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Just finished reading the bio of James Tiptree, Jnr. The end - the way her life was ended - saddened me so immensely. I could not stop reading the book, which I started just earlier in the afternoon.With what I know about personas, I have to say that friendships could never be the same again, with that veil lifted. the persona is the person. And Alice Sheldon, in real life, was yet another persona.

This weekend, I have been attending events at Convergence2, the Australian National SFF convention. It’s a great buzz to be attending events and sharing ideas with authors, and fans of SFF. The theme was ‘The Person That Books Built’, a Young Adult books focus - although events are a lot more diverse that the theme suggests.

One of the highlights yesterday was a presentation of the Oscar-nominated film The Mysterious Geographical Explorations of Jasper Morello, followed by a forum and Q&A with the screenwriter.