Writer wants no more World Cons in the U.S. until these "horrors" stop.
Follow the legal entry laws….no problem.
The author, Gary Westfahl, has written this work of fiction article.
And he wants to move it to Canada... where they treat Americans with disdain and condescension. I used to do work with McDonnell Douglas Canada. The border guards treated me like I was out to steal Canadian jobs, when I was moving work into MDCAN. Assholes since the 90’s, that’s Canada. But they really like American dollars.
I’m sure people fly into America everyday with zero problems.
The writer is spreading the propaganda of the Left.
What is happening is selective publishing of stories to create a narrative.
I wish we could get rid of all the cons in America.
Here are some rules to Attend Worldcon and have fun. I know these are complicated and hard for SciFi fans to Grok. Maybe they can get some assistance and tips from other attendees.
DO...
1. Get tourist Visa
2. Attend Worldcon
3. Return home before Visa expires
DON’T...
1. Sneak across southern or northern border into the USA
2. Overstay your Visa
3. Lie on your Visa application and start screaming “From the River to the Sea!”
4. Take off your clothes, run around DFW Airport shrieking like a banshee and throwing things at the monitors.
Science fiction can be a wonderful departure from reality. This guy ignores the fact that such departure is not meant to be permanent. What he is presenting in this notice is a work of fantasy, and not a very good one.
As it happens I’m currently reading a compilation of Hugo award winners (one of the top science fiction awards) compiled by Isaac Asimov, dating back to the 1960’s. And it is striking to me how even then the SF community was dominated by full-of-themselves leftist echo chamber types who are not nearly as bright or scientific as they tell themselves they are.
The Hugo’s and Worldcon are a freaking joke.
It just doesn’t carry the same meaning or fun.
Let it die already.
The Locus Newsmagazine editorials had pro-mask, pro-vax, pro-lockdown for all the Covid hysteria years.
One last year said some SF people died of Covid and “Why, why didn’t they get their shots and keep the boosters up to date?”
Any opportunity they blast Trump and us.
When Analog Magazine editor Trevor Quachri wrote a nasty, anti-Trump editorial in the first term, a significant number of subscribers cancelled. He printed about a dozen rebuttals from Trump fans.
Laws governing who can enter the country have always been enforced. There is, for example, a law against bringing over $10,000 cash into the US. I saw US Customs take a couple of elderly Japanese women in for questioning because they had more than $10K in their luggage. Did they look dangerous? No. Did they look confused? Definitely. This happened in 2016.
The difference now is that Trump is president, so these incidents that passed under the radar before are suddenly being held up front-and-center in order to try to frighten tourists into avoiding visiting the US. It’s always a good idea to find out something about the laws of the country you plan to visit, no matter who you are.
This tactic is reminiscent of the stories of women who died having abortions using common procedures were touted by the left to try to show how dangerous anti-abortion laws are. Women have always died from routine abortion methods. They only became newsworthy when they died in a state that no longer allows routine abortion.
We could miss out on the next Walter Breen.
Heinlein would kick their pansy asses into next month.
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I’m glad Trump is stepping up to make those people act more like the adults they should be.
A visitor or an invader, there is a difference.
I have an old friend who has written SF for decades.
Asked her about her career a few years ago.
She said, “I cannot get anything published. If the story does not support the LGBTQ cause, they don’t want to speak to me”.
Note that she was a radical leftist anti war crusader since the 1960s.
The takeover of publishing and writing was deliberate.
I suggest that this guy and his friends sneak across the border of China and have it there. I am sure that a good time will be had by all.
Okay, those terms are acceptable.