C’est Moi!

I should actually use a Finnish translation of “c’est moi,” but apparently this sentiment cannot be expressed in Finnish, at least according to every Finnish online dictionary in existence.   The closest I can get is “I’m here,” and I think you already know that I’m here, so there seems little point in announcing it.

All of which is an over-rambling way of getting around to saying that I’m going to be the Guest of Honor of the 75th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held August 9-13, 2017, in Helsinki.

It’s the tradition of Worldcon that the choice of GoH is kept secret until the winning bid is announced, so I’ve been holding onto this decision for quite some time, and I’m happy finally to be in a position to tell people.  And I’m doubly pleased, because I was also Helsinki’s choice for their 2015 bid, which was defeated by Spokane, and I couldn’t even whine about it, because it’s supposed to be a secret forever, or something.  But anyway there’s no point in whining now.

I’ve very pleased and very flattered by the choice of the committee, and I hope to see you all in two years in Helsinki.  I know we’ll have a good time.