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| Launch party for Fantagraphics' Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s | |
| News > Other Stuff | January 27, 2010 |
Fantagraphics Books is publishing NEWAVE! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s, and celebrating the publication with a party at their store in Seattle, Washington, on 30 January...
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| BOOM! Studios Open Holiday Party 2009 | |
| News > Other Stuff | December 11, 2009 |
| BOOM! Studios holiday party is once again open to all their fans and customers, and will be at Meltdown Comics & Collectibles in Los Angeles on 18 December... | |
| Wanted: correspondence with artist Jack Gaughan | |
| News > Other Stuff | October 29, 2009 |
For a book he's writing on artist Jack Gaughan, Luis Ortiz is looking for correspondence or letters with or from him...
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| Book View Cafe celebrates Katherine Kerr's fifteenth, and final Deverry novel | |
| News > Other Stuff | October 27, 2009 |
![]() Book View Cafe is a focal point of the online celebrations surrounding the upcoming publication of The Silver Mage, the final volume in Katherine Kerr's 15-book Cycles of Deverry series...
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| Nickelodeon pays $60 million to become the new home of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
| News > Film & Television | October 23, 2009 |
| Nickelodeon has paid $60 million for all rights to The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and is already planning a new television series, as well as a new feature film with its corporate partner Paramount. Co-creator Peter A. Laird said... | |
| Costume contest and scream queen headline Buffalo fund-raiser | |
| News > Other Stuff | October 19, 2009 |
Variety, the Children's Charity of Buffalo and Western New York, is hosting a costume party and contest on Saturday in Buffalo's Central Terminal starring scream queen Debbie Rochon and...
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| Profiles in History's next Hollywood memorabilia auction to include Gene Roddenberry's computer | |
| News > Other Stuff | September 21, 2009 |
![]() California auction house Profiles in History's upcoming "Hollywood Auction 37" includes some interesting sf-related lots, including Gene Roddenberry's Apple Macintosh computer and a 16-foot-tall Bumblebee robot from Transformers...
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| The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, in Florida, comes close to reality | |
| News > Other Stuff | September 16, 2009 |
Universal Orlando Resort is in the home stretch of building their newest island of adventure: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The theme park will immerse visitors in the world of J.K. Rowling's books and the films based on them...
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| NYAF and Del Rey Manga open this year's festival a day early with a party | |
| News > Other Stuff | September 1, 2009 |
Kicking off this year's New York Anime Festival will be a night-before open party celebrating Del Rey Manga's fifth anniversary and the NYAF's third year with food, drink, giveaways, and more...
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| 160 Years Late, It's Edgar Allan Poe's Funeral | |
| News > Other Stuff | August 20, 2009 |
| Baltimore is staging a series of funerary events in October, marking the 160th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's death in this, the bicentennial of his birth... | |
| Frank Herbert's planets land on Titan | |
| News > Other Stuff | August 5, 2009 |
| The USGS and IAU have announced that plains on Saturn's moon, Titan, will be named after planets in the Frank Herbert's Dune books... | |
| 40 Years Ago, Men Walked on the Moon. Now We're Remembering. | |
| News > Other Stuff | July 16, 2009 |
| Several web-based events celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, and we also have an interview with Michael Collins... | |
| NASA is looking for public input for its Von Braun Collection | |
| News > Other Stuff | June 26, 2009 |
NASA is seeking public input into a presentation of the notes and works of Werher von Braun, and offering a slew of activities to celebrate Apollo 11's 40th anniversary...
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| What if…? Steve N. Lee tried to Save the Children | |
| News > Activities | June 11, 2009 |
A significant portion of the purchase price of every copy of Steve N. Lee's thriller What if…? goes to the charity Save the Children...
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| Unthinkable's West Coast Release Party | |
| News > Other Stuff | June 4, 2009 |
| Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is hosting the 10 June "West Coast Release Party" for Mark Sable's Unthinkable... | |
| Crater on Mars named for Isaac Asimov | |
| News > Other Stuff | May 28, 2009 |
Science fiction icon Isaac Asimov has had a crater on Mars named for him...
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| First non-US crew launches to ISS | |
| News > Other Stuff | May 27, 2009 |
A crew of three, which included no US astronauts, launched for the ISS Wednesday morning, heralding the era of six-person crews permanently in space...
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| NASA's next Mars rover has a name | |
| News > Other Stuff | May 27, 2009 |
NASA has chosen a name suggested by a12-year-old Kansas student for the next Mars rover—to be launched in 2011—after a contest with more than...
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| Nathan E. Lilly combines Thaumatrope with Convention Finder to put fiction in programs | |
| News > Other Stuff | May 20, 2009 |
| Nathan E. Lilly is offering fiction from his Thaumatrope to conventions via his Convention Finder, to fill the gaps in programs... | |
| Super Para Natural Manga Day in NYC on 17 May | |
| News > Other Stuff | May 12, 2009 |
| As part of the run-up to this September's convention, the New York Anime Festival is hosting a day of Japanese comics and animation at Kinokuniya Bookstore this Sunday... | |
| Death Note, Ai Kawashima, and cosplay celebrations in NYC | |
| News > Performances & Podcasts | April 24, 2009 |
New York City's Kinokuniya bookstore will host a day of Death Note: L, change the WorLd events, followed by another day with Japanese pop star Ai Kawashima. Following both is the Sakura Matsuri festival in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where Japanese culture...
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| Auction of The Alleged Haunting of B—— House to benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards | |
| News > Other Stuff | April 21, 2009 |
A charity auction to benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards is offering a first edition of the 1899 book The Alleged Haunting of B—— House, which is generally assumed to be the inspiration for Jackson's own The Haunting of Hill House...
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| ISS componenet Node 3 to be called Tranquility, despite Stephen Colbert | |
| News > Other Stuff | April 16, 2009 |
| NASA asked the public to name the newest International Space Station component, and despite a campaign by Stephen Colbert to use his name, the public and NASA chose to honor the Apollo 11 mission with the name Tranquility... | |
| Ackerman auction set: massive amounts of memorabilia on the block | |
| News > Other Stuff | April 14, 2009 |
![]() The Profiles in History auction of Forrest J Ackerman's collection will be 30 April and 1 May 2009. Among the hundreds of lots on the block will be these remarkable pieces...
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| Robert A. Heinlein's Colorado house is on the market | |
| News > Other Stuff | April 6, 2009 |
| Science fiction grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein designed much of his Colorado Springs home (which has since been substantially rebuilt). It is now on the market for... | |
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Fantagraphics Books is publishing NEWAVE! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s, and celebrating the publication with a party at their store in Seattle, Washington, on 30 January...
For a book he's writing on artist Jack Gaughan, Luis Ortiz is looking for correspondence or letters with or from him...

