66th World Science Fiction Convention

Denvention 3, starts tomorrow in Denver Colorado. Sure the cool kids went to San Diego to shill their latest movie and tv projects, but this remains the big SF Con, with thought-provoking panels, great parties, the Hugo Awards, and an unbelievable masquerade.

Guest of Honor this year is Lois McMaster Bujold, and many of SF’s luminaries will be present, along with some lesser-known fans and folk.

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Weekly Digital Disc Picks – August 5, 2008

There is a veritable plethora of rereleased titles available this week, including entire lines of “Cliff’s Notes” and “I Love the 80s” branded releases. Most of these seem to be the bare bones releases, with no new special features compared to the originals, so I’ve only listed those that either tie into new product (eg. Starship Troopers) or offer something new (eg. a digital copy.)
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