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Help NASA name the next Mars rover
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NASA is soliciting votes on the name of its next Mars rover, which is scheduled to launch in 2011...

Help name the newest Space Station component
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NASA is soliciting votes for the name of Node 3, scheduled to be attached to the International Space Station late this year...

Kids Valentine's Day party in Chicago celebrates launch of Tiny Titans
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Chicago's Challengers Comics is hosting a kid-friendly Valentine's Day/release party for the first trade paperback collection of Tiny Titans...

Forrest J Ackerman's collection to be auctioned off
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Los Angeles auction house Profiles in History will be auctioning off much of Forrest J Ackerman's collection of movie and sf memorabilia in late April...

Shirley Jackson Award fund-raiser offers unique and valuable items in a lottery
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As a fund raiser for the Shirley Jackson Award, many authors and editors have donated books, manuscript critiques, Tuckerizations, and other unique items for an on-line lottery commencing 9 February...

"Grasping for the Wind" is grasping for sf/f/h reviewers
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Author Diana Pharaoh Francis and reviewer John Ottinger III are organizing a book reviewer database...

BOOM! Studios Open Holiday Party
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BOOM! Studios holiday party is open to all their fans and customersx, and will be at Meltdown Comics & Collectibles in Los Angeles on 17 December...

Le Guin donates Miyazaki figurines for Endeavour Award
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Ursula K. Le Guin has donated two figurines—given to her by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki—as a fund-raiser for the Endeavour Award...

Rare Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection for sale
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A disabled fan is selling her collection of rare and uniqure BtVS and other collectibles...

Asian space race heads to the Moon
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India just launched its first lunar probe, becoming the third Asian nation and sixth overall to send a robot to the Moon. The $80 million mission is expected to map the surface and look for...

The Deadbooks Project to be film/book/series/something on the web
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Hasso Wuerslin's internet story will be a hybrid of a book, television series, music, and who knows what...

Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo
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Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan unveiled the carrier airplane which will be the backbone of VG's planned space tourism venture...

Stephen King's "N" being serialized as a mobile phone download series
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Stephen King's new short story "N" is being released as a series of 25 two-minute episodes for mobile phone subscribers...

Raffle to support Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series
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New York City's monthly Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series is running a raffle with all proceeds going to support the continuing free readings...

University of Kansas Libraries to sell large science fiction collection
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The University of Kansas Libraries will be selling off about 6,000 science fiction books in a public sale on 12 July...

Entertainment Weekly judges the top 1000 of everything pop culture (since 1983)
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Entertainment Weekly celebrates the last 25 years of pop culture with its "new classics." Genre titles make a respectable showing in the mix...

Lolita and Maid Fashion Day coming to New York City
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Lolita and Maid fashion are cosplay versions of the anime, manga, and general Japanese culture finding their way to the US. New York City's Kinokuniya Bookstore will be host to a full day...

Scream Queen debuting with signing and beer
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Brendan Hay and Nate Watson's new Boom! Studios comic, Scream Queen, will launch with a party at Los Angeles' Meltdown Comics & Collectibles...

World Science Festival to celebrate science in New York City
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The five-day World Science Festival will have numerous lectures, panel discussions, films, and other special events, featuring dozens of scientists, artists, and entertainers...

Excellent ISS viewing opportunities
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The International Space Station's orbit will have it in almost continuous sunlight for the next few days, making viewing from North America especially easy and rewarding...

Copyright Office seeking to change method of registration
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A proposed rule change will affect writers of short works who register them collectively...

Opportunity to send your name and message into space with Kepler
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NASA is soliciting names and messages to fly into space aboard its Kepler Mission, the first probe which may be able to discover Earth-like planets...

Send your name to the Moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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NASA is offering the opportunity to include your name in a database to be flown aboard the next Moon mission...

From WV to TV and Beyond: a celebration of Nelson Bond
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Author Nelson S. Bond's life as a writer is on display in a week-long retrospective at Marshall University, leading up to the dedication of his room...

NASA Science is NASA's new web site
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate is launching the NASA Science web site with lots of nifty information and features...
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