SF Fandom Loses a Founder and a Great Friend

I learned last night that Dixie Harrison, co-founder of SF-Fandom.com, had died of a heart attack yesterday while she was at home.

As many of SF-Fandom's long-time members know, Dixie was always there during a crisis whether it be a need to change hosting providers or to upgrade the forums at the most inconvenient of times.  Dixie always seemed to have a little extra time to help out when help seemed most unavailable.

Assembly of Geeks Interviews Save Our Seeker's Laura Ventura

Laura Ventura, who is credited by most people with leading the fan movement to bring back Legend of the Seeker, the syndicated TV show that was based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth novels, was a guest on Episode 3 of Assembly of Geeks, talking about efforts to revive the show, which was cancelled in 2010 after its major American distributor -- the Tribune Company -- went into bankruptcy and pulled the show from its schedule.

Legend of the Seeker Fans Schedule More Dragon*Con Activities

Fans of Legend of the Seeker who are attending Dragon*Con 2013 this August 30 - September 2 in costume are invited to join in a Cosplay Photo Shoot.

The photo shoot will be held at 11:30 PM on Friday evening, August 30, on the 10th floor of the Marriott Hotel. You can check the Confessor and Seeker Society Dragon*Con 2013 discussion for details about convention-related activities.

Google Launching Fleet of Driverless Cars - Here Is Why You Should Be Concerned

TechCrunch reported this week that Google has arranged for Uber, a controversial mobile app company that schedules limo rides for people (as an alternative to traditional taxi cabs), to purchase a fleet of 2500 self-driving cars that Google will manufacture.

Going to Dragon*Con 2013 and Other Stuff

Dragon*Con 2013 is almost upon us and I feel it's time to spread the news, the wicked old witch at last is -- Um, wrong news.

I was accepted as a guest pro for the convention again this year. I wish I could say I'll be on dozens of panels but I'm no longer in that much demand (well, maybe I was never in THAT much demand). Fortunately, and bless their hearts, the good fans at the Tolkien and Middle-earth Fan Track scheduled me to participate in their 4pm Saturday panel "Middle-earth and Hogwarts", which is a general discussion by Harry Potter and Tolkien enthusiasts (like me!) about (dis-)similarities between J.K. Rowling's stories and J.R.R. Tolkien's.