We're dancing on this stage all alone

[sovay]

Readercon 31 has been postponed until July 2021 because of COVID-19.

Nobody is happy about this decision, except that any other decision was irresponsible. I hope to see all of you whom I would ordinarily have seen this summer a summer from now, and healthy.

Comments

[pameladean]

Oh, gosh, I don't know why that is somehow more sobering than so many other pieces of news, but it brought me up short. I am sorry you have to wait, but since "and healthy" is the whole purpose, may it be so all around.

P.

[sovay]

Oh, gosh, I don't know why that is somehow more sobering than so many other pieces of news, but it brought me up short.

It's one of my very few annual professional commitments; it's certainly the longest-standing, since 2004. It's what I organize my July around. It's going to be weird.

I am sorry you have to wait, but since "and healthy" is the whole purpose, may it be so all around.

Thank you.

*hugs*

[pameladean]

*hugs right back*

My annual professional commitments are Minicon, already cancelled, and Fourth Street, which I assume will follow, though they can wait for the next governor's decree when this lockdown ends on May 4. I have come so adrift from time that the loss of Minicon didn't register, especially since they rescheduled it with the same guests for next year. If that doesn't happen either, well, it's way too soon to borrow trouble.

Fourth Street is where Beth Meacham and I exchange the necklace of Elise's that we share; it's called Sidhe Passport. But we missed an exchange a year ago, so she gets it for an extra year now, and a good thing too. It can go in the mail, but this makes us nervous.

P.

[yhlee]

I'm sorry, Sonya--I wouldn't have been there this year anyway because of a conflicting commitment (which has gone to distance learning), but still. *Support support*

The gators have eaten this year.

[sovay]

The gators have eaten this year.

They have. I hope Danny Rand punches all of them.

*hugs*

[ckd]

Sometimes the right thing to do still sucks.

[sovay]

Sometimes the right thing to do still sucks.

Ayup.

[edit] I hope you do not mind that I quoted you, anonymously, over on Facebook, because this comment is wise.

[ckd]

I do not mind at all. I doubt it's original with me anyway.

[sovay]

I doubt it's original with me anyway.

It's probably a universal truth, but it's well-stated here, and that's what I wanted to carry over.

[gwynnega]

I was amazed to discover that I only made my hotel reservation for Readercon at the end of February. That feels like eons ago, in so many ways.

I look forward to Readercon 2021.

[sovay]

I was amazed to discover that I only made my hotel reservation for Readercon at the end of February.

Same! I was so proud of myself for booking well in advance of my traditional last-minute scramble. This is doing nothing for positive reinforcement.

That feels like eons ago, in so many ways.

Time has been weird since 2016, but this March really pushed it. If I was going to live through a geological epoch, I would have wanted trilobites, or horses with toes, or something.

I look forward to Readercon 2021.

I truly hope to see you there. In your case "healthy" should include "and no vertigo, either."

[gwynnega]

No vertigo would be especially good!

[nineweaving]

I could see this coming, glacially. I grieve: I've never missed a Readercon in 30 years, and it's a year-hinge for me, and a well spring. And of course I'm relieved: I would rather miss my brilliant friends this year than forever.

May we all regather next year, safe and well.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

I could see this coming, glacially.

gwynnega says eons, you say ice age; everything moves in deep time now, which doesn't stop it.

May we all regather next year, safe and well.

Amen.

*hugs*

[cmcmck]

So many things have had to be cancelled or postponed. :o(

[sovay]

So many things have had to be cancelled or postponed.

It's better than the alternative, but that doesn't mean it's fun to miss them.

[asakiyume]

**I'm** happy about this decision--not about missing Readercon for a year, but about the good sense it shows, and how it saves me from having to make a tough decision (I hadn't reserved a hotel room yet)

Looking forward to seeing you face to face in better times.

[sovay]

**I'm** happy about this decision--not about missing Readercon for a year, but about the good sense it shows, and how it saves me from having to make a tough decision (I hadn't reserved a hotel room yet)

Good! I'm glad to hear it!

Looking forward to seeing you face to face in better times.

Very, very much so.

[lilysea]

I'm happy for the lives saved.

I'm sad for the vendors who've lost sales, the writers who've lost opportunities to talk to other writers; the social opportunities.

I think it was 100% the right decision.

[sovay]

I think it was 100% the right decision.

Thank you.

*hugs*