. "Fortunately, I had an aunt and uncle living in NYC who took me in; and I was able to get my room the next day--in a decrepit old hotel, next to the freight elevator.But I was an impecunious job-hunting grad student, not a major author!The second one I attended was in Denver and was a logistical nightmare.It sounds to me as though the RT people simply do not know how to run a con." . . .