SF/F/H Conventions: Why?

[mmerriam]

I am currently examining why I attended Conventions. Considering this year there were (are) eight cons I can name off the top of my head right here in the Twin Cities, I need to figure out what it is I want out of them, how I plan to get the things I want, and what my plan to do so should be.

So my question to you, Oh Mighty Flist, is: If you attended SF/F/H conventions, why do you go and what do you get out of them?

And yes, I am still working on a novel, thank you for asking.

Dark Water Blues

Comments

[maggiedr.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in seeing other people's answers too. I've gone to just a handful of Cons, but each one seems to have less value and more repetition than the last. I know I'm supposed to network at them, but have never been able to manage networking for its own sake. Either I enjoy talking to someone I see...or I don't.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

The repetition is something I'm noticing more and more as well.