http://www.worldfantasy2009.org Web site of the 2009 World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, California Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=1123 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=1123#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:47 +0000 Cheryl http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=1123 If you can’t make it to San José and happen to be near Boston, the University of Massachusetts is having its own Poe-based celebration this weekend. Participants include John Crowley and Elizabeth Hand. Details here.

]]> http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?feed=rss2&p=1123 1 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=809 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=809#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:23:25 +0000 Cheryl http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=809 On her LiveJournal Ellen Datlow reports on the Poe Funeral, including the text of the eulogy that she delivered during the ceremony.

]]> http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?feed=rss2&p=809 0 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=795 http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=795#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:00:42 +0000 Cheryl http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?p=795 When Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 he was too poor, and had too many enemies, to receive any sort sort of grand send-off. However, with the 200th anniversary of his birth comes new recognition, and on Sunday two separate ceremonies will commemorate Poe’s passing in a manner better suited to his current stature in the world of literature. NBC has details.

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