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Conventions & Other Events
2008
- Until 25 October 2008 • Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain, Science Museum, London
- 30 August 2008 • Low Energy Day (comics), London
- 29-31 August 2008 • Mecon, Belfast [LiveJournal]
- 29-31 August 2008 • Wadfest (Discworld), Retford, near Nottingham
- 5-7 September 2008 • ZombieCon (in the vein of Aliens Stole My Handbag, Damn Fine Con and They Came And Shaved Us), Bentley, Walsall
- 12-14 September 2008 • Reunion6 (media), Coventry
- 19-21 September 2008 • Fantasycon 2008, Nottingham
- 25-28 September 2008 • Oxonmoot (Tolkien Society), Oxford
- 27 September - 4 October 2008 • Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference, Snowdonia
- 3 October 2008 • Sci-Fi London Oktoberfest (film), London
- 4-5 October 2008 • Birmingham International Comics Show, Birmingham
- 11-12 October 2008 • NewCon 4, Northampton
- 17-19 October 2008 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 18-19 October 2008 • Octocon, Ireland
- 25 October 2008 • Teledeux!, London, venue TBC
- 1-2 November 2008 • UnCon (Forteana), London
- 7-9 November 2008 • Armadacon XX, Plymouth
- 11 November 2008 - 4 January 2009 • Science Fact & Science Fiction exhibition, National Space Centre, Leicester
- 14-16 November 2008 • Novacon 38, Bentley, Walsall
- 5-7 December 2008 • Battlestar Starfury (Battlestar Galactica), Heathrow, London
2009
- 20-24 January 2009 • Wyrd Sisters: The Directors' Cut (new stage adaptation), Abingdon
- 6-8 February 2009 • AXXIdental (filk), Grantham
- 6-8 February 2009 • SF Ball (media), Bournemouth
- 20-22 February 2009 • Redemption 09 (multimedia sf), Coventry
- 26-29 March 2009 • Eurocon 2009 / Deepcon 10 / Italcon 35, Fiuggi, Italy
- 27-29 March 2009 • P-Con VI, Dublin
- 10-13 April 2009 • LXcon (Eastercon), Bradford
- 8-10 May 2009 • Bristol International Comic Expo, Bristol
- 19-21 June 2009 • Aetherica (fantasy), Chester
- CANCELLED: 26-29 June 2009 • Sectus 2009 (Harry Potter), North Wales
- 25-26 July 2009 • Satellite 2, Glasgow
- 31 July - 2 August 2009 • Constitution (sf, fantasy, role-playing), Cambridge
- 6-10 August 2009 • Anticipation (67th Worldcon), Montréal, Québec, Canada
2010
- 17-18 January 2010 or 24-25 January 2010 • ConRunner 2, "The North, probably Sheffield or Manchester"
- 2-5 April 2010 • Odyssey 2010 (Eastercon), Heathrow, London
- 2-6 September 2010 • Aussiecon 4 (68th Worldcon), Melbourne, Australia [former bid site has presupporter list]
World SF Convention Bids
- Worldcon bids round-up
- Reno in 2011
- Seattle in 2011
- Washington DC in 2011 [withdrawn]
- Chicago in 2012
- Texas in 2013 reported here [website awaited]
- Zagreb in 2013 reported here [website awaited]
Infinitely
Improbable
August 2008
• 2009 westbound
TAFF race
• M.J.
Engh, "Author Emerita"
•
Mythopoeic
Award winners
•
"Cinema
stole my favourite books" (Guardian, 18 Aug)
• Aussiecon 4, 2010
•
Hugo
winners (Langford off the hook at last!)
• Denvention 3:
LiveJournal
and PDF
Newsletter #1;
#2;
#3;
#4;
#5;
#6;
#7;
#8;
#9.
Hugo
rules changes,
• British
Fantasy Awards shortlist
•
World
Fantasy Awards shortlist
•
Denvention
vs Democratic National Convention
• Chesley
Awards shortlist
•
Pauline
Baynes (1922-2008)
• Transcriptase:
after controversy
concerning
Helix
July 2008
• Orson
Scott Card gibbers again;
one
response of many
•
Another
Doris Lessing interview (NY Times, 27 Jul)
• Harry
Harrison, SFWA Grand Master
• International Horror
Guild awards shortlist
•
Lust
in space (NASA/Telegraph)
•
Thomas
M. Disch (1940-2008) (Telegraph); Guardian;
Guardian;
New
York Times;
Independent
(John Clute); Washington
Post
• Lost
Metropolis footage found (BBC);
more
June 2008
•
A
classic "As Others See Us" opening paragraph (Independent,
29 Jun)
•
Science
fiction vs sci-fi: the statistics
• TAFF newsletters:
Suzanne Tompkins's
last and Chris
Garcia's first (19 Jun)
•
Ballard
interview (Guardian, 14 Jun)
•
L.
Ron Hubbard --
Leaked!
•
Carry
On Hammering (UK stamps)
• Campbell
Memorial Award finalists
• Sturgeon
Award finalists
• Algis
Budrys (1931-2008)
•
Terry
Pratchett again (Times, 8 Jun); and
with
Neil Gaiman (Waterstone's Books Quarterly)
• Mythopoeic
Awards finalists (6 Jun)
• "No to Age
Banding"
•
"That's
Doctor Gibson ..." (5 Jun)
•
John
McCain's sf inspiration (5 Jun)
•
Philip
K. Dick rules the Library of America (4 Jun)
•
"As
Others See Us" in the TLS (4 Jun)
•
MTV
Movie Awards
• Gordon
Brown: comics product placement
May 2008
•
Recommended
fantasy, none of it by women (Guardian, 30 May)
•
Harry
Harrison in Pravda (26 May)
•
Christopher
Tolkien vs New Line, continued (Sunday Times, 26 May)
• Large
Hadron Collider petition
• Ayn
Rand's trilogy (via)
• Reno in 2011: Worldcon bid
• Robert Asprin
(1946-2008)
•
"When
Harry met sexism" (Guardian, 22 May)
•
Clarke
Award in the Telegraph (10 May)
• UK SF Book News
in "hibernation" (8 May)
•
Michael
de
Larrabeiti
(1934-2008)
•
Barbara
Bauer vs Wikipedia (2 May)
April 2008
• Clarke
Award (30 Apr);
Guardian
•
PW
on Ursula Le Guin (30 Apr)
• Nebula
Awards (26 Apr)
• Sidewise Awards
finalists
•
Star
Wars madness in Wales (22 Apr)
•
Remember
the Hitch-Hiker text adventure game?
•
Terry
Pratchett at Bookseller.com (18 Apr)
•
As
Others See Us (Guardian, 16 Apr).
•
Lexicongate
trial (FW);
Day
One (Leaky Cauldron);
Day
Two
(also
FW);
more;
more;
Day
Three
(also
FW);
the
Times misses the point;
Techdirt;
Troll
film
dispute;
New
York Times (17 Apr);
various
trial summaries
•
Minotaur-Squids
of the Indigo Zone!
• Hugo
voting on line
•
A
good word for sf fandom (Guardian, 10 Apr)
• Newsweek
vs Patrick
Stewart
