If you will be in the Seacoast New Hampshire or Southern Maine area now through September, there are some events you might be interested in. Several science fiction and fantasy authors will be making appearances in local bookstores. For more information, visit www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/LIFE/708100345/-1/NEWS11&sfad=1.
Haunted Amusement Park Closed Lake Shawnee Amusement Park may be haunted by spirits. www.wvva.com/News/index.php?ID=15480 World Series of Video Games The World Series of Video Games (WSVG) Presented by Intel will make its first-ever stop on Canadian soil this summer, at the Fan Expo Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, August 24-26. www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2007/08/c4730.html New Convention […]
The promotional material had this to say of Dragon Queen: “Yavie awakes from the slumber of death to a shattered world she does not recall to find herself betrayed by her lover, her siblings and even her father. In a desperate search for the truth, Yavie and her guardians embark on a quest more filled […]
An alliance of Hollywood notables working with Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) are planning to develop a major Movie Theme Park “incorporating 4D technologies for what will be the first “East meets West” state-of-the-art theme park development in Asia,” according to a press release from Nations Trust Ltd. The park is part of a three […]
Aug. 10-12, 20072Pi-ConClarion Sovereign HotelWest Springfield, Mass.Guest of Honor: CE Murphypi-con.org Aug. 17-19, 2007Con-Version 23Calgary Radisson HotelCalgary, Alberta, CanadaGuest of Honor: Jack McDevittwww.con-version.org For more genre travel information, visi http://thegenretraveler.com.
Thinking of going to Comic Con next year? Well, the venue certainly is going to be right. Although not scheduled to open until the fall of 2007, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has already been secured through Travel Planners Inc. to host the 2008 attendees of Comic-Con International. The hotel has arranged for 300 rooms […]
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel community, announced on Friday the top 10 amusement parks in the U.S., according to traveler popularity and TripAdvisor editors. Many of them offer thrills and chills for genre travelers. And, of course, with Halloween coming up in a few weeks, many of these parks are gearing up for a good […]
“Roll, roll, roll en zee hay.” For some reason, that’s one of my favorite quotes from the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein. Well this funny, funny film is now a musical. “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” will open for its World Premiere, pre-Broadway presentation, at The Paramount Theater in Seattle, Ore., on […]
August 2007 Aug. 1-15Artifacts of a Nether WorldArt & Objects by Dan ChessherHyaena GalleryBurbank, Calif.www.hyaenagallery.com Aug. 10-12Horrorfind WeekendMarriott Hunt Valley InnHunt Valley, Md.www.horrorfindweekend.com/state/maryland/august/ Aug. 11, 2007LA Myth: A group art showMeltdown ComicsLos Angeles, Calif.meltcomics.com or myspace.com/lamyth Aug. 24, 200723rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement AwardsThe Caltech AthenaeumPasadena, Calif.RSVP for reservations:(323) 466-3310 or (800) 624-6504 in […]