"Was it because there was no way you'd go to the Meadowlands?"
Oh, I shouldn't be so definite about it, but yes, I think a lot of NY old-timers, fan and pro, have felt for a while that the best thing about Lunacon was that very comfortable hotel in Rye with the unusually pleasant restaurant and bar. I've been to several hotels in the Meadowlands for sales conferences and the like, and they've all been unimpressive.
Lunacon is a convention that for forty years has had the chance to take advantage of its unique position as the New York City regional, and make itself into a can't-miss convention focussed on the business and practice of written SF--the industry of which is, after all, headquartered in New York. Instead, for forty years, Lunacon has chosen to be a not-especially-distinguished all-things-to-all-fans regional hardly different from conventions in Knoxville or Phoenix or Spokane. Hey, it's their con and their choice. But that's my view of Lunacon.
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Date: 2005-03-23 05:20 pm (UTC)Oh, I shouldn't be so definite about it, but yes, I think a lot of NY old-timers, fan and pro, have felt for a while that the best thing about Lunacon was that very comfortable hotel in Rye with the unusually pleasant restaurant and bar. I've been to several hotels in the Meadowlands for sales conferences and the like, and they've all been unimpressive.
Lunacon is a convention that for forty years has had the chance to take advantage of its unique position as the New York City regional, and make itself into a can't-miss convention focussed on the business and practice of written SF--the industry of which is, after all, headquartered in New York. Instead, for forty years, Lunacon has chosen to be a not-especially-distinguished all-things-to-all-fans regional hardly different from conventions in Knoxville or Phoenix or Spokane. Hey, it's their con and their choice. But that's my view of Lunacon.