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| Unfinished Roald Dahl story rediscovered, up for auction | |||
| News > Other Stuff | December 13, 2010 | ||
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Roald Dahl originally wrote "The Eyes of Mr. Croaker for a book of do-it-yourself children's stories. The manuscript has been rediscovered, and the project revived...
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| 2011 Fan Vixens calendar launch party Friday | |||
| News > Other Stuff | December 9, 2010 | ||
 The 2011 Fan Vixens calendar is being launched with a party at a Los Angeles art gallery this Friday night, with art, music, drink, giveaways, and models signing their work...
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| "The Zombie Survival Guide Scanner" is a new, free iPhone app | |||
| News > Other Stuff | August 2, 2010 | ||
 Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide, has created a scanner and released it as a free iPhone app...
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| Web cartoonists donate art for Gulf relief | |||
| News > Other Stuff | July 9, 2010 | ||
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Venture Bros. color-stylist Carly Monardo is leading a series of charity auctions to donate money to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation's "Gulf of America Fund"...
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| Joint Doctorow/Mieville Launch Party on 20 July | |||
| News > Other Stuff | July 9, 2010 | ||
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Cory Doctorow and China Mieville are celebrating the launches of several books at Clerkenwell Tales on 20 July...
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| Filmmaker George Pal and Writer Percy Greg memorialized on Mars | |||
| News > Other Stuff | July 6, 2010 | ||
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Filmmaker George Pál (1908-80) and author Percy Greg (1836-89) have been honored by the IAU with craters on Mars named after them...
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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 | ||
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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...
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| 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 | ||
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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...
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| 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 | ||
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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...
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| 40 Years Ago, Men Walked on the Moon. Now We're Remembering. | |||
| News > Other Stuff | July 16, 2009 | ||
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Several web-based events celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, and we also have an interview with Michael Collins...
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| 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 | ||
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Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is hosting the 10 June "West Coast Release Party" for Mark Sable's Unthinkable...
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| 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 | ||
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Nathan E. Lilly is offering fiction from his Thaumatrope to conventions via his Convention Finder, to fill the gaps in programs...
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