Book View Cafe is a focal point of the online celebrations surrounding the upcoming publication of The Silver Mage, the final volume in Katherine Kerr's 15-book Cycles of Deverry series...
Variety, the Children's Charity of Buffalo and Western New York, is hosting a costume party and contest on Saturday in Buffalo's Central Terminal starring scream queen Debbie Rochon and...

California auction house Profiles in History's upcoming "Hollywood Auction 37" includes some interesting sf-related lots, including Gene Roddenberry's Apple Macintosh computer and a 16-foot-tall Bumblebee robot from Transformers...
Universal Orlando Resort is in the home stretch of building their newest island of adventure: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The theme park will immerse visitors in the world of J.K. Rowling's books and the films based on them...
Kicking off this year's New York Anime Festival will be a night-before open party celebrating Del Rey Manga's fifth anniversary and the NYAF's third year with food, drink, giveaways, and more...
NASA is seeking public input into a presentation of the notes and works of Werher von Braun, and offering a slew of activities to celebrate Apollo 11's 40th anniversary...
A significant portion of the purchase price of every copy of Steve N. Lee's thriller What if…? goes to the charity Save the Children...
Science fiction icon Isaac Asimov has had a crater on Mars named for him...
A crew of three, which included no US astronauts, launched for the ISS Wednesday morning, heralding the era of six-person crews permanently in space...
NASA has chosen a name suggested by a12-year-old Kansas student for the next Mars rover—to be launched in 2011—after a contest with more than...
New York City's Kinokuniya bookstore will host a day of Death Note: L, change the WorLd events, followed by another day with Japanese pop star Ai Kawashima. Following both is the Sakura Matsuri festival in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where Japanese culture...
A charity auction to benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards is offering a first edition of the 1899 book The Alleged Haunting of B—— House, which is generally assumed to be the inspiration for Jackson's own The Haunting of Hill House...

The Profiles in History auction of Forrest J Ackerman's collection will be 30 April and 1 May 2009. Among the hundreds of lots on the block will be these remarkable pieces...




