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====== The Unexpected Tale of Axacon ====== | ====== The Unexpected Tale of Axacon ====== | ||
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- | ATLANTA — //This isn't a typical // | + | //This isn't a typical // |
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- | **THE 2018 WORD** of the Year is " | + | ATLANTA — |
- | In what some describe | + | Axacon was planned |
- | > So is it a war? A war to win hearts and minds, or is it just simply two sides to a debate that can get over the top when they decide to get personal instead of just being factual.(([[https:// | + | <WRAP right box 320px> |
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- | The anonymous Australian who writes | + | The actual physical turnout for Axacon appeared to be no more than a couple dozen over the course of the weekend, but that may have not mattered. The optics of the lit-up bridge set, with both fans and professional actors inspecting it, and their gatherings at restaurant tables celebrating Axanar, energized |
- | It's in this kind of environment | + | <fs large> |
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+ | But that energy has a dark side: If you take a tour of the [[yout> | ||
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+ | Axanar has become a flashpoint for deep-seated rancor among Trek fandom. CBS/ | ||
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+ | In what some describe as an ongoing war between Axanar supporters and critics, there' | ||
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+ | > So is it a war? A war to win hearts and minds, or is it just simply two sides to a debate that can get over the top when they decide to get personal instead of just being factual? | ||
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+ | But I really hoped Axacon might provide an opportunity to do something about it. | ||
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+ | Among the Axanar faithful I'm Public Enemy No. 1, and the subject of quite a few personal attacks. While observers often draw equivalence between the warring factions about personal attacks — they' | ||
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+ | It was in this context | ||
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+ | So I set about buying a ticket to attend, including a weekend pass to [[https:// | ||
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+ | I asked him to reconsider, particularly since I had already spent more than $400 on non-refundable airfare. If I wasn't going to be allowed to attend I thought it only fair to ask for my airfare to be reimbursed. | ||
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+ | Foolish? Arrogant? Perhaps. At least that's how I was [[https:// | ||
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+ | I was told in no uncertain terms I was unwelcome, and that all sorts of security precautions were put in place to prevent any " | ||
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+ | I arrived Friday afternoon while Axacon attendees were visiting the now nearly completed //Axanar// bridge set during an open house at Peters' | ||
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+ | While the Axanar meeting room was off limits the hotel bar was neutral territory. If I was going to get a chance to talk to Axacon attendees, that and the hotel restaurant were the most likely places for any face-to-face encounters. | ||
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+ | Friday night was uneventful, I saw only scifi writer and Axanar advocate [[david_gerrold|David Gerrold]] dining with someone; David (whom I've known for more than a decade and with whom I collaborated writing "Blood and Fire" for //Star Trek: New Voyages//) was there as a SphinxCon guest. He was also slated to join a couple of Axanar panel discussions. I don't think he saw me in the restaurant. | ||
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+ | Saturday morning I stationed myself down the hall from Axacon' | ||
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+ | ===== Meeting Alec Peters ===== | ||
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+ | I had already seen Peters in the distance throughout the morning but I wasn't sure when or if we'd actually speak. As I had assured SphinxCon' | ||
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+ | Later Saturday morning, Peters approached me where I was standing down the hall counting attendees entering the latest Axacon panel. We shook hands but it was a decidedly frosty meeting. | ||
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Much has been said … but I leave it to others to weigh in on that. | Much has been said … but I leave it to others to weigh in on that. | ||
- | "The Oxford word of the year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance," | + | "The Oxford word of the year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance," |
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+ | And in a victory of human nature, we may have created something of a fragile peace. {{page> | ||
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