| Author | Message | ||
     Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
I'm going and Zed might be. The Strantzas probably will be there and he mentioned Richard Gavin might go, too.... ...after all how much trouble can we all get into in Texas. Ramsey. Are you going? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
They have guns there, you know.  | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
Some of us went to Niagara Falls at WHC Toronto 2007. We could go and see this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
http://whc2011.org/ | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
'cept the Alamo's in San Antonio, not Austin. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.45.171 |
Niagara Falls was amazing - Nottingham can't beat that! | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
'cept the Alamo's in San Antonio, not Austin.' I was talking to F Paul Wilson and he said it wasn't far away. He must have been joking. I'll go and look... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
According to wiki.answers it is 80 miles or an hour and a quarter away. Doable :>). | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.177.68.198 |
Well, it's easier to get to than Brighton . . . | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
Ha! Exactly, Mr Fry. | ||
| Johnny_mains (Johnny_mains) Username: Johnny_mains Registered: 04-2010 Posted From: 82.22.75.99 |
The missus and I should be going. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
We'll definitely be there too.  | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.236.169.250 |
Austin's a nice town. You'll like it. Great music and food and the Texas Hill country is real pretty. Are they holding it at the Driskill Hotel? Real cool hotel. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
The Doubletree, Thomas.. http://whc2011.org/hotel/ | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.236.169.250 |
Ah, too bad. The Driskill is one the best old-style hotels you'll ever see. All the Texas power brokers--Lyndon Johnson, for one--used to hang out there. Gorgeous place. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Just make sure you book the right Doubletree - there's more than one! If you follow Ally's link above, there's also a convention discount. (Which I didn't know about when I simply googled "Doubletree" "Austin" and was halfway through booking when the room rates startled me into double-checking. I also realised I'd been booking the wrong hotel.) The RIGHT hotel happens to be conveniently placed next to Pappasito's (one of my favourite Mexican restaurants) and Pappadeaux (one of my favourite Cajun/seafood restaurants) - hooray! | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
I'll not be going to World HorrorCon in order to be able to afford British Fantasy Society FantasyCon in Brighton... just to guilt the lot of you into making the trip to Brighton... although I'll stay at the Raddison Blu probably (note to self: pack loo tissue). | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Make sure you do Ian, or it'll be a Toilet Trip to Remember. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Oh, be fair: they DID give us an extra box of tissues. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
Kate...how much deposit did you have to put down for the hotel? Or did you pay for the whole of your stay? | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Paid for the whole stay up front, plus an extra night (which they seem to have given me at the same convention rate - hooray!). | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
I've booked...not sure if they charge your account straight away. Info says if you wish to cancel do so 24 hours before arrival to afford cancellation penalties so I'm presuming that if I can't go I'll get a refund. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.104.135.73 |
Mmmm...I should have booked the extra night but I'll book into somewhere else depending on what time to flight gets in. Have you checked out flights yet? | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Ally, in my experience American hotels are really good about cancellations. Even if they've charged you, they should refund the money if you cancel before 24 hours (or whatever the cancellation policy is). I suggest writing to them to make sure if you're in any doubt. I haven't looked at flights yet but we're tacking on a (gulp!) family visit elsewhere, so we won't be flying into Austin anyway. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.68 |
Not us, alas, but we will be in Phoenix in January. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
By the time you get to Phoenix they'll be printing, and they'll turn around and scream your name out high, because they thought your corrections didn't matter, though time after time you tried to warn them why... and now they'll die... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
I once read a fantastic essay in a Nick Cave fanzine by a music fan who was obsessed with finding out the story behind 'By the Time I Get To Phoenix'. He tried to interview everyone who had recorded the song to find out what they thought it meant, and ended up going to a spirit medium (this being 1997) to see if she could help him talk to Elvis. She said no, she couldn't help him... because... yes, you've guessed it. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
As Lady P says we shall be going and with any luck there should be another performance on the cards as well. We're not sure if a mainly US audience would understand the pantomime version of 'Blood on Satan's Claw' so we're probably going to reimagine an American classic instead. | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
Does the USA show involve Chain Saws? | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 86.142.147.219 |
No, but it might involve glove puppet werewolves.  | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
If there is a God in Heaven, then someone will be video-taping this delightful feast of drama! | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.93.34.58 |
Well, oddly enough, I've always wanted to visit Austin. So WHC is my excuse. The Doubletree is in North Austin, unfortunately. But, I'm not going to be knocking around the hotel at night. I'm going into Austin proper, 6th Street, and taking in some live music. Who's with me? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 95.131.110.102 |
Mike - if I was lucky enough to be going I'd be a lot more up for live music than any convention! I'll be with you in spirit at least. | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.93.34.58 |
Ah, Mick, so you're not going then. Shame. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Mike - count me in. | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.93.34.58 |
Gary, splendid! | ||
| Jamie Rosen (Jamie) Username: Jamie Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 99.241.48.210 |
Just booked my hotel room. Now to eat beans and toast for the remainder of the year to afford it... | ||
| Jamie Rosen (Jamie) Username: Jamie Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 99.241.220.139 |
Anyone want to buy my membership? | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.137.108.144 |
For those who are going just a reminder that I'm going to be reading something deliberately nasty to all those unsuspecting US attendees at 7pm on Friday night. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.15.88 |
Someone please record it! | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.143.178.131 |
I shall be at World Horror Con. Am traveling with that Gary McMahon and sharing a room with him. I'm scared... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
You're scared? I'm positively quaking in my cowboy boots. And chaps. And little tassled leather vest. And nothing else. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.24.131 |
Just don't let him fall asleep on the bog. Or fart. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 219.77.102.143 |
Wow. Someone must really like my work. They stole 20 out of the 25 copies of the ISIS UNBOUND special at WHC Texas. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 82.11.101.255 |
Brief report on WHC 2011. http://stuyoung.blogspot.com/2011/05/lost-in-austin.html | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
I suppose I should link mine here, too: http://www.garymcmahon.com/2011/05/more-on-whc-2011.html | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.142.242.169 |
Here's my account, including chainsaw: http://www.johnlprobert.com/site/58.asp?thissection=13 | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.29.254.73 |
"We arrived at this choice as it offered an insight into the social, political and historical development of 20th Century America. Plus, it was free admission." An honorary Yorkshireman. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.24.27.32 |
Ey oop. |