"Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders are editing an anthology of essays titled She's Such a Geek, billed as 'An Anthology by and for Women Obsessed with Computers, Science, Comic Books, Gaming, Spaceships, and Revolution'" We want introspective essays that explain what being a geek has meant to you. Describe how you've fought stereotypes to be accepted among nerds. Explore why you are obsessed with topics and ideas that are supposed to be "for boys only." Tell us how you felt the day you realized that you would be devoting the rest of your life to discovering algorithms or collecting comic books. We want strong, personal writing that is also smart and critical. We don't mind if you use the word "fuck," and we don't mind if you use the word "telomerase." Be celebratory, polemical, wistful, angry, and just plain dorky."

...read on at boingboing.net

"C20th.com, specialist dealer in 20th century entertainment memorabilia, has launched this selling exhibition of Peter Pan material, ranging from theatre programmes, posters, books and records to autographs of early performers and even a cigarette lighter. "

"BooksIllustrationsScienceHistoryVisual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart." A wonderful weblog!

A Six-part Discussion Group at Another Country with Heidi Allene Henrickson, PhD Women’s Studies (and scifi addict)

What’s the point of the discussion group? To explore the concept of “gender” in science fiction in a discussion and reading group.

When are we gonna meet? Here are the proposed days to meet: SATURDAYS about 1-2 times per month at 4pm-sh.

Heidi requests that you come to as many meetings as possible, but feel free to “drop in” if you are only able to attend one or two meetings – any participation level is welcome.

Zombie Astronaut, a pretty cool site about old time horror, science fiction and radio suspense, is currently hosting the Caltex Theater -radio dramatization of the sci-fi classic, Forbidden Planet. And if you want pictures: here's the promotion material and stills.

"Perhaps the most elusive ribbon of film in the history of cinema is 'Frankenstein.' Not the 1931 masterpiece with Boris Karloff, but the first screen adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel, produced in 1910 by Thomas Edison. Censored in its day and considered lost for decades, the film still exists in a private collection but is still a great distance from returning to the screen.

Few people realize that Thomas Edison, besides being the master American inventor, was also a pioneer film producer. In the years spanning the late 1890s into the 1910s, Edison maintained a studio in the Bronx, N.Y. (at the time it was rural and underpopulated, a far cry from its current urban status). Edison churned out scores of films, mostly one- and two-reelers which played in nickelodeons around the world. (...) 'Frankenstein' was a fairly ambitious topic for an Edison film, chiefly because the films of that era rarely lasted more than two reels and the Mary Shelley novel offered a complex array of moral and philosophical quandaries in addition to the celebrated plot of regenerated life. The 15-minute production that eventually came together under the direction of James Searle Dawley focuses on Victor Frankenstein's return from university and his attempt to create a man from the dead. The deep philosophical questions raised in the source text about this unlikely act of science were kept out of the screenplay. From a long article at Film Threat

Charles Ogle played The Monster and Augustus Phillips played The Doctor.

More at Filmbuffonline.com

The film was available for a short time on a DVD by GRAVEYARD RECORDS. Thanks to our japanese friends we were able to get a copy.

IMDB.com

English and german poetry and prose. Free Entrance!

Sa., 19th of November, 8 p. m.

Kap Arkona, Granseer Str. 6, 10435 Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg, U8 Bornolmer Str.)

"Read illustrated accounts of the world's first robot, the Steam Man, created in 1865! Subsequent automatons such as the Electric Man and the Automatic Man are also profiled. The most comprehensive section, with more than 20 pages, concerns the mechanical man known as Boilerplate.

Boilerplate was unveiled in 1893 by Professor Archibald Campion. Built as a prototype soldier for use in resolving the conflicts of nations, Boilerplate served with Roosevelt's Rough Riders and fought alongside Pancho Villa"

Don't miss this website

"The Strange Case of the Spoofer Captured by a Spoof" - Story in the New York Times

Bookmark this! There is more to come.

Whew, nice one, isn't it? Vincent Price carving apples for Halloween. Too bad they don't make model-kits like that anymore. But then again that's what the internet is for. So, surprise your friends and carve yourself a belt of shrunken heads.

Read the instructions in the Halloween-Special at X-Entertainment

"For those who are unfamiliar with his work, Peter Sotos is a Chicago pornographic writer perhaps best known for his infamous true crime fanzine "Pure" back in 1984-1985. He also was a member of the power electronics band Whitehouse for quite some time, though recently he was kicked out of the band for some reason. Peter Sotos is also the first US citizen to ever be convicted of owning child pornography. " more at barbelith.com. Here is an article about Sotos' trial back in the 80's

Peter Sotos, Special (Info zur deutschen Ausgabe bei Mox & Maritz)

Peter Sotos is reading with Darius James and others... It's free! Eintritt frei!

Tonight at Basso, Köpenicker Straße 187-188, 10997 Berlin. U-bahn: Schlesisches Tor. Beginn 20.00 Uhr(starts 8 p.m.)

Darius James on Wikipedia: "His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion." I always thought it was influenced by Godzilla, 42nd Street in the 70s, Atlantic Records and that mummy from egypt.

Very small, very nice! Small club across from the Volksbühne specializing in English language poetry, music and related arts.

This is what his room looks like!

Ok, it may be a bit early, but actually it's going to be a "Rocky Horror Picture Show"-party in disguise anyway. The girls (Yes, there will be girls!) promised to send some more details a.s.a.p....

The meeting will come back soon in a new form. There will be a regular meeting plus a series of meetings with a more academic focus than usual. Potential days are sundays or wednesdays. The new program will be announced soon.

An experimental interface by jim bumgardner. Graphic artists, check this out!

SlamChannel brings you the first-ever animated Slam poems, as performed by Slam's hottest voices.

This is a very cool site with plenty of poets.

Listen to "Do not go gentle into that good night"

"The Caedmon Collection

On February 22, 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first recording for Caedmon Records, "A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems." It was the first of many albums Thomas was to record for Caedmon and the recording not only launched Caedmon as a company, but initiated the spoken-word industry as well. At long last, in celebration of 50 years of spoken-word publishing, Caedmon has released "Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection," available as audio cassettes and a beautifully designed 11 CD set." (...) Salon Premium subscribers can download the contents of all 11 CDs in MP3 format over the coming weeks.

This site from Toronto has plenty of free files of old radio-shows like "The Saint", "Sam Spade" or "Paul Temple".

Beatles-fans, be brave!