Clarke Award Venue and Date

[coalescent]

Good lord:

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is excited to have entered into a new relationship with Sci-Fi London, which means that Britain's premier science fiction literary award is now associated with Britain's premier science fiction film festival.

As a consequence our Award ceremony has a new home, the prestigious Apollo Cinema on Lower Regents Street, just off Piccadilly.

Important note: the new date for the ceremony is:

Wednesday 26th April 2006

This sounds like a cool and exciting thing for the award, so three cheers! But also--talk about worlds colliding. My spring schedule of sf-related events for the last couple of years has roughly been:

End of January - SciFi London
Mid February - Picocon
Late March - Eastercon
Mid May - Clarke Award

Normally, I think of these things as fairly separate, but next year, three of the four will be happening in the space of the same fortnight. (I also note that the 26th April would under normal circumstances be a BSFA meeting.) That's almost too much sf-related activity in one go even for me. Almost.

Also: at Sci-Fi London screenings, festival chairman Louis Savy has a habit of turning up with a bag of merchandise and throwing the contents into the audience with some gusto. I only hope we can expect the same committment to audience participation from the chairman of the Clarke Award.

Comments

[grahamsleight.livejournal.com]

Also: at Sci-Fi London screenings, festival chairman Louis Savy has a habit of turning up with a bag of merchandise and throwing the contents into the audience with some gusto. I only hope we can expect the same committment to audience participation from the chairman of the Clarke Award.

I believe that the current plan is to throw any attendees over 1.85m in height off the stage and into the audience.

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

But unlike at a metal gig, I don't think anyone will be in the mood to catch stage-divers (unwilling or otherwise). ;)

[kalorlo.livejournal.com]

That comment with that icon = me seeing Marvin throwing the horns.

Which was odd.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Someone get photoshopping!

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

If someone would be so kind (I have no Photoshop mad skillz), then I would use it for sure. :)

[kalorlo.livejournal.com]

With the wrong nominees, that could be fatal!

[fjm.livejournal.com]

(I also note that the 26th April would under normal circumstances be a BSFA meeting.) That's almost too much sf-related activity in one go even for me. Almost.

Mate, I hate to break this to you, but it *is* too much sf for you. You are scheduled to interview Ian MacLeod that night. And it isn't a five week month so I don't have anywhere obvious to move it to.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

Also: at Sci-Fi London screenings, festival chairman Louis Savy has a habit of turning up with a bag of merchandise and throwing the contents into the audience with some gusto.

Ah yes, I remember those Star Trek underpants I received.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

This is how you tell the difference between a science fiction film festival and a Tom Jones concert.

[wychwood]

I only hope we can expect the same committment to audience participation from the chairman of the Clarke Award.

Propose it to peake, and see what he says ;)

[peake.livejournal.com]

Throwing certain members of the audience to the lions might be fun. Otherwise the audience participation will probably be limited to the usual blood-letting when everyone disagrees with everyone else about the choice. That's why I'm in this game - it's a great spectator sport.