Well, I've made my desire to attend known to my other half a.k.a. Becky. She said I can go if she gets to tag along. I reminded her that she's not an SK fan (should be 'a', but it sounds weird, so...). I then reminded her that no, watching The Langoliers once at a friends' house in the 90s doesn't count, and I'll only let her tag along if she learns the way of the ka-tet (which means it's also the only way I'll get to show up). She called me a geek and insinuated that I was a weirdo, all stuff she should know by now, but said that she was 'open to the idea' of reading some SK (to which I replied "Well it'll be a million times better than all that fanfic crap you wade through").
I've now got to pick something that'll get her hooked. Not easy, when 90% of horror/SF stuff gets met with derision and/or contempt and/or annoyance.