Glad to hear SFContario went well from your perspective. I read another report from someone who thought it was boring, but I don't know what they went in expecting. Just goes to show not everything is everyone's cup of tea, and the more variety we have in cons, the better!
I'm sorry to hear about the problem with your friend. My only concern would be that given that this is a first year con, there shouldn't be anyone with a history that should result in denial of entry. Sounds unfortunately, like a personal issue... considering it is hard to see how it is a convention one. You can't cause problems at a con that has never happened before!
The person denied entry was sued by Rob Sawyer over a bad Starplex review--in 1998. (See Ansible 134.) He accused Rob of self-promoting to win an award. (Rob does self-promote more than the average author, but I think his writing is decent enough to win awards; I certainly enjoyed Starplex.)
I think a 12-year-old lawsuit, especially when they've been at cons together since--is a pretty thin reason to say someone should be turned away.
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I'm sorry to hear about the problem with your friend. My only concern would be that given that this is a first year con, there shouldn't be anyone with a history that should result in denial of entry. Sounds unfortunately, like a personal issue... considering it is hard to see how it is a convention one. You can't cause problems at a con that has never happened before!
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I think a 12-year-old lawsuit, especially when they've been at cons together since--is a pretty thin reason to say someone should be turned away.
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