NineWorlds 2018: A Summary
Aug. 14th, 2018 09:44 pmThis was my first year staying in the con hotel since the convention moved to the Hammersmith Novotel rather than the (nominally) Heathrow Radisson Blu and it was both so much nicer than commuting from home to the convention or staying in the Radisson ever was. The staff were so lovely and I thought it was incredibly sweet how a lot of them costumed up for the convention. And it was nice being able to get up in a leisurely fashion and have breakfast with friends instead of frantically navigating the whims of TFL on a weekend.
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Overall, on a personal level I think I probably enjoyed this NineWorlds more than any of the previous. It felt like I finally knew enough people not to have "friend fear" at any point, and I wasn't trying to do all the panels, and every single panel I did go to was excellent. Aliette was an extremely lovely roommate (and did not seem to hate me for snoring like a dragon every night), although I did miss![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
qian very much - next year I will be better at wrangling a triple room if we all go again! But I appreciated so much being in a space where everyone understands the need to bugger off to your room for a wee lie down at any given moment in the afternoon because I do basically spend my entire life longing for a small nap.
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Overall, on a personal level I think I probably enjoyed this NineWorlds more than any of the previous. It felt like I finally knew enough people not to have "friend fear" at any point, and I wasn't trying to do all the panels, and every single panel I did go to was excellent. Aliette was an extremely lovely roommate (and did not seem to hate me for snoring like a dragon every night), although I did miss
qian very much - next year I will be better at wrangling a triple room if we all go again! But I appreciated so much being in a space where everyone understands the need to bugger off to your room for a wee lie down at any given moment in the afternoon because I do basically spend my entire life longing for a small nap.
