SF Site News » Event http://www.sfsite.com/news Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:05:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gene Wolfe Honored http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/07/gene-wolfe-honored/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/07/gene-wolfe-honored/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:38:39 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1813 The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will be presenting Gene Wolfe with the first Fuller Award for lifetime achievement in literature on March 17 at an Evening to Honor Gene Wolfe. The event will take place at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, IL and will be hosted by Gary K. Wolfe. Authors scheduled to pay tribute to Wolfe include Neil Gaiman, Luis Urrea, Michael Swanwick, Audrey Niffenegger, Jody Lynn Nye, and Patrick O’Leary with a performance of an adaptation of Wolfe’s story “The Toy Theatre” by Lawrence Santoro. Tickets begin at $65.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/11/29/terri-windling-fundraiser/feed/ 0 Star Wars in Montreal http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/11/22/star-wars-in-montreal/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/11/22/star-wars-in-montreal/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:11:31 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1747 LucasFilm has announced that a new Star Wars exhibit, Star Wars: Identities, will open at the Montréal Science Centre on April 19, 2012. The interactive exhibit will examine the biological and social forces which determine identity and will also include numerous iconic props and costumes for the Star Wars series.

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  • Showing versus Telling in Fantastic Fiction, taught by Jeanne Cavelos (1/4/12-2/1/12)
  • Secrets of Literary Agents, taught by Lindsay Ribar (1/9/12-1/23/12)
  • Narrative Structures in Fantastic Fiction, taught by Bruce Holland Rogers (1/25/12-2/22/12)

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/09/28/sawyer-in-ottawa/feed/ 0 Pratchett at National Press Club http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/09/03/pratchett-at-national-press-club/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/09/03/pratchett-at-national-press-club/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:06:03 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1642 Sir Terry Pratchett will speak at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 14 as part of the book launch for his Discworld novel Snuff. The event is sponsored by the Club’s Book & Author Committee and a limited number of tickets are available.

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  • John W. Campbell Award: The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald
  • Theodore Sturgeon Award: “The Sultan of the Clouds,” by Geoffrey A. Landis

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/10/alt-fiction-literature-festival/feed/ 0 Neil Gaiman at the National Press Club http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/20/neil-gaiman-at-the-national-press-club/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/20/neil-gaiman-at-the-national-press-club/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 22:29:13 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1483 Neil Gaiman will be discussing the tenth anniversary edition of American Gods at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on June 23 at 6:30. The ticketed event costs $5. Copies of American Gods may be purchased at the time of registration, with proceeds going to support the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. No outside books will be permitted.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/20/neil-gaiman-at-the-national-press-club/feed/ 0 Mass Autographings at Nebulas http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/07/mass-autographings-at-nebulas/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/07/mass-autographings-at-nebulas/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 23:43:58 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1454 A mass signing, featuring more than 40 science fiction and fantasy writers including Connie Willis, John Scalzi, Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, James Morrow, Michael Whelan, Michael Swanwick, and Laura Anne Gilman will take place as part of the Nebula Award Weekend on Friday, May 20 from 5:30 to 7:00 at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut NW, Washington, DC. The signing is open to the public.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/07/mass-autographings-at-nebulas/feed/ 0 Glastonbury Conference for the Fantastic in Literature http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/04/glastonbury-conference-for-the-fantastic-in-literature/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/04/glastonbury-conference-for-the-fantastic-in-literature/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 11:06:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1446 Write Fantastic has announced the Glastonbury Conference for the Fantastic in Literature, to be held at The Grail Centre, 24 Chilkwell Street in Glastonbury, United Kingdom on September 3. The event will run from 10am to 6pm and will feature Freda Warrington as guest of honor. Other speakers will include Dr. Liz Williams and Paul Weston. Attendance is £20.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/04/glastonbury-conference-for-the-fantastic-in-literature/feed/ 0 Alt.Fiction Spring Writing Weekend http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/21/alt-fiction-spring-writing-weekend/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/21/alt-fiction-spring-writing-weekend/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:36:40 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1420 Alt.Fiction will be sponsoring a writing workshop the weekend of May 20-22 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Simon Clark and Tony Ballantyne will attend as guest lecturers. The weekend costs £180, including two nights’ accommodation, all meals and hot drinks, plus a full programme of writing activities throughout Saturday and Sunday featuring the guest authors. Registration is due by May 3.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/21/alt-fiction-spring-writing-weekend/feed/ 0 2011 Science Fiction Hall of Fame Class http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/06/2011-science-fiction-hall-of-fame-class/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/06/2011-science-fiction-hall-of-fame-class/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:25:30 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1402 Four new members will be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, housed at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington. The induction ceremony will take place as part of the Science Fiction Awards Weekend, to be held June 24-26, 2011.

