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Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, England, UK, Earth (Real)Sou'Wester, 1994 British National Science Fiction Convention
Date: 1994/04/06 Agree? Disagree? : Have Your Say Buy Books About This Topic At: Amazon UK Amazon US Send This Article To A Friend: Email It Use Telepathy The Britannia Adelphi in Liverpool is a very high-ceilinged hotel, with lots of interesting chandeliers. At Sou'Wester (1994 British National Science Fiction Convention, or Eastercon), fandom put this space to good use. One of the future conventions being advertised was Inconceivable, (Inconsequential II). This is a convention based on humour in science fiction, and run by mostly ZZ9 and Octarine [1] members. They brought along a helium gas cylinder and balloons printed with their logo. At first the balloons were tied to the desk to make it more conspicuous but later on in the con flyers [2] were tied to them. By cutting off a certain amount of string, the flyers could be made to hover about the convention at eye level. They would rise and fall depending on air currents and temperature. Next a T-shirt was filled with balloons and tied to another bunch. This was a much more impressive demonstration of fannish aeronautics. After the T-shirt escapade the team decided this was not enough. Fans often have a soft spot for fluffy stuffed animals [3]. They can even buy convention memberships for their toys in order to receive the progress reports for them. A small toy hedgehog was soon to be seen floating around the room to the cries of "It's behind you!" The Adelphi has a policy of keeping anything it finds in its chandeliers and so an attempt was made to retrieve lost balloons with another balloon tied to a long piece of string and covered with sticky tape.
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