Ben Bova vient de signer un article sur les conentions de SF : Science-fiction conventions are nothing to laugh at .

Il est à lire ici.

Voici le début :
"I’ve gone to several science-fiction conventions recently. They’re fun.

There’s hardly a weekend throughout the year when there isn’t a science-fiction convention going on in some city across this wide land. Most of them draw a few hundred participants, although some are quite larger and the annual World Science Fiction Convention can bring in upwards of 5,000 attendees.

Science-fiction conventions are put on by the fans, the readers and filmgoers and gaming enthusiasts who love science fiction and fantasy in all its forms. They invite professional writers and artists to participate on panel discussions, give lectures, autograph books.

The fans say, “Science fiction is a way of life,” and it’s true. I met my late wife Barbara at a science-fiction convention. Most of my friends are writers, and we live all over the map. Conventions draw us together for a weekend of camaraderie and good fun."