Gallifrey One Update

For the few of you who haven't heard already, Gallifrey One has been rescheduled to Feb 26 - 28, 2010, because the Marriott double-booked the space.

Peter Davison has confirmed that he can manage the date, phew!

(pause for fannish tangent: honestly, he's the only guest I'm notably excited about at the mo', cos I haven't seen him since a tiny little Creation event in Boston in '86 or so. Not that I'm not looking forward to everyone else, of course, but I've a soft spot for Peter...)

According to the mass email issued by con staff, they've managed to wring some concessions from the hotel - locked in the room rate through 2014 (which means they're planning to stay there, yes!), got some additional programming space, etc. So, really, when's all said and done, the only inconvenience is that it's not on a holiday weekend so one can't count on having Monday off for travelling home/recovering. Fortunately, my boss is cool with letting folks work on a holiday and then taking the day some other time. And, heck, airfares will probably be cheaper, it not being a holiday weekend...

Window Shopping.

I've been amusing myself by looking for harder-to-find Na's on abebooks.com and ebay.

(You window shop your way, I'll do it mine. Heh.)

Prices for the Timewyrm series seem to have dropped slightly, even for the hardest-to-find title, Timewyrm: Revelation, which I found for under $30 for once.

GodEngine still stuck in the night-stratosphere. For $80+, I'd want that to be a hell of a book!

So Vile A Sin continues to average $70 with the occasional optimist asking for $160. Um, yeah. Good luck with that, dude.

The Dying Days has taken a jump. Last time I jotted down prices¹, it hovered around $60 - $100. No-one's asking under $80 for it, now. Dark Path has taken a jump, too.

Asking prices for Device of Death are varying wildly - from $30 to $100+. Odd, that. The Well-Mannered War is another one - I found prices from $45 - $130.

Twilight of the Gods has come down a bit - worth keeping in mind, I suppose.

Rather to my surprise, the selling price for Lungbarrow has dropped from $200+ to $80 - $100. I wonder if the Beeb's decision to release the text online had anything to do with that..?

¹ - um, of course I track the prices on these things. Furthermore, I keep a list of what I'm looking for and average prices on my iPod, in case I find a book in an unexpected place. What do you mean, obsessive?

Brace Yourselves.Again.

Torchwood Children of Earth starts on BBC America, tomorrow. Thank God.

Nick Briggs Does It Again...

My window-shopping took me to the Big Finish audio site and I happened to hear the trailer for Curse of the Daleks. Jaysis, it gave me a chill.

So I bought it.

I blame Nick Briggs, entirely. ;)

Have I mentioned, recently, how bloody glad I am that BFA offers downloads? Sure, it was fun to get the CD in the mail but I can't afford that any more - but I could justify the on-sale price for a single download...

When finances are back where they should be, I'm signing on for the monthly (download) subscription asap! I've missed my monthly fix, I have. And Company of Friends (Eight and various) looks like such a hoot! Anybody got a review of that one to share?