| t was sort of like running back to mama after a foray into the big cruel
world. For this and two more cons, Capricon made the Purple Hyatt work
but eventually it was recognized that growth meant leaving the nest forever.
For Capricon IX dealers operated out of their rooms on a dedicated floor, a
pretty successful experiment. On the whole it was a very successful
con including a speaker fire at the dance while "Bat Out of Hell" played on.
The hoax Phineas Tyler B room nabbed some uninformed fen much to the amusement
of those who think that's amusing. (Oh look, the schmuck believed the
program book, ha, ha, ha ... ). Well, no one ever said fen can't be
snobbish just like the rest of the world. |