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Dark Matter #2 DarkIssue Two MatterJanuary 2011 SF, Fantasy & Art [email protected] Dark Matter Contents: Issue 2 About Dark Matter 4 News 5 Game of Thrones 5 Dark Matter News 6 Manifest Announces @Con 7 Brickvention: A Lego Fan Convention 7 Renovation WorldCon 8 Iron Sky Press Release 9 Iron Sky Press Release 11 Statement from the ‘London in 2014 Worldcon bid’ 12 Buffy - without Joss??? 13 Walking Dead update 13 501st Legion Announcement 14 Enthiran 14 Geek Pride 15 Machine of Death 16 Red Dwarf update 16 Hello Kitty motorbike exhaust pipe and AK 47! 16 Grave Sight - A New TV Series 17 Madman press release 18 World Fantasy Awards 22 Articles 23 Joe Abercrombie 23 Banksy 28 Interview with Jonathan Cowie 33 Last Chance to See 37 StarCraft 40 Not all news is good news... 44 Feeling Blue... Cosplay in Melbourne 45 Armageddon 50 Star Wars Charity Gala Dinner 54 The Hello Poster Show 57 Letters 59 Reviews 66 Dark Matter review 66 Reviewers Extraordinaire 67 Anime/Animation 69 Xam’D: Lost Memories 69 Ben 10 Ultimate Alien 70 The Lost Thing Collector’s Edition 71 2 issue two Dark Matter Book Reviews 73 The Heroes 73 Surface Detail 75 The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo 77 The Heir of Night 78 The Quantum Thief 80 Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex 82 The Double-Edged Sword 83 Embrace 84 The Japanese Devil Fish Girl 86 The Spirit Thief 87 Dark Matter: A Ghost Story 88 Grave Sight 89 Grave Surprise 90 An Ice Cold Grave 91 Grave Secret 93 The Haunting of James Hastings 95 Wolfsbane and Mistletoe 96 Game Gambit 97 Fahrenheit 97 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 99 Media Watch 102 Wilfred Season 2 102 Metalocalypse 103 Movie Mayhem 105 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 105 Legend of the Guardians 107 Splice 108 Raging Phoenix 109 Cronos 110 The Eclipse 111 Dead Set 112 Yatterman 114 Club Information 116 501st Legion An Introduction 116 Rebel Legion 121 MSFC 122 Melbourne Browncoats 123 Star Walking 123 january 2011 Dark Matter About Dark Matter Dark Matter is an independent fanzine exploring science fiction, fantasy, art, life, the universe and everything. For your free subscription to Dark Matter, e-mail [email protected] with the word ‘subscribe’ in the subject field. E-mail addresses will be considered confidential and will not be used for any purpose other than distributing Dark Matter. Follow Dark Matter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Dark- Matter-fanzine. Snail Mail to Dark Matter, PO Box 144, Lynbrook, Victoria, Australia 3975. Copyright belongs to contributors and reverts to contributors on publication. Photos, images and text from other sources are used on what I understand to be fair usage within the laws of copyright. This is my intent; any issues or concerns should be directed to the editor at [email protected]. The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the editor. This is a fanzine, and as such is a forum for personal opinions and debate. However, the editor reserves the right to refuse to publish material that may be offensive. Dark Matter likes to give credit for contributions and sources for each issue. If errors or omissions have been made, please e-mail the editor. Uncredited text is probably the editor. While I hope to respond to correspondence, this is not guaranteed. Flamers and senders of dubious or explicit content will be put on a blocked senders list and removed from the distribution list. Credits for dark matter Nalini Haynes Editor: Rebel Legion Nalini Haynes Robert Elordieta Proof reading: Star Walking Edward Haynes Steve Cameron Contributors: Cover Art & Design: 501st Legion Nalini Haynes: Rygel, acrylic on Chris Garcia canvas, based on a photo from a Damian Christie magazine (SFX or Farscape) Daniel Haynes Art: Dr Who Club of Victoria Banksy Joe Abercrombie Ian Gunn’s Silly Illoes used with Jon Swabey permission of Krin Pender-Gunn Jonathan Cowie Clare Elaine Lloyd Penney J W Paterson Melbourne Browncoats Sarah Babetski MSFC Mike Scott 4 issue two Dark Matter News Game of Thrones As probably every George R. R. Martin fan knows, his book Game of Thrones is currently being made into a mini-series for HBO. There is an expectation that the series will be continued, with future seasons based on later books, if this series is considered sufficiently successful. At AussieCon4, George was somewhat apologetic that he was unable to show any material for this series, not even photos he had taken himself around the set. I asked George if he thought his future writing for this series would be affected by the TV series as I believe Rowling’s Harry Potter series was affected by the movies. George was very thoughtful, then replied that he didn’t know how the TV series would affect his