It’s that time again — time to vote for The Genre Traveler’s Charity of the Year 2008. Place your vote now at: dragonwyze.tgtcharityvote2008.sgizmo.com The Charity for 2007 was Clarion West. Because not enough funds were raise to make a difference (a bit over a buck — completely my fault), you will have a chance to [...]
Written on December 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Written on December 25, 2007 | Posted in
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Then check out my friend’s new book, Confessions of a Feng Shui Ghost-Buster. I’ll be honest, I edited the book and designed the cover. But trust me when I tell you, it didn’t need that much editing. It was a good book when I got it. It’s part memoir, part feng-shui guide, and even includes [...]
Written on December 24, 2007 | Posted in
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According to Pat O’Brien of The Press-Enterprise, The Eaton Science Fiction Conference will be focusing on Mars when it is held in May 2008. Word is that Ray Bradbury and Frederik Pohl will be there and, if technological details can be worked out, Sir Arthur C. Clarke will talk with them via teleconference from his [...]
Written on December 19, 2007 | Posted in
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I’m sad to say that Terry Pratchett, who has transported me to the wonderful Disc World (which flies through space on some elephants and the great space Turtle A’tuan) and kept me in laughter and silly giggles for more than a decade, has announced that he has a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease. You [...]
Written on December 13, 2007 | Posted in
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If you love dinosaurs, you won’t want to miss this event — and you have time to book your travel arrangements, too! In March 2008, the Burpee Museum of Natural History will host the Annual Paleofest, where 10 of the world’s best-known dinosaur-hunters and paleontologists will gather to tell dinosaur tales and host interactive workshops [...]
Written on December 13, 2007 | Posted in
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Well, I’m back online. Did you miss me? Now through Dec. 30, 2007, the Orlando Science Center in Florida will be presenting in it’s Darden Theater a special live adaptation of “The Magician’s Nephew,” a “classic story of good versus evil in the Land of Narnia.” Show tickets are $19 for shows on Thursdays, Fridays [...]
Written on December 12, 2007 | Posted in
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