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unconventionaut marlin david may s weblog about his life in science fiction with notes about his other passions so you want to know more about me nasfic is no more posted by marlin on july 29 2026 posted in conference conventions pop culture sci fi science fiction fandom fans 2026 tagged convention fandom geekery sci fi science fiction scifi leave a comment at the july 26 2026 world science fiction society wsfs business meeting nasfic the north american science fiction convention was officially retired you can see the discussion and subsequent vote here https www youtube com live qyeilb5b_lg si xaaumq4e4dv8jvz3 t 8028 looking through the long list on smofinfo com http www smofinfo com ll thelonglistnasfic html i can see that i ve only been to two cactuscon in phoenix in 1987 and condiego or should i say condigeo in 1990 i do wonder is this because comic cons and gaming cons with their tens of thousand attendees per event sucked all of the oxygen out of the fandom room i m not blaming them or begrudging their success i do think they re indicative of a different type of fandom remember panels in the 1990 s early 2000 s with titles like now that we ve won now what i think this is now what when f sf became a major and extremely profitable driving force in pop culture there wasn t much room left for non blockbuster media there wasn t a lot of room left for the literary side of things blockbuster novels blockbuster comics blockbuster movies blockbuster conventions they all kind of fit together what am i trying to say here well i can understand the rationale behind removing nasfic from the purview of wsfs its time has passed still it is sad to see it go of course nothing prevents some other organization from organizing a national general interest f sf convention maybe one of the mega conventions will morph into a national convention plus it frees up wsfs to completely focus on the world in the world science fiction society share this email a link to a friend opens in new 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print like loading nuremberg s bid for the 2028 worldcon posted by marlin on may 7 2026 posted in 2026 conference conventions fandom fans geekery sci fi science fiction worldcon tagged convention fandom geekery sci fi science fiction scifi leave a comment now that i m retired i have time to do things like volunteer for conventions i ve signed up to help with nuremberg s bid for the 2028 worldcon i think the chances are pretty good the con com has worldcon experience click on the link or the image for the details it s my first time volunteering for a con bid of any sort time for a new adventure shortly the bid website will be re launching with a new look even more information btw something i was confused about nuremberg is not the same as nürburg the town with the famous race track https nuremberg2028 de one more thing if you d like to help out the bid fill out the volunteer form linked here share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new 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linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading readercon 34 july 17 20 2025 posted by marlin on august 1 2025 posted in 2025 conventions fandom fans geekery reading sci fi science fiction uncategorized writing tagged books conventions fandom fiction reading science fiction writing leave a comment i attended readercon for the first time in many years for some reason i wasn t inclined to travel down to quinsy when they relocated back in 2016 i was quite besides myself with anticipation when i learned they were returning to burlington ma just a 30 minute drive from my front door so i bought a membership and planned my personal schedule https bit ly mdm_readercon34 as you can see i started out attending a discussion on the apocalyptic and anti apocalyptic literature led by author tom doyle who interned at the bu s now defunct center for millennial studies and has published a book chapter articles and papers on premillennialist apocalyptic fiction it was a very interesting presentation and subsequent discussion i even got to chime in on reverend clyde lott the man who s breeding or has already bred the heifers whose sacrifice is necessary for the purification of the third temple of solomon the building of which would inevitably lead to a world wide conflagration fun stuff which was my favorite panel or event of the weekend it really is hard to say the works of charles r saunders introduced me to a sub genre sword and soul and an author who i was totally unaware of unfortunately i did not find any of his works in the dealers room after attending dhalgren at 50 i believe i need to re visit this book it s been decades since i last read it one revelation from that panel is that i m surprised i read it while in high school where did i get a copy was it in the school library i don t remember the female man at 50 added yet another book to my ever growing lists of books i need to read yes i ve never read it rod serling centenary of birth 50th anniversary of death was an excellent re introduction to the man and his works i did not remember that he died at a very young age i need to get some twilight zone scripts to study i think this panel was my favorite of the weekend not only do i like attending panels i really like meeting new fen after all fandom is my tribe this year i met jeremiah john author of thinspace a cyberpunk novel based in neuroscience about the power of human dreams it is a deeply thoughtful exercise in dystopianism he gave me a copy to read it is strong stuff once it is is published i recommend giving it a read unfortunately p djèlí clark had to leave the convention early i hope all is well with him this is somewhat short i know i really should have posted just after the convention even better during lesson learned i ll make sure to post during arisia in january and boskone in february all in all i had a great time i ll be in the midst of a convention drought until arisia in january as i won t be going to this year s worldcon in seattle there aren t any local ish conventions between now and the end of the year maybe i ll start getting my fandom fix by attending nesfa meetings after all i m a member we shall see share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading massachusetts grid equity act public comment posted by marlin on may 13 2025 posted in uncategorized leave a comment are you a massachusetts resident as part of the mass grid equity act massdep department of environmental protection is requesting public comment on the environmental impacts of electric battery storage and electric vehicle chargers the window for public comments closes on 06 11 2025 at 5pm https bit ly gridequityact evchargers batteryelectricstoragesystems bess publiccharging share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading boskone 62 posted by marlin on january 28 2025 posted in 2025 boskone conventions fandom geekery pop culture sci fi science fiction leave a comment i m going to attend nesfa s boskone 62 february 14 16 at the westin boston seaport district i bought my membership a while ago and truthfully i really need a few more days of unadulterated fandom right now i ll even be staying overnight saturday to sunday saved up for it an everything here is my preliminary schedule there is simply too much i m looking forward to experiencing i haven t been in the presence of cory doctorow in years i m eagerly anticipating reconnecting with fen from near and far including bob eggleton what does he think about the monsterverse godzilla frank wu charles oberndorf james bacon and many many others i need this i m going to be there will you share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading protecting ev charging cables from theft posted by marlin on january 24 2025 posted in 2025 activism cars driving electric transportation green technology sustainability technology transportation tagged crime electric cars electric transportation electric vehicle charging ev ev charging theft leave a comment evse charging cable theft is on an upward swing why well as of january 2025 the price of copper wire scrap ranges from 3 49 to 3 59 per pound https bit ly cucost flo ev charging estimates that the average l2 charging cable has around 5 lb of copper while a dcfc cable has around 20 https bit ly flocuest that works out to a scrap value of 17 95 for an l2 cable and 71 80 for a dcfc cable no wonder evse charging cables are targets for thieves what can be done read here https bit ly li_cu_theft for my thoughts on the matter share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading alphabet s notebooklm posted by marlin on january 13 2025 posted in 2025 computer human interface mad scientist marlin science fact technology tagged computes expert systems large language models technology leave a comment firefly drawing of a brain inputting books for a while now i ve been looking for an llm that could ingest a bunch of related technical documents installation op manuals faqs white papers etc and then answer questions about those docs with answers internally consistent with that set of documents 2 days ago bob mcintosh published a linkedin post https lnkd in eqpncek8 on alphabet inc s notebooklm i was intrigued to say the least you can read the whole post here https bit ly mdm_nbooklm share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading preventing ev charging deserts posted by marlin on december 9 2024 posted in 2024 activism electric transportation green technology sustainability technology transportation tagged electric cars electric vehicles electrification equity global warming sustainability leave a comment i ve posted an article on linkedin https bit ly evchargedeserts with my thoughts on preventing ev charging deserts please re post please give it a read and let me know what you think in the linkedin comments thanks share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest print opens in new window print like loading 2024 recharge america massachusetts symposium 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