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Conventions Etc.
2010
- Until 30 October 2010 • The Weirdstone of Brisingamen 50th Anniversary events – Chester, Alderley Edge and Nantwich
- 2-6 September 2010 • Aussiecon 4 (68th Worldcon), Melbourne, Australia
- Cancelled: 3-6 September 2010 • Cineology Live (cult tv), Pontin's, Lowestoft
- 10-12 September 2010 • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln
- 10-12 September 2010 • Reunion (media), Daventry
- 11-12 September 2010 • Invasion Cork (Star Wars), Cork
- 17-19 September 2010 • Fantasycon, Nottingham
- 17-19 September 2010 • H.G. Wells Festival, Folkestone
- 18-25 September 2010 • Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference, Snowdonia
- 20 September 2010 • SciScreen: The Butterfly Effect (sf film & discussion), Reading
- Cancelled: 24-26 September 2010 • Da'Con, Thurrock, Essex. See cancellation notice.
- 24-26 September 2010 • Oxonmoot (Tolkien Society), Oxford
- Cancelled: 25-27 September 2010 • Albacon, Glasgow
- 4 October 2010 • William Gibson, Cadogan Hall, London
- 9-10 October 2010 • NewCon 5, Northampton
- 16-17 October 2010 • British International Comics Show (formerly Birmingham International Comics Show), Birmingham
- 16-17 October 2010, Octocon, Dublin
- 15-17 October 2010 • Festival of Fantastic Films, location TBA
- 23-24 October 2010 • Unconvention (Forteana), London
- 25-30 October 2010 • Close Encounters (space/sf), Albert Hall, London
- 6 November 2010 • BristolCon '10, Bristol
- 12-14 November 2010 • Armadacon 22, Plymouth
- 12-14 November 2010 • Novacon 40, Nottingham
- 18-21 November 2010 • Thought Bubble (comics), Leeds
- 26-28 November 2010 • Vampire Ball(Starfury), Heathrow, London
- 26-28 November 2010 • WexWorlds (sf festival), Wexford, Ireland
2011
- 3-6 February 2011 • SFX Weekender 2, Camber Sands, East Sussex
- 4-6 February 2011 • Cre2c3ndo (filk), Grantham
- 11-13 February 2011 • SF Ball (media), Bournemouth
- 25-27 February 2011 • Redemption 11 (multimedia sf), Coventry
- 4-6 March 2011 • P-Con VIII, Dublin
- 1-3 April 2011 • Echo-2 (Dollhouse; Starfury), Heathrow, London
- 22-25 April 2011 • Illustrious (Eastercon), Birmingham NEC
- 17-19 June 2011 • Eurocon 2011 (Eurocon), Stockholm, Sweden
- 17-21 August 2011 • Renovation (69th Worldcon), Reno, NV, USA
2012
- 25-26 February 2012 • Satellite 3, Glasgow
- 6-9 April 2012 • Olympus 2012 (Eastercon), Heathrow, London – LiveJournal
- 16-20 August 2012 • The Return of the Ring (Tolkien Society), Loughborough University
Future Convention Bids Etc
- ? 2011 • North American Discworld Convention – call for bids
- Chicago in 2012 (Worldcon) – unopposed after bid filing deadline
- Texas in 2013 (Worldcon)
- Zagreb in 2013 (Worldcon) reported here [website awaited]
- 14-18 August 2014 • London in 2014 (Worldcon)
- 2-5 September 2016 • Kansas City in 2016 (Worldcon) – Twitter feed
- Japan in 2017 (Worldcon)
- New Zealand in 2020 (Worldcon)
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Infinitely Improbable
The September Ansible will appear when we have some news from Aussiecon 4. Whose at-the-door cost is $A375 or $A95 per day.
September 2010
•
Science
fiction as baleful influence
August 2010
• Racefail
meets
Warhammer;
more
• Worldcon
bid: New Zealand in 2020
•
Paul
Krugman on Trantor
•
Hamlet
in the original Klingon
•
Ray
Bradbury at 90
•
World
Fantasy Award shortlist;
Guardian
comment
• Rekeying
project: SF Encyclopedia first edition headwords
• TAFF:
the founding document
•
Ray
Bradbury is not safe for work (Guardian)
• James Shields's GUFF
trip
•
Norman
Spinrad's Publishing Death Spiral
• Chesley
Awards; Sidewise
Awards
•
The
Ray Bradbury prunes commercial
•
Krugman
plugs Stross
•
The
collector as dying breed (Guardian, 1 Aug)
July 2010
•
Another
Alan Moore interview
• European
SF Awards nominations
•
Hugo
voting deadline 31 July
•
Hachette
NY bugged
•
BBC
Proms: Doctor Who in the Albert Hall
•
Eaton
Alive: Delany & Ellison
•
Royal
Horticultural Society show: alien in crater of lettuce
• James
P. Hogan (1941-2010)
•
Campbell
Memorial and Sturgeon winners;
Shirley
Jackson Award
•
"Star
Wars – When the fans hit the Sith" (Independent 9
Jul)
•
"Authors
Criticize Night Shade Books" (PW 6 Jul);
Night
Shade responds;
more;
SFWA
jumps in
• Mars
craters named for George Pál & Percy Greg
June 2010
•
Scientists'
choice of summer reading (Washington Post, 29 Jun)
• F.
Gwynplaine MacIntyre dead in fire
•
Secrets
of sf film/tv drugs
•
Adam
Roberts has crossed the Jordan
•
Locus
Awards
•
Ray
Harryhausen at 90 (BBC)
• Neil
Gaiman wins Carnegie Medal
•
Lawyers
vs "Canned Unicorn Meat"
• Campbell
Memorial Award finalists
•
J.K.
Rowling, billionaire (Forbes)
•
Terry
Pratchett novel competition
•
Louise
Cooper fantasy writing competition
• Everett
F. Bleiler (1920-2010)
• OBEs
for James Herbert and Brian Clemens
•
British
Fantasy Awards shortlist
•
Chesley
Awards shortlist
•
Ballard
archive acquired by British Library;
Independent
• Arthur
Herzog (1927-2010)
•
Boris
Johnson wants a Harry Potter theme park
• Sidewise Awards
shortlist
• The
False J. Neil Schulman
•
Pat
Cadigan's fantasy life
• Mythopoeic
Awards shortlist
• Lightspeed
webzine launched
May 2010
•
Jeanne
Robinson (1948-2010)
•
The
Asimov Mug
•
Heinlein
on fandom, 1945
• Eagle Awards
• 2010
Sturgeon finalists
•
Another
and even sillier copyright suit. Allegedly.
•
Martin
Gardner (1914-2010);
Discover;
SFE
•
Norman
Spinrad's operation;
expects to be
released on Monday 31 May or Tuesday 1 June
•
Middlesex
University MA: Creative Writing
• 2012
Worldcon site selection
•
Nebula
Awards
•
Neil
Gaiman, political football
• Another
Robert Stanek
fan
site
•
Frank
Frazetta (1928-2010)
•
"Fans
of Tintin cry foul";
"Tintin
in court"
•
Is
he a
nutter?
•
Restored
Metropolis "no longer a science-fiction film" (NY
Times; scroll down)
• Peter
O'Donnell (1920-2010);
Guardian
•
More
sf politics: Kleggs vs Cleggs (Guardian)
• Sharon
Webb (1936-2010)
•
"Let
The Wrong One In"
•
"The
30 Greatest Horses in The Arts" ( Telegraph) –
genre picks include the Python Coconuts
