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Specifically, Readercon and Mysterium. Readercon is within commuting distance for me; Mysterium is on the other coast and I would normally not fly out just for that, but it's happening right before the week that it was going to make sense for me to visit my parents, so I'm flying to Spokane for Mysterium, my dad is driving me from Spokane to my parents' house in the Portland-ish area, and I'm flying back from Portland a week afterwards.
I expect Readercon to be shiny and literary and over my head in a pretty predictable way (see my post a bit ago about my currently somewhat-intimidated relationship to reading). I'm not sure I'll have read anything by the guests of honor, but hopefully I can concentrate on going to nifty panels and readings and stuff instead of feeling guilty.
With Mysterium, I am less certain of what to expect. I've played Myst and Riven countless times and been at least a lurker or infrequent poster in online fandom for the last 10 years and dabbled in fanart and stuff... but on the other hand, I'm not that enthused or knowledgeable about the more recent games and don't feel like I'm a well-known forum-goer these days. So I'm not sure how it will work out socially. But, well, geeking out about Myst fandom will be nifty in any case. I'm hoping to have a few Myst jewelry pieces (referencing the ages from the first game) put together to wear while I'm there, and maybe also a linking book thingy for my G1 ^_^
I expect Readercon to be shiny and literary and over my head in a pretty predictable way (see my post a bit ago about my currently somewhat-intimidated relationship to reading). I'm not sure I'll have read anything by the guests of honor, but hopefully I can concentrate on going to nifty panels and readings and stuff instead of feeling guilty.
With Mysterium, I am less certain of what to expect. I've played Myst and Riven countless times and been at least a lurker or infrequent poster in online fandom for the last 10 years and dabbled in fanart and stuff... but on the other hand, I'm not that enthused or knowledgeable about the more recent games and don't feel like I'm a well-known forum-goer these days. So I'm not sure how it will work out socially. But, well, geeking out about Myst fandom will be nifty in any case. I'm hoping to have a few Myst jewelry pieces (referencing the ages from the first game) put together to wear while I'm there, and maybe also a linking book thingy for my G1 ^_^