Back from Finland…More Photos
(Some members of the Tallahassee Tentacles; a most excellent surprise for our last day at the main event celebrating one of Finland’s best SF/F mags, an effort of Finnish fandom…more context tomorrow.)
Ann and I are back in Amsterdam, after an energizing and brisk week in Finland traveling from city to city, doing lectures, conducting workshops, and meeting and talking to some wonderful people. More soon on all of that, but check out this short account and the photos/vid below until I have more time. Vid was for the last day’s convention panel where you read a book trying to convince someone to buy it…but usually it’s supposed to be funny in some way.
Ann with a member of the mafia, Sari, and Pasi
With Leena Krohn and her husband Mikael Book
Shimo, me, and Saara (author of Mobydoll)
After the Escon convention, Friday
Signing the Good Book in Helsinki
Center: Toni Jerrman, Hannu Blommila, and me
Very special dog (more on that later)
April 17, 2011 at 3:03 pm
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April 18, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Finland is quite a lovely country. I’ve been there a few times. Did you make it to the Arctic Circle? Starting in June the sun never goes down for the summer. No, I really mean it. It does NOT go down. You wake up at 2 am thinking it’s time for breakfast because it’s broad daylight outside your window.