Only 13 days left to nominate for the Hugo Awards ( Read more... )

The co-chairs of Anticipation were at SMOFCon 27, the annual conrunners convention, and appeared before "The Fannish Inquisition" to make a presentation of Pass Along Funds to their successors.

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Every Worldcon is an independent entity, with no financial or legal ties to its predecessors or successors (sort of like Olympic Host Committees); ( Read more... )

An article about the bars I visited in Montreal has been published in Nottingham Drinker. You can download a copy here ( Read more... )

I am sorry I did not post this before but I just found out about this.

Thanks a lot to everyone - I had the best time of my life. 
Hope to see many of you next Con!

http://picasaweb.google.ca/vgiovanna/HowIStoleNeilGaimanSPen?feat=directlink 

The 2010 TAFF race has begun!We have two excellent sets of candidates. Anne KG Murphy and Brain Gray (running as a pair) and Frank Wu. The ballot is available at http://taff.org.uk/ and the deadline is Midnight PST on December 22nd ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any idea when artists will get their checks from the art show?  Or are they stuck in customs too?
Sigh.
Signed,
Waiting To Be Paid

Does anyone know if the art show has sent checks to the artists yet or what the schedule is for that? 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/atwood-have-i-ever-eaten-maggots-perhaps/article1284530/

What the book absolutely is not, she insists, is science fiction - a statement she has made repeatedly since the 2003 ( Read more... )

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/692716

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel. Solar power plants orbiting the planet, each the size of 700 Canadian football fields, beaming clean energy down to Earth 24 hours a day so we can run our factories, charge our ( Read more... )

I'm a big fan of the writings of Spider Robinson, if you are as well, please read the rest of this post

I recently found out that his wife, Jeanne, has cancer, and that they are running out of money due to the cost of medicine and other needed care that is not covered by the Provence of British Columbia's medical system.

If you can't afford to kick ( Read more... )