PanioptiCon 5 (Originally published
in `Shada` 1982)
What a hotel Birmingham's Grand is! Full of huge oak
doors, ornate chandeliers, detailed carvings, rich deep carpets and long
rather disconcerting mirrors. Totally different from the usual
semi-modern University set ups of old, and no doubt light years away from that
Battesea Church Hall where the first Convention was held in '77.
