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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alan Martin & Rufus Dayglo
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081108T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:### The Cream Of Tank Girl\n\nRRP: __£19.99__  \nOur Price: _
 _£15.99__\n\n### Visions Of Booga\n\nRRP: __£11.99__  \nOur Price: __£9
 .99__\n\nJoin Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo at Forbidden Planet\, 179 Shaft
 esbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR on Saturday 8th November 1-2pm.\n\nThe C
 ream Of Tank Girl: Alan Martin and artist Jamie Hewlett created Tank Girl 
 in 1988 for Deadline magazine. Their anarchic heroine is now a cult icon w
 hich has produced 41 strips\, 8 monthly comics\, 6 graphic novels\, one pr
 ose novel\, and a Hollywood movie! Now\, from the depths of the outback sh
 e sits astride her fabulous tank to celebrate her 20th anniversary with th
 is hardback\, collector’s edition of everything Tank Girl. It also inclu
 des unseen artwork and exclusive new commentary.\n\nVisions Of Booga: Hot 
 British artist Rufus Dayglo joins Alan Martin for a riotous new tale about
  Tank Girl. Following a bungled train heist and a shoot out in an outback 
 petrol station\, Tank Girl and Booga (the kangaroo) go on the run with the
  only copy of the great lost ‘Book of Hipster Gold’\, which just happe
 ns to hold the secret to ending all wars and suffering. With Mafia dons\, 
 henchmen\, a crooked cop and half the Australian constabulary hot on their
  tails\, it’s one long frenzied chase to the sanctuary of Booga’s long
 -lost little brother’s vast business empire – and maybe world peace.\n
 \n[The Cream Of Tank Girl and Visions Of Booga will be available to buy on
  the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to ord
 er your signed copy](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Authors/209
 /Alan_Martin)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 7th Nov
 ember  2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/08/alan-martin-rufus-dayglo/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lise Myrhe - Nemi: Volume 2
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081113T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081113T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __£7.99__\n\nJoin Lise Myrhe at the Forbidden Plan
 et London Megastore on Thursday 13th November between 6 and 7pm.\n\nLise M
 yhre is the artist and writer of the Metro’s savvy cartoon-strip Nemi\, 
 named after the famous Italian lake and Inigo Montoya\, a character in Myh
 re’s favourite film\, The Princess Bride. She also designs CD covers and
  clothing and illustrates books. She lives in her native Norway.\n\nFeatur
 ing an exclusive introduction by singer-songwriter Tori Amos\, this brand 
 new hardback collection gathers together some of the hilarious highs of th
 e Nemi strip. Hang out with Nemi and her mates\, including her best friend
 \, the blue-haired Cyan\, as they deal with love\, friendship\, inebriatio
 n\, sex…and the other really important things in life!\n\n[_Nemi Volume 
 2_ will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the e
 vent you can click here to order your signed copy](http://forbiddenplanet.
 com/products/37675/Nemi_Volume_2/Cult/Graphic_Novel/Product.html)\n\n__All
  Orders must be placed before 12pm on Wednesday 12th November  2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/13/lise-myrhe-nemi-volume-2/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com]  Jon Burgerman - Heroes Of Burgertown
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081115T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081115T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __£5.99__\n\nJoin Jon Burgerman at the Forbidden P
 lanet London Megastore on Saturday 15th November between 1 and 2pm.\n\nJon
  is an international artist/illustrator based in the UK who is famous for 
 his distinctive doodling style featuring various characters and creatures.
  Jon's work can be seen in everything from magazines\, galleries\, on wall
 s (commissioned\, of course!) and on vinyl art toys. \n\nHis new _Heroes o
 f Burgertown_ is a brand new collection of limited edition 3" figures prod
 uced by Kid Robot. They’re cute\, they’re creepy\, they’re controver
 sial – they’re what the art toy movement is all about!\n\n[The Heroes 
 of Burgertown will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make 
 it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy](http://forbi
 ddenplanet.com/products/37340/Heroes_Of_Burgertown_Mini_Figures/Cult/Urban
 _Vinyl/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 
 14th November  2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/15/jon-burgerman-heroes-burg
 ertown/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] James Barclay - Raven Soul
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081120T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081120T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __TP £11.99\, HC £15.99__\n\nJoin James Barclay a
 t the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 20th November between 
 6 and 7pm.\n\nThe fourth in the _Legends of the Raven_ series\, _Ravensoul
 _ offers rumours of the dead coming back to life\, the Elves fleeing their
  homeland. Something awful is happening\; it’s spreading across the dime
 nsions and threatens the very essence of the world. The Dead have returned
  to Balaia – and amongst them The Raven\, desperate\, facing a fight tha
 t cannot be won.\n\n[_Ravensoul_ will be available to buy on the day\, but
  if you can't make it to the event you can click here to order your signed
  copy](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Authors/4538/James_Barcla
 y)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Wednesday 19th November 2
 008__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/20/james-barclay-raven-soul/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081122T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081122T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:### A Century of Model Animation\n\nOur Price: __£25.00__\n\n
 Join Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton at the Forbidden Planet London Megast
 ore on Saturday 22nd November between 1 and 2pm.\n\n_A Century of Model An
 imation_ traces the history of the genre from its earliest days\, through 
 movies like Jurassic Park right up to Aardman Animation. Readers receive a
  fascinating insight into the patience and ingenuity of the animators\, di
 scover the development and refinement of the technology\, and are treated 
 to tantalising glimpses of the many abandoned projects. Lavishly illustrat
 ed with stills\, this is the ultimate glossy guide to the special effects 
 industry.\n\n[_A Century of Model Animation_ will be available to buy on t
 he day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to order
  your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/36306)\n\n__Al
 l Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 21st November 2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/22/ray-harryhausen-tony-dalt
 on/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Art Spiegelman - Breakdowns
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081124T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081124T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __£18.00__\n\nJoin Art Spiegelman at the Forbidden
  Planet London Megastore on Monday 24th November 1 – 2pm.\n\nContaining 
 a fascinating section on the genesis of _Maus_\, _Breakdowns_ was Art’s 
 first book. It chronicles his own nervous breakdown\, his experiments with
  psychedelic drugs\, his mother's suicide and his incarceration in a menta
 l hospital. It also includes vivid portraits of his artist friends\, mento
 rs\, girlfriends and more generally the birth of underground comics in the
  1960s. A fascinating – and occasionally shocking – insight.\n\n[Break
 downs will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to th
 e event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbidde
 nplanet.com/products/38068)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on 
 Friday 21st November 2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/24/art-spiegelman-breakdowns
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Neal Asher - The Gabble And Other Stories
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081127T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081127T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __£14.99__\n\nJoin Neal Asher at the Forbidden Pla
 net London Megastore on Thursday 27th November between 6 and 7pm.\n\nNo-on
 e does monsters better than Neal Asher\, and this short story collection s
 hows off the lifestyles of such favourites as the gabbleduck and the hoode
 r\, allows us to savour alien poisons\, the walking dead\, the Sea of Deat
 h\, and the putrefactor symbiont. Through these thirteen stories\, welcome
  to a universe of unbridled imagination\, each one of them a delight in it
 self.\n\n[_The Gabble And Other Stories_ will be available to buy on the d
 ay\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to order you
 r signed copy.](http://forbiddenplanet.com/products/38253/The_Gabble_And_O
 ther_Stories_Hardcover/Science_Fiction/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders
  must be placed before 12pm on Wednesday 26th November 2008__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/27/neal-asher-gabble-and-oth
 er-stories/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Cory Doctorow – Little Brother
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081129T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081129T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our Price: __£6.99__\n\nJoin Cory Doctorow at the Forbidden P
 lanet London Megastore on Saturday 29th November btween 1:00 and 2:00pm.\n
 \nThe ultimate tale of teen rebellion - one seventeen-year-old against the
  surveillance state. Big Brother is watching you. Who's watching back?\n\n
 Marcus is only seventeen years old\, but he figures he already knows how t
 he system works - and how to work the system. His whole world changes when
  he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major ter
 rorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time\, Mar
 cus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security an
 d whisked away to a secret prison\, where they're mercilessly interrogated
  for days.  \n\nWhen they are released\, Marcus discovers that his city ha
 s become a police state\, where every citizen is treated like a potential 
 terrorist. He knows no one will believe his story\, which leaves him only 
 one option: to take down the DHS himself.\n\nCory Doctorow is a Canadian b
 logger\, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of 
 the massively popular blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of lib
 eralizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organizat
 ion\, a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative
  works available for others to build upon legally and to share.\n\n[Little
  Brother will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to
  the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://forbidden
 planet.com/products/38592/Little_Brother/Science_Fiction/Books/Product.htm
 l)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 28th November 2008
 __
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/11/29/cory-doctorow-little-brot
 her/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet The Luchadores
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081204T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081204T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Meet the masked men of Mexican Wrestling\, or Lucha Libre\, at
  the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 4th December between 6:
 00 and 7:00pm \n\nIn a warm up for the big weekend of wrestling at London
 ’s Roundhouse\, this is the first chance ever for UK fans to meet the Lu
 chadores face to mask!\n\nMeet El Hijo del Santo\, Mexico's biggest Lucha 
 Libre star and son of Lucha hero 'El Santo' plus Blue Demon Jr. also son o
 f one of the most famous Luchadores\, a film star and comic book hero.\n\n
 Two giants of the massive wrestling phenomenon will be meeting fans and si
 gning posters\, T shirts and masks exclusively on sale on the day.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2008/12/04/meet-luchadores/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jonathan Green - Pax Britannica: Human Natur
 e
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090109T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£6.99__  \nOur Price: __£5.99__\n\nJoin Jonathan Gree
 n at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC
 2H 8JR\, on Friday 9th January 6 – 7pm.\n\nUlysses Quicksilver is chasin
 g a mermaid – right up to the industrially polluted North of England and
  the fishing village where she was supposedly caught. What he finds are th
 e horrors of man’s own selfishness\; as he’s trapped within the very h
 eart darkness\, threatened in body and mind\, he has to escape a fate that
  is literally worse than death. This is a fantastical\, steampunk science 
 fiction novel from the co-creator of the Pax Britannica world!\n\n[Human N
 ature will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to th
 e event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbidde
 nplanet.com/products/38679/Pax_Britannia_Book_4_Human_Nature/Fantasy/Books
 /Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Thursday 8th 
 January.__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/01/09/jonathan-green-human-natu
 re/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gav Thorpe - Warhammer Fantasy: Malekith Tim
 e Of Legends
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090110T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090110T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£6.99__  \nOur Price: __£5.99__\n\nJoin Gav Thorpe at
  the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8
 JR\, on Saturday 10th January 1 – 2pm.\n\nPassed over to succeed as king
 \, elf general Malekith is wracked by bitterness. Under pretence of bringi
 ng to justice the cult of pleasure that rots elf society from within\, Mal
 ekith plots revenge. He betrays Phoenix King Bel–Shanaar and attempts to
  seize power for himself – and triggers a tragic sequence of events. The
  realm of the elves is plunged into a civil war from which they will never
  recover.\n\nMalekith begins the epic tale of The Sundering\, and continue
 s the Time of Legends series.\n\n[_Malekith_ is available to buy on the da
 y\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to order your
  signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/38680/Warhammer_Fan
 tasy_Time_Of_Legends_Book_3_Malekith/Fantasy/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All 
 Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 9th January.__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/01/10/gav-thorpe-warhammer-fant
 asy/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin - Necrophenia (Birmingham)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090116T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090116T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£14.99__  \nOur Price: __£12.99__\n\nJoin Robert Rank
 in at the Forbidden Planet Superstore\, 38 Priory Queensway\, Birmingham B
 4 7LA on Friday 16th January 1 – 2pm.\n\nDuring the latter part of World
  War II\, England's Ministry of Serendipity enlisted the services of arch-
 magician Aleister Crowley. Follow the discoveries of Tyler\, rock star and
  private eye\, as he leads a cast of millions including George Formby\, Mi
 ck Jagger\, Mama Cass\, Elvis Presley and Lazlo Woodbine. Not to mention h
 is brother Andy\, the lady from Croydon who holds the secrets of the Multi
 verse and the corner shopkeeper who created a living room for God. And a l
 ot of living dead. Oh – and the monster in human form whose intention it
  is to turn the Earth into a Necrosphere\, totally devoid of life . . .\n\
 n[Necrophenia will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make 
 it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.
 forbiddenplanet.com/products/35701/Necrophenia_Hardcover/Fantasy/Books/Pro
 duct.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 16th Janua
 ry.__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/01/16/robert-rankin-necrophenia
 -birmingham/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin - Necrophenia (London)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090117T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090117T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£14.99__  \nOur Price: __£12.99__\n\nJoin Robert Rank
 in at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, W
 C2H 8JR\, on Saturday 17th January 1 – 2pm.\n\nDuring the latter part of
  World War II\, England's Ministry of Serendipity enlisted the services of
  arch-magician Aleister Crowley. Follow the discoveries of Tyler\, rock st
 ar and private eye\, as he leads a cast of millions including George Formb
 y\, Mick Jagger\, Mama Cass\, Elvis Presley and Lazlo Woodbine. Not to men
 tion his brother Andy\, the lady from Croydon who holds the secrets of the
  Multiverse and the corner shopkeeper who created a living room for God. A
 nd a lot of living dead. Oh – and the monster in human form whose intent
 ion it is to turn the Earth into a Necrosphere\, totally devoid of life . 
 . .\n\n[Necrophenia will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't
  make it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http:
 //www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/35701/Necrophenia_Hardcover/Fantasy/Boo
 ks/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 16th
  January.__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/01/17/robert-rankin-necrophenia
 -london/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nine Authors - One Massive Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090122T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090122T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:TPB Our Price: __£11.99__  \nHC Our Price: __£16.99__\n\nCom
 e and discover a whole NEW kind of signing! At 5:00pm on January 22nd\, Fo
 rbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - 
 \n\nJoe Abercrombie  \nAlex Bell  \nMark Chadbourn  \nDavid Devereux  \nJo
 n Courtenay Grimwood  \nTom Lloyd  \nSuzanne McLeod  \nSteven Savile  \nJa
 mes Swallow  \n\n\nTo promote the release of David’s new book EAGLE RISI
 NG\, we welcome a host of science fiction and fantasy talent to one event 
 – an event to bring writers and fans together and to promote interest in
  new and different kinds of fiction. \n\nThis is a NEW kind of signing\, b
 ringing the authors out from behind their tables and giving their readers 
 a chance to meet them and talk to them about their work. An array of fanta
 stic books will be on hand to be picked up and signed – including works 
 by every one of the writers present.\n\n[Eagle Rising available to buy on 
 the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to orde
 r your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Authors/229
 8/David_Devereux)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Wednesday 
 21st November.__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/01/22/nine-authors-one-massive-
 event/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Andy Remic - Biohell: A Combat-K Novel
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090228T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090228T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£7.99__  \nOur Price: __£6.99__\n\nJoin Andy Remic at
  Forbidden Planet\, 59 Grainger Street\, Newcastle Ne1 5EJ\, on Saturday 2
 8th February 1 – 2pm.\n\nOn a planet teeming with corruption\, guns\, se
 x and designer drugs\, a global technology company manufactures the Biomod
  Human Upgrade – and creates a zombie population packed with hardcore we
 aponry. Dropped into the midst of this wasteland of murder and mutation\, 
 the Combat-K squad must fight their way to the dark heart of Nano-Tek corp
 oration. This is hard-hitting military science fiction to make you rethink
  everything you’ve read before!\n\n[_Biohell_ will be available to buy o
 n the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to or
 der your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/38681/Comba
 t-K_Book_2_Biohell/Horror/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be plac
 ed before 12pm on Friday 27th February 2009__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/02/28/andy-remic-biohell/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian Lumley - Necroscope: The Lost Years Ha
 rry & The Pirates
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090307T133000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090307T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£11.99__  \nOur Price: __£9.99__\n\nJoin Brian Lumley
  at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2
 H 8JR\, on Saturday 7th March 1:30 – 2:30pm\n\nThis latest work sees Har
 ry Keogh makes his long-awaited return as the Necroscope in two novella-le
 ngth stories. Set during the fan-favourite ‘Lost Years’ era of Keogh's
  career\, these tales see the Necroscope do battle with horrors\, both rea
 l and imagined\, eternal and ethereal. In For The Dead Travel\, Keogh's en
 counter with an old school friend leads to a fight for his very soul again
 st an ancient evil. Harry and the Pirates finds the Necroscope hearing the
  confession of a pirate long-dead – but is he being played for a fool?\n
 \n[Harry and the Pirates available to buy on the day\, but if you can't ma
 ke it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://w
 ww.forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Signers/1139/Brian_Lumley)\n\n__All Orde
 rs must be placed before 12pm on Friday 6th March__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/07/brian-lumley-necroscope-l
 ost-years-harry-pirates/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Raymond E Feist - Rides A Dread Legion (Birm
 ingham)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090310T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090310T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£18.99__\n\nOur Price: __£16.99__\n\nJoin Raymond E F
 eist at the Forbidden Planet Superstore\, 38 Priory Queensway\, Birmingham
  B4 7LA\, on Tuesday 10th March 1 – 2pm.\n\nTen years after the cataclys
 mic events of Wrath of a Mad God\, Midkemia faces a new danger: a lost rac
 e of elves. On their home world\, they’ve been slaughtered by a ravaging
  demon horde\, their huge empire reduced to a handful of survivors – and
  those survivors are convinced that Midkemia is their ancient home. Ruthle
 ss and arrogant\, the elves are problem enough\; before long\, Pug and the
  Conclave realise that the demon horde after them is the real threat. And 
 hanging over Pug is always the Prophecy that he will be doomed to watch ev
 eryone he loves die before him!\n\n[Rides A Dread Legion will be available
  to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event\, please click 
 here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/3
 9610/Demonwar_Saga_Book_1_Rides_A_Dread_Legion_Hardcover/Fantasy/Books/Pro
 duct.html)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12:00pm on Wednesday 11th
  March__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/10/raymond-e-feist/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Raymond E Feist - Rides A Dread Legion (Bris
 tol)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090312T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£18.99__\n\nOur Price: __£16.99__\n\nJoin Raymond E F
 eist at Planet Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Triangle West\, Bristol BS8 1
 EJ on Thursday 12th March 1 – 2pm\n\nTen years after the cataclysmic eve
 nts of Wrath of a Mad God\, Midkemia faces a new danger: a lost race of el
 ves. On their home world\, they’ve been slaughtered by a ravaging demon 
 horde\, their huge empire reduced to a handful of survivors – and those 
 survivors are convinced that Midkemia is their ancient home. Ruthless and 
 arrogant\, the elves are problem enough\; before long\, Pug and the Concla
 ve realise that the demon horde after them is the real threat. And hanging
  over Pug is always the Prophecy that he will be doomed to watch everyone 
 he loves die before him!\n\n[Rides A Dread Legion will be available to buy
  on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to 
 order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/39610/Dem
 onwar_Saga_Book_1_Rides_A_Dread_Legion_Hardcover/Fantasy/Books/Product.htm
 l)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12:00pm on Wednesday 11th March__
 \n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/12/raymond-e-feist-rides-dre
 ad-legion-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Raymond E Feist - Rides A Dread Legion (Lond
 on)
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090312T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£18.99__\n\nOur Price: __£16.99__\n\nJoin Raymond E F
 eist at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\,
  WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 12 March 6 – 7pm.\n\nTen years after the catacly
 smic events of Wrath of a Mad God\, Midkemia faces a new danger: a lost ra
 ce of elves. On their home world\, they’ve been slaughtered by a ravagin
 g demon horde\, their huge empire reduced to a handful of survivors – an
 d those survivors are convinced that Midkemia is their ancient home. Ruthl
 ess and arrogant\, the elves are problem enough\; before long\, Pug and th
 e Conclave realise that the demon horde after them is the real threat. And
  hanging over Pug is always the Prophecy that he will be doomed to watch e
 veryone he loves die before him!\n\n[Rides A Dread Legion will be availabl
 e to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click 
 here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/3
 9610/Demonwar_Saga_Book_1_Rides_A_Dread_Legion_Hardcover/Fantasy/Books/Pro
 duct.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12:00pm on Wednesday 11th
  March__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/12/raymond-e-feist-rides-dre
 ad-legion-london/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] 2000FP - Thrill Power Overload!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090321T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090321T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP __£24.99__\n\nOur Price __£19.99__\n\nFORBIDDEN PLANET i
 s delighted to announce that we’ve teamed up with 2000AD to celebrate ou
 r 20000th (well probably!) signing! On Saturday 21st March 1 – 2:30pm at
  the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, we’ll have the absolute
  best in British Comics: -\n\n- Dan Abnett\n- David Bishop\n- Simon Davis\
 n- Rufus Dayglo\n- Al Ewing\n- Brett Ewins\n- Henry Flint\n- Frazer Irving
 \n- Tony Lee\n- Matt Smith\n- Simon Spurrier\n\nTo promote the release of 
 THRILL-POWER OVERLOAD we’ve gathered together writers and artists from a
  host of 2000AD titles – together with Matt Smith\, the magazine’s edi
 tor\, they will be available to sign\, sketch and chat! \n\nThis is 2000FP
 \, the second of our free-form signings – no tables\, no queues. With an
  array of fantastic Rebellion Publishing titles on hand\, this event blows
  away the barriers and gives readers and fans a change to really find out 
 what goes on in 2000AD!\n\n[Thrill Power Overload will be available to buy
  on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here to 
 order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/39656/200
 0AD_Thrill-Power_Overload_Thirty_Years_Of_2000AD/Science_Fiction/Graphic_N
 ovel/2000ad/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Fr
 iday 20th March__\n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/21/2000fp-thrill-power-overl
 oad/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey and Kate Griffin - Thicker Than W
 ater and A Madness of Angels
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090326T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:THICKER THAN WATER by Mike Carey\n\n__RRP: £7.99__\n\n__Our P
 rice: £6.99__\n\n\nA MADNESS OF ANGELS by Kate Griffin\n\n__RRP: £7.99__
 \n\n__Our Price: £6.99__\n\n\nJoin Mike Carey and Kate Griffin at the For
 bidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on 
 Thursday 26th March 6 – 7pm.\n\nMike Carey is an extremely popular and w
 ell-respected author who has written on several top comics titles such as 
 Lucifer as well as the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Thicker T
 han Water returns us to the life of Felix Castor\, where memories thought 
 left in Liverpool resurface in London. Childhood memories\, family traumas
 \, sins old and new come back to torment the city’s favourite freelance 
 Exorcist. Things go from bad to worse until the only question left is – 
 just how much will Fix have to pay..?\n\nKate Griffin is the name under wh
 ich Carnegie Medal-nominated author\, Catherine Webb\, writes fantasy nove
 ls for adults. A Madness of Angels is a book about the power of London\, U
 rban Magic\, ebbing and flowing with the rhythms of the city\, amking rune
 s from the alignments of ancient streets and humming with the rhythms of t
 rains and buses. This is the London of Matthew Swift\, where rival sorcere
 rs do battle for the soul of the city.\n\n[Thicker Than Water will be avai
 lable to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can cl
 ick here to order your signed copy.] (http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/produ
 cts/39743/Felix_Castor_Book_4_Thicker_Than_Water/Fantasy/Books/Product.htm
 l)\n\n[A Madness of Angels will be available to buy on the day\, but if yo
 u can't make it to the event click here to order your signed copy.] (http:
 //www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/39744/Madness_Of_Angels/Fantasy/Books/P
 roduct.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Wednesday 25th 
 March__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/03/26/mike-carey-and-kate-griff
 in-signing/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] TWILIGHT MIDNIGHT OPENING!
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DESCRIPTION:Single Disc Edition\n\n__RRP: £19.99__\n\n__Our Price: £14.9
 9__\n\n\nSpecial Edition\n\n__RRP: £22.99__\n\n__Our Price: £16.99__\n\n
 Be the first to bite on most eagerly anticipated release of the year – T
 WILIGHT on DVD is coming to 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, o
 n Sunday 5th April at exactly midnight!\n\nThe vampires are coming to FP! 
 You can take the forbidden romance of Bella and Edward home early when you
  come down to the London Megastore to pick up your copy of TWILIGHT on DVD
  or Blu-Ray. Plus we’ve got goodies and give-aways – and loads of gorg
 eously dark merchandise just waiting for you to treat yourself… or that 
 forbidden lover of your own!\n\nEXCLUSIVE! First 30 purchasers of the Spec
 ial Edition will receive a DVD sleeve signed by one or more of the followi
 ng cast members: -\n\n- Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen)\n- Kellan Lutz (
 Emmett Cullen)\n- Christian Serratos (Angela Weber)\n- Justin Chon (Eric Y
 orkie)\n- Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) \n\n- Free posters!\n- Huge range o
 f Twilight goodies available on the night - inlcuding restocks of the [Edw
 ard](http://forbiddenplanet.com/products/38123/Twilight_Series_1_Action_Fi
 gure_Edward_Cullen/Ftv/Action_Figures/Twilight/Product.html) action figure
 !\n\n[You can view our full range of Twilight wickedness here] (http://www
 .forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Universe/1089/Twilight)\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/05/twilight-midnight-opening
 /
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bret 'The Hitman' Hart - Hitman: My Life In 
 The Cartoon World of Wrestling
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £16.99__\n\n__Our Price: £14.99__\n\nForbidden Planet
  is pleased to announce a signing by Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. He will b
 e signing Hitman: My Life In The Cartoon World of Wrestling at the Forbidd
 en Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thur
 sday 16th April 6 – 7pm\n\nIn Hitman\, one of pro wrestling's biggest st
 ars tells it like it was\, with a human and very touching amount of detail
 . He relates the story of how a family-friendly\, locally oriented sport r
 un by curmudgeonly promoters was steamrollered by Hulk Hogan - fueled WWF 
 marketing machine. Hart also vividly depicts the threadbare but thrilling 
 family business he grew up in\, road trips in crowded vans\, meager pay\, 
 clownish ring antics and solid sense of brotherhood. This is a glance unde
 r the ropes of pro-wrestling\, from one of its biggest stars.\n\nPlease be
  aware that\, due to time constraints\, priority may be placed on HITMAN  
 over other items to be signed. \n\n[Hitman will be available to buy on the
  day but if you can't make it to the signing you can click here to order y
 our signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/38009/Hitman_My_
 Real_Life_In_The_Cartoon_World_Of_Wrestling_Bret_Hart_Hardcover/Wrestling/
 Books/Wwe/Product.html)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12pm on Wedn
 esday 15th April__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/16/bret-hitman-hart-signing-
 hitman-my-life-cartoon-wo/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gerry Anderson
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090418T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £14.99__\n\n__Our Price: £12.99__\n\nForbidden Planet
  is pleased to announce a signing by Gerry Anderson. He will be signing tw
 o volumes of Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry And
 erson at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\
 , WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 18th April 1 – 2pm\n\nLaunched in 1965\, TV Cen
 tury 21 (later known as TV 21) tied into the range of science-fiction pupp
 et series created by Gerry Anderson's Century 21 Productions.  In this gre
 at new series of reprints\, authorised and supervised by Gerry Anderson hi
 mself\, Chris Bentley has assembled some of the most thrilling stories fro
 m the classic years of TV21\, the smash-hit British comic of the 1960s\, i
 ncluding Thunderbirds\, Lady Penelope\, Fireball XL5\, Stingray\, Captain 
 Scarlet and Joe 90.\n\n[Both books will be available to buy on the day but
  if you can't make it to the signing you can click here to order your sign
 ed copy.](http://forbiddenplanet.com/categories/Signers/3674/Gerry_Anderso
 n)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 17th April__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/18/gerry-anderson-century-21
 -classic-comic-strips/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] The Future Bristol Anthology Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090423T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£16.99__\n\nFORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hostin
 g a signing for THE FUTURE BRISTOL ANTHOLOGY on Thursday April 23rd 6 – 
 7pm. The FP Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Triangle West\, Bristol will be 
 playing host to: - \n\n- Andy Bigwood\n- Joanne Hall\n- Colin Harvey\n- Ji
 m Mortimore\n- Gareth L Powell\n- Nick Walters\n- Liz Williams\n\nEditor C
 olin Harvey says: "Bristol has a long history of innovation and exploratio
 n\, and these stories offer us nine visions of what life may be like for t
 he Bristolians of the future." \n\nThis will be a fun and freeform signing
 \, bringing the authors out from behind their tables and giving their read
 ers a chance to meet them and talk to them about their work. Suited to a t
 itle bringing together Bristol’s writers and her future\, this is an eve
 nt special to the area and to the city.\n\n[The Future Bristol Anthology w
 ill be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event
  you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet
 .com/products/39286/Lost_Constellations_The_Art_Of_Tara_Mcpherson/Art/Grap
 hic_Novel/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12:00pm on W
 ednesday 22nd April__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/23/future-bristol-anthology-
 event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] D'Israeli\, Edginton\, Furman\, Grist and Wi
 lliamson - Torchwood: Rift War
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £9.99__\n\n__Our Price: £7.99__\n\nForbidden Planet i
 s pleased to announce the launch signing by D’Israeli\, Ian Edginton\, S
 imon Furman\, Paul Grist and Brian Williamson. They will be signing TORCHW
 OOD: RIFT WAR  at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\
 , London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 25th April 1 - 2pm.\n\nWhen Torchwood-3 
 comes under fire in an all-out attack by extra-dimensional shock troopers\
 , the team are torn in all directions. And with a deadly rift bleeding thr
 ough into their own reality\, time itself could be destroyed if the Torchw
 ood team isn't able to stop it. Rift War is an unmissable epic!\n\nWritten
  by Paul Grist (Jack Staff)\, Ian Edginton (2000AD\, Scarlet Traces)\, Sim
 on Furman (Transformers\, Terminator)\, Brian Williamson (Wallace & Gromit
 \, Dr. Who) and illustrated by Paul Grist (Jack Staff)\, D’Israeli (Scar
 let Traces)\, Brian Williamson (Wallace & Gromit\, Dr. Who)\n\n[Torchwood:
  Rift Wars will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it 
 to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.for
 biddenplanet.com/products/39980)\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/25/disraeli-edgington-furman
 -grist-and-williamson-sig/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] China Mieville - The City & The City: EXCLUS
 IVE pre-release event!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090430T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£17.99__\n\nOur Price: __£15.99__\n\nForbidden Planet
  is pleased to announce an exclusive pre-release event for China Miéville
 ’s The City & The City. Join China for a signing and reading at the Forb
 idden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on T
 hursday 30th April 6 – 7pm.\n\nWhen the body of a murdered woman is foun
 d in the decaying city of Bes el\, it looks like a routine case for Inspec
 tor Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes\, he finds c
 onspiracies far stranger\, and more deadly\, than he could have imagined. 
 Borlu must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own\, 
 across a border like no other. The City & The City is a murder mystery tak
 en to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.\n\nFantastic Forbidden P
 lanet Exclusive! Listen to an extract from the book and China's Q&A with h
 is editor [here!](http://static.forbiddenplanet.com/promo/china/)\n\n[The 
 City & The City will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't mak
 e it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://ww
 w.forbiddenplanet.com/products/40127/City_And_The_City_Hardcover/Drama/Boo
 ks/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12:00pm on Wednesda
 y 29th April__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/04/30/china-mieville-signing-ci
 ty-city/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Charles Stross - The Revolution Business
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090501T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090501T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £18.99__\n\n__Our Price: £15.99__\n\nCharles Stross w
 ill be signing Merchant Princes Book Five: The Revolution Business at the 
 Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, 
 on Friday 1st May from 1 - 2pm.\n\nThings are going badly for the Clan. Lo
 cked in a vicious civil war\, their army is bottled up inside a besieged f
 ortress in two parallel universes at once. Duke Angbard\, the Clan's leade
 r\, has been laid low by a stroke: plotters are already conspiring in read
 iness for the deadly dance to come. Meanwhile\, unbeknownst to the Clan\, 
 researchers working for the US government have achieved a technological br
 eakthrough. The War on Terror is about to go trans dimensional.\n\n[The Re
 volution Business will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't m
 ake it to the signing\, click here to order your signed copy.](http://forb
 iddenplanet.com/products/40482/Merchant_Princes_Book_5_Revolution_Business
 _Hardcover/Fantasy/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All orders must be placed befo
 re 12pm on Thursday 30th April__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/05/01/charles-stross-the-revolu
 tion-business/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tony Ballantyne - Twisted Metal
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090502T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090502T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£16.99__\n\nOur Price: __£14.99__\n\nForbidden Planet
  is pleased to announce a signing by Tony Ballantyne. He will be signing T
 wisted Metal the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lon
 don\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 2nd May from 1 - 2pm.\n\nThe robot soldiers o
 f Artemis are set to conquer\, cannibalising all metal to be reshaped to t
 he Artemisian cause. The robots of Turing City believe they are something 
 more\, that their individualism matters. Follow a tale of savage violence\
 , destruction\, stunning psychological exploration of the robot mind and a
  completely alien but brilliantly realised landscape. Here is a powerful s
 tory of superb action\, barbaric cruelty and intense emotional impact.\n\n
 \n\n[Twisted Metal will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't 
 make it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http:/
 /www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/40091/Twisted_Metal_Hardcover/Science_Fi
 ction/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12:00pm on
  Wednesday 1st May__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/05/02/tony-ballantyne-twisted-m
 etal/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Patrick Rothfuss signing The Name of the Win
 d
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090521T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090521T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £8.99__\n\n__Our Price: £7.99__\n\nThe Name of the Wi
 nd is Rothfuss' outstanding debut fantasy\, famed for its precise executio
 n. Kvothe. the hero and villain of a thousand tales\, lives as the simple 
 proprietor of the Waystone Inn. Prompted by a biographer\, Kvothe starts t
 o tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's tra
 veling troupe of magicians\, jugglers and jesters\, the Edema Ruh\, to fer
 al child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean\, then his educat
 ion at ‘the University’\, Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives - his d
 esire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much
  as possible about the Chandrian\, the demons of legend who murdered his f
 amily. As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first\, this is th
 e type of assured\, rich first novel most writers can only dream of produc
 ing. \n\nPatrick Rothfuss lives in central Wisconsin where he teaches at t
 he local university. In his free time Pat writes a satirical humor column\
 , practices civil disobedience\, and dabbles in alchemy. \n\n[The Name of 
 the Wind will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to
  the signing\, click here to order your signed copy.](http://forbiddenplan
 et.com/products/35311)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12pm on Wedne
 sday 20th May__\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/05/21/patrick-rothfuss-signing-
 name-wind/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Drag Me To Hell Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090524T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090524T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Meet Sam Raimi\, director of Drag Me To Hell at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Sunday 
 24th May 4:00 – 4:30pm.\n\nMeet the man behind the Evil Dead and Spider-
 Man movies in a rare UK appearance!\n\nPLUS the stars of the film Justin L
 ong and Alison Lohman.\n\nDrag Me To Hell posters will be available to pur
 chase on the day for only £10.00.\n\nDue to time restrictions\, only one 
 signed item per customer and we cannot guarantee that every customer will 
 be seen.  No pre-orders or mail order items will be available. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/05/24/drag-me-hell-event/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Leading Ladies - Alex Bell\, Jaine Fenn and 
 Suzanne McLeod
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090530T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090530T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Gollancz
 ’ leading ladies Alex Bell\, Jaine Fenn and Suzanne McLeod. They will be
  signing Jasmyn (Alex Bell)\, Consorts of Heaven (Jaine Fenn) and Sweet Sc
 ent of Blood (Suzanne McLeod) at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 24 Hanov
 er Buildings\, Southampton\, SO14 1JU on Saturday 30th May 1- 2pm.\n\nAfte
 r the death of her husband\, Jasmyn is trapped in a world without colour 
 – yet begins to notice strange events. She follows their trail back into
  the events of her husband’s life. But they lead her in unexpected direc
 tions - into fairytales filled with swans\, castles and bones\; into a tal
 es of a murder and vicious battle\, into a lost past\, and a stolen love. 
 \n\nConsorts of Heaven is Jaine's second book\, set in the same universe a
 s Principles of Angels. A wonderful fusion of SF and fantasy\, Jaine retur
 ns again to the evils of the Sidhe - and the terrible discovery that the h
 ierarchy which has kept society stable for thousands of years is rotten to
  the core.\n\nSweet Scent of Blood is Suzanne's hugely well-received debut
  novel and the opening of her Spellcrackers series. Thrilling and compelli
 ng\, its an excellent opening to a convoluted mystery plot\, riddled with 
 twists. This is a fully realised supernatural society - a darkly comic spo
 ok show!\n\n[Jasmyn will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't
  make it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http:
 //www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/40094/Jasmyn/Fantasy/Books/Product.html
 )\n\n[Consorts of Heaven will be available to buy on the day\, but if you 
 can't make it to the event you can click here to order your signed copy.](
 http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/40092/Consorts_Of_Heaven/Science_F
 iction/Books/Product.html)\n\n[Sweet Scent of Blood will be available to b
 uy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the event you can click here t
 o order your signed copy.](http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/40096/S
 weet_Scent_Of_Blood/Fantasy/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be pl
 aced before 12:00pm on Friday 29th May__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/05/30/leading-ladies-alex-bell-
 jaine-fenn-suzanne-mcleod/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mark Charan Newton - Nights of Villjamur
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090604T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £16.99__\n\n__Our Price: £14.99__\n\nAlready making a
  name for itself as ‘a contender for the best fantasy novel of 2009’\,
  Nights of Villjamur is Mark’s epic debut work. With a richly convoluted
  plot and a corrupt and decadent culture\, the story is told from multiple
  points of view\, each with a distinct voice and agenda. Gloriously comple
 x and beautifully evocative\, Nights of Villjamur sets a new standard in f
 antasy fiction writing.\n\nBorn in 1981 and now living in Nottingham\, UK\
 , Mark writes strange and highly erudite fantasy fiction and brings a new 
 level of literacy and awareness to the genre. When not wandering the stree
 ts of Villjamur\, you’ll find him enjoying books\, guitars\, geeks\, che
 ap indie-music bars – or escaping the big city completely.\n\n[Nights of
  Villjamur will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it 
 to the signing\, click here to order your signed copy.](http://forbiddenpl
 anet.com/products/40696/Legends_Of_The_Red_Sun_Book_1_Nights_Of_Villjamur/
 Fantasy/Books/Product.html)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12pm on 
 Wednesday 3rd June__\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/06/04/mark-charan-newton-nights
 -villjamur/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Abercrombie signing Best Served Cold
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090605T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090605T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £12.99__\n\n__Our Price: £11.99__\n\nA revenge story 
 to rival Kill Bill for violence and dark humour\, Best Served Cold tells t
 he story of Monza Murcatto\, the most feared mercenary in Duke Orso’s em
 ploy. Her victories have made her rich and very popular\, a little too pop
 ular for her employer. Monza is betrayed\, beaten and left for dead at the
  bottom of a mountain\, with only the burning desire for revenge driving h
 er onwards.\n\nSeven men must die\, and with the help of a band of misfits
 \, murders and drunks Monza must face enemies far more numerous than her m
 eagre army. And that is even before Duke Orso\, her number one target\, di
 spatches the most dangerous man in the land to finish her off.\n\nSince hi
 s debut series The First Law\, Joe has sold a quarter of a million copies 
 of his first three novels. Catapulted to the top ranks of fantasy writers\
 , his winning formula is terrific\, punchy prose\, razor-sharp characteris
 ation and a witty\, darkly comic vein. His novels are enjoyed by those who
  love the genre of fantasy as well as those who like to lose themselves in
  the complex politics and plotting of the richest\, and grittiest\, histor
 ical epics.\n\n[Best Served Cold will be available to buy on the day\, but
  if you can't make it to the signing\, click here to order your signed cop
 y.](http://forbiddenplanet.com/products/40959)\n\n__All orders must be pla
 ced before 12pm on Thursday 4th June__\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/06/05/joe-abercrombie-signing-b
 est-served-cold/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Guillermo del Toro signing The Strain
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090606T133000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090606T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:__RRP: £12.99__\n\n__Our Price: £10.99__\n\nA plane lands at
  JFK and mysteriously goes dark\, doors sealed and lights off – everyone
  on board is discovered dead. Ephraim Goodweather must work quickly to fin
 d a cause before panic spreads. Four passengers have survived – but when
  all two hundred corpses disappear on the same night\, things get rapidly 
 worse. Soon Eph and a small band of helpers find themselves battling to pr
 otect not only their own loved ones\, but the whole city\, against an anci
 ent threat to humanity.\n\nGuillermo del Toro came to prominence with cult
  horror movies such as Chronos and The Devil’s Backbone and made his Hol
 lywood directorial debut with the classic Blade II.  Rapidly followed by t
 he box office and critical hit Hellboy and the Oscar-winning Pan’s Labyr
 inth\, del Toro has established himself as one of the leading directors in
  the genre. He’s currently working on the eagerly anticipated The Hobbit
 .\n\n[The Strain will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't ma
 ke it to the signing\, click here to order your signed copy.](http://forbi
 ddenplanet.com/products/40763)\n\n__All orders must be placed before 12pm 
 on Friday 5th June__\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/06/06/guillermo-del-toro-signin
 g-strain/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jim Mahfood and Scott C signing and sketchin
 g event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090610T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090610T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Carl: The Cat That Makes Peanut Butter Sandwiches\n\n__Our Pri
 ce: £4.99__\n\nDouble Fine Action Comics Volume 1\n\n__Our Price: £14.99
 __\n\nJim Mahfood aka Food One has worked with Kevin Smith on the Clerks c
 omics and with Brian Michael Bendis on Marvel projects. He has a huge cult
  following and his work has appeared in comics\, books\, magazines\, music
  videos\, t-shirts and album covers. He also creates live mural paintings 
 at DJ/hip hop events. \n\nCarl\, The Cat That Makes Peanut Butter Sandwich
 es is a full-colour\, one-shot book starring a lcat who makes the greatest
  peanut butter sandwiches in the world! He has a hot\, nymphomaniac girlfr
 iend\, his business is being ruined by evil Eskimos and he needs to go to 
 the North Pole to kick Eskimo butt. There's revenge\, over-the-top bloodsh
 ed\, lesbian sex and a whole world of surprises.\n\nDouble Fine Action Com
 ics Volume 1 includes the first 300 of Scott C's comics plus a board game\
 , a pin up\, a making of and a commentary\, and a foreword by Tim Schafer!
 \n\n[Carl  will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it 
 to the signing\, click here to order your signed copy.](http://forbiddenpl
 anet.com/products/41145/Carl_The_Cat_That_Makes_Peanut_Butter_Sandwiches/C
 ult/Comic/Product.html)\n\n[Double Fine Action Comics will be available to
  buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the signing\, click here to 
 order your signed copy.](http://forbiddenplanet.com/products/41146/Double_
 Fine_Action_Comics_Volume_1/Cult/Graphic_Novel/Product.html)\n\n__All orde
 rs must be placed before 12pm on Tuesday 9th June__\n\n\n__Supreme Broship
  at the London Miles Gallery__\n\nA two-man show featuring all original ar
 t work by Jim Mahfood and Scott C!\n\nOpening reception on June 11th from 
 7:00pm to 10:00pm\; Jim and Scott will be in attendance to sign prints\, b
 ooks and body parts! Showcasing over 70 original watercolor paintings by S
 cott C and illustrations by Jim Mahfood\, as well as a new collection of c
 ollaborative pieces by Jim and Scott created just for the Supreme Broship 
 exhibition.\n\nOn show until July 3rd\, 2009. \n\n[To find out more about 
 the show\, check out the London Miles Gallery website here!](http://www.lo
 ndonmiles.com)\n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/06/10/jim-mahfood-and-scott-c-s
 igning-and-sketching-even/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tara McPherson - Lost Constellations
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090611T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090611T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:RRP: __£16.99__\n\nForbidden Planet is pleased to announce a 
 signing by Tara McPherson. She will be signing Lost Constellations  at the
  Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\,
  on Thursday 11th June 6 - 7pm\n\nTara is based in New York City and creat
 es art about people and their odd ways. Recalling many issues from childho
 od and good old life experience\, she creates images that are thought prov
 oking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme th
 roughout her work. Lost Constellations is the second book of her astoundin
 g artwork\, following the success of Lonely Heart.\n\n\n\n[Lost Constellat
 ions will be available to buy on the day\, but if you can't make it to the
  event you can click here to order your signed copy.](http://www.forbidden
 planet.com/products/39286/Lost_Constellations_The_Art_Of_Tara_Mcpherson/Ar
 t/Graphic_Novel/Product.html)\n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12:00p
 m on Wednesday 10th Junel__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/06/11/tara-mcpherson-lost-const
 ellations/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] James Lovegrove and Mark Chadbourn
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090709T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090709T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prolific writer of numerous novels\, novellas\, short storie
 s and pieces of journalism\, James Lovegrove regularly reviews fictions fo
 r the Financial Times. He’s been writing since the age of 22 and lives i
 n Eastbourne with his family and his toothless cat\, Ozzy. The Age of Ra i
 s a science fiction work exploring the themes of freedom\, oppression\, wa
 r and love – and one soldier’s effort to throw off the divine oppressi
 on of the ancient Egyptian Gods. \n\nBritish Fantasy Award winner Mark Cha
 dbourn is the author of fourteen novels and one non-fiction book. He’s b
 een a journalist\, an engineer’s mate and a rock band manager – he now
  lives in a forest in the Midlands and screenwrites for the BBC. In Lord o
 f Silence\, a lost memory and a life-draining vampire jewel that demands l
 ife torment Vidar\, a character who must solve a three-thousand year old m
 ystery and unlock the horrors of his own past.\n\n__All orders must be pla
 ced before 12pm on Wednesday 8th July__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/07/09/james-lovegrove-and-mark-
 chadbourn/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robin Hobb signing The Dragon Keeper
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090711T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090711T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Return to the world of the Liveships Traders! Mutant-born Thym
 ara is fascinated by the return of dragons – as if they symbolise the re
 turn of hope to the war-torn world. But the creatures emerging are travest
 ies of the shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed\, they cannot fly\
 ; they’re witless and bestial. They become a danger and something must b
 e done. To be a Dragon Keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are viciou
 s and unpredictable\, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to 
 a city that may not even exist...\n\nMargaret Alice Lindholm Ogden was bor
 n in California and majored in Communications at Denver University\, Color
 ado. As well as The Tawny Man\, she has published two other fantasy series
 \, The Farseer Trilogy and The Liveship Traders\, under the name Robin Hob
 b. She also wrote several novels under another pseudonym\, Megan Lindholm.
 \n\n__All Orders must be placed before 12pm on Friday 10th July__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/07/11/robin-hobb-signing-dragon
 -keeper/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jamie Smart signing Ubu Bubu: Filth
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090827T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090827T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:When an innocent cat is possessed by a brutal\, malevolent dae
 mon\, they become UBU BUBU\, reaper of human souls and destroyer of innoce
 nts! Turning an ordinary home into hell H.Q. and imprisoning the terrified
  kids who lived there\, Ubu Bubu begins his horrific rampage of slaughter 
 and destruction under the command of mysterious ringmaster Stig. This book
  collects all four issues of the Ubu Bubu mini-series by Bear creator Jami
 e Smart.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/08/27/jamie-smart-signing-ubu-b
 ubu-filth/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] LUNARTIK Toy Launch
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090905T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090905T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:HAVE A CUP OF TEA WITH MATT ‘LUNARTIK’ JONES \n\nForbidden
  Planet is delighted to be hosting the LAUNCH EVENT for Matt ‘Lunartik
 ’ JOnes’ latest vinyl figure Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea.\n\nThe first st
 op on Matt JOnes’ European Tour will showcase the Lunartik In A Cup Of T
 ea Custom Tea Tour – including customised brews by some of the world’s
  finest vinyl artists. From 28th August to 7th September\, the main window
  of Forbidden Planet London will be displaying one-off custom works by Jon
  Burgerman\, Pete Fowler\, Jeremyville\, Triclops\, Doc. A\, The Toasters\
 , Mr. Scruff and many others.\n\nAnd from 11am on Saturday 5th September\,
  Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes will be in our window himself with a live urban
  art performance - decorating our glass in a way it’s never seen before!
  \n\nMatt JOnes\, also the designer of the 3D version of our famous ‘roc
 ket’ brand\, will be signing toys from 1 – 2pm on Saturday 5th Septemb
 er.\n \nForbidden Planet has always been on the forefront of the art toy s
 ensation in the UK\, hosting events with Tara McPherson\, Jon Burgerman\, 
 Pete Fowler and James Jarvis as well as being the only UK venue on the Cus
 tom Bart Qee Tour in 2007 and raising money for the Alzheimer’s Research
  Trust with the MonQee Project\, as supported by Terry Pratchett and Toy2R
 .\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/05/lunartik-toy-launch/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Amanda Palmer Signing Who Killed Amanda Palm
 er
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090909T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090909T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is delighted to be hosting a signing with Ama
 nda Palmer for her daring and beautiful art book Who Killed Amanda Palmer 
 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore.\n\nAmanda Palmer grew up dreaming of be
 ing an artist\, a performer and a provocateur. She’s moved from an eight
 -foot Living Bride statue to one half of the cabaret punk duo The Dresden 
 Dolls into work as a solo artist both inspirational and controversial. Amo
 ng her continuous and eclectic collection of creative projects\, she spins
  time to be singer and songwriter\, audacious pianist and film-maker – a
 ll genre-shattering and massively expressive. Amanda Palmer is not an arti
 st\, she’s an art form.\n\nWho Killed Amanda Palmer is the photographic 
 and literary interpretation of her Ben Folds-produced solo debut. Featurin
 g a collection of soft\, dark and beautiful images of Amanda’s own death
  and collected over fourteen years of travelling the world\, the book also
  offers stories by Neil Gaiman. The book is fascinating\, tragic and compe
 lling – Beth Hommel describes it as\, ‘…many shades of murder\; equa
 l parts horror and humor’. Intrigued or shocked\, it’s a book that beg
 s a reaction.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/09/amanda-palmer-who-killed/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey signing The Naming of the Beasts
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090910T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090910T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Mike Carey is an extremely popular and well-respected author w
 ho has written on several top comics titles such as Lucifer as well as the
  adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. \n\nThe Naming of the Beasts is
  the fifth in the Felix Castor series\, where Castor  comes face-to-face w
 ith the consequences of his own recklessness. After all\, there are only s
 o many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with 
 it. Now\, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left him wi
 th blood on his hands. So Castor drowns his guilt in cheap whisky\, while 
 an innocent woman lies dead and her daughter comatose\, his few remaining 
 friends fear for their lives and there's a demon loose on the streets. But
  not just any demon - this one rides shotgun on his best friend's soul and
  can't be expelled without killing him. Looks like Felix Castor's got some
  tough choices to make\, because expel the demon he must or all Hell will 
 break loose. Literally ...\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/10/mike-carey-signing-naming
 -beasts/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mary 'Romana' Tamm signing First Generation
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090912T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090912T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:In the 1970s\, actress Mary Tamm travelled the universe aboard
  the TARDIS… 30 years on\, she now recounts the story of her own\, earth
 bound\, adventures.\n\nBorn to Estonian parents in 1950s Bradford\, her ri
 se to fame took her from a Northern childhood to life in the fast lane: vi
 a TV appearances in Coronation Street and Girls of Slender Means to leadin
 g roles in feature films – including the cult Tales that Witness Madness
 \, and The Odessa File which pitched her career into the international are
 na. \n\nIn 1978\, Mary became part of essential Saturday night television 
 as she joined the cast of Doctor Who alongside Tom Baker\, as the superlat
 ive Time Lady\, Romana! Packed with recollections and exclusive photograph
 s\, her autobiography FIRST GENERATION features a foreword by Colin Baker 
 ad follows Mary on a journey of self-discovery to her parents’ homeland 
 of Estonia\, where she finally comes to terms with her true identity.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/12/mary-romana-tamm-signing-
 first-generation/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kim Stanley Robinson signing Galileo's Dream
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090917T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090917T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Renaissance Italy abounds in alchemy and Aristotle\, yet tremb
 les on the brink of moderisation. One night\, a stranger comes to Galileo 
 with a new telescope\, showing him Jupiter’s surface as a blasted wastel
 and – the image of Catholic Hell. Galileo has been ‘called’ by the r
 esidents of one of the planet’s moons – he has to succeed in his own w
 orld and time in order for them to survive. By day Galileo's life unfurls\
 , leading inexorably to his trial for heresy. By night\, he struggles to b
 e an arbiter in a distant conflict he barely understands. This gloriously 
 thought-provoking novel brings us Galileo as we have always wanted to know
  him\, in full.\n\nWith a list of academic laurels and industry awards to 
 his name\, Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer of true ‘hard’ science fic
 tion – a spiritual descendent of Jules Verne and closely aligned with Is
 aac Asimov\; he’s known to use proven scientific fact and technology in 
 his highly acclaimed work. He became familiar to SF readers with his Orang
 e County series of books in the mid 1980s – but is perhaps best-known fo
 r the Mars trilogy\, Red Mars\, Green Mars and Blue Mars\, the last of whi
 ch was published in 1996.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/17/kim-stanley-robinson-sign
 ing-galileos-dream/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Pat Mills signing Requiem Vampire Knight
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090919T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090919T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Created to break into the French comics market\, Requiem Cheva
 lier Vampire is characterised by extreme violence and by each issue being 
 more daring and darker than the one before. Several scenes of violent sex 
 fuse with wonderfully dark humour and cynicism\; it’s a story of hell an
 d resurrection that contains no concept of justice. Inspired by Mills’ o
 wn fascination with reincarnation\, Requiem Vampire Knight is a fantastic 
 tale of drugs and reversed reality – and of a search for a lost love.\n\
 nOne of the founding fathers of 2000AD and a legendary name in British com
 ics\, Pat has created some of the best-known and longest running character
 s for the magazine\, including Slaìne\, ABC Warriors and Nemesis The Warl
 ock. His other work also includes writing and developing Judge Dredd and w
 riting the classic World War One war comic Charley’s War.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/19/pat-mills-signing-requiem
 -vampire-knight/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Lloyd signing Absolute V For Vendetta
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090924T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090924T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Cementing Alan Moore's reputation as comics' foremost writer\,
  V for Vendetta\, illustrated by David Lloyd\, now returns in a gorgeous\,
  oversized Absolute edition with new material. Originally published in 199
 0\, the story is both frightening and powerful\, dealing with loss of free
 dom and individuality within a totalitarian England. Written against a bac
 kground of third-term Thatcherism and tabloid rants against minorities\, t
 his is a work of startling clarity... everything that comics weren't suppo
 sed to be. With new material including never-before-reprinted silent art p
 ages\, an expanded sketchbook\, the original series back cover art\, and t
 he re-colouring of the 2005 deluxe hardback edition - this is the ultimate
  edition of a modern comic masterpiece.\n\nForemost comics illustrator Dav
 id Lloyd has a bibliography that spans from V for Vendetta to Slaìne and 
 Hellblazer and bringing to visual life the work of Alan Moore\, Jamie Dela
 no\, Garth Ennis and Grant Morrison. His own crime-noir thriller\, Kickbac
 k\, was published by Dark Horse in 2006.\n\n__All Orders must be placed be
 fore 12pm on Wednesday 23rd September__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/24/david-lloyd-signing-absol
 ute-v-vendetta/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ramsey Campbell and Bryan Talbot signing Cre
 atures of the Pool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090926T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090926T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:To promote the release of Ramsey Campbell and Bryan Talbot’s
  new book Creatures of the Pool\, FORBIDDEN PLANET and PS PUBLISHING have 
 gathered a horror-host of talent together for a one-off spook-tacular sign
 ing. This will be a free-form\, open event\, bringing guests out from behi
 nd their tables and giving their fans a chance to meet them and talk about
  their work. Come and meet: - \n\n•	Doug ‘Pinhead’ Bradley\n•	Rams
 ey Campbell\n•	Pete Crowther\n•	James Hannah\n•	Angus McKenzie\n•	
 Bryan Talbot\n•	Rio Youers\n\nYou can discover why Gavin Meadows gives g
 uided tours of Liverpool\; find out what brought settlers to the Pool\, wh
 at used to take place in the cellars of Whitechapel – and what drove Vir
 ginia Woolf's uncle mad. As Gavin and his partner Lucinda delve deeper\, t
 hey're confronted by the truth behind the legends and they encounter what 
 has always lived under the city. Read Creatures from the Pool – and find
  out what will come up from the dark…\n\nAs well as works by both Ramsey
  Campbell and Bryan Talbot\, there will be an array of fantastic books on 
 hand to be discovered and signed – including titles by all the guests pr
 esent. This is Horror of Horrors – a FP/PS event to remember!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/09/26/ramsey-campbell-and-bryan
 -talbot-signing-creatures/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Iain Banks signing Transition
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091003T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091003T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:A world hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe\, froz
 en in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse – Tr
 ansition is set in a place that needs a firm hand. Instead\, it has is the
  Concern\, an all-powerful organisation with a malevolent presiding genius
  and numberless invisible operatives. Among these are Temudjin Oh\, an unk
 illable assassin and a faceless torturer known only as the Philosopher. An
 d then there's the renegade\, rebel-recruiting Mrs Mulverhill\, and Patien
 t 8262\, hiding out from a dirty past in a forgotten hospital ward. As the
 se vivid\, strange and sensuous worlds circle and collide\, the implicatio
 ns of turning traitor to the Concern become horribly apparent\, and an uns
 table universe is set on a dizzying course.\n\nHugo Award winner Iain Bank
 s was born in Fife and educated at Stirling University where he read Engli
 sh Literature\, Philosophy and Psychology. He gained widespread and contro
 versial public notice in 1984 with his first novel\, The Wasp Factory and 
 went on to create of SFs best-loved fictional settings – the ‘Culture
 ’ in novels such as Consider Phlebas and Player of Games. He’s almost 
 unique in achieving success in two genres: mainstream\, literary fiction\,
  and science fiction. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/03/iain-m-banks-signing-tran
 sition/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Howard Chaykin signing American Flagg!
