{"id":282,"date":"2008-08-12T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/08\/12\/worldcon-2008-photos\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:47:42","slug":"worldcon-2008-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/08\/12\/worldcon-2008-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldcon 2008 Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0810.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0810.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>TURNABOUT INTRUDER: Paolo Baciagalupi and Irene Gallo trade places for a night; Paolo claims to have told several unsuspecting authors just how bad their covers really are, while Irene cheerfully let everyone know that their tawdry lives were nothing more than a capitalistic charade\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0801.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0801.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>GOOD TIMES AT THE HARPERCOLLINS\/EOS PARTY (l to r): Traci Picacio; Eos executive editor and hostess supreme Diana Gill; Jude Feldman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0802.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0802.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>MORE EOS GOOD TIMES (l to r): Jack Skillingstead; Nancy Kress; Ellen Datlow; Sheila Williams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0804.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0804.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>PYR\u2019S PARTY ROCKED (l to r): L.E. Modesitt, Jr. and Lou Anders at the Pyr Party celebrating Ian McDonald\u2019s Hugo nomination for Best Novel with BRASYL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0805.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0805.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>CHILLIN\u2019 AT THE PYR PARTY (l to r): Caroline Symcox; Paul Cornell; George Mann (back); Carsten Polzin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0806.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0806.jpg?w=680\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>LET THEM EAT ART: My cover illustration for the new issue of ASIMOV\u2019S gets the chocolate treatment at the ASIMOV\u2019S party<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/DEN0807.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; 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