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2012
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- Until 30 June 2012 • It’s Life Jimmy, but Not As We Know It: Science Fiction in Scotland (exhibition as part of Edinbugh International Science Festival), Edinburgh
- Cancelled 18-20 May 2012 • Discover Festival, Coalville, Leicestershire
- 18-20 May 2012 • Waltz on the Wye (steampunk), Chepstow
- 19-20 May 2012 • Kapow! (comics), London
- 19-20 May 2012 • Middle-Earth Weekend, Sarehole, Birmingham
- 25-27 May 2012 • DiffCon (Who/Torchwood), Cardiff
- 8 June - 21 July 2012 or later • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show (on stage), various UK venues
- 18 June 2012 • CRSF 2012 (academic), Liverpool; call for papers
- 22-24 June 2012 • Science Fiction Foundation: SF Criticism Masterclass, London
- 20-23 July 2012 • Continuum 2012 (RPG), Leicester
- 10-12 August 2012 • Congenial (Unicon/RPG), Cambridge
- 16-20 August 2012 • The Return of the Ring (Tolkien Society), Loughborough University
- 23-27 August 2012 • Frightfest (film), London
- Sold out 24-27 August 2012 • Discworld Convention, Birmingham
- 30 August - 3 September 2012 • Chicon 7 (70th Worldcon) , Chicago
- 6-9 September 2012 • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln
- 22-29 September 2012 • Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference, Snowdonia
- 22 September 2012 • TitanCon, Belfast
- 27-30 September 2012 • Fantasycon 2012, Brighton
- 13-14 October 2012, Octocon, Dublin
- 19-21 October 2012 • Star Trek London, London
- 20 October 2012 • BristolCon, Bristol
- 25-28 October 2012 • Bram Stoker International Film Festival, Whitby
- 26-28 October 2012 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 9-11 November 2012 • Armadacon 24, Plymouth
- 9-11 November 2012 • Novacon 42, Nottingham
- 11-18 November 2012 • Thought Bubble (comics), Leeds
- 23-25 November 2012 • WexWorlds, Wexford, Ireland
- 20 December 2012 • Christmas Meeting at the usual First Thursday pub, London
2013
- 1-3 February 2013 • Quarter Tone (filk), Grantham
- 8-10 February 2013 • SF Ball (media; SFBevents home), Bournemouth
- 22-24 February 2013 • Redemption '13 (multimedia sf), Coventry
- 2-3 March 2013 • P-Con X, Dublin
- 29 March - 1 April 2013 • EightSquaredCon (Eastercon), Bradford
- 29 June - 1 July 2013 • Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space: The Fantastika and the Classical World (SF Foundation conference), Liverpool
- 9-11 August 2013 • Wadfest (Discworld), Retford, near Nottingham
- 29 August - 2 September 2013 • LoneStarCon 3 (Worldcon), San Antonio. TX, USA
- 31 October - 3 November 2013 • World Fantasy Convention, Brighton
2014
- 18-21 April 2014 • Satellite 4 (Eastercon), Glasgow
Future Convention Bids Etc
- 12-29 August 2014 • SF Linkcons in various British Isles venues, proposed as complementary to London and Dublin below; Facebook group requires login
- 14-18 August 2014 • London in 2014 (Worldcon)
- 22-24 August 2014 • Dublin in 2014 (Eurocon)
- Summer 2015 • Orlando in 2015 (Worldcon)
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"Fandom
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British
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Guardian on the Clarke Award result;
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again with reference to the Priest Polemic;
a
photo
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Speculative Fiction ...;
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Locus
Awards shortlist
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Terry
Pratchett, banking guru
April 2012
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Kate
Wilhelm: "A lifetime of writing"
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Mary
Doria Russell: Saying “No” to Hollywood
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wins 2014 Eurocon
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The
10 Grumpiest Living Writers
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Tor
to abandon ebook DRM;
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UK likewise
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More
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Shirley
Jackson Awards shortlist
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"Battlefield
Earth is the worst film ever"
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Philip
K. Dick on Blade Runner (1981)
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Alleged
Lookalikes
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"H.P.
Lovecraft Answers Your Relationship Questions"
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Lego
remake of 2001
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(UK) SF Writers' Conference – bookings now open
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Nick
Webb (1949-2012)
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Guardian
on Eastercon 2012; EightSquaredCon
(Bradford) is Eastercon 2013;
Satellite 4 (Glasgow) is
Eastercon 2014
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Awards winners;
the
introductory performance
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Meaney;
Liz
Batty; Cheryl
Morgan;
Dave
Hutchinson;
BSFA
grovels;
PW
Genreville again
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shortlist
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Dynamite
Comics response to ERB Inc trademark lawsuit
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Prometheus
Awards shortlist
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The
British Fantasy Awards Constitution 2012
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Stoker
Award winners
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Priest
vs Clarkes redux (Irish Times)
1 April 2012
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Unicorn
Cookbook Found at the British Library
• The
Great Wall of Mexico (as predicted in
John
Sladek's 1973 story)
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Writer
Beware’s Swag Shop for Discerning Scammers
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Stross
Rule 35 remix novel
•
Locus
drollery
•
"Clarke
Judges Resign!"
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Mary
Robinette Kowal apologizes to his fans
• "Spot
Betting Scandal Hits British SF"
• Lawrence
Watt-Evans: "A new form of publication"
March 2012
•
John
Clute's giraffe
•
The
Register's worst-film poll
•
CBS
vetoes fan production of Norman Spinrad's unused 1967 Star Trek
script
•
Chris
Priest lambasts the Clarke shortlist;
others
are
moved
to
respond;
Guardian
coverage; more;
still
more (Scalzi roundup);
Priest
summary
• Olympus 2012
membership now closed.
•
Racism
and The Hunger Games
•
Village
Voice and Writers of the Future;
original
article
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2012
Clarke Award shortlist
•
Christine
Brooke-Rose (1923-2012)
• Eastercon
programme online
• H.P.
Lovecraft remembered (BBC);
"Lovecraft
anniversary marked by feeling of creeping dread"
•
"What
should a sci-fi spaceship REALLY look like?" (Register)
•
Harry
Potter scenery tour a "rip-off" (Telegraph)
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Reviewers
for hire
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M.A.R.
Barker (1929-2012);
obituary
by Jo Walton at Tor
•
Solstice
Awards for Octavia Butler, John Clute
•
"Hobbit
pub in Southampton threatened with legal action" (BBC);
Ian
McKellen weighs in;
possibility
of resolution
• Jean
Giraud/Moebius (1938-2012)
• London in
2014 Worldcon bid doomed to success
•
Thirstier
Choppers (anag. 11, 6)
• Chicon
membership rates to rise on 1 April
February
2012
•
Clarke
award submissions list
•
Paul
Cornell on panel gender parity
• Bram Stoker
nominees
• Arc
magazine launches today (20 Feb);
some actual content on their
Tumblr site
•
Nebula
nominees
•
Harry
Potter actor whinges about lack of Oscar nominations
•
Clive
Barker has been at death's door
• Kitschies winners
•
As
Others See (and Patronize) Us
• John
Christopher (Sam Youd, 1922-2012);
Guardian
obit by Chris Priest;
a
footnote
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Ardath
Mayhar (1930-2012)
•
Spawn
lawsuit settled
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Muppets
respond to Fox News
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