Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Worldcon 2025: A Dark Future?

YOU ARE NOW BOARDING THE SPACE ARK.

This craft has been traveling the cosmos for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. It has visited many other worlds, gathering strange and unusual objects. It has also visited future Earths and alternate Earths where history took a different course.

We do not know who made this craft. It is fully automated, with no crew. Its mission, apparently, is to travel, observe, and collect.

Now it has arrived here to share its discoveries. 

MoPOP Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction introduction.

After registering for Worldcon and checking into my VRBO for the week, I do a quick trip to MoPOP, the Seattle Museum of Popular Culture, and the Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic displays. 

It's a great opportunity to see unique genre props and artwork, but I do have one criticism, particularly of the Infinite Worlds display.  

I remember a point in time when the exhibit was much better lit and easier to photograph!  I appreciate the concept of the Space Ark and its collection of artifacts from different times and realities, but honestly, is there any reason that they can't turn the lights up on the ship?   

- Sid

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