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Your First Con: A Most UnConventional Experience
- By Adam Bertocci
- Published 01/8/2007
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(8) Instead, buy something you never knew existed
Hell, go one step further. Buy something you can't believe anyone would want to
buy in the first place.
Whether it's a somewhat unsettling-looking bust of
Legolas or a goofy demon statue or a "Hellboy" necktie, chances are, there are
entire tables of truly absurd objects that a friendly chap with long hair and a
beard will be all too happy to peddle to you. The point is not for the enjoyment
of the object itself, it's to get into the strangeness of it all, and support
the culture. You're sure to have a story to tell when someone asks where,
exactly, you found a "Buck Rogers" handkerchief.
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Comment #1 (Posted by RB)
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Ah, brings back memories of my first Dragon*con. :)
Comment #2 (Posted by Lillian)
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What you're talking about are the huge media cons such as DragonCon, ComicCon, etc. SF cons are generally much smaller, more intimate, and have a lot fewer media-related events. Writers are the big draws at those conventions, and they outnumber the big media shows by a considerable margin. Try going to one sometime.
Comment #3 (Posted by Kate L)
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If you think long lines, packed events, free swag, and geeks as far as the eye can see are something at a sci-fi con, you've clearly never been to a Microsoft product launch. You'd think all those guys had never seen free pens before! ("Dude...You know you can buy a whole BOX of those - especially on your salary!")