matrix: the news and media magazine of the british science fiction association
Issue 187
March 2008
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- guest editorial
FEATURES
- best SF movies ever!…1960s
- snatched moments
- year of the gamer - 2007
- i, zombie: a ghoulish icon
- marvel vs dc
- just two men...
- seduction of the innocent 9
- checkpoint
- a 'vision' of the future
REVIEWS
- i am legend
- the golden compass
- cloverfield
- sweeney todd
- southland tales
- in the shadow of the moon
- battlestar galactica - razor
- jumper
NEWS
- arthur c. clarke r.i.p
- world of science
- what controversy?
- reaching number 1
- the air of success
- ttacon 9
- picocon
- one in a million
- fans in orbit
- it's all a question of endings
EVENTS
- eastercon: orbital
- p-con 5
- alt.fiction
- sci-fi london
- fforde ffiesta
- eurocon/roscon
- ...all events
DVD RELEASES
- primeval
- beowulf
- theory of everything
- town called eureka
- the laughing man
- bender's big score
- ...view all
BOOK RELEASES
- myth-understandings
- the reef
- dark blood
- blue war
- deluge
- swiftly
- ...view all
MUSIC RELEASES
- dream theatre
- muse
- omd
- panic at the disco
- the gutter twins
- joy division
- ...view all
ARCHIVE
- more soon...

 

 

EVENTS: March - May 2008
Orbital (Eastercon), Heathrow, London. 21st-24th of March
P-Con 5, The Fifth Phoenix Convention, Dublin. 29th-30th of March
Alt.Fiction Literary Event, Derby. 26th of April
Sci-Fi London film festival, London. 30th April to 4th of May
Eurocon/RosCon, Moscow, Russia. 15th - 18th of May

by Sam Moffat

MARCH 2008:
14th March

Possession released in cinemas.
15th March
Dan Abnett and Graham McNeill Signing. They will be signing their new books: Legion (Abnett) and Time Of Legends: Heldenhammer between 1pm and 2pm.

Venue: Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London. WC2H 8JR. UK

http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/Signings.html


Debbie Chazen (Foon in the Doctor Who Xmas Special), Paul Jerricho ( Played Castellan in two Classic Doctor Who stories), Peter Howell (Doctor Who Composer between 1980 and 1985) and Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates in old/Who). Signing 11am to 1pm.

Venue: 10th Planet store, Vicarage Fld Ripple Rd, Barking, Essex, UK

http://www.tenthplanet.co.uk/events/storesignings.html

20th March

Joe Abercrombie signing his new book, Last Argument Of Kings

Venue: Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m. UK

http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/Signings.html

21st-24th March

Orbital (Eastercon), Heathrow, London.

Venue: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London, UK

http://www.orbital2008.org/

21st March

Book Launch for Celebration: A BSFA 50th Year Anthology By Ian Whates (editor)

50 years of the British Science Fiction Association

Venue: Orbital (see above for info) and available to purchase online.

http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/news.asp

21st March

Shutter released in cinemas.
21st March

Inkheart released in Cinemas
22nd March

British Science Fiction Association Awards announced in a ceremony during Orbital.

26th March

Paul Kincaid Interview – BFSA Monthly Meeting.

Venue: The Antelope, 22, Eaton Terrace, London, SW1W 8EZ (closest tube, Sloane Square), UK

http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/news.aspx

29th-30th March

P-Con 5, The Fifth Phoenix Convention

Venue: Central Hotel in Exchequer Street, Dublin Dublin, Ireland

http://www.pcon.ie/


APRIL 2008:
11th April

The Ruins released in Cinemas.
26th April

Alt.Fiction Literary Event, 11am doors open, event finishing at 9pm

Venue: Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK

http://altfictionday.blogspot.com/

30 April – 4 May

Sci-Fi London film festival, London

Venue: Apollo West End, 19 Regent Street, London, SW1Y 4LR, UK

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/

30th April

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is announced during a ceremony at Sci-Fi London


MAY 2008:
2nd May

Ironman released in cinemas
3rd-5th May

Fforde Ffiesta (Jasper Fforde Event)

Venue: The De Vere, Shaw Ridge, Swindon, UK

http://www.ffordeffiesta.com/

9th May

Speed Racer released in cinemas.
15th-18th May

Eurocon/RosCon, Moscow, Russia (was 3-7 May)

Venue: Moscow

http://www.convent.ru/Euroscon/

16th May

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian released in
cinemas

22nd May

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull released in cinemas.

30th May

Starship Dave released in cinemas.
30th May

The Happening released in cinemas
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