Lily Valley Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 12:00pm - Bowl & Pitcher Park: Sitting in lawn chairs staring at the river and occasionally saying "yup" for no apparent reason. Whittling wood optional. Beer mandatory. 2:00pm - Riverside State Park: Floating down the Spokane River on a raft, falling asleep, and waking up somewhere in Idaho. Yesssss. For those in Seattle pre-con, anyone interested in the Precon? Prolog(ue) site here. Also, who wants to hang out in Seattle? I'm travelling from Portland and would love to have a couple of days with BwB before I mosey over to Spokane on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalesusa Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Hi all. I'm from Spokane (25 mi North). This will be my first Con, since it was in my backyard, I couldn't resist. I'm even booking a hotel for a few days rather than try to drive home late at night after attending one too many parties. I tried to book the Davenport, but was too late. I booked the Davenport Towers instead. Its new and opens in June. Here is a tip: Costco sells $100 gift cards for the Davenport hotels for $80, they are good for food and lodging plus some other stuff. (I don't think they work for drinks). Another 20% on top of the con price is a good deal. Riverfront park is nice, I'm not sure if the beer garden will be going. Its not a bad trip from Fairchild to Spokane, there is not much traffic on the roads, so driving is fine. The bus terminal in Downtown Spokane is reasonable close to the Davenport, and there will be shuttles. Let me know if you have any questions that I can help with. Ed I'd skip the floating down the river. It does not flow towards Idaho, but towards Grand Coulee Dam. First though you will need to go over the dam at 7 Mile, just a ways downstream from the Bowl and Pitcher. During the summer, its a weekly occurrence that someone drowns. The river is dangerous to a extreme. There are some quite stretches where people boat and fish, but the river from Idaho to 7 mile can be dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEyedRaven Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 So this probably is a dumb question..but I just received all my voting materials and was wondering if there were resources on what to vote for. I know a small bit about the Sad Puppies and I just dont want to accidentally vote/support their cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 So this probably is a dumb question..but I just received all my voting materials and was wondering if there were resources on what to vote for. I know a small bit about the Sad Puppies and I just dont want to accidentally vote/support their cause OER, there's a ton of information at file770. In addition, they've been doing a bang-up job every couple of days collecting reviews, news and commentary on this whole thing. There's threads devoted to this in Lit here. (thread I, thread II is on the first page in lit) The problems with 6 nominee winning John C. Wright here. Links to all the short stories and novellas available free online here. If you want to do like I am and read everything, it's really really really hard and you might find the reviews here fun when you need a laugh or a few facepalms. In addition, it looks like this reviewer may have helped getting one of John C. Wright's works disqualified. Edit: I forgot to add the best article of all from our very own Yagathai. It got both VD and JCW to demand an immediate retraction and apology. :snorts: GRRM has also posted at length, scroll through his notablog. If you wanna chat about it, message me on fb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrianne Lurie Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 If the BwB wants a function room for a special interest group meetup, now would be the time to contact program(at)sasquan(dot)org to request it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Buying airfare this week. Very excited, first con. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalesusa Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I was wondering who John C. Wright was, and how he came to get so many nominations. I've never read his books. If I were to restrict my reading to only those who agree with my politics, I would have missed out on some of the best writers. So, I'm still wondering if his books are good. I don't have to agree with the personal philosophy of as writer to read and enjoy a good story. (as long as its not just a political advertisement) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I was wondering who John C. Wright was, and how he came to get so many nominations. I've never read his books. If I were to restrict my reading to only those who agree with my politics, I would have missed out on some of the best writers. So, I'm still wondering if his books are good. I don't have to agree with the personal philosophy of as writer to read and enjoy a good story. (as long as its not just a political advertisement) Go have a look through the threads about this in the lit forum - it will be revealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuellar Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Here is a tip: Costco sells $100 gift cards for the Davenport hotels for $80, they are good for food and lodging plus some other stuff. (I don't think they work for drinks). Another 20% on top of the con price is a good deal. Badass! I checked costco.com, and none there, so I assume in person only? Which costco, North or East of town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Also, who wants to hang out in Seattle? I'm travelling from Portland and would love to have a couple of days with BwB before I mosey over to Spokane on Tuesday. It looks like there will be a few of us in Seattle before Worldcon. I'm arriving in Saturday evening. So I will be delighted to hang out before making the soujourn over to Spokane. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Any word on BWB tee shirts for Spokane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I vote for a Vale mountain clan theme. I believe the Stone Crows are actually Sasquatch. Or House Clegane, they of the angry puppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 House Clegane would be very apropo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 "Are there Hugos hidden in the village? Silver, gems? Is there food? Where is John Scalzi? Which of you village folk helped him? Where did he go? How many men did he have with him? How many women? How many homos? How many were minorities? How are they armed? How many wounded? Where did they go, did you say?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Frisco,That's terrible. Just terrible.:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 "Are there Hugos hidden in the village? Silver, gems? Is there food? Where is John Scalzi? Which of you village folk helped him? Where did he go? How many men did he have with him? How many women? How many homos? How many were minorities? How are they armed? How many wounded? Where did they go, did you say?" Frisco,That's terrible. Just terrible. :lol: This is going to be a fun con. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 This is going to be a fun con. :P YES! Serious business here. Frisco forgot his Cards Against Humanity. I am a novice at this fine drinking game and frankly I suck at it. I promised to sharpen my skills in the meantime and pick up any of the expansion packs that y'all don't have. Can we please play? Edit: Looking at flights out of Spokane. Tuesday is a lot cheaper than Monday. If anyone else is staying until Tuesday, I'd love a roomie. Our suite is only booked through Sunday night. Looks like I'll head out at 5 or 6 Tuesday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 If only there were an ASoIaF expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEyedRaven Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 YES! Serious business here. Frisco forgot his Cards Against Humanity. I am a novice at this fine drinking game and frankly I suck at it. I promised to sharpen my skills in the meantime and pick up any of the expansion packs that y'all don't have. Can we please play? Edit: Looking at flights out of Spokane. Tuesday is a lot cheaper than Monday. If anyone else is staying until Tuesday, I'd love a roomie. Our suite is only booked through Sunday night. Looks like I'll head out at 5 or 6 Tuesday morning. My friend made a Cards Against Westeros expansion pack. I will see if I can access the PDF for potential use in WA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 If only there were an ASoIaF expansion.Nothing stopping you from making one lazybones. Get Larry's help. That mofo is DARK, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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