As I mentioned in my February 16 post, I’m going to the Lost Weekend Fan Party tonight. I’m looking forward to dancing the night away with my honey bunny (aka husband), possibly taking some pictures of me doing genre-y stuff for the editorial page of The Genre Traveler, and maybe landing an interview with a […]
According to Sy Fy Portal’s Michael Hinman, “Linlithgow, a town in Scotland’s West Lothian region, has laid claim as being the birthplace, albeit the fictional one, of Capt. Montgomery Scott, the character played by the late James Doohan affectionately known as Scotty.” For more information: Scottish Town To Honor American TV’s Most Famous Scot Linlithgow […]
A LOST fan, that is? Well then, get your buns over to Los Angeles for the LOST Weekend Fan Party 2007 to be held March 30 through April 1. This gathering of LOST fans features a charity silent auction benefitting the Children’s Defense Fund-California, the favorite charity of Lost creator J.J. Abrams, creator of the […]
This weekend I received an interesting newsletter in the mail called Artificial Retina News. It says its “the first issue of a newsletter about the Artificial Retina Project of the U.S. Department of Energy.” One sidebar discusses the engineering of “The Bionic Eye.” The plan is to create a devise that “consists of a tiny […]
Starting from a few gigs on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, she got her own series, Xena: Warrior Princess. From there, she did a cameo in Spider-Man, then became a Cylon on the new Battlestar Galactica, and even showed off her golden voice on Celebrity Duets. Now Lucy Lawless will perform live in concert this January. […]
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 […]
One of the things I like best about traveling is catching up on my reading. I always bring along reading material — be it printed out copies of e-zines, magazines or books. All those long waits at airports are no longer a drag. Well, if you’re a Star Trek fan, then you might be celebrating […]
All month long, Dish Network Channel 9473 is featuring Film Fest HD and premiering classic James Bond films such as Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thuderball and more. For more information, visit bondonvoom.com. In conjunction with the festival, Voom is sponsoring a sweepstakes with the grand prize being a trip for two to the […]
Browncoats — what fans of Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and Serenity movie call themselves — are celebrating Whedon’s birthday, June 23, in a big way. In cities across the U.S. and in countries around the world, they are sponsoring screenings of Serenity to benefit the director’s favorite charity, Equality Now. The campaign, called “Serenity Now, […]
The 40th Anniversary Conference and Celebration of Star Trek as the show that changed television will take place in Seattle September 8 through 10, PlanetXpo and the Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame recently announced. Star Trek was first seen on Sept 8, 1966, and, thanks to Gene Roddenberry’s unique vision, science fiction television […]