# Short stories turned into novels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [November 20, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447 "2023-11-20T23:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/81 "2023-11-27T00:19:52Z")
I’ve been to ten Worldcons. They were held in four different countries. I didn’t go to my first Worldcon until I was 31. Until I was 29, there was no way I could have gone to one unless it was next door to where I was living, since I was too broke to do much of anything before then. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/82 "2023-11-27T02:01:22Z")
It didn’t occur to me to go to one until one was held very close to where I live, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/83 "2023-11-27T03:23:25Z")
No kidding. That was the last one I attended. I also made it to New Orleans in '88 and San Francisco in '93. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/84 "2023-11-27T04:29:09Z")
I’m so old that I don’t remember whether or not I attended a specific worldcon. That’s not even funny. I do know I went to StLouiscon in 1969, my first con ever. We shared the hotel with a Young Americans for Freedom convention. Nobody needed ribbons to know who was attending which. I think the count is 14 since, but it could be 15 or 16. I know I went to some cities but if they had multiple worldcons I can’t remember which. Wait. Denver in 2008. I know I was there and forgot to include it. I also went to some NorthAmericons, which are the official U.S. cons when the worldcon is not held in North America. They should count. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/85 "2023-11-27T09:44:35Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I’m so old that I don’t remember whether or not I attended a specific worldcon. The only reason I can easily look up which Worldcons I’ve attended is that I keep the program books from all conventions I attend and make a note in a file I have of which conventions I have the program books from. There are two reasons I choose to go to a convention. Either they are local ones that I can easily drive to and thus can come home each day or else they are ones I can build a vacation around. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/86 "2023-11-27T10:59:44Z")
We can do it at next year’s North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/87 "2024-07-18T22:55:35Z")
And now we have met at least ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/88 "2024-07-19T23:03:31Z")
Yes. We had.a regular dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/89 "2024-07-22T13:46:36Z")
Me, too! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/90 "2024-07-22T17:02:00Z")
**Reality Chuck** and I were on a panel together, with **Andy\_L** in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447/91 "2024-07-22T17:38:03Z")
And **DendariiDame** was in the audience as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-stories-turned-into-novels/993447.md?page=4)