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DESCRIPTION:Alongside Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Howar
 d Chaykin's American Flagg! was a massive-selling hit in the 1980s\, break
 ing new ground in comics storytelling and influencing a generation of writ
 ers and artists. In America\, in 2031\, TV star Reuben Flagg is drafted to
  protect the citizens of Chicago as a Plexus Ranger. The inexperienced Fla
 gg must tackle an America blighted by a biased and oppressive media\, dubi
 ous 'wars'\, widespread corruption and environmental disaster. Never-befor
 e collected\, this bitingly prescient satirical series is an all-time clas
 sic. \n\nHoward Chaykin has had an illustrious career\, writing for more t
 han comics. As well as American Flagg!\, he illustrated the original Star 
 Wars comics\, and wrote and illustrated Blackhawk\, The Shadow\, Black Kis
 s\, Time(Squared) and\, more recently\, Challengers of the Unknown. In tel
 evision\, he wrote for Earth: Final Conflict and The Flash\; he was also E
 xecutive Consultant on Mutant X and Supervising Producer on Viper.\n\n__Al
 l orders should be placed before 12pm on Friday 2nd October__\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/05/howard-chaykin-singing-am
 erican-flagg/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Stone Cold Steve Austin
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DESCRIPTION:STEVE AUSTIN will be signing his new DVD. 'Damage' at the Forb
 idden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on M
 onday 5th October 5:30 - 6:30 pm.\n\nWrestling legend 'Stone Cold' Steve A
 ustin\, smashes onto the big screen in the hard-hitting\, bare-knuckle fig
 hting film DAMAGE\n\nAfter four years in jail\, John Brickner (Steve Austi
 n) is granted parole. Surviving on the outside the only way he knows how\,
  Brickner is driven into the illegal and brutal world of underground fight
 ing. As Brickner attempts to outwardly rebuild his life and make amends wi
 th his past\, his underground world becomes infused with cutthroat degener
 ates\, criminals and killers.\n\n*Please note that Steve Austin will only 
 sign copies of 'Damage' and one other item per customer on the day.  Due t
 o time constraints\, limits may change and Forbidden Planet cannot guarant
 ee that every customer will be seen.*
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/05/stone-cold-steve-austin/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kevin Smith signing Shootin' The Sh*t
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DESCRIPTION:Collecting the finest moments of Smith’s ‘SModcast’ conv
 ersations with Scott Mosier\, this lewd\, crude and hilariously rude book 
 exposes the humorous highs and lows of Kevin Smith’s compulsive and pop-
 cultural verbal commentary. Discover the genesis of Stalin’s Monkey Sold
 ier army\, the horrifying tale of Kevin vs. Steak Tartare\, how to make bu
 kkake eggs\, the lengths to which Jason Mewes would go for a free comic\, 
 and how Kevin was once willing to let Alanis Morissette get mugged… Sile
 nt Bob has a whole lot more to say – and it’s well worth the listen!\n
 \nKevin Smith sold his comic book collection to fund Clerks – and bought
  them straight back after the film became a hit. He was the producer of th
 e Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting and has written and directed Mallrats\, 
 Chasing Amy\, Dogma\, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back\, Jersey Girl\, Clerk
 s II and Zack and Miri Make A Porno. He’s also both author and comics wr
 iter. Shootin’ the Sh*t follows the enormous success of his New York Tim
 es bestseller My Boring-Ass Life\, also published by Titan Books.\n\nKevin
  Smith will only be signing Shootin The Sh*t.  This event will be popular 
 - limits may be applied on the number of items signed and the number of pe
 ople at the event.  Please refer to this page for further updates before y
 ou come to the store. \n\n__Please be aware that we are no longer acceptin
 g pre-orders for this signed item__
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/06/kevin-smith-signing-shoot
 in-sht/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Angry Robot UK Launch
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DESCRIPTION:Join guests Dan Abnett\, Andy Remic and Colin Harvey for the U
 K Launch of Angry Robot Books\n\n    __INCOMING!__\n\nIt’s a brand-fusio
 n to reinvent science fiction in the UK\, a union that may yet shake Londo
 n to the core. FORBIDDEN PLANET are delighted to be hosting the UK Launch 
 of ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS on Saturday 10th October at the Forbidden Planet Mega
 store\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nAngry Robot is a new
  imprint\, a wickedly fresh take on the SF\, F and WTF industry. Publishin
 g the best in dark and edgy fiction from renowned authors and the hottest 
 in up-and-coming new talent\, the Robot brings you: teenage serial killers
 \, zombie detectives\, howling axes\, sex-crazed vampires\, murderous gods
  and steampunk swordfights. And that’s for starters.\n\nFeatured guests 
 Dan Abnett (Triumff)\, Andy Remic (Kell’s Legend) and Colin Harvey (Wint
 er Song) will be there to allay (or possibly enhance) fears\, chat to fans
 \, answer questions and sign copies of their Angry Robot titles. There wil
 l be free prints available of the Larry Rostant cover of Triumff as well a
 s a chance to see the Kell’s Legend promotional video… up close and pe
 rsonal. There will also be a wide range of Angry Robot’s other titles av
 ailable.\n\nCome and meet the boys from the Robot!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/10/angry-robot-uk-launch/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Eoin Colfer signing And Another Thing
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DESCRIPTION:In a record-breaking event in 1980\, the late\, great Douglas 
 Adams did a legendary signing at Forbidden Planet on Denmark Street\, Lond
 on – a signing that took up half-a-dozen pages in his biography.\n\nIt
 ’s a very special moment for us to be welcoming Eoin Colfer\, signing th
 e sixth book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy And Another
  Thing at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London
 \, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 14th October 6 – 7pm. \n\nAdams himself said 
 that the Hitchhiker’s series deserved a sixth book to end the story on a
 n upbeat note\; Eoin Colfer\, best known for his wonderful Artemis Fowl se
 ries\, is true follower of Adams’ legacy with his views of the absurditi
 es of life\, the universe and everything. There is no better person to be 
 taking Arthur\, Zaphod and Marvin out into pastures new. \n\nA lifelong Hi
 tchhiker fan\, he said\, 'Being given the chance to write this book is lik
 e suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice. For years I have b
 een finishing this incredible story in my head and now I have the opportun
 ity to do it in the real world.' Prepare to be amazed!\n\n__To commemorate
  Forbidden’s Planet’s affection for Hitchhiker\, Penguin Books are kin
 dly offering a FREE Limited Edition signed poster to the first 150 guests_
 _\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/14/eoin-colfer-signing-and-a
 nother-thing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Clive Barker Signing 'Midnight Meat Train'
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DESCRIPTION:CLIVE BARKER will be signing his new DVD\, 'Midnight Meat Trai
 n' at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, W
 C2H 8JR\, on Thursday 15th October 6:30 - 7:30 pm.\n\nFeaturing Vinnie Jon
 es and based on the short story by Clive Barker\, Midnight Meat Train is t
 he horrific tale of Leon\, a New York photographer who saves a woman from 
 being attacked.  The woman then disappears and the police show no interest
  in Leon's story\, forcing him to track down the killer on the subway syst
 em himself. \n\n*Please note that Clive Barker will only sign copies of 'M
 idnight Meat Train' and one other item per customer on the day.  Due to ti
 me constraints\, limits may change and Forbidden Planet cannot guarantee t
 hat every customer will be seen.*\n\n**Additionally\, copies of the DVD of
  'Book Of Blood' are available to pre-order by Mail Order only for release
  on 26th October.**
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/15/clive-barker/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert V S Redick - The Rats and the Ruling 
 Sea
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DESCRIPTION:ROBERT V S REDICK will be signing The Rats and the Ruling Sea 
 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H
  8JR\, on Friday 16th October 6 – 7pm.\n\nBeginning where The Red Wolf C
 onspiracy ended\, The Rats and the Ruling Sea focuses on the giant ancient
  ship\, the Chathrand\, now braving brave the terrors of the uncharted sea
 s\; the massive storms and the ship-swallowing whirlpools as she explores 
 lands forgotten by the Northern world\, all the time involved in a vicious
  running battle with a ship half her size but nearly her match. Explore la
 byrinthine plots and betrayals\, learn more about the Ixchel as they fight
  for survival against the Chathrand's rats\, discover the true motives of 
 conspirators\, live with Thasha and Pazel as they face death and deceit\, 
 and as the Chathrand sails into the infamous Ruling Sea. \n\nRobert V.S. R
 edick works as editor for the Spanish and French websites of Oxfam America
  and as an instructor in the International Development and Social Change p
 rogram at Clark University. Born and raised in Charlottesville\, Virginia\
 , he lives in rural western Massachusetts. His unpublished novel Conquista
 dors was a finalist for the 2002 AWP/Thomas Dunne Novel Award\, under the 
 title Wilderness.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/16/robert-v-s-redick-rats-an
 d-ruling-sea/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton signing An A
 nimated Life
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DESCRIPTION:RAY HARRYHAUSEN and TONY DALTON  will be signing An Animated L
 ife at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, 
 WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 24th October 1 – 2pm.\n\nThe last great animator 
 before the introduction of CGI\, Ray’s book takes us through sixty years
  of bringing dreams to life. From harpies and skeletons in Jason and the A
 rgonauts to the six-armed Kali in Sinbad\, Ray explains the films' journey
 s\, from original concept through to the critics' reviews\, as well as the
  basics of special effects and stop-motion animation. Now re-issued in sof
 tcover\, An Animated Life is a wonderland guide through a golden age of SF
 X magic.\n\nInspired at 13 years old by seeing King Kong\, Ray knew his fu
 ture lay in special effects. Following on from his mentor Willis O'Brien\,
  creator of Kong\, Ray took the art of stop-motion animation one step furt
 her\, weaving his magic on every concept from dinosaur to alien. Probably 
 the single best-known name in special effects\, Ray Harryhausen is both vi
 sionary and artist and has written two previous and very successful books 
 on the subject.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/24/ray-harryhausen-and-tony-
 dalton-signing-animated-l/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet The Write Fantastic
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DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of Stan Nicholls’ novel Orcs Bad Bl
 ood 2: Army of Shadows\, Stan Nicholls\, Juliet E McKenna\, Chaz Brenchley
  and Kari Sperring will be at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore\, Cli
 fton Heights\, Triangle West on Saturday 24th October from 1 – 2pm.\n\nT
 he Write Fantastic is an authors’ initiative to introduce fantasy to rea
 ders who unfamiliar with the genre\, and to entice back those who have dri
 fted away. Their combined work covers fantasy writing from orcs and dragon
 s\, swords and sorcery\, right through to the to re-imagining of myth and 
 history\, and the magics of matter\, mind and spirit. Contemporary fantasy
  is about far more than escape. Freed of the constraints and preconception
 s of other fiction\, it holds up a mirror to this world and time and engag
 es the imagination like no other genre.\n\nIn Orcs Bad Blood 2\, Stryke an
 d the Wolverines are back with more frenetic action\, nail-biting adventur
 e and black humour – this time\, stranded in a parallel world. To escape
 \, they must ignite an uprising and reawaken the lost martial spirit of th
 e world's indigenous orcs. \n\nAs well as Orcs\, there will be other title
 s by Stan Nicholls\, alongside novels by Juliet\, Chaz and Kari. Come and 
 meet The Write Fantastic – and talk to them about their work!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/24/meet-write-fantastic/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gareth David-Lloyd - Girl Number 9
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DESCRIPTION:GARETH DAVID-LLOYD will be launching the exciting new web thri
 ller Girl Number 9 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Ave
 nue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Tuesday 27th October from 5:30 – 6:30pm.\n\
 nGirl Number 9\, starring Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood)\, Joe Absolom (Pe
 rsonal Affairs\, Eastenders) and Tracy-Ann Oberman (Doctor Who\, Eastender
 s).\n\nTorchwood/Doctor Who writer James Moran has created a 6 x 5 minute 
 web thriller\, with feature director Dan Turner.\n\nVincent Boylan (Joe Ab
 solom) has just been arrested\, suspected of being behind the brutal murde
 r of seven girls\, but the team only have a limited time to get a confessi
 on out of him.  If they cant make him talk\, he could slip through their f
 ingers.  Detective Matheson (Gareth David-Lloyd)\, who led the investigati
 on\, is sent in to try and get some answers.  But things soon take a horri
 fying turn for the worse\, as Matheson and his boss Lyndon (Tracy-Ann Ober
 man) are about to find out all is not what it seems.\n\nGirl Number 9 is p
 remiering on 30th October at 9pm GMT\, exclusively on [www.canyousaveher.c
 om](http://www.canyousaveher.com/home.html)\n\nAmong many TV\, stage and f
 ilm appearances\, Gareth David-Lloyd is best known for playing Ianto Jones
  in the hugely successful 'Torchwood' series on the BBC.  He also fronts h
 is own blues band\, Blue Gillespie.\n\nA range of 'Torchwood' merchandise 
 will also be available for sale at the event.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/27/gareth-david-lloyd-girl-n
 umber-9/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Cory Doctorow signing Makers
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DESCRIPTION:Perry and Lester invent things – like an entirely new econom
 ic system. Soon barefoot bankers are criss-crossing the nation\, microinve
 sting in high-tech communal start-ups. Together they transform a country\,
  and journalist Suzanne Church is there to document it. But a new economic
  system requires a whole new belief system -- and there are plenty of non-
 believers out there. Fizzing with bold ideas about the future and how our 
 lives will look\, this book takes Perry\, Lester and Suzanne on an unforge
 ttable journey – bring them together only to break them apart as they tr
 y to discover how to live in an ever-changing world.\n\nDescribed as ‘th
 e William Gibson of his generation’\, Cory is an sf novelist\, blogger a
 nd technology activist. Formerly Director of European Affairs for the Elec
 tronic Frontier Foundation\, he was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 2007/
 08 Web Celebrities and is the co-editor of popular BoingBoing as well as w
 riting for numerous other sources. His list of laurels is endless – Cory
  has won the Locus and Sunburst Awards\, the Prometheus\, Emperor Norton a
 nd Campbell Awards\, and been nominated for the Hugo\, Nebula and British 
 Science Fiction Awards. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/29/cory-doctorow-signing-mak
 ers/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Marcus Hearn and Hammer Glamour
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DESCRIPTION:Come to a Hallowe’en HAMMER GLAMOUR event to celebrate the r
 elease of the Hammer Glamour book. Meet author Marcus Hearn along with the
  gorgeous Caroline Munro and Vera Day the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179
  Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 31st October 1 – 2
 pm.\n\nUPDATE - MADELINE SMITH will now be able to attend this event.\n\nO
 ver fifty years ago\, with the release of The Curse of Frankenstein and Ch
 ristopher Lee’s iconic performance in Dracula\, Hammer ushered in a whol
 e new era of horror\, with blood and barely-restrained cleavage in gloriou
 s colour. Authorised by Hammer and written by expert Hammer historian Marc
 us Hearn (The Hammer Story)\, this sumptuous hardback is bursting at the s
 eams with rare and previously unpublished photographs\, meticulously gathe
 red from Hammer’s archive and private collections all around the globe. 
 Also featuring many new interviews\, this is a lavish\, full-colour\, all-
 encompassing celebration of Hammer’s female stars.\n\nMarcus Hearn has w
 orked with Hammer Film Productions since 1994\, initially as the editor of
  its official magazine and latterly as a rights and archive consultant Wit
 h Alan Barnes\, he wrote The Hammer Story\, the authorised history of the 
 company. Caroline Munro appeared in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and the tw
 o Dr. Phibes movies and Vera Day in Quatermass II.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/31/marcus-hearn-and-hammer-g
 lamour/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet the stars of 'Merlin'
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DESCRIPTION:Meet the stars of the smash hit BBC series 'Merlin' at the For
 bidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on 
 Saturday 31st October 3 – 4pm.\n\nBradley James (Arthur) and Angel Coulb
 y (Guinevere) will be signing The Adventures of Merlin: The Official Annua
 l and The Adventures of Merlin: Complete Guide plus a full range of other 
 Merlin titles.\n\nBradley James is a relative newcomer to television but h
 as managed to make his mark in each role he has taken on. He made his tele
 vision debut in the ITV series Lewis in 2008\, in a recurring role opposit
 e Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox\, before moving onto Shine’s teen drama
  Dis/Connected on BBC Three. Bradley’s passion for sports\, including fo
 otball\, athletics and cricket\, has helped him in his physically demandin
 g role as a young Arthur in Merlin.\n\nAngel's impressive credits include 
 Doctor Who\, Life is Wild\, Hustle\, Tripping Over\, Making Waves\, Intern
 ational Emmy nominated crime drama Vincent\, and BBC medical dramas Holby 
 City and Casualty. Angel also featured in the BBC Three sitcom The Visit. 
 She has worked with Shine before\, on teen drama As If. Angel was a member
  of the National Theatre\, and performed in productions including The Stat
 ement of Regret and The Importance of Being Ernest.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/10/31/meet-stars-merlin/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Petersen - Mouse Guard Winter 1152
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID PETERSEN be signing the gorgeous Mouse Guard Winter 1152
  at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2
 H 8JR\, on Saturday 7th November 1 – 2pm\n\nIn the Winter of 1152\, the 
 Mouse Guard face a food and supply shortage threatening the lives of many 
 a mouse through the cold and icy season.\n\nSome of the Guard's finest - S
 axon\, Kenzie\, Lieam\, and Sadie\, led by Celanawe\, the legendary Black 
 Axe - traverse the snow-blanketed territories acting as diplomats to impro
 ve relations between the mouse cities and the Guard. They find themselves 
 on a race against time to deliver crucial medicines. This is a winter not 
 every Guard may survive...\n\nDavid Petersen is the award-winning writer a
 nd artist of Mouse Guard. He enjoys fantasy\, folklore\, myth\, and legend
  – and loves even to draw and write about them even more. Winter 1152 co
 llects the second Mouse Guard series\, complete with epilogue and bonus co
 ntent.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/07/david-petersen-mouse-guar
 d-winter-1152/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] George R R Martin Songs of the Dying Earth
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DESCRIPTION:Announcing an EXCLUSIVE signing by George R R Martin! He will 
 be signing the Jack Vance tribute anthology\, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH\, a
 t the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 
 8JR\, on Wednesday 11th November 5:30 – 6:30pm.\n\nNew York Times best-s
 elling author and winner of multiple awards\, George R R Martin is a Journ
 alism graduate\, a conscientious objector\, a teacher and a director of ch
 ess tournaments. He became a full-time writer in 1979\, signed on as a sto
 ry editor for Twilight Zone at CBS in 1986 and then moved onto being Co-Su
 pervising Producer for Beauty and the Beast. Best-known and loved for his 
 tremendous epic A Song of Ice and Fire\, he’s also written many other no
 vels and short stories.\n\nSongs of the Dying Earth is an all-star 'tribut
 e album' by some of the biggest names in modern SF and Fantasy\, featuring
  twenty-three stories set in Jack Vance’s vivid Dying Earth setting. The
  Sun has grown old\, bloated and red and is about to go out\; humanity\, n
 ow capable of magic\, shares the much-changed Earth with hostile races. Th
 is multi-author voyage of discovery is edited by George R R Martin and Gar
 dner Dozios\; within it\, Martin delivers a dark and horrific story that i
 nvokes his background as a horror writer.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/11/george-r-r-martin-songs-d
 ying-earth/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Reinhard Kleist signing Johnny Cash: I See A
  Darkness
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DESCRIPTION:Reinhard Kleist will be signing his graphic novel Johnny Cash:
  I See A Darkness at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Aven
 ue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 21st November 1- 2pm\n\nJohnny Cash w
 as a seventeen-time Grammy winner who sold more than 90 million albums in 
 his lifetime and became an icon of American music. Already a bestseller an
 d award-winner in Europe\, JOHNNY CASH: I SEE DARKNESS vividly portrays th
 e unpredictable\, turbulent life of a loner\, patriot\, outlaw\, and music
  business rebel with all the drama and character befitting the man who bec
 ame a legend in his own lifetime. \n\nReinhard Kleist has had numerous com
 ics published by Carlsen\, Ehapa\, Reprodukt and Edition 52. In 1996\, his
  graphic novel Lovecraft was awarded the Max und Moritz prize and in 2004 
 and 2005\, he received ICOM prizes for Scherbenmund and The Secrets of Con
 ey Island. He’s illustrated books by China Miéville\, H.C. Artmann and 
 J.G. Ballard\; record covers for Terrorgruppe and Bear Family Records\; an
 d\, on a large scale\, various house facades around Berlin. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/21/reinhard-kleist-signing-j
 ohnny-cash-i-see-darkness/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ian Rankin - Dark Entries
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DESCRIPTION:IAN RANKIN will be signing his astounding novel Dark Entries a
 t the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 
 8JR\, on Wednesday 25th November 6 – 7pm.\n\nInternational best-selling 
 crime writer Ian Rankin\, author of Rebus\, brings us his sensational firs
 t graphic novel – Dark Entries. With all the chilling\, locked-room myst
 ery that haunts us from Rankin’s novels\, this is a gripping crime-myste
 ry starring the infamous spook detective. \n\nOccult expert John Constanti
 ne has seen his share of the strange\, but nothing as terrifying as realit
 y television. When the macabre location of hit show ‘Haunted Mansion’ 
 starts attacking the contestants\, Constantine is hired to investigate. Lo
 cked in with a cast of celebrity wannabes and monitored by a deadly figure
  from his past\, John must figure out who (or what) is pulling the strings
  before he gets cancelled – permanently.\n\nDark Entries is illustrated 
 by Loveless artist Werther Dell’Edra. Like the rest of the ‘Vertigo Cr
 ime’ series\, it mixes the best talents in crime writing with red-hot ar
 tists\, representing a new era in four-colour capers. It should be read by
  adults only!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/25/ian-rankin-dark-entries/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Starhyke Blast Off!
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce the launch of the STAR
 HYKE DVD BOX SET at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 26th
  November 5:30 – 6:30pm.\n\nWith special guests:\n\n* Jeremy Bulloch\n* 
 Danny John-Jules\n* Suanne Braun\n* Sue Witheridge\n* Wayne Pilbeam\n* Sim
 on Lewis\n* Director Andrew Dymond\n\nStarring Claudia Christian (Babylon 
 5)\, Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars)\, Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf) and Suanne 
 Braun (Stargate SG-1)\, Starhyke is a off-the-wall\, tongue-in-cheek scien
 ce fiction series in the glorious tradition of the best in UK SF. Released
  on November 30th\, this is a chance to get your hands on a signed edition
  of Starhyke before its shelf-date!\n\nIn the far off and distant future\,
  mankind has evolved past petty emotions. They care about survival and spa
 ce warfare – and the remorseless onslaught of the human race soon become
 s too much for other species. Now another species\, the Reptids\, has deve
 loped a secret weapon – a bomb that will force mankind’s emotions to r
 eawaken\, thus swamping them with guilt and rendering them unable to fight
 . Their plan goes well until a single human ship\, the Nemesis\, begins to
  chase them. To conceal the plan\, the Reptids self destruct – and the f
 orce sends the Nemesis to the twenty-first century\, complete with emotion
 s. Can they get home and stop the Reptids from re-creating their bomb?\n\n
 Two items only\; guests will sign the Starhyke DVD and one other item of t
 he customer's choice\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/26/starhyke-blast/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Five Authors: One Event
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET and Gollancz Publishing are delighted to be h
 osting an open-format\, multi-author signing. Five authors\, one event –
  at 6pm on Thursday November 26th\, Forbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Avenu
 e\, London will be playing host to: - \n\n•	David Devereux\n•	Paul McA
 uley\n•	Justina Robson\n•	Adam Roberts\n•	Chris Wooding\n\nTo promot
 e the release of Justina’s new book CHASING THE DRAGON\, Forbidden Plane
 t and Gollancz Publishing have gathered a host of science fiction and fant
 asy talent into one event – an event to bring writers and fans together 
 and to promote interest in new and different kinds of fiction. \n\nThis is
  a free-form and open signing\, bringing the authors out from behind their
  tables and giving their readers a chance to meet them and talk to them ab
 out their work. An array of fantastic books will be on hand to be picked u
 p and signed – including works by every one of the writers present.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/26/five-authors-one-event/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bryan Talbot - Grandville
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DESCRIPTION:BRYAN TALBOT will be signing his astounding graphic novel Gran
 dville at Forbidden Planet\, 59 Grainger Street\, Newcastle\, NE1 5JE on S
 aturday 28th November  1 - 2pm.\n\nIn Grandville\, Talbot brings us a glor
 ious steampunk masterpiece. Inspired by the work of the nineteenth-century
  French illustrator Gerard\, it tells the story of detective Inspector LeB
 rock of Scotland Yard as he stalks a gang of murderers through the heart o
 f Belle Epoque Paris. In this alternative reality\, France is the major wo
 rld power and its capital is thronged with steam-driven hansom cabs\, auto
 matons and flying machines. The characters are mostly animals\, though the
 re is an underclass of humans who resemble the 'clear-line' characters of 
 Herge's Tintin books. Grandville is an audacious rollercoaster ride that w
 ill add to Talbot's reputation as one of the best graphic novelists in the
  world.\n\nListing the accomplishments of Bryan Talbot is a daunting task 
 – arguably the creator of the first British graphic novel\, ‘The Adven
 tures of Luther Arkwright’\, the credits to his name are too numerous to
  mention. He started in the underground comics scene of the late 1960s and
  his work has spanned the flagship series of 2000AD as well as Batman\, Sa
 ndman\, Hellblazer amd Fables. The Observer described his last graphic nov
 el\, Alice in Sunderland\, as ‘…one of the most exhilarating books in 
 years’.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/11/28/bryan-talbot-grandville/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo - Tank Girl Ski
 dmarks
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DESCRIPTION:ALAN MARTIN and RUFUS DAYGLO will be signing Skidmarks #2 at t
 he Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR
 \, on Saturday 5th December 1 - 2pm.\n\nAlan Martin and artist Jamie Hewle
 tt created Tank Girl in 1988 for Deadline magazine. Their anarchic heroine
  is now a cult icon that has given us strips\, monthly comics\, graphic no
 vels\, prose novels and a Hollywood movie. Now\, hot British artist Rufus 
 Dayglo joins Alan Martin for Skidmarks - a riotous\, all-new Tank Girl min
 i-series!\n\nSkidmarks shows us Australia in the near future: a post-apoca
 lyptic\, but still rather picturesque wasteland. The former bounty hunter 
 turned outlaw known as Tank Girl spends her days drinking\, fighting and g
 etting up to all manner of mischief - until she's forced to give up her li
 fe of semi-retirement and climb back into the saddle to save the life of h
 er best friend\, Barney. This is everything you ever wanted to know about 
 Tank Girl’s schooldays – and everything you didn’t!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/12/05/alan-martin-and-rufus-day
 glo-tank-girl-skidmarks/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Liam Sharp - Gears of War
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091210T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Top comics artist and writer LIAM SHARP will be signing the gr
 aphic novel of Gears of War at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Th
 ursday 10th December 6 – 7pm.\n\nArtist\, writer\, publisher and some-ti
 me rocker frontman\, Liam’s career spans from the solid roots of 2000AD 
 through the hallowed halls of Marvel and Wildstorm and into designing a He
 avy Metal magazine strip for Playboy model Tiffany Taylor. In 2004\, he se
 t up his own publishing company\, Mam Tor\, and rapidly expanded the brand
  into the independent comic market – including the publication of the aw
 ard-winning Mam Tor: Event Horizon.\n\nNow working for DC\, Liam has provi
 ded the illustrations for the game-based Gears of War graphic novel that t
 ells the story of Marcus Fenix’s Delta Squad… and what really happened
  between the Lightmass bombing and the opening of the second game. \n\nHe 
 has also written and published God Killers\, a powerfully visual collectio
 n of novellas and short stories dealing with an epic\, time-travelling her
 o and building to a cataclysmic finale of emptiness\, nothing and ‘vile 
 space’. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/12/10/liam-sharp-gears-war/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin - Retromancer
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce signing by bestselling
  comedy author Robert Rankin. He will be signing Retromancer at the Forbid
 den Planet London Megastore on Saturday 12th December 1:00pm – 2:00pm.\n
 \nEvil magic is abroad. The Germans have won WWII\; America is a nuclear w
 asteland. And worst of all\, the breakfast menu at The Wife's Legs Cafe in
  Brentford is serving Bratwurst. It’s time call Hugo Rune - a man who of
 fers the world his genius\, and asks only that it cover his expenses. Toge
 ther\, the Retromancer and Rizla return to war-torn London\, match their w
 its against beautiful spies\, alien technology\, killer robots and death r
 ays – and come face to face with Hugo Rune's arch-enemy\, the sinister C
 ount Otto Black.\n\nLondon-born Robert Rankin started writing in the 1970s
  and his books regularly storm the bestseller lists including The Witches 
 of Chiswick and The Toyminator. He’s one of the country’s most renowne
 d humorous fantasy writers and is well known for having recurring characte
 rs and running gags that pop up throughout his books. Robert is also an un
 repentant Luddite who writes novels by hand in exercise books.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/12/12/robert-rankin-retromancer
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Andy Remic - Hardcore
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce an ADVANCE PRE-PUBLICA
 TION signing by hard-core military SF author\, Andy Remic. He will be sign
 ing Hardcore at Forbidden Planet\, 92 Bold Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4HY\, o
 n Saturday 12th December 2009 from 1:00 – 2:00pm\n\nThe tense dynamic of
  the Combat-K squad is back as Keenan\, Franco and Pippa face their hardes
 t brief yet - Sick World\, a planet once dedicated to the ill\, the deform
 ed and the dying. A thousand years ago\, it was a state-of-the-art researc
 h facility dedicated to the new ailments contracted by humanity after mixi
 ng with alien races\; today\, it lies deserted. On a reconnaissance missio
 n\, the Combat-K squad are about the find out that the staff of Sick World
  have only been in hibernation – a millennium-long gestation of new\, ha
 rdcore healthcare technology. And now\, they can smell fresh meat.\n\nHail
 ed as ‘the new David Gemmell’ and recently nominated for the David Gem
 mell Legend Award for his fantasy novel Kell’s Legend\, Andy Remic is a 
 British writer and teacher with an unhealthy love of martial arts\, kick-a
 rse bikes\, mountain climbing and computer hacking. The new master of viol
 ent\, high-octane science fiction\, Hardcore is his seventh novel and foll
 ows the characters from the massively successful Combat K series. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2009/12/12/andy-remic-hardcore-comba
 t-k-novel/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Mad signing Darksiders
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100107T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:On Thursday 7th January\, comics legend Joe Mad will be launch
 ing the fantastic THQ game DARKSIDERS at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 
 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London.\n\n<h3>PLEASE NOTE: EVENT BROUGHT FORWARD
  BY ONE HOUR DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS!</h3>\n\nFeaturing the kind of
  extreme combat featured in titles such as Devil May Cry\, Darksiders begi
 ns with the End of the World – and you are War\, the first Horseman of t
 he Apocalypse\, battling the forces of both Heaven and Hell. Use spectacul
 ar supernatural powers\, journey across wastelands and through the demon-i
 nfested dungeons of the decimated Earth – and destroy all who stand in y
 our way in your search for vindication.\n\nThe game’s epic\, comic-book 
 inspired visual art style has been drawn by Joe Madureira\, the massively 
 popular artist for the Uncanny X-Men in the late 1990’s and for Marvel
 ’s Ultimates 3. Dubbed by Wizard magazine ‘one of the ten most influen
 tial comic artists of all time’ Joe’s work has also included computer 
 games such as Dungeon Runners and cover art for multiple gaming magazines.
 \n\nThis is the first place\, anywhere in the UK\, that fans will be able 
 to buy the game – available on both PS3 and Xbox 360 formats. There will
  also be a gamepod in the store throughout the afternoon.\n\n<a class="vid
 eo_player" id="flowplayer_0" style="display:block\;width:437px\;height:280
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 rview2_v2_Int_pegi_720p30_ST_960x540.mp4"></a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/07/joe-mad-signing-darksider
 s/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] LUNARTIK Cup Of Tea Tour
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100110T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:HAVE A CUP OF TEA WITH MATT ‘LUNARTIK’ JONES \n\nForbidden
  Planet is delighted to be hosting a second visit by Matt ‘Lunartik’ J
 Ones’ on the 'Custom Tea Tour'\, showcasing his latest vinyl figure\, Lu
 nartik In A Cup Of Tea.\n\nAfter a sucessful European Tour\, which kicked 
 off in Forbdden Planet London\, the exhibition will showcase customised br
 ews by some of the world’s finest vinyl artists. From 10th to 31st Janua
 ry\, the window of Forbidden Planet Bristol will be displaying one-off cus
 tom works by Jon Burgerman\, Pete Fowler\, Jeremyville\, Triclops\, Doc. A
 \, The Toasters\, Mr. Scruff and many others.\n\nAnd from 1:00pm on Sunday
  10th January\, Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes will be in our window himself wi
 th a live urban art performance - decorating our glass in a way it’s nev
 er seen before! \n\nMatt JOnes\, also the designer of the 3D version of ou
 r famous ‘rocket’ brand\, will be available to chat and sign toys all 
 afternoon.\n \nForbidden Planet has always been on the forefront of the ar
 t toy sensation in the UK\, hosting events with Tara McPherson\, Jon Burge
 rman\, Pete Fowler and James Jarvis as well as being the only UK venue on 
 the Custom Bart Qee Tour in 2007 and raising money for the Alzheimer’s R
 esearch Trust with the MonQee Project\, as supported by Terry Pratchett an
 d Toy2R.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/10/lunartik-cup-tea-tour/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Hoffman - The Left Hand of God
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100114T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100114T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL HOFFMAN will be signing The Left Hand of God at the Forbi
 dden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2h 8JR on Thursd
 ay 14th January 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover S
 carp is named after a lie – as it holds neither. It’s a vast and desol
 ate place\; for years\, its occupants have endured a brutal regime of crue
 lty and violence – in the name of the One True Faith. Thomas Cale is one
  such occupant – he’s strange and secretive\, witty and charming\, vio
 lent and profoundly bloody-minded. He’s so used to the cruelty that he s
 eems immune\, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and w
 itness an act so terrible that he will have to leave\, or die. His only ho
 pe of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis\, a city 
 the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful\, inf
 initely Godless\, and deeply corrupt. \n\nPaul Hoffman is the author of tw
 o previous novels\, The Wisdom of Crocodiles 2000)\, which predicted the c
 ollapse of the world financial system\, and The Golden Age of Censorship (
 2007)\, a black comedy based on his experiences as a film censor. After gr
 aduating from New College\, Oxford\, he worked in over twenty diffferent j
 obs\, including boardman in a betting shop\, messenger boy to a City merch
 ant bank and as a teacher. He was also senior film censor at the British B
 oard of Film Classification. The Left Hand of God is the first instalment 
 of a stunning trilogy\, and Paul's first foray into the fantasy genre. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/14/paul-hoffman-left-hand-go
 d/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jasper Fforde - Shades of Grey
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100118T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:JASPER FFORDE will be signing Shades of Grey at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H on Monday 18th Jan
 uary from 1 – 2pm.\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Thursday Next - a b
 rilliant new novel about a world where social order and destiny are dictat
 ed by the colors you can see. Part social satire\, part romance\, part rev
 olutionary thriller\, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelmin
 g odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color 
 spectrum denotes a better social standing\, Eddie Russet belongs to the lo
 w-level House of Red and can see his own colour - but no other. The sky\, 
 the grass\, and everything in between are all just shades of grey\, and mu
 st be colorized by artificial means.\n\nStunningly imaginative\, very funn
 y\, tightly plotted\, and with sly satirical digs at our own society\, thi
 s novel is for those who loved Thursday Next but want to be transported so
 mewhere equally wild\, only darker\; a world where the black and white of 
 moral standpoints have been reduced to shades of grey.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/18/jasper-fforde-shades-grey
 /
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Cornell - Captain Britain
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100128T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100128T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL CORNELL will be signing Captain Britain and MI13 Vampire 
 State at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\
 , WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 28th January 6 – 7pm\n\nThe king of the vampire
 s is back. As if the hoards of demons that Pete Wisdom let out in order to
  defeat the Skrulls in England weren't enough\, now Dracula has entered th
 e scene. What does he want with Spitfire? And how will an election help hi
 s cause? Surely Captain Britain and the rest of MI13 have a way to defeat 
 him! Plus: Meggan is Captain Britain's wife\, an X-Man in Hell. And she's 
 going to fight her way home. Can she get back to Earth in time to help her
  husband turn back Dracula and his evil invasion?\n\nPaul’s professional
  writing career began in 1990 when he won a young writers’ competition a
 nd his entry\, Kingdom Come\, was screened on BBC Two. He’s a two-time H
 ugo nominated scriptwriter for the BBC's new Doctor Who series\, as well a
 s the creator of Who spin-off Bernice Summerfield and the author of Marvel
  comics new sensation\, Captain Britain and MI-13.  With a writing career 
 now spanning novels\, non-fiction and audio plays\, his prose story Cather
 ine Drewe Lou Anders’ epic anthology\, Fast Forward 2.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/28/paul-cornell-captain-brit
 ain/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Forbidden Planet & Gentle Giant Launch
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100130T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100130T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Forbidden Planet launch the Gentle Giant Republic Commando
 s.</h3>\n\nForbidden Planet are thrilled to announce their third figure fr
 om Gentle Giant as part of the World Wide Republic Commando Invasion.  Ove
 r the years Gentle Giant has received many requests for the\nDelta Squad C
 lone Troopers from the Lucasarts video game Republic Commando and are gran
 ting the wishes of the fans with a world-wide launch of four stunning bust
 s.\n\nThe four Republic Commandos will be available at four different loca
 tions across the globe\, with Forbidden Planet London launching their bust
  'Sev' on 30th January.  However\, unlike previous Gentle Giant world laun
 ches\, very limited amounts of ALL of the pieces will be available on the 
 day.  You have to be there if you want to grab all four!\n\nMEET KARL MEYE
 R! PRIZES! 3D HEAD SCANNING!\n\n<object style="height: 344px\; width: 425p
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 idth="425" height="344"></object>\n\n<h2>Available on the day will be -</h
 2>\n\n<img src="http://dyn0.media.forbiddenplanet.com/misc/gentlegiant/200
 9/new/Sev1.jpg.size-450.jpg">\n<p>Sev - 650 available in the UK<p/>\nSev\,
  also known as RC-1207 and Delta-07\, was a clone commando and a sharpshoo
 ter in Delta squad during the Clone Wars. He was often referred to by his 
 nickname of Sev\, especially by his squad mates\, and was well known for h
 is sadistic sense of humor.\n\n<img src="http://dyn0.media.forbiddenplanet
 .com/misc/gentlegiant/2009/new/Boss1.jpg.size-450.jpg">\n<p>Boss - Only 10
 0 to be made available in the UK<p/>\n\n<img src="http://dyn0.media.forbid
 denplanet.com/misc/gentlegiant/2009/new/Fixer1.jpg.size-450.jpg">\n<p>Fixe
 r - Only 100 to be made available in the UK<p/>\n\n<img src="http://dyn0.m
 edia.forbiddenplanet.com/misc/gentlegiant/2009/new/Scorch2.jpg.size-450.jp
 g">\n<p>Scorch - Only 100 to be made available in the UK<p/>\n\n<h3>Plus</
 h3>\n• Gentle Giant supremo Karl Meyer will be on hand to sign your purc
 hases.\n\n• Free Bust Ups [while stocks last]\n\n• Prize draws to win 
 Gentle Giant rarities!\n\n<h3>And....</h3>\nWe will select random winners 
 to have their features digitally 3D scanned - and one lucky customer will 
 have their head made up as an exclusive\, one off Star Wars bust!\n\n<img 
 src="http://dyn0.media.forbiddenplanet.com/misc/gentlegiant/2009/new/Lee-W
 arcup.jpg.size-450.jpg">\n2007 winner Lee Warcup as a Trooper.\n\n<object 
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 een="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></object>\n
 \n<img src="http://dyn0.media.forbiddenplanet.com/misc/gentlegiant/2009/ne
 w/Kevin-Lerov.jpg.size-450.jpg">\n2008 winner Kevin Lerov in Jedi style.\n
 \nAll Republic Commando busts are priced at £59.99 and will be available 
 for the first time in the UK at this event.\n\nAny limits on customer purc
 hases will be announced at the event.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/01/30/forbidden-planet-gentle-g
 iant-launch/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter Serafinowicz
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DESCRIPTION:Meet PETER SERAFINOWICZ signing the DVD release of The Peter S
 erafinowicz Show at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenu
 e\, London WC2H 8JR on Monday 1st February 6 – 7pm\n\nPeter Serafinowicz
  is a cult figure\, known by fans for his show-stealing appearances in Spa
 ced\, Black Books\, How Do You Want Me?\, Look Around You and Shaun of the
  Dead. He also has a hugely credible list of guest appearances to his name
  – including\, famously\, providing the voice for Darth Maul in The Phan
 tom Menace.\n\nTaking a humorous swipe at today’s choice of viewing\, th
 e BAFTA-Award nominated The Peter Serafinowicz Show hosts gloriously futil
 e television game shows\, including Heads Or Tails? and Which Hand Is It I
 n?\, while offering exclusive ‘celebrity’ interviews on O! News.\n\nTh
 rough his impressions of familiar faces\, Peter creates a world in which S
 imon Cowell and Terry Wogan mingle with famous fictional characters like D
 arth Vader and with his own quirky creations – like the wonderfully inco
 mpetent PI Brian Butterfield. And look out for Robert De Niro\, Marlon Bra
 ndo\, Mikey\, Mikey and Mikey\, and Kitchen Gun’s Derek Bum.\n\n<object 
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] '45' Event!
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to announce that we’ve teamed 
 up with COM.X to find out who really does have the Super-S gene! On Thursd
 ay 4th February at 5:30pm at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
 \, we have an event with: -\n\n• Dan Boultwood • Boo Cook • Rufus Da
 yglo • Eddie Deighton • Andi Ewington • John Higgins • Sally Hurst
  • Frazer Irving • Andie Tong • Calum Alexander West • Steve Samps
 on • Matt Timson \n\nand more!\n\nTo promote the release of ‘45’ we
 ’ve gathered together writers and artists from the entire book to sign\,
  sketch and chat! \n\nThis will be one of our trademark free-form signings
  – no tables\, no queues. With an array of fantastic Com.X titles on han
 d\, this event blows away the barriers and gives readers and fans a change
  to really find out what goes on in the world of comics!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/04/45-event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] John Meaney & Aliette de Bodard
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to offer an exclusive opportunity to WIN YOU
 R GRUESOME DEMISE in John Meaney’s (Thomas Blackthorne’s) next Angry R
 obot title – or to get your hands on a gorgeous REPLICA AZTEC CALENDAR o
 ffered by Aliette de Bodard.\n\nAll you have to do is be at the signing of
  their latest titles Edge and Servant of the Underworld at Forbidden Plane
 t’s London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue on Friday 12th February 6 
 – 7pm.\n\nThere will also be a unique opportunity to interview the autho
 rs – and to speak to them about their work – after the signing.\n\nWri
 ting as Thomas Blackthorne\, JOHN MEANEY brings us the terror of Knife Edg
 e – the reality TV show where wannabe blade fighters are the celebrities
  in a nation going to hell. Take a bloodied trip through a future London w
 here prime-time gladiatorial combat has taken on a deadly bite. \n\nALIETT
 E DE BODARD is a winner of the Writers of the Future Award and a Campbell 
 Award finalist. Servant of the Underworld is her debut novel\, an Aztec my
 stery-fantasy featuring ghostly jaguars\, bloodthirsty Gods and fingernail
 -eating monsters – and revealing her passion for\, and knowledge of\, Az
 tec mythology and culture.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/12/john-meaney-aliette-de-bo
 dard/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] James Purefoy 'Solomon Kane'
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DESCRIPTION:Actor JAMES PUREFOY will be celebrating the release of 'Solomo
 n Kane' at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Londo
 n\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 20th February 1:30 – 2.30pm\n\n**JUST CONFIRM
 ED!! James Purefoy will be joined by the Director of 'Solomon Kane'\, MICH
 AEL J. BASSETT!!**\n\nRSC trained actor James Purefoy grabbed attention wi
 th his role of Mark Anthony in the BBC / HBO TV series 'Rome'.  As well as
  numerous TV appearances\, his movie career includes 'Resident Evil'\, 'A 
 Knights Tale' and the forthcoming 'John Carter Of Mars'.\n\nSOLOMON KANE\,
  the epic fantasy adventure written and directed by Michael J. Bassett (De
 athwatch)\, stars James Purefoy as the implacable title character\, plucke
 d from the imagination of Robert E. Howard (“Conan The Barbarian”)\, t
 he father of the “sword and sorcery” genre. The action-packed tale of 
 this roaming 16th Century scourge of all that is evil will be released by 
 Entertainment Film Distributors across the United Kingdom on 19th February
 \, 2010.\n\nCaptain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century kill
 ing machine. Armed with his signature pistols\, cutlass and rapier\, he an
 d his men unleash their bloodlust as they fight for England in war after w
 ar on all continents.  As the story opens\, Kane and his band of pillagers
  are carving a bloody path through hordes of defenders in an exotic city i
 n northern Africa. But when Kane decides to attack a mysterious nearby cas
 tle to plunder its rumoured riches\, his mission takes a fateful turn.\n\n
 One by one\, Kane’s men are picked off by demonic creatures until he alo
 ne is left to face the Devil’s own Reaper – dispatched from the depths
  of Hell to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul. Though Kane at last 
 manages to escape\, he knows that he now must redeem himself by renouncing
  violence and devoting himself wholly to a life of peace and purity. His n
 ewfound spirituality\, however\, is quickly put to the ultimate test and h
 e finds himself having to jeopardise his own soul by re-embracing his murd
 erous talents for a higher cause.\n\nPlease note - James Purefoy will only
  be signing 'Solomon Kane' books and merchandise.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/20/james-purefoy/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Dyson and Nyman 'Ghost Stories'
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Jeremy Dy
 son and Andy Nyman. They will be signing posters promoting the theatrical 
 performance of Ghost Stories at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaft
 esbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Monday 22nd February 6 - 7pm. \n\nG
 host Stories\, running at the Lyric Hammersmith\, London from 24 February 
 to 03 April 2010\, is a truly terrifying theatrical experience from The Le
 ague of Gentlemen’s master of the macabre\, Jeremy Dyson\, and Andy Nyma
 n\, co-creator and director of Derren Brown’s television and stage shows
  and star of Dead Set and Severance.\n\nJeremy Dyson has won numerous awar
 ds as the co-writer of the hilariously bleak The League of Gentlemen\; inc
 luding a Perrier Award\, BAFTA Award for Best Comedy and the Golden Rose o
 f Montreux. The stage show he co-penned\, A Local Show for Local People\, 
 was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2002.\n\nAndy Nyman is the award-win
 ning co-writer and co-creator of the acclaimed TV productions Derren Brown
  - Mind Control and Trick of the Mind. He co-wrote and co-directed Derren 
 Brown Live\, An Evening of Wonders and Derren's most recent live show - En
 igma. Andy also won the Best Entertainment Olivier Award in 2005 for Somet
 hing Wicked This Way Comes. Andy’s acting credits include Channel 4’s 
 BAFTA nominated Dead Set and the horror-comedy directed by Christopher Smi
 th Severence.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/22/dyson-and-nyman-ghost-sto
 ries/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Andy Diggle & Jock - The Losers
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100225T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100225T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:ANDY DIGGLE and JOCK will be signing The Losers at the Forbidd
 en Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thur
 sday 25th February 6 – 7pm\n\nWinner of the Best New Comic\, National Co
 mics Awards 2004\, Nominated for the Best New Series\, Eisner Awards 2004\
 , meet the creators of THE LOSERS at Forbidden Planet!\n\nNOW A MAJOR MOTI
 ON PICTURE\n\nThey're down - but not out. The Company thought it had taken
  care of the Losers. After they saw a little too much at the wrong place a
 nd time\, their chopper went down in flames with no survivors and plenty o
 f deniability - and the Losers went down in the records as just another te
 am of black ops foot soldiers tragically lost to one of the CIA's shadow w
 ars. But the Losers were just playing dead - and now that they've seen wha
 t the Company is really up to\, they're through with games. Now it's time 
 to take the fight back to its source. Time for some payback...\n\n<object 
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URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/25/andy-diggle-jock-losers/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Pat Mills and Clint Langley signing ABC Warr
 iors
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DESCRIPTION:Pat Mills and Clint Langley will be signing ABC Warriors: The 
 Volgan War Volume 2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Av
 enue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 27th February 1 – 2pm\n\nThe Mekn
 ificent Seven are ever-closer to retrieving their comrade Zippo from Marin
 eris\, ‘the ugliest city in the galaxy’\; Deadlock and Blackblood reco
 unt dark tales from their involvement in the Volgan War. And\, whilst past
  secrets create new hostilities within the team\, an ex-ABC Warrior nursin
 g a big grudge commits the ultimate act of betrayal!\n\nPat Mills is one o
 f the founding fathers of 2000AD and one of the UK's most respected comic 
 book writers. He’s created some of the longest-running characters for th
 e title such as Slaine\, ABC Warriors and Nemesis The Warlock. His other w
 ork includes writing and developing Judge Dredd and Charley’s War.\n\nCl
 int Langley started his career in the 90’s. His images can be seen world
 wide in comics\, on novel covers and in the conceptual design for advertis
 ing and films. His first comic strip work was Dynosty\, which appeared in 
 2000AD. He’s since worked on various comic strips such as Slaine\, Judge
  Dredd and Warhammer.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/02/27/pat-mills-and-clint-langl
 ey-signing-abc-warriors/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet WWE Legend The Million Dollar Man and W
 WE Superstar Ted DiBiase
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Lucky WWE Fans will have the chance to meet this legendary Wor
 ld Wrestling Entertainment father and son duo\, whilst getting their hands
  on Mattel’s new and much sought after line of WWE action figures and ac
 cessories.\n\n\n© 2010 Mattel\, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  © 2010 World 
 Wrestling Entertainment\, Inc.  All Rights Reserved\n\nDue to time constra
 ints\, we may not be able to see every customer and there may be limits on
  the number of items that can be signed per customer.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/05/meet-ted-dibiase-jr-and-m
 illion-dollar-man/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alastair Reynolds- Terminal World
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:ALASTAIR REYNOLDS will be signing his new book\, TERMINAL WORL
 D at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC
 2H 8JR\, on Saturday 13th March 1 – 2pm.\n\nSpearpoint\, the last human 
 city\, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin 
 are the zones\, a series of semi-autonomous city-states\, each of which en
 joys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown i
 s pre-industrial\; in Neon Heights they have television and electric train
 s . . . Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong\, Qui
 llon has been living incognito\, working as a pathologist in the district 
 morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table\, Quill
 on's world is wrenched apart one more time\, for the angel is a winged pos
 thuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes 
 bad news. If Quillon is to save his life\, he must leave his home and jour
 ney into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base\, starting an
  exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. \n\nAlastair
 ’s first novel Revelation Space was published in 2000 and was short-list
 ed for the BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards. His second novel Chasm City w
 on the BSFA in 2002. Up until 2004 he was working as a scientist within th
 e European Space Agency\, and after living for 16 years in the Netherlands
  he has now returned to his native Wales. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/13/alastair-reynolds-termina
 l-world/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Hill - Horns
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100320T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100320T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:JOE HILL will be signing his new book Horns at the Forbidden P
 lanet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday
  20th March 1 – 2pm.\n\nIgnatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing
  terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a raging headache… an
 d a pair of horns growing from his temples. Ig had been born into privileg
 e\, the second son of a renowned American musician\, and the younger broth
 er of a rising late-night TV star. He’d had it all – and he’d had th
 e love of Merrin Williams\, a love founded on shared daydreams\, mutual da
 ring\, and unlikely midsummer magic. Then Merrin was gone\, raped and murd
 ered\, with Ig the only suspect. Now Ig is possessed with a terrible new p
 ower to go with his terrible new look – and he will find the man who kil
 led Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got
  him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge\; it's time the devil had his
  due.\n\nA remarkable new author\, Hill has both the distinction and press
 ure that comes from being the son of ‘Horror Supremo’ Stephen King –
  but signed with his publisher before they knew the family connection. He
 ’s written one hugely successful novel\, Heart-Shaped Box\, and is the r
 ecipient of several international awards for his stories and novellas.\n\n
 This will be Joe's ONLY London event!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/20/joe-hill-horns/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mark Millar and John Romita Jr signing Kick-
 Ass
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100321T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100321T150000Z
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DESCRIPTION:MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA Jr will be signing the graphic nov
 el KICK ASS and the movie companion book KICK ASS: CREATING THE COMIC\, MA
 KING THE MOVIE at Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lo
 ndon WC2h 8JR on Sunday March 21st 2 – 3pm.\n\n**UPDATE: The first seven
 ty five customers at this event will receive two tickets to the star studd
 ed premiere of 'Kick Ass'.**\n\nThe KICK-ASS phenomenon unites acclaimed w
 riter Mark Millar and award-winning artist John Romita Jr. for one of the 
 21st century’s most outrageous and acclaimed series. What would happen i
 f you tried to be a superhero – if an ordinary kid in spandex came face-
 to-face with the criminal underworld? \n\nIn the graphic novel\, Dave Lize
 wski is just a regular American teenager with a MySpace page\, a comic boo
 k collection\, and no girlfriend. As self-styled vigilante Kick-Ass\, howe
 ver\, he’s about to find out exactly how a superhero would fare in the r
 eal world... and it’s going to get really\, really violent!\n\nTo accomp
 any the film release\, Mark Millar has also written the full and official 
 page-to-screen story of KICK-ASS\, collecting the input of the cast and cr
 ew as well as artist John Romita Jr. With eye-popping art from the origina
 l comics\, script extracts and hundreds of movie photos\, this is the indi
 spensable guide to every aspect of ass-kicking.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT 
 OFFER THESE ITEMS AS SIGNED PRE-ORDERS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SIGNED COPY\, 
 YOU WILL NEED TO BE AT THE EVENT.\n\nFor our full range of KICK-ASS mercha
 ndise\, please click <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/kick-ass/">
 here</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/21/mark-millar-and-john-romi
 ta-jr-signing-kick-ass/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kelley Armstrong signing Frostbitten
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a SPECIAL PREVIEW sign
 ing with Kelley Armstrong. She will be signing Frostbitten and Tales from 
 the Otherworld at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\
 , London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Tesuday 23rd  March 6 – 7pm\n\nAfter years of s
 truggle\, Elena Michaels - journalist\, investigator\, werewolf - has fina
 lly come to terms with her strange fate\, and learned how to control her w
 ild side. At least\, that's what she believes when she sets off to Alaska 
 with her partner Clay. A series of gruesome maulings and murders outside A
 nchorage seem to implicate a rogue band of werewolves. But the truth is mo
 re complicated. Trapped in a frozen\, unforgiving terrain\, they are force
 d to confront a deadly secret\, and their own\, untamed nature...Gripping\
 , intense and deeply satisfying\, Frostbitten is a brilliant novel of susp
 ense with a supernatural twist.\n\nKelley Armstrong lives in rural Ontario
 \, Canada\, with her family and far too many pets. She is the author of th
 e bestselling Women of the Otherworld series\, the highly acclaimed Darkes
 t Power young adult series and two adventure novels about a hitwoman\, EXI
 T STRATEGY and MADE TO BE BROKEN.\n\nPlease be aware that these two titles
  will only be available to buy on the day of the signing - after which the
 y will be withdrawn until their actual publication dates.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/23/kelley-armstrong-signing-
 frostbitten/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Scroobius Pip signing Poetry in (E)motion
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100324T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100324T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION: Scroobius Pip will be signing Poetry in (E)motion at the Forb
 idden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2 H 8JR on Wedn
 esday 24th March 6 – 7pm\n\nOne of the UK’s most exciting hip-hop arti
 sts\, Scroobius Pip set his fans a challenge – to create their own visua
 l interpretations of his music\, incorporating his pioneering lyrics. The 
 response was overwhelming. The result is Poetry in (E)motion\, a collectio
 n of the best contributions ranging from rough and ready illustrations to 
 slick graphic design. Timed to coincide with the release of his second alb
 um\, this is cuttingly aware\, street-wise art.\n\nThe Independent describ
 es Pip as a ‘mellifluous magician’\, a ‘street-scribe\, punk poet wi
 th pop sensibilities’. Teamed with produced dan le sac\, his tight\, inc
 isive verse has made him a spokesman for the generation. His first album\,
  Angles\, made the top 20 in the UK indie charts. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/24/scroobius-pip-signing-poe
 try-emotion/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey - The Unwritten
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100325T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100325T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:MIKE CAREY will be signing The Unwritten at the Forbidden Plan
 et Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 25
 th March 6 – 7pm\n\nWhen Tom Taylor's father created the mega-popular To
 mmy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels\, he catapulted his son into low-leve
 l celebrity. But Wilson Taylor has disappeared and conspiracy theories abo
 und that Tom may not even have been his son. Then a scandal hints that he 
 might really be the boy-wizard made flesh – the characters from the book
  begin to appear around him and he discovers a mysterious\, deadly group h
 as been secretly watching him\, and sets off to travel to all the places i
 n world history where fictions have shaped reality.\n\nMike Carey’s work
  in has encompassed everything from a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne 
 to the astounding and Eisner Award-nominated Lucifer. The list of credits 
 and titles to his name is as sparkling as it is long – and the publicati
 on of his Felix Castor series of novels have proved that he can move forma
 t without losing his insight\, skill or passion. Mike has a first-class de
 gree in English from Oxford and pre-dated his illustrious comics career wi
 th 15 years as a teacher.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/25/mike-carey-unwritten/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian and Wendy Froud signing The Heart of F
 aerie Oracle
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Brian and Wendy Froud will be signing The Heart of Faerie Orac
 le box set at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lo
 ndon WC2 H 8JR on Friday 26th March 6 – 7pm\n\nThis beautiful box set co
 ntains a deck of 68 radiant oracle cards and an accompanying book\, which 
 tells the believer how to relate to the Faerie World and learn valuable re
 lationship information. The cards feature Brian's faerie images\, such as 
 the enchanting Queen of Golden Bough and the mischievous Trickster. Wendy'
 s text describes the emotional and practical nature of the cards and offer
 s a variety of techniques for using the set. Brian and Wendy\, working tog
 ether for the first time ever\, co-created the book. Informed by their exp
 eriences with Faerie\, it’s a must-have for Faerie fans worldwide.\n\nFo
 r over thirty years\, Brian Froud has been regarded as the pre-eminent fae
 rie artist in the world. His numerous international best-selling books are
  considered modern classics. He has worked with Jim Henson as conceptual d
 esigner on the feature films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth as well as oth
 er Henson projects. \nWendy Froud has been a doll maker since the age of f
 ive. She worked as a sculptor and puppet builder for Jim Henson for many y
 ears\, sculpting the characters Jen and Kira for The Dark Crystal and fabr
 icating Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back. Brian and Wendy live in Devon\, 
 England. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/03/26/brian-and-wendy-froud-sig
 ning-heart-faerie-oracle/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Late Night Opening
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100403T200000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100403T220000Z
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DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the new series of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith 
 as the 11th Doctor\, Forbidden Planet will remain open for an extra two ho
 urs so you can buy the new series collectibles as they go on sale for the 
 first time.\n\nNew items on sale as soon as the new episode ends on the BB
 C!\n\nWatch on the big screen at the Retro Bar\, 2 George Court (off the S
 trand)\, London WC2N 6HH then pop along to Forbidden Planet!\n\nFirst time
  available anywhere!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/03/doctor-who-late-night-ope
 ning/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards
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DESCRIPTION: JONATHAN ROSS and TOMMY LEE EDWARDS will be signing the very 
 first issue of Image Comics’ TURF at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 17
 9 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Wednesday 14th April 6 – 7pm.\
 n\n<h3>UPDATE: Also available at the signing will be copies of the Creator
 s Edition of Turf Number 1 with a great new cover.  This variant will not 
 be available for pre-order - it will be launched in store at the event.  B
 e there if you want to get your hands on a copy!</h3>\n\nNeeding no introd
 uction\, Jonathan Ross is not only a national celebrity but a lifelong com
 ics fan - now making his writing debut with Image Comics and this fantasti
 c five-issue mini-series! Tommy Lee Edwards is a top-drawer illustrator fa
 mous for his versatility. His clients have included just about every major
  film company\, and his comics work includes 'Hellboy'\, 'Batman' and 'Mar
 vel 1985'.\n\nTURF is a hard-boiled noir crime thriller bristling with gir
 ls\, guns\, fangs and aliens. It’s New York\, 1929\, the height of prohi
 bition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city - but the ar
 rival of the Eastern European Dragonmir Family coincides with a series of 
 brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves. As the gangs fall before fangs
 \, an unlikely alliance forms between tough guy Eddie Falco and a characte
 r from a LONG way from New York City - a long way from Earth in fact – a
 nd offers the humans a glimmer of hope.\n\n<h3>Please note that there may 
 be limits on the amount of items signed per-person at the event.</h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/14/jonathan-ross-and-tommy-l
 ee-edwards/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] McKelvie & Gillen launch Siege: Loki
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DESCRIPTION:JAMIE MCKELVIE and KIERON GILLEN will be signing the first iss
 ue of SIEGE: LOKI at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Aven
 ue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 15th April 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe 'Siege' stor
 yline will sweep across the whole Marvel Universe and deals with the after
 math of the events of the 'Dark Reign' story.  In the Loki one-shot\, McKe
 lvie and Gillen take us deep into the mind of Siege’s most devious major
  player! \n\nArtist Jamie McKelvie first worked with games journalist Kier
 on Gillen on a strip for Playstation Magazine before lauching their critic
 ally acclaimed title\, Phonogram.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/15/mckelvie-gillen-launch-se
 ige-loki/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter Brett signing The Desert Spear
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DESCRIPTION:PETER BRETT will be signing the second book of the Demon Trilo
 gy\, The Desert Spear\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbur
 y Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Friday 16th April 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe Desert S
 pear pulls the reader into a world of demons\, darkness and heroes. The De
 liverer has returned\, but who is he? Arlen Bales\, formerly of the small 
 hamlet of Tibbet's Brook\, learnt harsh lessons about life as he grew up i
 n a world where hungry demons stalk the night and humanity is trapped by i
 ts own fear. He chose a different path\; chose to fight inherited apathy a
 nd the corelings\, and he became the Painted Man. But the figure emerging 
 from the desert is not Arlen. He is a friend and betrayer\, and though he 
 carries the spear from the Deliverer's tomb\, he heads a vast army intent 
 on a holy war against the demon plague.\n\nPeter went to the University at
  Buffalo\, where he studied gaming\, fencing\, and girls. Following colleg
 e\, Peter spent approximately eight months managing a comic shop and ponde
 ring what to do with his life. He then went into medical publishing and sq
 uandered ten years of his physical prime sitting in a cubicle. He contente
 d himself with writing books he never hoped to sell. In 2007\, his hard wo
 rk and perseverance paid off – as he sold The Painted Man and left his d
 ay job to pursue writing full time. He lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife 
 Dani and two cats\, Jinx and Max Powers.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/16/peter-brett-signing-deser
 t-spear/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Weber Event
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID WEBER will be signing two titles\, HONORVERSE: TORCH OF 
 FREEDOM and A MIGHTY FORTRESS at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaf
 tesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 17th April 12:30 – 1:30
 pm\n\n<h3>UPDATE: We will be giving away a FREE advance copy of the next H
 onor Harrington book\, 'Mission Of Honor'\, with every copy of 'Torch Of F
 reedom' or 'A Mighty Fortress' bought on the day or via mail order!</h3>\n
 \nDavid Weber is one of the greats of space opera and military science fic
 tion. An American author and a rare visitor to the UK\, he’s noted for h
 is consistent and rationally explained technology and society – even whe
 n dealing with the fantasy genre.\n\nOften compared to C.S Forester\, he
 ’s also known for his gender-neutral military – and for frequently pla
 cing female leading characters in traditionally male roles. Previously the
  owner of a small advertising and public relations agency\, Weber now writ
 es science fiction full time - and is the recipient of the sort of critica
 l praise once reserved for a Heinlein or an Asimov.\n\nHis novels range fr
 om epic fantasy - Oath of Swords\, The War God's Own - to breathtaking spa
 ce opera - Path of the Fury\, The Armageddon Inheritance - to military sci
 ence fiction with in-depth characterisation and his novel Ashes of Victory
  made it to the New York Times bestsellers list.\n\nPlease note: Only one 
 copy of 'Mission Of Honor' per customer.  While stocks last.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/17/david-weber-event/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Warwick Davis - Size Matters Not
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DESCRIPTION:WARWICK DAVIS will be signing his fantastic biography Size Mat
 ters Not at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lond
 on\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 21st April 6 – 7pm\n\n<h3>PLEASE NOTE CHANG
 E OF DATE. Postponed from 15th April.</h3>\n\nYou may not recognise Warwic
 k Davis’ name but you’ve seen him at work – he’s helped put more b
 ums on cinema seats than Will Smith. Who else has helped destroy a Death S
 tar? Defeated an evil sorceress? Taught magic to Harry Potter? Become a Je
 di Master? Hitchhiked across the galaxy in search of the answer to the Ult
 imate Question? Or embarked on psychotic killing sprees as a gold-obsessed
  leprechaun? You’ll know Warwick Davis because\, at three-foot-six\, he
 ’s ever so slightly below average height. \n\nGeorge Lucas\, Carrie Fish
 er\, Val Kilmer\, Ron Howard and Ricky Gervais (amongst others) have all c
 hipped in to this astounding book Size Matters Not. Warwick A. Davis made 
 his screen debut as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi. His extremely r
 are condition has led to a career as the world's leading little actor. He 
 also runs Willow Management\, an agency representing actors below five fee
 t and above seven\, and lives in Peterborough with his wife\, Sam and thei
 r two children\, Annabel and Harrison. This is an extraordinary story.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/21/warwick-davis-size-matter
 s-not/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Your Teeth Into: The Bitten Word
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our famous 
 multi-author events. To celebrate two brand new NEWCON PRESS anthologies\,
  THE BITTEN WORD and CONFLICTS\, at 5pm on April 22nd\, Forbidden Planet 1
 79 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\nChris Becket
 t - Chaz Brenchley - Keith Brooke - Eric Brown - David L Clements - Andy R
 emic - Sarah Singleton - Kari Sperring - Sam Stone - Ian Watson and Ian Wh
 ates\n\nThis is a new-format signing\, no tables\, no queues – we open o
 ut the store floor and give readers a chance to meet the authors and talk 
 to them about their work. An array of fantastic books will be on hand to b
 e signed – including Ian Whates’ CITY OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARE and Ian 
 Watson’s ORGASMACHINE.\n\nAlso available will be special pre-publication
  copies of Andy Remic’s SOUL STEALERS\, second book of his successful Cl
 ockwork Vampire series from Angry Robot Books..\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/22/get-your-teth-bitten-word
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Bond Director Lewis Gilbert
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DESCRIPTION:James Bond movie director LEWIS GILBERT will be signing his au
 tobiography\, ALL MY FLASHBACKS\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 
 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 29th April 6 – 7pm. \n\
 nReach for the Sky\, Carve Her Name With Pride\, Sink the Bismarck!\, Alfi
 e\, You Only Live Twice\, The Spy Who Loved Me\, Moonraker\, Educating Rit
 a\, Shirley Valentine ... a remarkably varied collection of subjects and j
 ust some of the films directed by Lewis Gilbert during the course of seven
  decades in the industry.\n\nIn All My Flashbacks Lewis Gilbert recalls hi
 s tragic childhood as a music hall entertainer\, his traumatic wartime ser
 vice in the RAF and ultimately one of the most distinguished careers in Br
 itish cinema. Along the way he describes working with such diverse persona
 lities as Laurence Olivier\, Alfred Hitchcock\, Michael Caine\, Sean Conne
 ry\, Roger Moore and Liza Minnelli. \n\nLewis Gilbert was born in 1920 and
  began his career as a director while attached to the US Army Air Corps in
  the Second World War. He went on to direct over 40 films\, including thre
 e James Bond movies and such classics as Sink the Bismarck! and Shirley Va
 lentine. Also a prolific writer and producer\, Gilbert’s numerous awards
  include two BAFTAs (Reach for the Sky and Educating Rita) and a Golden Gl
 obe (Friends). His 1966 movie Alfie was nominated for numerous Academy Awa
 rds. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/04/29/meet-bond-director-lewis-
 gilbert/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Gerry Anderson
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DESCRIPTION:Television legend GERRY ANDERSON will be signing the two new v
 olumes of Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry Anders
 on\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London W
 C2H 8JR on Saturday 1st May 2 – 3pm.  He will be joined by the series ed
 itor CHRIS BENTLEY.\n\nFrom its launch 1965\, TV Century 21 (later known s
 imply as TV 21) was the smash-hit British comic of the 1960s.  Thunderbird
 s\, Lady Penelope\, Fireball XL5\, Stingray\, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 a
 ll burst forth in full colour from the magazine's packed pages\, in storie
 s illustrated by such giants of the comic industry as Frank Bellamy\, Don 
 Harley\, Mike Noble\, Ron and Gerry Embleton.\n\nGerry Anderson needs no i
 ntroduction as the creator of the massive number of still hugely popular T
 V series that include Thunderbirds\, Joe 90\, Stingray and Space 1999.\n\n
 Chris Bentley was Chairman of Fanderson\, the Official Gerry Anderson Fan 
 Club\, for over ten years. He is the author of The Complete Gerry Anderson
  and The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson’s UFO.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/01/meet-gerry-anderson/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter Milligan signing Greek Street
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by PETER MIL
 LIGAN. He will be signing his graphic novel GREEK STREET\, at the Forbidde
 n Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Saturday 
 8th May 1 – 2pm.\n\nBoasting a ‘Chorus’ of sexy strippers\, vengeful
  gangsters\, a murderous youth and a disturbed clairvoyant teenaged girl\,
  GREEK STREET is Peter Milligan's re-imagining of the brutal and visceral 
 tragedies of Ancient Greece played out on the mean streets of modern-day L
 ondon. \n\nLust\, rage\, pride\, vengeance – these are appetites that dr
 ove the tales and tragedies of the ancient Greeks. In London\, everything 
 old is new again. The dark desires that doomed the likes of Oedipus\, Agam
 emnon and Medea are calling to a new breed of royals and rogues. Strippers
  and psychics\, cops and killers\, peers of the realm and lords of the cit
 y – all of them have their part of play in a deadly drama that’s thous
 ands of years old\, yet always needs to spill new blood.\n\nPeter Milligan
  is an acclaimed British comics writer and alumnus of 2000AD. Milligan was
  one of the founding writers of DC’s cutting edge Vertigo imprint\, and 
 has written a huge array of titles\, including Animal Man\, Tank Girl\, Sh
 ade: The Changing Man\, and X-Force. He is currently working with Davide G
 ianfelice on the series Greek Street and is also the current series writer
  on Hellblazer.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/08/peter-milligan-signing-gr
 eek-street/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jim Bob signing Storage Stories
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DESCRIPTION:JIM BOB will be signing Storage Stories at the Forbidden Plane
 t Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 8th
  May 4 – 5pm\n\nAs lead singer of Carter: The Unstoppable Sex Machine\, 
 Jim Bob has had 14 top 40 singles\, 4 top ten albums (including a number o
 ne) and played over 800 gigs all over the world. Since Carter USM split in
  1997\, he’s been involved with numerous creative musical projects inclu
 ding tours\, solo and concept albums\, plus a live solo acoustic DVD. His 
 autobiography Goodnight Jim Bob was published in 2004\; Storage Stories is
  his first novel.\n\nWhere do old pop stars go to die? They go to work in 
 self-storage\, where they make new friends who look like Juliette Binoche 
 or who perform horrific surgery on themselves. They meet assorted bubblewr
 ap fetishists\, wooden statues that come to life at night a homicidal comp
 uter named HAL. Storage Stories reads like the autobiography of a man disc
 overing what it's like to be famous and yet no longer successful – a man
  finds true love in the dusty world of a failing self-storage company. \n\
 n**Free copy of Jim Bob's CD 'Goffam' with every book bought!**\n*In store
  sales only.  While stocks last.*\n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/08/jim-bob-signing-storage-s
 tories/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] China Mieville In Newcastle
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DESCRIPTION:CHINA MIEVILLE will be signing his latest book\, Kraken\, at F
 orbidden Planet\, 59 Grainger Street\, Newcastle NE1 5JE on Wednesday 12th
  May 5 – 6pm.\n\nDeep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum
  is a prize specimen\, something that comes along much less often than onc
 e in a lifetime: a perfect\, and perfectly preserved\, giant squid. But wh
 at does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?  For
  curator Billy Harrow it's the start of a headlong pitch into a London of 
 warring cults\, surreal magic\, apostates and assassins. It might just be 
 that the creature he's been preserving is more than a biological rarity: t
 here are those who are sure it's a god.  A god that someone is hoping will
  end the world.\n\nChina Miéville lives and works in London. He has twice
  won both the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy A
 ward. Kraken is his seventh novel\, which include the critically acclaimed
  crime/fantasy cross\, The City & The City. He is also the author of short
  story collection Looking For Jake. As well as writing fantastic fiction\,
  China’s PhD thesis has also been turned into a book\, Between Equal Rig
 hts: A Marxist Theory of International Law\, published in 2005. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/12/china-mieville-newcastle/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Five Authors: One Event
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET and Gollancz Publishing are delighted to be h
 osting an open-format\, multi-author signing. Five authors\, one event –
  at 6pm on Thursday May 13th\, Forbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, L
 ondon will be playing host to: - \n\nStephen Deas - M D Lachlan - John Mea
 ney - Sarah Pinborough - and Adam Roberts\n\nForbidden Planet and Gollancz
  Publishing have gathered a host of science fiction and fantasy talent int
 o one event – an event to bring writers and fans together and to promote
  interest in new and different kinds of fiction. \n\nThis is a free-form a
 nd open signing\, bringing the authors out from behind their tables and gi
 ving their readers a chance to meet them and talk to them about their work
 . An array of fantastic books will be on hand to be picked up and signed 
 – including works by every one of the writers present.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/13/Five-authors-one-event-1/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Martin Rowson signing Tristram Shandy
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DESCRIPTION:MARTIN ROWSON will be signing The Life and Opinions of Tristra
 m Shandy\, Gentleman at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury A
 venue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 15th May 1 – 2pm\n\nLondon’s 
 ‘Cartoonist Laureate’\, Martin Rowson’s work appears regularly in Th
 e Guardian and The Daily Mirror. With a wonderfully scathing\, satirical s
 lant to his humour\, he has a wealth of titles already to his credit – S
 natches\, Stuff and The Dog Allusion: Pets\, Gods and How to be Human. Row
 son is hugely popular\, often compared to ‘national treasure’ William 
 Hogarth and has a ready readership of book buying fans. He’s currently w
 orking on adapting Gulliver’s Travels into graphic novel form.\n\nOrigin
 ally penned by Laurence Sterne\, Tristram Shandy is one of literature’s 
 most curious\, complex and comic novels\; this new edition is a beautifull
 y creative hardcover edition\, crafted to allow more space for Rowson’s 
 intricate illustrations. Both inventive and hilarious\, the graphic novel 
 adaptation is the perfect format to showcase Rowson’s distinctive and an
 archic style. \n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/15/martin-rowson-signing-tri
 stram-shandy/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Chris Claremont
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DESCRIPTION:Comic legend CHRIS CLAREMONT will be signing X-MEN: FOREVER Vo
 l. 1 and 2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lo
 ndon WC2H 8JR on Thursday 20th May 6 – 7pm. \n\nSomething big has surfac
 ed in South America - an enemy the battered X-Men will have to face head-o
 n!  Kitty\, Jean Gray\, Beast\, Nightcrawler and Rogue join S.H.I.E.L.D. l
 eader Nick Fury on an investigation into mysterious occurrences deep in th
 e jungle. While investigating a familiar enemy\, Fury recalls a mission fr
 om his past\, when he served with an old friend\, a Canadian soldier named
  Logan.\n\nDuring his 17 years as X-Men writer\, Chris Claremont wrote or 
 co-wrote many classic X-Men stories\, such as "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and 
 "Days of Future Past." The second X-Men film was loosely based on his X-Me
 n graphic novel God Loves\, Man Kills.  Claremont created numerous importa
 nt X-Men characters\, including Rogue\, Psylocke\, Shadowcat\, Phoenix\, M
 ystique\, Lady Mastermind\, Emma Frost\, Sabretooth\, Multiple Man\, Capta
 in Britain\, Mister Sinister\, and Gambit.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/20/chris-claremont/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Three of the Best!
