I've attended a fair number of Mythcons before,* all of which I presented at, and even been on the con committee of two and a featured speaker at another. But it's a real honor to be asked to be a Guest of Honor (the Author Guest of Honor being Jo Walton), and I'm really looking forward to the event.
The date: Friday July 31st through Monday August 3rd.
The place: Colorado Springs, Colorado. I've never been to Colorado before, aside from a fraught layover at the Denver airport,** so this'll take me to a part of the country I've never seen before.
The facility: the Hotel Elegante, a hotel and conference site (looks quite nice).
The author Guest of Honor: Jo Walton -- someone whose work I don't know well, so I'll look forward to getting to know it better between now and the conference.
The theme: The Arthurian Mythos***
Here's the official announcement:
If you're going to be in the area, come join the fun.
--John R.
*1985 in Wheaton, 1987 in Milwaukee, 1992 in Oxford (the Tolkien Centenary conference), 1998 in Wheaton (the CSL and Owen Barfield Centenary conference), 1999 in St. Francis (just south of Milwaukee), and 2010 in Dallas
**I'd broken my glasses and had to try to read the monitors announcing all the gate changes for my flight while switching between my reading glasses (focal length: about one foot away) and my sunglasses (too dark for the available lighting)
***here's hoping they do a readers' theatre presentation of MARK VS. TRISTAN, Lewis and Barfield's little Arthurian romp.
Congratulations! A well-deserved honor. And we like having you at Mythcon.
ReplyDeleteWhy not tell the committee that you and Janice are volunteering to do this reading? Or, if she doesn't want to, make it an all-GOH event and ask Jo Walton. If that's the casting, she should do the Lewis part and you the Barfield.
Thanks, David
ReplyDeleteGood idea re. the reading; I'll have to follow up on that and see what's possible.
--John R.