Allegory of Vice

[ellenkushner]

...at Galapagos went very well last night - I think: I was reading (from p. 185 of The Privilege of the Sword), and the stage light was in my eyes so I couldn't see the hall, even when I shaded them. But it seemed to me that Cat Valente, rosefox, agent Shana Cohen, Delia and a number of other glamorous local literati were writhing in a suitable attempt to create a 3-D pyramid of "Man’s heedless quest for Pleasure, of appetites temporal and carnal. See how in their striving each man treads upon the other? And how the Pleasures reach out mindlessly to tempt us?” And they didn't even fall down til the script told them to! I'm withtamago, who suggested we make this a regular thing: "now I'm imagining competitive allegories springing up at cons all over the world. It sure beats cheerleading competitions," sez she, and I say, Go for it!

And my love for Schaffer the Dark Lord just grows and grows. I called him "the Cole Porter of Rap" and he made me write it down and sign it.

All praise to 2muchexposition & her Tor posse for putting together such a swell event.