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$\"\"$ GenCon<\/a> is a fun annual event here in Indianapolis. This year, I\u2019ll be going for the first time. Peter Davison<\/a> and Walter Koenig will be there<\/a>. I will probably wear a costume. Given the focus of my fandom, I feel it really ought to be something Doctor Who related, rather than the Star Trek uniform my sister got me for Christmas last yea<\/a>r. Presumably a jacket and bow tie would do the trick? I would love it if I had the cricket uniform worn by Peter Davison\u2019s Doctor, even though I don\u2019t really have the hair to pretend to be him. Presumably my height best suits my dressing like Sylvester McCoy. Then again, I could wear anything and say I\u2019m the Twelfth Doctor and no one could prove me wrong\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also really pleased that this year, for the first time since I\u2019ve been offering the course, my class on religion and science fiction meets on October 31st. I wonder whether anyone besides me will wear a costume that day.<\/p>\n

Although I don\u2019t think I will manage to make it to them, there are a couple of events related to religion at GenCon this year \u2013 for instance, a seminar on religious representation in role-playing games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have any of you ever been to GenCon \u2013 or planning on going this year, for that matter? Have you ever been to something similar? I have a vague recollection of being at a science fiction convention as a child, but have never been for as long as I can remember clearly, at least.<\/p>\n

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