Well, it is all Planetes all the way this week. The posts for this week reviewed the Extraterrestrial Girl, A Place To Cling To, Regrets, A Sky of Stardust, Boundary Line, and A Modest Request episodes ( Read more... )

In case you didn't know there was a fabulous Continuum 8: Craftonomicon last weekend.  I travelled light so my ability to blog was sharply limited, and I didn't do a weekly wrap as a result.

( There's a reasonable amount to report as a result... )

Very little to report.  I did ramble for a bit about my approach to reviewing anime, and I'll include a the link to the Iron Sky review that I forgot to link to last week.

Very busy at work at the moment, and it isn't leaving me with a lot of energy or motivation to write reviews.  I have booked my flights to Continuum 8: Craftonomicon, and also ( Read more... )

Last week when I wasn't going "Oooh, so pretty" at ARIA the NATURAL, I was going "Oooh, so much prettier in widescreen" at ARIA the ORIGINATION.

( Despite which I did write some interesting (to me at least) stuff... )

We are now (roughly) halfway through the voting period for the Chronos Awards.  Voting closes on Sunday 20 May 2012.
Please note that late votes will not be considered, late postal votes will be returned to sender unopened. The Chronos Awards Committee is not responsible for any delays in post or mail.

Wide distribution of this post, and of the ( Read more... )

Like dalekboy I've never done a post like this before, but at the same time I'm also proud of some of the things I wrote last year.

To start with I did Thirty Days of Escaflowne*: an in-depth review and analysis of the classic anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.  At roughly 30,000 words for the entire series of posts, it would be nice to get some ( Read more... )

I arrived late last night for Swancon, and woke up stupidly early this morning (again).  I suspect being zombie tired is likely to be a recurring feature of my weekend.

I've also noticed the first forgotten item: the internal DVD drive for the laptop. :)

Nominations for the 2012 Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian science fiction in 2011 are now open. The awards will be presented at Continuum 8: Craftonomicon.

To lodge a nomination please click on the Read More link below.

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The 2012 Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian science fiction in 2011 will be presented at Continuum 8: Craftonomicon.

Nominations will open in two weeks and will be open for two months. The nomination and voting process will be similar to previous awards.

The key dates for the 2012 Chronos Awards are:

Nominations Open: Sunday 22 January 2012
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I will be managing the 2012 Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian Science Fiction in 2011. Details of dates for nominations and voting will be coming soon.

The awards will be presented at Continuum 8: Craftonomicon in June, and a list of eligible works (hat tip to thomasbull) has been started at the Continuum Foundation wiki.