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DESCRIPTION:Three huge talents\; one signing event - FORBIDDEN PLANET are 
 delighted to be hosting a triple signing with China Miéville\, Adam Nevil
 l and Mark Charan Newton on Thursday 20th May at the Forbidden Planet Mega
 store\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nIn China Miéville
 ’s KRAKEN\, a prize specimen has come to the Natural History Museum – 
 a giant squid\, whole and perfectly preserved. When it disappears\, curato
 r Billy Harrow finds himself in a city of warring cults and surreal magic 
 – and the forthcoming end of the world.\n\nAPARTMENT 16 by Adam Neville 
 is wonderfully written\, deftly plotted tale of utter horror which will ha
 ve you turning the lights on in the middle of the night. Follow and unrave
 l the tale of Barringon House – and discover that the doorway to Apartme
 nt 16 is a gateway to something terrifying.\n\nTwo weeks in advance of pub
 lication date\, CITY OF RUIN by Mark Charan Newton is the follow-on to the
  massively successful Nights of Villjamur\, taking us back to the lands of
  the Red Sun. This time\, we go to to Villiren\, where Brynd and investiga
 tor Jeryd must fight to save a city that’s already in ruins.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/20/three-best/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Chris Ware & Daniel Clowes
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DESCRIPTION:DANIEL CLOWES and CHRIS WARE will be signing their work at the
  Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on 
 Tuesday 25th May 4 – 5pm.\n\nMeet Wilson\, an opinionated middle-aged lo
 ner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else.  Working in a single
 -page gag format and drawn in a spectrum of styles\, the cartoonist of Gho
 st World\, Ice Haven and David Boring gives us his funniest and most deepl
 y affecting novel to date.\n\nJimmy Corrigan is a meek\, lonely middle age
 d man who meets his father for the first time in a Michigan town over Than
 ksgiving weekend.  Jimmy attempts to escape his unhappiness via an active 
 imagination that gets him into awkward situations. A parallel story set in
  the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 shows Jimmy's grandfathe
 r as a lonely little boy and his difficult relationship with an abusive fa
 ther\, Jimmy's great grandfather. \n\nDaniel Clowes is an Academy Award-no
 minated American  author\, screenwriter and cartoonist. Much of Clowes's w
 ork first appeared in his anthology comic Eightball\, which featured self-
 contained and serialized narratives. All of the serialized narratives have
  been collected and published as graphic novels\, most notably Ghost World
 . With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff\, Clowes adapted Ghost World into the 2000 
 film of the same name\, and also adapted another Eightball  story into the
  2006 film Art School Confidential. \n\nChris Ware is an American comic bo
 ok artist and cartoonist\, best-known for a his Acme Novelty Library serie
 s\, and the graphic novel\, Jimmy Corrigan\, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Bo
 rn in Omaha\, Nebraska\, he resides in the Chicago area.  In recent years 
 he has also been involved in editing (and designing) several books\, inclu
 ding the thirteenth volume of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern\, whic
 h is devoted to comics. \n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/25/chris-ware-dan-clowes/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Lafuente signing Ultimate Comics: Spid
 er-Man
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100527T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Comics legend DAVID LAFUENTE will be signing ULTIMATE COMICS: 
 SPIDER-MAN at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lo
 ndon WC2H 8JR on Thursday 27th May 6 – 7pm.\n\nAlmost ten years ago\, Ul
 timate Spider-Man launched the Ultimate line\, a reinvention of the Marvel
  Universe that defied the odds and every expectation. Now\, it happens aga
 in: this new chapter in the life of the teenaged webslinger picks up in th
 e aftermath of Ultimatum and completely redefines the status quo of Spider
 -Man for the next generation! This graphic novel\, written by Brian Michae
 l Bendis\, collects Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-6.\n\nArtist David Lafue
 nte was 'discovered' at the Dublin City Comic Con\, though his professiona
 l work dates back to earlier than his presence at Marvel. His Marvel days 
 began in 2007\, with the layouts and coloring for Spider-Man Family #2 - t
 hen providing the pencils and inks for Kathryn Immonen's Hellcat mini-seri
 es. His collaborated with Brian Michael Bendis on an Ultimate Spider-Man A
 nnual in 2008\, and in 2009 was picked as the regular artist for the serie
 s' 2009 relaunch.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/05/27/david-lafuente-signing-ul
 timate-comics-spider-man/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Rachel Caine signing Kiss of Death
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce that RACHEL CAINE w
 ill be signing the eighth book in her massively successful Morgansville Va
 mpire series KISS OF DEATH at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftes
 bury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 3rd June 6 – 7pm.\n\nClaire Da
 nvers has a few things on her mind. First\, there’s the laundry\, which 
 is now pink. Then  there’s her boyfriend\, who’s never far from her th
 oughts. Finally there’s her best friend Eve’s relationship problems. A
 s if life as a student wasn’t complicated enough\, Claire just happens t
 o be studying in Morganville. A town run by vampires.  \n\nTrouble follows
  Claire and her friends like a shadow - and tonight is no exception. They 
 must find the most difficult documents for a vampire to acquire\; people p
 asses that will allow ‘bad ass’ Morley and his friends to leave Morgan
 ville. \nBut it’s proving incredibly difficult\, and with the odds seemi
 ngly stacked against them\, the biggest question of all is...  will they s
 urvive?  \n\nRACHEL CAINE is also the author of the acclaimed Weather Ward
 en series. She is a self-confessed avid movie buff and a TV-aholic who has
  the distinction of having played with such musical legends as Henry Manci
 ni and John Williams. Rachel lives in the USA. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/06/03/rachel-caine-signing-kiss
 -death/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Moody signing Dog Blood
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID MOODY will be signing DOG BLOOD at the Forbidden Planet 
 Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 17th June
  6 – 7pm.\n\nIn this gripping and bloody sequel to Hater\, Danny McCoyne
  is determined to make his way home and find his daughter Ellis. She’s j
 ust like him\, and he knows she’s not dead. His dearest wish is to have 
 her fighting at his side - but Danny soon discovers his daughter is worth 
 far more than just another fighting body. Others like him have discovered 
 that children are absolutely vital to the cause. They are strong\, small\,
  fast\, and they have no inhibitions. They are pure Haters.\n\nDavid Moody
  was born in 1970 and grew up in Birmingham on a diet of trashy horror and
  pulp science fiction books and movies. He worked for a number of financia
 l institutions before giving up the day job to write about the end of the 
 world for a living. He has written a number of horror novels\, including A
 UTUMN\, which has been downloaded more than half a million times since pub
 lication in 2001. Moody lives in the Midlands with his wife and a houseful
  of daughters and stepdaughters\, which may explain his pre-occupation wit
 h Armageddon.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/06/17/david-moody-signing-dog-b
 lood/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tony Lee signing Pride and Prejudice and Zom
 bies
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DESCRIPTION:TONY LEE will be signing the graphic novel adaptation of the N
 ew York Times bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at the Forbidden 
 Planet Superstore\, 38 Priory Queensway\, Birmingham B4 7LA on Saturday 19
 th June from 1 – 2pm.\n\nIt’s a fiendishly clever mash-up of Jane Aust
 en's beloved classic – and it’s one of  the most buzz-worthy pop cultu
 re sensations of the year. It’s sold 700\,000 copies worldwide and has c
 reated a whole sub-genre of its own. Now\, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  comes to graphic novel format. Adapted by Tony Lee\, it features all-new 
 scenes of zombie mayhem\, and brings this gloriously remixed masterpiece t
 o true zombie-loving pop-culture fans. \n\nAll over England\, the dead are
  rising again\, and now even the daughters of Britain’s best families mu
 st devote their lives to mastering the deadly arts. Elizabeth Bennet is a 
 fearsome warrior whose ability with a sword is matched only by her quick w
 it and even sharper tongue. But she faces her most formidable foe yet in t
 he haughty\, conceited\, and somehow strangely attractive Mr. Darcy. As th
 e two lovers meet in the ballroom and on the battlefield\, they’ll soon 
 learn that nothing – not even the bands of ninjas\, hordes of flesh-eati
 ng zombies\, or disapproving aunts – can stop true love!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/06/19/tony-lee-signing-pride-an
 d-prejudice-and-zombies/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Christopher Fowler signing Bryant & May Off 
 The Rails
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DESCRIPTION:CHRISTOPHER FOWLER will be signing BRYANT AND MAY OFF THE RAIL
 S at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H
  8JR on Thursday 24th June 6 – 7pm.\n\nArthur Bryant\, John May and the 
 Peculiar Crimes Unit are on the trail of an enigma: a young man called Mr 
 Fox. But his identity is false\, his links to society are invisible and hi
 s home yields no clues. All they know is that somehow he escaped from a lo
 cked room and murdered one of their best and brightest. Now the detectives
  are being lured down into the darkest recesses of the London Underground 
 where their quarry\, expertly disguised\, has struck again. Their search t
 akes them into the vast labyrinth of tunnels\, a subterranean world full o
 f legends and ghost stations\, which tie the city together. Edging closer 
 to what lies hidden beneath the city – and to the madness that is drivin
 g a man to murder – Bryant and May are about to uncover a mystery as biz
 arre as anything they have ever encountered . . . \n\nChristopher Fowler i
 s the multi award-winning author of thirty novels and ten short story coll
 ections such as Roofworld\, Spanky and Soho Black plus seven previous Brya
 nt & May novels\, including the award- winning Full Dark House and The Vic
 toria Vanishes. He has also written comedy and drama for BBC radio\, inclu
 ding Radio One’s first-ever broadcast drama. He has a column in the Inde
 pendent on Sunday\, and has written for The Times\, FT\, Telegraph\, Guard
 ian\, Daily Mail\, Time Out\, Black Static\, Big Issue and many others. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/06/24/christopher-fowler/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Authors at Forbidden Planet
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DESCRIPTION:Bringing down the barriers of Space Time - FORBIDDEN PLANET ar
 e delighted to be hosting a triple DOCTOR WHO signing with Una McCormack\,
  Gary Russell and Oli Smith on Saturday 17th July 1- 2pm at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nIn McCorm
 ack’s The King’s Dragon\, the Doctor and Amy discover a city of secret
 s. In dark corners\, strange creatures are stirring. At the heart of the h
 all\, a great metal dragon oozes gold. When the battle begins only the Doc
 tor can save the city from being destroyed in the crossfire of an ancient 
 civil war. \n\nIn Russell’s Glamour Chase\, it’s 1936 and an archaeolo
 gical dig unearths relics of another time – and another planet. But if E
 nola Porter\, noted adventuress\, has really found evidence of an alien ci
 vilisation\, howcome she isn’t famous? Howcome Amy’s never heard of he
 r? Come to that\, since she’s been travelling with him for a while now\,
  how come Amy’s never even heard of the Doctor?\n\nIn Smith’s Nuclear 
 Time\, Doctor and Amy arrive in Appletown\, Colorado\, 1978 – where the 
 arrival of a mad scientist heralds death falling from the sky. The Doctor 
 is trapped\, the TARDIS is damaged\, and Amy is being hunted through the s
 treets of the Doctor’s own future. He must unravel the secrets of Applet
 own before time runs out…\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/07/17/doctor-who-authors-forbid
 den-planet/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lauren Beukes Signing and Charity Auction
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DESCRIPTION:LAUREN BEUKES will be signing an exclusive pre-release hardcov
 er of ZOO CITY at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\
 , London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 29th July from 6 – 7pm.\n\nZinzi December 
 has a talent for finding lost things. But in a city of black magic\, famil
 iars and damaged people\, some lost things don’t want to be found. To sa
 ve herself\, Zinzi will have to confront her demons and find the hardest t
 hing of all: the truth. An astonishing second novel from the author of the
  highly-acclaimed Moxyland.\n\nLauren Beukes is a recovering journalist wh
 o used to hang out with township vigilantes\, electricity thieves\, trendo
 id swingers\, teen vampires and great white sharks\; now she spends most o
 f her time making stuff up as a TV scriptwriter and novelist. She lives in
  Cape Town with her husband and daughter.\n\nZOO CITY ART TOY CHARITY AUCT
 ION\n\nAs part of the Zoo City promotion\, five art toy BARES are being au
 ctioned for the Suitcase Project\, helping Johannesburg’s refugee childr
 en. These unique customs a have been donated by the Am I collective and de
 corated by South African artists Joey Hi-Fi\, Elise Wessels\, Clemi\, Will
 een le Roux\, Carine Nguz and Bia van Deventer. \n\n<a href="http://forbid
 denplanet.com/pages/lauren-beukes-signing-auction/">FIND OUT MORE HERE!</a
 >\n\nLauren will be bringing one of the Bares\, Bi-Polar Bare by Willeen d
 e Roux\, with her to the event. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/07/29/lauren-beukes-signing-and
 -charity-auction/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Leanna Renee Hieber signing The Darkly Lumin
 ous Fight for Persephone Parker
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DESCRIPTION:Leanna Renee Hieber will be signing THE DARKLY LUMINOUS FIGHT 
 FOR PERSEPHONE PARKER at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury 
 Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 5th August 6 – 7pm.\n\nAward-winnin
 g author\, actress and playwright Leanna  grew up in rural Ohio where her 
 childhood memories are full of inventing elaborate ghost stories. A schola
 rship to London and a focus in the Victorian Era set the stage for her Str
 angely Beautiful series. Her novella Dark Nest won the 2009 Prism Award fo
 r excellence in Futuristic\, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. A member of A
 ctors Equity Association (AEA)\, the American Federation of Television and
  Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)\, Leanna works of
 ten in television. When not writing or on set\, she loves a good Goth club
  and adventuring about her adopted hometown of New York City.\n\nIn The Da
 rkly Luminous Fight\, we meet again Percy Parker from the first book in th
 e series. True love has found her\, in the tempestuous form of Professor A
 lexi Rychman\, but her mythic destiny is not complete. A war is coming\, a
  desperate ploy of a spectral host. Victorian London will be overrun. Yet\
 , Percy keeps faith. She stands within the mighty bastion of Athens Academ
 y\, alongside The Guard whose magic shields mortals from the agents of the
  Underworld. Wreathed in hallowed fire\, they will stand together\, no mat
 ter what might come.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/08/05/leanna-renee-hieber-signi
 ng-darkly-luminous-fight-/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Simon Bisley and Pete Milligan signing Hellb
 lazer: Hooked
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DESCRIPTION:SIMON BISLEY and PETER MILLIGAN will be signing Hellblazer: Ho
 oked at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\,
  WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 7th August 1 – 2pm\n\nChain-smoking occultist an
 ti-hero John Constantine is back in this new volume! After getting dumped 
 by his girlfriend\, Constantine goes to extremes to get her back. But will
  he sink to a new low by using a love potion?  Constantine’s enemy\, the
  Babylonian shape-shifting demon Julian\, and the hot young alchemist-gang
 ster’s daughter Epiphany will certainly have something to say about this
  turn of events.\n\nSimon Bisley is best known for his  work on ABC Warrio
 rs\, Lobo and Sláine\, all strongly reminiscent of Frank Frazetta and Bil
 l Sienkiewicz. Known to take inspiration from rock album covers and graffi
 ti as well as traditional comics art\, he and his work have inspired vario
 us forms in media\, including the Beast in the 2006 Doctor Who episode 'Th
 e Satan Pit'\, and Simon Pegg's character Tim Bisley on the Channel 4 sitc
 om 'Spaced'.\n\nPeter Milligan is an acclaimed British comics writer and a
 lumnus of 2000AD. Milligan was one of the founding writers of DC’s cutti
 ng edge Vertigo imprint\, and has written a huge array of titles\, includi
 ng Animal Man\, Tank Girl\, Shade: The Changing Man\, and X-Force. In addi
 tion to being the series writer on Hellblazer\, he is currently working wi
 th Davide Gianfelice on the series Greek Street.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/08/07/simon-bisley-and-pete-mil
 ligan-signing-hellblazer-/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bryan Lee O'Malley signing Scott Pilgrim's F
 inest Hour
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DESCRIPTION:BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY will be signing the sixth and final title
  in the massively popular Scott Pilgrim series: SCOTT PILGRIM’S FINEST H
 OUR at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC
 2H 8JR on Tuesday 17th August 6 – 7pm.\n\nIt’s finally happened! With 
 six of Ramona's seven evil exes dispatched\, it should be time for Scott P
 ilgrim to face Gideon Graves\, the biggest and baddest of her former beaus
 . But didn't Ramona take off at the end of Book Five? Shouldn't that let S
 cott off the hook? Maybe it should\, maybe it shouldn't\, but one thing is
  for certain: all of this has been building to Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
 !\n\nBryan Lee O’Malley is an award-winning Canadian cartoonist. He has 
 been working on a series of graphic novels called Scott Pilgrim. He writes
  the words and draws the pictures.\n\nCatch up with how the story began in
  the motion picture SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD!\n\n<a href="http://forbid
 denplanet.com/?q=scott+pilgrim&show=preorders&show=available&size=12&sort=
 addition-date-desc">See our full range of Scott Pilgrim goodies here.</a>\
 n\nPlease be aware that this event is likely to be very busy and there may
  be a limit placed on the number of items you may have signed.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/08/17/bryan-lee-omalley-signing
 -scott-pilgrims-finest-ho/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Hine signing FVZA
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID HINE will be signing FVZA: THE FEDERAL VAMPIRE AND ZOMBI
 E AGENCY at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lond
 on\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 2nd September from 6 – 7pm.\n\nLandra always
  knew that Vampires and Zombies were real. Trained to fight since childhoo
 d by her grandfather\, legendary Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency operati
 ve Hugo Pecos\, she was ready. Even though both viruses were – apparentl
 y - eradicated and the F.V.Z.A. officially disbanded\, Landra knew they wo
 uld be back. Little did she realise that when the Vampires did come out of
  hiding they would use a deadly new weapon – an incurable strain of the 
 zombie virus. Now Picos and Landra (along with her brother Vidal) have bee
 n tasked to re-instate the agency and train a new batch of operatives to t
 arget the most dangerous Vampire they've ever known - Landra and Vidal's o
 wn grandmother!\n\nDavid Hine has been working in comics since the 1980s\,
  working on everything from 2000AD to Image Comics’ Spawn to TokyoPop ti
 tles to Marvel’s X-Men. As well as the back-and-white horror comic Stran
 ge Embrace\, he’s probably best-known for Silent War\, a six-issue mini-
 series with art by Frazer Irving. More recently\, he’s written the Arkha
 m Asylum one-shot for the Batman” Battle for the Cowl event – which\, 
 in turn\, created the mini-series Arkham Reborn.\n\n**Copies of David's ne
 w comic\, 'The Bulletproof Coffin'\, will also be available at the event.*
 *\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/09/02/david-hine-signing-fvza/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Black Library Invasion!
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is being invaded!\n\nGrab a special PRE-PUBLI
 CATION release of the Black Library’s SABBAT WORLDS ANTHOLOGY\, at 6pm o
 n Thursday September 9th\, Forbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Londo
 n - and get it signed by: -\n\nDan Abnett - Christian Dunn - Nick Kyme - G
 raham McNeill - Sandy Mitchell - Nik Vincent - James Swallow\n\nThis is on
 e of trademark free-form signings – no tables\, no queues – allowing o
 ur customers to meet and chat to their favourite authors in a friendly and
  welcoming atmosphere. It’s ideal for media\, bloggers and fans alike to
  come down with their friends and make an evening out of an event. \n\nSAB
 BAT WORLDS\, featuring Dan Abnett’s GAUNT’S GHOSTS tells new stories o
 f the bitter conflict across the Sabbat Worlds\, the conflict that can onl
 y end in victory or annihilation. The innumerable forces of the Arch enemy
  attack without mercy\, and planet after planet burns with the flames of w
 ar. Yet even amidst this nightmare\, the Imperial Guard stand stoic agains
 t their foes. The Phantine Air Corps battle the enemies of mankind across 
 burning skies\, while the Gereon resistance tries to break the foothold of
  Chaos on their beleaguered world and the legendary Gaunt’s Ghosts fight
  in the most violent and bloody of warzones. This anthology opens the gate
 way to the Sabbat Worlds like never before!\n\nAnd a wealth of other Black
  Library titles!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/09/09/black-library-invasion/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter F Hamilton signing The Evolutionary Vo
 id
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DESCRIPTION:PETER F HAMILTON will be signing The Evolutionary Void at the 
 Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2 H 8JR\,
  on Friday 10th September 6 - 7pm\n\nDescribed by the Guardian as ‘the m
 aster of widescreen baroque’\, Hamilton is one of Britain’s most respe
 cted science fiction authors whose work includes the highly successful Pan
 dora’s Star. He has also written the Judas Unchained and the Greg Mandel
  and Night’s Dawn series.\n\nCompleting the epic and massively acclaimed
  Commonwealth Saga that unfolded in The Dreaming Void and The Temporal Voi
 d\, Peter F. Hamilton’s startling perspectives on tomorrow’s technolog
 ical and cultural trends continues to be both compulsive and wonderfully r
 eadable. Spanning huge tracts of space and time\, his stories are as epic 
 in scope\, and yet they are always grounded in characters – human\, alie
 n and other – who touch our hearts and fire our imaginations. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/09/10/peter-f-hamilton-signing-
 evolutionary-void/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Pat Mills & Clint Langley signing ABC Warrio
 rs Volgan War
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DESCRIPTION:PAT MILLS and CLINT LANGLEY will be signing ABC Warriors: The 
 Volgan War Volume 3 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Av
 enue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 16th September 6 – 7pm\n\nThe cou
 ntdown to Zippo’s execution has started! Only the ABC Warriors can stop 
 their comrade from being melted down by the ruthless G Men. If that wasn
 ’t bad enough\, the Warriors are also set to be betrayed by another memb
 er willing to follow Volkhan and his destructive cause. And just who is th
 e mysterious resistance figure known as the ‘Urban Fox’?\n\nPat Mills 
 is one of the founding fathers of 2000AD and one of the most respected com
 ic book writers around. He’s created some of the longest-running charact
 ers for the title such as Slaine\, ABC Warriors and Nemesis The Warlock. H
 is other work includes writing and developing Judge Dredd and Charley’s 
 War.\n\nClint Langley started his career in the 90’s. His images can be 
 seen worldwide in comics\, on novel covers and in the conceptual design fo
 r advertising and films. His first comic strip work was Dynosty\, which ap
 peared in 2000AD. He’s since worked on various comic strips such as Slai
 ne\, Judge Dredd and Warhammer.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/09/16/pat-mills-clint-langley-s
 igning-abc-warriors-volga/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin signing Japanese Devil Fish Gi
 rl
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DESCRIPTION:ROBERT RANKIN will be signing The Japanese Devil Fish Girl at 
 the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 18th September 1:00pm 
 – 2:00pm.\n\nThe pickled Martian's tentacles are fraying at the ends and
  Professor Coffin's Most Meritorious Unnatural Attraction is no longer dra
 wing the crowds. It's 1895\; nearly a decade since Mars invaded Earth\, ch
 ronicled by H.G. Wells’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Wrecked Martian spaceship
 s\, back-engineered by Charles Babbage and Nikola Tesla\, have carried the
  Queen's Own Electric Fusiliers to the red planet\, and Mars is now part o
 f the ever-expanding British Empire. The less-than-scrupulous sideshow pro
 prietor likes Off-worlders' cash\, so he needs a sensational new attractio
 n. Word has reached him of the Japanese Devil Fish Girl\; nothing quite li
 ke her has ever existed before. But Professor Coffin's quest to possess th
 e ultimate showman's exhibit is about to cause considerable friction among
 st the folk of other planets. Sufficient\, in fact\, to spark off Worlds W
 ar Two.\n\nLondon-born Robert Rankin started writing in the 1970s and his 
 books regularly storm the bestseller lists including The Witches of Chiswi
 ck and The Toyminator. He’s one of the country’s most renowned humorou
 s fantasy writers and is well known for having recurring characters and ru
 nning gags that pop up throughout his books. Robert is also an unrepentant
  Luddite who writes novels by hand in exercise books.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/09/18/robert-rankin-signing-jap
 anese-devil-fish-girl/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian Froud signing Faeries
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN FROUD will be signing the Deluxe Collector’s Edition o
 f FAERIES at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lon
 don WC2H 8JR on Saturday 2nd October 1 - 2pm\n\nA quarter of a century aft
 er its initial publication\, and with more than a million copies in print 
 worldwide\, FAERIES is a fantasy classic. Now\, Froud returns to hs most e
 nduring and beloved work in this deluxe anniversary edition. This ultimate
  collector’s book features eight new pieces of art by Brian Froud and Al
 an Lee with the original pencil drawings and watercolors. More than just a
  reissue\, this deluxe revised and updated edition contains essays from bo
 th Froud and Lee on the continuing influence of Faeries. There is also a f
 oreword by bestselling author Jane Yolen.\n\nFor over thirty years\, Brian
  Froud has been regarded as the pre-eminent faerie artist in the world. Hi
 s numerous international best-selling books are considered modern classics
 . He has worked with Jim Henson as conceptual designer on the feature film
 s The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth as well as other Henson projects. \n\n<a 
 href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/brian-and-wendy-froud/">See our int
 erview with Brian & Wendy Froud here.</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/02/brian-froud-signing-faeri
 es/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] CANCELLED: Guillermo del Toro
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DESCRIPTION:**NEWS 5th OCTOBER 2010**\n\nForbidden Planet regret to announ
 ce that Guillermo Del Toro has had to cancel his visit to the UK and his a
 ppearance with us will not go ahead on 6th Ocotber. \n\nBoth Forbidden Pla
 net and Harper Collins are doing everything possible to ensure that orders
  made through this site for signed stock will be fulfilled. \n\nWe apologi
 se for the inconvenience and disappointment this may cause. We will update
  this page with more information as we have it.\n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/06/guillermo-del-toro-signin
 g-fall/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Iain M Banks signing Surface Detail
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DESCRIPTION:IAIN M BANKS will be signing his new Culture novel Surface Det
 ail at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, 
 WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 7th October 6- 7pm. \n\nIt begins in the realm of t
 he Real\, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will
  not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. A war - brut
 al\, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store
  the souls of the dead\, and it's about to erupt into reality. It will tou
 ch countless lives and affect entire civilisations\, but at the centre of 
 it all is one young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive alto
 gether. Return to the Culture – if you can decide which side it’s on.\
 n\nHugo Award winner Iain was born in Fife and educated at Stirling Univer
 sity where he read English Literature\, Philosophy and Psychology. He gain
 ed widespread and controversial public notice in 1984 with his first novel
 \, The Wasp Factory and went on to create of SFs best-loved fictional sett
 ings – the ‘Culture’ in novels such as Consider Phlebas and Player o
 f Games. He’s almost unique in achieving success in two genres: mainstre
 am\, literary fiction\, and science fiction. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/07/iain-m-banks-signing-surf
 ace-detail/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] William Gibson Signing 'Zero History'
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by William G
 ibson. He will be signing his new novel ZERO HISTORY at the Forbidden Plan
 et Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 9t
 h October from 1 – 2pm. \n\nFormer rock singer Hollis Henry has lost a l
 ot of money in the crash\, which means she can't turn down the offer of a 
 job from Hubertus Bigend\, sinister Belgian proprietor of mysterious ad ag
 ency Blue Ant. Milgrim is working for Bigend too. Bigend admires the ex-ad
 dict's linguistic skills and street knowledge so much that he's even paid 
 for his costly rehab. So together Hollis and Milgrim are at the front line
  of Bigend's attempts to get a slice of the military budget\, and they gra
 dually realize he has some very dangerous competitors. Which is not a grea
 t thought when you don't much trust your boss either. \n\nWilliam Gibson f
 irst novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. In an 
 earlier short story\, Gibson had coined the phrase 'cyberspace'\, and he d
 eveloped the concept in the novel\, creating an iconography for the Inform
 ation Age long before widespread use of the Internet. Count Zero and Mona 
 Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six furth
 er novels\, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work
 \, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His mo
 st recent novels are Pattern Recognition and Spook Country\, both availabl
 e in Penguin. He was born in South Carolina but has lived in Vancouver\, C
 anada for many years.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/09/william-gibson-signing-ze
 ro-history/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Star Wars Day - Bristol!
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet will be holding a special STAR WARS DAY at ou
 r Bristol Megastore on Saturday 16th October from 10:00pm at Clifton Heigh
 ts\, Triangle West\, Bristol BS8 1EJ.\n\nWe’ll have DARTH VADER and the 
 Stormtroopers from the 501st UK Garrison on hand to provide security and e
 nsure good behaviour – and there will be plenty of opportunity for photo
 graphs and fun.\n\nWe’ll also have our own exclusive signed\, bookplated
  editions of The Making Of The Empire Strikes Back – available nowhere e
 lse.\n\nThere will be goody bags and prizes throughout the day\; fantastic
  Star Wars toys to be won in a themed store bonanza that will bring the Fo
 rce to a store near you.\n\nDON’T MISS OUT – THE FUN STARTS AT 10am!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/16/star-wars-day-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Michael Moorcock signing The Coming of the T
 erraphiles
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DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL MOORCOCK will be signing his new Doctor Who novel The 
 Coming of the Terraphiles at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesb
 ury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 21st October from 6pm until t
 he signing queue ends.\n\nThere are no words to describe the massive effec
 t that Michael Moorcock has had on the growth of the fantasy genre – and
  on all our lives. He has won the  Guardian Fiction Prize for The Conditio
 n of Muzak\, and been shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Mother Londo
 n. He’s best-loved through\, for the epic characters he has created Elri
 c\, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat. This is rare opportunity to meet the
  genre’s own Eternal Champion.\n\nMiggea - a star on the edge of reality
 . A point where space-time has worn thin\, and is in danger of collapsing.
 .. and the venue for the grand finals of the Arrow of Law competition. The
  Doctor and Amy have joined the Terraphiles - a group re-enacting Earth’
 s ancient sporting events and they are determined to win the Arrow. But re
 ality is collapsing\, ships are disappearing\, Captain Cornelius and his p
 irates are looking for easy pickings. The Doctor and Amy have to find out 
 who is prepared to kill to get their hands on the Arrow. And uncover a tra
 itor. And win the contest. And – of course – save the universe from to
 tal destruction. This is a thrilling\, all-new adventure featuring the Doc
 tor and Amy\, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.\n\nDUE TO TIME AVA
 ILABLE\, RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/21/michael-moorcock-signing-
 coming-terraphiles/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gerald Scarfe Signing The Wall
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DESCRIPTION:GERALD SCARFE will be signing The Making Of Pink Floyd: The Wa
 ll at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2
 H 8JR on Friday 22nd October 6 - 7pm\n\nThe Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall
  is the authorized\, definitive book and includes new commentaries from th
 e surviving members of Pink Floyd: Roger Waters\, David Gilmour and Nick M
 ason\, together with the director of the film\, Sir Alan Parker. Roger Wat
 ers has written the fore-word. The album imagery\, stage perfor-mances and
  film were created in close collaboration with Gerald Scarfe\, and his mas
 sive archive includes original story boards\, animation cells\, concept dr
 awings\, models and other three dimensional material together with photogr
 aphs of the creation and staging of the live performances and the filming 
 of The Wall. \n\nGerald Scarfe has been the political cartoonist for the L
 ondon Sunday Times for 43 years and has worked for The New Yorker magazine
  for nearly two decades. For many years he was involved with Pink Floyd in
  providing animated footage for their stage performances as well as jacket
  artwork for record covers and CDs. For The Wall he worked with Roger Wate
 rs on the original visual concepts for the album and the stage shows and w
 as initially co-director and subsequently designer and director of animati
 on for the film. He has again worked with Roger Waters on the new stage sh
 ow of The Wall due to tour extensively in North America and Europe.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/22/gerald-scarfe-signing-wal
 l/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Star Wars Day - Southampton!
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet will be holding a special Star Wars Day at ou
 r Southampton Megastore on Saturday 23rd October from 10:00am at 24 Hanove
 r Buildings\, Southampton\, SO14 1JU.\n\nWe’ll have the Stormtroopers fr
 om the 501st UK Garrison on hand to provide security and ensure good behav
 iour – and there will be plenty of opportunity for photographs and fun.\
 n\nWe’ll also have our own exclusive signed\, bookplated editions of The
  Making Of The Empire Strikes Back – available nowhere else.\n\nThere wi
 ll be goody bags and prizes throughout the day\; fantastic Star Wars toys 
 to be won in a themed store bonanza that will bring the Force to a store n
 ear you.\n\nDON’T MISS OUT – THE FUN STARTS AT 10am!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/23/star-wars-day-southampton
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bryan Hitch signing Ultimate Comics Studio
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DESCRIPTION:BRYAN HITCH will be signing his ULTIMATE COMICS STUDIO at the 
 Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on S
 aturday 23rd October 1 - 2pm\n\nJoin the world's top comic artist Bryan Hi
 tch\, as he explores his inspirations\, approaches and techniques through 
 a stunning collection of his finest pieces from Marvel\, as well as brand 
 new pieces commissioned especially for this book. Packed with information\
 , practical tips on panel composition\, storytelling\, tools and materials
 \, inspiration and references\, how to break into the industry and much mo
 re\, this is the long awaited guide and a must-have for Bryan Hitch fans a
 ll over the world.\n\nIncluding a foreword by writer\, director and produc
 er of Buffy the Vampire Slayer\, Joss Whedon\, this is a veritable visual 
 feast of dynamic\, impactful art for comic fans all over the world.\n\nLis
 ting the all comics credits to Bryan Hitch’s name would be impossible 
 – he may well be the most prolific and accomplished comics artist workin
 g today. With a career that spans both Marvel and DC\, working with some o
 f the genre’s foremost writers – including Mark Millar (for the Ultima
 tes\, The Ultimates 2 and Fantastic Four) and Warren Ellis (for Stormwatch
  and launching The Authority). The BBC also hired Bryan as the concept art
 ist for the 2005 relaunch of Doctor Who and he has had particular input in
 to the redesign of the TARDIS.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/23/bryan-hitch-signing-ultim
 ate-comics-studio/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Simon Pegg
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DESCRIPTION:SIMON PEGG will his signing his autobiography NERD DO WELL at 
 the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8J
 R\, on Saturday 23rd October from 4 – 5pm.\n\nSimon Pegg is an actor\, c
 omedian\, screenwriter\, producer and author. Best known for his roles in 
 Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz\, he also plays Scotty in the Star Trek fra
 nchise. Simon lives in London with his wife and daughter. This is his firs
 t book.\n\nZombies in North London\, death cults in the West Country\, the
  engineering deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bi
 zarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with 
 his now legendary sitcom "Spaced"\, his rise to nation's favourite son sta
 tus has been mercurial\, meteoric\, megatronnic\, but mostly just plain gr
 eat. From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars\
 , his enduring friendship with Nick Frost\, and his forays into stand-up w
 hich began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-ol
 d classmates\, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local 
 boy made good.\n\n<object width="420" height="300"><param name="movie" val
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URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/23/meet-simon-pegg/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Shane Rimmer signing My Autobiography
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DESCRIPTION:SHANE RIMMER will be signing My Autobiography: From Thunderbir
 ds to Pterodactyls at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Ave
 nue\, London WC2H 8JR on Saturday 30th October 1 - 2pm\n\nShane Rimmer’s
  voice is familiar to millions from his role as Scott Tracy\, the pilot of
  Thunderbird 1\, but there are many other facets to his remarkable career.
  \n\nIn From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls\, Shane recalls the years he spe
 nt as an actor\, voice artist and writer for Gerry Anderson’s classic pr
 oductions\, as well as his appearances in other memorable shows such as Do
 ctor Who\, Coronation Street and Lipstick On Your Collar.\n\nEqually at ho
 me in Star Wars or Out of Africa\, Shane’s talents as a character actor 
 have been called upon by some of the film industry’s leading directors. 
 He worked for Stanley Kubrick in Dr Strangelove and Christopher Nolan in B
 atman Begins. Between the two he notched up appearances in three James Bon
 d movies and had a close encounter with a low-flying dinosaur in The Peopl
 e that Time Forgot.\n\nThis wry and refreshingly frank autobiography sheds
  new light on some of the best-loved films and television series ever made
 \, as well as revealing what life is really like for a jobbing actor in th
 e sometimes less than glamorous world of showbusiness. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/30/shane-rimmer-signing-my-a
 utobiography/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Hallowe'en in Bristol!
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DESCRIPTION:On SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER the Forbidden Planet Megastore in Bri
 stol will be celebrating Hallowe’en… in spooky style.\n\nSPIDERS\, RAT
 S AND ‘ROACHES!\n\nBrought to us by the ‘Spider Providers’ at <a hre
 f="http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/">Bristol Zoo</a>\, who will be on hand to
  make sure their beasties are happy and cared for\, there will be creepy c
 reatures for you to pick up and handle… if you dare! Are you brave enoug
 h to stroke a spider\, tickle a rat\, pick up a cockroach? Now you can fin
 d out!\n\nCome up to the Bristol Megastore and meet our cool critters\, pr
 epare for your Hallowe’en Party with fantastic free face-painting and te
 mporary tattoos – plus you can pick up the best bits for your cool costu
 me while you’re with us!\n\nCreepy crawly fun from 1 – 3pm. See you th
 ere!\n\n**PLUS!  Thanks to our friends at FXUK\, we will have a FREE 'Walk
 ing Dead' T shirt to give to the first 25 customers buying any Halloween g
 oodies on the day!**\n\n***STOP PRESS!!  ZOMBIE HORDES WILL BE IN STORE BE
 TWEEN 11:00am AND 4:00PM.***\n\nOur Bristol Megastore is the biggest shop 
 of it’s kind in the West Country – and we’ve got the absolute best i
 n Hallowe’en masks\, props\, costumes and ghoulish party goodies!\n\n<a 
 href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/halloween-2010/">If you can't make 
 it - or are just too scared to meet a tarantula - click to see our Hallowe
 en range.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/30/halloween-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Hallowe'en in Southampton!
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DESCRIPTION:On SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER the Forbidden Planet Megastore in Sou
 thampton will be celebrating Hallowe’en… in spooky style.\n\nSNAKES AN
 D SPIDERS!\n\nBrought to us by the ‘Spider Providers’ at <a href="http
 ://www.grangereptiles.co.uk/">Grange Reptiles</a>\, who will be on hand to
  make sure their beasties happy and cared for\, there will be creepy creat
 ures for you to pick up and handle… if you dare! Are you brave enough to
  stroke a spider or drape a snake around your neck? Time to find out!\n\nC
 ome up to the Southampton Megastore and meet our cool critters\, prepare f
 or you Hallowe’en Party with fantastic free face-painting – plus you c
 an pick up the best bits for your cool costume while you’re with us!\n\n
 Creepy crawly fun from 1 – 3pm. See you there!\n\n**PLUS!  Thanks to our
  friends at FXUK\, we will have a FREE 'Walking Dead' T shirt to give to t
 he first 25 customers buying any Halloween goodies on the day!**\n\nOur So
 uthampton Megastore is the biggest shop of it’s kind on the South Coast 
 – and we’ve got the absolute best in Hallowe’en masks\, props\, cost
 umes and ghoulish party goodies!\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/pi
 cks/halloween-2010/">If you can't make it - or are just too scared to meet
  a tarantula - click to see our Halloween range.</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/30/halloween-southampton/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Karen Miller and N K Jemisin
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DESCRIPTION:KAREN MILLER and N K Jemisin will be signing their latest titl
 es THE RELUCTANT MAGE and THE BROKEN KINGDOMS at the Forbidden Planet Mega
 store\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Saturday 30th October 
 4 – 5pm\n\nIn Karen Miller's THE RELUCTANT MAGE\, it’s been months sin
 ce Rafel ventured over Barl’s Mountains into the unknown and only Deenie
  believes that Rafel still lives\, sensing her brother in tortured dreams.
   She knows she must try to find him\, as his talents alone will heal thei
 r land.  The prospect terrifies Deenie\; she finds the lands beyond Lur bl
 ighted with lawlessness and chaos and the dark sorcerer Morg’s deadly le
 gacy. As they travel\, they learn of a dangerous new power in the land.  D
 eenie comes to suspect that her missing brother is involved\, and that the
  evil their father destroyed has been reborn.  She must save Rafel – if 
 she can’t\, then Morg's vast power will once again command their world.\
 n\nN K Jemisin's THE BROKEN KINGDOMS\, takes us to the city of Shadow\, be
 neath the World Tree\, where alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings liv
 e hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth\, a blind artist\, takes in a homele
 ss man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight. However\, this ac
 t of kindness is to engulf Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone\, som
 ehow\, is murdering godlings\, leaving their desecrated bodies all over th
 e city. Oree's peculiar guest is at the heart of it\, his presence putting
  her in mortal danger - but is it him the killers want\, or Oree? And is t
 he earthly power of the Arameri king their ultimate goal\, or have they se
 t their sights on the Lord of Night himself?\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/10/30/karen-miller-signing-relu
 ctant-mage/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Iain M Banks signing Surface Detail (Bristol
 )
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DESCRIPTION:IAIN M BANKS will be signing his new Culture novel Surface Det
 ail at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Triangle West\, 
 Bristol BS8 1EJ on Tuesday 2nd November from 12:30 – 1:30pm/ \n\nIt begi
 ns in the realm of the Real\, where matter still matters. It begins with a
  murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death 
 itself. A war - brutal\, far-reaching - is already raging within the digit
 al realms that store the souls of the dead\, and it's about to erupt into 
 reality. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilisations\, b
 ut at the centre of it all is one young woman whose need for revenge masks
  another motive altogether. Return to the Culture – if you can decide wh
 ich side it’s on.\n\nHugo Award winner Iain was born in Fife and educate
 d at Stirling University where he read English Literature\, Philosophy and
  Psychology. He gained widespread and controversial public notice in 1984 
 with his first novel\, The Wasp Factory and went on to create of SFs best-
 loved fictional settings – the ‘Culture’ in novels such as Consider 
 Phlebas and Player of Games. He’s almost unique in achieving success in 
 two genres: mainstream\, literary fiction\, and science fiction. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/02/iain-m-banks-signing-surf
 ace-detail-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nathan Fox signing Fluorescent Black
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DESCRIPTION:NATHAN FOX will be signing FLUORESCENT BLACK at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 18
 th November 6 – 7pm.\n\nFluorescent Black takes readers into the hard-hi
 tting dark future of South East Asia where gene-tech has divided the human
 s into two races\, and both the utopian and dystopian futures exist in nea
 r proximity. Known for it provocative ideas and scientific accuracy\, Fluo
 rescent Black has been praised by biotechnology web rings and counter-cult
 ure magazines as a seminal "bio-punk" novel. A visceral ride through a bio
 -punk future where life is cheap and death is the only way out. \n\nWith a
  long and accomplished education and career in visuals arts\, Nathan’s w
 ork has appeared in The New York Times\, Interview\, The New Yorker\, Roll
 ing Stone\, Wired\, ESPN Magazine\, Print\, Mother Jones\, Spin\, Mad Maga
 zine\, DC Comics and many other publications. Known best for his work on t
 he stunning DMZ comic\, his future projects include continued collaboratio
 n with Instant Winner Skateboards\, as well as pursuing comics\, graphic n
 ovels and gallery work… in the hope that he will one day be able to reno
 vate his basement. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/18/nathan-fox-signing-floure
 scent-black/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bret 'Hitman' Hart
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DESCRIPTION:Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart will be signing 'Hitman: My Life In The
  Cartoon World of Wrestling' at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaft
 esbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Friday 19th November 5:30 – 6:30p
 m\n\nIn Hitman\, one of pro wrestling's biggest stars tells it like it was
 \, with a human and very touching amount of detail. He relates the story o
 f how a family-friendly\, locally oriented sport run by curmudgeonly promo
 ters was steamrollered by Hulk Hogan - fueled WWF marketing machine. Hart 
 also vividly depicts the threadbare but thrilling family business he grew 
 up in\, road trips in crowded vans\, meager pay\, clownish ring antics and
  solid sense of brotherhood. This is a glance under the ropes of pro-wrest
 ling\, from one of its biggest stars.\n\nBret Hart is recognised as one of
  the best wrestlers in the world. Multiple record-holder and winner of man
 ifold titles\, he is known for never having injured another wrestler. He h
 as a worldwide fan base and his own column in the Calgary Sun\; he was als
 o up for the lead in Batman Triumphant\, before production was cancelled.\
 n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/19/bret-hitman-hart/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Toy Launch Event: Lunartik at Forbidden Plan
 et
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DESCRIPTION:HAVE A CUP OF TEA!\n\nForbidden Planet is delighted to be host
 ing the LAUNCH EVENT for Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes’ latest range of viny
 l figures Lunartik in a Cup of Tea: Mini Series 1 at the Forbidden Planet 
 Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR.\n\nMatt JOnes’ deb
 ut figure\, Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea\, was an instant and refreshing succe
 ss to the UK art toy world\; Lunartik was the base design for the gorgeous
  Custom Tea Tour involving such artists as Pete Fowler and Jon Burgerman\,
  which also made its debut at Forbidden Planet. Now\, Matt JOnes brings us
  his first set of blind-boxed mini collectibles\, including 12 fresh favou
 rs and four hidden special brews! \n\nAnd from 1pm on Saturday 20th Novemb
 er\, Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes will be in our store to make you a cup of t
 ea – as only he knows how – along with beautiful cakes supplied by Hid
 den Crumbs - http://www.hiddenrocket.com/hidden-crumbs/\n\nMatt JOnes is a
 lso the designer of the 3D version of our famous ‘rocket’ brand\, orig
 inally created by Rian Hughes.\n\nForbidden Planet has always been on the 
 forefront of the art toy sensation in the UK\, hosting events with Tara Mc
 Pherson\, Jon Burgerman\, Pete Fowler and James Jarvis as well as being th
 e only UK venue on the Custom Bart Qee Tour in 2007 and raising money for 
 the Alzheimer’s Research Trust with the MonQee Project\, as supported by
  Terry Pratchett and Toy2R.\n\nVisit Matt's portfolio at: www.Lunartik.com
 \n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/20/toy-launch-event-lunartik
 -forbidden-planet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nev Fountain and Nicola Bryant signing The M
 ervyn Stone Mysteries
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DESCRIPTION:Nev Fountain and Nicola Bryant will be signing The Mervyn Ston
 e Mysteries at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, L
 ondon\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 25th November 6 – 7pm\n\nFrom Big Finish\
 , these are a mix of comic detective fiction and cheesy old TV sci-fi. Des
 cribed by David Tennant as ‘Fiendish and funny\, Columbo meets Blake's 7
  with gags – and sex!’\, they open out the world of Mervyn Stone\, for
 mer script editor of Vixens from the Void\, a science fiction TV show from
  the 1980s. Mervyn now spends his time going to conventions\, doing DVD co
 mmentaries... and solving murders. A gloriously funny satire on the idioci
 es of television\, Mervyn’s script editor just won’t switch off.  He j
 ust keeps spotting plot-holes and discovering whodunnit.\n\nNev Fountain i
 s a multi-award winning writer\, who has worked mainly in radio and televi
 sion. He was a principal writer on the award-winning Dead Ringers\, and ha
 s contributed to shows including Have I Got News For You\, The Impressions
  Show\, 2DTV\, The News Quiz\, Loose Ends and his own radio sitcom Elephan
 ts to Catch Eels. \n\nBest known for the part of Peri Brown in Doctor Who\
 , Nicola has had a long and varied acting career. A television and stage p
 erformer\, Nicola has appeared in numerous West End productions – as wel
 l as in the hit series Holby City.\n\n*You may bring your own products to 
 be signed by Nicola\, but please note that\, depending on the size of the 
 queue\, there may be restrictions on the numbers of those items. Thank you
 .\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/25/nev-fountain-and-nicola-b
 ryant-signing-mervyn-ston/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey signing The Unwritten Vol. 2
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DESCRIPTION:Mike Carey will be signing The Unwritten Vol 2: The Inside Man
  at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2
 H 8JR\, on Friday 26th November from 5:30 - 6:30pm.\n\nTom Taylor's father
  created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series\, boy-wizard novels with populari
 ty on par with Harry Potter. The problem: Dad modeled the fictional epic s
 o closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his
  counterpart. When a scandal reveals that he might really be a boy-wizard 
 made flesh\, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious group. Now\, to prot
 ect his own life and discover the truth\, Tom will travel the world\, visi
 ting places where fiction has shaped reality. In this volume\, Tom arrives
  at Donostia prison in southern France and falls into the orbit of another
  of his stories\, ‘The Song of Roland’. Unfortunately\, it's a story t
 hat ends with a massacre...\n\nMike Carey’s work in has encompassed ever
 ything from a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne to the astounding and Ei
 sner Award-nominated Lucifer. The list of credits and titles to his name i
 s as sparkling as it is long – and the publication of his Felix Castor s
 eries of novels have proved that he can move format without losing his ins
 ight\, skill or passion. Mike has a first-class degree in English from Oxf
 ord and pre-dated his illustrious comics career with 15 years as a teacher
 .\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/26/mike-carey-signing-unwrit
 ten-vol-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get GONZO at Forbidden Planet!
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DESCRIPTION:We're delighted to be hosting a signing for GONZO: A GRAPHIC B
 IOGRAPHY OF HUNTER S THOMPSON. \n\nWill Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith wil
 l be signing this title at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbur
 y Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 27th November from 1 – 2pm.\n
 \nOver the course of Hunter S. Thompson's extraordinary life\, he was publ
 icly branded a bum\, a vandal\, a thief\, a liar\, an addict\, a freak and
  a psychopath. Some of these were true. Yet\, even when compared to the mo
 st significant figures of the 20th century\, his legacy remains a brillian
 tly vital force. \n\nThis is his story - the story of a troubled kid who w
 ent on to become an international icon\, a story that plumbs the darkest d
 epths of American society and charts the now-legendary adventures that bir
 thed Gonzo journalism and a lifestyle beyond imagination.\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/11/27/get-gonzo-forbidden-plane
 t/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bryan Talbot signing Grandville Mon Amour
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DESCRIPTION:BRYAN TALBOT will be signing his astounding graphic novel Gran
 dville\, Mon Amour at Forbidden Planet\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London W
 C2H 8JR on Thursday 2nd December 6 - 7pm.\n\nThe Badger is back! Set three
  weeks after the finale of Grandville\, Grandville Mon Amour pits Detectiv
 e Inspector Archie LeBrock of Scotland Yard against an old adversary\, Edw
 ard 'Mad Dog' Mastock - a psychotic serial killer whose shocking escape fr
 om his execution at the Tower of London begins this fast-paced\, Hitchcock
 ian steampunk thriller. With a range of new and fascinating characters and
  a mix of Holmesian deduction\, knowing humour and edge of the seat action
 \, Grandville Mon Amour continues the vein of high-octane adventure begun 
 in the first volume. Can even LeBrock escape the past or do heroes have fe
 et of clay? Follow the badger!\n\nListing the accomplishments of Bryan Tal
 bot is a daunting task – arguably the creator of the first British graph
 ic novel\, ‘The Adventures of Luther Arkwright’\, the credits to his n
 ame are too numerous to mention. He started in the underground comics scen
 e of the late 1960s and his work has spanned the flagship series of 2000AD
  as well as Batman\, Sandman\, Hellblazer amd Fables. The Observer describ
 ed his last graphic novel\, Alice in Sunderland\, as ‘…one of the most
  exhilarating books in years’.\n\n<object style="height: 250px\; width: 
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URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/12/02/bryan-talbot-signing-gran
 dville-mon-amour/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Chris Riddell signing: Cancelled
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DESCRIPTION:Due to the current poor weather conditions\, Chris Riddell wil
 l not be able to travel to Forbidden Planet and\, reluctantly\, we have ha
 d to cancel the signing.\n\nWe apologise for any disappointment and inconv
 enience this may cause.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/12/04/chris-riddell-signing-ali
 enography/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Edgar Wright signing 'Scott Pilgrim' on DVD 
 & Blu-ray
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce that director EDGAR
  WRIGHT will be signing the DVD & BluRay release of the smash-hit movie SC
 OTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesb
 ury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 30th December 5:30 – 6:30pm\n\n
 From the comic books by Bryan Lee O’Malley\, this is the level-up movie 
 that brought Scott Pilgrim onto the big screen. He’s charming\, he’s j
 obless\, he plays bass for garage band Sex Bob-omb – and he’s just met
  the girl of his dreams. Now\, her seven evil exes are coming to kill him.
   Scott Pilgrim vs the World is released on Blu-ray and two disc DVD on 27
 th December from Universal Pictures.\n\nEdgar Wright is a genre-smashing c
 reator as writer and director on 'Hot Fuzz'\, 'Shaun Of The Dead' and cult
  TV series 'Spaced'. In Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World\, he brings to life th
 e tale of one romantic slacker’s quest to power up with love – and the
  DVD release of the movie is absolutely packed with extras.\n\n**Due to ti
 me restaints\, there may be limits on the number of items to be signed.**
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2010/12/30/edgar-wright-signing-scot
 t-pilgrim-dvd/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Rod Rees Launches 'The Demi-Monde'
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DESCRIPTION:ROD REES will be signing his debut novel The Demi-Monde: Winte
 r at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC
 2H 8JR\, on Thursday 13th January 6 – 7pm.\n\nA thrilling and action-pac
 ked adventure set in an utterly absorbing\, deliriously imaginative world.
