Poof, it’s gone: Magic-themed wizard bar and restaurant in Seattle closes after one year The magic has run out for a unique pub in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. According to a post on its website… Read More
Wizards of the Coast in court: ‘Dragonlance’ authors file suit over rights to classic ‘D&D’ franchise Two of the authors who created the iconic Dragonlance setting for Dungeons & Dragons are taking Wizards of the Coast… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Space startups, lunar rovers, geeky women, online privacy, and more — Geeks (and some non-geeks as well) seem to have a never-ending fascination with space. That love of the great… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in leadership; science fiction convention; API conference; more — Seattle online retailer Zulily is teaming up with women’s professional soccer team Seattle Reign FC for an event designed… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global — “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s… Read More
A wizard-themed pub and wand shop hopes to conjure magic in historic Seattle building A wizard-themed pub is coming to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, but the proprietors who are busily building out the historic Flatiron… Read More
Harlan Ellison, fiction writer well-known for Star Trek’s ‘City on the Edge of Forever,’ dies at 84 Speculative fiction author Harlan Ellison, perhaps best known to the general public as the writer of the well-regarded original Star… Read More
Seattle and Pittsburgh’s fantastic connection: a new ‘grand master’ of science fiction and fantasy Looking for a literary tie between Seattle and Pittsburgh? It may seem as hard to find as a unicorn. But… Read More
Podcast So you want to write sci-fi? Tips from the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Want to be a science fiction or fantasy writer? You’d better sit down. That’s the advice from Cat Rambo, a… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Science fiction has won the war: Best-selling author Greg Bear on the genre’s new ‘golden age’ Play From the perspective of one of science fiction’s best-selling and longtime authors, the state of science fiction is golden. Golden… Read More
Harry Potter, Star Wars and more nominated for EMP’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Hall of Fame Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Frankenstein are in the running to join the ranks of J.R.R. Tolkien, Stanley Kubrick, and other… Read More
Geek of the Week: Former Microsoft technical writer William Vaughn makes his mark as a novelist William Vaughn enjoyed a long career at Microsoft, as an expert in products such as Visual Basic and SQL Server, publishing twelve… Read More
George R.R. Martin says HBO could finish ‘Game of Thrones’ before he does SPOKANE, Wash. — “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin acknowledges that HBO could air the final episode of the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: EMP hosts George Takei for iconic sci-fi artifact exhibit launch Sci-fi is in the spotlight. The genre has emerged from fringe to mainstream with blockbusters like Interstellar, The Hunger Games and J.J.… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Rocketry Convention, Seattle Tech Mentors, GottaCon, and more After several missed starts, the Deep Space Climate Observatory launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday. Although the company decided to… Read More
GeekWire Picks: 12 geeky books to give (and read!) this holiday season Thanksgiving and the retail bonanza that follows mark the official start of the holiday shopping season. Stores are gearing up… Read More
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