tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022051.post2348579223968815532..comments2023-10-16T13:20:56.509+00:00Comments on SF writer Gary Gibson: SFX WeekenderGary Gibson, science fiction writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16479905286212513002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022051.post-81234007567078502392011-02-10T15:20:07.042+00:002011-02-10T15:20:07.042+00:00Like I said, Alexandria, I didn't see more tha...Like I said, Alexandria, I didn't see more than a relatively small part of the con because I was squirreled away somewhere else, so I missed those jokes. That does sound rather worrying, however, and I'd hate to think things like this could give ammo to people who like to characterise sf fans as primarily terminally single males who dote on unfeasibly-breasted fantasy women.Gary Gibson, science fiction writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16479905286212513002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022051.post-81629677635518455902011-02-10T15:14:10.907+00:002011-02-10T15:14:10.907+00:00There was, at times, a level of objectification of...<i>There was, at times, a level of objectification of women that made me just a tiny little bit uncomfortable. Or possibly more than a tiny bit.</i><br /><br />Yeah, me too. It was particularly prevalent in the Friday night cabaret thing, in which the blokes did all the patter and tricks, and the women just got to dance around in tiny outfits. Getting women from the audience up on stage for the sake of making sleazy jokes at their expense also did not endear the act to me. My friends and I eventually left the room, were we so uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022051.post-90793838970232097922011-02-09T09:54:08.608+00:002011-02-09T09:54:08.608+00:00I suspect, though I'm no expert, it has someth...I suspect, though I'm no expert, it has something to do with an essentially Victorian transport system that wheezes along these days - witness the near-collapse of much transport during a winter that many other Northern European countries seem to shrug off with barely a blink. Taiwan by contrast has a stunningly modern, cheap and efficient transport system, but it's also maybe less than thirty years old. Contrast that with the Heath Robinson tangle of the London Underground system that dates back to the 18th Century. They're talking about building a high-speed bullet-train style service here to connect north to south and I, for one, cannot wait.Gary Gibson, science fiction writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16479905286212513002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022051.post-5087834557406041842011-02-09T09:32:50.321+00:002011-02-09T09:32:50.321+00:00I know the old joke "In Australia 100 years i...I know the old joke "In Australia 100 years is a long time, in the UK 100 KMs is a long way" but it baffles me that it is a two day trip to get from A to Z when the UK looks so small on a map.Orin Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672387161151741494noreply@blogger.com