   The Demi-Monde is the most advanced simulation ever devised. Thirty mill
 ion people ruled by history’s cruellest tyrants\, locked in eternal civi
 l conflict. The intention: to create the closest thing to Hell\, and prepa
 re soldiers for the nightmarish environment of war.\n\nBut something has g
 one badly wrong. Reinhard Heydrich – or at least a simulacrum resembling
  the Nazi monster – has kidnapped the President’s daughter from the Re
 al-World and concealed her within the Demi-Monde\, making it impossible fo
 r the program to be switched off. This achieved\, he has cut off all conta
 ct with reality.\n\nIt falls to Ella Thomas\, a young jazz singer\, to inf
 iltrate Heydrich’s virtual domain and rescue the missing girl. But once 
 inside she will discover that everything in the Demi-Monde is not as it se
 ems\, and that the Real-World may be in more danger than everyone outside 
 realises . . .\n\n<object style="height: 195px\; width: 320px"><param name
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 plication/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="alw
 ays" width="320" height="195"></object>\n\nThe Demi-Monde: Winter is the f
 irst novel by Rod Rees - and it will be followed by three further books in
  the series\, Spring\, Summer and Autumn.\n\nTo celebrate the publication 
 of The Demi-Monde: Winter\, the first ten customers at the signing will re
 ceive a signed\, highly limited edition poster of characters from 'Demi Mo
 nde'.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/01/13/rod-rees-launches-demi-mo
 nde/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ben Aaronovitch signing Rivers of London
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DESCRIPTION:Ben Aaronovitch will be signing Rivers of London at the Forbid
 den Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Sat
 urday 15th January 1 – 2pm.\n\nMeet Peter Grant\, probationary constable
  in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the
  Metropolitan Police Service (aka\, The Filth). His only concerns in life 
 were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - and finding a 
 way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Th
 en one night\, in pursuance of a murder inquiry\, he tried to take a witne
 ss statement from someone who was dead\, and that brought him to the atten
 tion of Inspector Nightingale\, the last wizard in England. Now he’s a D
 etective Constable and a trainee wizard and his world has become somewhat 
 complicated: vampires in Purley\, negotiating a truce between the warring 
 gods of the Thames\, digging up graves in Covent garden… and there's som
 ething festering at the heart of the city he loves\, a malicious vengeful 
 spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque manneq
 uins to act out its drama of violence and despair. \n\nBen Aaronovitch was
  born and raised in London and his work reflects his abiding fascination a
 nd love for what he refers to as the 'Capital of the World'. Also the auth
 ors of numerous Doctor Who scripts\, he works as a bookseller when he’s 
 not writing\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/01/15/ben-aaronovitch-signing-r
 ivers-london/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Abercrombie signing The Heroes
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DESCRIPTION:JOE ABERCROMBIE will be signing his astounding novel The Heroe
 s at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC
 2H 8JR\, on Thursday 27th January 6 – 7pm.\n\nThree man. One battle. No 
 heroes. Bremer dan Gorst\, disgraced master swordsman\, has sworn to recla
 im his stolen honour on the battlefield – and he’s caring how much blo
 od gets spilled in the attempt. Prince Calder isn't interested in honour\;
  he wants is power\, and he'll tell any lie\, use any trick\, betray any f
 riend to get it. Curnden Craw\, the last honest man in the North\, has gai
 ned nothing from a life of warfare but swollen knees and frayed nerves. He
  just wants to do the right thing – but what is that\, when the world bu
 rning down around him? A bloody battle awaits – but with both sides ridd
 led by intrigues\, follies\, feuds and jealousies\, it’s unlikely to be 
 the noblest hearts\, or the strongest arms\, that prevail. \n\nCatapulted 
 to the top ranks of fantasy writers\, Joe’s winning formula is terrific\
 , punchy prose\, razor-sharp characterisation and a witty\, darkly comic v
 ein. His novels are enjoyed by those who love fantasy as well as those who
  like to lose themselves in the complex plotting of the richest\, and grit
 tiest\, historical epics.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/01/27/joe-abercrombie-signing-h
 eroes/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Abercrombie in Bristol
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DESCRIPTION:JOE ABERCROMBIE will be signing his astounding novel The Heroe
 s at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, Triangle West\, Bristol BS8 1EJ on S
 aturday 29th January 1 – 2pm.\n\nThree man. One battle. No heroes. Breme
 r dan Gorst\, disgraced master swordsman\, has sworn to reclaim his stolen
  honour on the battlefield – and he’s caring how much blood gets spill
 ed in the attempt. Prince Calder isn't interested in honour\; he wants is 
 power\, and he'll tell any lie\, use any trick\, betray any friend to get 
 it. Curnden Craw\, the last honest man in the North\, has gained nothing f
 rom a life of warfare but swollen knees and frayed nerves. He just wants t
 o do the right thing – but what is that\, when the world burning down ar
 ound him? A bloody battle awaits – but with both sides riddled by intrig
 ues\, follies\, feuds and jealousies\, it’s unlikely to be the noblest h
 earts\, or the strongest arms\, that prevail. \n\nCatapulted to the top ra
 nks of fantasy writers\, Joe’s winning formula is terrific\, punchy pros
 e\, razor-sharp characterisation and a witty\, darkly comic vein. His nove
 ls are enjoyed by those who love fantasy as well as those who like to lose
  themselves in the complex plotting of the richest\, and grittiest\, histo
 rical epics.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/01/29/joe-abercrombie-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Kate Griffin
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a double signing by Jo
 n Courtenay Grimwood and Kate Griffin for their new titles The Fallen Blad
 e and The Neon Court the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Aven
 ue\, London SE1 0UP on Thursday 3rd February from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe Fallen
  Blade takes us to Venice\, in the early 15th century and at the height of
  its power. A simpleton Duke\, unable to rule effectively\, has a fifteen-
 year-old cousin stolen by Mamluk pirates. And his chief assassin has found
  a creature of mystery – a slight\, swift boy\, drinking blood from a sl
 it throat. A boy who would make a perfect apprentice.\n\nIn The Neon Court
 \, Matthew Swift has even more problems. A dead woman is trying to kill hi
 m and the city itself is under attack from a force of unimaginable power. 
 As if trying to stay one step ahead of an assassin and juggling magical po
 litics weren't enough\, he must also find a way to defeat a primal threat 
 from humanity's darkest nightmares. Or there may not be a London left to f
 ight over.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/02/03/jon-courtenay-grimwood-an
 d-kate-griffin/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Justina Robson In Liverpool
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Justina R
 obson for the fifth Quantum Gravity title\, Down To The Bone\, at Forbidde
 n Planet\, 92 Bold Street\, Liverpool L1 4HY on Saturday 19th February 1 
 – 2pm.\n\nLila Black faces her greatest challenge yet as she takes herse
 lf\, her dead lover and the AI in her head into death's realm. The Quantum
  Gravity series\, set in a world where our reality mixes with other dimens
 ions that are the homes to Faeries\, elementals and demons\, is unique in 
 modern SF - a series that is willing to incorporate legend\, myth and magi
 c while maintaining a rigorous approach to scientific and psychological re
 ality. And in Lila Black\, Justina Robson has created an enduringly strong
  yet quirkily human and flawed heroine. \n\nJustina is from Leeds\, Yorksh
 ire. She studied philosophy and linguistics before settling down to write 
 in 1992. Her earlier novels\, Silver Screen (1999) and Mappa Mundi (2001)\
 , were both shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/02/19/justina-robson-liverpool/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jasper Fforde Signing One Of Our Thursdays I
 s Missing
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DESCRIPTION:JASPER FFORDE will be signing new novel One Of Our Thursdays I
 s Missing at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lon
 don\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 23rd February from 1 – 2pm.\n\nJasper Ffor
 de is one of the UK’s most imaginative and entertaining authors. He crea
 tes hilarious\, absurd and compelling adventures within bizarre and zany w
 orlds and has enjoyed international success with two bestselling series. H
 is books are loved by readers and have a mass following of dedicated fans.
 \n\nThursday Next is a literary detective who juggles her time between con
 temporary Swindon (though the Crimean War has not yet ended and dodos are 
 house pets) and her travels in the world of fiction. In this\, the sixth b
 ook in the series\, it is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only Thursday
 ’s diplomatic skills can avert a devastating genre war. But a week befor
 e the peace talks\, she vanishes. Has she returned home to the RealWorld o
 r is this more sinister?\n\nBut all is not lost. Living at the quiet end o
 f speculative fiction is the written Thursday Next\, eager to prove hersel
 f worthy of her illustrious Namesake. With her clockwork butler Sprockett 
 and her Designated Love Interest Whitby Jett\, Thursday has to get to grip
 s with her inability to match up to her Namesake's talent\, and prove hers
 elf to the one person she respects more than anyone else: The real her...\
 n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/02/23/jasper-fforde-signing-one
 -our-thursdays-missing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Amulet of Samarkand Event at Forbidden Plane
 t
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing and Q&A by J
 onathan Stroud and Andrew Donkin\, plus live art by Lee Sullivan\, all for
  the gorgeous graphic novel The Amulet of Samarkand at the Forbidden Plane
 t Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 24t
 h February 6 – 7pm.\n\nMeet the authors and the artist who have brought 
 this electrifying tale of to life as a full-colour graphic novel. \n\nSet 
 in a modern-day London controlled by magicians\, an irresistible plot is w
 oven through sharp dialogue and stunning new artwork. Nathaniel\, a young 
 magician’s apprentice\, has revenge on his mind. Desperate to defy his m
 aster and take on more challenging spells\, he secretly summons the 5000-y
 ear-old djinni\, Bartimaeus. Against his will\, Bartimaeus is packed off t
 o steal the powerful Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace\, a master ma
 gician of unrivalled ruthlessness and ambition. Before long\, both djinni 
 and apprentice are caught up in a terrifying flood of magical intrigue\, l
 eading to a thrilling and hilarious adventure.\n\nJonathan Stroud is the a
 uthor of the Bartimaeus trilogy\, and the prequel\, The Ring of Solomon\, 
 which have now sold over 6 million copies worldwide. Andrew Donkin has wri
 tten more than sixty books for children and adults\, and he has co-written
  the graphic novel adaptations of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl and Artemis
  Fowl: The Arctic Incident. Comic book artist and book illustrator Lee Sul
 livan’s work includes comics Transformers\, Judge Dredd and Doctor Who. 
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/02/24/amulet-samarkand-event-fo
 rbidden-planet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Steven Erikson signing The Crippled God
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110226T123000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110226T133000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:The final\, apocalyptic chapter in one of the most original\, 
 exciting and acclaimed fantasy series of our time is coming to Forbidden P
 lanet!\n\nWe're delighted to announce a signing by Steven Erikson for the 
 final tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen\, The Crippled God\, at the F
 orbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, o
 n Saturday 26th February from 12:30 - 1:30pm.\n\nThe Bonehunters are march
 ing to Kolanse and to an unknown fate. Tormented and exhausted\, they are 
 an army on the edge of mutiny. But Adjunct Tavore will not relent. If she 
 can hold her forces together\, if the fragile alliances she has forged can
  survive and if it is within her power\, one final act remains. She might 
 not possess the gift of magic\, she may be deemed plain and instill little
  loyalty and yet Tavore Paran is nothing if not bold. For she means to cha
 llenge the gods... Ranged against Tavore and her allies are the Forkrul As
 sail. Drawing upon a terrible unworldly power\, they desire to cleanse the
  world – to annihilate everything in order to begin anew. Meanwhile In t
 he realm of Kurald Galain\, home to the long lost city of Kharkanas\, thou
 sands of refugees have gathered upon the First Shore. They await the comin
 g of the Tiste Liosan. But this is a war they cannot hope to win – are t
 hey truly so ready to die for a lost cause? There is to be a reckoning. Bu
 t none can conceive of the true\, terrifying\, enormity of things. For the
  Elder Gods are at work. Their intention is to shatter the chains that bin
 d a force of utter devastation and release her from her eternal prison. In
 deed\, it would seem that once more there will be dragons in the world...\
 n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/02/26/steven-erikson-signing-cr
 ipped-god/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Wingrove launching Son of Heaven
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110303T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110303T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID WINGROVE will be launching his astounding novel Son of H
 eaven at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\
 , WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 3rd March 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe year is 2085\, two de
 cades after the great economic collapse. It’s power broken and it’s ci
 ties ruined\, the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset
 \, Jake Reed lives with his 14-year old son\, haunted by memories. Back in
  ’43\, Jake was a rich young futures broker\, immersed in the datascape 
 of the world’s financial markets. He saw what was coming – and was one
  of the few to escape. For 22 years\, he’s lived in fear of the future 
 – and now it’s coming towards him. Chinese airships are in the skies a
 nd a strange glacial structure is dominating the horizon. A civil war loom
 s – and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle for the futu
 re.\n\nBorn in London in 1954\, David Wingrove gave up a career in banking
  to return to college\, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in En
 glish and American Literature. Whilst working on his Doctorate\, he set ab
 out he daunting task of researching and creating the CHUNGKUO series. He l
 ives in North London\, where he’s working on a new time travel trilogy.\
 n\n<span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" o
 nclick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Da
 nacea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='+encodeUR
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URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/03/david-wingrove-launching-
 son-heaven/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] CANCELLED! Exclusive pre-publication event: 
 Dan Abnett signing Embedded
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<b>Many apologies but this event has now been cancelled. We wi
 ll be rescheduling as soon as possible.</b>\n\nAn exclusive pre-publicatio
 n signing by Dan Abnett for the Forbidden Planet Limited Edition of his ne
 w Angry Robot novel Embedded! This will take place at the Forbidden Planet
  Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 26th
  March from 1 - 2pm.\n\nThe colony planet of Eighty-Six looks as dull as a
 ll its fellow new worlds to veteran journalist Lex Falk\, but when a local
  squabble starts to turn violent\, and the media start getting the runarou
 nd from the military high command\, his interest is seriously piqued. Forb
 idden from approaching the battlezone\, he gets himself chipped inside the
  head of a combat veteran – and uncovers the story of a lifetime. When t
 he soldier is killed\, however\, Falk must use all his resourcefulness to 
 get back home again… and blow the lid off the whole damn thing.\n\nDan l
 ives and works in Maidstone\, Kent. He has laudable pile of comic titles t
 o his credit\, including work for both Marvel and DC\; he’s also been on
 e of 2000AD’s most prolific writers and responsible for one of the longe
 st running strips of the last decade\, Sinister Dexter. More recently\, he
 ’s the Black Library’s leading author\, writer of several of the enorm
 ously successful Horus Heresy series including Horus Rising and Prospero B
 urns. Embedded is his second standalone novel for Angry Robot Books.\n\n<s
 pan>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" onclic
 k="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Danacea
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  Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-s
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  style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/26/exclusive-pre-publication
 -event-dan-abnett-signing/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] How To See Faeries with Froud & Matthews
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN FROUD and JOHN MATTHEWS will be signing How To See Faeri
 es from Abrams at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\
 , London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 26th March from 4 – 5pm.\n\nFrom the b
 estselling artist of the Faeries books and the bestselling author of the P
 irates Interactive Book comes an exciting new project about how you can di
 scover faeries in your home\, backyard\, and just about anywhere.\n\nInter
 national best-selling artist Brian Froud and NY TIMES best-selling author 
 John Matthews come together for the first time to create a spectacular\, i
 nteractive book that opens the doors to the enchanted world of Faerie. Pap
 er mechanics\, windows\, insets\, cut-outs\, hidden messages\, magical sig
 ns\, reflective mirrors and more abound. \n\nBrian Froud's name is synonym
 ous with "faeries" and his books have been widely published and is also ce
 lbrated for his work on movies such as Labyrinth and Dark Crystal.\n\nJohn
  Matthews is the NY TIMES bestselling author of PIRATES. He is well known 
 for his books on history and folklore.\n\nBrian Froud interviewed at Forbi
 dden Planet in 2010.\n<object style="height: 260px\; width: 426px"><param 
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 "always" width="426" height="260"></object>\n\n<span>\n<a href="http://www
 .addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('http://ww
 w.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Danacea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComp
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 addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar=no\,width=620\,height=520\,resizable=y
 es\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status=no\,screenX=200\,screenY=100\,left=200
 \,top=100')\; return false\;" title="Bookmark and Share"><img alt="Bookmar
 k and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" border="0" heig
 ht="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>\n</span><span style="font-style: itali
 c\;">\n</span>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/26/how-see-faeries-froud-mat
 thews/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Zack Snyder Signing Sucker Punch: The Art Of
  The Film
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110329T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110329T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:B-52s\, Bombs\, Brothels & Babes! Welcome To The World Of Suck
 er Punch!\n\nOn Tuesday 29th March\, from 6 - 7pm\, you can come down and 
 meet Zack Snyder at our London Megastore - and pick up a signed copy of 'S
 ucker Punch: The Art Of The Film'! \n\nEnter Zack Snyder's fantastical wor
 ld of warfare with this wonderful art book and have it signed by Zack Snyd
 er himself. There's everything from samurai to serpents included and it's 
 a unique opportunity to grab yourself a very special copy of this official
  book. Snyder guides you through the many amazing worlds and characters of
  the film\, with eye-popping production art and stunning photographs by Cl
 ay Enos (Watchmen: Portraits).\n\nDue to the expected high demand for sign
 ed copies of this title\, it will only be available at the London event an
 d we will not be taking pre-orders for signed copies. Likewise\, since we'
 re anticipating a high turnout on the day\, we may be limiting the number 
 of items that you can have signed. \n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/29/zack-snyder-signing-sucke
 r-punch-art-film/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Eric Brown signing The Kings of Eternity
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110331T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110331T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:ERIC BROWN will be signing THE KINGS OF ETERNITY at the Forbid
 den Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thu
 rsday 31st March 6 – 7pm - two weeks prior to its publication date.\n\nA
 s the 20th Century draws to a close\, a troubled novelist tries to hide fr
 om the past on a remote and idyllic Greek island – but when he falls in 
 love\, it threatens to unleash the horrors that haunt him. Meanwhile\, mor
 e than 60 years in the past and hundreds of miles away\, two writers are c
 alled by their friend to investigate strange goings-on in Hopton Wood. The
 ir discovery – a strange alien creature – will bring their world\, and
  that of the reclusive novelist in the future\, into a gripping and unexpe
 cted collision.\n\nEric Brown is the award-winning author of a huge number
  of SF novels\, children’s books\, radio plays\, articles and reviews\, 
 including Helix\, The Bengal Station Trilogy\, The New York Trilogy\, Két
 hani\, Engineman\, Guardians of the Phoenix and The Fall of Tartarus. Ten 
 years in the writing and his most ambitious novel to date\, The Kings of E
 ternity is a tale of rare scope\, populated with emotionally powerful char
 acters. \n\n<span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="
 _blank" onclick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&am
 p\;pub=Danacea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='
 +encodeURIComponent(document.title)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar
 =no\,width=620\,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status
 =no\,screenX=200\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title
 ="Bookmark and Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis
 .com/button1-share.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>
 \n</span><span style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/31/eric-brown-signing-kings-
 eternity/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Royal Wedding Event!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110402T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110402T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:JOIN RICH JOHNSTON\, GARY ERSKINE AND FORBIDDEN PLANET…\nAND
  CELEBRATE THE ROYAL WEDDING!\n\nOn Saturday 2nd April from 1pm\, Forbidde
 n Planet will be celebrating the forthcoming marriage of Prince William to
  Kate Middleton – with our very own in-store street party!\n\nJoin Rich 
 Johnston\, Gary Eskine\, and Owen Jollands as they bring you the wedding o
 f the year - with the Markosia Comics release of ‘Kate & William: A Very
  Public Love Story’.\n\nThis is a signing with a difference – not only
  the perfect opportunity to discover the story of Wills and Kate in graphi
 c novel form\, but to have your picture taken with the happy couple (well\
 , kind of) and to enjoy the classic retro feel of an old school street-par
 ty\, complete with tiaras and bunting.\n\nWe can’t promise we’ll be ta
 king it too seriously – but we can promise that it will be done in true 
 Forbidden Planet style!\n\nAlso available will be the two commemorative on
 e-shots ‘William Windsor: A Very Public Prince’ and Kate Middleton: A 
 Very Private Princess’. Make sure you pick up your commemorative copy.\n
 \n<span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" on
 click="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Dan
 acea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='+encodeURI
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 =620\,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status=no\,scree
 nX=200\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title="Bookmark
  and Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/butto
 n1-share.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>\n</span><
 span style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/02/royal-wedding-event/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] NEW DATE! Exclusive pre-publication event: D
 an Abnett signing Embedded
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110407T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110407T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<b>NEW DATE!</b>\n\nAn exclusive pre-publication signing by Da
 n Abnett for the Forbidden Planet Limited Edition of his new Angry Robot n
 ovel Embedded! This will take place at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 17
 9 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 7th April from 6 - 
 7pm.\n\nThe colony planet of Eighty-Six looks as dull as all its fellow ne
 w worlds to veteran journalist Lex Falk\, but when a local squabble starts
  to turn violent\, and the media start getting the runaround from the mili
 tary high command\, his interest is seriously piqued. Forbidden from appro
 aching the battlezone\, he gets himself chipped inside the head of a comba
 t veteran – and uncovers the story of a lifetime. When the soldier is ki
 lled\, however\, Falk must use all his resourcefulness to get back home ag
 ain… and blow the lid off the whole damn thing.\n\nDan lives and works i
 n Maidstone\, Kent. He has laudable pile of comic titles to his credit\, i
 ncluding work for both Marvel and DC\; he’s also been one of 2000AD’s 
 most prolific writers and responsible for one of the longest running strip
 s of the last decade\, Sinister Dexter. More recently\, he’s the Black L
 ibrary’s leading author\, writer of several of the enormously successful
  Horus Heresy series including Horus Rising and Prospero Burns. Embedded i
 s his second standalone novel for Angry Robot Books.\n\n<span>\n<a href="h
 ttp://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('
 http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Danacea&amp\;url='+enco
 deURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='+encodeURIComponent(document.t
 itle)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar=no\,width=620\,height=520\,re
 sizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status=no\,screenX=200\,screenY=100\
 ,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title="Bookmark and Share"><img alt
 ="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" border
 ="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>\n</span><span style="font-sty
 le: italic\;">\n</span>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/07/new-date-exclusive-pre-pu
 blication-event-dan-abnet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Andy Diggle\, Jamie Delano & Jock signing Ra
 t Catcher and Hellblazer: Pandemonium
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110408T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110408T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by ANDY DIGG
 LE\, JAMIE DELANO & JOCK for the Titan Books publications Rat Catcher and 
 Hellblazer: Pandemonium the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury A
 venue\, London SE1 0UP on Friday 8th April from 6 – 7pm.\n\nAccording to
  underworld legend\, the Rat Catcher is a peerless assassin who specialise
 s in silencing mob snitches. There's just one problem – he doesn't exist
 . Now there's a pile of dead bodies in a burning safe house outside El Pas
 o. The Rat Catcher has finally slipped up\, and a washed-up FBI agent has 
 one last chance to hunt him down. Follow Andy Diggle’s tale of two maste
 r man-hunters in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse\, each of them hiding a se
 cret from the other.\n\nIn Hellblazer: Pandemonuim\, an alluring Muslim wo
 man catches John Constantine's eye and brings troubles to his doorstep: a 
 bombing in a London museum\, mysterious ancient Sumerian artifacts and a t
 errifying creature running rampant with renegade intentions. To save his l
 ife and freedom\, Constantine embarks on a desperate trail\, blazing from 
 the back streets of London to the detainment centres and battlegrounds of 
 contemporary Iraq. Hellblazer: Pandemonium brings original Hellblazer writ
 er Jamie Delano together with fan-favorite artist Jock to tell a tale abou
 t war and terror in a horror story tailor-made for the 21st century.\n\n<s
 pan>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" onclic
 k="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Danacea
 &amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='+encodeURIComp
 onent(document.title)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar=no\,width=620
 \,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status=no\,screenX=2
 00\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title="Bookmark and
  Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-s
 hare.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>\n</span><span
  style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/08/andy-diggle-jamie-delano-
 jock-signing-rat-catcher-/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Fun Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110409T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110409T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>JOIN THE FUN AT YOUR LOCAL FORBIDDEN PLANET!</h3>\n\nWe ju
 st can't wait until The Doctor returns at Easter time\, so we are having a
  Doctor Who Day in all our stores!\n\nIn every branch there is an in-store
  competiton to win a range of Doctor Who prizes - including the chance to 
 be the first in the UK to get your hands on a both the 11th Doctor and Amy
  Pond mini busts from Titan Merchandise.\n\nThere is a Goody Bag for anyon
 e who comes to the store in Doctor Who costume [while stocks last] and spe
 cial one-day-only bargain prices of selected Doctor Who lines.\n\nPLUS - I
 n **Liverpool**\, we will have a life size TARDIS and visiting villains\, 
 including a Scarecrow and a Pig Guard!*\n\nMeet a Dalek at Forbidden Plane
 t in **Bristol**!* \n\nFree facepainting for children in **Birmingham** an
 d **Coventry**!*\n\nCan't make it on the day?  Then enter our awesome comp
 etition to win a TARDIS full of Doctor Who prizes.  <a href="http://forbid
 denplanet.com/competitions/win-tardis-full-prizes/">Full details here!</a>
   \n\n<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="427" height="260" src="h
 ttp://www.youtube.com/embed/9vIsQ25Krq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen><
 /iframe>\n\n*Check in store for times\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/09/doctor-who-fun-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] James Wan & Leigh Whannell in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110411T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110411T183000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:The 'Saw' creative team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell will b
 e signing posters for their latest horror smash\, 'Insidious\, at Forbidde
 n Planet\, 38 Priory Queensway\, Birmingham\, B4 7LA\, on Monday 11th Apri
 l 5:30 – 6:30pm\n\nJAMES WAN (Director) was one of the youngest students
  ever to be accepted into the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s 
 highly respected film and media school in Australia\, where he first met W
 hannell and together they started creating and developing the world and ch
 aracters that would become known as Saw\, now the most successful horror m
 ovie series of all time as named this year by the Guinness World Records.\
 n \nLEIGH WHANNELL (Writer) hails from Melbourne\, Australia\, where he be
 gan his career as an actor appearing in Australian series such as “Neigh
 bours” and “Blue Heelers” and as a presenter on the cult hit TV seri
 es “Recovery”\, which he later went on to host in its last two seasons
 .  In addition to his work on the screenplay for SAW II\, Whannell wrote a
 nd starred in SAW III and is an Executive Producer on the SAW Franchise an
 d a creative consultant on the SAW video game. Whannell’s other writing 
 credits include the Universal release DEAD SILENCE.\n \nIn 'Insidious'\, J
 osh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have a happy family with their
  three young children. When tragedy strikes their young son\, Josh and Ren
 ai begin to experience things that science cannot explain.\n\nTwo awesome\
 , limited edition posters for 'Insidious' will be available at this event 
 at a price of £4.99 each.\n\nDue to time constraints\, we are unable to t
 ake pre-orders via Mail Order.\n\n<iframe title="YouTube video player" wid
 th="426" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ebYK3U5gIcI" frame
 border="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n**Insidious in UK Cinemas nationwi
 de on 29th April**\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/11/james-wan-leigh-whannell-
 birmingham/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Saw Creative Team Launch Insidious
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110415T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110415T183000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:The 'Saw' creative team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell will b
 e signing posters for their latest horror smash\, 'Insidious\, at Forbidde
 n Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Frida
 y 15th April 5:30 – 6:30pm\n\nJAMES WAN (Director) was one of the younge
 st students ever to be accepted into the Royal Melbourne Institute of Tech
 nology’s highly respected film and media school in Australia\, where he 
 first met Whannell and together they started creating and developing the w
 orld and characters that would become known as Saw\, now the most successf
 ul horror movie series of all time as named this year by the Guinness Worl
 d Records.\n \nLEIGH WHANNELL (Writer) hails from Melbourne\, Australia\, 
 where he began his career as an actor appearing in Australian series such 
 as “Neighbours” and “Blue Heelers” and as a presenter on the cult 
 hit TV series “Recovery”\, which he later went on to host in its last 
 two seasons.  In addition to his work on the screenplay for SAW II\, Whann
 ell wrote and starred in SAW III and is an Executive Producer on the SAW F
 ranchise and a creative consultant on the SAW video game. Whannell’s oth
 er writing credits include the Universal release DEAD SILENCE.\n \nIn 'Ins
 idious'\, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have a happy family
  with their three young children. When tragedy strikes their young son\, J
 osh and Renai begin to experience things that science cannot explain.\n\nT
 wo awesome\, limited edition posters for 'Insidious' will be available at 
 this event at a price of £4.99 each.\n\nDue to time constraints\, we are 
 unable to take pre-orders via Mail Order.\n\n<iframe title="YouTube video 
 player" width="426" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ebYK3U5
 gIcI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n**Insidious in UK Cinem
 as nationwide on 29th April**\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/15/saw-creative-team-launch-
 insidious/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Fun Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110416T100000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>JOIN THE FUN AT YOUR LOCAL FORBIDDEN PLANET!</h3>\n\nWe ju
 st can't wait until The Doctor returns at Easter time\, so we are having a
  Doctor Who Day in all our stores!\n\nIn every branch there is an in-store
  competiton to win a range of Doctor Who prizes - including the chance to 
 be the first in the UK to get your hands on a both the 11th Doctor and Amy
  Pond mini busts from Titan Merchandise.\n\nThere is a Goody Bag for anyon
 e who comes to the store in Doctor Who costume [while stocks last] and spe
 cial one-day-only bargain prices of selected Doctor Who lines.\n\nPLUS - I
 n **London**\, we have a Doctor Who book launch with James Goss and Una Mc
 Cormack at 1:00.  <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/16/do
 ctor-who-signing/">Click here for more information.</a>\n\nNot only that\,
  but after making a trip to our Liverpool store\, a full size TARDIS will 
 materialise at the **London Megastore** on Saturday morning!\n\nFree facep
 ainting for children in **Newcastle**!*\n\nCan't make it on the day?  Then
  enter our awesome competition to win a TARDIS full of Doctor Who prizes. 
  <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/competitions/win-tardis-full-prizes/"
 >Full details here!</a>  \n\n<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="4
 27" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9vIsQ25Krq8" frameborde
 r="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n*Check in store for times\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/16/doctor-who-fun-day-1/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110416T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110416T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Bringing down the barriers of Space Time - FORBIDDEN PLANET ar
 e delighted to be hosting a double DOCTOR WHO signing with James Goss and 
 Una McCormack on Saturday 16th April 1- 2pm at the Forbidden Planet Megast
 ore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nIn James Goss’ ‘Th
 e Dead of Winter’\, we’re at the end of the 18th century\, and nothing
  is quite what it seems. Maria is a lonely little girl with no one to play
  with. She writes letters to her mother that tell of intrigue and secrets\
 , of strange faceless figures that rise from the sea. She writes about the
  enigmatic Mrs Pond who arrives with her husband and her physician\, and w
 ho will change everything. \n\nIn Una McCormack’s ‘The Way Through The
  Woods’\, it’s tonight – and a man called Rory Williams will go to t
 he woods. Investigating events the Doctor and Amy are desperate to find ou
 t what’s happened to Rory. Something is waiting in the woods. Something 
 that’s been there for thousands of years. Something that is now waking u
 p...\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/16/doctor-who-signing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lavie Tidhar signing Camera Obscura
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110419T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110419T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Lavie Tidhar will be signing latest novel Camera Obscura\, at 
 the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8J
 R\, on Tuesday 19th April 6 – 7pm\n\nCan’t find a rational explanation
  to a mystery? Call in The Quiet Council. The mysterious and glamorous Lad
 y de Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder insi
 de a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start. 
 The whirlwind adventure will take Milady to the highest and lowest parts o
 f that great city – and cause her to question the very nature of reality
  itself. This is a fascinating mix of imagery – Victorian settings re-im
 agined with today’s technology… otherwise known as Steampunk!\n\nLavie
  Tidhar quickly established a name for himself as a notable writer of shor
 t fiction\, and has recently moved into novels\, debuting with The Bookman
 \, He’s traveled widely\, living variously in South Africa\, the UK\, an
 d the remote island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. He currently lives in
  Israel.\n\n<span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="
 _blank" onclick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&am
 p\;pub=Danacea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='
 +encodeURIComponent(document.title)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar
 =no\,width=620\,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status
 =no\,screenX=200\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title
 ="Bookmark and Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis
 .com/button1-share.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>
 \n</span><span style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/19/lavie-tidhar-signing-came
 ra-obscura/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Weber signing A Mighty Fortress
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110421T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110421T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special\, PRE-EASTERCON signing by DAVID WEBER f
 or his astounding novel A Mighty Fortress at the Forbidden Planet Megastor
 e\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 21st April 6 
 – 7pm.\n\nThe fourth book in the Safehold series\, and not due for publi
 cation in the UK until early May\, Mighty Fortress takes us to Charis\, no
 w a place of refuge for all who treasure freedom. But The Group of Four\, 
 the clique that controls most of Safehold\, has decreed Charis’ destruct
 ion and they will not rest until it has been erased forever. Their juggern
 aut rumbles down\, but Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary huma
 n beings stand in its path. The Group of Four is about to discover just ho
 w potent the power of human freedom truly is. \n\nDavid Weber is one of th
 e greats of space opera and military science fiction. An American author a
 nd a rare visitor to the UK\, he’s noted for his consistent and rational
 ly explained technology and society – even when dealing with the fantasy
  genre. Often compared to C.S Forester\, he’s also known for his gender-
 neutral military – and for frequently placing female leading characters 
 in traditionally male roles. Previously the owner of a small advertising a
 nd public relations agency\, Weber now writes science fiction full time - 
 and is the recipient of the sort of critical praise once reserved for a He
 inlein or an Asimov.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/04/21/david-weber-signing-might
 y-fortress/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] China Miéville signing Embassytown
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110503T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110503T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join China Miéville at Forbidden Planet for a special PRE-PUB
 LICATION signing of his latest novel EMBASSYTOWN. This will take place at 
 the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8J
 R\, on Tuesday 3rd May 6 – 7pm.\n\nChina Miéville lives and works in Lo
 ndon. He is the three-time winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award\, twice win
 ner of the British Fantasy Award and this year’s winner of the Hugo and 
 World Fantasy Award. He's the author of acclaimed young adult novel\, Un L
 un Dun. As well as writing fantastic fiction\, China’s PhD thesis has be
 en turned into a book\, Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of Internat
 ional Law\, published in 2005. He is a member of the British Socialist Wor
 kers Party and in 2001 stood for Parliament for the Socialist Alliance in 
 North Kensington.\n\nEmbassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirt
 s of the universe. Avice is an immerser\, a traveller on the immer\, the s
 ea of space and time below the everyday\, now returned to her birth planet
 . Here on Arieka\, humans are not the only intelligent life\, and Avice ha
 s a rare bond with the natives\, the enigmatic Hosts - who cannot lie. Onl
 y a tiny cadre of unique human Ambassadors can speak Language\, and connec
 t the two communities. But an unimaginable new arrival has come to Embassy
 town. And when this Ambassador speaks\, everything changes. Catastrophe lo
 oms. Avice knows the only hope is for her to speak directly to the alien H
 osts. And that is impossible.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages
 /china-mieville-tells-us-about-embassytown/">See China talking about 'Emba
 ssytown' in our exclusive interview!</a>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/03/china-mieville-signing-em
 bassytown/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Trudi Canavan signing The Rogue
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110505T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110505T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by TRUDI CAN
 AVAN for THE ROGUE at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Ave
 nue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 5th May 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe next compe
 lling instalment in Trudi Canavan's latest epic series\, the bestselling T
 raitor Spy trilogy\n\nLiving among the Sachakan rebels\, Lorkin does his b
 est to learn about them and their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluc
 tant to trade their knowledge for the Healing they so desperately want and
  there are hints they have bigger plans. Sonea searches for the rogue\, kn
 owing that Cery cannot avoid assassination for ever\, but the rogue's infl
 uence over the city's underworld is far greater than she feared. In Sachak
 a\, Dannyl has lost the respect of the Sachakan elite for letting Lorkin j
 oin the Traitors. The Ashaki's attention has shifted\, instead\, to the ne
 w Elyne Ambassador\, a man Dannyl knows all too well. And in the Universit
 y\, two female novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes their 
 greatest enemy is found within.\n\nA rare visitor to the UK\, Trudi Canava
 n lives in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully. As well as writing fant
 asy\, she works as a freelance designer and illustrator\, and is Art Direc
 tor for an Australian SFF magazine. Her previous titles include\, The Magi
 cian's Apprentice\; The Magicians' Guild\, The Novice\, The High Lord\; Pr
 iestess of the  White\, Last of the Wilds\, Voice of the Gods\; The Ambass
 ador's Mission.\n\n<span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" t
 arget="_blank" onclick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?w
 t=nw&amp\;pub=Danacea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;
 title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,
 menubar=no\,width=620\,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\
 ,status=no\,screenX=200\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;
 " title="Bookmark and Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.
 addthis.com/button1-share.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p
 >\n</p>\n</span><span style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/05/trudi-canavan-signing-rog
 ue/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Discover Comics with Free Comic Book Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110507T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110507T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Want to discover comics but just don't know where to start? 
  Then visit any branch of Forbidden Planet on 7th May - Free Comic Book Da
 y!**\n\nFor one day only\, join the celebration - and discover the joy of 
 comics for the first time or return to the fold to see what you have been 
 missing!\n\nAt every store we have a goody bag of comics for children with
  a mix of titles including Kung Fu Panda\, Sonic The Hedgehog and The Simp
 sons.\n\nFor the grown ups\, we have a range of free titles including Spid
 er-Man\, Captain America & Thor as well as home-grown talent from 2000AD.\
 n\nGet there early - stocks are limited!\n\nPlease note that only comics m
 arked as Free Comic Book Day titles are free of charge.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/07/discover-comics-free-comi
 c-book-day/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nick Frost and Joe Cornish signing Attack th
 e Block
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110512T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110512T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by NICK FROS
 T & JOE CORNISH to promote their film Attack The Block. They will be at th
 e Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\
 , on Thursday 12th May from 5:30 – 6pm.\n\n**UPDATE: Also signing will b
 e John Boyega who plays Moses in the movie!**\n\nAttack the Block – an u
 rban gang versus a wave of invading aliens. Trainee nurse Sam is saved fro
 m a street gang when they’re distracted by a meteorite – and then atta
 cked by an undersized alien. The gang chase the creature and kill it\, dra
 gging its ghoulish carcass to the top of a nearby tower block.\n\nWhile po
 lice hunt for the gang\, a second wave of meteors falls. The gang grabs we
 apons\, mounts bikes and sets out to defend their turf. But this time\, th
 e creatures are bigger. Savage\, shadowy and bestial\, nothing will stand 
 in their way. The estate is about to become a battleground. And the bunch 
 of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her\, and the bl
 ock’s\, only hope.\n\nBest known for the role of Mike Watt in Spaced\, N
 ick Frost has also worked with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright in Shaun of the
  Dead\, Hot Fuzz and Paul. \n\nJoe Cornish\, half of the Adam and Joe Show
 \, is a comedian who’s directorial work has included the pilots of Moder
 n Toss and Blunder. Attack the Block is his film debut.\n\nPlease note tha
 t\, due to time constraints\, only the film poster can be signed.  Posters
  available on the day - only £10.00.\n\n<iframe width="426" height="260" 
 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iXHdTnclrqE" frameborder="0" allowfullsc
 reen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/12/nick-frost-and-joe-cornis
 h-signing-attack-block/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Vic Armstrong: The World's Greatest Stuntman
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110519T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110519T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing and Q&A with
  VIC ARMSTRONG for THE WORLD’S GREATEST STUNTMAN at the Forbidden Planet
  Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on \nThursday 19
 th May 6 – 7pm.\n\nFeaturing an introduction by Steven Spielberg\, and o
 ver 900 previously unpublished on-set photos from Vic’s own collection\,
  this hugely entertaining movie memoir features exclusive contributions fr
 om many of Vic’s colleagues and friends\, including Harrison Ford\, Geor
 ge Lucas\, Martin Scorsese\, Pierce Brosnan\, Arnold Schwarzenegger\, Ange
 lina Jolie and Sir Christopher Lee.\n\nA legend in the movie industry for 
 40 years\, Vic Armstrong is in the Guinness Book of Records as the World
 ’s Most Prolific Stuntman. He has been stunt double for Indiana Jones\, 
 James Bond and Superman\, and he’s directed action scenes for three Bond
  movies\, Mission Impossible 3\, I Am Legend and The Green Hornet to name 
 but a few. He’s currently second unit director on The Amazing Spider-Man
 .\n\nVic Armstrong is a British-born stuntman and director. A hero in the 
 movie industry\, he has won an Academy Award\, and a BAFTA for Outstanding
  British Contribution to Cinema.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/19/vic-armstrong-worlds-grea
 test-stuntman/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kim Newman signing Anno Dracula
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110526T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110526T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Kim Newma
 n for ANNO DRACULA at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Ave
 nue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 26th May 6 – 7pm.\n\nOn first publ
 ication in 1992\, Kim Newman’s groundbreaking postmodern story was criti
 cally acclaimed and won numerous prizes\, including the prestigious Intern
 ational Horror Guild Award for Best Novel. Now\, due to today’s popular 
 interest in vampires and alternative histories\, this enduring Dracula cla
 ssic is re-born for a new generation of readers.\n\nThe brand-new paperbac
 k edition of this brilliantly imagined story contains unique bonus materia
 l\, including a new afterword from Kim Newman\, annotations\, articles and
  alternate endings to the original novel. Elegantly combining horror\, pol
 itics\,mystery and romance\, Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale exp
 loring the \ndarkest depths of vampire-occupied England.\n\nKim Newman is 
 a London-based author and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Mag
 azine and contributes to The Guardian\, The Times\, Sight & Sound and othe
 rs. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Sto
 ker\, International Horror Guild\, British Fantasy and British Science \nF
 iction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Award.\n\n
 <span>\n<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" oncl
 ick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&amp\;pub=Danac
 ea&amp\;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&amp\;title='+encodeURICo
 mponent(document.title)\, 'addthis'\, 'scrollbars=yes\,menubar=no\,width=6
 20\,height=520\,resizable=yes\,toolbar=no\,location=no\,status=no\,screenX
 =200\,screenY=100\,left=200\,top=100')\; return false\;" title="Bookmark a
 nd Share"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1
 -share.gif" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a><p>\n</p>\n</span><sp
 an style="font-style: italic\;">\n</span>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/05/26/kim-newman-signing-anno-d
 racula/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tony Lee & Dan Boultwood signing Hope Falls
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110601T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110601T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a special signing by T
 ONY LEE and DAN BOULTWOOD for their astounding graphic novel Hope Falls at
  the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8
 JR\, on Wednesday 1st June 6 – 7pm.\n\nReleased in 2009\, HOPE FALLS tol
 d the story of Helen Gane\, a woman violated and murdered in a sleepy Nebr
 askan town who\, twenty years later returns somehow to gain bloody vengean
 ce on the three men who allowed this to happen - and the one man who did t
 he deed. As the story continues and the body count rises\, we learn how He
 len has returned - she's an Angel\, free-falling towards Hell\, and unless
  the Angel Michael can stop her\, everything will end badly. But Michael h
 as his own problems\, for he discovers that this was far more than a simpl
 e murder\, has ties all the way back to Jesus himself - and because of thi
 s\, Helen won't be able to kill her murderer after all...\n\nNow\, Markosi
 a release a new\, 'Ultimate' version\, with the full\, unedited story as w
 ell as fifteen pages of backmatter including script samples\, art concepts
  and documentation and notes from Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood themselves.\n
  \nIn the last year the collaborative partnership of Tony Lee and Dan Boul
 twood has gone from strength to strength\, with 2011 so far seeing books a
 t Hachette\, Kickstart and two series on MTV - and in June Markosia Entert
 ainment add to this by releasing an 'Ultimate' edition of their 2008 award
  nominated series HOPE FALLS. \n \nForbidden Planet is the largest store o
 f its kind in the world. Some of the biggest names in Sci-Fi\, Fantasy\, C
 omics and Cult Entertainment have come to our London Megastore for signing
  events\, including: Kevin Smith\, Terry Gilliam\, Guillermo del Toro\, Sa
 m Raimi\, Neil Gaiman\, Terry Pratchett\, Simon Pegg\, William Gibson\, Ma
 rk Millar\, Brian Froud and Stephen King. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/01/tony-lee-dan-boultwood-si
 gning-hope-falls/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brandon Sanderson signing Way of Kings
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110604T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110604T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Brandon Sanderson will be signing The Way of Kings Parts I and
  II  at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\,
  WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 4th June 1 – 2pm.\n\nMankind used to live in The
  Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captur
 ed heaven\, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar\, the world o
 f storms. And the Voidbringers came against man ten thousand times. \n\nOr
  so the legends say. Today\, the only remnants of those supposed battles a
 re the Shardblades\, the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible
  on the battlefield. Kings strive to win more Shardblades\, each secretly 
 wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single
  throne. On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes that
  blow through every few day a young spearman forced into the army of a Sha
 rdbearer\, led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand and doesn't r
 eally want to fight. \n\nBrandon Sanderson was born in Nebraska in 1975. S
 ince then he has written the Mistborn series\, amongst others\, become a N
 ew York Times bestselling author and been appointed by Robert Jordan's est
 ate to complete Jordan's Wheel of Times. He lives in Utah.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/04/brandon-sanderson-signing
 -way-kings/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Games Day at FP Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110618T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110618T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the crew of the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore as the
 y celebrate the worlds of Gaming!\n \nIf you're a fan of - or have ever fa
 ncied trying - Magic The Gathering\, Pokemon and many other card games\, t
 here will be tables available all day and games for you to sample and join
 .\n \nWhether you're curious or a lifelong fan\, there's games galore and 
 staff on-hand to help and to find something to suit you.\n \nPlus prizes\,
  give-aways\, sweets and loads more to discover!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/18/games-day-fp-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ten Authors: One Event!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110623T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110623T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our tradema
 rk multi-author signings. At 6:00pm on Thursday June 23rd\, Forbidden Plan
 et 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\n•	Ben 
 Aaronovitch\n•	James Barclay\n•	Elspeth Cooper\n•	Stephen Deas\n•	
 Jaine Fenn\n•	M D Lachlan\n•	Tom Lloyd\n•	Sophia McDougall\n•	John
  Meaney\n•	Chris Wooding\n\nTo promote the release of Elspeth’s new bo
 ok SONGS OF THE EARTH\, Forbidden Planet and Gollancz Publishing have gath
 ered a host of science fiction and fantasy talent into one event – an ev
 ent to bring writers and fans together and to promote interest in new and 
 different kinds of fiction. \n\nThis is one of our trademark multi-author 
 events\, bringing our guests out from behind their tables and giving their
  readers a chance to meet them and talk to them about their work. An array
  of fantastic books will be on hand to be picked up and signed – includi
 ng works by every one of the writers present.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/23/nine-authors-one-event/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Anime Day at FP Bristol!
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DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of the newly remastered AKIRA on DVD 
 and BLU-RAY\, Forbidden Planet Bristol is having an Anime Day.\n\nGet your
  hands on our EXCLUSIVE PRE-RELEASE COPIES of AKIRA and loads of other Ani
 me bargains in-store.\n\nTake part in our Cosplay Competition - come dress
 ed as your favourite Anime character and win prizes.\n\nMore prizes to be 
 won when you answer our Anime Quiz - how much do you know?\n\nPlus prizes 
 to be won for your best Anime drawings - bring them with you!\n\nGet your 
 hands on our goody bags\, on our great bargains\, and on free j-pop and Ja
 panese snacks!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/25/anime-day/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110625T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110625T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Bringing down the barriers of Space Time - FORBIDDEN PLANET ar
 e delighted to be hosting a triple DOCTOR WHO signing with Naomi Alderman\
 , George Mann and Jonathan Morris on Saturday 25th June 1- 2pm at the Forb
 idden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nIn 
 Alderman’s Borrowed Time\, Time is the business of Mr Symington and Mr B
 lenkinsop. They’ll lend you some – at a very reasonable rate of intere
 st. Detecting a problem\, the Doctor\, Amy and Rory go undercover – but 
 they have to move fast to stop Symington and Blenkinsop before they cash i
 n their investments.\n\nIn Mann’s Paradox Lost\, it’s London 2789 – 
 and the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When re
 activated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named ‘th
 e Doctor’. The Doctor must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thous
 and years – if he fails. the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.\
 n\nIn Morris’ Touched by an Angel\, Rebecca Whitaker has died in a road 
 accident – and her husband is given the chance to go back and save her. 
 It’s up to the Doctor\, Amy and Rory to save the whole world. Because th
 is time the Weeping Angels are using history itself as a weapon.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/06/25/doctor-who-event/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Grant Morrison signing at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110706T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110706T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION: GRANT MORRISON will be signing SUPERGODS at the Forbidden Pla
 net Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 
 6th July 6 - 7pm.\n\nBeginning with the creation of Superman in 1938\, Gra
 nt Morrison charts the history of the superheroes. From Batman to the Flas
 h to Dr Manhattan\, Supergods looks at every key character\, but also take
 s in unique national strips\, and the strange spin-offs and forgotten curi
 os that litter the outer reaches of this weird universe. Morrison explores
  the relationship between our world and that of the superheroes\, showing 
 how each reinvention of a character by a new creative team has held up a m
 irror to real-world preoccupations\, latent or otherwise. \n\nWritten in a
  conversational style\, and full of Morrison’s trademark wit\, humour an
 d dynamic storytelling – as well as unique insights into his own working
  practices – Supergods unlocks one of the most exciting and least explor
 ed strands of popular culture.\n\nGrant Morrison was born in Glasgow in 19
 60. As a comics writer\, he is renowned for his bold reinventions of exist
 ing superheroes and his own authored titles. He has had successful runs on
  Animal Man\, Doom Patrol\, JLA\, The Invisibles\, New X-Men\, Fantastic F
 our and All Star Superman His Batman: Arkham Asylum is the best-selling or
 iginal graphic novel ever published. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/06/grant-morrison-signing-fo
 rbidden-planet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robin McKinley signing Pegasus
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110707T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110707T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by best-sell
 ing author Robin McKinley for her latest novel Pegasus\, at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursda
 y 7th July from 6 – 7pm.\n\nOn her twelfth birthday\, Princess Sylviiane
 l is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus\, Ebon. For a thousand years hu
 mans and pegasi have lived peacefully in the beautiful green country beyon
 d the wild lands. They rely on human magicians and pegasi shamans as their
  own means of real communication. But not Sylvi and Ebon. Their friendship
  is like no other... they can understand each other. But as their bond gro
 ws more powerful\, it becomes dangerous – could their friendship threate
 n\n\nRobin McKinley has won many awards\, including the Newbery Medal for 
 The Hero and The Crown\, a Newbery Honor for the The Blue Sword and the My
 thpoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. She lives in Hampshire\, 
 England with her husband\, author Peter Dickinson\, two hellhounds nicknam
 ed Chaos and Darkness\, an 1897 Steinway upright named Rhodanthe\, and inc
 reasing numbers of rose bushes wedged into three tiny gardens. The view ou
 t of her office window is her change-ringing bell tower and in the next vi
 llage over is a paragon among horses whom Robin is so fortunate as to have
  permission to ride. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/07/robin-mckinley-signing-pe
 gasus/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Join the Magic at Harry Potter Day!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110709T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110709T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>JOIN THE MAGIC AT YOUR LOCAL FORBIDDEN PLANET!</h3>\n\nTo 
 celebrate the wonder that is Harry Potter we're having a Harry Potter day 
 in all our stores!\n\nIn every branch there's an in-store competiton to wi
 n a whole range of prizes- including a fantastic Harry Potter replica wand
  from <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=the-noble-collection&show=p
 reorders&show=available&size=12&sort=addition-date-desc">The Noble Collect
 ion</a> or the gorgeous hardcover 'Harry Potter: Page to Screen' from Tita
 n Books!\n\nGet your picture taken in Hogwarts Robes - and don't forget to
  upload it to our Facebook page!  In the London store we even have a Hogwa
 rts Common Room chair!\n\nThere's also a Goody Bag for for the first 30 pe
 ople to arrive at each store\, loads of sweeties to be nabbed  and FREE fa
 cepainting in all stores [no facepainting London] from 1 - 3pm. \n\n<h3>Do
 n't miss it: the fun starts at 11am!</h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/09/join-magic-harry-potter-d
 ay/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Celebrate Classic Doctor Who
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110716T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110716T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:CHRIS ACHILLEOS\, \nTERRANCE DICKS\, \nCAROLE ANN FORD\, \nand
  FRAZER HINES\n\nTo celebrate the release of BBC Books’ six classic Doct
 or Who titles\, each featuring Chris Achilleos’ stunning cover art and b
 ased on some cult classic early stories\, Forbidden Planet are delighted t
 o be hosting a signing with Chris Achilleos\, Terrance Dicks\, Carole Ann 
 Ford and Frazer Hines on Saturday 16th July 1- 2pm at the Forbidden Planet
  Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nCHRIS ACHILLEOS
  is a name associated with the very best in fantasy art. His work has appe
 ared in Heavy Metal magazine and in the Radio Times\, on book covers and i
 n collections of his own. \n\nTERRANCE DICKS has been involved with the wr
 iting and editing of Doctor Who for more than forty years. He’s written 
 Doctor Who stage plays and original novels including the best-selling titl
 e The Eight Doctors. \n\nCAROLE ANN FORD has had a wonderfully varied acti
 ng career\, including the role of Susan Foreman. Playing the granddaughter
  of the Doctor\, she was one of the original companions to appear in the s
 how's very first episode in 1963.\n\nFRAZER HINES played Jamie\, a compani
 on of the Second Doctor and performed in 117 episodes of the series – mo
 re than any other companion role actor. \n\nThis series of books feature t
 he very best in classic Doctor Who tales\, and\, as well as fantastic new 
 a series of new introductions by Neil Gaiman\, Charlie Higson\, Gareth Rob
 erts\, Stephen Baxter\, Russell T Davies and Terrance Dicks. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/16/celebrate-classic-doctor-
 who/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Birmingham!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110717T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110717T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin us at
  Forbidden Planet Birmingham to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and
  get into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in
  and find out what it's all about. Jamie Simpson will be running cool game
 s for all levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere. \n\nWe'll have the all-
 new MTG 2012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you
 'd like to play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one o
 n the day!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/17/get-magic-birmingham/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Chris Foss signing Hardware
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110721T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110721T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Chris Fos
 s for HARDWARE\, the definitive collection of his SF art\, at the Forbidde
 n Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thurs
 day 21st July from 6 – 7pm.\n\nExploding into prominence in the early 70
 s\, Foss’s aesthetic became the defining template for how we pictured th
 e hardware of tomorrow. Dramatically raising the bar for realism and inven
 tion\, his trademark battle-weary spacecraft\, dramatic alien landscapes\,
  blisteringly bright explosions and crumbling architecture irrevocably cha
 nged the aesthetic of science fiction art and cinema. \n\nFeaturing work f
 or books by Isaac Asimov\, E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith\, Arthur C. Clarke\, Doug
 las Adams and Philip K. Dick\, and film design for Ridley Scott and Stanle
 y Kubrick\, Hardware brings together many rare and classic images. \n\nChr
 is Foss’s innovative work revolutionised science fiction paperback art i
 n the 70s and 80s. He has illustrated hundreds of books\, including The Hi
 tchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\, The Bicentennial Man\, and the original
  black and white edition of The Joy of Sex. He produced the UK paperback c
 overs for Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy\, worked with Moebius on concepts 
 for the unrealised Jodorowsky Dune movie\, with H.R. Geiger on Alien\, as 
 well as on Superman.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/21/chris-foss-signing-hardwa
 re/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Spirit of Hope Charity Comic Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110723T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110723T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our tradema
 rk multi-author signings. At 1:00pm on Saturday July 23rd\, Forbidden Plan
 et 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\nAlan Cow
 sill\, Eva Perkins\, Grant Perkins\, David Leach\, G M Jordan\, Kev Hopgoo
 d\, Jessica S Kemp\, Si Spencer\, Tim Pilcher\, Jason Atomic\, Jasper Bark
 \, Jon Haward\, Martin Eden\, Martyn Pick\, Peter Hogan\, Gary Gilbert\, D
 an Rachael\, Natalie Abadzis and many more.\n\nThe British comics communit
 y has come together to help raise funds for disaster victims of New Zealan
 d and Japan’s earthquakes and tsunami with a stunning new graphic novel 
 anthology\, Spirit of Hope.\n\nComic Book Alliance Chair Tim Pilcher\, sai
 d\, ‘When the earthquake hit Japan on the afternoon of 11 March 2011 the
  CBA\, like the rest of the world\, was stunned. Overwhelmed by the sheer 
 enormity of the disaster we felt impotent to do anything. But standing idl
 y by was simply not an option. So we did what comics people do best\, we p
 ut a call out to the artistic community and asked for a strip\, pin-up or 
 anything that encapsulated that devastating situation for them.’\n\nOver
  85 writers\, artists\, colourists\, letterers and editors from across the
  globe all donated their time and work free of charge\, to produce a power
 ful statement\, all within an incredible two and a half weeks after the Ja
 panese tsunami hit. Consequently\, the stories have a raw emotiveness and 
 impact that can only come from such immediacy.\n\nPlease note that all pre
 -orders may not be signed by all attendees.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/23/spirit-hope-charity-comic
 -signing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Berkeley Breathed signing Bloom County
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110723T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110723T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Bloom Cou
 nty cartoonist BERKELEY BREATHED at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 S
 haftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 23rd July from 4 – 5
 pm.\n\nBerkeley Breathed is an American cartoonist\, best known for Bloom 
 County\, a 1980s strip which dealt with socio-political issues as seen thr
 ough the eyes of highly exaggerated characters and humorous analogies.\n\n
 His first regularly published strip\, Academia Waltz\, attracted notice fr
 om the editors of the Washington Post who recruited him to do a nationally
  syndicated strip. On December 8\, 1980\, Bloom County made its debut and 
 featured some of the characters from Academia Waltz\, including former fra
 t-boy Steve Dallas and the paraplegic Vietnam war veteran Cutter John. \n\
 nBloom County earned Berkeley the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning 
 in 1987. The strip eventually appeared in over 1\,200 newspapers around th
 e world until he retired the daily strip in 1989\, stating\, "A good comic
  strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon. The ugly truth is that in mos
 t cases\, comics age less gracefully than their creators".\n\nIn addition 
 to his cartoon work\, he has also produced seven children's books\, two of
  which\, A Wish for Wings That Work and Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big\, were
  made into animated films.  Berkeley's writing has also been featured in n
 umerous publications\, including Life\, Boating\, and Travel and Leisure\,
  and he produced the cartoon art in the film\, Secondhand Lions\, which fe
 atured a strip called Walter and Jasmine. The panels he drew for Secondhan
 d Lions appear in Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best\, and he refers to the
 m as "the comic strip that never was".\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/23/berkeley-breathed-signing
 -bloom-county/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110724T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110724T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and get 
 into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and 
 find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games for al
 l levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-new MTG 2
 012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd like t
 o play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day
 !\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/24/get-magic-london/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Orbit Books Summer Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our tradema
 rk multi-author signings. At 3:00pm on Saturday 30th July\, Forbidden Plan
 et 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\n**Tim Le
 bbon** has won the Bram Stoker Award for his short fiction\, and the Briti
 sh Fantasy Society Award four times.  His novelisation of the movie 30 DAY
 S OF NIGHT also won him a Scribe Award in 2008.  \nSurrounded by a vast\, 
 toxic desert\, the inhabitants of labyrinthine **Echo City** believe there
  is no other life in their world.  Some like it that way\, so when a stran
 ger arrives he is anathema to powerful interest groups.  \n\n**Dr Simon Mo
 rden** is a bona fide rocket scientist\, having degrees in geology and pla
 netary geophysics\, and is one of the few people who can truthfully claim 
 to have held a chunk of Mars in his hands.\n**Degrees Of Freedom** is the 
 third in the Metrozone series of books\, set in the decaying urban jungle 
 of a future London\n\n**Philip Palmer** writes intelligent\, darkly humoro
 us SF fizzing with energy\, explosions and originality – as shown in the
  incredible acclaim for his previous novels Debateable Space and Red Claw.
   Philip is also a film and television writer and producer and writes for 
 radio and theatre.\n**The Hell Ship** hurtles through space.  Inside the s
 hip are thousands of slaves\, each the last of their race.  The Hell Ship 
 and its infernal crew destroyed their homes\, slaughtered their families a
 nd imprisoned them forever.\n\n**Nicole Peeler** vexes literature in her r
 ole as an assistant professor of English Literature at Louisiana State Uni
 versity.  \nThe heroine of **Tempest Rising**\, Jane True always knew she 
 didn't quite fit in with so-called normal society.  During her nightly\, c
 landestine swim in the freezing winter ocean\, a grisly find leads Jane to
  startling revelations about her heritage: she is only half-human.\n\n\n\n
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/07/30/orbit-books-multi-author-
 signing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Simon Spurrier signing A Serpent Uncoiled
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Simon Spurrier will be signing his novel A Serpent Uncoiled at
  the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8
 JR\, on Wednesday 3rd August 6 – 7pm.\n\nDan Sharper’s sins are a sick
 ness. Sharper is a former underworld enforcer who now scrapes a living as 
 a private detective. So far\, so conventional. He needs to straighten up a
 nd rebuild his life\, however an emotional breakdown has left him with a t
 enuous grip on reality and his life is about to get a whole lot stranger
 … \n\nHe’s tasked to prevent the murder of George Glass\, an eccentric
  old man who knows he’s going to be killed but can’t remember why. Nor
 mally Sharper would recoil from Glass’s senile brand of New Age salvatio
 n\, but the case is as tantalizing as it is lucrative. Adrift amidst liars
  and thugs\, Sharper must push his capsizing mind beyond its limits: stalk
 ed not only by a unique and terrifying murderer\, but by the ghosts of his
  own brutal past.\n\nSimon Spurrer is a graduate from S.I.A.D’s Film and
  Television degree course\; he’s received screenwriting bursaries at bot
 h the National Academy of Writing and the Met Film School\, and has worked
  for the BBC as an art director. He’s since become an award-winning nove
 list – writing for Marvel\, DC and 2000AD.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/03/simon-spurrier-signing-se
 rpent-uncoiled/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin us at
  Forbidden Planet Bristol to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and ge
 t into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in an
 d find out what it's all about - Alex Stockwell will be running cool games
  for all levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere. \n\nWe'll have the all-n
 ew MTG 2012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'
 d like to play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on
  the day!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/07/get-magic-bristol/
END:VEVENT
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Garth Ennis signing The Boys Vol. 8
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110821T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110821T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by GARTH ENN
 IS for HIGHLAND LADDIE\, THE BOYS VOL. 8 (Titan Edition) at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Sunday 
 21st August 1 – 2pm.\n\nMind reeling from recent events in The Boys\, We
 e Hughie heads home to Auchterladle – the semi-idyllic Scottish seaside 
 town where he grew up. All Hughie wants is some time to himself\, to retur
 n to the bosom of family and friends\, and get his head together after two
  years of unimaginable chaos. But our hero's luck has always been more clo
 ud than silver lining\, and the familiar surroundings he craves are not al
 l they might be. You can go home again – but with old pals warped beyond
  recognition and strangers in town up to no good\, whether or not you shou
 ld is another matter entirely...\n\nCollecting the origin story of everyon
 e's favorite pint-sized Scotsman\, this edition features art by Herogasm a
 rtist John McCrea and a special cover gallery from artist Darick Robertson
 . \n\nGARTH ENNIS is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer\, Hitman\, Pun
 isher\, Preacher\, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for
  his hard-edged\, wickedly humorous style.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/21/garth-ennis-signing-boys-
 vol-8/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] D.I.Y Vinyl Workshop
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110822T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110822T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to our D.I.Y Vinyl and Art Toy Workshop\, taking place at
  our London Megastore frpm 6pm!\n\nExperienced custom artists will be runn
 ing workshops explaining exactly what you need to know - and you'll have a
  chance to buy your figures and to customise them then and there!\n\nFind 
 out how to paint and customise your vinyl toy - inlcuding techniques\, tip
 s and tricks\, how to adjust the shape\, and how to cerate adornments. All
  paints and pens will be provided. \n\nBooks and vinyl toys will be availa
 ble to buy - and we'll be running competitions to see who makes the best c
 ustomisation! \n\nYou can also bring your blind boxed doubles down on the 
 night - lots of other fans will be there\, and maybe you can swap your dou
 ble to complete your collection!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/22/diy-vinyl-workshop/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Gareth L Powell's 'The Recollectio
 n'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110825T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110825T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Announcing the LAUNCH EVENT for GARETH L POWELL'S 'THE RECOLLE
 CTION' at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Triangle West
 \, BRISTOL\, on Thursday 25th August 6 – 7pm.\n\n‘Utterly impossible t
 o put down.’ - Colin Harvey\, author of Winter Song\n\n‘Just the way S
 F should work.’ - Warren Ellis on The Last Reef\n\nGareth Powell is goin
 g to be a major voice in SF.’ – Paul Cornell \n\nWhen his brother disa
 ppears into a bizarre gateway on a London Underground escalator\, failed a
 rtist Ed Rico and his brother’s wife Alice have to put aside their feeli
 ngs for each other to go and find him. Their quest through the ‘arches
 ’ will send them hurtling through time\, to new and terrifying alien wor
 lds.\n\nFour hundred years in the future\, Katherine Abdulov must travel t
 o a remote planet in order to regain the trust of her influential family. 
