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2008
- Until 18 May 2008 • Anne Sudworth exhibition, Strawberry Hill, London
- Until 18 May 2008 • Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
- Until 1 June 2008 • Local Heroes: The Art of the Graphic Novel, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Until 25 October 2008 • Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain, Science Museum, London
- 15-18 May 2008 • Eurocon/RosCon, Moscow, Russia
- 30 May 2008 • Brian Aldiss, Oxford Playhouse
- 14 June 2008 • PKD-Day 2 (Dick), Nottingham
- 20-22 June 2008 • SF Masterclass, London
- RELOCATED: 24-27 June 2008 • SFRA Conference announced for Dublin, Ireland -- moving to USA
- 28 June 2008 • Tolkien Society Seminar, London
- 28-29 June 2008 • ConRunner, Wolverhampton
- 6-10 August 2008 • Denvention 3 (66th Worldcon), Denver, Colorado, USA
- 21-25 August 2008 • Frightfest film festival, London
- 22-25 August 2008 • Discworld Convention 2008, Birmingham
- 29-31 August 2008 • Mecon, Belfast [LiveJournal]
- 5-7 September 2008 • ZombieCon (in the vein of Aliens Stole My Handbag, Damn Fine Con and They Came And Shaved Us), Bentley, Walsall
- 12-14 September 2008 • Reunion6 (media), Coventry
- 19-21 September 2008 • Fantasycon 2008, Nottingham
- 25-28 September 2008 • Oxonmoot (Tolkien Society), Oxford
- 27 September - 4 October 2008 • Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference, Snowdonia
- 4-5 October 2008 • Birmingham International Comics Show, Birmingham
- 11-12 October 2008 • NewCon 4, Northampton
- 18-19 October 2008 • Octocon, Ireland
- 7-9 November 2008 • Armadacon XX, Plymouth
- 14-16 November 2008 • Novacon 38, Bentley, Walsall
2009
- 20-22 February 2009 • Redemption 09 (multimedia sf), Coventry
- ?? March 2009 • Eurocon 2009, Fiuggi, Italy
- 27-29 March 2009 • P-Con VI, Dublin
- 10-13 April 2009 • LXcon (Eastercon), Bradford
- CANCELLED: 26-29 June 2009 • Sectus 2009 (Harry Potter), North Wales
- 25-26 July 2009 • Satellite 2, Glasgow
- 6-10 August 2009 • Anticipation (67th Worldcon), Montréal, Québec, Canada
2010
- 2-5 April 2010 • Odyssey 2010 (Eastercon), Heathrow, London
World SF Convention Bids
- Worldcon bids round-up
- Melbourne in 2010
- Seattle in 2011
- Washington DC in 2011 [withdrawn]
- Chicago in 2012 reported here [website awaited]
- Texas in 2013 reported here [website awaited]
Infinitely
Improbable
May 2008
•
Clarke
Award in the Telegraph (10 May)
•
Michael
de
Larrabeiti
(1934-2008)
•
Barbara
Bauer vs Wikipedia (2 May)
April 2008
• Clarke
Award (30 Apr);
Guardian
•
PW
on Ursula Le Guin (30 Apr)
• Nebula
Awards (26 Apr)
• Sidewise Awards
finalists
•
Star
Wars madness in Wales (22 Apr)
•
Remember
the Hitch-Hiker text adventure game?
•
Terry
Pratchett at Bookseller.com (18 Apr)
•
As
Others See Us (Guardian, 16 Apr).
•
Lexicongate
trial (FW);
Day
One (Leaky Cauldron);
Day
Two
(also
FW);
more;
more;
Day
Three
(also
FW);
the
Times misses the point;
Techdirt;
Troll
film
dispute;
New
York Times (17 Apr);
various
trial summaries
•
Minotaur-Squids
of the Indigo Zone!
• Hugo
voting on line
•
A
good word for sf fandom (Guardian, 10 Apr)
• Newsweek
vs Patrick
Stewart
March 2008
•
"Lexicongate"
yet again (Leaky Cauldron 24 Mar);
more
(AFP)
•
Independent
on Eastercon (22 Mar)
• Eastercon 2010:
Heathrow again
•
2008
BSFA Awards (22 Mar)
• 2008
Hugo Nominations (21 Mar)
• Arthur
C.Clarke dies (18 Mar)
• Terry
Pratchett
fights
back; "Match
It For
Pratchett"
now has its own website
•
SFX
poll: your favourite SF and fantasy authors of all time (13 Mar)
•
Dave
"Rocketeer" Stevens dies (10 Mar)
•
Clarke
Award shortlist (10 Mar);
John Jarrold
grumbles again
•
"Lexicongate"
trial date set (Leaky Cauldron, with story so far; 10 Mar);
since
rescheduled (LC 13 Mar);
further
commentary at
Fandom
Wank;
RDR
denies everything (including selling Lexicon rights in
Australia and England --
so what
exactly did Methuen buy?);
the "denial"
filing examined
•
Gary
Gygax dies (4 Mar) (Guardian);
XKCD comment;
Times
•
Janet
Kagan dies (29 Feb)
February 2008
•
"Lexicongate":
summary of latest JKR/WB responses (Leaky Cauldron);
full
court filings (items #55-#63)
• Nebula
Awards shortlist (22 Feb)
• Scrybe
Press warning (19 Feb)
• "A Gut Check
Moment for SFWA" (18 Feb);
furthermore (21 Feb)
•
Ken
Slater dies (16 Feb)
• Stoker
Awards shortlist
• PLR
petition -- UK authors please sign
•
Tolkien
estate sues New Line Cinema (11 Feb)
•
Steve
Gerber dies (10 Feb)
• British
Animation Awards
shortlist
•
The
Iain-Banks-a-Rama
• "Lexicongate"
-- the saga drags on,
and
on (Leaky Cauldron),
and
on (Ibid),
and
on (NY Times),
and
on (court filings),
and
on (LC again)...
• Dedalus
Books vs the
Arts Council
•
Ballard
autobiography reviewed: Telegraph; Independent;
Observer
•
"20
Things You [Allegedly] Didn’t Know About... Science Fiction"
(Discover)