  • Vincent Di Fate
  • Gardner Dozois
  • Harlan Ellison
  • Moebius

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/06/2011-science-fiction-hall-of-fame-class/feed/ 0 SF Exhibit at British Library http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/24/sf-exhibit-at-british-library/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/24/sf-exhibit-at-british-library/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:28:16 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1384 The British Library will host its first ever exhibit of science fiction literature from 20 May to 25 September. The exhibit, which will be called “Out of this World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It,” will include works by Mary Shelley, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Francis Godwin, Cory Doctorow, and China Miéville, among others as it tracing the evolution of the genre.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/24/sf-exhibit-at-british-library/feed/ 0 Ray Capella Exhibit http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:42:06 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1381 A memorial exhibit of Ray Capella’s art will take place in Pomona, CA on March 26 and 27. Capella, a member of LASFS, died in 2010. The exhibit will take place at the dA Center for the Arts, 252-D South Main Street in Pomona, California and will feature not only his professionally published work, but also art he provided for various fan publications.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/feed/ 0 Hitchhiker Reading http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/hitchhiker-reading/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/hitchhiker-reading/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:57:55 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1360 The Strathclyde Theatre Group with the Radio Theatre Group will present a reading of the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy radio scripts from March 24 through April 2 at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices are Mon – Tues £7/4, Wed – Sat £10/7. The event will occur at the Ramshorn Theatre at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/hitchhiker-reading/feed/ 0 International Steampunk City http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/international-steampunk-city/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/international-steampunk-city/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:32:58 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1359 The Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation will be hosting the International Steampunk City the weekend of May 6-8, 2011. The event will take place at various locations through the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, artwork, street theatre, and exhibits.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/07/international-steampunk-city/feed/ 1 One Book, One City: Chicago Chooses Gaiman http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/04/one-book-one-city-chicago-chooses-gaiman/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/04/one-book-one-city-chicago-chooses-gaiman/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:07:39 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1355 Chicago’s One Book, One City program has selected to read Neil Gaiman’s 2003 novel Neverwhere for its Spring 2011 choice. The Chicago Public Library chooses two books a year and this Fall’s selection will mark the program’s tenth anniversary. The program includes book discussions, public programs, a script reading of last year’s dramatic production of the play, and Gaiman will speak in Chicago on April 12 and 13.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/04/one-book-one-city-chicago-chooses-gaiman/feed/ 0 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/01/toronto-specfic-colloquium/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/01/toronto-specfic-colloquium/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:26:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1348 The Chiaroscuro Reading Series will sponsor the second Toronto SpecFic Colloquium on October 15 at the Toronto Underground Cinema, located at 186 Spadina Avenue. This year’s one-day event will focus on the theme Modern Mythologies and will feature Mike Carey. There will also be a round-table discussion on the state of the field.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/01/toronto-specfic-colloquium/feed/ 0 Close Encounters in Rahway http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/28/close-encounters-in-rahway/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/28/close-encounters-in-rahway/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:50:46 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1281 Arts Guild New Jersey will be hosting an art exhibit entitled Close Encounters from January 30 through March 3. The exhibit features artwork by Madeleine Bliss, Liz Brown, Derek Buckner, Brian Scott Campbell, Ernest Concepcion, Jason Leinwand, Keary Rosen, and Diane Whitebay as well as a radio broadcast of Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds from Oct. 30, 1938. Arts Guild New Jersey is located at 1670 Irving Street in Rahway.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/28/close-encounters-in-rahway/feed/ 0 Finlay Speaks at Marysville Library http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/05/finlay-speaks-at-marysville-library/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/05/finlay-speaks-at-marysville-library/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:45:03 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1247 Charles Coleman Finlay will speak on “How The Marysville Public Library Saved My Life.” at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 233 W. 6th Street, Marysville, OH on Tuesday, February 15 as part of the Friends of the Library Authors’ Series. The event will last from 6:45—9:00 P.M. and will help raise money to support the Marysville Public Library.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/05/finlay-speaks-at-marysville-library/feed/ 0 Barr Speaks at CUNY http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/03/barr-speaks-at-cuny/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/03/barr-speaks-at-cuny/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:00:04 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1240 Marleen Barr will present the paper “Why Science Fiction is Pertinent to Black Children’s Literature
