On Sept. 27, Six Flags announced “Dream Nite,” a program that will give six lucky winners at each Six Flags the chance to host an exclusive night at their park, and invite up to 100 of their friends and family to celebrate with them. Six Flags was probably following suit, for yesterday, Oct. 4, the […]
Amanda Tapping, who plays Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter on Stargate: SG-1, will host FMA Vancouver 2006, benefiting Sea Shepherd, a conservation society committed to protecting marine wildlife under the United Nations World Charter for Nature, reports SciFi Wire. Richard Dean Anderson, former star of the show, will also appear. FMA Vancouver brings fashion, music and […]
Wow. I opened up my e-mail this morning to find all sorts of genre-travel news to share with you. So, here it goes. Maglev Train Crash Kills 23On Friday, a maglev train in Germany crashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track, killing 23 people and injuring 10. These are the first fatalities […]
One of the scariest movies I’ve ever watched was John Carpenter’s The Thing. In fact, I’ve never been able to see it all in one sitting. I usually watch for awhile and when the tension gets too much for me, I go do something else and finish watching it later. Also, I can’t watch it […]
Starting with next year’s workshop, the Clarion Writers Workshop will move from its long-time home at Michigan State University to the University of California, San Diego. Apparently state budget cuts forced MSU to reduce support for the workshop. For those of you who don’t know, the Clarion Writers Workshop trains budding science fiction and fantasy […]
Fangoria Radio, which I mentioned in my June 23rd post, will be broadcasting live from Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, 2006, in Secaucus, N.J. Other highlights include the great list of guests: Charisma Carpenter, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off, Angel, is making her first horror […]
“I know this sounds crazy, but ever since yesterday on the road, I’ve been seeing this shape. Shaving cream, pillows… Dammit! I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.”– Richard Dreyfus as Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind In 1977, Steven Spielberg introduced the world to […]
According to a recent survey of 1,143 Web users, about 10 percent of U.S. adults under 35 have downloaded a TV show and, when you look at between the ages of 18and 25, the number goes up to 14 percent. This is in comparison to only 5 percent of the overall population. I hope this […]
DestinationVillas.com, a company specializing in vacation rental by owner properties and destination guides for renters, has created a top 10 list of vacation excursions for families with teens. One of the excursions — number six — would appeal to genre travelers. According to DestinationVillas.com, the National Youth Leader Foundation offers a 10-day Tech Camp for […]
Since taking Polynesian dance, and becoming an avid Hercules/Xena fan, I’ve acquired a longing to see New Zealand, home of Maori dancers and stand in for Middle Earth. Imagine my shock when I read that Aviva, a British insurance company, recently rated the country as one of the riskiest in the world for travelers! The […]