 The only person standing in her way is her former lover\, Victor Luciano\,
  the ruthless employee of a rival trading firm. Hard choices lie ahead as 
 lives and centuries clash and\, in the unforgiving depths of space\, an an
 cient evil stirs...\n \nGareth L. Powell’s epic new science-fiction nove
 l delivers a story of galaxy spanning scope by a writer of astounding visi
 on.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/25/launching-gareth-l-powell
 s-recollection/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lunartik's Big Teas
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is delighted to be hosting a signing for Matt
  ‘Lunartik’ JOnes’ latest range of vinyl figures Lunartik in a Cup o
 f Tea: Big Teas at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
 \, London WC2H 8JR.\n\nMatt JOnes’ debut figure\, Lunartik In A Cup Of T
 ea\, was an instant and refreshing success to the UK art toy world\; Lunar
 tik was the base design for a hugely successful Custom Tea Tour involving 
 such artists as Pete Fowler and Jon Burgerman\, which also made its debut 
 at Forbidden Planet. Now\, Matt JOnes brings us his Collectors’ Edition 
 6.5” Big Teas\, in a choice of Orange\, Lemon\, Berry or Mint! \n\nAnd f
 rom 1pm on Saturday 27th August\, Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes will be in our
  store to make you a cup of tea – as only he knows how – so bring alon
 g your toys and Matt will custom them for you. \n\nWe’re also proud to b
 e hosting Matt’s Mini Tea Tour\, one-off\, customised art by such names 
 as Pete Fowler\, Doktor A\, DrilOne\, Lunabee\, Phil Corbett and Ik’sent
 rik – on display in-store from 5th - 28th August!\n\nForbidden Planet ha
 s always been on the forefront of the art toy sensation in the UK\, hostin
 g events with Tara McPherson\, Jon Burgerman\, Pete Fowler and James Jarvi
 s as well as being the only UK venue on the Custom Bart Qee Tour in 2007 a
 nd raising money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust with the MonQee Proj
 ect\, as supported by Terry Pratchett and Toy2R.\n\nVisit Matt's portfolio
  at: www.Lunartik.com\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/08/27/lunartiks-big-teas/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter Hogan & Chris Sprouse signing Tom Stro
 ng and the Robots of Doom
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DESCRIPTION:PETER HOGAN & CHRIS SPROUSE will be signing Tom Strong and the
  Robots of Doom at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
 \, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 1st September 6 – 7pm\n\nAs Tom Stron
 g and his family prepare to celebrate a wedding\, the unthinkable happens:
  before their eyes\, reality alters to become a world conquered by Nazis a
 nd ruled by Tom’s nefarious son\, Albrecht. To restore the world he knew
 \, Tom must journey back in time and seek help from the only man he can tr
 ust: himself. But will even two Tom Strongs be enough to stop the Robots o
 f Doom?\n\nChris Sprouse first met Alan Moore when he drew several issues 
 of Moore’s script for Supreme. A year later\, he and Moore created Tom S
 trong for America's Best Comics\, for which Chris won two Eisner Awards in
  2000\, for Best Single Issue and Best Serialized Story. Taking over the s
 cripting of Tom Strong\, Peter K. Hogan started out as editor of cult poli
 tical British comics Crisis and Revolver in the late 1980s and early 1990s
 \, before working for 2000 AD and American comic book publishers Vertigo a
 nd America's Best Comics.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/01/peter-hogan-chris-sprouse
 -signing-tom-strong-and-r/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110904T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110904T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin us fo
 r our monthly Gaming Night at Forbidden Planet Bristol - and get into some
  Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and find
  out what it's all about - Alex Stockwell will be running cool games for a
 ll levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere. \n\nIf you'd like to play\, yo
 u can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day. New playe
 rs are welcome\, and if you register\, we'll give you some free cards!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/04/get-magic-bristol-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jonathan Ross & Tommy Lee Edwards Signing Tu
 rf
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110906T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110906T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:JONATHAN ROSS and TOMMY LEE EDWARDS will be signing the hardba
 ck collection of Image Comics’ TURF at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 
 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Tuesday 6th September 6 – 7p
 m.\n\nNeeding no introduction\, Jonathan Ross is not only a national celeb
 rity but a lifelong comics fan - who made his writing debut with this fant
 astic five-issue mini-series! Tommy Lee Edwards is a top-drawer illustrato
 r famous for his versatility. His clients have included just about every m
 ajor film company\, and his comics work includes 'Hellboy'\, 'Batman' and 
 'Marvel 1985'.\n\nTURF is a hard-boiled noir crime thriller bristling with
  girls\, guns\, fangs and aliens. It’s New York\, 1929\, the height of p
 rohibition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city - but th
 e arrival of the Eastern European Dragonmir Family coincides with a series
  of brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves. As the gangs fall before f
 angs\, an unlikely alliance forms between tough guy Eddie Falco and a char
 acter from a LONG way from New York City - a long way from Earth in fact 
 – and offers the humans a glimmer of hope.\n\nTURF Hardcover is availabl
 e in two cover formats.\n\n**Please note that there may be limits on the a
 mount of items signed per-person at the event.**\n\nTURF comic launch Marc
 h 2010.\n\n<iframe width="373" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/em
 bed/DntF4-Y-skI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/06/jonathan-ross-tommy-lee-e
 dwards-signing-turf/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] DC New 52 Breakfast Opening
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110907T080000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110907T100000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Can't wait for the first comics in the great DC Comics relaunc
 h?\n\nJoin us at Forbidden Planet for a special early opening so that you 
 can get your hands on the first thirteen titles of The New Fifty Two!\n\nT
 itles launching on the day are Action Comics\, Animal Man\, Batgirl\, Batw
 ing\, Detective\, Green Arrow\, Hawk & Dove\, Man Of War\, O.M.A.C\, Stati
 c Shock\, Stormwatch\, Swamp Thing and Justice League International.\n\nFr
 ee DC mini figures for the first fifty two in the queue - plus a cake to k
 eep you going until lunchtime.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/pick
 s/dc-universe-relaunch/">If you can't make it\, click here for more detail
 s on The New Fifty Two from DC.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/07/dc-new-52-breakfast/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] DC New 52 Early Opening
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110907T083000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110907T100000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Can't wait for the first comics in the great DC Comics relaunc
 h?\n\nJoin us at Forbidden Planet for a special early opening so that you 
 can get your hands on the first thirteen titles of The New Fifty Two!\n\nT
 itles launching on the day are Action Comics\, Animal Man\, Batgirl\, Batw
 ing\, Detective\, Green Arrow\, Hawk & Dove\, Man Of War\, O.M.A.C\, Stati
 c Shock\, Stormwatch\, Swamp Thing and Justice League International.\n\nMi
 ght miss breakfast?  Don't worry\, we will have a free cake to keep you go
 ing until lunchtime.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/dc-unive
 rse-relaunch/">If you can't make it\, click here for more details on The N
 ew Fifty Two from DC.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/07/dc-new-52-early-opening/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jon Burgerman signing Jinny Bigtop
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110908T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110908T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing/doodling by 
 Jon Burgerman for his Bitbots limited edition 6” vinyl figure JINNY BIGT
 OP at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, W
 C2H 8JR\, on Thursday 8th September 6 – 7pm.\n\nJon Burgerman describes 
 Jinny Bigtop as: "Human brains get weighed down with all the things they'r
 e trying not to think and obsess about\; Did I leave the gas on? Will I ha
 ve enough money to pay the rent and buy LA Noir this weekend? What will ha
 ppen if the Sun explodes? Why are Curly Wurlys getting smaller? Sometimes 
 you have to sip your over priced\, unethically sourced mochafrappacapoeira
 chino and smile through it all. Give up the anxiety and take your Bigtop t
 o the circus\, they have clowns and dancing bears." \n\nJon an internation
 al artist/illustrator based in the UK who is famous for his distinctive do
 odling style featuring various characters and creatures. Jon’s work can 
 be seen in everything from magazines\, galleries\, on walls (commissioned\
 , of course!) and on vinyl art toys. His new Jinny Bigtop is a Limited Edi
 tion of only 500 pieces worldwide. He’s cute\, he’s creepy\, he’s co
 ntroversial – he’s what the art toy movement is all about!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/08/jon-burgerman-signing-jin
 ny-bigtop/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Experience The Magic in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin us fo
 r our new Gaming Day at Forbidden Planet Newcastle - and get into some Mag
 ic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and find out
  what it's all about - Peter and the team will be running cool games for a
 ll levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere. \n\nIf you'd like to play\, yo
 u can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day. New playe
 rs are welcome\, and if you register\, we'll give you some free cards! \n\
 nFree pack of boosters to all particpants in the Organised Play.\n\n**PLUS
  A free T Shirt to the first four people purchasing a Deckbuilders Tool Ki
 t!**
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/10/experience-magic-newcastl
 e/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Bristol! New Date
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin the c
 rew at Forbidden Planet Bristol - and get into some Magic. Players of all 
 levels are welcome to come along\, join in and find out what it's all abou
 t - Alex Stockwell will be running cool games for all levels in a very chi
 lled-out atmosphere. \n\nIf you'd like to play\, you can bring your own de
 ck or we can help you buy one on the day. We'll have free cards to give aw
 ay and all sorts of goodies to be won!\n\n**This event was originally sche
 uled for 19th September - please note new date!**
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/10/get-magic-bristol-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Into Magic In Croydon!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering? \n\nJoin us fo
 r our Magic Celebration at Forbidden Planet Croydon - and get into some Ma
 gic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and find ou
 t what it's all about - George Driver will be running cool games for all l
 evels in a very chilled-out atmosphere. \n\nIf you'd like to play\, you ca
 n bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day. New players a
 re welcome\, and if you register\, we'll give you some free cards!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/10/get-magic-croydon/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Pat Mills & James McKay Sign Flesh: The Dino
  Files
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAT MILLS and JAMES McKAY will be signing FLESH: THE DINO FILE
 S\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, 
 WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 10th September 1 – 2pm.\n\nThink that a meteorite
  collision with our planet was responsible for making the dinosaurs become
  extinct? Wrong! By the 23rd Century\, man has drained the planet’s reso
 urces bare\, but thanks to time-travel technology\, the Trans-Time Corpora
 tion send rangers - such as cowboy Earl Reagan - to the days when dinosaur
 s ruled the Earth. The rangers round up these magnificent creatures and ge
 t real flesh back on the menu!\n\nPat Mills is usually described - quite c
 orrectly - as 'the godfather of British comics'.  His work includes Charle
 y's War\, Vampire Knight and Marshall Law as well as ABC Warriors\, Slaine
 \, Nemesis The Warlock and a host of others for 2000AD.\n\nJames McKay has
  been an illustrator for several years\, working on creature designs for c
 omputer games and the interactive BBC programme\, Fightbox. His comics wor
 k includes several short stories for various independent publishers and th
 e acclaimed fantasy series La Cité des Secrets with French publishers Mos
 quito Editions.  Having been nominated as one of four finalists for the 20
 10 Arts Fellowship Award\, Pat Mills (who was one of the judges) chose to 
 collaborate with James on his return to the Flesh series.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/10/pat-mills-signs-flesh-din
 o-files/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110910T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and get 
 into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and 
 find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games for al
 l levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-new MTG 2
 012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd like t
 o play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day
 !\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/10/get-magic-london-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] The New 52: Paul Cornell signs Demon Knights
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110914T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110914T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL CORNELL will be signing DEMON KNIGHTS 1 and STORMWATCH 1\
 , at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC
 2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 14th September 6 – 7pm.\n\nDemon Knights and Storm
 watch are part of The New 52\, the exciting 're-boot' of the entire DC Com
 ics Universe.\n\nPaul Cornell is a writer of SF and fantasy in comics\, pr
 ose and television\, the only person to be Hugo Award nominated for all th
 ree media.  His work includes Doctor Who\, Action Comics and Captain Brita
 in and MI-13.  His first urban fantasy novel is out from Tor next year.\n\
 n<h3>Sorry - due to massive demand\, we are no longer able to offer signed
  copies through our Mail Order service.</h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/14/new-52-paul-cornell-signs
 -demon-knights/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tara McPherson at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110917T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110917T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Tara McPh
 erson. She will be signing her lithograph The Dull Sound\, as well as many
  other artworks and items\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shafte
 sbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 17th September 1 – 2pm.\n
 \nTara is based in New York City and creates art about people and their od
 d ways. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience\
 , she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and 
 their relationships are a central theme throughout her work. \n\nTara exhi
 bits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world
 . Named the crown princess of poster art by ELLE Magazine\, she has create
 d numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck\, Modest Mouse\, and Me
 lvins. Her array of art also includes painted comics and covers for variou
 s high-profile companies and she has created toys with KidRobot. Her art h
 as also been featured in the Oscar Award winning film Juno\, Veronica Mars
 \, Point Pleasant\, and Guitar Hero.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/17/tara-mcpherson-forbidden-
 planet/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning signing Legion L
 ost
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110922T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110922T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Dan Abnet
 t and Andy Lanning for the Titan Books hardcover edition of Legion Lost at
  the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8
 JR\, on Thursday 22nd September from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe Legion of Super-Her
 oes finds itself stranded in a distant galaxy\, on the home planet of the 
 vicious alien race known as the Progeny\, in this new hardcover collecting
  the cult favourite 12-issue epic. While some of our heroes struggle to re
 pair their damaged spaceship\, the rest attempt to forge an alliance with 
 the peaceful Kwai. But can the Legion help the Kwai defeat their oppressor
 s and still make their way back home to Earth?\n\nDan lives and works in M
 aidstone\, Kent. He has laudable pile of comic titles to his credit\, incl
 uding work for both Marvel and DC\; he’s also been one of 2000AD’s mos
 t prolific writers. He’s the Black Library’s leading author\, and writ
 es standalone novels for Angry Robot Books.\n\nAndy work has included inks
  for Marvel and DC and pencils for his own creation\, The Sleeze Brothers.
  His writing has included his and Dan’s relaunch of The Legion of Super-
 Heroes. He and Dan have also worked together on an ongoing Nova series for
  Marvel and the latest incarnation of The Authority\, as part of the World
 ’s End relaunch of the core Wildstorm titles. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/22/dan-abnett-and-andy-lanni
 ng-signing-legion-lost/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin signing The Mechanical Messiah
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110924T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110924T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:ROBERT RANKIN will be signing latest novel The Mechanical Mess
 iah\, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\
 , WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 24th September 1 – 2pm.\n\nAnother wild and wac
 ky adventure from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction! \n\nRobert Rankin is 
 one of the great British eccentrics\, standing alongside Viv Stanshall\, S
 pike Milligan and Neil Innes\, amongst others. 'To call Rankin irreverent 
 doesn't begin to describe just how very good he is at playing with the rul
 es'\, says the MIRROR\, while THE DAILY EXPRESS says: 'Everybody should re
 ad at least one Robert Rankin in their life' - and it's right. THE INDEPEN
 DENT maintains: 'He is an author best read in large doses. His impressivel
 y individual style means that he becomes funnier the more you read him'\, 
 THE OBSERVER admires ' the stark raving genius of Rankin . . . the plot co
 mes together with alarming and deformed brilliance' and the MAIL ON SUNDAY
  claims 'Rankin does for England what Spike Milligan does for Ireland. The
 re can be no higher praise'. MAXIM calls him 'Fiendishly clever and joyous
 ly funny . . . a brilliant imagination'\, and SFX think he's 'Oscar Wilde 
 meets Kurt Vonnegut in the genetics lab of classic fantasy humour'. The ne
 west opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction will enhance his reputati
 on even further: it's time to stop Rankin being a hidden gem and make him 
 the National Treasure his fans already believe him to be. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/24/robert-rankin-signing-mec
 hanical-messiah/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Christopher Paolini Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110928T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110928T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Christopher Paolini will be signing the first three volumes of
  The Inheritance Cycle at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury
  Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 28th September 6 – 7pm.\n\nIn
  the build up to the world wide release on 8th November of 'Inheritance'\,
  the fourth and final volume in the Inheritance Cycle of books\, Christphe
 r Paolini is making a rare vist to the UK to sign the first three titles i
 n the series - Eragon\, Eldest and Brisingr.\n\nChristopher Paolini was ed
 ucated at home by his parents. His abiding love of fantasy and science fic
 tion inspired him to begin writing his debut novel\, Eragon\, when he grad
 uated from high school at fifteen. He became a New York Times bestselling 
 author at nineteen. Christopher lives in Montana\, USA\, where the dramati
 c landscape fed his vision of Alagaesia. \n\n<iframe width="448" height="2
 79" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IrfGaUSDS-I" frameborder="0" allowfu
 llscreen></iframe>\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/76319-inheri
 tance-cycle-book-4-inheritance-hardcover/">Pre order 'Inheritance' here fo
 r delivery in November.</a></h3>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/28/christopher-paolini-signi
 ng/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Christopher Fowler signing Bryant & May and 
 the Memory of Blood
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110929T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110929T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Christopher Fowler will be signing Bryant & May and the Memory
  of Blood at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lon
 don\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 29th September from 6 – 7pm.\n\nOn a rainsw
 ept London night\, the wealthy unscrupulous Robert Kramer hosts a party. B
 ut something is wrong. And when Kramer’s new young wife goes to check on
  their baby boy\, she finds the nursery door locked from the inside. Break
 ing in\, she’s faced with an open window\, an empty cot\, and a grotesqu
 e antique puppet of Mr Punch lying on the floor. It seems that young Noah 
 Kramer was thrown from the building\, but the child was strangled\, and th
 e marks of the puppet’s hands are clearly on his throat…what's more\, 
 there was a witness.\n\nIt’s a perfect case for the Peculiar Crimes Unit
 . \n\nChristopher Fowler was born in Greenwich\, London. He is the multi a
 ward-winning author of thirty novels and ten short story collections\, and
  the author of the Bryant & May mystery novels. His first bestseller was '
 Roofworld'. Subsequent novels include 'Spanky'\, 'Disturbia'\, 'Psychovill
 e' and 'Calabash'. His books have been optioned by Guillermo Del Toro ('Sp
 anky') and Jude Law ('Psychoville'). He co-founded Creative Partnership\, 
 a company that changed the face of film marketing\, and spent nearly 30 ye
 ars working in film.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/09/29/christopher-fowler-signin
 g-bryant-may-and-memory-b/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nick Spencer in Cambridge
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by NICK SPEN
 CER for Morning Glories Volume 2 at the Forbidden Planet store\, 60 Burlei
 gh Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 1DJ\, on Saturday 1st October from 1- 2pm. \n\
 nMorning Glory Academy is one of the most prestigious prep schools in the 
 country... but something sinister and deadly lurks behind its walls. When 
 six gifted but troubled students arrive\, they find themselves trapped and
  fighting for their lives as the secrets of the academy reveal themselves!
  Collecting the second story arc of the smash series in one volume\, here 
 you learn some of the secrets in the Glories' lives as the stories delve i
 nto their past and show how it affects their present. Each chapter focuses
  on a different Glory while maintaining the narrative and moving the myste
 ry forward.\n\nNick Spencer is a comic book writer known for his creator-o
 wned titles at Image Comics. While in college\, Nick wrote three pitches t
 o Marvel Comics soon after the Marvel Knights imprint launched in 1998. Ni
 ck went on to work in other fields\, including politics and music\, before
  he successfully pitched Existence 2.0 to Jim Valentino of Image Comics. T
 he first issue was released in July 2009. Nick has also written THE INFINI
 TE VACATION\, ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN\, CLOAK & DAGGER\, VICTOR VON DOOM\, T
 .H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS and THIEF OF THIEVES.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/01/nick-spencer-cambridge/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and get 
 into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and 
 find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games for al
 l levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-new MTG 2
 012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd like t
 o play\, you can bring your own deck or we cahttps://admin.fp.titan.net/ev
 ents/fpevent/231/n help you buy one on the day!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/02/get-magic-london-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] A Night Of Horror with John Ajvide Lindqvist
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting a Night Of Horror 
 multi-author signing\, featuring JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST and a host of great
  British horror talent at 6:00pm on Monday 3rd October at Forbidden Planet
 \, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London.\n\nIn a rare London appearance\, John 
 Ajvide Lindqvist will be signing his new book\, LITTLE STAR\, the dark\, s
 ad and shockingly real story of a friendship between two damaged children 
 and the terrible consequences for those who cross them\, from the author o
 f the international bestseller Let the Right One In.\n\nLindqvist will als
 o be signing his contibution to the new anthology\, A BOOK OF HORRORS\, al
 ong with renouned editor STEPHEN JONES and the cream of British horror wri
 ting\, including -\n<ul style="list-style-type:disc">\n<li style="list-sty
 le-type:disc">RAMSEY CAMBELL</li>\n<li style="list-style-type:disc">PETER 
 CROWTHER</li>\n<li style="list-style-type:disc">LES EDWARDS</li>\n<li styl
 e="list-style-type:disc">REGGIE OLIVER</li>\n<li style="list-style-type:di
 sc">ROBERT SHEARMAN</li>\n</ul>\nThis great book includes a previously unp
 ublished story by Stephen King!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/03/night-horror-john-ajvide-
 lindqvist/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nick Spencer in London
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by NICK SPEN
 CER for Morning Glories Volume 2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 S
 haftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 5th October 6 – 7pm
 .\n\nMorning Glory Academy is one of the most prestigious prep schools in 
 the country... but something sinister and deadly lurks behind its walls. W
 hen six gifted but troubled students arrive\, they find themselves trapped
  and fighting for their lives as the secrets of the academy reveal themsel
 ves! Collecting the second story arc of the smash series in one volume\, h
 ere you learn some of the secrets in the Glories' lives as the stories del
 ve into their past and show how it affects their present. Each chapter foc
 uses on a different Glory while maintaining the narrative and moving the m
 ystery forward.\n\nNick Spencer is a comic book writer known for his creat
 or-owned titles at Image Comics. While in college\, Nick wrote three pitch
 es to Marvel Comics soon after the Marvel Knights imprint launched in 1998
 . Nick went on to work in other fields\, including politics and music\, be
 fore he successfully pitched Existence 2.0 to Jim Valentino of Image Comic
 s. The first issue was released in July 2009. Nick has also written THE IN
 FINITE VACATION\, ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN\, CLOAK & DAGGER\, VICTOR VON DOOM
 \, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS and THIEF OF THIEVES.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/05/nick-spencer-london/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Crafty Ideas Workshop
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DESCRIPTION:If you want to make cute Amigurumi for presents for Hallowe'en
  or for Christmas - or for presents for yourself - then we have the perfec
 t workshop to get you started.\n\nCome to see us in the London Megastore o
 n Wednesday 5th Octomer and our experts will be on hand to help - to give 
 practical demonstrations and to show you the ropes. Much easier than learn
 ing from a book!\n\nWe'll have tables for crochet\, for knitting and for s
 ewing and we can guide you to learning stitches for each. \n\nWe'll also h
 ave materials ready and on-hand\, advice on where to get materials for you
 rself and lots of books available to buy - for when you want to do this at
  home!\n\nWhether you’re an absolute beginner or just interested to have
  a look\, all are welcome\; come on down and get crafty.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/05/crafty-ideas-workshop/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter F Hamilton signing Manhattan in Revers
 e
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DESCRIPTION:Peter F Hamilton will be signing his short story collection Ma
 nhattan in Reverse at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Ave
 nue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 6th October 6 – 7pm.\n\nIn 1998\, 
 Peter F Hamilton\, the master of space opera and top-ten bestselling autho
 r\, published his first collection of short stories in A Second Chance At 
 Eden. Thirteen years later he returns with a new collection\, including 
 ‘Manhattan in Reverse’ - an original and exclusive story featuring det
 ective Paula Myo from his Commonwealth series.\n\nFrom ‘Watching Trees G
 row’\, a murder mystery set in an alternative Oxford in the 1800s\, to 
 ‘The Forever Kitten’\, the questions of eternal youth and the sacrific
 es required to pursue this\, these stories deal with intricate themes and 
 sociological issues\, and take an intriguing look at what makes us endurin
 gly human.\n\nWith all his usual imagination for futuristic technology\, c
 omplexity of character and brilliantly conceived storytelling\, Peter F. H
 amilton shows through this collection of work what it is that makes him Br
 itain’s number one science fiction writer.\n\nPeter F. Hamilton was born
  in Rutland in 1960\, and still lives near Rutland Water with his family. 
 He began writing in 1987 and sold his first short story to Fear magazine i
 n 1988. His previous novels comprise the Greg Mandel series and the Night
 ’s Dawn trilogy. His most recent novels are Fallen Dragon\, Misspent You
 th\, Pandora’s Star\, Judas Unchained and the Void trilogy. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/06/peter-f-hamilton-signing-
 manhattan-reverse/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet American McGee
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DESCRIPTION:AMERICAN McGEE will be signing: THE ART OF ALICE: MADNESS RETU
 RNS at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, 
 WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 8th October 1 – 2pm.\n\nLegendary game designer A
 merican McGee created one of the most visually arresting games of all time
  in Alice. Eleven years later\, McGee returned with a sequel just as groun
 dbreaking with his critically acclaimed classic Alice: Madness Returns!\n\
 n<iframe width="373" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hUmLst
 baK-g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/08/meet-american-mcgee/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Triple Signing at FP London!
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DESCRIPTION:ADAM NEVILL\, MARK CHARAN NEWTON and ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY will b
 e signing on Saturday 15th October\, from 1 - 2pm\, at the Forbidden Plane
 t Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nADAM NEVILL is
  a graduate of the University of St Andrews Masters programme and the auth
 or of Banquet for the Damned\, an original novel of supernatural horror in
 spired by M. R. James and the great tradition of the British weird tale. I
 n his working life he’s endured a variety of occupations\, including bot
 h nightwatchman and day porter in the exclusive apartment buildings of wes
 t London.\n\nAdam will be signing the new paperback of THE RITUAL.\n\nMARK
  CHARAN NEWTON was born in 1981\, and holds a degree in Environmental Scie
 nce. After working in bookselling\, he moved into editorial positions at i
 mprints covering film and media tie-in fiction\, and later\, science ficti
 on and fantasy. He lives and works in Nottingham.\n\nMark will be signing 
 the third book in the sensational RED SUN series\, THE BOOK OF TRANSFORMAT
 IONS.\n\nADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY studied psychology and zoology at Reading. He 
 subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both R
 eading and Leeds\, where he now lives. Married\, he’s a keen live role-p
 layer and occasional amateur actor\, has trained in stage-fighting\, and k
 eeps no exotic pets of any kind\, possibly excepting his son.\n\nAdrian wi
 ll be signing the new paperback of the seventh book in the SHADOWS OF THE 
 APT series\, HEIRS OF THE BLADE.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/15/triple-signing-fp-london/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Southampton!
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet welcomes all comers to join Lawrence at our S
 outhampton Megastore and 'Get into Magic'!\n\nNew players are welcome\; th
 ere are prizes to be won and free cards to get you started. \n\nCome on do
 wn and discover some Magic!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/16/get-magic-southampton/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Warwick Davis signing Size Matters Not
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DESCRIPTION:WARWICK DAVIS will be signing his fantastic biography Size Mat
 ters Not at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lond
 on\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 21st April 6 – 7pm\n\nWho else has helped d
 estroy a Death Star? Defeated an evil sorceress? Taught magic to Harry Pot
 ter? Become a Jedi Master? Hitchhiked across the galaxy in search of the a
 nswer to the Ultimate Question? Or embarked on psychotic killing sprees as
  a gold-obsessed leprechaun? You’ll know Warwick Davis because\, at thre
 e-foot-six\, he’s ever so slightly below average height. \n\nGeorge Luca
 s\, Carrie Fisher\, Val Kilmer\, Ron Howard and Ricky Gervais (amongst oth
 ers) have all chipped in to this astounding book Size Matters Not. Warwick
  A. Davis made his screen debut as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi. 
 His extremely rare condition has led to a career as the world's leading li
 ttle actor. He also runs Willow Management\, an agency representing actors
  below five feet and above seven\, and lives in Peterborough with his wife
 \, Sam and their two children\, Annabel and Harrison. This is an extraordi
 nary story.\n\n**Warwick Davis interviewed at Forbidden Planet - April 201
 0**\n\n<iframe width="504" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/
 hfm5iqEnuYA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/18/warwick-davis-signing-siz
 e-matters-not/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Multi-Author Signing at FP Bristol!
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET are delighted to be hosting a signing with Pa
 ul Cornell\, Juliet E McKenna\, Gareth L Powell and Justina Robson on Frid
 ay 21st October at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Tria
 ngle West\, Bristol BS8 1EJ. \n\nPAUL CORNELL is a writer of SF and fantas
 y in comics\, prose and television\, the only person to be Hugo Award nomi
 nated for all three media. His work includes Doctor Who\, Action Comics an
 d Captain Britain and MI-13. His first urban fantasy novel is out from Tor
  next year.\n\nPaul will be signing the graphic novel SUPERMAN: THE BLACK 
 RING.\n\nJULIET E MCKENNA has been interested in fantasy stories since chi
 ldhood\, from Winnie the Pooh to The Iliad. This abiding fascination playe
 d its part in her reading Classics at St. Hilda's College\, Oxford. After 
 combining bookselling and motherhood for a couple of years\, she now fits 
 in her writing around her family and vice versa. She lives with her husban
 d and children in West Oxfordshire\, England.\n\nJuliet will be signing th
 e first novel of her new series THE HADRUMAL CRISIS: DANGEROUS WATERS.\n\n
 GARETH L POWELL is the author of the novels The Recollection and Silversan
 ds\, and the acclaimed short story collection The Last Reef. He’s a regu
 lar contributor to Interzone and his work has appeared in a number of rece
 nt anthologies. \n\nGareth will be signing THE RECOLLECTION.\n\nJUSTINA RO
 BSON was born and brought up in Leeds. She studied philosophy and linguist
 ics before settling down to write in 1992. Her earlier novels\, Silver Scr
 een (1999) and Mappa Mundi (2001)\, were both shortlisted for the Arthur C
 . Clarke Award.\n\nJustina will be signing QUANTUM GRAVITY: DOWN TO THE BO
 NE.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/21/triple-signing-fp-bristol
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Richard Morgan in Bristol
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DESCRIPTION:RICHARD MORGAN will be signing Cold Commands at the Forbidden 
 Planet Megastore\, Clifton Heights\, Triangle West\, Bristol\, BS8 1EJ on 
 Friday 21st October from 2:30 - 3:30pm.\n\nRingil Eskiath\, scarred wielde
 r of the kiriath-forged broadsword Ravensfriend\, is a man on the run - fr
 om his past and the family who have disowned him\, from the slave trade ma
 gnates of Trelayne who want him dead\, and apparently from the dark gods t
 hemselves\, who are taking an interest but making no more sense than they 
 ever have. Outlawed and exiled from his ancestral home in the north\, Ring
 il has only one place left to turn - Yhelteth\, city heart of the southern
  Empire\, where perhaps he can seek asylum with the kiriath half-breed Arc
 heth Indamaninarmal\, former war comrade and now high-up advisor to the Em
 peror Jhiral Khimran II.\n\nFantasy: harder\, faster\, bloodier. The king 
 of noir Science Fiction takes on Fantasy.\n\nRichard Morgan was\, until hi
 s writing career took off\, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the Engli
 sh Language Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain 
 and Istanbul. His previous titles include The Steel Remains\, Altered Carb
 on and Black Man.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/21/richard-morgan-bristol/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Richard Morgan in London
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DESCRIPTION:RICHARD MORGAN will be signing THE COLD COMMANDS\, at the Forb
 idden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on S
 aturday 22nd October 1 – 2pm.\n\nRingil Eskiath\, scarred wielder of the
  kiriath-forged broadsword Ravensfriend\, is a man on the run - from his p
 ast and the family who have disowned him\, from the slave trade magnates o
 f Trelayne who want him dead\, and apparently from the dark gods themselve
 s\, who are taking an interest but making no more sense than they ever hav
 e. Outlawed and exiled from his ancestral home in the north\, Ringil has o
 nly one place left to turn - Yhelteth\, city heart of the southern Empire\
 , where perhaps he can seek asylum with the kiriath half-breed Archeth Ind
 amaninarmal\, former war comrade and now high-up advisor to the Emperor Jh
 iral Khimran II.\n\nFantasy: harder\, faster\, bloodier. The king of noir 
 Science Fiction takes on Fantasy.\n\nRichard Morgan was\, until his writin
 g career took off\, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the English Langu
 age Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain and Ista
 nbul.  His previous titles include The Steel Remains\, Altered Carbon and 
 Black Man.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/22/richard-morgan-signs-cold
 -commands/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Zombie Make Up Demonstration
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DESCRIPTION:Nimba Creations make up artist TOM LAUTEN will be demonstratin
 g the art of Zombie make up at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shafte
 sbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 29th October 11am – 4pm.\
 n\nJust in time for Halloween\, Tom will be putting the 'Demon' into demon
 stration with two displays of make up wizardry over the course of the day.
   The first Zombie make up demo starts at 11:00 and\, while he is working\
 , Tom will answer your questions and advise you on creating your own prost
 hetic effects.\n\nAfter lunch\, Tom will make up a second Zombie from our 
 great competition!\n\nTom Lauten runs Nimba Creations\, a busy make up and
  special effects company whose credits include the movies The Lion\, The W
 itch And The Wardrobe and Peter Jackson's King Kong as well as a host of T
 elevision and Advertising work.\n\nAvailable to buy on the day will be the
  range of Nimba Creations Prosthetic FX Boxes and make up kits so you too 
 can be the scariest Zombie at your Halloween party!  <a href="http://forbi
 ddenplanet.com/picks/halloween-2011-nimba-creations-make/">See them all he
 re - plus a great 'How To' video showing Tom at work.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/29/zombie-make-demonstration
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian Bolland signing Cover Story
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN BOLLAND will be signing COVER STORY: THE DC ART OF BRIAN
  BOLLAND at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, Lond
 on WC2H 8JR on Saturday 29th October 3 – 4pm\n\nThis gorgeous new hardco
 ver collects covers of legendary artist Brian Bolland. Featuring highly de
 tailed and meticulous craftsmanship combined with dramatic takes on the wo
 rlds best-known superheroes\, Bolland’s work has been featured on KILLIN
 G JOKE\, GREEN LANTERN\, BATMAN\, WONDER WOMAN\, THE FLASH\, JUDGE DREDD a
 nd the Vertigo series THE INVISIBLES and ANIMAL MAN. \n\nBrian Bolland has
  earned a reputation as one of the best cover artists in the industry\, an
 d his elegantly composed and beautifully rendered pieces have graced a hos
 t of titles\, including ANIMAL MAN\, BATMAN\, THE FLASH\, THE INVISIBLES\,
  WONDER WOMAN and many more. He’s also the designer of Forbidden Planet'
 s legendary ‘People Like Us’ T-shirts.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/10/29/brian-bolland-signing-cov
 er-story/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] John Landis NEW DATE -AGAIN!
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce NEW DATE for our signi
 ng by JOHN LANDIS for his forthcoming title MONSTERS IN THE MOVIES. He wil
 l be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\,
  WC2H 8JR on TUESDAY 1st NOVEMBER from 6 - 7pm.\n\nCelebrate the greatest 
 monsters ever to crawl\, creep\, fly\, slither\, stalk or rampage across t
 he silver screen with the new book by legendary filmmaker John Landis.  Il
 lustrated with over a thousand photographs from the celebrated archives of
  The Kobal Collection and his own personal vaults\, Landis examines the ac
 tual monsters of the fantasy\, science fiction and horror cinema in a uniq
 ue and highly personal way.  With help from his friends Christopher Lee\, 
 Ray Harryhausen\, Sam Raimi\, John Carpenter\, Joe Dante\, David Cronenber
 g and Rick Baker\, Monsters in the Movies is an extraordinary look at ever
 y monster on film from Hollywood’s most accomplished and influential mon
 ster makers themselves. \n\nJohn Landis has directed some of the most popu
 lar movies of all time including The Blues Brothers\, Trading Places\, Nat
 ional Lampoon’s Animal House\, Three Amigos!\, Spies Like Us and Coming 
 to America among many others. He wrote and directed the classic An America
 n Werewolf in London and the groundbreaking Michael Jackson's Thriller. La
 ndis has directed documentaries including the Emmy award winning Mr Warmth
 \, The Don Rickles Project\, and has done extensive work in television. He
  is married to Costume Designer and noted costume scholar Deborah Nadoolma
 n Landis and has two children.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/01/john-landis-signing-monst
 ers-movies/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Andy McNab signing Battlefield 3: The Russia
 n
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DESCRIPTION:ANDY McNAB will be signing BATTLEFIELD 3: THE RUSSIAN at the F
 orbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H 8JR on Th
 ursday 3rd November 6 – 7pm.\n\nTo be published alongside the game\, Bat
 tlefield 3: The Russian is the best in class - the first time a games publ
 isher has worked so closely with an internationally bestselling author. Ne
 ver before has a tie-in book benefitted from this level of collaboration f
 rom the creative team behind the game itself. Nor has it been written by a
  thriller writer with such a strong track record and reputation. Displayin
 g all of McNab's trademark grit\, authenticity and insight\, Battlefield 3
 : The Russian is a scorching top-of-the-line military thriller and a heart
 -stopping race against time. Prepare to be blown away ... \n\nANDY MCNAB j
 oined the infantry as a boy soldier. In 1984 he was 'badged' as a member o
 f 22 SAS Regiment and was involved in both covert and overt special operat
 ions worldwide. During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero\, a patrol
  that\, in the words of his commanding officer\, 'will remain in regimenta
 l history for ever'. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) an
 d Military Medal (MM) during his military career\, McNab was the British A
 rmy's most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS i
 n February 1993. He wrote about his experiences in three books: the phenom
 enal bestseller Bravo Two Zero\, Immediate Action and Seven Troop. He is t
 he author of the bestselling Nick Stone thrillers. Besides his writing wor
 k\, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and 
 UK. He is a patron of the Help for Heroes campaign. \n\nNO PHOTOGRAPHY WIL
 L BE PERMITTED DURING THIS EVENT\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/03/andy-mcnab-signing-battle
 field-3-russian/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Patrick Rothfuss CANCELLED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111105T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111105T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:We are sorry to announce that Patrick Rothfuss has had to canc
 ell his forthcoming visit to the UK and will not be signing for us in Nove
 mber.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/05/patrick-rothfuss-signing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111113T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111113T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and get 
 into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and 
 find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games for al
 l levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-new MTG 2
 012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd like t
 o play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day
 !\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/13/get-magic-london-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brandon Sanderson signing The Alloy of Law
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111119T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111119T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRANDON SANDERSON will be signing his latest Mistborn novel\, 
 THE ALLOY OF LAW at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenu
 e\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 19th November from 1 – 2pm.\n\nBrand
 son Sanderson returns to the series that made his name with a new story se
 t years after the events of Hero of Ages. In a world recovering only slowl
 y from evil\, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their 
 ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals\, someone who can b
 urn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance... Sanderson 
 has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want. Th
 is ability has thrown him to the forefront of the genre and the dramatic s
 tory within The Alloy of Law shows off this skill to its very best. \n\nBr
 andon Sanderson was born in Nebraska in 1975. Since then he has written th
 e Mistborn series\, amongst others\, become a New York Times bestselling a
 uthor and been appointed by Robert Jordan's estate to complete Jordan's Wh
 eel of Times. He lives in Utah.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/19/brandon-sanderson-signing
 -alloy-law/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] NELSON - Charity Comic Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111124T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111124T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting an event in aid of
  the housing and homeless charity SHELTER\, taking place a the London Mega
 store\, 179 Shaftesury Avenue\, on Thursday 24th November from 6 – 7pm. 
 Come and meet: - \n\nWOODROW PHOENIX - WARREN PLEECE - ROB DAVIS - GARY NO
 RTHFIELD - TOM HUMBERSTONE - SIMONE LIA\n\nNelson is a 250-page collaborat
 ion between 54 of the UK’s most exciting comic creators. It is an unprec
 edented experiment to create one complete story – a collective graphic n
 ovel.\nLondon\, 1968. A daughter is born to Jim and Rita Baker. Her name i
 s Nel. This is her story\, told in yearly snapshots. Each chapter records 
 the events of a single day\, weaving one continuous ribbon of pictures and
  text that takes us on a 43- year journey from Nel Baker’s birth to 2011
 .\n\nFeaturing:\n\nPaul Grist\, Rob Davis\, Woodrow Phoenix\, Ellen Lindne
 r\, Jamie Smart\, Gary Northfield\, Sarah McIntyre\, Suzy Varty\, Sean Lon
 gcroft\, Warwick Johnson–Cadwell\, Luke Pearson\, Paul Harrison–Davies
 \, Katie Green\, Paul Peart–Smith\, Glyn Dillon\, I.N.J.Culbard\, John A
 llison\, Philip Bond\, D’Israeli\, Simone Lia\, Darryl Cunningham\, Jona
 than Edwards\, Ade Salmon\, Kate Charlesworth\, Warren Pleece\, Kristyna B
 aczynski\, Harvey James\, Rian Hughes\, Sean Phillips & Pete Doree\, Kate 
 Brown\, Simon Gane\, Jon McNaught\, Adam Cadwell\, Faz Choudhury\, JAKe\, 
 Jeremy Day\, Dan McDaid\, Roger Langridge\, Will Morris\, Dave Shelton\, C
 arol Swain\, Hunt Emerson\, Duncan Fegredo\, Philippa Rice\, Josceline Fen
 ton\, Garen Ewing\, Tom Humberstone \, Dan Berry\, Alice Duke\, Posy Simmo
 nds\, Laura Howell\, Andi Watson\, and Dave Taylor\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/24/nelson-charity-comic-even
 t/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Eeerz Custom Invasion Tour
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111125T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111125T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:THERE'S AN INVASION COMING!\n\nForbidden Planet have teamed up
  with vinyl artists from around the world to bring you an amazing custom t
 our to celebrate the launch of the 28cm DIY Eeerz series!\n \nOn Friday 25
 th November\, come down to Forbidden Planet between 5 and 8pm\, and meet t
 he artists behind the customs. You can join a very special DIY craft sessi
 on with FP favourite Matt ‘Lunartik’ JOnes who will be on hand to show
  you how to turn your drawings to life. \n\nExhibition includes work from 
 -\nFelt Mistress •\nPete Fowler •\nPhil Corbett •\nOkkle •\nLunart
 ik •\nTriclops Robotboy •\nEat Me. Drink Me •\nKyrstvII •\nCaitlin
  Ashford •\nA Little Stranger \n\nAlso in store will be an X-BOX Kinect 
 pod with the brand new Rabbids game for you to try. Come down and join the
  fun!\n\n<h3>PLUS: Win a Rabdid Eeerz figure and the X Box Kinect game in 
 our competition! <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/competitions/win-28cm
 -rabbids-diy-eeerz-figure-and-copy-rabbids/">Enter here!</a></h3> \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/25/eeerz-custom-invasion-tou
 r/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Crafty in Southampton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111126T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111126T173000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet welcomes you to join Rose and Toni at the Sou
 thampton store to ‘Get Crafty for Christmas!’ \n\nActivities include: 
 Card Making\, Christmas Felties and Tree Decorations. Also featuring demon
 strations by local crafters\, exclusive craft book discounts\, interactive
  craft sessions and much more!\n\nYou don’t have to be an expert crafter
  and all ages are welcome. Please be aware that this is a ticketed event -
  tickets are £4 and can be purchased for the store counter.\n\nCome on do
 wn and join in the fun!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/26/get-crafty-southampton/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Solaris Rising
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111126T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111126T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join ERIC BROWN\, PAT CADIGAN\, JAINE FENN\, DAVE HUTCHINSON\,
  ALASTAIR REYNOLDS\, TRICIA SULLIVAN\, LAVIE TIDHAR and IAN WHATES signing
  the stunning anthology SOLARIS RISING at the Forbidden Planet London Mega
 store on Saturday 26th November from 1 – 2pm.\n\nSolaris Rising is the f
 irst in an exciting new series of anthologies that are set to reaffirm Sol
 aris's proud reputation for producing high quality science fiction. \n\nTh
 e book will feature all original short stories from Peter F. Hamilton\, Al
 astair Reynolds\, Stephen Baxter\, Paul di Filippo\, Adam Roberts\, Lavie 
 Tidhar\, Ian Watson\, Ken MacLeod\, Mike Resnick\, Tricia Sullivan\, Eric 
 Brown\, Steve Rasnic Tem along with other top name authors\; stories guara
 nteed to surprise\, thrill and delight\, demonstrating why science fiction
  remains the most innovative\, satisfying\, and downright exciting genre o
 f all. \n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/26/solaris-rising/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Birmingham!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111127T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111127T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the launch of our second Magic The Gathering Inn
 istrad League\, and see just how far your deck can take you!\n\nYou can st
 art at the bottom and work your way up\, or challenge the leader and reall
 y test your skills! \n\nWe welcome players of all abilities from novices t
 o seasoned Planeswalkers – everybody purchases six sealed boosters at th
 e beginning and uses these to build a deck\, so it’s a level playing fie
 ld for all. We will also offer advice on deck building.\n\nThere are prize
 s for the top five players at the end of the four-week league\, including 
 booster packs and Forbidden Planet Gift Vouchers\, so bring a friend or Hi
 gh Elf of your choice for an easy-going afternoon of fun-filled duelling!\
 n\nSee you then!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/27/get-magic-birmingham-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111127T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111127T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to our free Magic The Gathering league nights\, and
  see just how far your deck can take you in our ladder system.\n\nYou can 
 start at the bottom and work your way up\, or challenge the leader and jum
 p straight to the top! We will also offer advice on deck building.\n\nWe w
 elcome players of all abilities from novices to seasoned Planeswalkers. So
  bring your standard legal deck\, a friend or High Elf of your choice for 
 easy going evenings of fun-filled duels!\n\nSee you then!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/27/get-magic-bristol-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brilliant Doctor Who Mega Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111130T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111130T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:We have a brilliant signing event for THE BRILLIANT BOOK OF DO
 CTOR WHO 2012 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\,
  London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Wednesday 30th November from 6 – 7pm.\n\nPacked 
 with unseen photographs and original artwork and illustrations\, The Brill
 iant Book of Doctor Who 2012 is your indispensable guide to Series 6 of Do
 ctor Who.\n\nGuests at our brilliant event will include contributors to th
 e book JASON ARNOPP\, DAVID BAILEY\, BENJAMIN COOK\, JAMES GOSS and DAVID 
 LLEWELLYN along with editor CLAYTON HICKMAN and designer PAUL LANG.\n\nAs 
 if that were not enough\, they will be joined by three scriptwriters from 
 Doctor Who Season Six\, MARK GATISS\, TOM McRAE and GARETH ROBERTS - plus 
 GARY RUSSELL will be there to sign 'The Doctor Who Encyclopedia'! \n\n<h3>
 We are also delighted to announce that STEVEN MOFFAT award winning head wr
 iter and executive producer will be joining us.</h3>\n\nPlease note that\,
  due to time constraints\, we may have to place limits on the amount of it
 ems to be signed. Due to unavoidable work commitments the line up may be s
 ubject to change. Please check our website for the latest information.\n \
 n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/11/30/brilliant-doctor-who-mega
 -signing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Birmingham!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111204T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111204T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the second week of our Magic The Gathering Innis
 trad League\,\nand see just how far your deck can take you on the league t
 able. Don't worry\nif you didn't join last week - there is still plenty of
  chance to catch up\non the games you missed!\n\nYou can start at the bott
 om and work your way up\, or challenge the leader\nand really test your sk
 ills! We will also offer advice on deck building.\n\nWe welcome players of
  all abilities from novices to seasoned Planeswalkers –\neverybody purch
 ases six sealed boosters at the beginning and uses these to\nbuild a deck\
 , so it’s a level playing field for all!\n\nThere are prizes for the top
  five players at the end of the 4 week league\,\nincluding booster packs a
 nd Forbidden Planet Gift Vouchers\, so bring a\nfriend or High Elf of your
  choice for an easy going afternoon of fun-filled\nduels!\n\nSee you then!
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/04/get-magic-birmingham-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111204T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111204T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to our free Magic The Gathering league nights\, and
  see just how far your deck can take you in our ladder system.\n\nYou can 
 start at the bottom and work your way up\, or challenge the leader and jum
 p straight to the top! We will also offer advice on deck building.\n\nWe w
 elcome players of all abilities from novices to seasoned Planeswalkers. So
  bring your standard legal deck\, a friend or High Elf of your choice for 
 easy going evenings of fun-filled duels!\n\nSee you then!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/04/get-magic-bristol-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey signing The Unwritten
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111206T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111206T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:MIKE CAREY will be signing The Unwritten Vol 4 at the Forbidde
 n Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Tuesd
 ay 6th December 6 – 7pm.\n\nTom Taylor's father created the Tommy Taylor
  fantasy series\, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Pott
 er. The problem: Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real l
 ife that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart. In Volume 4
 \, after the shocking return of Tommy’s father\, the mysterious Cabal au
 dition a new assassin and Tom seeks out the source. The source of what? He
 ’s not really sure\, but it looks like a whale\, and apparently it can b
 e found in the Nantucket farmhouse where Moby Dick was written. What he fi
 nds is a path into a whole different ocean\, with more trouble (and more w
 hales) than he could possibly imagine.\n\nMike Carey’s work in has encom
 passed everything from a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne to the astoun
 ding and Eisner Award-nominated Lucifer. The list of credits and titles to
  his name is as sparkling as it is long – and the publication of his Fel
 ix Castor series of novels have proved that he can move format without los
 ing his insight\, skill or passion. Mike has a first-class degree in Engli
 sh from Oxford and pre-dated his illustrious comics career with 15 years a
 s a teacher.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/06/mike-carey-signing-unwrit
 ten/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Embrace Phobophobia!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111209T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111209T174500Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join ADRIAN CHAMBERLIN\, DEAN DRINKEL\, WAYNE GOODCHILD\, JONA
 THAN GREEN\, DAVE JEFFERY and BARBIE WILDE signing the stunning anthology 
 PHOBOPHOBIA at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Friday 9th Decembe
 r from 5 - 6pm.\n\nThere is nothing to fear but fear itself. Twenty six or
 iginal tales of horror by established masters of terror and talented new v
 oices lie within this Lexicon of Fear. Beware the dark power of words in B
 ibliophobia... a carnival double act made in Hell can be found in the clow
 n cemetery in Coulrophobia... \n\nThe fear of open spaces manifests itself
  in Kenophobia\, a tale of the ultimate emptiness - the Great Void that aw
 aits us all... the fear of beautiful women is fully justified in Venustrop
 hobia\, a tale of futile defence against the Succubus...\n\nDenying yourse
 lf a place in Heaven is one way to avoid Jesusphobia\, but the only altern
 ative means Hell to pay... a playwright fights his fear of the colour yell
 ow by creating an unusual addition to his Dramtis Personae in Xanthophobia
 ... \n\nOpen the pages. It is time to learn your A to Dread...\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/09/embrace-phobophobia/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Southampton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111210T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111204T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that a member of the Wizards Crew will be in 
 store alongside our in house experts to show you how to play Magic the Gat
 hering! \n\nThis is a full demonstration of how to play Magic the Gatherin
 g and includes basic rules\, strategy tips\, putting together your first d
 eck and information about recent and upcoming expansions. \n\nTaking place
  all day - you can drop by for 10 mins or stay and play all day! \n\nThen 
 join us on Sunday for a booster draft in store!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/10/get-magic-southampton-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in Southampton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Magic The Gathering Booster Draft Day!\n\nNow the time to take
  your newly acquired skills learnt from our Saturday Demo Event and bring 
 them to your first draft where you can put your new skills to the test\, a
 nd start your own deck.\n\nPrizes to be won\, newcomers welcome. \n\nRegis
 tration for the event starts at 10:30 am with deck construction starting a
 t 11:15 am. Entry £10.00 - please buy your tickets from the store or pay 
 on the day.\n\n \n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/11/get-magic-southampton-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - and get 
 into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in and 
 find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games for al
 l levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-new MTG 2
 012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd like t
 o play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on the day
 !\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/12/11/get-magic-london-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Adam Christopher's 'Empire State'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120105T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120105T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:ADAM CHRISTOPHER will be reading from and signing his stunning
  debut novel\, EMPIRE STATE (Angry Robot) at the Forbidden Planet London M
 egastore on Thursday 5th January from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe stunning noir-fant
 asy thriller set in the other New York. It was the last great science hero
  fight\, but the energy blast ripped a hole in reality\, and birthed the E
 mpire State – a young\, twisted parallel prohibition-era New York. When 
 the rift starts to close\, both worlds are threatened\, and both must figh
 t for the right to exist.\n\n“Adam Christopher’s debut novel is a noir
 \, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero story… a novel of surreal
  resonances\, things that are like other things\, plot turns that hearken 
 to other plot turns. It’s often fascinating\, as captivating as a kaleid
 oscope… just feel it in all its weird glory.” Cory Doctorow\, author o
 f Makers and Little Brother\n\n“Stylish\, sinister\, and wickedly fun\, 
 Empire State is not your average sexy retro parallel universe superhero no
 ir.”  Lauren Beukes\, Arthur C Clarke Award winning author of Zoo City\n
  \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/05/launching-adam-christophe
 rs-empire-state/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120107T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120107T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by our in-house experts as well as by staff from Wizard
 s of the Coast\, this is a full demonstration of how to play Magic The gat
 hering\, including basic rules\, strategy tips\, putting together your dec
 k and information about recent and upcoming expansions.\n\nCome down and s
 ee us! This will be taking place all day - it's everything you never knew 
 and didn’t even know you could know about Magic!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/07/get-magic-london-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120108T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120108T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by our in-house experts\, this is your chance to use wh
 at you learned from yesterday's Magic The Gathering demonstration!\n\nJoin
  us at Forbidden Planet London to try out the brand new 2012 Core Game - a
 nd get into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join 
 in and find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games
  for all levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have the all-ne
 w MTG 2012 Boosters\, Intro Packs and Fat Packs on sale in store. If you'd
  like to play\, you can bring your own deck or we can help you buy one on 
 the day!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/08/get-magic-london-6/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] James Jarvis is back!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120112T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120112T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed British illustrator James Jarvis unveils his first n
 ew narrative in five years – at Forbidden Planet. He will be at the Lond
 on Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 12th Januar
 y.\n\nRenowned for his fantastic range of ‘In Crowd’ figures\, James J
 arvis is widely regarded as the father of 3D urban vinyl in the UK. Artist
  and designer\, working closely with clothes companies as well as toys man
 ufacturers\, he professes an obsessive admiration for the works of Hergé 
 and Richard Starry. With two degrees to his name and years of experience a
 s a freelance illustrator\, he put his considerable creativity towards pro
 viding his characters with a place to call their own. His cartoon universe
 \, ‘World Of Pain’ was launched through a major exhibition in Tokyo in
  2000.\n\nThis highly anticipated graphic novel ‘De Profundis’ follows
  a beaked artist who travels through a wilderness to arrive at an abandone
 d city. Wandering the empty streets there\, he encounters a mysterious\, p
 riestly being who commissions him to decorate a temple to nameless gods. \
 n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/12/james-jarvis-back/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Play the D&D: Legend of Drizzt Boardgame!
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DESCRIPTION:Learn to play the Dungeons & Dragons: Legend of Drizzt boardga
 me!\n\nPlayer of Dungeons & Dragons? Fan of Drizzt Do'Urden? Come down to 
 the London store where we will have the brand new Legend of Drizzt boardga
 me for you to play! We will be explaining game play\, how the various card
 s and counters work\, and having a lot of fun while we do!\n\nCome on down
  and check it out.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/14/play-dd-legend-drizzt-boa
 rdgame/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Craig Thompson signing Habibi
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120120T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Note Date Change:** CRAIG THOMPSON will be signing his stunn
 ing graphic novel\, HABIBI (Faber & Faber) at the Forbidden Planet London 
 Megastore on **Friday 20th January** from 6 – 7pm.\n\n**COME DOWN TO THE
  SIGNING AND WIN A SIGNED\, NUMBERED HABIBI PRINT!**\n\nHabibi\, based on 
 a Middle Eastern fable\, tells the story of Dodola\, who escapes being sol
 d into slavery and rescues an abandoned baby she names Zam.\n\nThey live i
 n isolation in an old boat in the desert. As they age their relationship s
 hifts from mother and son\, to brother and sister and eventually lovers. I
 n the meantime however Dodola is forced to prostitute herself to desert tr
 aders in order to provide for Zam. When he seeks an alternative means of i
 ncome Dodola is captured by the Sultan and Zam is forced into a quest to t
 ry and rescue her.\n\nSet in the place where Christianity and Islam began\
 , it explores the fundamental connection between these religions\, and als
 o the relationship between the first and the third world and the increasin
 gly important battle for the earth's resources. Ambitious\, but always dee
 ply felt\, Habibi is a beautifully drawn and moving graphic novel that has
  had a huge amount of attention.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/20/craig-thompson-signing-ha
 bibi/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Amanda Hocking signing Switched
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:AMANDA HOCKING will be signing the new release of her million 
 ebook-selling SWITCHED (Tor) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on S
 aturday 21st January 1 – 2pm.\n\nAmanda Hocking is 26 years old\, lives 
 in Minnesota and had not sold a single book before 15th April 2010. She ha
 s now sold over one million ebooks. She is a self-publishing phenomenon. \
 n\nHer bestselling Trylle Trilogy is now to be available in paperback and 
 ebook formats with additional\, unseen and exclusive content. . \n\nSwitch
 ed introduces the reader to Wendy Everly. She first knew she was different
  the day her mother tried to kill her\, accusing her of having been switch
 ed at birth. Although she’s certain she’s not the monster her mother c
 laims she is\, there is a secret she keeps from everyone. Her mysterious a
 bility to influence people’s decisions\, without knowing how\, or why. W
 hen handsome newcomer Finn turns up at her window\, her world is turned up
 side down. He holds the key to her past and is the doorway to a place she 
 never imagined could exist…\n\n<center><iframe width="672" height="378" 
 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kuEcDjWVqLQ" frameborder="0" allowfullsc
 reen></iframe></center>\n\n‘Spectacular example of an author striking go
 ld through ebooks’ Observer\n\n‘A Tolkien for our times’ Wall Street
  Journal\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/21/amanda-hocking-signing-sw
 itched/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alastair Reynolds signing Blue Remembered Ea
 rth
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DESCRIPTION:ALASTAIR REYNOLDS will be signing his stunning new novel\, BLU
 E REMEMBERED EARTH (Gollancz) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on 
 Saturday 21st January from 4 - 5pm.\n\nOne hundred and fifty years from no
 w\, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic pow
 er\, and where crime\, war\, disease and poverty have been banished to his
 tory\, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace. But Geof
 frey's family\, the vast Akinya business empire\, has other plans. \n\nAft
 er the death of Geoffrey's grandmother\, erstwhile space explorer\, someth
 ing awkward has come to light on the Moon\, and Geoffrey is tasked to make
  sure the family's name stays unblemished. But the secrets that she died w
 ith are about to come back into the open\, and they could change everythin
 g. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards…\n\nAlastair’s first novel 
 Revelation Space was published in 2000 and was short-listed for the BSFA a
 nd Arthur C. Clarke awards. His second novel Chasm City won the BSFA in 20
 02. Up until 2004 he was working as a scientist within the European Space 
 Agency\, and after living for 16 years in the Netherlands he has now retur
 ned to his native Wales. \n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/21/alastair-reynolds-signing
 -blue-remembered-earth/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dark Ascension Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Magic the Gathering Dark Ascension Pre-Release Event**\n\nCo
 me down to our NEW Croydon store for your chance to play Magic and get you
 r hands on the hot new release before the official launch.\n\nThe format w
 ill be a Sealed Deck Event: As part of the tournament fee\, each player re
 ceives three Innistrad and three Dark Ascension booster packs to use for b
 uilding a deck.\n\nIn addition to the booster packs\, each player will be 
 given (while supplies last):\n1 promo card (Ravenous Demon/Archdemon of Gr
 eed)\n1 Achievement card\n\nContact the store Tournament organizer for spe
 cific entry fee\, prize payout\, and full event information.\n\n<a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&size=48&sort=addition-d
 ate-desc&show=preorders&show=available">See our full range from Magic The 
 Gathering here.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/28/mtg-dark-ascension-pre-re
 lease-event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dark Ascension Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Magic the Gathering Dark Ascension Pre-Release Event**\n\nCo
 me down to our Birmingham store for your chance to play Magic and get your
  hands on the hot new release before the official launch.\n\nThe format wi
 ll be a Sealed Deck Event: As part of the tournament fee\, each player rec
 eives three Innistrad and three Dark Ascension booster packs to use for bu
 ilding a deck.\n\nIn addition to the booster packs\, each player will be g
 iven (while supplies last):\n1 promo card (Ravenous Demon/Archdemon of Gre
 ed)\n1 Achievement card\n\nContact the store Tournament organizer for spec
 ific entry fee\, prize payout\, and full event information.\n\n<a href="ht
 tp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&size=48&sort=addition-da
 te-desc&show=preorders&show=available">See our full range from Magic The G
 athering here.</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/01/28/dark-ascension-pre-releas
 e-event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get into Magic in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Fancy trying your hand at Magic: The Gathering?\n\nJoin us at 
 Forbidden Planet London to try out all the newest and best releases - and 
 get into Magic. Players of all levels are welcome to come along\, join in 
 and find out what it's all about - Lou Ryrie will be running cool games fo
 r all levels in a very chilled-out atmosphere.\n\nWe'll have all the new p
 roducts on sale in store. If you'd like to play\, you can bring your own d
 eck or we can help you buy one on the day!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/02/12/get-magic-london-7/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kate Griffin and Benedict Jacka
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a double signing w
 ith two of Orbit’s most exciting talents!  Kate Griffin and Benedict Jac
 ka will be at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, o
 n Thursday 23rd February 2012.\n\nIn ‘The Minority Council’\, Matthew 
 Swift\, the Midnight Mayor\, is in charge – and London is having issues.
