The Phoenix Comicon has added two more sci-fi guests. They are Richard LeParmentier (“Admiral Motti” from “Star Wars”) and Marjean Holden (“Sheeva” from “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation”) — “Don’t mess with these people,” said Amy Black, Guest Liaison Director, “One is an Imperial Officer and the other a killing robot, so be on your […]

MileHiCon, the Rocky Mountain Region’s largest literary science fiction convention will be celebrating its 40th anniversary October 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center-Denver.

Run entirely by volunteers, MileHiCon will feature more than 80 authors and speakers, programming on every aspect of the science fiction and fantasy genres, the largest science fiction/fantasy art show in […]

[Click on the above to be taken to the official Starship Farragut Website]

Future of Television Forum (FTF) , now in its 8th year, is a 2-day executive conference, unlike any other, that brings together key decision-makers from cable and broadcast networks, cable and satellite operators, high-tech, Internet, mobile and advertising to focus on the future of television.
The event, which is widely recognized as one of the most […]

What:
Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention
When:
Sunday, October 12th 2008
Where:
At Shrine Hall - 700 W. 32nd Street
Los Angeles, California — (across from the USC campus)
Cost:
Admission: $8.00
Special Guest:
Brent Spiner — Appearing 1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. To sign his new “Dreamland” CD
Brent Spiner starred as Data on the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” TV series and in […]

The third annual “SCREAM,” Awards, a celebration of the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic genre premiering on Spike TV Tuesday, October 21 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) from The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA. With categories including The Ultimate Scream, Best Superhero, Best Villain, Best Director, Most Memorable Mutilation and Best Fantasy Movie – […]

Jonathan Coulton is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman’s Little Gray Book Lectures, and a past guest on Slice of SciFi. His songs about vengeful nerds, ennui-afflicted clowns, partially-imagined historical figures, and devotees of a certain Swedish prefab furniture store are insanely clever without ever being too […]

The Phoenix Comicon has signed Yuri Lowenthal (The Prince in “Prince of Persia: Sands of Time”) and Reuben Langdon (Dante from “Devil May Cry” 3 and 4) to come and speak at the January ’09 convention being held on January 23-25, 2009 at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona.
“Everyone be polite,” laughed Convention Director […]

The award winning actor Samuel L. Jackson has been a past guest on our Slice of SciFi show and it brings us great pleasure to announce that Sam will be offering up a chat with his fans on his newly revamped official Website on Thursday, September 18.
For more details about time REGISTER or LOGIN on […]

In addition to the already stellar guest line-up, which includes the iconic Lou Ferrigno (TV’s The Incredible Hulk), Motion Capture and Voice Actor of Dante from Devil May Cry - Reuben Langdon and Matt Greenfield, the American co-founder of ADV Films — the Phoenix Comicon has added actors Marina Sirtis, “Deanna Troi” from “Star […]

The Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, California (USA) will be presening Eric Joyner’s new paintings for his upcoming show, “Artificial Enlightenment”.
Inspired by science fiction, toys, and Brandywine artists and illustrators of the 1900’s, Eric’s second solo with the gallery reveals the grittier side of robot life: mysterious donut factories, runaway steam trains and vintage […]

The Winners and Nominees of the 2008 Parsec Awards are:
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
Winner — “Red Man” - Scott Sigler
Nominees
“Metamor City: Huntress,” -
“Kissyman” - Scott Sigler
“Delve”, Variant Frequencies - Matt Wallace

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
Winner — “Heaven - Season Four: Wasteland” - Mur Lafferty
Nominees
“The Arwen, Season 2: Ulliam” - Tim Callahan
“Beautiful Red” […]

Slice of SciFi is proud to announce that we have won the 2008 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast.
The Parsec Awards ceremony, the podcasting equivalent to the Oscars or Emmy, is held every year during the Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia and is the top award offered for podcasting and vidcasting.
The 2008 Parsec […]

