn't run out of beer. Dusk 'til dawn Guinness. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
I've registered! See you all next year! | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
We'll be there. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
>>>We're thinking about it, and hoping to make it over for 2010. It would be a good chance to get Tim over to England and let him see some of the Old Country. Since he's got dual citizenship, he could well find himself studying or working there when he's older. He'll have to apply with around 30,000,000 others for the only job left then. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.87.217 |
The guest list for WorldCon is starting to look like an 'eighties FCon! Tanith Lee, Dave Carson & Les Edwards... Just need Clive Barker, Tom Monteleone, Joe Lansdale & Charles Grant. Oh, and Ramsey, of course... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.87.217 |
I seem to remember dropping a sausage at the castle Is that a euphemism? | ||
| Niki Flynn (Niki) Username: Niki Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.32.69.29 |
I can't decide how much velvet to wear. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.224.49 |
Niki, I'd go in human form, at least on the first day. After the raffle, anything goes. | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Living in Brighton these days - can one just turn up to this, or do you have to be a member? It's my plan to have actually been published by the time this comes around. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.182.53 |
John, you have to register, which will cost more when the convention is happening than it will now. The registration fee will probably go up in phases, every few months between now and then. That's how it usually works. But the final fees are not punitive, and people do turn up without registering in advance. The really cool thing about a convention in your home town is that you don't need to pay hotel bills. In fact, if you have a spare room, you could always rent it out to a convention-goer or two. The room I mean. | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
I think, then, that my g/f and I will attend. I see from the website that a guy I know from work will be attending too... No spare room, alas. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.231 |
Just registering for this now. I'll probably try to get there early on saturday, and leave on the sunday. Just wanted to ask you lot which hotel you're staying in? I've never been to Brighton so I'm thinking of staying in the convention hotel (although that may be a mistake). Also, anyone know how far it is from the station? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.173.198 |
We had a look at the convention hotel on Tripadvisor, and it seemed a bit grim, so we've booked up the one that's a few yards away, the Radisson Blu Hotel, which may be no better, but again, Tripadvisor commments seem to suggest it is. The convention hotel (and Royal Blu) are about a ten or fifteen minute walk, downhill, from the station. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.173.198 |
...there's a comment on the convention website that says "As of 7 July 2009, there are only 10 double rooms still available for booking at the Radisson Blu Hotel", so if you are to stay there instead of the convention one, make your move... BTW, if you're thinking of coming by car, I'd suggest not - parking can be a (very expensive) nightmare in Brighton. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.231 |
I think I'll train it in, Mick. I'm coming from South Yorkshire so it's a bit of a slog (and I HATE driving). Book and mp3 player at hand. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.173.198 |
We're staying thursday to sunday - that should be more than enough... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
Steve B. You won't get any reading done because I'll be sitting next to you. Do you fancy some company on the way down? I'm going to go down on the train from South Yorkshire. What day are you going - from beginning to end? | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
I'm in the convention hotel. Don't want to stagger into the sea at any point :>) | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Just reserved a room in the Con hotel...I like to be in the hub of things. | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
I'll be kicking about. It's local to me, so it'd be foolish not to attend! | ||
| Skunsworth (Skunsworth) Username: Skunsworth Registered: 05-2009 Posted From: 89.242.207.147 |
I'm going and so is the good lady wife. I'm hoping to do a launch/signing/something of the Ash Tree collection there. If I ever get off my lazy behind and get in contact with Mr Jones. S | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.231 |
Ally, I'll only be able to go down on the saturday morning, and I'll have to get back oop North sometime on the sunday, so we might miss each other on the journey. I fancy staying at the con hotel so I can stash the books (which I anticipate will be Everest proportions) back in the room. Be good to see you all there though, seeing as I won't be at Fantasycon. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
Ah - hey there is s BFS Open night in YORK 31st Oct. Not at the brewery. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.231 |
I might be able to get there, Ally. I'll look into it. Know where it's at? I loved the last one in March. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
The Yorkshire Hussar - under new management. Probably for the best that it isn't at the brewery as the Centurion's Ghost beer nabbed me last time. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
I'll probably be up for that, Ally. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.244.8 |
I'm glad it's not at the brewery, since that might present the BFS with organisational problems.  | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.169.155 |
Sigh. I was really hoping to attend, but it appears, at least at this juncture, to be out of the question. It's going to be good, I know. | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 67.71.36.241 |
I fear I'm basically in the same position as Mike. It's not 100% ruled out quite yet, but the odds are pretty stacked against me making it across the pond. However, I'm not done conspiring just yet... | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149 |
I've ruled it out, I'm afraid. I really wish it could have been otherwise, but it's not in the cards. That said, I'm hoping to hit both WFC and WHC in 2011 and I'm hopeful some of the members here make it down for at least one of them. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Oh no! Gentlemen! You mean you might miss the utterly silly and very memorable piece of horror performance art I'm planning to do which will probably be taking place even if I don't get permission? | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
I envy you people who have so many writing commitments that you can make decisions a year or two in advance(!); the most pressing commitment of my day is whether to feed the cat once or twice. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
JLP - will you be having a piano delivered too? | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
No Ally but thanks for remembering that I intend to do my Horror Themes Medley at A Horror Event at some point in the future! The World Horror thing will strictly involve Acting with a gargantuan 'A' | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
...and on such a Liberacean occasion, I will provide an unlighted candelbra á la Young Frankenstein. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
I have a good memory for conversations and can carry on with one years later... and yet I can forget some things the next day. You must always leave a good impression JLP - whenever we meet. Also - it comes in useful in a discussion/arguments with hubs - he hates it :>) | ||
| Matthew Fryer (Matthew_fryer) Username: Matthew_fryer Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 90.202.180.75 |
I'm tempted by the WHC in Brighton, but I've never been to a con before. Do you folks drag your other halves along too? | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Ah - hey there is s BFS Open night in YORK 31st Oct. Not at the brewery.<< Ooo, not seen that. Is it on the BFS forum? I might be able to get to it this time myself. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
As for WHC, I'm registered (got in while it was at its cheapest) but I've no idea at this point whether I'll be able to go, so there's no point in booking accommodation so far in advance for me. I know someone who lives in Brighton, so I'm hoping he might be able to point me in the direction of a good B & B nearer the time! | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.88.46 |
I think that Lee will be putting it on the BFS site eventually, Caroline :>) | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Ah, right. I've just been over and asked about it on there - so it might gee him up about it! | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 142.179.3.234 |
Just registered Christopher, Tim, and myself for this; Tim will be a con runner, having done that at the last two World Fantasy cons. Looking forward to our first trip to England since 1999. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Be good to finally meet you all, Barbara. |