  The new drug on the market is fairy dust and it turns humans into walking
  drugs labs. Teenage vandals are being hunted by a mystical creature and c
 riminals are dying by magical means. If Swift is going to save London from
  a rising tide of blood\, he’s going to have to learn his lessons and fa
 st!\n\n‘Fated’ is a compelling new urban fantasy based in Camden – f
 eaturing Alex Verus\, a mage with a dark past who can see into the future.
  Find a tangled\, mangled junction of ley lines\, train lines\, roads and 
 canal – where minor celebrities hang out with major criminals\, where to
 urists and teenagers mingle\, and where you can get your body art before c
 alling in to the Arcana Emporium…
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/02/23/benedict-jacka-and-kate-g
 riffin/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Dan Abnett signing Know No Fear
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:DAN ABNETT will be signing the latest title in the HORUS HERES
 Y series\, KNOW NO FEAR (Black Library) at the Forbidden Planet London Meg
 astore on Saturday 25th February from 1 – 2pm.\n\nThe next book in the e
 pic and million-selling Horus Heresy series\, following The Outcast Dead\,
  Deliverance Lost and many others! Know No Fear focuses on the Battle of C
 alth\, one of the most iconic engagements in the Horus Heresy\, which scat
 tered the Ultramarines fleet and slaughtered all who stood in the way of t
 he Bearers Legion Action does not get better than this!\n\nDan Abnett is a
  novelist and an award-winning comic book writer. He’s written 25 novels
  for the Black Library\, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and
  the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies\, and with Mike Lee\, the Darkblade c
 ycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border 
 Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidsto
 ne\, Kent.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/02/25/dan-abnett-signing-know-n
 o-fear/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Petersen signing Mouse Guard
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120301T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120301T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID PETERSEN will be signing his stunning graphic novel\, MO
 USE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOL 1 (Titan Edition) at the Forbidden Pla
 net London Megastore on Thursday 1st March from 6 – 7pm. \n\nInside the 
 June Alley Inn\, located in the western mouse city of Barkstone\, mice gat
 her to tell tales\, each trying to outdo the other. A competition\, of sor
 ts\, begins. The rules: Every story must contain one truth\, one lie and h
 ave never been told in that tavern before. With the winner getting his bar
  tab cleared\, fantastic stories are spun throughout the evening. \n\nDavi
 d Petersen won the 2007 Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In
  2008\, David won the Eisners for Best Publication for Kids (Mouse Guard F
 all 1152 & Winter 1152) and Best Graphic Album – Reprint (Mouse Guard Fa
 ll 1152 Hardcover). He is the creator of the Mouse Guard series and is exc
 ited to be working on projects he dearly loves doing. David and his wife J
 ulia reside in Michigan with their dog Autumn. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/01/david-petersen-signing-mo
 use-guard/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tom Gauld signing Goliath
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120310T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120310T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION: TOM GAULD will be signing GOLIATH at the Forbidden Planet sto
 re in Cambridge on Saturday 10th March from 1 – 2pm. \n\nGoliath of Gath
  isn't much of a fighter. Given half a choice\, he would pick admin work o
 ver patrolling in a heartbeat\, to say nothing of his distaste for engagin
 g in combat. \n\nNonetheless\, at the behest of the king he finds himself 
 issuing a twice-daily challenge to the Israelites: "Choose a man. Let him 
 come to me that we may fight. If he be able to kill me then we shall be yo
 ur servants. But if I kill him\, then you shall be our servants." \n\nDay 
 after day he reluctantly repeats his speech\, and the isolation of this du
 ty gives him the chance to banter with his shield-bearer and reflect on th
 e beauty of his surroundings. \n\nThis is the story of David and Goliath a
 s seen from Goliath's side of the Valley of Elah. Quiet moments in Goliath
  s life as a soldier are accentuated by Tom Gauld s drawing style\, which 
 contrasts minimalist scenery and near-geometric humans with densely crossh
 atched detail reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Goliath s battle is simultaneou
 sly tragic and bleakly funny\, as bureaucracy pervades even this most myth
 ic of figures.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/10/tom-gauld-signing-goliath
 /
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gareth Roberts Signs Shada
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120314T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120314T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:GARETH ROBERTS will be signing DOCTOR WHO: SHADA (Ebury Books)
  at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 14th March from 6 
 – 7pm. \n\nBased on the scripts for the original television series by th
 e legendary Douglas Adams\, Shada retells a Tom Baker era adventure of the
  Doctor that never made it to the screen in 1979\, due to industrial actio
 n.\n\nThe Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has
  retired to Cambridge University - where nobody will notice if he lives fo
 r centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor\, Romana and K-9. When 
 he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs - most of them a
 re harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous...\n\nGareth Roberts h
 as written a huge number of Doctor Who spin off titles and has also writte
 n scripts for the TV Series and The Sarah Jane Adventures.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/14/gareth-roberts-signs-shad
 a/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120315T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120315T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a fantastic double
  X-Men signing! Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen will be at the London Meg
 astore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 15th March 2012.\
 n\nArtist Jamie welcomes you to the X-Men's first year! Professor Xavier h
 as recruited five of the most powerful mutants he's ever seen to save a wo
 rld that hates them. But there's only one problem: they're teenagers who h
 ave to survive hormones and super-powers\, all while fighting for their li
 ves. So now's the perfect time for Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mut
 ants to make their bid for control of the world. The first X-Men are forge
 d in the fires of combat in ways you've never seen!\n\nWritten by Kieron\,
  Uncanny X-Men starts over in the wake of Schism. What is to become of Cyc
 lops and the mutants who side with him after the big split? And what does 
 it have to do with the resurrected Mr. Sinister? The hottest new writer in
  the business\, Kieron Gillen (Thor)\, and superstar artist Carlos Pacheco
  (Ultimate Avengers) bring you the biggest and baddest X-Men you've ever s
 een.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/15/jamie-mckelvie-and-kieron
 -gillen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Star Wars Day In Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120331T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120331T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>To celebrate the launch of the new Forbidden Planet store 
 in Croydon\, we will be hosting a STAR WARS DAY on Saturday 31st March.</h
 3>\n\n<strong>All Day: Meet the Stormtroopers!</strong>  Making sure no re
 bels invade\, the finest of the 501st Legion will be on hand to maintain o
 rder.\n\n<strong>All Day: Goody Bags</strong>  Freebie packed Goody Bags. 
  While stocks last - so get there early!\n\n<strong>All Day: Prize Draw an
 d Spot Prizes!</strong>  Enter our prize draw with a first prize of a Delu
 xe AT AT\, worth over £130.  Plus - there is a Deluxe Goody Bag for the f
 irst 10 children in a Star Wars costume.\n\n<strong>1:00pm to 3:00pm: Free
  Facepainting for Children!</strong>  Go home looking like Darth Maul\, Yo
 da or the hero or villain of your choice!\n\n<h3>May The Force Be With You
 !</h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/31/star-wars-day-croydon/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Avengers vs X-Men Late Opening
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120403T200000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120403T203000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?</h3>\n\n<strong>Join us at Forbidde
 n Planet London for a special early release late night opening - be the fi
 rst to get your hands on the Marvel Universe event of the year.</strong>\n
  \nFor the first time in the UK\, at exactly 8:00pm\, we will start sellin
 g Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 comic – as well as the Avengers and X-Men Varian
 t Covers ONLY available in store.\n \nThere will also be free Avengers and
  X-Men lithos\, mini-posters and badges up for grabs – but careful you d
 on’t show support for both sides!\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com
 /?tag=avx&size=48&sort=a-z&show=preorders&show=available">See the full ran
 ge of AVX titles here!</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/03/avengers-vs-x-men-late-op
 ening/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Avengers vs X-Men Early Opening
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120404T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120404T100000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?</h3>\n\n<strong>Join us at your loc
 al Forbidden Planet for a special early release event - be the first to ge
 t your hands on the Marvel Universe event of the year.</strong>\n \nOur st
 ores will open at 9:00am so that you can get hold of your copy of Avengers
  Vs. X-Men #1 comic – as well as the Avengers and X-Men Variant Covers O
 NLY available in store.\n \nThere will also be free Avengers and X-Men lit
 hos\, mini-posters and badges up for grabs – but careful you don’t sho
 w support for both sides!\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=avx&
 size=48&sort=a-z&show=preorders&show=available">See the full range of AVX 
 titles here!</a>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/04/avengers-vs-x-men-early-o
 pening/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ross and Hitch signing America's Got Powers
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120414T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120414T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:JONATHAN ROSS & BRYAN HITCH will be launching their new comic 
 AMERICA'S GOT POWERS (Image Comics) at the Forbidden Planet London Megasto
 re on Saturday 14th April from 1 – 2pm. \n\n<h3>JUST ANNOUNCED - Exclusi
 ve Forbidden Planet Sketch Cover Variant available!</h3>\n\nWelcome to Ame
 rica's Got Powers!\n\nIt's the biggest TV show on Earth\, where the chance
  to win fame\, fortune and get laid are dangled in front of a generation o
 f super-powered teens. All they have to do is Win. Who is the fastest\, th
 e strongest or the greatest? Who survives? Young Tommy Watt's dreams of be
 ing the greatest hero of them all might just be shattered when the greates
 t show on the planet begins to reveal it's dark heart.\n\nNeeding no intro
 duction\, JONATHAN ROSS is not only a national celebrity but a lifelong co
 mics fan - who made his writing debut with the fantastic Turf!\n\nBRYAN HI
 TCH may well be the most prolific and accomplished comics artist working t
 oday. His credits include Ultimates\, Fantastic Four\, Stormwatch and The 
 Authority. He has also worked as a concept artist for the 2005 relaunch of
  Doctor Who for the BBC.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/14/ross-hitch-sign-americas-
 got-powers/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mark Hodder signing Burton & Swinburne: Expe
 dition to the Mountains of the Moon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120414T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120414T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:MARK HODDER will be signing BURTON & SWINBURNE: EXPEDITION TO 
 THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Satu
 rday 14th April from 4 - 5pm. \n\nIt is 1863\, but not the one it should b
 e. Time has veered wildly off course\, and now the first moves are being m
 ade that will lead to a devastating world war and the fall of the British 
 Empire. The prime minister\, Lord Palmerston\, believes that by using the 
 three Eyes of Naga — black diamonds possessing unique properties — he
 ’ll be able to manipulate events and avoid the war. He already has two o
 f the stones\, but the third is hidden somewhere in the Mountains of the M
 oon\, the fabled source of the Nile.\n\nPalmerston sends Sir Richard Franc
 is Burton to recover it. But\, caught in a tangled web of cause\, effect\,
  and inevitability\, little does Burton realise that the stakes are far hi
 gher than even he suspects.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/14/mark-hodder-signing-burto
 n-swinburne-expedition-mo/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Heavy Metal Qee Exhibition & Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120419T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120419T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Currently running at The Forbidden Planet Megastore is the HEA
 VY METAL QEE Exhibition\, featuring thirty Custom Qees inspired by heavy m
 etal music from artists such as Sneaky Raccoon\, Flatties\, Jake Wade\, Ru
 nDMB\, A Little Stranger\, Matt JOnes and many more. \n\nJoin us in store 
 on THURSDAY 19th APRIL from 6-8pm to meet many of the artists from the Hea
 vy Metal Qee exhibition.  They will be there to chat about their work and 
 sign the Heavy Metal Qee book which features all the artist pieces.\n\nAft
 er the event all the Qees will be auctioned in aid of The Garden House Hos
 pice charity.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/19/heavy-metal-qee-exhibitio
 n-signing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kim Newman signing The Bloody Red Baron
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120426T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120426T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:KIM NEWMAN will be signing ANNO DRACULA: THE BLOODY RED BARON\
 , (Titan Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 26th 
 April from 6 – 7pm. \n\nIt is 1918 and Dracula is commander-in-chief of 
 the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war of the great powers in 
 Europe is also a war between the living and the dead. As ever the Diogenes
  Club is at the heart of British Intelligence and Charles Beauregard and h
 is protegé Edwin Winthrop go head-to-head with the lethal vampire flying 
 machine that is the Bloody Red Baron.\n\nKim Newman is a London-based auth
 or and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contribut
 es to The Guardian\, The Times\, Sight & Sound and others. He makes freque
 nt appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Stoker\, International
  Horror Guild\, British Fantasy and British Science \nFiction Awards and b
 een nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Award.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/26/kim-newman-signing-bloody
 -red-baron/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Forbidden Planet Newcastle Team for the exciting pre-
 release of Avacyn Restored on Saturday the 28th April at 10:30 until 17:00
 \, and get your hands on some new cards before their official release!\nTh
 ere are promo cards for participation\, prizes and the chance to open the 
 Legendary Helvault...\n \nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, whe
 re players will receive 6 Avacyn Restored Boosters with which to make a 40
  card deck\, and compete to become the store’s Prerelease Champion!\n \n
 As this is an official Wizards of the Coast event\, players will need a DC
 I number to participate. If you don’t have a DCI number already\, don’
 t worry! The team will be happy to sign you up on the day!\n \nContact the
  store for pricing and availability\, as space may be limited!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/28/mtg-avacyn-restored-newca
 stle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Weekend in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Forbidden Planet Croydon Team for the exciting pre-re
 lease of Avacyn Restored on Saturday the 28th April at 12:00 until 18:00 a
 nd get your hands on some new cards before their official release!\nThere 
 are promo cards for participation\, prizes and the chance to open the Lege
 ndary Helvault...\n \nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, where p
 layers will receive 6 Avacyn Restored Boosters with which to make a 40 car
 d deck\, and compete to become the store’s Prerelease Champion!\n \nAs t
 his is an official Wizards of the Coast event\, players will need a DCI nu
 mber to participate. If you don’t have a DCI number already\, don’t wo
 rry! The team will be happy to sign you up on the day!\n \nContact the sto
 re for pricing and availability\, as space may be limited!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/28/mtg-avacyn-restored-weeke
 nd-croydon/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Southampton Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Forbidden Planet Southampton Team for the exciting pr
 e-release of Avacyn Restored on Sunday the 29th April between 10:30 and 16
 :30\, and get your hands on some new cards before their official release!\
 nThere are promo cards for participation\, prizes and the chance to open t
 he Legendary Helvault...\n \nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, 
 where players will receive 6 Avacyn Restored Boosters with which to make a
  40 card deck\, and compete to become the store’s Prerelease Champion!\n
  \nAs this is an official Wizards of the Coast event\, players will need a
  DCI number to participate. If you don’t have a DCI number already\, don
 ’t worry! The team will be happy to sign you up on the day!\n \nContact 
 the store for pricing and availability\, as space may be limited!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/29/mtg-avacyn-restored-pre-r
 elease-ston/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Pre-Release in Birmingh
 am
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Forbidden Planet Birmingham Team for the exciting pre
 -release of Avacyn Restored on Sunday the 29th April between 12:00 and 16:
 00\, and get your hands on some new cards before their official release!\n
 There are promo cards for participation\, prizes and the chance to open th
 e Legendary Helvault...\n \nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, w
 here players will receive 6 Avacyn Restored Boosters with which to make a 
 40 card deck\, and compete to become the store’s Prerelease Champion!\n 
 \nAs this is an official Wizards of the Coast event\, players will need a 
 DCI number to participate. If you don’t have a DCI number already\, don
 ’t worry! The team will be happy to sign you up on the day!\n \nContact 
 the store for pricing and availability\, as space may be limited!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/29/mtg-avacyn-restored-previ
 ew-event/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Weekend in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Forbidden Planet Croydon Team for the exciting pre-re
 lease of Avacyn Restored on Sunday the 29th April at 12:00 until 18:00 and
  get your hands on some new cards before their official release!\nThere ar
 e promo cards for participation\, prizes and the chance to open the Legend
 ary Helvault...\n \nThe event will be a 2 Headed-Giant  sealed deck tourna
 ment\, where teams of 2 people will receive 8 Avacyn Restored Boosters wit
 h which to make two 40 card decks\, and compete together to become the sto
 re’s Prerelease Champions!\n \nAs this is an official Wizards of the Coa
 st event\, players will need a DCI number to participate. If you don’t h
 ave a DCI number already\, don’t worry! The team will be happy to sign y
 ou up on the day!\n \nContact the store for pricing and availability\, as 
 space may be limited!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/29/mtg-avacyn-restored-weeke
 nd-croydon-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Pre-Release in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get hold 
 of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\nThe event will be a seale
 d deck tournament. The tickets are £20\, this covers the cost of six Avac
 yn Restored boosters with which you will make your deck. In addition to th
 e boosters each player will receive one promo card (Moonsliver Spear) whil
 e stocks last\, and one event card. \n\nThis event is also marked by the a
 ddition of the Helvault! All players attending the event will have the opp
 ortunity to complete certain requirements from their event cards\; this wi
 ll allow them to open the seals on the Helvault. But what’s inside? Nobo
 dy knows! If you want to find out come into store and get your ticket now\
 , there are only thirty places available\, so hurry to get involved! \n\nP
 lease be aware the event will start at 5pm\, late admissions may not be ac
 cepted. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/29/mtg-avacyn-restored-pre-r
 elease-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get hold 
 of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\nThe event will be a seale
 d deck tournament. The tickets are £20\, this covers the cost of six Avac
 yn Restored boosters with which you will make your deck. In addition to th
 e boosters each player will receive one promo card (Moonsliver Spear) whil
 e stocks last\, and one event card. \n\nThis event is also marked by the a
 ddition of the Helvault! All players attending the event will have the opp
 ortunity to complete certain requirements from their event cards\; this wi
 ll allow them to open the seals on the Helvault. But what’s inside? Nobo
 dy knows! If you want to find out come into store and get your ticket now\
 , there are only thirty places available\, so hurry to get involved! \n\nP
 lease be aware the event will start at 5pm\, late admissions may not be ac
 cepted. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/04/29/mtg-avacyn-restored-pre-r
 elease-event/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Rachel Caine signing Black Dawn
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120504T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120504T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:RACHEL CAINE will be signing BLACK DAWN\, THE MORGANVILLE VAMP
 IRES BOOK 12\, at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Friday 4th May 
 from 6 – 7pm.\n\nWhen a tide of ferocious draug\, the vampire’s deadli
 est enemy\, floods Morganville\, its eclectic mix of residents must fight 
 to save their town from devastation. Chaos has taken over the quiet colleg
 e town of Morganville as the threat of the draug rapidly spreads with the 
 help of the city’s water system. Whilst most of the locals have already 
 fled\, student Claire Danvers and her friends Shane\, Eve and Michael choo
 se to stay and fight. Things take a turn for the worse when vampire Amelie
 \, the town’s founder\, is infected by the master draug’s bite. Unless
  Claire and her friends can find an antidote to save Amelie and overcome t
 he draug\, Morganville’s future looks bleak . . .\n\nRACHEL CAINE is als
 o the author of the acclaimed Weather Warden series. She is a self-confess
 ed avid movie buff and a TV-holic has the distinction of having played wit
 h such musical legends as Henry Mancini and John Williams. Rachel lives in
  the USA. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/04/rachel-caine-signing-blac
 k-dawn/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Discover Comics on Free Comic Book Day!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120505T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120505T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Want to get into Comic Books but don't know where to start
 ?  Then join us for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY in all of our stores and start dis
 covering a whole new world!</h3>\n\n<h3>For Grown Ups:</h3> We have a good
 ie bag of comics to get you reading.  Titles include a look at DC Comic's 
 New 52 range of titles\, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and movie sensation The 
 Avengers.\n\n<h3>For Children:</h3> Get your hands on a fun packed bag inc
 uding The Simpsons & Spongebob\, Sonic The Hedgehog and the mighty Superma
 n!\n\n<h3>For Early Birds:</h3> For early arrivals we have a Premium grab 
 bag - this could be your only chance to get your hands on the beautiful HA
 RDBACK of the Mouse Guard: Labyrinth book created especially for Free Comi
 c Book Day.  Quantities of these goodie bags are strictly limited - so che
 ck the <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/">opening time of your l
 ocal branch here</a>!\n\n<h3>NEW! Selected Marvel T-Shirts will be availab
 le in stores for the special price of on £7.99 on 5th & 6th May only!</h3
 >\n\nAll bags are a random selection of comics and may not include all tit
 les listed above.  All bags only available while stocks last.  Only comics
  marked as Free Comic Book Day titles are free.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/05/discover-comics-free-comi
 c-book-day-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Michael Hussar
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120512T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120512T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL HUSSAR will be signing WHITE: A DECADE (Baby Tattoo) a
 t the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 12th May from 1 – 2p
 m.\n\nSpectacularly produced with a white cloth cover\, embossed outer ban
 d\, gold-edged pages\, vellum inserts\, and spot-varnished title treatment
 s\, this 250 page book is as tactilely pleasing as it is visually stunning
 . Over ten years in the making\, the paintings and sketches in this book p
 rovide unprecedented insight into Hussar’s process while presenting a hi
 storic look at one of the artist’s recurring aesthetic themes - white.\n
 \nPublisher Bob Self explains\, “For over ten years\, Michael has been c
 reating a series of paintings that make significant use of the color white
 \, and the book is a reflection of those efforts. Michael’s white is not
  the emptiness of the blank canvas\; it is the substance of layer upon lay
 er of paint - white on white with a splash of red.”\n\nAlong with Hussar
 ’s impactful and influential white paintings produced between 1999 and 2
 009\, the book contains a wealth of thought provoking preliminary sketches
 .\n\nMichael Hussar is an American fine artist who creates remarkably meti
 culous oil paintings using modern masters' techniques. His work focuses on
  provocative aspects of the human form and psyche. Hussar is one of a hand
 ful of realist painters who are regarded as pioneers of the alternative ar
 t movement. He has a degree from Art Center College of Design where he tau
 ght portrait painting for nearly 10 years. He currently teaches workshops 
 in the US and Europe\, and shows internationally. His original paintings a
 re in many prestigious collections.\n\n<iframe width="560" height="315" sr
 c="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9fbsb0r6nVw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfu
 llscreen></iframe>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/12/meet-michael-hussar/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Mega-Signing!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to announce a fantastic line-up 
 of artists and writers for a fabulous Friday Night Mega-Signing at Forbidd
 en Planet London! \n\nDon’t miss this one - on Friday 18th May\, from 6 
 – 7pm\, at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, we’ll have 
 a huge and one-off event\, taking place with an amazing line-up of guests:
  - \n\n<h3>Jock\n•	Andy Belanger\n•	Becky Cloonan\n•	Trevor McCarthy
 \n•	Conor McCreery\n•	Anthony Del Col\n•	Scott Snyder</h3>\n\nWe’l
 l have all the hottest titles including Batman: Gates of Gotham\, Batman: 
 The Black Mirror\, Batman: The Court of Owls\, Demo and the wonderfully of
 f-the-wall Kill Shakespeare graphic novels.\n\nMake sure you get there –
  it’s the perfect way to warm up for the weekend!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/18/friday-night-mega-signing
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] China Miéville signing Railsea
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:CHINA MIÉVILLE will be signing RAILSEA (Tor) at the Forbidden
  Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 23rd May from 6 – 7pm.\n\nOn board
  the moletrain Medes\, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses h
 is first moldywarpe hunt.\n\nThe giant mole bursting from the earth\, the 
 harpoonists targeting their prey\, the battle resulting in one’s death a
 nd the other’s glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it
  is\, travelling the endless rails of the railsea\, Sham can't shake the s
 ense that there is more to life. Even if his philosophy-seeking captain ca
 n think only of the hunt for the ivory-coloured mole she’s been chasing 
 – ever since it took her arm all those years ago.\n\nWhen they come acro
 ss a wrecked train\, at first it's a welcome distraction. But the impossib
 le salvage Sham finds in the derelict leads to considerably more than he'd
  bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates\, trainsfolk\, m
 onsters and salvage-scrabblers. And it might not be just Sham's life that'
 s about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.\n\nChina Miévill
 e lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Ar
 thur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The
  City & The City\, an existential thriller\, was published to dazzling cri
 tical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell and P
 hilip K. Dick. His previous novel\, Embassytown\, was a widely-praised for
 ay into science fiction.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/23/china-mieville-signing-ra
 ilsea/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] GET SOME SPANDEX!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:GET SOME SPANDEX!\n\nCREATOR MARTIN EDEN SIGNING AT FORBIDDEN 
 PLANET LONDON ON THURSDAY 24th May 6 – 7pm\n\nProwler\, Liberty\, Glitte
 r\, Indigo\, Butch\, Mr Muscles\, Diva - all superpowered\, all British\, 
 and the first all-gay super-hero team there ever was!\n\nCreated by indepe
 ndent creator Martin Eden\, Spandex charts the highs and lows of a group o
 f Brighton-based heroes\, doing battle with 50-foot lesbians\, a group of 
 deadly pink ninjas\, as well as their own complicated love lives! A super-
 hero book like no other!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/24/get-some-spandex/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Adam Nevill signing Last Days
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:ADAM NEVILL signs his newest\, more terrifying novel yet\, LAS
 T DAYS (Tor) at Forbidden Planet Birmingham on Saturday 26th May from 1 
 – 2pm.\n\nThe Temple of the Last Days was a notorious cult\, which reach
 ed its bloody endgame in 1975. Ever since\, the group’s rumoured mystica
 l secrets and paranormal experiences have lain concealed behind a history 
 of murder\, sexual deviancy and imprisonment. Kyle Freeman and his one-man
  crew film the cult’s original bases in London and France – finally vi
 siting the scene where the cult self-destructed in a night of ritualistic 
 violence. But when Kyle interviews survivors\, uncanny events plague his s
 hoots. Frightening out-of-body experiences and nocturnal visitations follo
 w\, along with the discovery of ghastly artefacts. Until Kyle realises\, t
 oo late\, that they’ve become entangled in the cult’s hideous legacy. 
 \n\n‘This novel grabs from the very first page … Superb’ Guardian\n\
 n‘Horrifyingly scary … sinuously ramps up the tension’ Sunday Times\
 n\nAdam was born in Birmingham and grew up in England and New Zealand. A g
 raduate of the St Andrews Masters programme\, he’s the author of Banquet
  for the Damned\, a novel of supernatural horror inspired by M. R. James a
 nd the tradition of the British weird tale. He’s also written Apartment 
 16 and The Ritual. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/26/adam-nevill-signing-last-
 days/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Star Trek Meets Doctor Who
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120530T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120530T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Writer TONY LEE will be signing the Forbidden Planet Variant l
 aunch issue of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION / DOCTOR WHO - ASSIMILATION 
 at The Forbidden Planet Megastore on Wednesday 30th May from 6:00 to 7:00p
 m.\n\n<h3>Sorry!  As it is a limited edition comic\, we can no longer take
  any further pre-orders for STNG / Doctor Who Assimilation - including the
  Standard Cover edition.</h3> \n\n<h3>Copies of both the Forbidden Planet 
 Variant and Standard Editions will be available at the signing event but w
 ill be limited to one copy of each version per customer.</h3>\n\nThe two g
 reatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first ti
 me in history!\n\nWhen the Federation's most terrifying enemy strikes an u
 nholy alliance with one of the Doctor's most hated antagonists\, the resul
 t is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time it
 self\, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find the
 mselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions\, with the fate 
 of the galaxy hanging in the balance!\n\nComic writer Tony Lee's work incl
 udes both the ongoing tenth and eleventh doctor comics and 'Doctor Who: Th
 e Forgotten' for IDW as well as 'Rat Trap'\, a 5th Doctor adventure for Bi
 g Finish.  His graphic novel Hope Falls is being developed into a screenpl
 ay for Future Films and Danger Academy is currently being developed into a
  cartoon series for American TV.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/05/30/star-trek-meets-doctor-wh
 o/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Two-Headed Giant Night!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to our Bristol store on June the third to participate in 
 a Two-Headed Giant night. \n\nThis unusual Magic: The Gathering format wil
 l pit you and a team mate against another team in a two on two fight to th
 e death! Each team will fight as one\, with one life total of thirty. The 
 format will be modern (8th edition onward)\, and you must obey the Unified
  Deck Construction Rules. \n\nSo buddy up and come along\, there will be a
  prize for the best team!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/03/two-headed-giant-night/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Cornell signing Stormwatch The Dark Sid
 e
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120606T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120606T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL CORNELL will be signing STORMWATCH THE DARK SIDE at the F
 orbidden Planet Megastore on Wednesday 6th June from 6:00 to 7:00pm.\n\nAs
  a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011\, 
 Stormwatch returns\, but this time to the DC Universe! Jack Hawksmoor\, Mi
 dnighter\, Apollo\, The Engineer and Martian Manhunter comprise a dangerou
 s super human police force whose existence is kept secret from the world. 
 Collected here\, this covert team of sci-fi Super Heroes must not only bat
 tle the Earth's moon\, but find a way to hide its monstrous metamorphosis 
 from the rest of the Earth! Featuring writing from Doctor Who and Superman
 : The Black Ring scribe Paul Cornell\, and art from rising star Miguel Sep
 ulveda.\n\nPaul Cornell is a writer of SF and fantasy in comics\, prose an
 d television\, and is Hugo Award nominated for all three media. His work i
 ncludes Doctor Who\, Action Comics and Captain Britain and MI-13. His firs
 t urban fantasy novel is out from Tor next year.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/06/paul-cornell-signing-stor
 mwatch-dark-side/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] IAIN BANKS AND KIM STANLEY ROBINSON IN CONVE
 RSATION - AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T153000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet and Orbit Books\, in association with the Bri
 tish Library\, are delighted to present a unique opportunity to hear two g
 iants of the genre in conversation about 2012\, the end of the world\, and
  the future of science fiction. \n\n<h3>This fantastic and one-off event w
 ill take place in the Auditorium at the British Library.</h3>\n\nTickets 
 £7.50\, concessions £5. \nDoors open 3pm\, for a 3:30 start and the even
 t will be followed by a public signing from 5 - 6pm.\n\n<h3><a href="http:
 //www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event131555.html">Tickets available here!</a></
 h3>\n\nIain Banks was born in Fife and educated at Stirling University whe
 re he read English Literature\, Philosophy and Psychology. He gained wides
 pread and controversial public notice in 1984 with his first novel\, The W
 asp Factory and went on to create of SFs best-loved fictional settings –
  the ‘Culture’ in novels such as Consider Phlebas and Player of Games.
  He’s almost unique in achieving success in two genres: mainstream\, lit
 erary fiction\, and science fiction. \n\nWith a list of academic laurels a
 nd industry awards to his name\, Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer of true 
 ‘hard’ science fiction – a spiritual descendant of Jules Verne and c
 losely aligned with Isaac Asimov\; he’s known to use proven scientific f
 act and technology in his highly acclaimed work. He became familiar to SF 
 readers with his Orange County series of books in the mid 1980s – but is
  perhaps best-known for the Mars trilogy\, Red Mars\, Green Mars and Blue 
 Mars\, the last of which was published in 1996.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/09/iain-banks-and-kim-stanle
 y-robinson-conversation/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Avacyn Restored Booster Draft Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for a Magic: The Gathering Booste
 r Draft event!\n\nUsing the newest set of MTG cards players will draft the
  best deck they can and battle it out for supreme victory. Players will dr
 aft in groups of four to six\, and compete in those groups. To encourage f
 air drafting a rare pull will be conducted at the end and players will sel
 ect which rares they want in winning order\, this way all players will rec
 eive the same amount of rares. \n\nTo participate in the draft please brin
 g with you three un-opened Avacyn Restored boosters (£9.99 for three in s
 tore).  The top player in each group will also receive an exclusive Avacyn
  Restored spin down life counter.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/17/avacyn-restored-booster-d
 raft/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Celebrate Classic Doctor Who!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of BBC Books’ six classic Doctor Wh
 o titles\, each featuring Chris Achilleos’ stunning cover art and based 
 on some cult classic early stories. Forbidden Planet are delighted to be h
 osting a signing with Chris Achilleos and Terrance Dicks on Thursday 21st 
 June from 6 – 7pm at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Av
 enue\, London WC2H 8JR. \n\nCHRIS ACHILLEOS is a name associated with the 
 very best in fantasy art. His work has appeared in Heavy Metal magazine an
 d in the Radio Times\, on book covers and in collections of his own. \n\nT
 ERRANCE DICKS has been involved with the writing and editing of Doctor Who
  for more than forty years. He’s written Doctor Who stage plays and orig
 inal novels including the best-selling title The Eight Doctors. \n\nThis s
 eries of books feature the very best in classic Doctor Who tales\, and\, a
 s well as fantastic new a series of new introductions by Stephen Moffatt\,
  Mark Gatiss\, Michael Moorcock\, Alastair Reynolds\, Tom MacRae\, and Gar
 y Russell.\n\n<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com
 /embed/Riu03w8ju64?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/21/celebrate-classic-doctor-
 who-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Pat Mills & Simon Bisley signing Slaine The 
 Horned God
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAT MILLS & SIMON BISLEY will be signing the new hardcover of 
 the classic SLAINE THE HORNED GOD (2000AD) at the Forbidden Planet London 
 Megastore on Saturday 23rd June 1 – 2pm. \n\nThe warrior barbarian Slain
 e\, master of the warp spasm\, wielder of the mighty axe Brainbiter\, Celt
 ic warrior king - faces his greatest challenge: the existence of his world
  is at stake as he prepares to follow the ways of the Horned God. It is a 
 path that can give him control over nature itself or unleash a new age of 
 witchcraft and dark forces.\n\nPat Mills is one of the founding fathers of
  2000AD and one of the most respected comic book writers around. He’s cr
 eated some of the longest-running characters for the title such as Slaine\
 , ABC Warriors and Nemesis The Warlock. His other work includes writing an
 d developing Judge Dredd and Charley’s War.\n\nSimon Bisley is best know
 n for his work on ABC Warriors\, Lobo\, Slaine and for his current work on
  Hellblazer. He was also the inpsiration for Simon Pegg’s character grap
 hic artist Tim Bisley in the sitcom Spaced. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/23/pat-mills-simon-bisley-si
 gning-slaine-horned-god/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] An Exclusive Reading from Ben Aaronovitch!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:BEN AARONOVITCH will be signing the third novel in his superbl
 y entertaining supernatural crime series WHISPERS UNDER GROUND at the Forb
 idden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 23rd June from 4 – 5pm. \n\nHe
  will also be giving an exclusive short story preview! \n\nPeter Grant is 
 learning magic fast. And its just as well - he's already had run ins with 
 the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in 
 Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you wo
 rk in a department of two. A department that doesn't even officially exist
 . A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you la
 ughed at. And then there's his love life. The last person he fell for ende
 d up seriously dead. It wasn't his fault\, but still.\n\nNow something hor
 rible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube syste
 m that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. And delays on the Nor
 thern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met's Economic and
  Specialist Crime Unit 9\, aka 'The Folly'. Time to call in PC Peter Grant
 \, Britain’s Last Wizard.\n\nBen Aaronovitch was born and raised in Lond
 on and all his work has reflected his abiding fascination and love for wha
 t he modestly likes to refer to as the 'Capital of the World'.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/23/exclusive-reading-ben-aar
 onovitch/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Small Press Expo!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 30th June\, at the Forbidden Planet London Megasto
 re\, we will be hosting an event with a difference – welcoming a host of
  authors and editors from four small press publishers into a mini conventi
 on in our very own store!\n\nFrom Newcon Press\, from Jurassic London\, fr
 om Myrmidon Books and Snowbooks\, we’ve gathered a swathe of talent – 
 from some of the most respected names in the industry\, to the latest awar
 d winners and nominees\, to the very hottest of hot new titles… we’re 
 throwing open our books department to celebrate the love of genre which br
 ings us all together. Come down on the day to mix and chat with the author
 s in one of our trademark ‘open plan’ events!\n\nWe’re also celebrat
 ing the launch of Newcon Press’s fabulous ‘Hauntings’ anthology feat
 uring a truly chilling fusion of the best writers around!\n\nSo come and j
 oin all of us - Nina Allan\, Christopher Priest\, Adrian Tchaikovsky\, Pat
  Cadigan\, Sophia McDougall\, Lavie Tidhar\, Rod Rees\, Gareth L Powell\, 
 Kim Lakin-Smith\, Una McCormack\, Ian Whates\, Jonathan Green\, Rebecca Le
 vene\, Paul Kane\, Marie O'Regan\, Andy West\, Mark West\, Darren Guest\, 
 Rebecca J Payne\, Theresa Derwin\, Ben Baldwin\, Adele Wearing\, Esther Sa
 xey\, David Thomas Moore\, Russell Whitfield\, Glen Mehn\, Thomas Emson\, 
 Alan Baker\, Danny Acacio and Sarah Anne Langton – and we promise to mak
 e it a day to remember!\n\n<h3>Sorry! As these are limited edition titles\
 , we can no longer take any further pre-orders!  Come down on the day to g
 rab your copy!</h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06/30/small-press-expo/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in South
 ampton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Southampton store for your chance to get h
 old of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a
  sealed deck tournament. The tickets are £25\, this covers the cost of si
 x Magic 2013 boosters with which you will make your deck\, bring your own 
 mana. In addition to the boosters each player will receive one Xathrid Gor
 gon promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement card. \n\nThis set 
 sees the use of Legendaries for the first time in a core set since before 
 M10\, and also contains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bolas\; the first g
 old card ever to be printed into a core set! So come on down and have an a
 mazing time and see what fantastic cards you can get your hands on! \n\nPl
 ease be aware the event will start at 10am\, late admissions may not be ac
 cepted.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/07/get-magic-southampton-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in Newca
 stle!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Newcastle store for your chance to get hol
 d of the new M:TG set before\nthe official launch.\n\nThe event will be a 
 sealed deck tournament. The tickets are £20\, this covers the cost of six
  Magic\n2013 boosters with which you will make your deck\, bring your own 
 mana. In addition to the\nboosters each player will receive one Xathrid Go
 rgon promo card (while stocks last) and one\nachievement card.\n\nThis set
  sees the use of Legendaries for the first time in a core set since before
  M10\, and also\ncontains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bolas\; the first
  gold card ever to be printed into a core set!\nSo come on down and have a
 n amazing time and see what fantastic cards you can get your hands\non!\n\
 nPlease be aware the event will start at 11am\, late admissions may not be
  accepted.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/07/mtg-pre-release-2013-prev
 iew-event-newcastle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in Croyd
 on!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T113000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Croydon store for your chance to get hold 
 of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a sea
 led deck tournament. The tickets are £25\, this covers the cost of six Ma
 gic 2013 boosters (with which you will make your deck) and prizes\, bring 
 your own mana. In addition to the boosters each player will receive one Xa
 thrid Gorgon promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement card. \n\n
 This set sees the use of Legendaries for the first time in a core set sinc
 e before M10\, and also contains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bolas\; th
 e first gold card ever to be printed into a core set! So come on down and 
 have an amazing time and see what fantastic cards you can get your hands o
 n! \n\nContact the store for details on Special prices for advanced signup
 s!\nPlease be aware the event will start at 12pm\, late admissions may not
  be accepted. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/07/get-magic-croydon-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in in So
 uthampton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Southampton store for your chance to get a
  look at the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nPlayers will be b
 attling it out in a Sealed 2 Headed Giant tournament\, a format in which 2
  players team up duel other 2 player teams! Tickets are sold out for parti
 cipating in the event itself\, but come on down and see what the fuss is a
 bout! \n\n This set sees the use of Legendaries for the first time in a co
 re set since before M10\, and also contains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol
  Bolas\; the first gold card ever to be printed into a core set! So come o
 n down and have an amazing time and see what fantastic cards you can get y
 our hands on!\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/08/get-magic-southampton-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in Croyd
 on!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T113000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Croydon store for your chance to get hold 
 of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a Sea
 led 2 Headed Giant tournament. The tickets are £16 per person\, this cove
 rs the cost of four Magic 2013 boosters (with which you and your partner w
 ill make your decks) and prizes\, bring your own mana. In addition to the 
 boosters each player will receive one Xathrid Gorgon promo card (while sto
 cks last) and one achievement card. \n\nThis set sees the use of Legendari
 es for the first time in a core set since before M10\, and also contains t
 he sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bolas\; the first gold card ever to be print
 ed into a core set! So come on down and have an amazing time and see what 
 fantastic cards you can get your hands on! \n\nContact the store for detai
 ls on Special prices for advanced signups!\n\nPlease be aware the event wi
 ll start at 12pm\, late admissions may not be accepted. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/08/get-magic-croydon-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Pre-Release 2013: Preview event in in Bi
 rmingham!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Birmingham store for your chance to get ho
 ld of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a 
 sealed deck tournament. Contact the store about ticket prices\, which cove
 rs the cost of six Magic 2013 boosters with which you will make your deck\
 , bring your own mana. In addition to the boosters each player will receiv
 e one Xathrid Gorgon promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement ca
 rd. \n\nThis set sees the use of Legendaries for the first time in a core 
 set since before M10\, and also contains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bo
 las\; the first gold card ever to be printed into a core set! So come on d
 own and have an amazing time and see what fantastic cards you can get your
  hands on! \n\nPlease be aware the event will start at 12pm\, late admissi
 ons may not be accepted. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/08/get-magic-birmingham-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Preview Events: Get into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120708T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get hold 
 of the new M:TG set before the official launch. \n\nThe event will be a se
 aled deck tournament. The tickets are £20\, this covers the cost of six M
 agic 2013 boosters with which you will make your deck\, bring your own man
 a. In addition to the boosters each player will receive one Xathrid Gorgon
  promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement card. \n\nThis set see
 s the use of Legendaries for the first time in a core set since before M10
 \, and also contains the sixth Planeswalker\, Nicol Bolas\; the first gold
  card ever to be printed into a core set! So come on down and have an amaz
 ing time and see what fantastic cards you can get your hands on! \n\nPleas
 e be aware the event will start at 4pm\, late admissions may not be accept
 ed. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/08/get-magic-bristol-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] J.T. Colgan signs Doctor Who: Dark Horizons
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:J.T.COLGAN will be signing her Doctor Who novel\, DARK HORIZON
 S at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Tuesday 10th July from 6 –
  7pm. \n\n <h3>"Now\, you may or may not have noticed\, but we appear to b
 e on fire..."</h3>\n\nOn a windswept Northern shore\, at the very tip of w
 hat will one day become Scotland\, the islanders believe the worst they ha
 ve to fear is a Viking attack. Then the burning comes. They cannot run fro
 m it. Water will not stop it. It consumes everything in its path - yet the
  burned still speak.\nThe Doctor is just looking for a game on the famous 
 Lewis chess set. Instead he encounters a people under attack from a power 
 they cannot possibly understand. They have no weapons\, no strategy and no
  protection against a fire sent to engulf them all.\nAdd in some marauding
  Vikings with very bad timing\, a kidnapped princess with a secret of her 
 own and a TARDIS that seems to have developed an inexplicable fear of wate
 r\, and they all have a battle on their hands. The islanders must take on 
 a ruthless alien force in a world without technology\; without communicati
 ons\; without tea that isn't made out of bark. Still at least they have th
 e Doctor on their side... Don't they?\n\nJ T Colgan has written 13 bestsel
 ling novels as Jenny Colgan\, which have sold over 2.5 million copies worl
 dwide. Aged 11\, she won a national fan competition to meet Doctor Who and
  was mistaken for a boy by Peter Davison.  Of writing the book Jenny says\
 , “Writing Dark Horizons has been\, as my friends and family already kno
 w\, a dream come true for me. I grew up on Terrance Dicks and I'm beyond t
 hrilled to be joining the ranks of Doctor Who novelists.”\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/10/jt-colgan-signs-doctor-wh
 o-dark-horizons/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Early Opening For 'Walking Dead 100'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T100000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>The most eagerly awaited comic event of 2012 is finally he
 re!</h3>\n\n<h3>The hundredth issue of Kirkman and Adlard's massively popu
 lar 'Walking Dead' comic will be available on Wednesday 11th July - and we
  will be opening our London store early so you can be the first to get you
 r hands on it!</h3>\n\n<h3>Join us at 9:00am on Wednesday 11th July - and 
 check out the <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=walking+dead+100">fan
 tastic range of variant covers</a> available!</h3>\n\n<h3><a href="http://
 forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=walking-dead&size=48&sort=addition-date-desc&show
 =preorders&show=available">Click here for our full range of Graphic Novels
 \, Statues\, Books and Toys from 'Walking Dead'.</a></h3>\n\nPlease Note -
  Instore prices may differ from web-site prices.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/11/early-opening-walking-dea
 d-100/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120715T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120715T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Are you new to Magic? Do you want to start an awesome new hobb
 y that will help you meet new people? Or just need to brush up on the basi
 cs? Then join us at our Bristol store for an evening of fun learning! \n\n
 During this event you will receive a free half deck of M:13 cards\, with w
 hich to learn the game (while stocks last)\, once the demonstrations are f
 inished it is over to you! Players will be pitted against one another to t
 ry out what they have learnt and try out colour specific strategies. \n\nP
 lease note\, while more advanced players are welcome this is a beginner ev
 ent\, and they will get preferential treatment. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/15/get-magic-bristol-6/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Thunderbirds Are Go!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120721T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120721T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:GRAHAM BLEATHMAN AND SAM DENHAM will be signing the THUNDERBIR
 DS TECHNICAL MANUAL (HAYNES) at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaft
 esbury Avenue\, London SE1 0UP on Saturday 21st July from 1 – 2pm. \n\nT
 his "Haynes Manual" is an inventive\, informative and entertaining guide t
 o the world's foremost rescue organisation. Featuring cutaway drawings\, d
 etailed diagrams\, colour illustrations and photographs\, it provides the 
 ultimate insight into the secrets of the fabulous International Rescue tea
 m\, including in-depth examinations of the Thunderbirds craft and other ve
 hicles. Intended for International Rescue field agents\, this "Haynes Manu
 al" includes an introduction by Jeff Tracy and operational procedures for 
 agents' missions.\n\nSam Denham is an authority on Thunderbirds and has wr
 itten several books on the subject. Graham Bleathman is renowned and respe
 cted for his cutaway drawings of the Thunderbirds and no one knows more ab
 out their inner workings.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/21/thunderbirds-are-go/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Into Magic in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120722T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120722T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our new league is starting mid-July\, so come and be a part of
  the action! \n\nThe formant will be extended one on one duelling (from Sh
 ards of Alara to current) so it will be an excellent chance to dust off yo
 ur old cards! The League will be roughly bi-weekly running over a number o
 f months with points awarded to the victors\, at the end of the league a p
 rize will go to the winner. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/22/get-magic-bristol-7/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Into Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120729T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120729T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an awesome night of Elder Dragon Highlander! (othe
 rwise known as Commander). This format is a classic and old favourite of m
 any a Magic player. Strictly multi-player you will be pitted against a sma
 ll group of rivals in a match to see who will be the ultimate and most pow
 erful. \n\nRemember your deck must be exactly 100 cards including your man
 a and Commander\, and every card must be unique except for basic mana. So 
 choose your commander wisely\, and come join us for a great night! \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/07/29/get-magic-bristol-8/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Lou Morgan's 'Blood and Feathers'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120802T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120802T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:LOU MORGAN will be reading from and signing her fantastic debu
 t novel\, BLOOD AND FEATHERS (Solaris) at the Forbidden Planet London Mega
 store on Thursday 2nd August from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe war between the angels
  and the Fallen is escalating\, and innocent civilians are caught in the c
 ross-fire. Hunted by the Fallen and guided by a disgraced angel with a dri
 nking problem – our heroine will learn the truth about her own history a
 nd why the angels want to send her to hell.\n \nBlood and Feathers is a st
 orming debut from a fresh new writer whose work is both violent and incisi
 ve\, acerbic and witty. Morgan draws you into a new world of gun-toting an
 gels and timeless battles that will blow you away.\n \n“A hell of a ride
 \, but heaven to read: eerie\, compelling and very funny.” -Michael Mars
 hall Smith\n \n“Dark\, enticing and so sharp the pages could cut you\, B
 lood and Feathers is a must-read for any fan of the genre” - Sarah Pinbo
 rough\n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/02/launching-lou-morgans-blo
 od-and-feathers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Muchamore\, John Aggs and Ian Edginto
 n signing Cherub: The Recruit
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:ROBERT MUCHAMORE\, JOHN AGGS & IAN EDGINTON will be signing CH
 ERUB: THE RECRUIT at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 4TH
  AUGUST from 1 – 2pm.\n\nA terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat
  because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents\, but her 
 children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terro
 rist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her hous
 e\, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The
  kid works for CHERUB. .James is a 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of 
 the tracks\, sent to a children's home when his mother dies and his stepfa
 ther disowns him. But CHERUB is recruiting\, and James is pinpointed as ha
 ving potential. Taken under cover of darkness\, he finds himself in a secr
 et location - at the training centre for all CHERUB agents. He faces extre
 me hardship while preparing for his first mission - to foil a suspected an
 thrax attack ...\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/04/robery-muchamore-paul-agg
 s-signing-cherub-recruit/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Fighting Fantasy is Back!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:IAN LIVINGSTONE will be signing FIGHTING FANTASY: BLOOD OF THE
  ZOMBIES (Icon Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday
  4th August from 3 - 4pm.\n\nTerrible things are happening in Goraya castl
 e. Insane megalomaniac Gingrich Yurr is preparing to unleash an army of mo
 nstrous zombies upon the world. He must be stopped and his undead horde de
 feated. In this life-or-death adventure the decisions YOU make will decide
  the fate of the world. Can YOU survive or will YOU become a zombie too? N
 arrative-driven\, and with simplified combat and gameplay\, this is a Figh
 ting Fantasy gamebook for the 21st century.\n\nIan Livingstone OBE is\, wi
 th Steve Jackson\, the originator of the Fighting Fantasy series. Since Fi
 ghting Fantasy’s huge success\, he has become a major figure in the worl
 d of computer games\, and is Life President of Eidos\, the creators of Tom
 b Raider. Ian was awarded an OBE for services to the computer games indust
 ry in 2006 and is now the UK’s most prominent computer games ambassador\
 , ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy by
  Wired magazine. He has more than 5000 followers on Twitter @ian_livingsto
 ne and appears very regularly on mainstream TV\, radio and print media.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/04/fighting-fantasy-back/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering In Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to our Bristol store on August the fifth to participate i
 n a spectacular mono-coloured multi-player official MTG game night.   All 
 you need to bring is a mono-coloured deck. The format is extended and the 
 banned list will be enforced. Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/05/magic-gathering-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Tom Pollock's 'The City's Son'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120809T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120809T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:TOM POLLOCK will be reading from and signing his stunning debu
 t novel\, THE CITY’S SON (Jo Fletcher Books) at the Forbidden Planet Lon
 don Megastore on Thursday 9th August from 6 – 7pm.\n\nHidden under the s
 urface of everyday London is a city of monsters and miracles\, where wild 
 train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glow
 ing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from h
 er home\, graffiti artist Beth Bradley stumbles into the secret city\, whe
 re she finds Filius Viae\, London's ragged crown prince\, just when he nee
 ds someone most. An ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Pa
 ul's Cathedral\, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war\, and Beth and Fil
  find themselves in a desperate race through a bizarre urban wonderland\, 
 searching for a way to save the city they both love. The City's Son is the
  first book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy: a story about family\, frien
 ds and monsters\, and how you can't always tell which is which.\n\n'An imp
 eccably dark parable\, endlessly inventive and utterly compelling' Mike Ca
 rey.\n\n'He nails that spot between utterly normal and blood-curdlingly we
 ird perfectly' John Courtenay Grimwood.\n\nTom Pollock is a graduate of th
 e Sussex University Creative Writing Programme\, and a member of the Londo
 n-based writers' group The T-Party. He has lived everywhere from Scotland 
 to Sumatra\, but the peculiar magic of London has always drawn him back.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/09/launching-tom-pollocks-ci
 tys-son/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Join Us For Casual Magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120812T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120812T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for a night of casual Magic. Anyt
 hing goes on this night so bring your oldest cards and your most broken de
 cks because we will! \n\nCome and have fun with any format you like\, trad
 e\, learn\, play and just have fun! If you are new to the game this event 
 is the perfect time to get some tips from more experienced players\, and a
  member of staff will be on hand for some one on one teaching of the game.
  So pop along and have a blast!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/12/join-us-casual-magic-bris
 tol/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lunartik Mini Tea Tour Hits Cambridge
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T100000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is delighted to be hosting Matt ‘Lunartik
 ’ JOnes’ Lunartik Mini Tea Tour from Friday 17th August to Friday 31st
  August at our Cambridge store 60 Burleigh Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 1DJ.\n
 \nMatt JOnes’ debut figure\, Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea\, was an instant a
 nd refreshing success to the UK art toy world\; Lunartik was the base desi
 gn for a hugely successful Custom Tea Tour involving such artists as Pete 
 Fowler and Jon Burgerman\, which also made its debut at Forbidden Planet. 
 Now\, Lunartik is bringing the tea back to FP with a brand new Custom Tour
 !\n\nDon’t miss this fantastic in-store exhibition - featuring works fro
 m Doktor A\, Phil Corbett\, Triclops Studio\, Ronzo\, Pete Fowler\, Felt M
 istress\, Uamou\, Lunartik\, Sichi\, Un-plugged\, PEZ\, A Little Stranger\
 , Betso and many more!\nForbidden Planet has always been on the forefront 
 of the art toy sensation in the UK\, hosting events with Tara McPherson\, 
 Jon Burgerman\, Pete Fowler and James Jarvis as well as being the only UK 
 venue on the Custom Bart Qee Tour in 2007 and raising money for the Alzhei
 mer’s Research Trust with the MonQee Project\, as supported by Terry Pra
 tchett and Toy2R.\n\nCheck out our full range of LUNARTIK products <a href
 ="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=lunartik">HERE!</a> \n\n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/17/lunartik-mini-tea-tour-hi
 ts-cambridge/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Get Into Magic in Cambridge!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T183000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T213000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the Cambridge store for an MTG Booster Draft Eve
 nt. Using the newest set of MTG cards\, players will draft the best deck t
 hey can and battle it out for supreme victory. \n\nPlayers are asked to pu
 rchase six Booster Packs on the evening from the latest core set to encour
 age fair play and an even playing field for all. Extra land will be provid
 ed free of charge for use during the event. \n\nA friendly tournament will
  then take place to decide the ultimate victor with a selection of prizes 
 available for the top players!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/17/get-magic-cambridge/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Portal Day at Forbidden Planet Croydon!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Congratulations [TEST SUBJECTS NAME]\, after many months of su
 rveying and watching the failures of others\, not as pretty as yourself\, 
 you have been carefully selected\, with no random factors whatsoever\, to 
 become the latest\, and most attractive\, participant in the Aperture Labo
 ratories Off Site Test Programme. With the help of the most qualified scie
 ntific minds the London Borough has to offer\, the staff of Forbidden Plan
 et Croydon\, you will be part of tests that when completed will make you f
 eel\, smarter\, stronger\, sexier and overall a better individual.\n\nReme
 mber you are testing\, for science.\nWe look forward to your indefinite vi
 sit\,\nThe Aperture Laboratories Team\n\nPORTAL DAY AT FORBIDDEN PLANET CR
 OYDON!\n\n*Get your hands on the new Portal gun replicas and give them a w
 hirl with help of alumni test subject Chell.\n*Take part in trail runs of 
 a Test Chamber on Portal 2 to become the "Number 1 Test Subject"\n*The Sto
 re will be fully stocked with Portal goodies from Space Core keyrings to P
 ortal bookends!\n*Do you qualify for the Aperture Laboratories Advanced Ca
 ndidate Forever Vacation? Take the test to find out and a £10 gift vouche
 r may be yours.\n*FREE CAKES (Not a lie)\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/18/portal-day-forbidden-plan
 et-croydon/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet 'Who Girls' Katy Manning\, Deborah Watl
 ing and Sarah Sutton!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Katy Manning\, Deborah Watling and Sarah Sutton will be signin
 g The Who Girls Calendar 2013 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London 
 on Saturday 18th August from 1:00 to 2:00pm.\n\nThe Who Girls Calender 201
 3 is a glorious celebration of the most glamorous travellers in time and s
 pace...\n \nIt features twelve stellar images of Anneke Wills\, Deborah Wa
 tling\, Katy Manning\, Mary Tamm\, Sarah Sutton and Nicola Bryant.\n\nKaty
  Manning played TARDIS companion Jo Grant\, alongside Jon Pertwee's Doctor
  from 1971 to 1973.  In 2010\, she returned to the role in The Sarah Jane 
 Adventures\, meeting up with the Eleventh Doctor\, Matt Smith!\n\nDeborah 
 Watling traveled with Second Doctor\, Patrick Troughton\, from 1967 to 196
 8 as companion Victoria Waterfield.\n\n<strong>Due to time constraints\, o
 ur guests will ONLY be signing copies of the Who Girls 2013 Calendar at th
 e event.</strong>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/18/meet-who-girls-katy-manni
 ng-deborah-watling/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Stephen Baxter signing Doctor Who: The Wheel
  of Ice
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:STEPHEN BAXTER signing DOCTOR WHO: THE WHEEL OF ICE at the For
 bidden Planet London Megastore on Sunday 19th August from 1 – 2pm.\n\nTh
 e Wheel. A ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn\, and hom
 e to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth. It's a bad place t
 o grow up. The colony has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremli
 ns\, just bad luck. But the equipment failures and thefts of resources hav
 e been increasing\, and there have been stories among the children of myst
 erious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. \n\nMany of the younger worker
 s refuse to go down the warren-like mines anymore. And then sixteen-year-o
 ld Phee Laws\, surfing Saturn's rings\, saves an enigmatic blue box from d
 estruction. Aboard the Wheel\, the Doctor\, Jamie and Zoe find a critical 
 situation - and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. 
 They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the 
 creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all.\n\nSteph
 en Baxter is a prolific and well-known SF writer\, having won major awards
  in the UK\, US\, Germany\, and Japan. He has degrees from Cambridge and S
 outhampton and lives in Northumberland with his wife.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/19/stephen-baxter-signing-do
 ctor-who-wheel-ice/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: League Night in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:It is the second night of our League\, but it is still not too
  late to join! \n\nSo come alone with your Extended deck and see how you f
 air against the FP players. They are a battle hardened bunch\, but very fr
 iendly\, and new players are always more then welcome!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/19/mtg-league-night-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Games Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Welcome to GAMES CLUB! \n\nThis week at our Birmingham store w
 e will be demonstrating and playing Munchkin from Steve Jackson Games\n \n
 Come down to our store from 4-6pm on 22nd August to try your hand at Munch
 kin\, have some fun and join our new club. \n\nThe Rules of GAMES CLUB \n1
 st Rule: You must talk about GAMES CLUB\n2nd Rule: You MUST talk about GAM
 ES CLUB\n3rd Rule: If someone cheats\, strops off or gives up the game is 
 over\n4th Rule: 2 - 8 players to a game\n5th Rule: One Game at a time (or 
 more if we have room)\n6th Rule: No shirts\, no shoes....errr hang on\n7th
  Rule: Games will go on as long as they have to (or until we call time).\n
 8th Rule: If this is your first night at GAMES CLUB\, you HAVE to play. \n
 \nNo prior knowledge needed to play the game as we'll teach you everything
  you need to know on the day!\nWe look forward to seeing you in store! \n\
 nBirmingham Team\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/22/games-club-birmingham/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] SONIC SCREWDRIVER UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL: 
 WORLD PREMIERE LAUNCH
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120825T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120825T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet invites you to be a part of the World Premier
 e Launch of the Doctor Who Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver Universal
  Remote Control by The Wand Company. \n\n<h3>See it\, touch it\, try it\, 
 BUY IT!</h3>\n\nFor one day only you will have the chance to get your hand
 s on a limited quantity of this officially licensed prop grade replica uni
 versal remote control before anyone else.\n\nStep inside our Mega Store in
  London’s Shaftesbury Avenue  and immerse yourself in everything Doctor 
 Who as we celebrate the launch of this amazing new product. \n\nFrom 11am 
 on Saturday 25th August you can see the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote
  Control in action for the first time and get the chance to take control f
 or yourself! \n\n<h3>LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS</h3>\nRichard Blakesley and Chris
  Barnardo the creators of the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control -
  as seen on Dragons Den - will be performing live demonstrations and answe
 ring all your questions.\n  \n<h3>DRESS UP COMPETITION</h3>\nCome down dre
 ssed up as ANY character from Doctor Who and be in with a chance to win a 
 special numbered version of the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control
 \, courtesy of The Wand Company.  \n\nOther activities on the day include:
 \n\n•	Goody Bags given out throughout the day \n\n•	Jelly Babies and J
 ammy Dodgers to keep you going\n\n•	Have your photo taken with a ‘Life
 -Sized’ Tardis in store\n\n•	Special Offers on selected Doctor Who pro
 ducts\n\nThis is a one day only pre-launch event\n\n<h3>HOW TO PRE-ORDER</
 h3>\n\n<p><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/contact/?query=9&body=%28SON
 IC%20SCREWDRIVER%20RESERVATION%29%20Doctor%20Who%20SONIC%20SCREWDRIVER">Cl
 ick this link to reserve your Screwdriver to collect on the day.</a></p>\n
 Give us your name and the number of Sonic Screwdrivers you wish to pre-ord
 er (Limited to two per customer) and your order will be waiting for you wh
 en you visit the Forbidden Planet Megastore on 25th August.\n\n<strong>Ord
 ers must be placed before noon on Friday 24th August.</strong>\n\n<h3>Offi
 cial Product Release: 31st August 2012</h3>\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbidd
 enplanet.com/log/products/eleventh-doctors-sonic-screwdriver-remote-contro
 l/">Find out more here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/25/sonic-screwdriver-univers
 al-remote-control-world-p/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Booster Draft Event in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120826T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120826T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for a Booster Draft Event. Using 
 the newest set of M:GT cards players will draft the best deck they can and
  battle it out for supreme victory. Players will draft and compete in grou
 ps of four to six. \n\nTo encourage fair drafting a rare pull will be cond
 ucted at the end and players will select which rares they want in winning 
 order. \n\nTo participate in the draft please bring with you three un-open
 ed M13 boosters (3 for £9.99 in store)\, and enough mana for your deck.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/26/mtg-booster-draft-event-b
 ristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] SONIC SCREWDRIVER UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL: 
 OFFICIAL LAUNCH
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet invites you to be a part of the Launch of the
  Doctor Who Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control
  by The Wand Company and celebrate all things Doctor Who.\n\n<h3>See it\, 
 touch it\, try it\, BUY IT!</h3>\n\nStep inside our stores in Birmingham a
 nd Bristol and immerse yourself in everything Doctor Who as we celebrate t
 he launch of this amazing new product. \n\nFrom noon on Friday 31st August
  you can see the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control in action and 
 get the chance to take control for yourself! \n\n<h3>LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS</
 h3>\nStore staff will be performing live demonstrations throughout the day
  and answering all your questions.\n\n<h3>DRESS UP COMPETITION</h3>\nCome 
 down dressed up as ANY character from Doctor Who and be in with a chance t
 o win a Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control.  \n\nPLUS:\n\n•	Good
 y Bags given out throughout the day \n\n•	Jelly Babies and Jammy Dodgers
  to keep you going\n\n•	Special Offers on selected Doctor Who products\n
 \n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/log/products/eleventh-doctors-so
 nic-screwdriver-remote-control/">Find out more here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/08/31/sonic-screwdriver-univers
 al-remote-control-officia/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] SONIC SCREWDRIVER UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL: 
 OFFICIAL LAUNCH
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet invites you to be a part of the Launch of the
  Doctor Who Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control
  by The Wand Company and celebrate all things Doctor Who.\n\n<h3>See it\, 
 touch it\, try it\, BUY IT!</h3>\n\nStep inside our stores in Cambridge\, 
 Coventry\, Croydon\, Liverpool\, Newcastle and Southampton and immerse you
 rself in everything Doctor Who as we celebrate the launch of this amazing 
 new product. \n\nFrom 11:00am on Saturday 1st September you can see the So
 nic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control in action and get the chance to t
 ake control for yourself! \n\n<h3>LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS</h3>\nStore staff wi
 ll be performing live demonstrations throughout the day and answering all 
 your questions.\n\n<h3>DRESS UP COMPETITION</h3>\nCome down dressed up as 
 ANY character from Doctor Who and be in with a chance to win a Sonic Screw
 driver Universal Remote Control.  \n\nPLUS:\n\n•	Goody Bags given out th
 roughout the day \n\n•	Jelly Babies and Jammy Dodgers to keep you going\
 n\n•	Special Offers on selected Doctor Who products\n\n•	PLUS: In Newc
 astle\, we have Doctor Who RPG demos all day.  Contact the store for detai
 ls!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/log/products/eleventh-docto
 rs-sonic-screwdriver-remote-control/">Find out more here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/01/sonic-screwdriver-univers
 al-remote-control-offic-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] 2000AD Day: Droids Galore in London\, Bristo
 l & Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:It’s been the powerhouse of British comics since 1977 – an
 d now 2000 AD is celebrating 35 years of Thrill-power with its first ever 
 National Signing Event!\n\nJust days before DREDD 3D hits movie screens\, 
 on Saturday 1st September seven comic book stores in seven cities from nor
 th to south will play host to a band\, nay\, a legion of top British comic
  book talent from the past three and a half decades. From old hands such a
 s Simon Bisley to the newest finds such as Al Ewing and Alec Worley\, we
 ’ll be celebrating Britain’s greatest export across the nation!\n\nFor
 bidden Planet stores in London\, Bristol and Birmingham will be stuffed wi
 th artists and writers who have made 2000 AD what it is today.\n\nAt <stro
 ng>1:00pm on Saturday 1st September</strong> you can meet the following Ar
 t and Script Droids -\n\n<strong>London - Dan Abnett • Boo Cook • Rufu
 s Dayglo • Dave Gibbons • John Higgins • Sally Jane Hurst • Clint 
 Langley • Simon Spurrier • Lee Townsend • Ben Willsher</strong>\n\n<
 strong>Birmingham - D'Israeli • Ian Edginton • Mark Harrison</strong>\
 n\n<strong>Bristol - Mark Buckingham • Patrick Goddard • Kek-W • Dyl
 an Teague</strong> \n\n<strong>Enter our prize draw to win a DREDD 3D post
 er signed by Karl Urban [Judge Dredd] and Olivia Thirlby [Judge Anderson]!
