C is convinced - apparently his show in Edinburgh is cancelled tonight. I haven't honestly been following too closely so I will go with that ( Read more... )

swisstone has posted on the fevered speculation about the Romans the economy the middle east the test match Dr Who. I started this as a comment but it's expanded so I'll put it here.

He's quite right. Journalism about this, as with football transfers is about generating readers, or eyeballs on screen, by linking a well-known name with a well-known product ( Read more... )

So you'll all have seen the announcement that Matt Smith is to leave the series at the end of the year ( Read more... )

We never made it to the cinema to see the Hobbit but I finally picked up the DVD yesterday ( Read more... )

Does this make sense to anyone? We've been speculating but the key information is ( Read more... )

No liability is accepted for this Christmas greeting and you accept it wholly at your own risk.

Your Health and Safety Officer would like to wish you a healthy Christmas and a safe new year, so far as is reasonably practicable, taking reasonable care that all gifts come complete with a certificate of portable appliance testing , a full risk ( Read more... )

A recent post by drplokta n the Locus"Best of the 20th and 21st century SF and fantasy"  lists reminded me that at Novacon 40 we conducted our own poll. We imposed no restrictions save the very general term "best SF book" since Novacon began in 1971. A cut down version of the article I wrote later follows for interest of anyone who missed it.

"In JOINT 6 ( Read more... )

We travelled to Coventry yesterday to mark the passing of Dave Cox. His brother and sister had been through his e-mails and his contact lists and drew together people from his life over many decades.  There was a big turn out from Birmingham fandom (which I won't list because I'll forget somebody) and fans with a Novacon connection ( Read more... )

Last night, as we retired from the Novacon 42 meal and beer tasting,  my daughter was tearful for a while because she'd not been able to say goodbye to someone, but more generally, I think, because for her the the convention was over. I explained that you never get to say goodbye to everybody, and that it's normal to feel that way after a good ( Read more... )

Yes, there will be one ( Read more... )