Andrew Porter had writers, dealers and artists in his sights at this year’s Boskone. (Thanks to George R. Morgan for identifying the subjects.)
- Ben Yalow and Michael Walsh
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- Brad “Chumley” Verter and Joe Berlant
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- Sally Kobee of Larry Smith Books
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- Stan “the Man” Musial, uh, Robinson
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- British artist Jim Burns – NESFA Press Guest
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- Boskone artist GoH Eric Wilkerson
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- Holly Black YA Fiction Guest
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- Brad “Chum” Verter
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- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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- First Fandom Experience guys; right is David Ritter, on left, son Daniel Ritter, both chums/creators of The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom-Volume one the 1930s, available at Boskone 57
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- Bunch of early fans; page from the Ritters’ book (note name directory to left of photo)
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- Robert Wiener
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- L-R William Hayashi, Mark Olson, Alexander Jablakov, Kim Stanley Robinson “The Consequences of Actually Finding Life on Mars” Panel
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- Tor paid for this cake
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s name doesn’t have a hyphen in it.
Andrew —
It was great to meet you at Boskone! And thanks for including us in your gallery.
David Ritter
First Fandom Experience
I knew some of the people before they were grey.
You get a gold star. And I get whatever — a gold black hole?
Mike: a frowning proofreader award.
I should talk such, considering.
Sorry, the “Chumley” bit on Brad Verter’s name is because he’s a chum—the name for people who post on the invitational, closed FictionMags list. I’m a chum too, as is everyone, including the women, who post there.
I didn’t send all the photos I took at Boskone to Mike. There was one of a woman on the floor, surrounded by a chalk outline. The outline was on the floor the entire convention; I have no idea why.
Narniacon (the people who run the coatcheck room) was running a “Clue”-based ?LARP? ?live puzzle? — you might have noticed the various color-designated characters (Miss Scarlet, Col. Mustard, etc. — not always the same person behind the tag) floating around the convention. I expect the outline was connected to that.