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Welcome to The Genre Traveler! Please sign up using the form to the right so that you'll get all the latest updates to the site. You also might want to sign up for the RSS feed, which you can do via email or your favorite RSS Reader. Wow. I'm so sorry for not posting for the past week or so. I've been insanely busy and last week I didn't feel so well because of all the smoke from the fires near L.A. It's amazing how much an intensely sore throat can wear you out. Anyway, here are a bunch of things coming up at the Hyaena Gallery in Burbank, Calif. (www.hyaenagallery.com): This Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007: Queenie (Pocket Full of Posiez) will be holding her Signing and Release Party for the new "Pansy the Pirate" Doll. Queenie will be on hand signing both her “Pansy” and “Lyllionia” Dolls. 6-8pm, Free Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007: A one-night-only exhibit, "Don’t Do Anything Illegal" – Authentic True Crime. This special exhibit features highlights of W. Shafer’s True Crime collection and includes pieces by Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, James Earl Ray, Kenneth Bianchi, and Jim Jones. 8pm-midnight, Free. Friday, Nov. 23, 2007: Author Jim Wirt will be signing his book, Coloring Book Land, an irreverent adult-themed coloring book packed full of hilariously inappropriate material. 6-8pm, Free. Oh! And

Happy Halloween!

I got a note from horror author Edward A. Holsclaw II the other day, giving me a heads up about the book signing he's doing this weekend with a couple of other authors. Here's the note:

Edward A. Holsclaw II, Wendy Easton, and Melvin Hunter (illustrator) will be signing our books entitled Piece of Mind, Twist of Fate, Origin: Unknown and Laid to Rest, this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, from 1-4 p.m. at the West Virginia Authors Book Fair at the Nitro Public Library in Nitro, West Virginia. The Nitro Library & Waldenbooks Book Store presents Meet the Authors. Several West Virginia authors will be at the library to display & sign their books and talk with the public. Books will be available for purchase.

If you go, please tell Ed that The Genre Traveler sent you. And, you might want to check out his website at www.FEARMAKER.com, too.

On Aug. 25, 13 Writers of the Future judges, including New York Times bestselling authors Tim Powers, Sean Williams, Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, will be at Borders Books & Music in Pasadena to sign books. Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests winners will also be there. DETAILS: What: Author and Illustrator Book Signing When: Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:30-1:30 pm Where: Borders Books & Music 475 South Lake Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101 RSVP For Reservations: (323) 466-7815 ext. 165

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.

Ray Harryhausen will be signing copies of his book The Art of Ray Harryhausen on Monday, July 23 at Mystery & Imagination in Glendale, Calif.

Harryhausen is the master special effects animator behind some of my favorite movies, including The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. He's also the good friend of my very favorite author, Ray Bradbury.

DETAILS
What: Book Signing with Ray Harryhausen

Where:
Mystery & Imagination
238 N. Brand Bl.
Glendale, Calif.

When:
Monday, July 23
7 pm

For More Information:
Mystery & Imagination
818-545-0206

Ray Harryhausen

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