One of the things I love about Finncon is the way in which the foreign guests all say “I can’t wait to come back”. It will, of course, be impossible to give every writer attending a Worldcon the same level of individual care and attention that is lavished on the Guests of Honor at a Finncon, but nevertheless it gives you a good idea of how well Finnish conventions are run.

In that vein, here is Peter Watts being forthright as usual (warning, contains photo of me). And here is Caitlin Sweet being much more lyrical.

And in case you think that’s just this year, here are a couple of tweets that came in while I was in Helsinki.

https://twitter.com/deliasherman/status/353873709519478784

@CherylMorgan @jukkahoo @jeffvandermeer @finncon2013 It's not just beer, but Finland…miss you all.

— Ann VanderMeer (@AnnVanderMeer) July 4, 2013