The fans have spoken and Tempe won the right to host the official premier of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the Harkins Tempe Marketplace theatres.
Links to info – Nerdvana report & links
Harkins Theatres – Main Page
Coming up at the Poisoned Pen, 4014 N Goldwater Blvd. Suite 101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Saturday, April 25 at 10 am, Writer’s Workshop with Michael A. Stackpole
Wed, April 29 at 12 pm – Maria V. Snydor signs Storm Glass
Tue, May 12 at 7 pm – Greg Rucka signs Walking Dead
The Poisoned Pen will be getting a limited number of signed copies of the new Dresden Files book by Jim Butcher, Turn Coat. Contact them to reserve a copy.
At the Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S McClintock Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283
480-730-0205
Tuesday, April 20, 7 pm – Ladies Night Out with Maria Snyder
Special Event
Saturday, April 4th, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Marcos de Niza High School Auditorium, 6000 S. Lakeshore Dr., Tempe, AZ – Project Book Babe – Charity event with Stephenie Meyer, James A. Owen and other authors.
Upcoming signings at the Poisoned Pen with SF/F authors:
Fri, Jan 30 – 7 pm – Lois McMaster Bujold signs Sharing Knife: Horizon. The store should also have on hand copies of the new Vorkosigan Companion, the guide to Lois’ Vorkosigan series of novels.
Sat, Feb 6 – 2 pm – Janni Lee Simner signs Bones of Faerie.
Wed, Feb 25 – 7 pm – Dan Simmons signs Drood.
This weekend, Jan 23-25 (with a preview night on Jan 22) is the annual Phoenix ComiCon at the Mesa Convention Center. Lots of comics, anime, and SciFi guests will be on hand. I’ve been involved with setting up some of the programming and working with the author guests and Wil Wheaton and will be on a few panels. Check out the convention website for the full schedule and hope to see you there!
Lee
Some updated signings to list:
A couple of James A. Owen signings for The Indigo King.
Thursday, Nov 13th, 7 pm at the Barnes and Noble at Desert Ridge (Tatum and Loop 101).
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2 pm at the Changing Hands bookstore.
Poisoned Pen Update
The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale has several genre related signings coming up in the next couple of months. If you missed previous signings with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles Stross, S.M. Stirling, or Terry Brooks, they may still have signed books you can buy from those events.
Wed, Nov 19 – Sharon Kay Penman, Diana Gabaldon, and Dana Stabenow at 7:00 pm
Thur, Nov 20 – Tom Kirkbride signs Gamadin: Word of Honor at 6:30 pm
Mon, Nov 24 – Steve Kelley signs Star Trek: The Collectibles at 7:00 pm
Wed, Dec 3 – David Morrell signs Captain America: The Chosen and The Spy Who Came for Christmas and F. Paul Wilson signs By The Sword. Both at 7 pm.
Friday, Jan 30 – Lois McMaster Bujold signs The Sharing Knife: Horizon at 7 pm.
Star Trek: The Exhibition is coming to the Arizona Science Center. The public opening is this Sunday, Nov 16th, with a member event on Saturday, Nov 15th. Advance ticket sales are at the Arizona Science
Center website .
The official Press release can be found here: http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/081111/154391.html
A report on Trekmovie.com can be found here
(A report on the VIP opening will appear at www.u-f-p.org after the weekend).
Lee Whiteside
The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale has several genre related signings coming up in the next couple of months. If you missed previous signings with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles Stross, or S.M. Stirling, they may still have signed books you can buy from those events.
Thu, Oct 16 – Johnathan Carroll signing Ghost in Love at 7 pm
Sun, Oct 19 – Terry Brooks signing Gypsy Morph at 1 pm, plus Terry’s sister, playwright Laurie Brooks, signing Selkie Girl.
Sat, Nov 1 – Alan Dean Foster signing Quofum at 5:30 pm.
Sat, Nov 1 – Gregory Maguire signing A Lion Among Men at 6:30 pm.
Wed, Nov 19 – Sharon Kay Penman, Diana Gabaldon, and Dana Stabenow at 7:00 pm
Thur, Nov 20 – Tom Kirkbride signs Gamadin: Word of Honor at 6:30 pm
If you’re looking for some gaming action this Halloween weekend, look no farther than RinCon ’08 in Tucson, Arizona Oct 31st through Nov 2nd. It is being put on by the Southern Arizona Gamers Association. With the just announced demise of Phoenix Con Games (who haven’t posted any info about it on their web site yet) and HexaCon being on hiatus, this looks to be the biggest gaming event going on in Arizona now.
Originally scheduled for October 25 & 26 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AdventureCon has announced a month out that they have moved the convention to May 30 & 31, 2009.
On their web site, they posted the following announcement:
“During this week’s Board meeting, it was discussed at great length postponing our upcoming AdventureCon event from October 25-26 in Glendale, AZ to spring 2009. The new dates for the show will be May 30-31, 2009. We are sorry for the inconvenience that this may cause but we feel that this change will benefit all parties involved.
The current economy, gas prices and upcoming election were some of the determining factors. We have also heard concerns from our dealers as well as several national corporate sponsors who are unable to attend/participate at the October event, but would be able to be part of a spring 2009 event.We know the importance of a successful first show. The first show sets precedence for the future. At the requests of dozens of emails from fans we will be adding exciting additions that we will be announcing in the upcoming weeks. These additions will include more guests and special programming.
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It was going to be interesting to see how the convention would do as an outside group coming in. I guess we’ll have to wait a few more months now.
The annual Horror/SciFi Film Festival has changed venues for this year’s event, moving to the Chandler Cinemas at 2140 N. Arizona Avenue in Chandler. It is being held the weekend of Oct 23-26th. They’ve recently updated their web site with new information including news of their first announced guest, Jeffrey Combs. He’s being honored for the film Re-Animator, which the festival will be screening on Saturday night. Star Trek fans will know Jeff from his roles as Weyoun and Brunt on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Andorian Shran on Enterprise as well as Kevin Burkhoff on The 4400. They will be screening the original versions of The Blob and Friday the 13th as well as the weekly screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They will also have a variety of science fiction and horror films as part of the film festival. It is sponsored by the Phoenix Film Foundation.
