WorldCon, the annual volunteer-run science fiction and fantasy writing convention, sweeps through a different city every year ...
Aug. 21—Bubonicon 55 is out of this world, literally. The convention's focus is to recognize writers and their literature that take readers to another realm through their words. The three-day ...
After 43 years in Maryland, the next generation of the Shore Leave science-fiction convention lands in Lancaster County this July, expecting to host as many as 2,500 hardcore Trekkies for three days.
I think any technical career starts with curiosity and imagination. When I was young, I read a lot of books on scientists and inventors and on various scientific topics, but what really got me ...
In 2024 IEEE had a presence at the World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, in Glasgow, Scotland. I gave a talk on digital storage and memory technology and current IEEE President Kathleen Kramer ...
Time to free your mind, Chattanooga - along with "Orange Mike" Lowrey, who hasn't missed a Chattacon in half a century. You can find the answers to all of your "What if" queries this coming holiday ...
CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi’s biggest annual event, was ...
You know you’re living in the future when somebody builds a web application to help you find the science fiction conventions nearest to your zip code. Over at BoingBoing, Cory Doctorow points us to ...
Sequels do not always live up to expectations, especially when the original is just so darn good. But a local sequel kicking off tomorrow has all the right elements in place to make it happen. Friday ...
Science fiction convention Worldcon recently came under fire after complaints from writers and Hugo Award nominees about ignoring or excluding marginalized groups in its lineup. Now, the prestigious ...
In January 1937 the Leeds chapter of the Science Fiction League had its first real convention — which might be the first science fiction convention held anywhere in the world. And now, just in time ...