 </strong> \n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=2000ad&q=&gtin=&siz
 e=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See our full range of zarjaz 2000AD books\, 
 T Shirts and more here!</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/01/2000ad-day-droids-galore-
 london-bristol-birmingham/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Adam Christopher signing Seven Wonders
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Following his astounding debut\, ADAM CHRISTOPHER will be read
 ing from and signing an exclusive limited edition of his new novel SEVEN W
 ONDERS (Angry Robot) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 
 6th September from 6 – 7pm.\n\nTony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Met
 ropolis of San Ventura – a city gripped in fear\, a city under siege by 
 the hooded supervillain\, The Cowl. When Tony develops super-powers and ac
 ts to take down The Cowl\, however\, he finds that the local superhero tea
 m Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be…\n\n"This
  is traditional heroism with a decidedly wicked and iconoclastic twist. In
 ventive\, engaging\, bewitching\, and delightful\, a feast as much for fan
 s of the tropes as for the innocents amongst us."\n- Greg Rucka\, New York
  Times bestselling author of Alpha\, The Punisher and Batman\n \n“A blas
 t of pure pleasure. This is Watchmen meets NYPD Blue\, while The Incredibl
 es stroll by\; fast-moving action infused with Christopher’s infectious 
 love of pulp fiction and the superhero genre.”\n- Philip Palmer\, author
  of Version 43\, Hell Ship and Artemis \n\n<h3>This Forbidden Planet editi
 on of Adam Christopher's Seven Wonders comes with an exclusive short story
  that the author has written especially for this edition - 'A Funny Thing 
 Happened on the Way to the ComicCon'. It will not appear in any other prin
 t version of the book!</h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/06/adam-christopher-signing-
 seven-wonders/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Scott K Andrews School's Out Forev
 er
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:SCOTT K ANDREWS will be signing SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER (ABADDO
 N) at The Forbidden Planet Megastore on Friday 7th September from 6:00 to 
 7:00pm.\n“After the world died we all sort of drifted back to school. Af
 ter all\, where else was there for us to go?” \n\nLee Keegan’s fifteen
 . If most of the population of the world hadn’t just died choking on the
 ir own blood\, he might be worrying about acne\, body odour and girls. As 
 it is\, he and the young Matron of his boarding school\, Jane Crowther\, h
 ave to try and protect their charges from cannibalistic gangs\, religious 
 fanatics\, a bullying prefect experimenting with crucifixion and even the 
 surviving might of the US Army.\n\nWelcome to St. Mark’s School for Boys
  and Girls...\n\nScott K Andrews is an exciting new writer. Already well k
 nown for his audio dramas for Big Finish\, this omnibus collects his first
  complete trilogy\, the School’s Out books\, in one volume for the first
  time.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/07/scott-k-andrews-signing-s
 chools-out-forever/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Celebration in Southampt
 on
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T150000Z
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DESCRIPTION:On September 8th\, From 10am until 3pm we will be running roll
 ing Mini Masters Tournaments\, with a new one starting each time we reach 
 8 players!\n\nThis strange format pits you against an opponent each armed 
 with nothing but a single M13 booster and enough mana with which to play t
 he cards\, you will fight it out to see who will be the champion!\n\nNew a
 nd established players are welcomed alike\, so come on down and join the f
 un!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/08/magic-gathering-celebrati
 on-southampton/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join our Croydon store team for Magic: The Gathering Celebrati
 on Day!\n\nEnter the fabled Mini Masters Tournament! This strange format p
 its you against an opponent each armed with nothing but a single M13 boost
 er and enough mana with which to play the cards\, you will fight it out to
  see who will be the champion! Victors of each round win additional booste
 rs!\n\nIn addition\, the day will consist of two events\, the first being 
 a Back Draft in which players create the worst pool of cards to give to an
 other unlucky player. The second will be a Two Headed Giant Sealed Deck to
 urnament in which teams of two create the best decks possible using Eight 
 Core Set 2013 packs and\, as one cohesive unit\, battle it out for tag tea
 m supremacy.\n\nThese events are being held in an external venue so please
  contact the team in store on 020 8688 7190 for details.\n\nEntry fees and
  start times: - \nBack Draft- Start time - 11am\, Entry fee - £14 \n2HG -
  Start time - 3pm\, Entry fee - £16\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/08/magic-gathering-croydon/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Celebration Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Starting from noon Forbidden Planet Bristol will be hosting a 
 whole day of fun Magic related activities\, and on the top spot of said aw
 esome activities? Mini Masters! \n\nThis strange format pits you against a
 n opponent each armed with nothing but a single M13 booster and enough man
 a with which to play the cards\, you will fight it out to see who will be 
 the champion\, and what does the victor win? Why another booster of course
 ! \n\nCome on over for lots of fun free MTG goodies and join our Bristol t
 eam in celebrating the wonderful world of Magic: The Gathering.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/08/mtg-celebration-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Planechase Night
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120909T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120909T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to our Bristol store to participate in a Planechase night
 . \n\nThis unusual format will pit you against a group of intrepid wizards
  as you wander through the realms of the MTG cosmos. To compete please bri
 ng with your Planechase deck (£16.99 in store) and Plane cards.\n\nWill y
 ou be the ultimate Planeswalker? Or will you fall foul of the many worlds 
 we will be travelling through? Join in to find out - it's free to enter an
 d the ultimate winner will receive a prize.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/09/mtg-planechase-night/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian and Wendy Froud signing Trolls
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN AND WENDY FROUD will be signing TROLLS (Abrams) at the F
 orbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 13th September from 6 – 7pm
 .\n\nTROLLS reveals the past\, present and future of these magical creatur
 es through images\, tales\, mythology and archaeology. It presents strong\
 , individual\, heroic characters and reveals troll philosophy and wisdom w
 ith contemporary relevance. Most important\, Trolls is bound together with
  a compelling narrative: a central story that affirms that trolls are real
 \; have lived and are living now. Trolls features new and classic 2D and 3
 D work by both Brian and Wendy that are woven together with troll "artifac
 ts" and symbols and the natural world to create a fascinating revelation o
 f the world of trolls. Brian's images are deeply immersive\, even cinemati
 c at times\; Trolls draws the viewer in the texture of the world and its s
 tories characters born of lichened rocks\, twisted trees\, rainbowed water
 falls and shadowy thickets.\n\nFor over thirty years\, Brian Froud has bee
 n regarded as the pre-eminent faerie artist in the world. His numerous int
 ernational best-selling books are considered modern classics. He has worke
 d with Jim Henson as conceptual designer on the feature films The Dark Cry
 stal and Labyrinth as well as other Henson projects.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/13/brian-froud-signing-troll
 s/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Danie Ware's Ecko Rising
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:DANIE WARE will be reading from and signing her stunning debut
  novel\, ECKO RISING (Titan Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastor
 e on Thursday 20th September from 6 – 7pm.\n\nEcko: Rising follows a sav
 age\, gleefully cynical anti-hero immersed in his own fantasy world. Ecko 
 joins a misfit cast of characters and strives to conquer his deepest fears
  and save the world. Danie says\, “Ecko: Rising is sardonic fantasy\, a 
 sharp new slant on the genre\, scattered with a healthy dusting of sex\, v
 iolence and sarcasm. I’ve read fantasy\, on and off\, since I was a teen
  – and you can’t put a new twist on something unless you fell in love 
 with it to start with! I wanted to push back its boundaries\, make it do s
 omething different\, something smarter and darker – but also something t
 hat we’d understand and recognise.”\n\nDanie Ware is the publicist and
  event organiser for cult entertainment retailer Forbidden Planet. She has
  been immersed in the science-fiction and fantasy community for the past d
 ecade. An early adopter of blogging\, social media and a familiar face at 
 conventions\, she appears on panels as an expert on genre marketing and re
 tailing. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/20/launching-danie-wares-eck
 o-rising/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] John and Carole E Barrowman signing Torchwoo
 d: Exodus Code
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce a signing by John a
 nd Carole E Barrowman for TORCHWOOD: EXODUS CODE (BBC Books) at our London
  Megastore on Thursday September 20th\, from 6 – 7pm.\n\nIt starts with 
 a series of unexplained events. Earth tremors across the globe. Women bein
 g driven insane by their heightened and scrambled senses. And the world is
  starting to notice – the Twitter trend is #realfemmefatales. Government
 s and scientists are bewildered and silent. The world needs Torchwood\, bu
 t there’s not much of Torchwood left.\n\nCaptain Jack has tracked the pr
 oblem to its source: a village in Peru\, where he’s uncovered evidence o
 f alien involvement. In Cardiff\, Gwen Cooper has discovered something ali
 en and somehow connected to Jack. If the world is to be restored\, she has
  to warn him – but she’s quickly becoming a victim of the madness too
 … \n\nJohn became Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who in May 2005 and ap
 peared in eleven episodes of the hit show\, before taking the lead role in
  Torchwood. He’s had starring roles on stage and television\, including 
 his popular BBC entertainment show Tonight’s The Night.\n\nCarole is Pro
 fessor of English and Director of Creative Studies in Writing at Alverno C
 ollege in Milwaukee. She writes a monthly crime fiction column and regular
  reviews and features for newspapers. She contributed a chapter to the Hug
 o award-winning non-fiction anthology Chicks Dig Time Lords.\n\n**PLEASE N
 OTE: Due to huge demand\, we are not currently able to take pre-orders for
  this title.** \n\n**At the event itself\, John and Carole will ONLY be si
 gning copies of Exodus Code. Thank you**\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/20/john-and-carole-e-barrowm
 an-signing-torchwood-exod/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Dinosaurs in London!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120922T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120922T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Artists John Conway\, Bob Nicholls and Luis Rey\, consultant D
 arren Naish and editor Steve White will be celebrating all things Dinosaur
 \, and signing the spectacular book of illustrations Dinsosaur Art (Titan 
 Books)\, at Forbidden Planet London on Saturday 22nd September from 1 – 
 2pm.\n\nLIVE SKETCHING - COME DOWN FOR YOUR OWN DINOSAUR!\n\nFeaturing ten
  of the most prominent paleoartists working today\, Dinosaur Art: The Worl
 d’s Greatest Paleoart (Titan Books) is a unique blend of breathtaking ar
 twork - some never before seen - and cutting edge science. Bringing to lif
 e the distant past requires a unique artistic skill that blends imaginatio
 n and paleontology – the study of prehistoric animals. Now\, for the fir
 st time\, Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart showcases a select
 ion of skillful\, innovative artwork produced for movies\, television prog
 rammes (Jurassic Park\, When Dinosaurs Roamed America and Dinosaur Planet)
  and for museums around the world\, alongside exclusive interviews with th
 e artists\, in which they reveal the sources of their inspiration\, their 
 working methods and the influence of digital multimedia on their artwork. 
 \n\nSTEVE WHITE writes: “Dinosaur Art will appeal to anyone - from child
  to adult enthusiast - who loves dinosaurs and all the other spectacular c
 reatures from our planet's evolution”. The impressive lineup of the worl
 d’s leading paleoartists artists features Mauricio Anton\, John Conway\,
  Julius Csotonyi\, Douglas Henderson\, Todd Marshall\, Raul Martin\, Rober
 t Nicholls\, Gregory S Paul\, Luis Rey\, John Sibbick. Steve White edits t
 he collection.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/22/dinosaurs-london/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] GAMES CLUB in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120923T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120923T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Join us in our Bristol Store on Sunday 23rd September 
 for our first ever GAMES CLUB!</strong>\n\nAt this very exceptional event 
 you will have the opportunity to play two\nspecially selected games. This 
 week will feature “Shadows Over\nCamelot”\, a cooperative questing str
 ategy game\, and “Settlers of\nCatan”\, a colonisation based trading g
 ame. It promises to be a fun\nfilled night so come along bring some friend
 s and play an amazing\ngame. We’ll see you there!\n\n<strong>Welcome to 
 GAMES CLUB!</strong>\n\nThe Rules of GAMES CLUB\n\n1st Rule: You must talk
  about GAMES CLUB\n\n2nd Rule: You MUST talk about GAMES CLUB\n\n3rd Rule:
  If someone cheats\, strops off or gives up the game is over\n\n4th Rule: 
 2 - 8 players to a game\n\n5th Rule: One Game at a time (or more if we hav
 e room)\n\n6th Rule: No shirts\, no shoes....errr hang on\n\n7th Rule: Gam
 es will go on as long as they have to (or until we call time)\n\n8th Rule:
  If this is your first night at GAMES CLUB\, you HAVE to play\n\n\nNo prio
 r knowledge needed to play the game as we'll teach you everything\nyou nee
 d to know on the day!\nWe look forward to seeing you in store!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/23/games-club-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter F Hamilton signing Great North Road
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120925T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120925T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PETER F HAMILTON will be signing GREAT NORTH ROAD at The Forbi
 dden Planet Megastore on Tuesday 25th September from 6:00 to 7:00pm.\n\nIn
  Newcastle-upon-Tyne\, AD 2142\, Detective Sidney Hurst attends a brutal m
 urder scene. The victim is one of the wealthy North family clones – but 
 none have been reported missing. And the crime’s most disturbing aspect 
 is how the victim was killed. Twenty years ago\, a North clone billionaire
  and his household were horrifically murdered in exactly the same manner\,
  on the tropical planet of St Libra. But if the murderer is still at large
 \, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted? In this stunning\, standalone adv
 enture\, Peter F. Hamilton blends fast-paced narrative with vividly imagin
 ed future-worlds.\n\nBritain’s number one SF writer\, Peter F. Hamilton 
 was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives nearby. He began writing in 19
 87\, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has also 
 been published in Interzone and the In Dreams and New Worlds anthologies\,
  and several small press publications. His first novel was Mindstar Rising
 \, published in 1993\, and he has written many bestselling novels since.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/25/peter-f-hamilton-signing-
 great-north-road/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brent Weeks Signs 'The Blinding Knife'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120926T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120926T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRENT WEEKS will be signing THE BLINDING KNIFE (Orbit) at the 
 Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 26th September 6 – 7pm\n\
 nThe second compelling instalment in the epic new fantasy series from the 
 author of the internationally bestselling Night Angel trilogy.\n\nGavin Gu
 ile is dying. He'd thought he had five years left - now he's got less than
  one. With fifty thousand refugees\, a bastard son and an ex-fiancée who 
 may have learned his darkest secret\, Gavin's got problems on every side. 
 As he loses control of his magic\, all magic is running wild\, threatening
  to destroy the Seven Satrapies. The old gods are being reborn. Their army
  of color wights is unstoppable\, and the only salvation may be the brothe
 r whose freedom and life Gavin stole sixteen years ago.\n\n'Weeks has writ
 ten an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly vision
 ary and original work\, and has set the bar high for others' - Grasping fo
 r the Wind\n\nBrent Weeks studied at Hillsdale College\, before brief stin
 ts walking the earth like Caine from Kung-Fu\, also tending bar\, and corr
 upting the youth. (Not at the same time.) He started writing on napkins an
 d\, eventually\, someone paid him for it. Brent doesn't own cats or wear a
  ponytail.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/26/brent-weeks-signs-blindin
 g-knife/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Titan Books Signing Bonanza!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120927T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120927T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET are delighted to be hosting a signing with TI
 TAN BOOKS authors\, Guy Adams\, Samit Basu\, Joanne Reay\, Kim Newman and 
 Danie Ware \n\nGUY ADAMS is the author of the best-selling Rules of Modern
  Policing: 1973 Edition\, a spoof police manual 'written by' DCI Gene Hunt
  of Life On Mars\, of two sequels\, and of subsequent alternative history 
 and fantasy novels.\n\nGuy will be signing SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ARMY OF DO
 CTOR MOREAU\n\nSAMIT BASU is one of the most talented and prolific young w
 riters of today\, with an existing and impressive profile in comics cultur
 e\, science fiction and fantasy.\n\nSamit will be signing his debut novel 
 TURBULENCE.\n\nJOANNE REAY is a film scriptwriter with an impressive list 
 of credits: Against All Odds\, The Murder Rooms\, Bring Me the Head of Mav
 is Davis and Station Jim for the BBC\; the features Everybody Loves Sunshi
 ne (Sony)\, Cold and Dark\, and Gallowwalker.\n\nJoanne will be signing LO
 ’LIFE VOLUME 1: ROMEO SPIKES\n\nKIM NEWMAN is a London-based author and 
 critic. He contributes to The Guardian\, The Times\, Sight & Sound and oth
 ers\, and makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He’s won the Bram 
 Stoker\, International Horror Guild\, British Fantasy and British Science 
 Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Award.\n\
 nKim will be signing DRACULA CHA CHA CHA\n\nDANIE WARE is Forbidden Planet
 ’s publicist and event organiser. She has been immersed in the science f
 iction and fantasy community for the past decade and regularly appears on 
 panels as an expert on genre marketing. \n\nDanie will be signing her debu
 t novel ECKO: RISING\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/27/titan-books-signing-bonan
 za/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease 30 Hour Marathon!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120928T000000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120930T220000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Croydon store for your chance to get a hol
 d of the new M:TG set before the official launch in a thirty hour game mar
 athon!\n \nThere are 6 events running over the 2 days\; 2 Midnight Sealed 
 Tournaments\, 2 Day Time Sealed tournaments and 2 Evening Two Headed Giant
  Sealed events. Please contact the store for pricing and availability. The
  price covers the cost of six Return to Ravnica boosters with which you wi
 ll make your deck (please bring your own mana). In addition to the booster
 s each player will receive one promo card (while stocks last) and one achi
 evement card. \n\nThis set sees the much anticipated return of five of the
  Ravnica guilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakdos (black/
 red)\, Golgari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each guild com
 es with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own promo card! So bo
 ok your place now and select which guild you will fight for. \n\nThere are
  a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment! Playe
 rs may attend all pre-release events to fight for different guilds. Please
  arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be regist
 ered. Participation discounts are applied for playing in 3 or more events!
 \n\n<h3>This tournament starts at midnight on Friday and runs until 10:00p
 m on Sunday! Only the strong will survive!</h3>\n\nReturn to Ravnica Intro
  Packs will be available for purchase on the day.\n\n<h3><a href="http://f
 orbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition
 -date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/28/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-30-hour/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Southampton
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Southampton store for your chance to get a
  hold of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be
  a sealed deck tournament\, please contact the store for pricing and avail
 ability. This covers the cost of six Return to Ravnica boosters with which
  you will make your deck (please bring your own mana). In addition to the 
 boosters each player will receive one promo card (while stocks last) and o
 ne achievement card. \n\nThis set sees the much anticipated return of five
  of the Ravnica guilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakdos 
 (black/red)\, Golgari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each gu
 ild comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own promo card
 ! So book your place now and select which guild you will fight for. \n\nTh
 ere are a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment
 ! Players may attend both pre-release events to fight for different guilds
 . Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to b
 e registered.\n\nReturn to Ravnica Intro Packs will be available for purch
 ase on the day.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-
 gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gat
 hering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/29/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-southam/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Newcastle store for your chance to get a h
 old of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a
  sealed deck tournament\, please contact the store for pricing and availab
 ility. This covers the cost of six Return to Ravnica boosters with which y
 ou will make your deck (please bring your own mana). In addition to the bo
 osters each player will receive one promo card (while stocks last) and one
  achievement card. \n\nThis set sees the much anticipated return of five o
 f the Ravnica guilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakdos (b
 lack/red)\, Golgari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each guil
 d comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own promo card! 
 So book your place now and select which guild you will fight for. \n\nTher
 e are a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment! 
 Players may attend both pre-release events to fight for different guilds. 
 Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be 
 registered.\n\nReturn to Ravnica Intro Packs will be available for purchas
 e on the day.\n\n**Tickets now all sold out!  Please contact the shop for 
 information on availability of cancellations.**\n\n<h3><a href="http://for
 biddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-d
 ate-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/29/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-newcast/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T193000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Birmingham store for your chance to get a 
 hold of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be 
 a sealed deck tournament\, please contact the store for pricing. This cove
 rs the cost of six Return to Ravnica boosters with which you will make you
 r deck (please bring your own mana). In addition to the boosters each play
 er will receive one promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement car
 d. \n\nThis set sees the much anticipated return of five of the Ravnica gu
 ilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakdos (black/red)\, Golg
 ari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each guild comes with its
  own mechanism\, and more importantly its own promo card! So book your pla
 ce now and select which guild you will fight for.\n \nThere are a limited 
 number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment! Players may atte
 nd both pre-release events to fight for different guilds. Please arrive at
  least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be registered. \n\n
 Return to Ravnica Intro Packs will be available for purchase on the day.\n
 \n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin
 =&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a><
 /h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/29/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-birming/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120929T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get a hol
 d of the new M:TG set before the official launch.\n\nThe event will be a s
 ealed deck tournament and the tickets are just £20. This covers the cost 
 of six Return to Ravnica boosters with which you will make your deck (plea
 se bring your own mana). In addition to the boosters each player will rece
 ive one promo card (while stocks last) and one achievement card.\n\nThis s
 et sees the much anticipated return of five of the Ravnica guilds\, Azoriu
 s (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakdos (black/red)\, Golgari (black/gr
 een)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each guild comes with its own mechanis
 m\, and more importantly its own promo card! So book your place now and se
 lect which guild you will fight for. \n\nThere are a limited number of pla
 ces\, so book early to avoid disappointment! Players may attend both pre-r
 elease events to fight for different guilds. Please arrive at least twenty
  minutes before the start of the event to be registered. \n\nReturn to Rav
 nica Intro Packs will be available for purchase on the day.\n\n<h3><a href
 ="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sor
 t=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/29/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-prerelease-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Birmingham 2
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120930T113000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120930T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The event will be a sealed deck tournament\, please contact th
 e store for pricing. This covers the cost of six Return to Ravnica booster
 s with which you will make your deck (please bring your own mana). In addi
 tion to the boosters each player will receive one promo card (while stocks
  last) and one achievement card.\n \nThis set sees the much anticipated re
 turn of five of the Ravnica guilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/re
 d)\, Rakdos (black/red)\, Golgari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/gree
 n)\, each guild comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its ow
 n promo card! So book your place now and select which guild you will fight
  for. \n\nThere are a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid di
 sappointment! Players may attend both pre-release events to fight for diff
 erent guilds. Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of th
 e event to be registered.\n\nReturn to Ravnica Intro Packs will be availab
 le for purchase on the day\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag
 =magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Ma
 gic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/30/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-birmi-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica Pre-re
 lease in Bristol 2
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120930T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120930T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:The event will be a sealed deck tournament and the tickets are
  just £20. This covers the cost of six Return to Ravnica boosters with wh
 ich you will make your deck (please bring your own mana). In addition to t
 he boosters each player will receive one promo card (while stocks last) an
 d one achievement card.\n \nThis set sees the much anticipated return of f
 ive of the Ravnica guilds\, Azorius (white/blue)\, Izzet (blue/red)\, Rakd
 os (black/red)\, Golgari (black/green)\, and Selesnya (white/green)\, each
  guild comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own promo c
 ard! So book your place now and select which guild you will fight for. \n\
 nThere are a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointm
 ent! Players may attend both pre-release events to fight for different gui
 lds. Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event t
 o be registered.\n\nReturn to Ravnica Intro Packs will be available for pu
 rchase on the day.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-t
 he-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The 
 Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/09/30/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-pre-release-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Joe R Lansdale
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Joe R Lansdale will be signing books at the Forbidden 
 Planet London Megastore at 6:00pm on 3rd October.</strong>\n 	\nChampion M
 ojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and nu
 merous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies\, maga
 zines\, and collections.\n\nHe has written for comics\, television\, film\
 , newspapers\, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen
  short-story collections\, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen ant
 hologies. He has received the Edgar Award\, eight Bram Stoker Awards\, the
  Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award\, the British Fanta
 sy Award\, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature\, the Herodotus Histor
 ical Fiction Award\, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction
  and Fantasy\, and many others. \n\nHis novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to
  film by Don Coscarelli\, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His sto
 ry "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime'
 s "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing several films\, among 
 them The Bottoms\, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel\, with Bill Paxt
 on and Brad Wyman\, and The Drive-In\, with Greg Nicotero. \n\nHe is Write
 r In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University\, and is the founder 
 of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate\,
  Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and In
 ternational Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches\, Texas wi
 th his wife\, dog\, and two cats.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/03/meet-joe-r-lansdale/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jon Burgerman Plays and Signs
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121006T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121006T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Jon Burgerman will be signing My American Summer at th
 e Forbidden Planet London Megastore at 1:00pm on Saturday 6th October.</st
 rong>\n\nJon Burgerman describes 'My American Summer' - A couple of years 
 ago I left the UK for the Summer and went to LA and NYC. I was feeling pre
 tty burnt out after working hard for about 10 years for clients and on per
 sonal projects. Originally I wanted to make a comic book but due to lack o
 f discipline (and talent) failed and sort of kept a comic book diary durin
 g my sojourn abroad. This book is the result of that time. It's the first 
 collection of my work like this\, a confessional monologue in my 'voice'\;
  silly\, funny\, sad and all lovingly coloured in. The story begins with m
 e trying to make a comic\, becoming frustrated with myself and then fleein
 g for the States. It then touches upon my time there before realising thre
 e months is almost up and that you can never really escape yourself.\n\nJo
 n Burgerman describes himself - Jon Burgerman has cutout pictures of anima
 ls above his desk where he works. The first to be added\, and probably sti
 ll his favourite\, is a baby penguin going to the toilet\, with some force
 . When not cooing over nature's fluffy defecating creations he likes doodl
 ing. His doodles have adorned t-shirts\, snowboards\, magazine covers\, bo
 oks\, toys\, computer games and airplane sick-bags. Working freelance enab
 les him to snooze through most of the day\; he is at heart a very lazy per
 son. \n\nTo start the event\, Jon will be joined by Jim Avignon to play so
 me songs by their band\, Anxieteam.\n\n<iframe width="420" height="315" sr
 c="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qJzSZoUkmKk" frameborder="0" allowfullscre
 en></iframe>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/06/jon-burgerman-plays-and-s
 igns/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Return To Ravnica in Bri
 stol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121007T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121007T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Join us in our Bristol store for a chance to play the new Re
 turn to Ravnica Intro Decks!**\n\nEach player must bring with them one uno
 pened intro deck then\, as a group\, we will open our decks and find out w
 hat we will be playing with. A great way to level the playing field\, this
  event has proved popular in the past\, and is a great way to learn how to
  play if you are relatively new to the game. \n\nSo join us for a great ni
 ght of dueling to see who will be the ultimate victor! \n\nPrizes will be 
 given to the top players. \n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag
 =magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Ma
 gic The Gathering here!</a></h3>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/07/magic-gathering-return-ra
 vnica-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Forbidden Planet Bristol Games Club
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121012T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121012T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Join us at our Bristol Store for our Games Club.**\n\nAt thi
 s event you will be given the chance to play two specially selected games.
  This week will feature **Small World**\, a fantasy civilisation game\, an
 d **Gloom** - a game where you need to make yourself miserable while makin
 g all around you as happy as possible.  \n\nIt promises to be a fun night\
 , so come on down and have a game!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/12/forbidden-planet-bristol-
 game-club/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121014T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121014T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Our new League starts mid October\, so come along to the Bri
 stol store and join the action!**\n\nStandard format deck construction app
 lies\, so you can use anything from Innistrad to the new Return to Ravnica
 .\n \nEach night you will be pitted against five opponents\, the league wi
 ll run roughly bi-weekly\, and by the end our champion will be crowned. \n
 \nIt is free to enter and the top players will receive a prize so come alo
 ng have a laugh and beat your enemies to a fine paste.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/14/bristol-games-club-new-le
 ague/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Daniel Polansky signing Tomorrow\, The Killi
 ng
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121016T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121016T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:DANIEL POLANSKY will be signing his acclaimed novel TOMORROW\,
  THE KILLING at Forbidden Planet London on Tuesday 16th October from 6 –
  7pm.\n\nAs a soldier\, the Warden witnessed the most dreadful things imag
 inable in the carnage of war. He also forged an allegiance with the inspir
 ational but damaged Roland Montgomery\, a general whose men would follow h
 im to Hell. After the war Roland tried to change the society in which they
  lived - more altruistic than realistic\, but his veterans loved him all t
 he more for it... \n\nHe was found in the gutter with his throat slit. No 
 one paid for the killing\, but his little sister\, Rhaine\, wouldn't let h
 is death pass. The first the Warden knew of trouble brewing was when he wa
 s summoned to the big house on the hill\, for a meeting with Roland's fath
 er. He wanted his daughter back - knew she was looking for trouble and the
  killer in Low Town\, doubtless in deep danger herself amongst the grime a
 nd swelter of the narrow streets and cut-throats.\n\nDaniel Polansky's lov
 e of classic crime and high fantasy novels is reflected in his work. He wa
 s born in the USA in 1984\, majored in Philosophy at college\, has taught 
 English in Taiwan\, worked in Washington DC\, and currently lives in Brook
 lyn. He loves hip hop\, soul and funk and travelling through unusual count
 ries.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/16/daniel-polansky-signing-t
 omorrow-killing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kevin Eastman at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121017T133000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121017T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>KEVIN EASTMAN will be signing TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TUR
 TLES: ONGOING VOL 1 (DELUXE EDITION)\, (IDW) at the Forbidden Planet Londo
 n Megastore on Wednesday 17th October from 1:30 – 2:30pm. </strong>\n\nK
 evin Eastman is an American comic book artist and writer\, best known as t
 he creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. TMNT started as a parody o
 f 1980s comic books and exploded into a globally popular range of toys\, c
 artoon series\, video games\, two feature films [with a third planned for 
 2014!]\, and masses of other merchandise.  The Heroes In A Half Shell retu
 rn to TV this month with a new animated series on Nickleodeon.\n\nThe Teen
 age Mutant Ninja Turtles' IDW relaunch in an oversized\, hardcover edition
  that includes extras that were not included in the comics or the previous
 ly released paperback edition.\n\nDue to time restraints\, there may be li
 mits on the number of items to be signed.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/17/kevin-eastman-forbidden-p
 lanet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey signing 'The Unwritten'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121018T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121018T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a truly unholy com
 ics signing! Carey will be at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenu
 e\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 18th October 2012.\n\nIn the sixth volume of Mi
 ke Carey’s ‘Unwritten’\, Tom Taylor goes to war against the cabal th
 at has tormented\, imprisoned and tried to destroy him. To have a hope of 
 winning\, Tom must use every weapon he can get hold of\, but even storyboo
 k magic carries its own risks. Tom's crusade plays out against the backdro
 p of the cabal's sinister secret history and delves deep into the dark pas
 t of some of the series' major players. When it's all over\, very little w
 ill remain ‘Unwritten’. \n\n<h3>PLEASE NOTE THAT PETER MILLIGAN WILL N
 O LONGER BE APPEARING AT THIS EVENT DUE TO ILLNESS. SIGNED STOCK MAY STILL
  BE ORDERED FROM THE LINK BELOW.</h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/18/peter-milligan-and-mike-c
 arey/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Burrows\, Ennis & Spurrier Sign 'Crossed'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121018T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121018T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a fantastic tr
 iple comics signing!</h3> \n\n<h3>Garth Ennis\, Jacen Burrows and Simon Sp
 urrier will be signing the explosive zombie horror that is 'Crossed' at th
 e London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 18th 
 October 2012 at 6:00 to 7:00 pm.</h3>\n\nCROSSED: WISH YOU WERE HERE VOL 1
  is the story of a writer who witnessed the downfall of London\, and now f
 inds himself in the midst of a new community\, a new start\, on a barren i
 sland off the Scottish coast. Pretending\, just for a while\, that he's sa
 fe\, that he's useful... that he has a future. It won't last. There's no s
 anctuary. No fighting back. No hope. \n\nIn CROSSED VOL 4: BADLANDS\, the 
 worldwide outbreak transforms most of humanity into murderous psychopaths\
 , the uninfected survivors are driven by desperation to the very brink of 
 sanity and morality. In Scotland\, a young man devastated by the traumatic
  death of his wife struggles to survive the roving bands of Crossed at his
  heels. Meanwhile\, three small groups of survivors in the marshy Florida 
 Everglades - haunted by personal demons\, driven by primal fears and all-t
 oo-human desires - find themselves on a course guaranteed to leave destruc
 tion in their wake... \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/18/burrows-ennis-spurrier-si
 gn-crossed/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ecko Rising in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121019T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121019T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:As a warm-up for BRISTOLCON\, DANIE WARE will be reading from 
 and signing her stunning debut novel\, ECKO RISING (Titan Books) at the Fo
 rbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Friday 19th October from 1 – 2pm.\n\
 nEcko: Rising follows a savage\, gleefully cynical anti-hero immersed in h
 is own fantasy world. Ecko joins a misfit cast of characters and strives t
 o conquer his deepest fears and save the world. Danie says\, “Ecko: Risi
 ng is sardonic fantasy\, a sharp new slant on the genre\, scattered with a
  healthy dusting of sex\, violence and sarcasm. I’ve read fantasy\, on a
 nd off\, since I was a teen – and you can’t put a new twist on somethi
 ng unless you fell in love with it to start with! I wanted to push back it
 s boundaries\, make it do something different\, something smarter and dark
 er – but also something that we’d understand and recognise.”\n\nDani
 e Ware is the publicist and event organiser for cult entertainment retaile
 r Forbidden Planet. She has been immersed in the science-fiction and fanta
 sy community for the past decade. An early adopter of blogging\, social me
 dia and a familiar face at conventions\, she appears on panels as an exper
 t on genre marketing and retailing.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/19/ecko-rising-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Abercrombie signing Red Country
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121019T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121019T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce a signing by Sunday
  Times best-selling author JOE ABERCROMBIE for his latest novel RED COUNTR
 Y at our London Megastore on Friday 19th October from 6 – 7pm.\n\nShy So
 uth comes home to her farm to find a blackened shell\; her brother and sis
 ter have been stolen and she's going to have to return to her bad old ways
  if she's ever going to see them again. She sets off in grim pursuit with 
 only her cowardly old step-father Lamb for company. But it turns out he's 
 hiding a bloody past of his own. \n\nTheir journey will take them across t
 he lawless plains\, to a frontier town gripped by gold fever\, through feu
 ds\, duels and massacres\, and high into unmapped mountains to a reckoning
  with ancient enemies\, and force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca\, i
 nfamous soldier of fortune . . . and a man no one should ever have to trus
 t.\n\nViolent\, bloody and fast paced\, Red Country is a powerhouse of a n
 ovel. Packed with Abercrombie’s trademark skill with characters\, black 
 humour and action\; it sets a new benchmark for modern fantasy.\n\nJoe Abe
 rcrombie’s The First Law trilogy has sold over 1m copies with his debut\
 , The Blade Itself\, selling  100\,000 copies in the UK alone. He has been
  translated into 14 languages and has a growing fan base around the world.
  Joe worked in TV editing before he became a novelist and now write full t
 ime from his home in Bath where he lives with his wife and three children.
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/19/joe-abercrombie-signing-r
 ed-country/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Following the success of our last Two-headed Giant night\, B
 ristol will be welcoming teams once again.**\n\nSo build your deck\, grab 
 a buddy\, make up a team name and come along for what promises to be anoth
 er night of pure chaos! \n\nThis time we will be using the Extended format
  (From Zendikar onward)\, the banned list will be enforced and infect deck
 s are not welcome. Decks must also obey the combined construction rules\, 
 for more information please just pop in and ask a member of staff or just 
 give us a call. \n\nWe’ll see you there!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/21/two-headed-giant-night-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Walking Dead Style Makeover Demonstration
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121025T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121025T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Nimba Creations make up artist TOM LAUTEN will be demonstr
 ating the art of Zombie make up at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Sh
 aftesbury Avenue\, London\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 25th October 1pm – 5p
 m.</h3>\n\nJust in time for Halloween\, Tom will be putting the 'Demon' in
 to demonstration with two displays of make up wizardry over the course of 
 the day. The first Zombie make up demo starts at 13:00 and\, while he is w
 orking\, Tom will answer your questions and advise you on creating your ow
 n prosthetic effects.\n\nThen\, at 17:00\, Tom will make up a second Zombi
 e!\n\nTom Lauten runs Nimba Creations\, a busy make up and special effects
  company whose credits include the movies The Lion\, The Witch And The War
 drobe and Peter Jackson's King Kong as well as a host of Television and Ad
 vertising work.\n\n<h3>Available to buy on the day will be the range of Ni
 mba Creations Prosthetic FX Boxes and make up kits so you too can be the s
 cariest Zombie at your Halloween party! <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.co
 m/picks/halloween-2012-nimba-creations-make/">See them all here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/25/walking-dead-style-makeov
 er-demonstration/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Orbit Books at Forbidden Planet!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121026T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121026T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our tradema
 rk multi-author signings. At 6:00pm on Friday 26th October\, Forbidden Pla
 net 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\nMIKE CO
 BLEY was born in Leicester and has lived in Glasgow for most of his life. 
 He’s studied engineering\, been a DJ and has an abiding interest in demo
 cratic politics. Previous books include the Shadowkings dark fantasy trilo
 gy\, and Iron Mosaic\, short story collection. Seeds of Earth and The Orph
 aned Worlds\, books one and two of the Humanity’s Fire sequence\, are hi
 s first full-length foray into space opera.\n\nKATE GRIFFIN is the name un
 der which Carnegie Medal-nominated author\, Catherine Webb\, writes fantas
 y novels for adults. An acclaimed author of young adult books under her ow
 n name\, Catherine’s amazing debut\, Mirror Dreams\, was written when sh
 e was only 14 years old\, and garnered comparisons with Terry Pratchett an
 d Philip Pullman. She read History at the London School of Economics\, and
  studied at RADA.\n\nBENEDICT JACKA is a Cambridge graduate and writer of 
 children’s fiction\, ‘To Be a Ninja’. Extensively traveled\, and wit
 h jobs ranging from teacher to bouncer to civil servant\, he always return
 s to London. He’s a martial artist and gamer\, and author of the Alex Ve
 rus series of urban fantasy novels. \n\nCHARLES STROSS is a full-time scie
 nce fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh\, Scotland. The author of six
  Hugo-nominated novels and winner of the 2005 and 2010 Hugo awards for bes
 t novella\, he is currently working on a variety of books\, including the 
 fifth volume of the Laundry Files\, "The Rhesus Chart".  Like many writers
 \, Stross has had a variety of careers\, occupations\, and job-shaped-cata
 strophes in the past\, from pharmacist to code monkey\, and along the way 
 he collected degrees in Pharmacy and Computer Science\, making him the wor
 ld's first officially qualified cyberpunk writer.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/26/orbit-books-forbidden-pla
 net/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Horror Gaming Fun Day!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121027T100000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and see us at Forbidden Planet Newcastle - and join our H
 orror Gaming Fun Day!\n\nWe'll have the guys from Esdevium down at the sto
 re\, demonstrating some killer board games - Dobble\, Jungle Speed\, Munch
 kin Zombies\, City of Horror and the Zombies!!! main game - and challengin
 g you to take part. We also have the Empire/Film 4 All Nighter prize draw 
 and our awesome Walking Dead shirts to give away.\n\nZombies\, Vamps\, Wer
 ecreatures and Monsters of all kinds welcome - come and see us for ghoulis
 h gaming fun\, goody bags and sweeties galore!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/27/horror-gaming-fun-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mark Buckingham signing Fables: Inherit the 
 Wind
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121027T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121027T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:MARK BUCKINGHAM will be signing Fables Vol 17: INHERIT THE WIN
 D\, (Titan Books) at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Saturday 27
 th October from 1 – 2pm.\n\nThe tights and capes have been stored away f
 orever. Where do the Fables go from here? Bigby and Snow White's cubs try 
 to move forward after learning a hard lesson about life and death. And the
  loveable hero Bufkin the Flying Monkey gets into more trouble when he fin
 ally reaches his homeland of Oz.\n\nMark Buckingham is most famous for his
  work on Marvelman\, Hellblazer  and Fables\, including a story in the ori
 ginal graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall. His Marvel work includes inki
 ng Chris Bachalo's pencils on Generation X\, Ghost Rider 2099\, and pencil
 ing Paul Jenkins's run on Peter Parker: Spider-Man. For DC Comics\, Buckin
 gham has inked the two Death miniseries and was the original penciller on 
 the Titans series. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/27/mark-buckingham-signing-f
 ables-inherit-wind/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121028T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121028T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Choose a Guild. Build a deck. Beat your opponents. Claim vic
 tory. It’s that easy!** \n\nThis standard format one night Tournament wi
 ll see the five guilds from Return to Ravnica battle it out for supremacy.
  \n\nIt is free to enter and we have lots of goodies to give away at the e
 nd. So join the battle and have a great time.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/28/games-club-guild-mini-tou
 rnament/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Halloween with Jeremy Dyson!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121031T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121031T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce a SPECIAL HALLOWEEN
  signing Jeremy Dyson for THE HAUNTED BOOK at our London Megastore on Wedn
 esday 31st October from 6 – 7pm.\n\nGripping\, twisted and devilishly en
 joyable - MARK GATISS\n\nWhat unspeakable horror glimpsed in the basement 
 of a private library in West Yorkshire drove a man to madness and an early
  grave? What led to an underground echo chamber in a Manchester recording 
 studio being sealed up for good? What creature walks the endless sands of 
 Lancashire's Fleetwood Bay\, and what connects it to an unmanned craft was
 hed ashore in Port Elizabeth\, nearly six thousand miles away? The Haunted
  Book is the tale of one man's journey as he tries to uncover the truth be
 hind the most haunted places in Britain. Dyson blurs fact and fiction in t
 his novel\, visiting real haunted locations and leading the reader into a 
 genuinely scary investigation of true ghost stories. \n\nJeremy Dyson is b
 est known as the co-creator of the BAFTA award-winning comedy series The L
 eague of Gentlemen. He is the author of three works of fiction. His book T
 he Cranes that Build the Cranes won the Edge Hill Award for short fiction.
  He is also the co-writer of the hit West-End show Ghost Stories and the c
 reator of the hit TV show Funland.\n\n<iframe width="420" height="315" src
 ="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4DjaJFUGAbo" frameborder="0" allowfullscree
 n></iframe>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/10/31/halloween-jeremy-dyson/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mega Bloks Halo Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121103T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121103T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Join us at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturd
 ay 3rd November for our Halo Mega Bloks Day!</h3>\n\n![Alt text](http://dy
 n0.media.forbiddenplanet.com/LOGO_HALO2_HR.jpg.size-400.jpg)\n\n<h3>Free H
 alo Mega Bloks figures and goody bags - while stocks last.</h3>\n\n<h3>See
  the supersize Mega Bloks Halo Master Chief!</h3>\n\n<h3>Build and demonst
 ration of the latest Mega Bloks sets by expert Tony Mace.</h3>\n\n<h3>Can'
 t make it on the day?  You can still get involved! <a href="http://forbidd
 enplanet.com/competitions/win-mega-bloks-halo-playsets/">Check the picture
  bottom right and then enter our competition to win Mega Bloks playsets!</
 a></h3>\n\n<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/em
 bed/wsW3JlNgC6E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n<h3><a href=
 "http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/behind-bloks-making-halo/">Click here to
  get behind the Bloks of the Halo Universe with a great video!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/03/mega-bloks-halo-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121104T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121104T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:**Join us at our Bristol store for a Booster Draft.** \n\nUsin
 g the newest set of M:TG cards players will draft the best deck they can a
 nd battle it out for supreme victory.\n\nPlayers will draft in groups of f
 our to six\, and compete in those groups. To encourage fair drafting a rar
 e pull will be conducted at the end and players will select which rares th
 ey want in winning order. \n\nTo participate in the draft please bring wit
 h you two un-opened Return to Ravnica boosters and one M13 Booster (3 for 
 £9.99 in store).  The top player in each group will also receive an exclu
 sive promo card. \n\nPlease be prompt\, the event must start on time and l
 ate arrivals will unfortunately not be able to participate.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/04/bristol-games-club-booste
 r-draft/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Silhouettes and Showdowns - Olly Moss and Sc
 ott C!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121108T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121108T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a fantastic double
  signing! Olly Moss and Scott C will be at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaf
 tesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, on Thursday 8th November from 6 – 7pm!\n\nOl
 ly Moss has quickly become “one of the most in demand and influential po
 p culture artists in the world today” (Slashfilm). Silhouettes from Popu
 lar Culture is his eagerly-awaited first book\, collecting the striking an
 d playful work of the influential British artist.\n\nDepicting popular cul
 t characters from films\, television\, comics and video games in beautiful
 ly crafted Victorian-style silhouette portraits\, Silhouettes from Popular
  Culture collects the sought-after ‘Paper Cuts’ series exhibited at th
 e sold-out solo show at LA’s famous pop-culture Gallery 1988. The book h
 as a Foreword written by Duncan Jones (director of Source Code and Moon) a
 nd is published in a gorgeous hardback gift volume\, luxuriously bound in 
 gilt-stamped full cloth.\n\nScott C’s The Great Showdowns collect the mo
 st memorable moments of melee\, interpreted by Scott in his inimitable sty
 le\, including Han vs Greedo\, Chief Brody vs Jaws\, Die Hard’s John McC
 lane vs broken glass\, Ripley vs the Alien Queen and even Spinal Tap vs an
  undersized model of Stonehenge. The Great Showdowns showcases the series 
 first exhibited at LA’s famous pop-culture Gallery 1988 in 2011. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/08/silhouettes-and-showdowns
 -olly-moss-and-scott-c/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Walking Dead Games Demonstration
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T143000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and play The Walking Dead board games at the Forbidden Pl
 anet Megastore on Saturday 10th November - starting at 11:00am.\n\nFancy y
 our chances as Rick Grimes or one of the other survivors in zombie infeste
 d Atlanta?  Well\, put your undead fighting skills to the test with one of
  these brilliant board games.  Spring surprise attacks on the living\, cau
 se the walkers to frenzy\, or contaminate the survivor’s supplies. Put t
 he bite on your former friends and they’ll join you in your pursuit of t
 he living.\n\nTwo games will be demonstrated - one based on the original c
 omics and the other on the TV series.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/10/walking-dead-games-demost
 ration/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Charlie Adlard Launches The Walking Dead Mag
 azine
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Artist Charlie Adlard will launch the first issue of T
 he Walking Dead: The Official Magazine at the Forbidden Planet London Mega
 store at 1:00 on Saturday 10th November.</strong>\n\nFrom Robert Kirkman
 ’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series\, best-selling graphic novels 
 and Emmy-winning AMC television series comes The Walking Dead: The Officia
 l Magazine\, a new Titan Magazines and Skybound production. This zombie-sa
 ga is an international success in 120 countries and 250 million homes and 
 has risen as a phenomenon among the wildly diverging fans of horror and ch
 aracter-driven drama. \n\nOnly in The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine 
 will fans gain exclusive access to the most successful adaptation of a com
 ic ever\, including in-depth interviews with executive producers and write
 rs Robert Kirkman\, Glen Mazzara and David Alpert as well as lead cast mem
 bers Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes\, Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes an
 d Jon Bernthal as bad boy Shane. \n\n“This magazine will be your one sto
 p destination for all the news pertaining to the comic\, TV show\, video g
 ame\, toys\, games\, and whatever else exists in the ever-expanding  Walki
 ng Dead universe! If it’s happening\, you’ll find out all about it rig
 ht here!” - Robert Kirkman\n\nForbidden Planet are thrilled to announce 
 their own limited edition variant cover edition of the magazine\, featurin
 g sensational new artwork by Charlie Adlard.\n\nArtist Charlie Adlard bega
 n his work in the UK on White Death with Robbie Morrison and many 2000 AD 
 series including Judge Dredd\, Armitage and Savage.\n\nHe is well known fo
 r his work on The X-Files\, Astronauts in Trouble and\, of course\, The Wa
 lking Dead from Image Comics. He is currently the regular penciller on The
  Walking Dead.\n\nHis other work includes Mars Attacks!\, The Hellfire Clu
 b and Warlock for Marvel Comics\, Batman: Gotham Knights and Green Lantern
  / Green Arrow for DC Comics and a great many others. \n\nPlease note that
 \, due to time constraints\, Charlie Adlard will not be sketching at this 
 event - and there may be restrictions on the number of items to be signed.

URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/10/charlie-adlard-launches-w
 alking-dead-magazine/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Robert Rankin signing The Educated Ape
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121110T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:ROBERT RANKIN is back! The Master of Far-Fetched Fiction will 
 be signing THE EDUCATED APE at The Forbidden Planet Megastore on Saturday 
 10th November from 4:00 – 5:00pm.\n\nThe third book in Robert Rankin's h
 ighly acclaimed meta-Victorian series - a riotous tale of wicked women\, a
  dangerous detective and Darwin the educated ape.\n\nLord Brentford has a 
 dream. To create a Grand Exposition that will showcase The Wonders of the 
 Worlds and encourage peace between the inhabited planets of Venus\, Jupite
 r and Earth. Ernest Rutherford has a dream. To construct a time ship\, pow
 ered by the large hadron collider he has built beneath the streets of Lond
 on . Cameron Bell is England's greatest detective and he\, too\, has a dre
 am. To solve the crime of the century before it takes place\, without blow
 ing up any more of London's landmarks. Darwin is a monkey butler and he al
 so has a dream. To end Man's inhumanity to Monkey and bring a little joy i
 nto the world. \n\nRobert Rankin is one of the great British eccentrics\, 
 standing alongside Viv Stanshall\, Spike Milligan and Neil Innes\, amongst
  others. 'To call Rankin irreverent doesn't begin to describe just how ver
 y good he is at playing with the rules'\, says the MIRROR\, while THE DAIL
 Y EXPRESS says: 'Everybody should read at least one Robert Rankin in their
  life'. The newest opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction will enhanc
 e his reputation even further! \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/10/robert-rankin-signing-edu
 cated-ape/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] A Tea signing session with Matt 'Lunartik' J
 Ones!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121115T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121115T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is delighted to be celebrating the release of
  the second series of Mini Tea figures with Matt 'Lunartik' JOnes!\n\nMatt
  JOnes’ debut figure\, Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea\, was an instant and ref
 reshing success to the UK art toy world\; Lunartik was the base design for
  a hugely successful Custom Tea Tour involving such artists as Pete Fowler
  and Jon Burgerman\, which also made its debut at Forbidden Planet. Now\, 
 Lunartik is back!\n\nWith a pen and strong cuppa tea by his side\, Matt is
  getting ready to sign your Teas and talk about toys!\n\nForbidden Planet 
 has always been on the forefront of the art toy sensation in the UK\, host
 ing events with Tara McPherson\, Jon Burgerman\, Pete Fowler and James Jar
 vis as well as being the only UK venue on the Custom Bart Qee Tour in 2007
  and raising money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust with the MonQee Pr
 oject\, as supported by Terry Pratchett and Toy2R.\n\nCheck out our full r
 ange of LUNARTIK products <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=lunartik"
 >HERE!</a> \n\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/15/tea-signing-session-matt-
 lunartik-jones-celebrates/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] David Petersen signing Mouse Guard
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121115T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121115T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:DAVID PETERSEN will be signing his stunning graphic novels\, M
 OUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOL 1 (Titan Edition) and MOUSE GUARD: AU
 TUMN 1152 (Titan Edition) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thur
 sday 15th November from 6 – 7pm. \n\nIn Legends of the Guard\, inside th
 e June Alley Inn\, located in the western mouse city of Barkstone\, mice g
 ather to tell tales\, each trying to outdo the other. A competition\, of s
 orts\, begins. The rules: Every story must contain one truth\, one lie and
  have never been told in that tavern before. With the winner getting his b
 ar tab cleared\, fantastic stories are spun throughout the evening. \n\nIn
  Autumn 1152\, Bleak weather and dangerous predators mean there's always a
  need for the Mouse Guard\, a group of soldier-style mice who ensure that 
 mice can wander freely and go about their business in peace but a traitor 
 is among their own. Acclaimed writer and artist David Petersen presents a 
 beautifully illustrated world of danger\, daring and deviousness: once you
  enter it\, you'll never forget it!\n\nDavid Petersen won the 2007 Russ Ma
 nning Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2008\, David won the Eisners f
 or Best Publication for Kids (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 & Winter 1152) and Bes
 t Graphic Album – Reprint (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Hardcover). He is the c
 reator of the Mouse Guard series and is excited to be working on projects 
 he dearly loves doing. David and his wife Julia reside in Michigan with th
 eir dog Autumn. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/15/david-petersen-signing-mo
 use-guard-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121116T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121116T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Friday Night Magic The Gathering Standard Tournament</h3>\
 n<h3>Venue: Holiday Inn Express Croydon</h3>\n\nCome along and join the Cr
 oydon team for our weekly standard tournament. \n\nEnjoy a casual yet comp
 etitive atmosphere as you battle it out for promos and prize pool. Earn po
 ints and take part in the FPFNM Croydon league as well as the usual Planes
 walker points. \n\n£7 Entry on the door\, £20 for the calendar month. \n
 \nDue to the event taking part in another venue please call the store if y
 ou need directions or any questions about the event itself.\n\n<h3><a href
 ="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sor
 t=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/16/magic-gathering-croydon-1
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121117T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121117T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join us in our Birmingham Store for some Magic: the G
 athering\, and get a FREE goody\nbag!\n\nOn the 17th of November we will b
 e hosting a special event in store for all levels of Magic players\;\nwhet
 her you are a seasoned pro\, an established player looking to get into org
 anised play or just\nwant to know what the fuss is about\, this is the day
  for you!\n\nStaff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number
  \, give you your free goody bag and\nintroduce you to the game. If you ha
 ve a DCI number already\, you can still get a free bag just by\nturning up
 !\n\nThere will be casual play throughout the day\, as well as a single el
 imination tournament for those\nwho feel brave enough! Bring some friends 
 down\, meet new players have some fun!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\
 , so you can earn Planeswalker points just for the day.\n\n<h3><a href="ht
 tp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=ad
 dition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/17/magic-gathering-birmingha
 m/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Simon Tofield signing Simon's Cat Vs. The Wo
 rld
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121117T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121117T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:SIMON TOFIELD will be signing SIMON’S CAT VS. THE WORLD (CAN
 ONGATE) at the Forbidden Planet Megastore on Saturday 17th November from 1
  – 2pm.\n\nSimon's Cat proved his authority in the house. He returned vi
 ctorious from his adventures beyond the garden fence. He prevailed after t
 he chaotic arrival of a new kitten. But this year\, the UK's favourite cat
  faces his biggest series of challenges yet\, as he takes on all comers in
  Simon's Cat vs The World!\n\nIllustrated in glorious full colour\, Simon'
 s Cat vs The World explodes from the page with mesmerising levels of detai
 l.  Fans old and new are in for a treat as favourite characters and fresh 
 faces run amok in a vivid world full of challenging surprises.\n\nAs part 
 of the adventures that have been viewed over 280 million times on YouTube\
 , Simon's Cat vs The World takes the anarchic humour of Simon's Cat to a n
 ew level of fun. Don't miss it!\n\nAlso available will be a full range of 
 Simon’s Cat books\, giftware and merchandise.\n\nSimon’s Cat vs the Wo
 rld is published by Canongate on 4th October priced £11.99\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/17/simon-tofield-signing-sim
 ons-cat-vs-world/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic the Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121119T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121119T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join us in our Liverpool Store for some Magic: the Ga
 thering!\n\nWe will be hosting a special event in store for all levels of 
 Magic players\; whether you are a seasoned\npro\, an established player lo
 oking to get into organised play or just want to know what the fuss is\nab
 out\, this is your chance!\n\nStaff will be on hand to sign you up for you
 r free DCI number\, and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI numb
 er already\, you can log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opport
 unity to meet some other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, 
 and\nplay some games. It will also give you a chance to let our team know 
 what kind of events you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sancti
 oned event\, so you can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\n<h3>
 <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size
 =60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/19/magic-gathering-liverpool
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121123T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121123T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Friday Night Magic The Gathering  Standard Tournament</h3>
 \n<h3>Venue: Holiday Inn Express Croydon</h3>\n\nCome along and join the C
 roydon team for our weekly standard tournament. \n\nEnjoy a casual yet com
 petitive atmosphere as you battle it out for promos and prize pool. Earn p
 oints and take part in the FPFNM Croydon league as well as the usual Plane
 swalker points. \n\n£7 Entry on the door\, £20 for the calendar month. \
 n\nDue to the event taking part in another venue please call the store if 
 you need directions or any questions about the event itself.Due to the eve
 nt taking part in another venue please call the store if you need directio
 ns.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=
 &gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!
 </a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/23/magic-gathering-croydon-2
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Early Toys Rel
 ease
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121124T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:![Alt text](http://dyn0.media.forbiddenplanet.com/TMNT_Logo.jp
 eg.size-400.jpg)\n\nCan't wait for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Toy
  range from Flair?  They don't hit the shops until 1st December - but you 
 can get your hands on them <strong>one week</strong> early at the special 
 TMNT Day at our Birmingham Megastore!\n\nBe there on Saturday 24th Novembe
 r as we unveil the latest range of Action Figures\, Playsets and Combat Ge
 ar.\n\nGet there early to get your hands on a great TMNT goody bag - don't
  be late\, stocks are limited.  The bag includes a special offer to eat at
  Pizza Express on Corporation Street!  Cowabunga\, dudes!\n\nGrab an exclu
 sive Leonardo Night Shadow figure - only available at participating stores
 . \n\nWe will have TMNT graphic novels signed by <strong>Kevin Eastman</st
 rong> himself!\n\nWin a SIGNED graphic novel in our in-store competition.\
 n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=teenage-mutant-ninja-turtl
 es&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Click here to see our full ra
 nge of TMNT toys and books!</a></h3>\n\n<div style="background-color:#0000
 00\;width:520px\;"><div style="padding:4px\;"><iframe src="http://media.mt
 vnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:nick.tam:e3de34e1-635d-4264-80d2-a685d
 fa0e143" width="512" height="288" frameborder="0"></iframe><p style="text-
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 <b><a href="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Opening SongLink">Teenage Mutant
  Ninja Turtles: Opening Song</a></b></p></div></div>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/24/teenage-mutant-ninja-turl
 es-early-toys-release/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Announcing - Dudebox Artist CONZO!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121124T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121124T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Announcing – the hottest new art toys at Forbidden Planet\, 
 the home of Vinyl in the UK! \n\nCome and meet Dudebox artist CONZO at the
  Forbidden Planet Megastore on Saturday 24th November from 1 – 2pm\, sig
 ning and customising his characterful Dudebox toy Tapps Aff – as well as
  doodling an a fantastic range of Dudebox DIY vinyl toys. We’ll have bla
 nk vinyl figures to give away\, and plenty of time to meet Conzo’s madca
 p range of characters!\n\nConzo is a Scottish based artist who originally 
 chased ice cream vans in a small mining town outside of Glasgow. It’s ea
 sier to describe him as coming from the (just turned adult) Jackass genera
 tion - TV\, videogames and a good upbringing accompanied by a daily intake
  of ‘Ren and Stimpy’ ‘South Park’ and ‘Johnny Knoxville’. Conz
 o has been doodling his whole life\, dabbling in graffiti\, illustration a
 nd digital design\; his work and style is influenced by retro and vintage.
