An official announcement from Philcon:

We at Philcon are pleased to announce that our principal speaker for Philcon 2012 will be author and poet Catherynne M. Valente!

Catherynne M. Valente is a New York Times Bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction novels, short stories, and poetry. She has written over a dozen volumes of fiction and ( Read more... )

The full list can be found at this link (FB peeps, click through to the blog post for the link).

Congrats to all of the nominees!

Despite rumors to the contrary, YES, I will be attending ARISIA as a panelist once again this year!  It will be held in Boston at the Westin Waterfront Hotel, January 14-17.  I will only be on a total of three panels this year, but I plan to make the most of them!

My current schedule is as follows:

Friday 6:30PM, Revere:  Flirt Like a Pro!  (I will ( Read more... )

Some of you already know about this, but here is an official announcement regarding my position with Philcon 2011...

The chairman, Gary Feldbaum, has asked me, and I have agreed, to be the Director of Programming for Philcon 2011.

At this point, I know that several of you are rolling your eyes, but let me finish, OK...

I decided to accept Gary's offer ( Read more... )

Hey, elionwyr... it looks like the Giant Octopus lost!


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Alternate-Universe Sci-Fi Channel Show Asks
What Would Happen If Germany Lost War

This is not only a funny (and kinda creepy) article from THE ONION (and only Jon Stewart does funny news better than these guys), but it's also a neat little alt-history SF story in it's own right.  Check it out, if only for the Battlestar Gleichschaltung gag.

From Holly Black's LJ...

Holly Black and Ellen Kushner's WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN, a return to Terri Windling's groundbreaking urban fantasy shared world featuring new stories from many of the original writers including Emma Bull, Charles de Lint and Will Shetterly, as well as new works by writers who were inspired by the original series, including ( Read more... )

OK, so here are my thoughts about the new SciFi shows that premiered tonite...

AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD:  I giggled through this entire show.  This is one of the funniest, most original shows on TV.  Paul Giamati and David Hyde Pierce are both PERFECT voices for Screw-On Head and Emporer Zombie.  I actually found myself asking "How did this ever GET on ( Read more... )