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[astridv]

I just came back from the Book Fair. Frankfurt is rather a long way for a daytrip, I'm pretty beat. Meetings were good, there was a productive brainstorming session about a new project and I'm excited about the possibilities. I also strolled through the Japanese publishers' section in Hall 6 to see if SnK #12 is already out. Turns out it's not, but on the plus side I had no problem talking with the people there, so that was cool.

Unfortunately the weather thwarted my plan to check out a bouldering spot in Frankfurt afterwards. So I went for Korean food instead. Also very nice, but I was really looking forward to climbing on a new wall.

Grabbing Agents of Shields right now, which I didn't get a chance to do all day. But I'll probably do the reasonable thing and save the watching for tomorrow... skimming my reading list very carefully until then.

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[jae]

I have always wanted to go to that thing, but I'm very limited in terms of what kind of travel I can realistically do during teaching time, and it's always smack dab in the middle of the fall semester for us. :( Is it as awesome as it sounds?

-J

[astridv]

Well, it's huge and there is more to see than your brain can digest, but the focus is on business, so I'm never sure what people who don't work in the industry get out of it. I only go there to meet editors: it's nice to put faces to the names (though I'm faceblind so in my case that doesn't stick) and it is surprisingly more effective to discuss a project face-to-face than on the phone.

I wouldn't travel that far just to browse books, and I haven't had a book fandom in ages so I'm not so interested in the signings or stuff like that. There are scheduled panels, a lot of them quite political. It all feels a lot more serious than the comic cons I've been to.

But anyway, the fair gets super crowded on the weekend when it opens to the public, so there seems to be something for everybody. This year I loved the read-and-relax area they set up in the open space between the halls, where you could grab a book and hang out on a beanbag chair or a hammock. And the international sections are fascinating; I think you'd love them.

[astridv]

p.s. If you're interested reading about the Book Fair in detail, you should check out selenak's recent posts. She's been there for the entire length of the fair and attended all the relevant events. Her posts are always insightful, I think you'd really enjoy them.

[jae]

Thank you! I'll check them out today. :)

-J