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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. Possibly, but that won't make a difference. Total Confusion, New England's largest game convention, is in a month and online pre-registration is now open. The 22nd annual convention will be held February 21-24, 2008, at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, Mass. For more information, visit www.totalcon.com.

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 can read more at BBC News. I'm bummed. I've read most of the Disc World series and always look forward to his next book filled with his unique imagination and British wit. Of course, as he says in the article linked above, he isn't dead yet and will be able to give a few more delightful romps through Disc World before he can no longer do so. For more information about Terry Pratchett and his books, visit his website: www.terrypratchettbooks.com

Well, I'm back online. Did you miss me?

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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 and Saturdays at 7:30pm; and $25 for shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30pm and 3pm. The show is appropriate for all ages, though some moments may be a bit too intense for children under the age of 5. For more information, visit www.osc.org or call (407) 514-2045.

What is it about Las Vegas that seems to have me come home with the flu? Maybe I got it from SpongeBob Square Pants. You think? Well, I'm filling myself up with Airbourne and resting, but sheesh. Anyway, enough about me. Here are few things I thought you'd be interested in: The British Fantasy Society has begun organizing regional open nights. The next one will be held in York on Oct. 13. The events are organized and run by local volunteers. For more information, visit www.hub-mag.co.uk/bfs/register.htm. The Tokyo Disney Resort will soon be getting its own hotel. The Tokyo Disneyland Hotel is scheduled to open in the summer of 2008. For more information, visit www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200709/477/. The Fell's Point Ghost Tours, which were mentioned is the premiere issue of The Genre Traveler, have begun some new tours and changed their name to Baltimore Ghost Tours. Mt Vernon GhostWalk covers the hauntings happening in the historic Mt. Vernon area of Baltimore. They've added a pub walk of Fell's Point and matinee tours of the original Ghost Walk. For more information, visit www.fellspointghost.com/. Anime Supercon, a convention for anime, animation, comic book and manga fans, will take place Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2007, at The Marriott North in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The show will include celebrity guests, artists, vendors, Q&A's, parties, costume contests, anime programming, manga, cosplay, workshops, panels, comic books, cosplay photoshoots and more. For more information, visit www.animesupercon.com. Trek fans will want to head on over to StarTrek.com. For the month of October, they will be holding the "Roddenberry's StarTrek.com Scavenger Hunt." If you get all 10 questions of the scavenger hunt within the website correct, you'll qualify to receive a Grand Prize worth more than $800. For more information, visit www.roddenberry.com/?action=site.showcase&sid=7.

Creation Entertainment's first Xena Convention of 2008 will be held Jan. 25-27 in Burbank, Calif. Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle) has already signed on to attend. Lucy Lawless (Xena), Tsianina Joelson (Varia) and Brittney Powell (Brunhilde) are still tentative. For more information, visit The Official Xena Convention 2008 website.