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| Super Para Natural Manga Day in NYC on 17 May | |||
| News > Other Stuff | May 12, 2009 | ||
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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...
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| 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 | ||
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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...
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| 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 | ||
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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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| Help NASA name the next Mars rover | |||
| News > Other Stuff | March 26, 2009 | ||
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NASA is soliciting votes on the name of its next Mars rover, which is scheduled to launch in 2011...
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| Help name the newest Space Station component | |||
| News > Other Stuff | February 25, 2009 | ||
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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...
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| Kids Valentine's Day party in Chicago celebrates launch of Tiny Titans | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | February 13, 2009 | ||
 Chicago's Challengers Comics is hosting a kid-friendly Valentine's Day/release party for the first trade paperback collection of Tiny Titans...
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| Forrest J Ackerman's collection to be auctioned off | |||
| News > Other Stuff | February 12, 2009 | ||
 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...
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| Shirley Jackson Award fund-raiser offers unique and valuable items in a lottery | |||
| News > Awards | February 5, 2009 | ||
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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...
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| "Grasping for the Wind" is grasping for sf/f/h reviewers | |||
| News > Other Stuff | January 12, 2009 | ||
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Author Diana Pharaoh Francis and reviewer John Ottinger III are organizing a book reviewer database...
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| BOOM! Studios Open Holiday Party | |||
| News > Other Stuff | December 9, 2008 | ||
 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...
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| Le Guin donates Miyazaki figurines for Endeavour Award | |||
| News > Awards | November 17, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| Rare Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection for sale | |||
| News > Other Stuff | November 12, 2008 | ||
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A disabled fan is selling her collection of rare and uniqure BtVS and other collectibles...
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| Asian space race heads to the Moon | |||
| News > Other Stuff | October 23, 2008 | ||
 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...
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| The Deadbooks Project to be film/book/series/something on the web | |
| News > Other Stuff | August 8, 2008 |
| Hasso Wuerslin's internet story will be a hybrid of a book, television series, music, and who knows what... | |
| Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | July 29, 2008 |
| 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 | |||
| News > Other Stuff | July 28, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| Raffle to support Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series | |||
| News > Contests | July 8, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| University of Kansas Libraries to sell large science fiction collection | |||
| News > Other Stuff | June 30, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| Entertainment Weekly judges the top 1000 of everything pop culture (since 1983) | |||
| News > Other Stuff | June 26, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| Lolita and Maid Fashion Day coming to New York City | |||
| News > Other Stuff | May 30, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| Scream Queen debuting with signing and beer | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | May 29, 2008 | ||
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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...
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| World Science Festival to celebrate science in New York City | |||
| News > Other Stuff | May 23, 2008 | ||
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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...
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