Travel Reads: 2012: The Secret of the Crystal Skull

I must admit that I’ve dragged my feet writing this review. I finished reading 2012: The Secret of the Crystal Skull over a week ago.
The thing is, I don’t relish writing a bad review. I would love it if every book that gets sent to me is a gem I can recommend you read. But, [...]

Final Harry Potter Fan Trip Scheduled for July

HP Fan Trips is organizing one last Harry Potter Fan Trip this summer to celebrate the release of the final Harry Potter Film.
“We’ve taken the best from each of the seven years of our top-rate HP Fan Trips and created this special itinerary to celebrate the release of the final film in the Harry Potter [...]

Beastly Movie Trailer

Saturday Is National Astronomy Day

Celebrate the study of things celestial this Saturday during National Astronomy Day. Lots of events are scheduled throughout the country. Here are just a few:
Orlando Science Center, 11am to 9pm
Events include telescope observing sessions, special demonstrations, lectures and more. For more information, visit www.osc.org.
Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus, Crowell, Texas
Daytime activities include safe solar views of [...]

Live in Portland? Tune into KPAM this Weekend!

Yesterday morning I recorded an interview with Pay Boyle, the host of “The KPAM 860 Travel Show with Pat Boyle” about The Genre Traveler. We talked about what is genre travel, what kinds of things the website covers and how costuming is an integral part of many a genre traveler’s experience.
The show will air on [...]

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Trailer

Genre Films for the Summer 2010 Season: July

July has quite a few genre films to offer, so I think you’ll be able to get out of the heat quite often without having to see a film more than once. The trailers for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice look really cool and I’ve always found Nick Cage’s film to be fun, so I’m [...]

Genre Films for the Summer 2010 Season: June

I could only find three genre films coming out in June … but that will be made up in July, when there will be a cornucopia of genre films. Also, June’s releases seem to be a bit more tame than the block busters so far and planned for the coming months. I guess June is [...]

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Teaser Trailer

SF Film Festival in London Celebrates 9th Year Running

When I created The Genre Traveler, one of my primary motivations was that there was no single resource for genre travel info available (and there still isn’t). Well, “because there wasn’t one” is also the inspiration for the Sci-Fi London Film Festival, now in its 9th year.
“The festival started primarily because there wasn’t anywhere for [...]