The Marriage of Jo Walton and Emmet O'Brien
At the Swan Hotel, in the town of Hay-on-Wye also called Y Gelli
Four days before the Kalends of August, 2754 AUC (or, in the later system, July 28th 2001 CE)
The Marriage of Jo Walton and Emmet O'BrienAt the Swan Hotel, in the town of Hay-on-Wye also called Y GelliFour days before the Kalends of August, 2754 AUC (or, in the later system, July 28th 2001 CE) |
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| The Cake. The reviews are "Head, Shoulders and Sword Arm above your ordinary wedding cake" (after Ken Macleod's review of Jo's The King's Peace), "Comparable to Lembas at its best", and the perennial "Destined to be a Masterpiece". |  |
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Sasha, Jo's son, was a wonderful Best Man at the wedding; on the left he's at the reception (Anna Feruglio Dal Dan behind him), on the right giving the speech at the wedding buffet. |  |
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Jo, Emmet and Sasha with champagne, in the garden after the marriage ceremony |
| Jordin and Mary Kay Kare show off their identical Hawaiian space shirts |  |
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| Saturday afternoon: the guests sit in the garden and discuss what they found in the bookshops of Hay. From left to right: Neil, Michael Grant, Paul Kincaid and Maureen Kincaid Speller, Jordin and Mary Kay Kare. |
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David Damerell reading. In the background we see (left to right) Helen Kenyon, Ernest Tomlinson, Vicki Rosenzweig, a hidden person, Helen and Tim Hunt with Heather and Pascal behind them, Colette, and Janet |
| Mary Kay again, Owen Dunn, Clare Boothby, and Andrew Mobbs |  |
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Saturday evening; Neil and Juan doze; Alison Scott (off-picture left) and Jordin Kare (right) try without success to get their laptops to communicate |
| Jo says goodbye to Vicki before departing to Swansea; Emmet and Michael Grant look on |  |