If you are a fan of the legendary Ray Bradbury and will be in the Los Angeles area on Sept. 19, you’ll want to take advantage of the opportunity to meet the man himself. Bradbury will be appearing at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention from 12pm to 2pm to sign copies [...]
William Shatner‘s latest venture is a social network for science fiction fans called MyOuterSpace.com. To help promote it, he’ll be soaring over San Diego Harbor in a helicopter tonight and landing on the deck of the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier at Comic Con. If you aren’t going to be at the Con tonight, you can [...]
Samuel R. Delany and Harlan Ellison join Ray Bradbury and Frederik Pohl as recipients of the Eaton Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction, presented by the University of California, Riverside. “As the first major African-American science fiction writer, Delany enlarged the borders of the field during the 1960s and 1970s,” said Rob Latham, associate [...]
Bubonicon 42 is a science fiction and fantasy convention taking place at The Albuquerque Grand (Sheraton) Airport Hotel in New Mexico from August 27-29, 2010. This year’s theme takes its inspiration from the talented and witty writer of the Hitchhiker’s Guide and Dirk Gently series of humorous genre fiction, Douglas Adams. Confirmed Guests Include: Ben [...]
If you’re a True Blood fan in the U.K., you’ll be happy to know that some of your favorite stars will be appearing at a special three-day convention this August. “Bitten” is an unofficial event to celebrate the new HBO television series True Blood based on Charlaine Harris’ best-selling novel series, “The Southern Vampire Mysteries.” [...]
Come October, there will be a Nightmare on Elm Street reunion scaring up some fun at Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend. Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, and Amanda Wyss from the original movie will be making an appearance at this year’s event at the Wyndham Orlando Resort on October 8-10, 2010. Also showing up [...]
Creation Entertainment’s Weekend of Horrors will be landing at the Marriott LAX May 20-23. If you’re a fan of Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and/or Halloween franchises, you’ll want to be there. Not only will the original Freddy Kruger, Robert Englund, be there, but so will many of the actors who played Jason [...]
I’m in the middle of a big book launch (check it out if you’re an author, speaker or coach at http://www.homesweethomepagebook.com) so I won’t have much time to post until April. But I’ll do my best. Anyway this came through my email and I wanted to make sure you knew about it: Win 2 gold [...]
I just read this very interesting blog post and wanted to share it with you. It gives you slice of life from the point of view of a “celebrity liaison” at a horror convention. Well written, entertaining read. The Newborn Dead: Confessions of a Convention Liaison
The Saturday Nightmare Expo is really hoping the hungry, shuffling undead will be stopping by this year’s event. To encourage this, they’ve invited George Romero, along with most of the original cast of Night of the Living Dead, to discuss the movie. In addition, the opening night will feature a showing of Roy Frumkes’ new [...]
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