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August 14th, 2010

Sneak Peek: PBS documentary ‘Four Days at DragonCon’

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Starting this Labor Day, PBS stations will start airing a slice of fandom with the one-hour documentary, Four Days at DragonCon. Filmed by Atlanta- based documentarians, Jack Walsh and Gordon Ray during the 2009 con, the film is set to debut 9 p.m. (ET) Aug. 28 on WPBA PBS 30 in Atlanta and then roll out nationwide to other PBS member stations in the following months.

Dubbed in the media as “Woodstock for nerds,”  ”the ultimate pop culture convention” and “the South’s sci-fi fantasy Mardi Gras,” this is no small regional sparsely-attended fan convention as Dragon*Con has grown to become the largest fan-run science fiction and fantasy convention in the world with tens of thousands of attendees taking up more Atlanta hotel space than the 1996 Summer Olympics (true, ComiCon is larger and gets more attention – but it is put on by a large corporation, not volunteer fans – and it shows.)

Below is a sneak preview of “Four Days at DragonCon”

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August 12th, 2010

Fangs dominate top genre TV star salaries

TV Guide published a list of the best-paid stars for the upcoming 2010-2011 television season, with Charlie Sheen

Actress Anna Paquin – Comic-Con 2009 -

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topping the list at $1.25 million an episode – outpacing the next-highest paid performer, Two and a Half Men, co-star Jon Cryer’s $550,000 per episode salary by almost a million dollars an episode.

Of the stars of genre TV, only four stars made TV Guide’s list, with Anna Paquin, of HBO’s Ture Blood, topping the list of returning stars at $75,000 per episode. Tied with her is Blair Underwood, star of the new NBC entry in genre TV, The Event. Next up is The Vampire Diary‘s Ian Somerhalder at $40,000 an episode. The last genre TV star is Selena Gomez, start of Disney Channel’s  veteran fantasy kid’s comedy, Wizards of Waverly Place.

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August 12th, 2010

When the new season of your favorite genre show starts

TV choices continue to trudge through the dog days of summer; filled with endless reruns and so- Called “reality” programming.

Despite a few bright spots on cable and network TV – most notably Sunday night’s vampire melodramas True Blood on HBO and the much-better than expected The Gates on ABC, as well as Friday’s quirky fantasy series, Warehoue 13 and Haven on Syfy – genre TV fans are in the doldrums on the other 5 nights of the week.

One bright spot is that the new 2010 Fall TV season starts in a few short weeks. This is your guide to the debut dates of the returning genre TV programs (and a couple new shows, too).

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June 10th, 2010

Today in SF – June 10, 2010

Sci-fi icon named UC San Diego grad speaker

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San Diego Union Tribune
Maybe this is what comes of being a utopian science fiction writer-people tend to share with me their hopes. It’s a great thing to experience. …
Wired News

‘Predators’ Comics Boot Up Film’s Sci-Fi Mercenaries
Wired News
So it’s no surprise that Predators ‘ is also riding on the strength of big shots like Rodriguez, Brody and sci-fi and horror superstars like Laurence …
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KVAL

Review: Excellent sci-fi thriller Splice is something special
KVAL
By Tony Robinson, movie critic Don’t let the generic advertising fool you. Splice is a superior horror film, although it’s safe to say it’s probably nothing …
Colorado Springs Independent

Theatrically-inclined pop sensation Janelle Monáe uses science fiction to …
Colorado Springs Independent
Like a hip-hop performance-art answer to Sun Ra’s space-age daydreams, Monáe’s science fiction themes bleed over into her persona and lead to public …
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Tubefilter News

Lettieri of SciFinal Blazing Paths for Online SciFi
Tubefilter News
The SciFinal team has always been an advocate of independent production, specifically when it comes to the promotion of scifi. Tubefilter had a chance to …
BOOK REVIEW: Sci-fi novel looks forward
Milpitas Post
“Flashforward,” Robert Sawyer’s science fiction story begins in Geneva where two physicists, Lloyd Simcoe and Theo Procopides, are about to conduct a major …
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Davies: It’s International, But Wales Is At Heart Of ‘Torchwood’
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By ALAN STANLEY BLAIR Jun-10-2010 Fans waiting with bated breath to hear if BBC would move its science-fiction series for adults, “Torchwood,” to the United …
‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘V’ among shows heading to Comic-Con
Entertainment Weekly
by Lynette Rice Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBSABC’s science-fiction show V and the network’s cult-fave Castle will have a presence at the annual Comic-Con …
Star Trek: The Motion Pictures
LA Weekly
Thirty three years after the first film’s release, Star Wars remains the dominant cinematic sci-fi franchise, far outpacing Star Trek both commercially and …

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Science fiction short-film contest – Boing Boing
By Cory Doctorow
Aspiring sf film makers, take note: “From June 4 through September 15, 2010, the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival will accept short film submissions, up to 15 minutes in length, that have been produced after 2006 for entry …
Boing Boing – http://www.boingboing.net/
Sci-Fi Rides I’d Cruise In « Whatever
By John Scalzi
The rather astounding amount of travel I’ve had recently has put me in a mind to think about cool rides from science fiction films, so for my FilmCritic.com column this week, I’ve written about which science fictional conveyances I’d …
Whatever – http://whatever.scalzi.com/
JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT Coming to MGM DVD on Demand …
By Keith Aiken
One title of particularly interest to SciFi Japan readers will be JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT (1967), the Americanized version of the Japanese FX show GIANT ROBO (Jaianto Robo). Fox Home Entertainment has announced that the …
SciFi Japan – http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Splice: The …
By Sarah Langan
I took a friend to see Splice on opening night, at the Court Street Theater in Brooklyn, where crowds regularly hoot, holler, and shout “Oh no he didn’t!” In short, the perfect venue for a science fiction-horror-sub nuclear family …
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Sci-fi icon named UCSD grad speaker – San Diego Union Tribune …
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Sci-fi icon named UCSD grad speaker. San Diego Union Tribune Maybe this is what comes of being a utopian science fiction writer-people tend to share with me their hopes. It’s a great thing to experience. …
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