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• https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkN0SsDNhDSuuZRNvB58JCZjk-1lak4b7w commented on Checking in
  In the matter of the Hugo short form category, David Bradley gets two bites at the cherry, as William Hartnell in Adventures in Space and Time, and also as the esteemable Walder Frey, everybody's favourite wedding host....
• ARNOLD commented on Checking in
  Rail fares? Expensive? 'Twas not always so ... " Seacon '84, Eastercon/Eurocon: hasn't happened as I type, but this doesn't preclude a pre-con report. Best Committee Coup: the cheapo rail fares (£3.55 return to Brighton from anywhere in Southern Region, £5.50 from anywhere else), leading to a flood of enquiries from other cons to the hitherto obscure Theatre & Concert Rail Club – through whom diplomatic A. Akien arranged the deal by swearing most solemnly that of course the con would be chiefly concerned with the Performing Arts. " As it was. Of course it was! It’s very much easier...
• Greg. Tingey commented on Checking in
  IF you book far enough in adavnce [ 90 days is the usual maximum limit ] you can still get suprisingly cheap return-rail-fare deals. In fact I shall be doing this later today, as the 90-day "window" for my return from Germany (28th July) opens today. Last year I got from London to Rheine, via Brussel & Köln & back for under £130 ........
• scott-sanford commented on Checking in
  What a delightful view into the past. Aside from name-checking various folks, I was amused by this: Silicon 8 (24-27 Aug, Grosvenor Hotel, Newcastle): elitist event devoted to not talking about sf......
• Charlie Stross commented on Checking in
  We're not planning on going direct from Dublin to Belfast....