Archive for the ‘SF Fandom’ Category
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
MarsCon 2011 has come and gone. To start off with, a good time was had by all (and if you didn't have fun, that's your own fault, not mine!). Alexis Cruz, the Media Guest of Honor, was a cordial guest who was very personable and hung out in the party ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
I couldn't resist. Merry Christmas.
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
I ran across a recent op-ed by SF author Alan Dean Foster on the NY Times website today. He makes a couple of interesting points about Arizona's immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.
The part of the law not blocked by a federal judge has been in force for over a week ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
I like Ray Bradbury. Always have. His writings were first introduced to me around the fifth grade with his early short stories. I continued to read him throughout my youth. I even have met him on more than a few occasions over the years. Nice guy.
Now I find even more ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Well, I was wrong. Peter Watts, the B-list SF author from Canada convicted for assaulting an officer (resistance, etc.) did, in fact, show up for sentencing this week. I don't know if he knew he was going to get off with a fine only and no jail time in advance ...
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Last December I began following the case of Peter Francis Watts, a Canadian Science Fiction writer (heretofore virtually unknown) arrest for assaulting a U.S. law enforcement officer at the U.S.-Canadian border. Although I haven't been blogging about it since the original incident began, I have been monitoring it. I also ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
The Peter Watts arrest saga continues with the following report from the Times Herald in Port Huron:
A Canadian science fiction writer was bound over to circuit court today on charges of assault and resisting arrest from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at the Blue Water Bridge in Port ...
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Peter Watts is going to jail…sounds like a catchy tune, and most likely will come to pass, assuming SF writer Peter Watts actually shows up for his court date on Dec. 22nd.
Stephen Tait at the Times Herald in Port Huron is staying on top of this case with a new ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
From the realm of "man, that sounds like fun", I received a message on the MacDude list about an event called "Road Warrior Weekend". Costumes, cars and gyrocopters, all in the post-apocalyptic style made popular by the Mad Max movies.
The brainchild of Scarlot Harlot, according to the LA Weekly, ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
It's rapidly becoming old news that Peter Watts, an SF writer (one I have never heard of before, despite his being nominated for a Hugo Award) was arrested when he became "non-compliant" and aggressive with border patrol officers during an inspection stop.
From the Times Herald:
Port Huron police Capt. Jim Jones ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Charles N. Brown, publisher and editor-in-chief of Locus Magazine passed away on July 12th, 2009. Locus is the major journal of SF news, and has been in publication since 1968, and is published from his home in the Oakland hills. His contributions to promoting and supporting the genre are numerous, ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
The Onion knocked one out of a park with a spoof of what they think Trek fans reaction to the new Star Trek movie will be like. The video is a real hoot, so check it out.
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'
Tags:
Star Trek the Onion
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
I just read that SF writer Philip Jose Farmer has passed away. There is some info on his website. He was 91.
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, wife of Gene Roddenberry, passed away yesterday. The news is proliferating around the 'net.
Majel Barrett was best known for her role as Nurse Chapel on the original Star Trek series, and later as Lwaxana Troi, beginning with The Next Generation. She is the only actor to have ...
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Usually one of the groups I am in is pretty good about posting important events like this. Sadly, this one was missed. Forrest J. Ackerman passed away last week. This LA Times piece has a lot to say about the man who brought so much to the genres of science ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
If you are wondering what a look at the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons and politics have in common, then sit tight and we'll get to it.
I've been playing DandD for way too many years. I still have every DandD book I have ever purchased, starting with the original ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Convergence 2008 was a wild, fun, and, at times exasperating time. Most of the time it was a very up convention, but they did run into some problems, some of which can be attributed to growing pains. Not surprising as the Con grew by about 400 attendees over last year. ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
We're finally back from Convergence. It was a wild, and at many times, frustrating event this year. Here is the first video clip from the con that I have been able to process for the heckuvit. It's me, Sqotty MacKlingon, with the two guys dressed up as Captain Kirk (Earl ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I ran across something new called My Mini city. It is a game in which you create a virtual city and then get people to come visit it by clicking a link in order to build up the population. As the population builds, various other aspects are introduced to develop ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I spotted this over on Walter Hunt's blog and thought it was just too cool for words. It's a Steampunk Laptop. For those of you who do not know what Steampunk is, it is a subgenre of Science Fiction. The Difference Engine is one of the early examples of Steampunk. ...
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