New Book Announcement: The Big Book of Necon Features A Rare Stephen King Story

The Big Book of Necon features contributions by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Jack Ketchum, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Chet Williamson, Douglas Clegg, Brian Keene, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Thomas Monteleone, Gahan Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, John Coyne, Alan Ryan, Lucius Shepard, Graham Joyce, Tim Lebbon, and over 30 other artists and authors who have made Necon the most popular convention of the horror genre over the last three decades!

Bob and Mary Booth invented The Northeast Regional Fantasy and Horror Convention (Necon) in 1980 after they ran the 1979 World Fantasy Convention. Attendance at Necon has always been capped at 200 participants, which adds to the convention’s close-knit atmosphere—but also creates a high demand for tickets. If you’ve never been able to attend this incredible summer gathering, The Big Book of Necon will give you a glimpse into what makes that convention so special. And if you’re already a Necon regular, this generous volume will bring back a lot of fond memories.

Featuring works from over 50 contributors, The Big Book of Necon provides hours of great horror/dark fantasy reading from some of the most important names in modern horror. Many of the short stories, essays, poems, and artwork originally appeared in the annual program booklet, which is exclusively printed for the attendees each year—and in the case of the Necon XX volume, with its rare appearance of Stephen King’s “The Old Dude’s Ticker,” now sells for as much as $250-$500 on eBay.

To learn more and/or order The Big Book of Necon, please click here.     

TIME Interviews Ricky Gervais

Heroes Back in a Big Way This Fall

NBC will usher in the 2008-09 season with a big, splashy return for “Heroes,” which will end a 9 1/2-month absence from the air in September.

The network is turning over its entire prime-time slate on Monday, Sept. 22 to the show, starting with an hour-long clip show to refresh viewers’ memories on what’s happened so far and leading into a two-hour season premiere.

 

Every LOST Flash-Forward In Chronological Order

Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

The new issue of Rolling Stone not only has a cover that features a who’s who of six-string greats but also boasts the RS-curated list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. Chuck Berry’s 1958 dawn of rock classic “Johnny B. Goode” leads a list that includes legends like Hendrix, Clapton, Page and Santana.  Click this link  to check out the complete list and to find out if your favorite jam made the cut.

 

The New Photograph Of The Watchmen’s Minutemen

Ain’t It Cool News has posted a photo of 1940’s Minutemen in the Watchmen movie, coming to theaters on March 6, 2009. The photo includes the classic Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, Captain Metropolis, Mothman, Silhouette, The Comedian, Dollar Bill and Hooded Justice.

 

 

The Watchmen’s “Black Freighter” DVD Update

Originally thought to be coming as part of the Watchmen DVD, the New York Times now reports that the Zack Snyder-directed animated side story “Tales of the Black Freighter” will get released on DVD five days after the Watchmen movie hits theaters on May 6, 2009.

The “Black Freighter” DVD will include a documentary-style film called “Under the Hood” that delves into the characters’ backstories. The Watchmen movie is expected to hit DVD itself four months later, followed by an “ultimate” edition in which the two are edited together into one megamovie.

In addition, the studio plans a dozen 22- to 26-minute Webisodes to help make the complex story easier for the uninitiated to digest. Called “The Watchmen Motion Comic,” it will be a panel-by-panel slide show of the graphic novel narrated by an actor. Those together might get a DVD release as well in the future.