{"id":8789,"date":"2012-09-05T21:57:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=8789"},"modified":"2012-09-05T21:57:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:57:59","slug":"pictures-from-the-2012-chicago-worldcon-wednesday-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=8789","title":{"rendered":"Pictures from the 2012 Chicago WorldCon: Wednesday &#038; Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Always willing to <del>get cheap blog fodder<\/del> document science fiction history, I tried to take pictures of just about everyone I knew that I bumped into there. <\/p>\n<p>Scott Bobo and Kurt Baty pretend they&#8217;ve been hard at work setting up the art show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-snc7\/337370_3683806053881_1534846939_o.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Moon, hanging out in front of the Lone Star Con 3 table.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/s720x720\/558253_3683806693897_979981039_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The ubiquitous Guest of Honor Mike Resnick at one of the approximately 700 parties he attended over the week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/s720x720\/543522_3683807293912_1393346090_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>John Kessel looms large in science fiction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/s720x720\/556655_3683807693922_342133528_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Scott Bobo sitting in front of the portal to London that suddenly appeared behind him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-snc7\/s720x720\/424697_3683808493942_1433641021_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A blurry Adam Troy-Castro stands in front of an equally blurry Charles Stross. Obviously there was some sort of temporal disturbance in the dealer&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/s720x720\/538559_3683808733948_1397355953_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Sue Burke contemplates her life after the collapse of the Spanish economy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash4\/s720x720\/200428_3683809093957_1221200042_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Noted lush Scott Bobo yet again, doing what he does best. Bobo, Kurt, Ed Scarborough and I ended up eating out together three times during Worldcon, hence extra pics of some of them. This one is from the original Morton&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash4\/s720x720\/386808_3684433709572_1901813496_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ed Sacrborough and Jonathan Miles. &#8220;Is that bastard taking our picture again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc6\/219546_3684434589594_440889536_o.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Kurt and Grady, whose skin has lightened considerably since his stint on <i>Sanford &#038; Son<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash4\/329839_3684430589494_2135929843_o.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>More pics, probably tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always willing to get cheap blog fodder document science fiction history, I tried to take pictures of just about everyone I knew that I bumped into there. Scott Bobo and Kurt Baty pretend they&#8217;ve been hard at work setting up the art show. 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