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Little Brother UK launch in London, Nov 29
Cory Doctorow's craphound.com —
... be signing at Forbidden Planet in London on Satuday, November 29. They’re also taking pre-orders for signed copies by mail-order — makes a dandy Christmas pressie!
Cory Doctorow – Little Brother
Saturday 29, November, 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Forbidden Planet London Megastore,
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR
Our Price: £6.99
Pre-order signed Little Brothers from Forbidden Planet,
Little Brother signing at Forbidden Planet
SF Tidbits for 11/21/08
SF Signal —
... November signings at Forbidden Planet in London include Art Spiegelman (Breakdowns), Neal Asher (The Gabble), and Cory Doctorow (Little Brother). For those who already purchased a day planner for 2009, mark down March for a signing with ...
SF Tidbits for 12/19/08
SF Signal —
... EVENT: Paul Cornell will be signing at Captain Britain and MI:13 Secret Invasion at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 15th January 6 - 7pm. ...
SF Tidbits for 1/10/09
SF Signal —
... Event: On Thursday, January 22nd, Joe Abercrombie, Alex Bell, Mark Chadbourn, David Devereux, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Tom Lloyd, Suzanne McLeod, Steven Savile, and James Swallow will be descending upon Forbidden Planet London. ...
Andy Remic @ Forbidden Planet
When Gravity Fails —
Event news! Andy Remic will be signing copies of Biohell at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR. The date is Saturday 7, February, 1:00PM - 2:00PM.
Winners of the Charlie Huston/The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death Giveaway!!! Plus David Devereux's Book Signing News!
Fantasy Book Critic —
Congratulations to John Fisher (Michigan), Thomas Hoh (Pennsylvania), and Tammy Marshall (California) who were all randomly selected to win a COPY of Charlie Huston’s new novel, “The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs ...
News: Paul Cornell Signing
Kasterborous Doctor Who Site —
... . Taking on the odd traditional Marvel foe and keeping Britain safe from supervillains, Captain Britain has had a chequered history, but Cornell has done stirling work in bringing the character up to date and finally giving him the quality writing (and some might say "life") he deserves. Paul Cornell is attending the Forbidden Planet London Megastore at 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, this Thursday (January 15th) from 6 7pm where he will be signing copies of the latest Captain Britain series, Secret Invasion (which ties in with the Skrull's secret invasion of the US Marvel ...
SF Tidbits for 1/15/09
SF Signal —
... debate, and I would have thought that attracting people with different sorts of mind to literary studies would be all to the good." Good comments follow Niall's response.
The SFWA announces that Victoria Strauss will be honored with 2009 SFWA Service Awards during Nebula Awards Weekend.
Orbit is celebrating that they published the bestselling SFF debut novels in both the UK and the US.
EVENT: Forbidden Planet is hosting a signing with author Andy Remic, author of Biohell.
Free Fiction ...
SF Tidbits for 2/9/09
SF Signal —
... on Defining Science Fiction, a response to the introduction to Fast Forward 2 by Lou Anders, The Age of Accelerating Returns. Says JWH: "...science fiction will get no respect in the world at large. And that might be cool with many people, since most science fiction fans prefer their field to be wild and wooly, rather than academic and disciplined."
Raymond E. Feist (Rides A Dread Legion) will be doing three signings at Forbidden Planet in March.
At New Scientist, Edward ...
Torchwood: Rift War signing at Forbidden Planet
TARDIS Newsroom - Doctor Who News —
... a deadly rift bleeding through into their own reality, time itself could be destroyed if the Torchwood team isn't able to stop it. Rift War is an unmissable epic! > Written by Paul Grist (Jack Staff), Ian Edginton (2000AD, Scarlet Traces), Simon Furman (Transformers, Terminator), Brian Williamson (Wallace & Gromit, Dr. Who) and illustrated by Paul Grist (Jack Staff), D'Israeli (Scarlet Traces), Brian Williamson (Wallace & Gromit, Dr. Who) > Website ...
Meet Gerry Anderson at Forbidden Planet
SFX —
... classic years. If you've always fancied meeting up with the gent himself, Gerry Anderson will be signing both volumes of Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry Anderson at the Forbidden Planet Megastore on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, on Saturday 18 April from 1pm to 2pm. (It occurs to us it's a shame it won't be just 30 minutes because then they could shout, "Anything can happen in the next half hour!" at the start.) You can find out more about this event at the Forbidden Planet website .
