Last night I attended a meeting of the SF Treff Darmstadt. Lots of people, many of them - I am told - newbies, probably there yesterday to hear the talk given by Robert Vogel, a genre journalist who's been behind the scenes on many shows and has actually worked as an extra on some, too. Last night he talked about Stargate, which of course was not exactly my favourite subject (although I keep telling myself that Farscape's cancellation is not the fault of the people working on Stargate, I still can't help a certain bitterness at its continued existence. Sure, it's decent sf, but it's also 6 years old and even according to some fans does not really need another season, whereas Farscape was killed in its prime. Ah, frell. It's not made any easier for me by the fact that due to the near-complete absence of Farscape from German TV, most German sf fans consider Stargate (and Andromeda... *shudder*) *the* ultimate in current sf television...) --
Err... sorry. Veered off on a tangent there. I'll not even try and finish that sentence.
Well. So, the subject of the talk was not exactly one I was very interested in (though Robert Vogel did a nice enough job of presenting his behind the scenes material, and it would have been fun if I hadn't been so bitter...), but hey, I've made it my mission to spread Farscape in German sf fandom, single-handedly, if necessary, and I have to start somewhere, don't I? ;-)
One funny thing about the sf scene in Germany: it's *tiny*. I've only participated in two larger events - the Darmstadt Space Days 2002, where AnduraNova and I won second place in the costume contest as Delvians, and last weekend's DortCon, where I held my little presentation - and already it seems I know most of the main protagonists... Well, that's not quite true, but there sure as hezmana were quite a few faces I knew yesterday evening...
One of the people whom I've met at *every* single event so far is Bifi, who, it turns out, is also a member of the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft. Of course, I tried to convince her to join our monthly meetings as well as the monthly meetings of the Farscaped mailing list... *g* I really have to join the SFCD soon, I think. I keep telling her I will... and I will. Actually, I already have the membership application form lying here on my desk.
I also talked to a DS9 and literary sf fan about Farscape. Not sure how much headway I made, but hey, at least I'm trying... ;-) He was pretty convinced that Farscape was nothing but Muppets in Space - always a hard preconception to dislodge... and unfortunately very common in Germany, due to the promotion FS got during its very short run on German TV.
Well, and Robert Vogel himself was actually sort of interested in talking to me - told me he would have liked to hear my presentation at DortCon but missed it because he didn't know it was Sunday or something... and he invited Kai and Antje and my humble self to join a smaller, more private meeting of sf fans at his house on Wednesday. I'd actually really like to go there, 'cause I think he might be an interesting source of information... Also, I really do mean to get deeper into the sf scene, not just to spread FS, but also because I really love the genre.
Err... sorry. Veered off on a tangent there. I'll not even try and finish that sentence.
Well. So, the subject of the talk was not exactly one I was very interested in (though Robert Vogel did a nice enough job of presenting his behind the scenes material, and it would have been fun if I hadn't been so bitter...), but hey, I've made it my mission to spread Farscape in German sf fandom, single-handedly, if necessary, and I have to start somewhere, don't I? ;-)
One funny thing about the sf scene in Germany: it's *tiny*. I've only participated in two larger events - the Darmstadt Space Days 2002, where AnduraNova and I won second place in the costume contest as Delvians, and last weekend's DortCon, where I held my little presentation - and already it seems I know most of the main protagonists... Well, that's not quite true, but there sure as hezmana were quite a few faces I knew yesterday evening...
One of the people whom I've met at *every* single event so far is Bifi, who, it turns out, is also a member of the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft. Of course, I tried to convince her to join our monthly meetings as well as the monthly meetings of the Farscaped mailing list... *g* I really have to join the SFCD soon, I think. I keep telling her I will... and I will. Actually, I already have the membership application form lying here on my desk.
I also talked to a DS9 and literary sf fan about Farscape. Not sure how much headway I made, but hey, at least I'm trying... ;-) He was pretty convinced that Farscape was nothing but Muppets in Space - always a hard preconception to dislodge... and unfortunately very common in Germany, due to the promotion FS got during its very short run on German TV.
Well, and Robert Vogel himself was actually sort of interested in talking to me - told me he would have liked to hear my presentation at DortCon but missed it because he didn't know it was Sunday or something... and he invited Kai and Antje and my humble self to join a smaller, more private meeting of sf fans at his house on Wednesday. I'd actually really like to go there, 'cause I think he might be an interesting source of information... Also, I really do mean to get deeper into the sf scene, not just to spread FS, but also because I really love the genre.