Pedagogy” at the “State of African American and African Diaspora Studies Conference” held in New York on January 8. Barr is scheduled to present at 10:15 AM in room C-205 at the CUNY Graduate Center. The conference runs from January 6 through January 8 and costs $20 for non-students and is free for students.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/03/barr-speaks-at-cuny/feed/ 0 First Non-Human Jeopardy! Contestant http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/first-non-human-jeopardy-contestant/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/first-non-human-jeopardy-contestant/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:24:20 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1213 The American game show Jeopardy! will feature a series of three games between champion players Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and an IBM computer, named Watson, from February 14-16, 2011. IBM has been in talks with the show’s producers for two years for the match-up, which IBM sees as a major test for their computer. Before the show’s producers would agree, the computer had to pass the same test human have to take. The purse for the three-day tournament will be $1,000,000, with the entire amount going to charity if Watson wins and 50% going to charity if one of the humans wins.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/worlds-of-wonder-sale/feed/ 0 Ecce Frankenstein http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/03/ecce-frankenstein/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/03/ecce-frankenstein/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:28:06 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1195 The original hand-written manuscript to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered by some to be the first science fiction novel, will be on display at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford as part of the display Shelley’s Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family, scheduled to run from December 3 through March 27. This is the first time the manuscript has been displayed publicly. After the exhibit closes in Oxford, it will move to the New York Public Library.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/23/pontypool-screening/feed/ 0 Amazon Grant to Shared Worlds http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/09/amazon-grant-to-shared-worlds/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/09/amazon-grant-to-shared-worlds/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:03:11 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1160 Amazon has announced a $15,000 grant to Shared Worlds, a science fiction/fantasy writing camp for teens sponsored by Wofford College of Spartanburg, SC. The grant will be used to help pay for guest writers, awarding scholarships for disadvantaged students, and general operating expenses. The 2011 camp will take place the final two weeks of July.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/09/amazon-grant-to-shared-worlds/feed/ 0 Gernsback in Luxembourg http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/23/gernsback-in-luxembourg/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/23/gernsback-in-luxembourg/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:39:50 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1127 “Hugo Gernsback: An Amazing Story” opens at the National Literary Centre in Luxembourg on October 27 and runs through March 18, 2011. The exhibit, which is open Monday through Friday from 10-6, documents Gernsback’s life, including his interest in technology and science fiction and his ties to Luxembourg.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/23/gernsback-in-luxembourg/feed/ 0 Potter & BSG in Seattle http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/22/potter-bsg-in-seattle/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/22/potter-bsg-in-seattle/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:18:34 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1124 “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” opens this weekend at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle Center. On the other side of Seattle Center, the exhibit “Battlestar Galactica” opens at the Science Fiction Museum. The Harry Potter exhibit, which debuted at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, is touring and making its fourth stop, its first on the West Coast. The Battlestar Galactica props, which include three spaceships, fifteen costumes, and more, are now part of the SFM collection and will be sent on tour in about 18 months.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/20/odyssey-offers-on-line/feed/ 0 Coraline in San Francisco http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/20/coraline-in-san-francisco/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/20/coraline-in-san-francisco/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:28:37 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1116 The SF Playhouse in San Francisco will be hosting the West Coast debut of the new musical Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman’s novel. The musical features a book by Gaiman and music by Stephin Merritt. It will be directed by Bill English and is scheduled to run from November 16-January 15.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/13/stormtroopers-in-milwaukee/feed/ 0 Toronto’s SpecFic Colloquium http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-specfic-colloquium/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-specfic-colloquium/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:07:38 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1087 Toronto’s SpecFic Colloquium will be held on October 23 and launches the Chiaroscuro Reading Series at the Music Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. The colloquium will present a series of lectures on urban fantasy, cognitive science, queering the genre, and the spread of Canadian science fiction. Numerous Canadian SF authors, including Julie Czerneda, Guy Gavriel Kay, Karl Schroeder, Peter Watts, and Claude Lalumiere are expected to attend.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-specfic-colloquium/feed/ 0 UMass hosts SF Exhibit http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:57:35 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1069 The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is hosting an exhibit entitled “Uncertain Futures: Americans and Science Fiction in the Early Cold War Era.” The exhibit was put together by graduate student Morgan Hubbard and will be open for the next six weeks at the W.E.B. DuBois Library. In addition, the exhibit has an extensive on-line presence.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/feed/ 1 Shunn Named Head of Tuesday Funk http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/12/shunn-named-head-of-tuesday-funk/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/12/shunn-named-head-of-tuesday-funk/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:17:30 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1056 William Shunn has been named co-producer of the Tuesday Funk series of readings held in Chicago, along with Sara Ross. Tuesday Funk was founded in 2008 and is a monthly reading series featuring an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, essays, and other bits of performance held on the first Tuesday of every month, at 7:30 pm, upstairs at Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark St. The next scheduled event is October 5 and will feature works by Connor Coyne, Jackie Adamski, and William Shunn.

For more information, please e-mail tuesdayfunkchicago@gmail.com.

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This item has been corrected regarding sponsorship of the fund-raising event.

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  • John W. Campbell Award: The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Theodore Sturgeon Award: Shambling Towards Hiroshima, by James Morrow

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  • Octavia E. Butler
  • Richard Matheson
  • Douglas Trumbull
  • Roger Zelazny

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