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   From: jimdigriz@myjaring.net   
      
   On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:58:33 -0600, Bruce Tomlin wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Captain Nerd  wrote:   
      
   >>    After going to Worldcon,and then coming back to an anime convention   
   >>    of roughly the same size, I have to say the anime con was much   
   >>    more alive than the Science Fiction convention.   
      
   > I figured that out when I went to my first anime con, A-Kon 8 (1997),   
   > after having gone to SF cons since Lonestarcon 1 (NASFiC 1985). What   
   > took _you_ so long? :-)   
      
   > (Not that I don't still go to SF cons, but the ones I do go to are   
   > because of tradition and nearness.)   
      
   The 2005 Worldcon was great (personally speaking) as there was a sort of   
   informal reunion where I caught up with people I hadn't seen in 20+ years.   
      
   The Kids programme rocked - we had to almost literally drag the the   
   children away at the end of the day.   
      
   JdG   
      
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