It now feels like billions and billions of years ago, but when I was 15 I received one of the best birthday presents. But the story doesn’t start there. You see, back then I was an avid Cosmos fan … pleading with my Dad to let me stay up to watch an entire episode of […]
The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, to be held Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, features the stars of the 1969 cult classic film The Green Slime, known for it’s low budget special effects and over the top theme song. The Green Slime Trailer Personally, I’ve never heard of the film, but what what […]
Will you be in Orlando, Fla., on Halloween? Then you might want to spend some time at the the Orlando Science Center, which will be holding it’s annual Spooktakular Science Extravaganza from noon to 4p.m. on Oct. 31. The event features costume contests, face painting and, of course, creepy science. Kids of all ages and […]
Would you believe that on October 27, 1934, a small group of fans of the emerging new genre of science fiction. The club, called the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS), has been the “breeding ground” for some now very well-known SF authors, such as Ray Bradbury, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, David Gerrold, Ray Harryhausen, […]
There are so many things going on, I just can’t do them all justice. So, I thought I’d clean up my email box and give you the basics in this round up post. Genre Happenings for the Oct. 24-25 Weekend Sci-Fi-London: Oktoberfest 2009 Oct. 23 and 24 Because one science fiction festival every spring just […]
Say What? Yeah, I know that almost sounds like a sacrilegious act — inviting movie stars to a literary convention — but I promise there is at least a tenuous reason for MileHiCon, the largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region, to do such a thing. As it turns out, once upon a […]
Yesterday, Raytheon Company unveiled the Sum of all ThrillsTM at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. This new ride is a unique experience that lets park guests custom-design their own thrill ride using mathematical tools, an innovative touch-screen table and a robotic simulator. It is the first ride to be located within […]
Sometimes you can find genre fiction in very non-genre-y places. Take the Sudden Fiction series of books, of which I recently finished reading the third in the series, Sudden Fiction (Continued). These books are a celebration of what has been called flash fiction, sudden fiction, very short fiction, and more. Basically, these are extremely short […]
Dinosaur Park and Museum, Ogden, Utah Woweee! Whiled doing research for something completely unrelated to dinosaurs or The Genre Traveler, I stumbled onto this little fact: October is Dinosaur Month! How cool is that? I’ve always loved dinosaurs … at least since I discovered them in Kindergarten/First grade. Heck, I still think it would be […]
Yesterday, science fiction lovers dressed in movie-inspired SF costumes help launch the opening of The California Museum’s new sci-fi exhibit “Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television,” which will run from this Saturday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 10. Proudly sporting their Klingon Bat’leths and evil empire helmets, and even a nice […]