Here's a Loscon report from Raven O'Neill, passed on at her request. Congratulations to her for her masquerade win!
Raven Oneill wrote: > Hi, you can pass this on: > LOSCON was once more at the Burbank Hilton, easy > to reach by car, plane or train. This is So Cal's > version of Baycon, about as big with many parties and > a huge masquerade. The guest of honour was Fred > Saberhagen, along with Larry Niven, David Gerrold, > Armin Shimerman, and more writers than one could > count. This year there were a larger number of young > anime fans (read: young bodies in skimpy costumes). > The LA crowd always makes good outfits. There > were many Jedi Knights and a growing number of elves. > Particularly good were a pretty Mirkwood ELF, a woman > disguised as DERNHELM complete with chainmail, and a > PADME/Anakin couple with her in the leather corset > "I'm in pain" dress. The guy with the Star Wars car > made an appearance too. > "Best in Show" at the masquerade was someone from > Norcal as a Sorayama Robot. The cheers and clapping > of the audience make it all worthwhile. > Best, Raven