At this years Pusan Festival in South Korea the main theme will set around eleven superheroes in a tribute called “Superheroes in Asia.” The event takes place beginning October 2nd, according to Variety Asia.
Some of the other themes to be highlighted at the festival are anime with its “Ani Asia! A Leap of Asian […]

On the September 4, 2008 between 6pm-9pm, Illumini, an electrifying art event with a difference, themed on light in an underground crypt, starts it’s exhibition with a grand opening evening, where everyone is welcome for free. Illumini will not just showcase art it will entertain you with fire performers, stilt walkers, jugglers and light […]

The winners of the 3rd Annual Parsec Awards will be announced at the 2008 Dragon*Con held in Atlanta, Georgia - August 29 through September 1, 2008. Here is a list of the nominees for each category in podcasting and vidcasting.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
Metamor Huntress
Scott Sigler: error3 reconstruct :|::|:
Scott Sigler: Red […]

The 22nd Annual Fantasy Filmfest is set to begin on Tuesday, August 12 beginning its tour in Berlin, Germany. The Fantasy Filmfest is the largest, most successful German horror/fantasy film event.

Some of the films being showcased at this years event are “Eden Lake,” the Australian horror drama “Acolytes,” a Jean-Claude Van Damme starrer titled […]

Roddenberry Productions will be at Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek convention this year like never before!! Will you?
This year, their presence will include:
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Roddenberry Panel featuring Eugene Roddenberry and Trevor Roth who will be previewing a newly cut extended trailer of Trek Nation, as well as discussing other new projects from the Roddenberry camp. […]

Click on the image to register. Please RSVP by August 6, 2008. Event will occur at this year’s Las Vegas Creation Con August 6-10, 2008 (Star Trek Hilton). The Roddenberry Revolution Party will take place on August 7.

Check out Rod’s video description of what to expect at the Con and the Roddenberry […]

An exclusive visit inside the Watchmen’s Night Owl Ship at the San Diego Comic Con from our partner TVGuide.com.

The 2008 San Diego Comic Con has come to an end but was a roaring success. Here is the “Heroes” panel and one more interview from the floor of the Con for your enjoyment from the event, brought to you from our friends at NBC.com.
Heroes Panel:

Adventures of A Comic Con Virgin lets Zach & […]

Producers explain why the much loved Ekko character was written off the show:

Please forgive the sound and picture quality. It is a fan-shot video during the Torchwood panel with John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) and Naoko Mori (Toshiko Sato), but this is just too chalk-full of good stuff to ignore.
Introductions:

Barrowman Talks Captain America:

Too see more of the panel —

Eliza Dushku talks about the new Joss Whedon series “Dollhouse” & her lead role of Echo:

Samuel L. Jackson talks “The Spirit,” his role as The Octopus and his love of comics:

The Comic-Con Virgin meets up with Kevin “Don’t Call Me Comic-Con Legend” Smith.

Our friends at NBC.com have sent us these great videos of some of the Panels being held at this years Comic Con. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy bringing them to you.
KNIGHT RIDER PANEL:

KINGS PANEL:

The San Diego Comic Con 2008 got underway on Thursday, July 24 with Stan Lee and Hugh Jackman sharing the stage and talking about the next X-Men film that will feature the origins of Wolverine. Titled “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” it will premiere in May 2009 up against J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek.” Lee announced […]

QMx will co-sponsor the Stargate/Battlestar Galactica/Serenity Convention to be held in November.
On the eve of Comic-Con, our good friends over at QMx are thrilled to announce that they will be co-sponsoring Creation Entertainment’s awesome Battlestar Galactica/Serenity/Stargate Convention this coming November 21-23, in Burbank, CA. Expect all kinds of cool happenings and special QMx events, including […]

Two of today’s acclaimed horror novelist will be making a joint appearance in San Francisco, California on July 26, signing books and reading from their various works.
Gabrielle Faust and and the Bram Stoker Finalist author Michael Calvillo appear at Borderlands Books! They will be reading from their novels ETERNAL VIGILANCE and I WILL RISE, followed […]

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