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Conventions Etc.
2009
- Until 25 October 2009 • Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain, Science Museum, London
- Until 1 November 2009 • Wallace & Gromit, Science Museum, London
- 3-5 July 2009 • Diana Wynne Jones conference, Bristol
- 24-26 July 2009 • Pirate Birthday Party (Robert Rankin fan event), London
- 25-26 July 2009 • Satellite 2, Glasgow
- 31 July - 2 August 2009 • Constitution (sf, fantasy, role-playing) hosting HarmUni 4 (filk), Cambridge
- 6-10 August 2009 • Anticipation (67th Worldcon), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- 15-16 August 2009 • Caption (small-press comics), Oxford
- 21-23 August 2009 • Wadfest (Discworld), Retford, near Nottingham
- 27-31 August 2009 • Frightfest (film festival), London
- 11-13 September 2009 • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln
- 11-13 September 2009 • Reunion 7 (media), Daventry
- 18-20 September 2009 • Fantasycon, Nottingham
- 18-20 September 2009 • Starfury: L6(Starfury), Blackpool
- 25-27 September 2009 • Oxonmoot (Tolkien Society), Oxford
- 26 September 2009 • Browncoast Ceilidh (Firefly), Bristol
- Postponed to 2010: 26-27 September 2009 • NewCon 5, Northampton
- 3-4 October 2009 • Birmingham International Comics Show, Birmingham
- 10-11 October 2009 • Octocon, Ireland
- 16-18 October 2009 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 24 October 2009 • Gamesfest 4 (gaming/sf), Watford
- 24-31 October 2009 • Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference, Snowdonia
- 30 October - 1 November 2009 • Armadacon 21, Plymouth
- 11 November 2009 - 5 January 2010 • Terry Pratchett's Nation (play), National Theatre, London
- 13-15 November 2009 • Dublin City Comic Con, Dublin
- 13-15 November 2009 • Novacon 39, Nottingham
- 18-22 November 2009 • Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals (play), Abingdon
- 20-22 November 2009 • Thought Bubble (comics), Leeds
- 20-22 November 2009 • WexWorlds (sf festival), Wexford, Ireland
- 27-29 November 2009 • Mission Starfury: The Cylon Attack (Starfury), Heathrow
2010
- 16-17 January 2010 • ConRunner 2, Sheffield
- 5-6 February 2010 • SFX Weekender, Camber Sands, Sussex
- 5-7 March 2010 • P-Con 7, Dublin
- 19-21 March 2010 • Corflu Cobalt, Winchester
- 25-29 March 2010 • World Horror Convention, Brighton
- 2-5 April 2010 • Odyssey 2010 (Eastercon), Heathrow, London
- 26-29 August 2010 • Tricon (Eurocon; joint Czech, Polish and Slovak hosting), Cieszyn/Cesky Tesin, Poland/Czech Republic
- 27-30 August 2010 • Discworld Convention, Birmingham
- 2-6 September 2010 • Aussiecon 4 (68th Worldcon), Melbourne, Australia [former bid site has presupporter list]
- Cancelled: 25-27 September 2010 • Albacon, Glasgow
2011
- 25-27 February 2011 • Redemption 11 (multimedia sf), Coventry
- 17-19 June 2011 • Eurocon 2011, Stockholm, Sweden
World SF Convention Bids
- Worldcon bids round-up
- Reno in 2011
- Seattle in 2011 [withdrawn]
- Washington DC in 2011 [withdrawn]
- Chicago in 2012
- Texas in 2013
- Zagreb in 2013 reported here [website awaited]
- UK in 2014 -- Google discussion group signup
- Japan in 2017
Other
Infinitely Improbable
For readers who have requested Ansible in PDF format, here's a somewhat miserable compromise.
June 2009
•
Locus
Awards
•
Thunderbirds:
Gerry Anderson vs ITV (Register)
•
British
Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Survey
•
Alastair
Reynolds's million (Guardian, 23 Jun)
• Fantasy
Centre (1969-2009)
• David
Gemmell Legend Award winner
•
The
Curse of Robert Stanek,
part 94;
the
Amazon thread where all this surfaced;
more
•
Novel
competition! Brutal deadline! No advance!
•
China
Miéville on Tolkien
•
SF/Fantasy
club directory under construction
• Preparing
for Halloween
•
Yet
another Harry Potter plagiarism claim (Reuters, 15 Jun)
•
"Who
Goes There?" (Register, 15 Jun)
• Bye-bye
to Primeval (BBC, 15 Jun)
•
Zombie
Neurobiology
• Explaining
US politics by misquoting Chris Priest (10 Jun)
• JWC
Memorial Award shortlist
• "Science
Fiction and Fantasy Ethics";
many
ensuing comments;
"Ethics"
to become "Enthusiasts";
renamed
site here
•
British
Fantasy Awards shortlist (8 Jun)
•
David
Eddings (1931-2009);
Bookseller.com;
SFWA; Guardian
• Bogus
UK media & comics cons? (2 Jun)
• Ten
Fiction Editors Talk Shop (Clarkesworld)
May 2009
•
Wikipedia
& Scientology
•
Guardian
Children's Fiction Prize longlist (23 May)
•
SF
and US Homeland Security, again (Washington Post, 22 May)
•
Diana
Wynne Jones is ill
• Sturgeon
Award shortlist
• GUFF UK news
• 2009 Hugo
voting online
•
Do
Gay Martians Have the Right to Marry?
• Albacon
2010 cancelled
•
Ursula
K. Le Guin calls Utopia a utopia
• Sidewise Awards
shortlist
•
The
increasingly prolific Tolkien;
a
comment
• Abigail Frost
(1951-2009)
April 2009
•
Ian
R. MacLeod wins Clarke Award;
Guardian
coverage
•
Locus
Award shortlist
• Nebula
winners
• J.G.
Ballard (1930-2009) (BBC);
Guardian;
Chris
Priest (FT);
Telegraph;
John
Clute (Indy);
David
Pringle (Guardian);
NY
Times;
Guardian
overview of JGB's influence;
further
links round-up
• Steve
Green wins TAFF
•
News
of the Future (1928)
•
BSFA
Award winners
• Eastercon
video
coverage;
newsletters
•
Starlog
print publication suspended
•
Pratchett
street names
•
Philadelphia
Inquirer on Delany (5 Apr)
•
Bruce
Sterling vs US Immigration (link now fixed)
• Fantasy
Centre to close (2 Apr)
• "Save the
Semiprozine Hugo"
•
Shatner
virus infects satellite! (1 Apr)
•
Google
sees through your walls! (1 Apr)
