Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Trailer
3 Versions of Jack Finney’s Story on DVD Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector’s Edition – 1978) The Invasion (2007)
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Next Quarterly Albany-Colonie SFF Extravaganza in March
The next Albany-Colonie SFF Extravaganza, a “quarterly” convention for science-fiction and fantasy collectors, is scheduled for Sunday, March 21, 2010. Since this is a convention for collectors, the emphasis is on the vendors who sell comics, toys, DVDs, and other collectibles. Which is probably why the price of admission is so low … only $3 […]
Invasion of the Comic Cons
The world of comics (and I’m not talking stand up here) is both its own genre and part of speculative fiction at the same time … which is why I include it. Many comic book fans are also fans of science fiction, fantasy and or horror and many comics fall into one (or more) of […]
Travel Reads: The Duty of Love
I’ve been sitting on this review for a couple of weeks because I’m completely torn … and somewhat confused … about what to say about Ronald Neal Green‘s novel The Duty of Love. I received a copy of the book specifically for review and it was billed as being part Stephen King and part J.R.R. […]
THE ORIGINAL Scary ‘Mary Poppins’ Recut Trailer
Now this is seeing the world through genre colored glasses!
Harlan Ellison’s Last Convention?
Hmmm. I seem to have heard this before … at least that’s what he said at WorldCon when I went several years ago. Anyway, Harlan Ellison is scheduled to be one of the Guests of Honor at MadCon this year. Held Sept. 24 to 26 in Madison, Wi., MadCon seems to be a science fiction […]
A Con for Feminists
WisCon, which will be held this year May 27-31, is the first and foremost feminist science fiction convention in the world (so says the website). It encourages discussion, debate and extrapolation of ideas relating to feminism, gender, race and class. The convention honors writers, editors and artists whose work explores these themes and whose voices […]
Will Your Odyssey Take You to Wisconsin?
Odyssey Con, affectionately called OddCon, will celebrate it’s 10th year April 16-18 at The Radisson Inn in Madison, Wi. This general interest Science Fiction and Fantasy convention features literary guests, panel discussions, demonstrations, film reviews, art work, musical acts, and more. Guests of Honor Author, Harry Turtledove “The Master of Alternate History” Editor’s Note: I […]
Sci-Fi on the Rock Coming in April
Sci-Fi On The Rock is Newfoundland’s premiere science fiction & fantasy convention. This year, they celebrate their 4th Convention on April 17 and 18. Here is the list of Guests of Honor so far: Actor, Casey Biggs Sci-Fi fans remember Casey best as Cardassian Gul (and eventually Leggit) Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. […]