writing except that one particular actor played her role better than he felt he had written her role. George was clearly very impressed with her acting, saying she was too young and pretty for the part, but when he saw her screen tryout, he was amazed. Game of Thrones is a gritty, dark series with a multitude of plots and a cast of thousands. George said he’d written within the constraints of TV production numerous times before, but Thrones was a celebration of no such constraints. Ironic! Find trailers and more information about Game of Thrones at www.makinggameofthrones. com/?cmpid=ABC587. january 2011 Dark Matter Dark Matter News Dark Matter is available at www.efanzines.com, which has an average of over 2,000 visits per week. In addition to this, a number of SF and Fantasy clubs have made Dark Matter available to their members on their websites. The National Library Archive (Australia) has included Dark Matter in the national archive, including making an undertaking to endeavour to continue to make Dark Matter accessible even through hardware and software changes. To findDark Matter in the National Library Archive, go to http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/123161. Once Dark Matter settles into the system, it will be possible to locate Dark Matter through a title search. The State Library of Victoria (Australia) also has Dark Matter in its Serials section, so patrons can read a paper copy of Dark Matter at the state library in the open access collection. Dark Matter now has a page on Facebook at www.facebook. com/#!/pages/Dark-Matter-fanzine. And last but by no means least, Dark Matter has been listed as an eligible publication for the Chronos Awards for excellence as a fan publication for its very first issue. Go to http://confound.wikispot. org/2011_Chronos_Award_ Eligibles for more information. Jinx posted this tree on Facebook. Dark Matter decided to pass it on as the most awesome Geekmas tree ever. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all from Dark Matter. And a , for those who don’tHappy do Christmas. Holiday The tree can be found at: www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles2/ a97284_2172309441_0f4743effe_z.jpg 6 issue two Dark Matter Manifest Announces @Con This coming January 22nd Manifest will be holding a new event called @Con (Anime Trader Con) at Melbourne Uni. @Con offers traders, screenings, video games spread over 3 levels of the Spot building at Melbourne Uni as well as a main events theatre capable of holding 400+ where there’ll be cosplay and many other events. As it’s the first year of @Con we’re really trying to make this event enticing so we’ve kept the price low at just $12 for full day entry and full access to every single event. That’s pretty cheap compared to what else is on offer in the city. The traders at this event are both commercial and fan traders so we’re offering the best of both worlds. If you have any questions please email [email protected]. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it, if you are interested in trading spots are filling fast but you can email [email protected]. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Follow @Con at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181366068545402&ref=nf Brickvention: A Lego Fan Convention Brickvention, a Lego fan public convention, is being held on Sunday 16 January 2011, 10 am to 5 pm, at the Melbourne Town Hall. The day before is a private, Adult Fans of Lego, convention. For more details go to www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=112223875513470 january 2011 Dark Matter Renovation WorldCon Monday, December 13, 2010 Reno, Nevada, USA - Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, started to mail Progress Report #3 (PR3) today. The mailing will be completed over the next few days, and Progress Reports will start to arrive with members by the end of the week. For those members who have specified electronic versions or who want to read PR3 online while waiting for their paper copies to arrive, a download is available from www.renovationsf.org/ progress-reports.php. If members are uncertain whether they have requested electronic or paper versions of progress reports, they can check their status online at www.renovationsf.org/memlist. php or send inquiries to the membership team at memberships@ renovationsf.org. Progress Report 3 contains a number of important items for Renovation members including the Hugo Award Nominating Ballot and detailed information on convention hotels and hotel booking arrangements. The Hugo Award nominating process is open to all adult and young adult members of Renovation who join by January 31, 2011 as well as all members of Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon.
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