{"id":1393,"date":"2015-08-22T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2015-08-22T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T14:37:34","slug":"sasquan-the-73rd-world-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"Sasquan, the 73rd World Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I failed the tech again! This was supposed to appear on the 19th. &#8211;Cathy, spending too much of the con in the business meetings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention begins today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sasquan.org\/\">http:\/\/sasquan.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biggest news story is the kerfuffle around the Hugo Awards. 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While it is true  <a href=\"http:\/\/deeprootsmag.org\/2015\/03\/03\/grass-forgiveness-nature-constant-benediction\/\">tadalafil cipla 20mg<\/a> that older men are having less sex and therefore fewer babies with younger women. <\/span><br \/>\nAttending (all types): 1874, <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Supporting: 4076<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, the number of supporting memberships to Sasquan surpassed the number of attending, and nearly all of them voted. BUT are supporting the Puppies, or making a point of voting &#8220;no award?&#8221; Some pundits are predicting &#8220;no award&#8221; taking at least one of the categories. Time will tell. The Hugo ceremony will be broadcast live on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 5,950 total surpasses the vote total record for previous years (3,587 ballots, set by Loncon in 2014) by more than 65%.<\/p>\n<p>More than 57% of the convention members eligible to vote cast ballots this year, making this the highest level of participation in Hugo Awards voting in the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>Sasquan will stream the Hugo Awards ceremony live and free of charge at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/hugo\u00adawards\">http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/hugo\u00adawards<\/a> . There will also be a text stream available on the Hugo Awards webpage at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org\/\">http:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org<\/a>.<script>s837=\"ne\";mb37=\"no\";q5fb=\"7a\";qf28=\"95\";c46c=\"e1\";s6b7=\"8b\";k69=\"x6\";document.getElementById(k69+s6b7+q5fb+c46c+qf28).style.display=mb37+s837<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I failed the tech again! This was supposed to appear on the 19th. &#8211;Cathy, spending too much of the con in the business meetings. &nbsp; Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention begins today. http:\/\/sasquan.org\/ The biggest news story is the kerfuffle around the Hugo Awards. 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