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more about #conventions pastoralia: I just want to clarify: Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars airs 12/19 Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 1 airs 12/26 This is in the states? SyFy or BBC ... more » Lassus: I'm also confused about "Fallen Dragon", it's definitely an older book, and has already had all its releases. Could this be a mis-pasted note about a... more » Aidan_: Stephen King is going to be in Manchester, VT? Manchester, VT? Fuck you, Steve. Fuck you. And fuck you, Vermont. Seems like every month since I've le... more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Damn. I can't ask for Jennifer's Body for Christmas. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: As I don't belive there have been any weekly recaps can I just use this moment (as I see there is sadly only one episode this month) to say how awesom... more » Nefilim: Isn't "Being Human" Back on for season 2 on the 7th of December? For those of you that are in the UK that would probably be helpful info...considering... more » Chip Overclock: I really appreciate the amount of work that must go into putting this together every month. It's a service to our community. No kidding. Nice layout, ... more » GreyHammer: you guys should do a post like this more often more » J_Frank_Parnell: Wheee! Oh, Dear George RR Martin: Your new book sounds great and all, and I will happily read it, but finish A Song of Ice and Fire already, dammit. more » Brian St. Claire: This is absolutely fantastic! Thanks a bunch! more » Bootknife-Jackson: Portland Comic Book Show November 15th, 2009 10am-5pm Exhibit Hall of the Memorial Coliseum Admission: $8.00 for ages 8 & up 30+ creators and count... more » Soupytwist: I am so happy to see Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire referenced by another creator. That book blew my mind wide open when I was a teen and I don't ... more » Bigdamnhero: If I could make a suggestion: It's not always apparent where a con is located from the name... and I'm not really up for going to each hyperlink, to s... more » ElRodente: in terms of cons, you missed one, it's outside the US, but Thought bubble is on in Leeds, england on the 21st. frank quitely will be there! so will t... more » goldfarb: so we're not counting miracles and transubstantiation etc as belonging to the realm of 'the fantasitic'? it's always interesting to see religion slip ... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Now I know what to write in NaNoWriMo. #fantasy more » ManchuCandidate: Oh boy, I can't wait for the Warlock of Walmart #fantasy more » Purple Dave: There are three basic stances to take on this: 1. As they've said, it has to be an alternate universe, because the public is fully aware of the super... more » Bill-Lee: The position of these authors assumes that there would be interaction between these magical beings and humans. The Harry Potter novels, to use a popul... more » whateley23: It's interesting to me that everyone seems to know what "magic" is, but no one cares to actually define it, except by allusion. Certainly, my own defi... more » -
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The io9 Guide To December Science Fiction Awesomeness
December isn't a quiet month for science fiction. There's James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones, double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future!
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#urbanfantasy
Urban Fantasy Always Takes Place In Alternate Worlds
Your urban fantasy automatically takes place in an alternate universe, because the existence of supernatural and magical items would alter society fundamentally. At least, that's what Bill Willingham, Jon Courtenay Grimwood and other panelists at World Fantasy 2009 claimed. More » -
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The io9 Guide To November Science Fiction
November brings with it Prisoners and Visitors, plus a couple of huge apocalyptic movies, and a new Douglas Coupland tripfest. You can't escape from the future, but you can master it — with the io9 calendar.
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#cosplay
Need Costume Ideas? Check Out What People Wore to Star Trek Cons in the 1970s
Last spring, Newsweek posted a great slideshow of images taken mostly from a 1975 Star Trek convention. Early Trek cons were mostly run by women, and the masquerade was packed with must-see awesome. [via Newsweek] -
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Which Mega-Convention Gives The Most Bang For Your Buck?
Convention season is just about over, but it's not too late to start planning your 2010 convention-going. (In fact, some stuff is already selling out.) So here's our guide to 2010's mega-conventions. Which offers the most zing for your money? More » -
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The io9 Guide To October Science Fiction - Updated!
Gaze forward in time a whole month, with the io9 science fiction calendar for October. Highlights include tons of conventions, the worlds of Neil Gaiman, and Scott Westerfeld's mecha-vs-monsters World War I epic Leviathan. Update: Corrected version now available.
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#starwars
Another Galaxy Far Away Comes To Disney
At this weekend's D23 convention in Anaheim, Disney finally officially announced that Star Tours II will be coming to Disneyland next year - and showed a quick glimpse of what to expect. Click through for video. More » -
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The io9 Guide To September Science Fiction
Fine tune your Futurescope for the coming month, and discover what your future self is watching, reading and doing. The fall TV season begins, plus there are tons of books, conventions and movies. Tomorrow is here — today!
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The io9 Guide To August Science Fiction
Our space/time visualizer looks a few weeks into the future, showing you what delights and horrors await you. This month: a new Stephen Baxter book, a few fascinating movies... and WorldCon! Venture into future history, with the io9 calendar!
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#worldcon
WorldCon Features Libertarian Celebration — And Economist Paul Krugman
Excited that next week's WorldCon in Montreal features such diverse guests as Neil Gaiman and Paul Krugman? And that it celebrates both Canadian and libertarian SF? WorldCon is offering "taster" memberships so you can see if the excitement holds up. More » -
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The io9 Guide To July Science Fiction
Of course you're interested in the future, for that is where you will be buying books, going to movies, and watching TV shows. As the summer movie season winds down, the convention season heats up in our July calendar!
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The io9 Guide To June Science Fiction
Journey into the future, with the io9 guide to everything science fictional in June! Find out everything that will be thrilling you for the coming month, including new books, tons of DVDs, and a bunch of conventions.
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The io9 Guide To May Science Fiction
Here, at last, is the official io9 guide to everything science-fictional in May. Including Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Robert J. Sawyer on tour, a ton of conventions... and the alarming-sounding Richard Hatch Cruise.
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#rant
Is "Otaku Week" on MTV2 All About Dissing the Nerds?
A few bloggers say MTV's "otaku week," featuring anime convention videos, does nerdkind a disservice. But actually it's a surprisingly non-judgmental look at a misunderstood bunch. More » -
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io9's Complete Guide to Science Fiction Season
It's time for the annual science fiction season to begin. Spring and summer are when giant science fiction flicks hit the screens, and even more giant science fiction conventions open their doors to the hundreds of thousands of light saber-wielding masses. New television series will debut (Clone Wars!), and old ones will restart (Battlestar!) Plus, you'll have a chance to snap up copies of awesome new books from Greg Egan, Karen Joy Fowler, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, and Nancy Kress. If you want to know where to go and what to do when you're in a science fictional way from April to August, then look no further than io9's exhaustive, amazing, intensive list of everything scifi this season. More » -
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A History Of The Science Fiction Convention
History is fuzzy about when the first science fiction convention actually happened, but we do know that in 1936 some fans including David Kyle and Frederik Pohl took a train from Philadelphia to New York City to talk about all things scifi with another group of fans at the home of Milton A. Rothman, who rivals Forrest J Ackerman for the biggest fanboy in the world award (Rothman had formed The Boys' Scientifiction Club in 1930). However, a group of British fans also got together in the same year to make plans for an actual convention in 1937, and later claimed that a group of fans meeting at a home does not a convention make. So even before the internet, there was squabbling over details and probably even convention spoilers. Some things will never change. In honor of our coverage of WonderCon, we present to you the history of Connage. More »
