As I mentioned in my February 16 post, I’m going to the Lost Weekend Fan Party tonight. I’m looking forward to dancing the night away with my honey bunny (aka husband), possibly taking some pictures of me doing genre-y stuff for the editorial page of The Genre Traveler, and maybe landing an interview with a [...]
Until I can get the searchable database developed and running, I’m stuck with listing cons in each issue and, if I miss some, here in the blog. Here is a list of ones coming up during the first half of next month. April 5-8: Norwescon 30Seatac, WashingtonGuests include: Kim Stanley Robinson.Focus: SFwww.norwescon.org April 5 – [...]
Do you like Dean Koontz? Do you have a video camera, digital camera, cellphone, or any other device that can make videos? Do you have a YouTube account? Then you might want to enter Spectra’s new “Shoot The Good Guy” contest. All you need to do is create a book trailer for Koontz’s new novel, [...]
The recent world premiere (March 13, 2007) in Cairo of Princess of the Sun, a French animated film set in ancient Egypt, has Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) a little bent out of shape. This fantasy movie, directed by Philippe Leclerc, is set during the reign of King [...]
This Just In Profiles in History, the U.S.’ leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts, will hold an auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia on Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. (PT). Items of interest to genre fans include: Christopher Reeve’s costume from the first Superman movie One [...]
Some people ask me what I mean by this tag-line. So, I thought I’d give an example because a couple of things have happened over the past few weeks that really illustrate this point. The first happened a couple weeks ago. It weirded me out so much I almost posted something about it here to [...]
Here’s something interestng. According to the Associated Press, France’s space agency is “putting years of UFO research and tens of thousands of documents on the Web.” According to the story, there has been a small group of researchers spending the last several years trying to explain reports of unidentified flying objects. They’ve been able to [...]
OK, living on Mars will probably not be a reality in our lifetimes, but you can always pretend. Avatar Reality, Inc., recently announced that it is developing an online massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW) where players can develop an avatar to live on a virtual, terraformed Mars. “Our goal is to create an online virtual [...]
I saw this story today and just had to share it with you. Airline moves dead body to 1st class afer woman dies in economy cabinLONDON (AP) – A first-class passenger on a flight from Delhi to London awoke find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in [...]
John Pelico, one of the judges for The 1st Annual Genre Traveler Photo Contest, is the creator of KillerPumpkins.com. Recently, they announced that their next scheduled event will be Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. Organized by Creation Entertainment, Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors will be held at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank CA [...]
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