Erikson at H=FantasyCon 2005

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Posted 15 July 2005 - 12:52 PM

http://www.britishfa...ty.org.uk/fcon/

Yay. so it really is official.. Posted Image

although Walsall... Posted Image

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Posted 26 May 2005 - 12:24 AM

Sweet mother of mary! that better be walsall as in england not some damn place on the other side of the pond with the same name! please please please! i'd so miss the first couple of days of uni for that. easily. and then some. and probably be a cool chance to meet up with fellow malazans! and for those who are slightly tempted the man mentioned a BAR! Posted Image

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Posted 19 June 2005 - 01:21 AM

Nice one, Walsall's only half an hour from Camlost towers, better get some books together for a signing and whatnot. Never looked forward to going to Walsall before, and can confidently predict that I never will again.

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 05:18 AM

I am definitely going to be there... Bring all my books with me and get him to sign it! Though according to Malaclypse, he is already a bit scared of me... Posted Image

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Posted 09 June 2005 - 07:44 AM

Interesting (though I note there is no confirmation on the BFS site). I was thinking of going anyway. I went to the launch of the write fantastic in May and met Simon Clark who was a jolly nice chap who encouraged me to turn up.

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Posted 26 May 2005 - 02:55 AM

Where the heck is Walsall?

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Posted 26 May 2005 - 11:53 AM

One day, I will go to one of these things and meet my favorite authors.

One day...

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Posted 08 June 2005 - 06:30 PM

why can't he come to toronto...so much closer and so much cheaper

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Posted 15 July 2005 - 02:57 PM

Gah. I WANNA GO!!!!! Posted Image

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Posted 08 June 2005 - 10:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chaos:
Sweet mother of mary!

That be Anne. Go St-Anne, go go St-Anne.

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Posted 09 June 2005 - 06:13 PM

Yeah looks like no ones bothered to update the site.

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Posted 26 May 2005 - 12:13 AM

o/ .. If i happen to be able to ducht tape my lecturers and hide them in the basement i might just manage this

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Posted 09 June 2005 - 06:09 AM

I looked on the BFS site for this event and can't see Eriksons name listed at all.
Is it just that no-ones bothered to update the web pages?

Walsall's only a couple of hours drive from here Posted Image

Yay!

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Posted 26 May 2005 - 10:46 AM

Bloody Walsall Posted Image

Well, I'll be there, though I might not make it back out of the midlands alive. I shall try, at least.

And we can buy "Fishin' with whatsername" there too? Yay! And another "Postscripts"? This gets better and better Posted Image

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Posted 25 May 2005 - 03:49 PM

What? Erikson in England?? *dies with the excitment*

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Posted 16 July 2005 - 04:01 AM

I really want to go, but I would need to find the money from somewhere. And plus, I'm not sure I want to spend that much time around all those hard-core fantasy geeks.

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Posted 24 May 2005 - 03:53 PM

:: May 2005
NEWS FLASH -- Erikson to be GoH at FantasyCon 2005

Yes, it's official. Steven Erikson, top PS (not to mention Transworld and Tor Books) author and creator of the best-selling Malazan Books of the Fallen series, has accepted the British Fantasy Society's invitation to be one of this year's Guests of Honour at the Society's FantasyCon, to be held on 30 September through to 2 October 2005 at the Quality Hotel, Bentley, Walsall. Steve will be joining fellow GoHs Mark Chadbourn and Simon Clark to make this year's Con an event to remember.

For those who are familiar with FantasyCons over the past 30 years or so, you know what to expect. For those who haven't yet sampled the joys of its whirlwind phantasmagoria (I always wanted to use that word somewhere...) of story readings, book launches, author signings, late-night and early-morning barroom conversations (not to mention mid-morning, lunchtime, mid-afternoon and early-evening ones as well), book rooms, film shows, discussion panels, interviews, quizes, one-on-one writing and scripting workshops, the legendary Saturday night Raffle, and the annual BFS Awards Banquet... then be advised -- you need to mend your ways immediately: they're a hoot... a great fun-filled few days spent with like-minded souls and chatting informally with some of your favourite authors. Don't delay -- make sure of your place now! Visit the BFS website for more information, or preferably to sign up for the Convention.

For the record, we're hoping to have a good few new books available for the first time at the Convention -- Steven Erikson's surreal novella, FISHIN' WITH GRANDMA MATCHIE; Joe Hill's 20th CENTURY GHOSTS collection; Ramsey Campbell's new novel, SECRET STORIES; Mark Morris's new novel, NOWHERE NEAR AN ANGEL plus Mark's remarkable CINEMA MACABRE, a ground-breaking essay-anthology of favourite horror movies chosen by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Simon Pegg, China MiÃƒÂ©ville and 47 more; and possibly even issue number 5 of POSTSCRIPTS. Fans should also note that, if we are indeed able to get CINEMA MACABRE out in time, trade editions purchased at the Convention will come with a specially printed and numbered autograph sheet for readers to get as many signatures as possible over the three-day event. As they (myself included) used to say... be there or be square! See you in the bar...

Happy reading!

Pete