Category Archives: SF&F

Sith Bathrobe

Soon my journey to the Dark Side will be complete…

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Armageddon Lite

Armageddon 2011 was originally scheduled for April, as it is (used to be?) each year. But the Feb 22 earthquake put paid to that idea, damaging the Convention Centre so badly that it’s still not in use, and may have … Continue reading

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Book Launch! The Heir of Night by Helen Lowe

Join the blog party going on over on Helen’s blog!

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AussieCon4

Here is my report on my experiences of AussieCon4. And here is the full gallery of images.

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Weta Cave

The day after Au Contraire! a group of us went to the Weta Cave. It was very cool, and it was great to see the actual weapons and armour used in the various movies that Weta has worked on. We … Continue reading

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Au Contraire!

I have spent the last few days at Au Contraire!, the 2010 New Zealand National SF Convention. I had a fantastic time. You can read my reports here, and see my gallery of images here.

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SpecFicNZ Meet-up

Ripley Patton is setting up a club called SpecFicNZ, for people interesting in writing speculative fiction (an umbrella term incorporating Science Fiction, Fantasy, and similar genres). This promises to be a very cool organization, and I’m looking forward to seeing … Continue reading

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Armageddon

I went to Armageddon over the weekend. You can read my report here.

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New(?) Game=>Book Trend

While perusing the SF&F section at UBS today I noticed two examples of a new (to me anyway) development: novels based on computer games. These were Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance, based on Assassin’s Creed 2, and Eve: The Empyrean Age, based … Continue reading

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(Unintersting) Tales from Borders

So I went into Borders last night, and wound up buying Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross. While I was there I noticed that they are about to reduce the size of the Science Fiction section once more. They aren’t bothering … Continue reading

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