So its official - Satellite 3 is on the launch pad (or, more accurately, as a set of blueprints thinking about going to the Vehicle Assembly Building)

It will be on 25/26th February 2012, so plenty of time to clear your diaries. Our Guest of Honour will be Charlie Stross, which will be excellent.


As for location... we are going back to the Central Hotel !!!

Currently, the hotel is closed, receiving a £20M refurbishment, but is due to open this September as the Grand Central Hotel. The SS committee have been around the building and it is quite amazing inside. Everything is stripped back to the bare wall and the rooms are full of dismantled baths, bare wiring and dust an inch thick. However, the finished designs look amazing. The new owners (Principal Hayley - try not to think of Buffy here)also own the Russell Hotel in London and the George in Edinburgh, 2 very similar aged buildings to the GCH.

For current progress on the hotel, visit the company mini site at http://www.thegrandcentralhotel.com/

Price for the con currently is £10 suporting and £40 attending. We will try and hold the £40 for as long as possible, but please book now to get the best price. We will be at Eastercon and after that you will be able to book on line at www.satellite3.org.uk.

Look forward to seeing everyone there!

Cheers
Michael

At tonight's Trout it was decided that, due to the Cask & Still's imminent demise ( it may or may not still be open in December but definitely won't be in January), a new venue needed to be chosen for next month's meeting. The consensus was to move to the Edward Wyllie in Bothwell St. This is a Wetherspoon's pub, with lots of room, no music, real ale, and food till quite late. http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=2301 This will be Trout's venue for the foreseeable future.

As many of you know I am studying for my MSc in Information and Library Studies. I am doing my dissertation on "Science Fiction in Libraries" and my survey can be taken online now.

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/189779/science-fiction-in-libraries

I would be very grateful if any science fiction fans on would grace me with their answers.
I will be cross-posting this to other LJ communities and to facebook, so sorry if you see this notice in several places in the coming weeks.

It should only take between 2 minutes and 10 minutes to complete, depending on how many questions you answer. It's completely anonymous and all surveys will be destroyed when the project is over.

September's Trout is on Thursday, 10th, as usual in the Cask and Still in Hope Street from 7pm. For anyone who has not been to Trout before, we are in the rear area. All SF/Fantasy fans are welcome.

I have posted a poll
http://community.livejournal.com/satellite_2/6963.html
If you attended Satellite 2 I would be grateful if you would take a couple of minutes to complete it.

Thank you

Hi,

Did anyone pick up a pair of glasses at Trout last night at the end of the evening? I appear to have lost mine. They would have been in a silver Optical Express, oval shaped, hard case.

The glasses were blue rimed, fairly square lenses with a white Optical Express cleaning cloth in the case.

If nobody replies, I will go to the pub at lunchtime and ask the bar staff.

Simon

July's Trout is tomorrow, Thursday 9th, as usual in the back area of the Cask & Still, Hope St. Satellite 2 is only a couple of weeks away now, so this is your last chance to get membership at pre-con rates.

Satellite 2 is going to be a fun-packed weekend, with serious items on stuff like the Apollo guidance computer, panels on the Moon in SF and on Iain M. Banks's work, quizzes, silly games (I believe the ever-popular Finding Uranus is returning!), a disco on the Saturday evening, and of course a dealers' room/art show.

If you haven't joined up yet, why not?

If you have... have you thought about volunteering to help? The con is run by its members, and everyone can contribute. A little light gophering is a good way to meet people and can make the con a lot more fun, especially if it's your first time.

just a reminder that the 17th July is the cut-off date for advance memberships for Satellite 2. If you do not join the convention by this date, you have to pay on the door.

The committee will be at Trout this Thursday, so if you intend joining in advance and can make Trout, save yourself a stamp, and join on Thursday night.

It's going to be a good one. In years to come people will talk about this convention with reverence, it's going to be THAT good.

Hey all,

I just wanted to post the new trailer of my sci-fi series, Night is Day which will be released soon.

Series 1 is already on DVD online. This is the series 2 trailer -

Night is Day - Series 2 Official Trailer from Fraser Coull on Vimeo.

Cheers

Fraser

We're holding a FREE CHARITY SCREENING of Night is Day series 1, with some previews of series 2 tomorrow night at the Buff Club on Bath Lane from 8pm til 10pm. Our leading man Chris Summers who plays superhero Jason Mackenzie will be there and the evil Mr. Philips, played by Tam Toye will be there too.

As well as showing some of the series, we're holding a raffle, each ticket is only a £1, and prizes include:

- a walk on part in a future Silly Wee Films production
- a signed Taggart box set from Colin McCredie, Blyth Duff, Alex Norton and John Michie
- a bottle of champagne
- and other goodies.

It's all in aid of MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT who will be there to say a few words too.

So if you want to come and join in on the fun, or you know anybody who wants to go just email whoisjasonmackenzie@hotmail.com for tickets.

Hope to see some of you there!