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Author Susan M. Garrett died today after a months-long battle with cancer. Aside from being a professional writer ( Intimations of Mortality , 1997, Berkeley, ISBN: 978-1572973138), she also wrote several unpublished novels and was actively involved in the fan fiction community, where she had a sizable fan base. At her heart, Susan M. Garret was a storyteller, “Officially, [...]

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 [...]

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New York, New York – August 12, 2010 – Syfy has announced additional casting for its previously announced pilot Alphas, inking actress Azita Ghanizada to co-star in the wry [...]

The Syfy channel announced today that it has picked up Merlin for its third season with 13 new episodes planned for

spring 2011 after first airing on BBC One in the UK starting in September 2010. “We are thrilled that Syfy will be broadcasting the third series of [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Following is an electronic press release published in its entirety as a service to our readers. Dragon*Con is Proud to Announce the Addition of Scott Bakula , Brandon Routh , James and Oliver Phelps , and More! Dragon*Con may only be twenty-two days away, but we are far from done! Just a few of our exciting new guests and performers are: Scott Bakula best known [...]

Finally, someone is trying to bring back space opera to television, at least, according to Entertainment Weekly . In “The Ausiello Files” TV section, EW columnist Andy Patrick reports that Syfy has hired Bryan Fuller to adapt John Chrisopher’s novel, The Lotus Caves into s script for a possible series. Among SFTV fandom, Fuller is known both as the [...]

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THIS DECEMBER… ‘TIS THE SEASON TO JOIN SYFY FOR FIRST EVER HOLIDAY-THEMED EPISODES OF HIT SERIES WAREHOUSE 13 AND EUREKA Judd Hirsch (Taxi) and Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files) Guest Star on Warehouse 13

and Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live) and Matt Frewer [...]

You can email at the address (e-mails to meredithxyz at googlemail dot com) where well-wishes will reach Diana.

A prolific writer [...]

Of course his first love was science fiction – and these two stories are, indeed SF. I’m hoping that they do get translated into English. Read the Article at HuffingtonPost Related articles by Zemanta Stieg Larsson’s unseen stories discovered in local library (telegraph.co.uk) Stieg Larsson’s early stories found (cbc.ca) ‘Lost’ Larsson stories unearthed (news.bbc.co.uk) [...]

Sci-fi icon named UC San Diego 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. … 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 [...]