Neil Gaiman nominated for the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

by **chrisboote** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 01:25 pm

https://dennyaakademien.wishpondpages.c ... rize_2018/

by **phalarope** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:50 am

It’s kind of a clunky page but I managed to figure it out. Voted!

by **chrisboote** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:00 am

So, as one of the people who nominated a finalist, I'm eligible to go to the Award dinner ... and take up to three others ... for $500/head!
Or anyone can go to their kickstarter page and buy one (only) dinner invite for $1000 - although that also includes a 'free' t-shirt
Can anyone think of a single good reason, other than potential future bragging rights ("Well, when I was last at a Nobel Prize Award ceremony ..." or "That's not how they did it at the Nobel Prize Awards dinner"), to cough up that sort of dosh?

Julia actually wants to go!

by **phalarope** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:50 am

Curiosity, but it's a very personal decision what value one places on satisfying curiosity. If you go, I wonder who you would be seated with. Could be someone fascinating, or an absolute bore....

by **Darren** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 08:38 am

You could always start a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to pay for the Kickstarter pledge to go (or your direct one)?

I've known someone do something similar before (a kickstarter campaign to purchase a kickstarter pledge to write one of the official novellas to go with a game that was being launched/financed there) and it worked (and the novel got published).

by **chrisboote** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 08:49 am

Darren wrote:You could always start a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to pay ...

Why would anyone kickstart a massively pricey dinner for me ?

by **chrisboote** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 08:49 am

phalarope wrote:If you go, I wonder who you would be seated with. Could be someone fascinating, or an absolute bore....

Strongly intimated that the first X to reply would be seated with their nominee

Or in my case, one of their nominees

by **Grace Speaker** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 09:15 am

chrisboote wrote:
phalarope wrote:If you go, I wonder who you would be seated with. Could be someone fascinating, or an absolute bore....

Strongly intimated that the first X to reply would be seated with their nominee

Or in my case, one of their nominees

Show off!

Where is this dinner taking place and are you also able to insist on your guests sitting at the same table as your nominee (Mr Gaiman for preference)? If so, I'm with Julia and would want to go

It does occur to me that one could go armed with an armful of books by the attending authors and get them signed after they've had a few drinks and are feeling rather convivial, but before they find out they haven't won and get p*ssed off . . .

by **chrisboote** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 05:04 pm

Grace Speaker wrote:Where is this dinner taking place

Stockholm at the New Academy campus

and are you also able to insist on your guests sitting at the same table as your nominee (Mr Gaiman for preference)? If so, I'm with Julia and would want to go

Can't 'insist' on anything

It does occur to me that one could go armed with an armful of books by the attending authors and get them signed after they've had a few drinks and are feeling rather convivial, but before they find out they haven't won and get p*ssed off . . .

Not really the done thing, I would suggest

by **Vorlina** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 08:24 pm

I wouldn't ONLY fly to Stockholm for that, but it's an amazing city so if I could loop in a week seeing the sights, I might...

It also appears to be a one off situation, if I have read the website correctly?

by **chrisboote** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 08:43 am

Vorlina wrote:It also appears to be a one off situation, if I have read the website correctly?

Yes, I think so

by **Swearingen** » Wed Oct 03, 2018 01:20 pm

Did this event happen btw? Did you attend, Chrisboote?

by **phazedout** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:49 am

I just got akockstrter request to find it, given my recent and ongoing adventures with Finnish revenue, that'll be a nope

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