  Bring a sense of humour and don’t take things too seriously.\n\nConzo i
 s also a co-founder of the Design and Illustration Studio ‘de:strukt’\
 , based in Glasgow.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/24/announcing-dudebox-artist
 -conzo/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121126T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121126T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/26/magic-h-gathering-liverpo
 ol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121130T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121130T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/30/magic-gathering-newcastle
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121130T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121130T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Friday Night Magic the Gathering Standard Tournament</h3>\
 n<h3>Venue: Holiday Inn Express Croydon</h3>\n\nCome along and join the Cr
 oydon team for our weekly standard tournament. \n\nEnjoy a casual yet comp
 etitive atmosphere as you battle it out for promos and prize pool. Earn po
 ints and take part in the FPFNM Croydon league as well as the usual Planes
 walker points. \n\n£7 Entry on the door\, £20 for the calendar month. \n
 \nDue to the event taking part in another venue please call the store if y
 ou need directions or any questions about the event itself.\n\n<h3><a href
 ="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sor
 t=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/30/magic-gathering-croydon-3
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121201T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121201T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Magic The Gathering - Team Sealed Tournament</h3>\n<h3>Ven
 ue: The Odd Shoe Pub</h3>\n\nAre you and two friends ready to take on the 
 rest of the MTG community in Croydon? Because\, if you take part in our Te
 am Sealed tournament\, that is what’s going to happen.\n\nJoin our Croyd
 on team as you and two team mates make three decks using just twelve (four
  boosters each) Return to Ravnica boosters and take on all challengers as 
 a three person army!\n\nDue to the event taking part in another venue plea
 se call the store if you need directions or any questions about the event 
 itself.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gatherin
 g&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering h
 ere!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/01/magic-gathering-croydon-4
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bryan Talbot signing Grandville: Bête Noire

DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121201T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121201T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRYAN TALBOT will be signing GRANDVILLE BÊTE NOIRE (Jonathan 
 Cape) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 1st December fr
 om 1 – 2pm.\n\nTHE BADGER IS BACK!\n\nAt Toad Hall\, lair of multi-billi
 onaire Baron Aristotle Krapaud\, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats pl
 ot the violent overthrown of the French state by the intervention of autom
 aton soldiers. Meanwhile\, the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist i
 s subject to the investigations of Detective Inspector Le Brock of Scotlan
 d Yard\, placing him in pursuit of a mysterious masked assassin. \n\nBête
  Noire signals the welcome return of the anthropomorphic Steampunk detecti
 ve fiction of master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot wi
 th the third stand alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award nominated Gra
 ndville series. \n\nBryan Talbot has worked on such underground comics\, s
 cience fiction and superhero stories as Judge Dredd and Batman: Legends of
  the Dark Knight\, Vertigo titles including Sandman Hellblazer and Fables 
 and has written and drawn several Eisner Award-winning graphic novels.\n\n
 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w_qgjhm
 ILog" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/01/bryan-talbot-signing-gran
 dville-bete-noire/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering at Bristol: Modern Paupe
 r
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121202T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121202T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as our Bristol store for our Modern Pauper Tournament.
  All you need to bring to participate is a Modern legal deck (eighth editi
 on onward) with only common cards. That’s right\, only commons! And yes\
 , Rancor no longer counts as common\, sorry about that! It’s a great for
 mat that really helps players weave interesting and new play strategies as
  they have to steer clear of all their favourite “I win” cards. So com
 e along\, test your mettle and let’s see what happens! \n\nBe aware the 
 banned list will be enforced and infect decks are not welcome. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/02/magic-gathering-bristol-m
 odern-pauper/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121203T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121203T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/03/magic-gathering-liverpool
 -1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Chicks Unravel Time at Forbidden Planet!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121205T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121205T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Kaite Welsh\, Juliet McKenna\, Una McCormack\, Iona Sharm
 a\, Elizabeth Bolton-Gabrielson and Laura Simpson unravelling time at Forb
 idden Planet London on Wednesday 5th December from 6 – 7pm!\n\nChicks Un
 ravel Time is the sister book to the 2011 Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Ti
 me Lords and features a host of award-winning female writers\, media profe
 ssionals and scientists\, examining each season of new and classic Doctor 
 Who from their unique perspectives.\n\nJoin our guests as they celebrate f
 emale writers and all things Doctor Who. They’ll be free to talk about t
 heir writing\, their love for science and for the show. This an evening to
  celebrate everything that chicks dig about Time Lords – and about Time 
 itself! \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/05/chicks-unravel-time-forbi
 dden-planet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Cornell launching London Falling
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121206T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121206T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Paul Cornell\, reading from and signing his first urban f
 antasy novel LONDON FALLING at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, Thu
 rsday 6th December 6 - 7pm!\n\nThe dark is rising . . .\n\nDetective Inspe
 ctor James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then h
 is prize suspect Rob Toshack is murdered in custody. Furious\, Quill pursu
 es the investigation\, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and underc
 over cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack’s murder is norm
 al. \n\nToshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity\, whose occu
 lt powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law – until his luck ran ou
 t. Now\, the team must find a 'suspect' who can bend space and time and al
 ter memory itself. And they will kill again. \n\nAs the group starts to se
 e London’s sinister magic for themselves\, they have two choices: panic 
 or use their new abilities. Then they must hunt a terrifying supernatural 
 force the only way they know how: using police methods\, equipment and tac
 tics. But they must all learn the rules of this new game - and quickly. Mo
 re than their lives will depend on it. \n\n‘He's gone and written a nove
 l too!  I suspect it will be just as good as everything else he's written\
 , and that's not fair at all’\nGeorge R R Martin\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/06/paul-cornell-launching-lo
 ndon-falling/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121207T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121207T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/07/magic-gathering-newcastle
 -1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control: 
 Demonstration in Cambridge
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121208T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121208T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>See it\, touch it\, try it\, BUY IT!</h3>\n\nStep inside o
 ur Cambridge Store and prepare to be amazed by the stunning Sonic Screwdri
 ver Universal Remote Control!\n\n<h3>LIVE DEMONSTRATION</h3>\n\nRichard Bl
 akesley\, one of the creators of the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Co
 ntrol - as seen on Dragons Den - will be performing live demonstrations an
 d answering all your questions.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/log
 /products/eleventh-doctors-sonic-screwdriver-remote-control/">Learn more a
 bout the Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control here.</a>.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/08/sonic-screwdriver-univers
 al-remote-control-demonst/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121210T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121210T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/10/magic-gathering-liverpool
 -2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Gareth L Powell's Ack-Ack Macaque
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121212T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121212T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:MONKEY BUSINESS AT FORBIDDEN PLANET!\n\nAnnouncing the launch 
 of Gareth L Powell's Ack-Ack Macaque at Forbidden Planet London\, Wednesda
 y 12th December 6 - 7pm.\n\nMONKEYS. NINJAS. ZEPPELINS. A science fiction 
 novel with a Steampunk sheen\, and a primate twist!\nIn 1944\, as waves of
  German ninjas parachute into Kent\, Britain's best hopes for victory lie 
 with a Spitfire pilot codenamed 'Ack-Ack Macaque’. The trouble is\, Ack-
 Ack Macaque is a cynical\, one-eyed\, cigar-chomping monkey\, and he's sta
 rting to doubt everything\, including his own existence. A century later\,
  in a world where France and Great Britain merged in the late 1950s and nu
 clear-powered Zeppelins circle the globe\, ex-journalist Victoria Valois f
 inds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the man who bu
 tchered her husband and stole her electronic soul. Meanwhile\, in Paris\, 
 after taking part in an illegal break-in at a research laboratory\, the he
 ir to the British throne goes on the run. And all the while\, the doomsday
  clock ticks towards Armageddon.\n\nGareth L Powell is the author of the S
 F novel Silversands and the critically acclaimed short story collection Th
 e Last Reef. His work has been published all over the world and featured i
 n a number of recent anthologies including Shine. Gareth lives in the West
  Country with his wife and two daughters.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/12/launching-gareth-l-powell
 s-ack-ack-macaque/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121214T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121214T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/14/magic-gathering-newcastle
 -2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ack-Ack Macaque in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121215T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121215T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Gareth L Powell will be signing Ac-Ack Macaque at Forbidden Pl
 anet Bristol on Saturday 15th December\, 1- 2pm.\n\nMONKEYS. NINJAS. ZEPPE
 LINS. A science fiction novel with a Steampunk sheen\, and a primate twist
 !\nIn 1944\, as waves of German ninjas parachute into Kent\, Britain's bes
 t hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed 'Ack-Ack Macaque
 ’. The trouble is\, Ack-Ack Macaque is a cynical\, one-eyed\, cigar-chom
 ping monkey\, and he's starting to doubt everything\, including his own ex
 istence. A century later\, in a world where France and Great Britain merge
 d in the late 1950s and nuclear-powered Zeppelins circle the globe\, ex-jo
 urnalist Victoria Valois finds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat and
  mouse with the man who butchered her husband and stole her electronic sou
 l. Meanwhile\, in Paris\, after taking part in an illegal break-in at a re
 search laboratory\, the heir to the British throne goes on the run. And al
 l the while\, the doomsday clock ticks towards Armageddon.\n\nGareth L Pow
 ell is the author of the SF novel Silversands and the critically acclaimed
  short story collection The Last Reef. His work has been published all ove
 r the world and featured in a number of recent anthologies including Shine
 . Gareth lives in the West Country with his wife and two daughters.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/15/ack-ack-macaque-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol: Anything Goe
 s
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121216T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121216T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to our Bristol store for our last event before the 
 Christmas break for your chance to play anything. That’s right\, anythin
 g at all! Bring which ever deck you like\, with whatever cards you have\, 
 standard\, modern\, vintage\, they are all more than welcome! \n\nTry your
  hand at Planechase\, destroy all your opponents in Archenemy\, team up fo
 r a game of Two-headed giant\, really whatever you want to do\, do it. \n\
 nThis is a great opportunity if you are a new player to come and test your
 self\, and learn from some slightly more experienced players. See you ther
 e!!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/16/magic-gathering-bristol-a
 nything-goes/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121217T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121217T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/17/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121221T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121221T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/12/21/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/07/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__417__1357563140.0
DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/11/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian Bolland signing Judge Dredd: The Compl
 ete Brian Bolland
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130112T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130112T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151553Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN BOLLAND will be signing JUDGE DREDD: THE COMPLETE BRIAN 
 BOLLAND (IDW) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 12th Ja
 nuary from 3 – 4pm.\n\nMega-City One\, 2099. This vast urban nightmare h
 as sprung up from the post-apocalyptic ashes of North America's east coast
 . Each of the 400 million citizens based there is a potential criminal and
  only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These future lawmen are judge\
 , jury\, and executioner. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - he is the 
 Law! \n\nBy the end of 1977 Brian Bolland was regularly handling art chore
 s for John Wagner's scripts on Judge Dredd. All told\, he illustrated 19 s
 tories. Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland collects these stories in 
 oversized format\, featuring meticulous modern coloring by Charlie Kirchof
 f.\n\nBrian Bolland has earned a reputation as one of the best cover artis
 ts in the industry\, and his elegantly composed and beautifully rendered p
 ieces have graced a host of titles\, including ANIMAL MAN\, BATMAN\, THE F
 LASH\, THE INVISIBLES\, WONDER WOMAN and many more. He’s also the design
 er of our legendary ‘People Like Us’ t-shirts.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/12/brian-bolland-signing-jud
 ge-dredd-complete-brian-b/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol: Two Headed G
 iant
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130113T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130113T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:It’s the New Year\, and let’s get casual night off with a 
 bang with a spot of Two-Headed Giant! \n\nAll you need to compete is a par
 tner with whom to play and an Extended format deck that obeys the Unified 
 Deck Construction Rules.  \n\nThis is a really interesting way to play\, w
 ith you and your team mate working to destroy your opponent in as swift a 
 manner as possible. So join us for what will prove to be an excellent star
 t to the year! \n\nBe aware the banned list will be enforced and infect de
 cks are not welcome. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/13/magic-gathering-bristol-t
 wo-headed-giant/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130114T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130114T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__413__1357563140.0
DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/14/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130118T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130118T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__418__1357563140.0
DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/18/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering At Bristol: The League E
 nds!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130120T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130120T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__392__1357563140.0
DESCRIPTION:<h3>The League Ends tonight!</h3>\n\nBut it is still not too l
 ate to make your mark!  Come and join the fun and get a taste of the compe
 tition for the next league - and maybe give us something to fear! The form
 at is Standard and we look forward to seeing you there.  \n\nBe aware the 
 banned list will be enforced. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/20/magic-gathering-bristol-l
 eague-ends/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130121T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130121T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__414__1357563140.0
DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/21/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Gaie Sebold signing Dangerous Gifts
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130124T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130124T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130109T110301Z
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DESCRIPTION:GAIE SEBOLD will be signing DANGEROUS GIFTS (Solaris) at the F
 orbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 24th January from 6 – 7pm.\
 n\nGaie Sebold’s brilliant female character\, Babylon Steel\, returns 
 – but has the warrior-turned-brothel-owner taken on a job too far?\n\nBa
 bylon has been offered a job. Two jobs\, really: bodyguard to Enthemmerlee
 \, a girl transformed into a figure of legend and spy for the barely-ackno
 wledged government of Scalentine. A prime target for assassination\, Babyl
 on must somehow turn Enthemmerlee’s useless household guard into a fight
 ing force\, while dodging the oppressive Moral Statutes. All of which woul
 d be hard enough\, were she not already distracted by threats to both her 
 livelihood and those dearest to her...\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/24/gaie-sebold-signing-dange
 rous-gifts/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130125T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130125T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130114T154738Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/25/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Gatecrash Pre-Release Weekend
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T000100Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T220000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T153120Z
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DESCRIPTION:Get your hands on the latest set of Magic The Gathering cards 
 a full week before their retail release.\n\n<strong>January 26th and 27th\
 , Holiday Inn Express - Croydon. Please note this is NOT taking place at t
 he Croydon store!</strong>\n\nEvents will run as follows: -\n\nSaturday (2
 6th)\n12am-5am Sealed Deck\n9am-3pm Sealed Deck\n5pm-10pm Sealed Deck\n\nS
 unday (27th)\n9am-3pm Sealed Deck\n5pm-10pm 2HG Sealed Deck\n\n£25 per ev
 ent\, in advance. Buy advanced tickets in store today!\n\nTickets bought o
 n the same day as the event will be £30\, so buy in advance and reserve y
 our place!\n\nBy reserving you get to pick your guild for each event (5 gu
 ilds = 5 different promos available).\n\nPlease note tickets will be avail
 able up to one hour before the start of each event from our Croydon store.
   Tickets are not available for purchase at the event location itself.\n\n
 Due to events taking place out of normal store opening hours\, we will be 
 opening the store for ticket purchases on Friday 25th at 22:00-23:00\, Sat
 urday 26th 7:30-8:00 and Sunday 27th at 7:30-8:00.\n\nRegistration for the
  event begins an hour before each event is due to start.\n\n\n\nBECOME YOU
 R GUILD'S KING! This pre-release we will be running Guild Kings. Whoever c
 omes top in each event for their respective guild will receive an addition
 al prize. It doesn't matter where you place as long as you are the top of 
 your guild.\n\nParticipation prizes for all players as well as prizes for 
 the top players!\n\nSpaces are limited so sign up now.  Please contact our
  Croydon store for more information.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/26/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -weekend/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Sealed Deck Tourn
 ament
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130117T095901Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__438__1358416741.0
DESCRIPTION:The event will be a sealed deck tournament and the tickets are
  just £25. This covers the cost of six Gate Crash boosters with which you
  will make your deck. In addition to the boosters each player will receive
  one promo card and one achievement card.\n\nThis set sees the release of 
 the last five guilds of Ravnica: The Orzhov Syndicate (white/black)\, Hous
 e Dimir (blue/black)\, The Gruul Clans (green/red)\, The Boros Legion (whi
 te/red)\, and The Simic Combine (blue/green).\n\nThis event is currently s
 old out but if you would like to observe a game in progress or get some hi
 nts and tips from the experts the games will be running all day Saturday. 
  During the event Gatecrash Intro Packs will be available to purchase whil
 e stocks last.\n\nPlease contact the store for further information.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/26/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -sealed-deck-tournament/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T143000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T183000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T112825Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a sealed deck MTG Gatecrash tournament!\n
 \nEach guild comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own p
 romo card! Free Guild-specific deck boxes also available (while stocks las
 t) so book your place now and select which Guild you will fight for.\n\nTi
 ckets are £25\, and there there are a limited number of places\, so pleas
 e book early to avoid disappointment. Players may attend both pre-release 
 events to fight for different Guilds. Please arrive at least twenty minute
 s before the start of the event to be registered.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/26/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -event/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130126T220000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__431__1357917022.0
DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get a hol
 d of the latest Magic The Gathering set a week before the official launch.
 \n\nThat’s right\, Gatecrash is fast approaching! This set sees the rele
 ase of the last five guilds of Ravnica: The Orzhov Syndicate (white/black)
 \, House Dimir (blue/black)\, The Gruul Clans (green/red)\, The Boros Legi
 on (white/red) and The Simic Combine (blue/green).\n\nAs with Return to Ra
 vnica each of the guilds will have a brand new mechanic and the set will f
 ocus on the use of multicoloured spells.  After the success of the last se
 t speculation is rife about this latest release\, with rumours that the Pl
 aneswalker Gideon will be making an appearance in this set and will be all
 ied to The Boros Legion! \n\nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, 
 and tickets are just £25 on the day or £23 if bought in advance.\n\nFor 
 this you will receive your guild box containing everything you need to joi
 n your guild\, five randomly selected Gatecrash boosters\, one guild speci
 fic booster\, one guild specific promo card\, a dice in your guild colours
 \, a guild crest sticker and a letter from your guild master welcoming you
  to the fold. But please remember to bring your own basic mana.\n\nSo sign
  up quickly\, spaces are limited and you would not want to miss out on thi
 s spectacular event! \n\nPlease arrive at least twenty minutes before the 
 start of the event to be registered.  Contact our Bristol store for more i
 nformation.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/26/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -event-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Gatecrash Pre-Release Tournament
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130117T095559Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__437__1358416559.0
DESCRIPTION:The event will be a 2 Headed Giant sealed deck tournament and 
 the tickets are just £35 for a team of 2 people. This covers the cost of 
 eight Gatecrash boosters with which you will make your decks. In addition 
 to the boosters each player will receive one promo card and one achievemen
 t card.\n\nThis set sees the release of the last five guilds of Ravnica: T
 he Orzhov Syndicate (white/black)\, House Dimir (blue/black)\, The Gruul C
 lans (green/red)\, The Boros Legion (white/red)\, and The Simic Combine (b
 lue/green).\n\nThis event is now sold out but if you would like to observe
  a game in progress or get some hints and tips from the experts the games 
 will be running all day Sunday.  During the event Gatecrash Intro Packs wi
 ll also be available for purchase while stocks last.\n\nPlease contact the
  store for further information.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/27/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -tournament/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__429__1357917022.0
DESCRIPTION:The event will be a sealed deck tournament and the tickets are
  just £25. This covers the cost of six Gatecrash boosters (while stocks l
 ast) with which you will make your deck (please bring your own mana). \n\n
 Each Guild comes with its own mechanism\, and more importantly its own pro
 mo card! Free Guild-specific deck boxes also available (while stocks last)
 . So book your place now and select which Guild you will fight for!\n\nThe
 re are a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment!
  Players may attend both pre-release events to fight for different Guilds.
  Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be
  registered.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/27/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -event-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130127T220000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130111T151022Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__430__1357917022.0
DESCRIPTION:Come on over to our Bristol store for your chance to get a hol
 d of the latest Magic The Gathering set a week before the official launch.
 \n\nThat’s right\, Gatecrash is fast approaching! This set sees the rele
 ase of the last five guilds of Ravnica: The Orzhov Syndicate (white/black)
 \, House Dimir (blue/black)\, The Gruul Clans (green/red)\, The Boros Legi
 on (white/red) and The Simic Combine (blue/green).\n\nAs with Return to Ra
 vnica each of the guilds will have a brand new mechanic and the set will f
 ocus on the use of multicoloured spells.  After the success of the last se
 t speculation is rife about this latest release\, with rumours that the Pl
 aneswalker Gideon will be making an appearance in this set and will be all
 ied to The Boros Legion! \n\nThe event will be a sealed deck tournament\, 
 and tickets are just £25 on the day or £23 if bought in advance.\n\nFor 
 this you will receive your guild box containing everything you need to joi
 n your guild\, five randomly selected Gatecrash boosters\, one guild speci
 fic booster\, one guild specific promo card\, a dice in your guild colours
 \, a guild crest sticker and a letter from your guild master welcoming you
  to the fold. But please remember to bring your own basic mana.\n\nSo sign
  up quickly\, spaces are limited and you would not want to miss out on thi
 s spectacular event! \n\nPlease arrive at least twenty minutes before the 
 start of the event to be registered.  Contact our Bristol store for more i
 nformation.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/27/mtg-gatecrash-pre-release
 -event-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130128T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130128T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130121T112005Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__415__1358767205.0
DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/01/28/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121036Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__433__1359720636.0
DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/01/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon 1st February
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121050Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__452__1359720650.0
DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for our weekly Friday N
 ight Magic Tournaments.\n\nWith the release of the new Magic the Gathering
  Gatecrash set we will be running a Gatecrash Booster Draft for each Frida
 y in February.  Entry to the draft is £14 and spaces are limited to 8 pla
 yers on a first come\, first served basis.\n\nWe will also be running a St
 andard Constructed event for anyone who does not want to draft or is unabl
 e too due to the limited spaces.  Entry to the Constructed event is £5.\n
 \nBoth events will have limited FNM promos up for grabs as well as additio
 nal prizes.  Taking part automatically includes you into our Forbidden Pla
 net FNM league where your seasonal points add over your entire play experi
 ence with us.\n\nEvent takes place at an external venue so please contact 
 the store for directions.  Please show up 20 minutes before the event star
 ts so you can be registered.\n\nPlease contact the Croydon store if you ha
 ve any further questions.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/01/magic-gathering-croydon-1
 st-february/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Intro Deck Tournament
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130203T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130203T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121102Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__445__1359720662.0
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for a Gatecrash intro deck tourna
 ment. A staple in our Magic scene now\, the tournament\nprovides an excell
 ent opportunity for new and old players to duel on a level playing field.\
 n\nAll you need to take part is one sealed Gatecrash intro deck\, players 
 will be able to modify that deck with the boosters that\ncome in the box a
 nd then play will begin.\n\nPrizes will be given to the top players\, so c
 ome and test your metal as you experience the latest offering from M:TG
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/03/magic-gathering-intro-dec
 k-tournament/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130204T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130204T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121113Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__439__1359720673.0
DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/04/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Laura Lam's Pantomime
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:We're delighted to be hosting the launch for LAURA LAM's stunn
 ing debut novel\, PANTOMIME (Strange Chemistry) at the Forbidden Planet Lo
 ndon Megastore on Thursday 7th February from 6 – 7pm.\n\nR.H. Ragona’s
  Circus of Magic is the greatest circus of Ellada. Nestled among the glowi
 ng blue Penglass – remnants of a mysterious civilisation long gone – a
 re wonders beyond the wildest imagination. It’s a place where anything s
 eems possible\, where if you close your eyes you can believe that the magi
 c and knowledge of the vanished Chimeras is still there. It’s a place wh
 ere anyone can hide. Iphigenia Laurus\, or Gene\, the daughter of a noble 
 family\, is uncomfortable in corsets and crinoline\, and prefers climbing 
 trees to debutante balls. Micah Grey\, a runaway living on the streets\, j
 oins the circus as an aerialist’s apprentice and soon becomes the circus
 ’s rising star. But Gene and Micah have balancing acts of their own to p
 erform\, and a secret in their blood that could unlock the mysteries of El
 lada.\n\nLaura Lam was raised near San Francisco\, California by two forme
 r Haight-Ashbury hippies. She relocated to Scotland in 2009 to be with her
  husband\, whom she met on the internet when he instant messaged her and i
 nsulted her taste in books. She almost blocked him but is glad she didn’
 t. At times she misses the sunshine.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/07/launching-laura-lams-pant
 omime/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121125Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/08/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] A Conspiracy of Authors - Liesel Schwarz and
  E. J. Swift
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130107T125220Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a double signing w
 ith two of this year’s most exciting new talents! Liesel Schwarz and E. 
 J. Swift will be at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8
 JR\, on Friday 8th February 2013.\n\nLiesel’s ‘Conspiracy of Alchemist
 s’ brings us a Golden Age where spark reactors power the airways\, and c
 reatures of Light and Shadow walk openly – and a deadly game of Alchemis
 ts and Warlocks has begun. When an unusual cargo drags airship-pilot Elle 
 Chance into the affairs of the mysterious Mr Marsh\, she must confront her
  destiny and do everything in her power to stop the Alchemists from unleas
 hing a magical apocalypse.\n\nIn 'Osiris'\, E. J. Swift brings us Adelaide
  Rechnov\, wealthy socialite and granddaughter of the Architect\, who spen
 ds her spends time in pointless luxury\, rebelling against her family. In 
 the impoverished Western Quarter lives Vikram Bai\, poor descendant of sto
 rm refugees and effectively quarantined from the wealthy elite. His people
  live with cold and starvation\, but the coming brutal winter promises civ
 il unrest\, and a return to the riots of previous years. As tensions rise 
 in the city\, can Adelaide and Vikram bridge the divide at the heart of Os
 iris before conspiracies bring them to the edge of disaster?\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/08/conspiracy-authors-liesel
 -schwarz-and-e-j-swift/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon 8th February
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121614Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for our weekly Friday N
 ight Magic Tournaments.\n\nWith the release of the new Magic the Gathering
  Gatecrash set we will be running a Gatecrash Booster Draft for each Frida
 y in February.  Entry to the draft is £14 and spaces are limited to 8 pla
 yers on a first come\, first served basis.\n\nWe will also be running a St
 andard Constructed event for anyone who does not want to draft or is unabl
 e too due to the limited spaces.  Entry to the Constructed event is £5.\n
 \nBoth events will have limited FNM promos up for grabs as well as additio
 nal prizes.  Taking part automatically includes you into our Forbidden Pla
 net FNM league where your seasonal points add over your entire play experi
 ence with us.\n\nEvent takes place at an external venue so please contact 
 the store for directions.  Please show up 20 minutes before the event star
 ts so you can be registered.\n\nPlease contact the Croydon store if you ha
 ve any further questions.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/08/magic-gathering-croydon-1
 st-february_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Diggle & Jock Signing Snapshot # 1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T124818Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock will be signing cop
 ies of the Forbidden Planet variant edition of their new comic\, Snapshot\
 , at 4:00pm on Saturday 9th February at our London Megastore.</strong>\n\n
 Jake Dobson is your typical nerd\; works at the Near-Mint Rhino comic-book
  store in San Francisco. But when he finds a lost cell phone\, he's horrif
 ied to discover it's full of snapshots of a murder victim.\n\nSuddenly he 
 finds himself hunted by a vengeful hitman who wants his phone back. and Ja
 ke in a body bag! And then things start to get really complicated...\n\nAn
 dy Diggle and Jock have both worked separately for 2000AD\, Marvel and DC 
 but are best known for their collaborations - including Green Arrow: Year 
 One and The Losers. \n\nPlease note that\, due to time constraints\, we ma
 y have to limit the number of items signed - and there may not be time for
  artist sketches.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/09/diggle-jock-signing-snaps
 hot-issue-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering: New League Starts!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121139Z
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DESCRIPTION:Our new League starts in February\, so come along to the Brist
 ol store and join the action! \n\nStandard format deck construction applie
 s\, so you can use anything from Innistrad to the new Gatecrash cards. Eac
 h night you will be pitted against five opponents\, the league will run ro
 ughly bi-weekly\, and by the end our champion will be crowned.\n\nIt is fr
 ee to enter and the top players will receive a prize so come along\, have 
 a laugh and beat your enemies to a fine paste.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/10/magic-gathering-new-leagu
 e-starts/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121151Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/11/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121217Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/15/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon 15th February
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121227Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for our weekly Friday N
 ight Magic Tournaments.\n\nWith the release of the new Magic the Gathering
  Gatecrash set we will be running a Gatecrash Booster Draft for each Frida
 y in February.  Entry to the draft is £14 and spaces are limited to 8 pla
 yers on a first come\, first served basis.\n\nWe will also be running a St
 andard Constructed event for anyone who does not want to draft or is unabl
 e too due to the limited spaces.  Entry to the Constructed event is £5.\n
 \nBoth events will have limited FNM promos up for grabs as well as additio
 nal prizes.  Taking part automatically includes you into our Forbidden Pla
 net FNM league where your seasonal points add over your entire play experi
 ence with us.\n\nEvent takes place at an external venue so please contact 
 the store for directions.  Please show up 20 minutes before the event star
 ts so you can be registered.\n\nPlease contact the Croydon store if you ha
 ve any further questions.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/15/magic-gathering-croydon-1
 st-february_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering: Commander Night
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121241Z
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DESCRIPTION:It is Commander night (other wise known as EDH) at our Bristol
  store\, so brush off your best legendary creature and join the fun. A sta
 ple of our M:TG scene now Commander is a strictly multi-player format not 
 for the faint hearted.\n\nAll you need to attend is a deck made up of exac
 tly 100 cards\, all of which must be singles excluding for basic mana. \n\
 nPlease be aware that band lists do apply and infect decks are forbidden.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/17/magic-gathering-commander
 -night/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130218T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130218T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121250Z
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DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/18/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Join Christopher Brookmyre in Bedlam!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141444Z
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DESCRIPTION:CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE will be signing BEDLAM (Orbit) at the Fo
 rbidden Planet London Megastore on Tuesday 19th February from 6 – 7pm.\n
 \nHeaven is a prison. Hell is a playground. Would it be your ultimate fant
 asy to enter the world of a video game? \n\nA realm where you don't have t
 o go to work or worry about your health\; where you can look like a hero o
 r a goddess\; where you can fly space-ships\, slay dragons\, yet all of it
  feels completely real. A realm where there are no consequences and no res
 ponsibilities. \n\nOr would it be your worst nightmare? Stuck in an endles
 s state of war and chaos where the pain and fear feels real and from which
  not even death can offer an escape. Prison or playground. Heaven or hell.
  This is where you find out. This is white-knuckle action\, sprawling adve
 nture\, merciless satire and outrageous humour like you've never experienc
 ed. This is Bedlam. \n\nTold with Brookmyre’s black humour\, Bedlam is a
  white-knuckle ride satire about life\, ever lasting life and everything i
 n between. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/19/join-christopher-brookmyr
 e-bedlam/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Francis Knight signing Fade To Black
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141500Z
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DESCRIPTION:FRANCIS KNIGHT will be signing her amazing debut novel FADE TO
  BLACK (Orbit) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 21st F
 ebruary from 6 – 7pm.\n\nFROM THE DEPTHS OF A VALLEY RISES THE CITY OF M
 AHALA…\n\nIt's a city built upwards – where streets are built upon str
 eets\, buildings upon buildings.  A city that the Ministry rules from the 
 sunlit summit\, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under.\n\nR
 ojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows\, because he's got things t
 o hide. Things like being a pain-mage\, with the forbidden power to draw m
 agic from pain. But when the fate of Mahala depends on him using his magic
 \, he can't hide for ever.\n\nFrom a British debut fantasy author comes th
 e first adventure of Rojan Dizon – a debut fantasy tale of corruption an
 d dark magic set in a world that's both vertigo-inducing and awe-inspiring
 .\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/21/francis-knight-signing-fa
 de-black/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121301Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__436__1359720781.0
DESCRIPTION:Come and join our Newcastle team for some Friday Night Magic! 
 Friday from 3pm until 6pm\, the store runs a fully sanctioned FNM\, with p
 romos! It is free entry\, so what is there to lose?\n\nThe format is stand
 ard\, so bring along your standard decks\, cardslingers!\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=a
 ddition-date-desc">See more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/22/magic-gathering-newcastle
 _1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Croydon 22nd February
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121311Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for our weekly Friday N
 ight Magic Tournaments.\n\nWith the release of the new Magic the Gathering
  Gatecrash set we will be running a Gatecrash Booster Draft for each Frida
 y in February.  Entry to the draft is £14 and spaces are limited to 8 pla
 yers on a first come\, first served basis.\n\nWe will also be running a St
 andard Constructed event for anyone who does not want to draft or is unabl
 e too due to the limited spaces.  Entry to the Constructed event is £5.\n
 \nBoth events will have limited FNM promos up for grabs as well as additio
 nal prizes.  Taking part automatically includes you into our Forbidden Pla
 net FNM league where your seasonal points add over your entire play experi
 ence with us.\n\nEvent takes place at an external venue so please contact 
 the store for directions.  Please show up 20 minutes before the event star
 ts so you can be registered.\n\nPlease contact the Croydon store if you ha
 ve any further questions.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/22/magic-gathering-croydon-1
 st-february_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Gatecrash Games Day in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T135749Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Newcastle Forbidden Planet team in-store to celebrate
  the newly released Gatecrash set at the Magic: The Gathering Gatecrash Ga
 me Day!\n\nYou've had a few weeks to get used to the new Guilds\, so let's
  put it into practice.  This is a Standard Format tournament\, so tailor y
 our 60 card deck to include everything from Innistrad onwards.  Will one o
 f the new Guilds rule the day or will a non-guild deck win out?\n\nEntry i
 s free and we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for First Place\, Full-Art
  Firemane Avenger for the top 8 and Full-Art Zameck Guildmage for everyone
 ! \n\nWe welcome all levels of player\, so please don't be afraid to come 
 along\, even if you've never played before. It's a great way to learn and 
 the other players can give you tips and keep you right. And even if you do
 n't win\, you still get a cool promo card just for playing!\n\nPlaces are 
 limited so please book your place now!                                    
                                               \nPlease arrive at least twe
 nty minutes before the start of the event to be registered.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/23/mtg-gatecrash-games-day-n
 ewcastle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Gatecrash Games Day in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T183000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T112947Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for our Magic: The Gath
 ering Gatecrash Game Day.\n\nWe will be holding a Standard Format Construc
 ted tournament\, tickets are just £5 a player.  This will be the first ch
 ance for players to use the new Gatecrash cards in standard!\n\nPrizes and
  limited Game Day promotional cards up for grabs.  The winner of the tourn
 ament will receive a Game Day Champion Play Mat\, not available in stores\
 , as well as the previously mentioned boosters and promos.\n\nThe event is
  held at an external venue\, please contact the store for more details.  N
 ote registration begins 20 minutes before the start of the event.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/24/mtg-gatecrash-games-day-c
 roydon/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Gatecrash Games Day in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T112423Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Bristol Forbidden Planet team to celebrate the newly 
 released Gatecrash set.\n\nFor this event we will be running a Lightning D
 eck Tournament.  To compete you will need a deck of exactly forty cards us
 ing only the current standard sets (Innistrad to Gatecrash).\n\nIt will pr
 ove to be an interesting night as opponents are force to strip their decks
  back to the very essentials.   Are you up for the challenge?\n\nEntry is 
 free and we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for First Place\, Full-Art F
 iremane Avenger for the top 8 and Full-Art Zameck Guildmage for everyone! 
 \n\nWe welcome all levels of player\, so please don't be afraid to come al
 ong\, even if you've never played before. It's a great way to learn and th
 e other players can give you tips and keep you right. And even if you don'
 t win\, you still get a cool promo card just for playing!\n\nPlaces are li
 mited so please book your place now\, contact the store for more details. 
  Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be
  registered.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/24/mtg-gatecrash-games-day-b
 ristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering in Liverpool
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130225T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130225T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121321Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__442__1359720801.0
DESCRIPTION:Staff will be on hand to sign you up for your free DCI number\
 , and introduce you to the game. If you\nhave a DCI number already\, you c
 an log in and have a few games\n\nThis is a great opportunity to meet some
  other Magic: the Gathering Players in your community\, and\nplay some gam
 es. It will also give you a chance to let our team know what kind of event
 s you want\nto see in the area!\n\nThis will be a sanctioned event\, so yo
 u can earn Planeswalker points just for the day!\n\nPlease note - Last adm
 ittance for this event is at 19:00.\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/?tag=magic-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">Se
 e more Magic The Gathering here!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/25/magic-gathering-liverpool
 _1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Peter V Brett launching The Daylight War
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141514Z
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DESCRIPTION:PETER V BRETT will be reading from and signing his stunning no
 vel\, THE DAYLIGHT WAR (HarperCollins) at the Forbidden Planet London Mega
 store on Tuesday 26th February from 6 – 7pm.\n\nIn THE DAYLIGHT WAR\, Bo
 ok Three of the hugely successful DEMON CYCLE\, humanity is fighting back.
  Although the night still belongs to the demons that arise as the sun sets
 \, new wards and weapons are giving those willing to fight in the darkness
  a chance to retaliate against their core-spawned enemies. But\, as humani
 ty is about to learn\, not all monsters are confined to the dark.\n\nCivil
  war ravages the north and south\, battles fought between those who should
  be working together. It is up to Arlen the Painted Man and Jardir the Del
 iverer to put aside their differences and bring their people to terms if t
 hey are to have any chance of saving their civilisation from demon-rule.\n
 \nPeter V. Brett went to the University at Buffalo\, where he studied Dung
 eons & Dragons\, fencing (and girls) and gained a Bachelor of Arts degree 
 in English. Following college\, Peter managed a comic shop and explored me
 dical publishing. He lives in Brooklyn\, NY.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/02/26/peter-v-brett-launching-d
 aylight-war/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130301T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130301T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T170606Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Croydon
  and Newcastle Stores.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/#croy
 don-store">Croydon - 19:00 to 22:30</a>\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/stores/#newcastle-store">Newcastle - 15:00 to 18:00</a>\n\nOur stores
  will be running Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos a
 vailable to win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you
  are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nEach store has their own events sc
 hedule\, so please contact your local store for more information on what i
 s happening near you!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magi
 c-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic T
 he Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/01/friday-night-magic-forbid
 den-planet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG Sealed Deck Event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130302T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130302T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join our Southampton store for some Magic! This event will be 
 a sealed deck tournament using the latest set and the tickets are just £2
 5. Each player will receive six Gatecrash boosters with which to make a de
 ck\, land will be provided.  Prizes for top placing players.\n\nThere are 
 a limited number of places\, so book early to avoid disappointment!  Pleas
 e arrive 30 minutes prior to the event for registration.\n\nPlease contact
  the Southampton store for more information.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/02/mtg-sealed-deck-event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Robert 'Kryten' Llewellyn at Forbidden 
 Planet!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130302T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130302T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>ROBERT LLEWELLYN will be revealing all – even the re
 ally embarrassing bits – in THE MAN IN THE RUBBER MASK\, this completely
  updated inside story of RED DWARF. He’ll also be signing it at the Forb
 idden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 2nd March 1 – 2pm.</strong>\n\
 nIt was 1989 when Robert Llewellyn first had his head encased in the one-p
 iece latex foam-rubber balaclava that was Kryten\, and it gave him a disti
 nctly funny turn.\n\nGazing at his own reflection and seeing the face of a
  robot staring back was surprisingly scary\, not to mention sweaty. And he
  couldn’t even eat his lunch . Since then\, he has sweated\, frozen\, 
 been set on fire\, exploded\, spent thousands of hours in the make-up chai
 r and thousands more being taunted by Craig Charles. So it is a testament 
 to the joyful camaraderie and life-enhancing silliness of Red Dwarf that 2
 3 years later\, Robert was still willing to risk life\, limb and hairline 
 to don the rubber torture helmet for Red Dwarf X\, the triumphant return o
 f the motley band of space bums.\n\nRobert Llewellyn is an actor\, novelis
 t\, screenwriter\, comedian and TV presenter. As well as starring in Red D
 warf he has presented Scrapheap Challenge\, How Do They Do It? and his own
  online show\, Carpool. He is the author of five novels\, including News f
 rom Gardenia published by Unbound. He writes under a rack of solar panels 
 in Gloucestershire.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/02/meet-robert-kryten-llewel
 lyn-forbidden-planet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Emma Newman's 'Between Two Thorns'
  in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130307T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130307T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141557Z
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DESCRIPTION:EMMA NEWMAN will be reading from and signing her amazing debut
  novel BETWEEN TWO THORNS (Angry Robot) at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Me
 gastore on Thursday 7th March from from 6 – 7pm.\n\nSomething is wrong i
 n Aquae Sulis\, Bath’s secret mirror city.\n\nThe new season is starting
  and the Master of Ceremonies is missing. Max\, an Arbiter of the Split Wo
 rlds Treaty\, is assigned with the task of finding him with no one to help
  but a dislocated soul and a mad sorcerer. There is a witness but his memo
 ries have been bound by magical chains only the enemy can break. A rebelli
 ous woman trying to escape her family may prove to be the ally Max needs. 
 But can she be trusted? And why does she want to give up eternal youth and
  the life of privilege she’s been born into?\n\n“Emma Newman is an ext
 raordinary new voice in SF/F.”\nPaul Cornell\, Hugo Award winner\, and a
 uthor of London Falling and Saucer Country \n\n“Emma Newman has built a 
 modern fantasy world with such élan and authority her ideas of why and ho
 w the seemingly irrational world of Fairy works should be stolen by every 
 other writer in the field. Her characters are\ncomplex and troubled\, cour
 ageous at times and foolhardy.\nThis book of wonders is first rate.”\nBi
 ll Willingham\, Eisner Award winner\, and creator of Fables\n\nNEW COMPETI
 TION: Everyone who pre-orders a copy of Emma Newman's Between Two Thorns w
 ill have their name entered into a draw. The winner will have a character 
 named after them in Book 3 in the series - All Is Fair - which is publishe
 d in October of this year.\n\nAdditionally\, everyone who attends a launch
  event in Bristol or London will receive an envelope. Inside this envelope
  will be a card containing an exclusive short story set inside the Split W
 orlds. This story will not be published anywhere else\, so the cards are d
 estined to be real collectors' items. Emma will\, of course\, sign these a
 t the event.\n\nAnd if that weren't enough! One of the envelopes in Bristo
 l and London will also contain a Golden Ticket* which will entitle the win
 ner to receive a copy of the book weeks before it is published in June.\n\
 n*Ticket colour may change.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/07/launching-emma-newmans-be
 tween-two-thorns-bristol/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] S J Harris signing Eustace
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130307T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130307T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141543Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come and meet S J HARRIS signing his stunning graphic novel EU
 STACE (Jonathan Cape) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday
  7th March from 6 – 7pm.\n\nA blackly comic and surreal tale which will 
 draw you in and spit you out. A beautifully rendered debut.\n\nPoor Eustac
 e is not very well. Convalescing in bed\, his world is confined to the fou
 r walls of his grand and gloomy room. His days are spent in wild imagining
 s\, punctuated by the occasional visit from his mother and a legion of Aun
 ties\, who fuss and smother Eustace.\n\nBut then his wicked uncle arrives 
 in a cloud of pipe smoke\, accompanied by a swelling cast of prostitutes\,
  hoodlums\, drunkards and assorted hangers-on. Suddenly Eustace finds hims
 elf transformed from invalid to the star of a glittering and decadent soci
 al scene\, serving drinks and holding court from his enormous bed. That is
 \, until his Uncle's past begins to catch up with him...\n\nEustace marks 
 the debut of a brilliant new graphic novelist.\n\nSteven Harris is a Briti
 sh cartoonist and writer\, based in London. He has illustrated a range of 
 books for the Nightingale Press's Modern Anthropology range of humorous Mo
 dern Guides\, including Hats (which he also authored)\, Drink\, and Specta
 cles. He is also the author of the long-running web comics Paper Cuts and 
 Eustace\, both published on H2G2 under the pseudonym spimcoot. Eustace is 
 his first full-length graphic novel.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/07/s-j-harris-signing-eustac
 e/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130308T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130308T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130301T175314Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Croydon
  and Newcastle Stores.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/#croy
 don-store">Croydon - 19:00 to 22:30</a>\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/stores/#newcastle-store">Newcastle - 15:00 to 18:00</a>\n\nOur stores
  will be running Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos a
 vailable to win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you
  are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nEach store has their own events sc
 hedule\, so please contact your local store for more information on what i
 s happening near you!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magi
 c-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic T
 he Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/08/friday-night-magic-forbid
 den-planet_1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Emma Newman's 'Between Two Thorns'
  in London
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130308T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130308T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141608Z
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DESCRIPTION:EMMA NEWMAN will be reading from and signing her amazing debut
  novel BETWEEN TWO THORNS (Angry Robot) at the Forbidden Planet London Meg
 astore on Friday 8th March from from 6 – 7pm.\n\nSomething is wrong in A
 quae Sulis\, Bath’s secret mirror city.\n\nThe new season is starting an
 d the Master of Ceremonies is missing. Max\, an Arbiter of the Split World
 s Treaty\, is assigned with the task of finding him with no one to help bu
 t a dislocated soul and a mad sorcerer. There is a witness but his memorie
 s have been bound by magical chains only the enemy can break. A rebellious
  woman trying to escape her family may prove to be the ally Max needs. But
  can she be trusted? And why does she want to give up eternal youth and th
 e life of privilege she’s been born into?\n\n“Emma Newman is an extrao
 rdinary new voice in SF/F.”\nPaul Cornell\, Hugo Award winner\, and auth
 or of London Falling and Saucer Country \n\n“Emma Newman has built a mod
 ern fantasy world with such élan and authority her ideas of why and how t
 he seemingly irrational world of Fairy works should be stolen by every oth
 er writer in the field. Her characters are\ncomplex and troubled\, courage
 ous at times and foolhardy.\nThis book of wonders is first rate.”\nBill 
 Willingham\, Eisner Award winner\, and creator of Fables\n\nNEW COMPETITIO
 N: Everyone who pre-orders a copy of Emma Newman's Between Two Thorns will
  have their name entered into a draw. The winner will have a character nam
 ed after them in Book 3 in the series - All Is Fair - which is published i
 n October of this year.\n\nAdditionally\, everyone who attends a launch ev
 ent in Bristol or London will receive an envelope. Inside this envelope wi
 ll be a card containing an exclusive short story set inside the Split Worl
 ds. This story will not be published anywhere else\, so the cards are dest
 ined to be real collectors' items. Emma will\, of course\, sign these at t
 he event.\n\nAnd if that weren't enough! One of the envelopes in Bristol a
 nd London will also contain a Golden Ticket* which will entitle the winner
  to receive a copy of the book weeks before it is published in June.\n\n*T
 icket colour may change.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/08/launching-emma-newmans-be
 tween-two-thorns-london/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130309T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130309T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141623Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>DOCTOR WHO 50th ANNIVERSARY SIGNING\nwith\nBEN AARONOVITCH
 \,   DAN ABNETT\,\nTERRANCE DICKS and GARY RUSSELL</h3>\n\nFORBIDDEN PLANE
 T are celebrating the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO with a special signin
 g of the 50th Anniversary Collection from BBC Books. Eleven classic novels
 \, one for each Doctor – repackaged with new introductions. And we have 
 four of the authors for a special event on Saturday 9th March 1 – 2pm at
  the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London SE1 0UP.
 \n\nPLAYERS (TERRANCE DICKS) Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle
  of the Boer War\, the Sixth Doctor is soon involved in the adventures of 
 struggling politician and war correspondent Winston Churchill. Of course\,
  he knows Churchill is destined for great things\, but unseen forces seem 
 to be interfering with Winston's historic career. The Doctor suspects the 
 hidden hand of the Players\, mysterious beings who regard human history as
  little more than a game. With time running out\, can the Doctor find the 
 right moves to defeat them?\n\nREMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS (BEN AARONOVITCH)
  With unfinished business to attend to\, the Seventh Doctor returns to whe
 re it all began: Coal Hill School in London in 1963. Last time he was here
 \, the Doctor left something behind - a powerful Time Lord artefact that c
 ould unlock the secrets of time travel. Can the Doctor retrieve it before 
 two rival factions of Daleks track it down? And even if he can\, how will 
 the Doctor prevent the whole of London becoming a war zone as the Daleks m
 eet in explosive confrontation?\n\nBEAUTIFUL CHAOS (GARY RUSSELL) Wilfred 
 Mott is very happy: his granddaughter\, Donna\, is back home\, catching up
  with family and gossiping about her journeys\, and he has just discovered
  a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor with him
  to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor soon discovers something else new\
 , and worryingly bright\, in the heavens - something that is heading for E
 arth. It's an ancient force from the Dark Times. And it is very\, very ang
 ry.\n\nTHE SILENT STARS GO BY (DAN ABNETT) The winter festival is approach
 ing for the hardy colony of Morphans\, but no one is in the mood to celebr
 ate. They're trying to build a new life on a cold new world\, but each yea
 r gets harder and harder. It's almost as if some dark force is working aga
 inst them. Then three mysterious travelers arrive out of the midwinter nig
 ht\, one of them claiming to be a doctor. Are they bringing the gift of sa
 lvation or doom? And what else might be lurking out there\, about to wake 
 up?\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/09/doctor-who-50th-anniversa
 ry-signing/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: The League Continues in March
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130310T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130310T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130306T120441Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the Bristol store for the second night of our ne
 w league and join the action! Standard format deck construction applies\, 
 so you can use anything from Innistrad to the new Gatecrash cards. Each ni
 ght you will be pitted against five opponents\, the league will run roughl
 y bi-weekly\, and by the end our champion will be crowned. 							\n\nIt i
 s free to enter and the top players will receive a prize - so come along\,
  have a laugh and beat your enemies to a fine paste! 							
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/10/mtg-league-continues-marc
 h/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Cornell signing Wolverine #1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130313T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130313T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T155630Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL CORNELL will be signing copies of the Forbidden Planet va
 riant edition of his new comic\, WOLVERINE\, at the Forbidden Planet Londo
 n Megastore on Wednesday 13th March from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe best there is a
 t what he does gets an all-new on-going series! When Wolverine finds himse
 lf the bargaining chip in a hostage situation\, he must make a decision to
  save a little boy that will follow him forever - literally! \n\nThe Forbi
 dden Planet variant edition features Wolverine plus fan-favourite Deadpool
 \, illustrated by Salvador Larroca.\n\nPaul Cornell is a writer of SF/F in
  prose\, television and comics.  He's written Doctor Who for the BBC\, Sup
 erman and Batman for DC\, and is the creator of Saucer Country for Vertigo
 .  He's now writing Wolverine for Marvel Comics\, and his first urban fant
 asy novel\, London Falling\, is out from Tor.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/13/paul-cornell-signing-wolv
 erine-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130315T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130315T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130301T175540Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Croydon
  and Newcastle Stores.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/#croy
 don-store">Croydon - 19:00 to 22:30</a>\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/stores/#newcastle-store">Newcastle - 15:00 to 18:00</a>\n\nOur stores
  will be running Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos a
 vailable to win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you
  are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nEach store has their own events sc
 hedule\, so please contact your local store for more information on what i
 s happening near you!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magi
 c-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic T
 he Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/15/friday-night-magic-forbid
 den-planet_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Paul Terry and Tara Bennett signing Fringe: 
 September's Notebook
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130316T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130316T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T145835Z
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DESCRIPTION:PAUL TERRY and TARA BENNETT will be signing FRINGE: SEPTEMBER'
 S NOTEBOOK (Titan Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Satur
 day 16th March from 1 – 2pm.\n\nA revelation for fans and super fans ali
 ke\, Fringe: September’s Notebook includes exclusive photos and concept 
 art\, and reveals quirks and little-known facts about each character\, ins
 ight into fringe science and much more. Design features throughout the boo
 k build upon the many symbols and codes woven into the show’s fabric\, u
 ncovering truths never before revealed.\n \nFringe: September’s Notebook
  is an extension of the show and its mythology like no other. Within the b
 ook\, every single word\, sketch\, photo\, and official document has been 
 painstakingly put together (under the guidance of series executive produce
 r/showrunner J.H. Wyman and former executive producer Jeff Pinkner) with c
 ontributions from the Fringe production department. More than a year in th
 e making from its inception\, with material that spans all five seasons\, 
 authors Tara Bennett and Paul Terry (who together coauthored the official 
 LOST Encyclopedia) worked with the television show’s production team on 
 a daily basis to develop and evolve Fringe: September’s Notebook into th
 e world’s first fully integrated licensed publication that has emerged f
 rom within the television series’ storyline itself.\n \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/16/paul-terry-and-tara-benne
 tt-signing-fringe-septemb/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG in Bristol: Modern Pauper
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130317T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130317T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130306T120932Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as our Bristol store for our Modern Pauper Tournament.
  All you need to bring to participate is a Modern legal deck (eighth editi
 on onward) with only common cards. That’s right\, only commons! And yes\
 , Rancor no longer counts as common\, sorry about that! \n\nIt’s a great
  format that really helps players weave interesting and new play strategie
 s as they have to steer clear of all their favourite “I win” cards. So
  come along\, test your mettle and let’s see what happens! 	\n\nBe aware
  the banned list will be enforced and infect decks are not welcome.	
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/17/mtg-bristol-modern-pauper
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130322T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130322T223000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130301T175656Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Croydon
  and Newcastle Stores.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/#croy
 don-store">Croydon - 19:00 to 22:30</a>\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/stores/#newcastle-store">Newcastle - 15:00 to 18:00</a>\n\nOur stores
  will be running Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos a
 vailable to win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you
  are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nEach store has their own events sc
 hedule\, so please contact your local store for more information on what i
 s happening near you!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magi
 c-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic T
 he Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/22/friday-night-magic-forbid
 den-planet_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic: Moon Phase Tournament
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130322T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130322T210000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130311T093527Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for another Friday Night Magic\, 
 and this time we are running a Innistrad block constructed event. \n\nAll 
 you need to compete is a block constructed Innistrad deck. Prizes will be 
 given to the top players.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/22/mtg-friday-night-multi-pl
 ayer-tournament/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Cory Doctorow signing The Rapture of the Ner
 ds
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130323T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130323T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141637Z
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DESCRIPTION:CORY DOCTOROW will be signing THE RAPTURE OF THE NERDS (Titan 
 Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 23rd March fro
 m 1 – 2pm.\n\n“Moving at light speed with a light touch\, the novel mi
 xes up a frothy cocktail of technological speculation and a wide variety o
 f geeky in-jokes...” — Publishers Weekly\n\nWelcome to the fractured f
 uture\, at the dusk of the 21st century. Earth has a population of roughly
  a billion\, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Young H
 uw\, technophobic\, misanthropic\, has been selected for Tech Jury Service
 \, a task he does his best to perform despite an itchy technovirus\, the a
 pathy of the proletariat\, and some truly awful moments on bathroom floors
 .\n\nCory Doctorow is the co-editor of BoingBoing (the popular weblog rece
 iving over 27 million page views per month)\, and contributor to The Guard
 ian\, the New York Times\, Wired\, and many others. He has won the Locus a
 nd Sunburst Awards. In 2007\, Entertainment Weekly called him\, "The Willi
 am Gibson of his generation." Doctorow’s New York Times bestseller Littl
 e Brother was published in May 2008\; the novel sold over 200K copies in 2
 0 territories and received numerous awards.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/23/cory-doctorow-signing-rap
 ture-nerds/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Osprey Books' Myths & Legends at Forbidden P
 lanet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130323T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130323T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T093913Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing to celebrate
  the arrival of the new MYTHS AND LEGENDS SERIES FROM OSPREY BOOKS. Come a
 nd meet authors at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
 \, London SE1 0UP on Saturday 23rd March from 4 – 5pm!\n\nOsprey’s bea
 utiful new Myths and Legends series seeks to recapture the joy and fascina
 tion that we all felt as children when we first discovered these great sto
 ries\, and to present them for a slightly older\, more discerning audience
 . Each book in the series includes a retelling of the classic myth or lege
 nd in a straightforward\, but exciting\, narrative style\, and also an ana
 lysis of the story\, explaining its place in history\, its development and
  modification over time and its enduring legacy. All the information is ba
 cked by illustrations\, both newly commissioned artwork plates and the tra
 ditional artworks that have helped keep these stories alive over the centu
 ries.\n\nCome and meet  Joseph McCullough and Neil Smith\, authors of the 
 first two books in the series\, Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to Saint Georg
 e and Jason and the Argonauts!\n\nJoseph A McCullough is the author of sev
 eral non-fiction books including A Pocket History of Ireland and Osprey’
 s Zombies: A Hunter’s Guide. He also co-wrote The Grey Mountains\, a sup
 plement for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing game.\n\nNeil Smith is a freelan
 ce writer who has an undergraduate degree in Classics and Medieval History
 \, and a Master’s Degree and PhD in History. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/23/osprey-books-myths-legend
 s-forbidden-planet/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Sunday Magic Casual Play
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130324T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130324T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Sunday is Magic Casual Play at the Birmingham store!</h3>\
 n\nThis Sunday we will be encouraging players of all ages and skills to tu
 rn up and play for fun!   We will supply land cards and you can bring any 
 Magic the Gathering cards from any series to play.\n\nThis is a good oppor
 tunity to learn to play Magic and to meet fellow players and while stocks 
 last there will be promotional cards available for participants.\n\nPlease
  contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/24/sunday-magic-casual-play/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: The League Continues
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130324T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130324T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T120938Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the Bristol store for the third night of our lea
 gue and join the action! Standard format deck construction applies\, so yo
 u can use anything from Innistrad to the new Gatecrash cards. Each night y
 ou will be pitted against five opponents\, the league will run roughly bi-
 weekly\, and by the end our champion will be crowned. \n\nIt is free to en
 ter and the top players will receive a prize so come along have a laugh an
 d beat your enemies to a fine paste.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/24/mtg-league-continues/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic at Forbidden Planet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130329T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130329T223000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Croydon
  and Newcastle Stores.\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/#croy
 don-store">Croydon - 19:00 to 22:30</a>\n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet
 .com/stores/#newcastle-store">Newcastle - 15:00 to 18:00</a>\n\nOur stores
  will be running Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos a
 vailable to win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you
  are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nEach store has their own events sc
 hedule\, so please contact your local store for more information on what i
 s happening near you!\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=magi
 c-the-gathering&q=&gtin=&size=60&sort=addition-date-desc">See more Magic T
 he Gathering here!</a></h3>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/29/friday-night-magic-forbid
 den-planet_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Join International Table Top Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130330T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130330T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>PLAY MORE GAMES!</h3>\n\n<strong>Saturday 30th March is In
 ternational Table Top Day.  Visit your local Forbidden Planet to play a ga
 me you love - or to discover what gaming is all about!</strong>\n\nInterna
 tional TableTop Day is a reminder to spend more time and strengthen the bo
 nds with the people who matter most\, our friends and family\, by playing 
 games together. Tabletop gaming promotes many positive social and cognitiv
 e benefits like increased communication\, team work\, planning\, and is an
  excellent stress relieving activity for all ages.  Oh yes\, and it is gre
 at fun too!\n\n<strong>Try Fluxx at Birmingham & Southampton</strong> Come
  and join in the fun with Fluxx\, the card game with ever-changing rules! 
 Each card alters the way you play\, and with 100 cards per pack\, and 29 d
 ifferent goals to keep you on your toes\, no two games are quite the same!
 \n\n<strong>Play Gloom at Birmingham & Bristol</strong> Come and join in t
 he misery of the Gloom card game\, in which you assume control of the fate
  of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game 
 is sad\, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest trage
 dies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death.  <s
 trong>The Bristol store will also be hosting Ticket To Ride games!</strong
 >\n\n<strong>We have Zombie Dice to try out at London & Newcastle</strong>
  Zombie Dice is fast and easy for any zombie fan to learn\, even non-gamer
 s. The 13 custom dice are your victims. Push your luck to eat their brains
 \, but stop rolling before the shotgun blasts end your turn!\n\n<strong>Fi
 nd out why the Munchkin Card Game is so popular at Coventry\, London\, New
 castle & Southampton!</strong> Munchkin is the mega-hit card game about du
 ngeon adventure . . . with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. You and 
 your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items.  Fast-playing 
 and silly\, Munchkin can reduce any roleplaying group to hysteria. And\, w
 hile they're laughing\, you can steal their stuff.\n\n<strong>We are sorry
  to announce that the Tabletop Day event at Liverpool has been cancelled. 
  We regret any inconvenience this may cause.</strong>\n\n<h3>All games run
  from 12:00 to 4:00pm.</h3>\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/pic
 ks/table-top-day-game-selection/">Check out all of these great games - and
  more - here.</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/30/join-international-table-
 top-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Two-Headed Giant in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130331T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130331T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:It's Two-Headed Giant night at FP Bristol! This format has pro
 ved increasingly popular with our players\, so come on in and join the fun
 . All you need to take part is a partner and decks that obey the unified d
 eck construction rule. The play is very simple\, you and your team mate pl
 ay as one\, sharing a life total and attacking together to claim ultimate 
 victory! So whether you are an old pro or a complete newbie come on in for
  what will be a really fun night.\n\nThe format will be standard so only c
 ards from Innistrad onward may be used. Banned lists will be enforced.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/03/31/mtg-two-headed-giant-bris
 tol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Terry Brooks - Rare UK Appearance
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130403T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130403T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130304T170650Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>TERRY BROOKS will be signing his latest novel BLOODFIR
 E QUEST (Orbit) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 3rd 
 April from from 6 – 7pm.</strong>\n\nThe quest for the long-lost Elfston
 es has drawn the leader of the Druid order and her followers into the hell
 ish dimension known as the Forbidding\, where the most dangerous creatures
  banished from the Four Lands are imprisoned.\n\nNow the hunt for the powe
 rful talismans that can save their world has become a series of great chal
 lenges: a desperate search for kidnapped comrades\, a relentless battle ag
 ainst unspeakabl predators\, and a grim race to escape the Forbidding aliv
 e. But though freedom is closer than they know\, it may come at a terrifyi
 ng price.\n\nTerry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more
  than thirty books\, including the Dark Legacy of Shannara adventures Ward
 s of Faerie and Bloodfire Quest\; the Legends of Shannara novels Bearers o
 f the Black Staff and The Measure of the Magic\; the Genesis of Shannara t
 rilogy: Armageddon's Children\, The Elves of Cintra\, and The Gypsy Morph\
 ; and The Sword of Shannara. The author was a practising attorney for many
  years but now writes full- time. He lives with his wife\, Judine\, in the
  Pacific Northwest.\n\n'If you haven't read Terry Brooks\, you haven't rea
 d fantasy' - Christopher Paolini\n\nTerry Brooks is a master of the craft 
 and a trailblazer . . . Required reading' - Brent Weeks\n\n'I can't even b
 egin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) ove
 r the years' - Patrick Rothfuss\n\n'Terry's place is at the head of the fa
 ntasy world' - Philip Pullman
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/03/terry-brooks-rare-uk-sign
 ing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Adam Christopher's 'The Age Atomic
 '
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130404T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130404T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:ADAM CHRISTOPHER will be reading from and signing an EXCLUSIVE
  LIMITED EDITION of his new novel THE AGE ATOMIC (Angry Robot) at the Forb
 idden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 4th April from 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe
  sequel to Empire State – the superhero-noir fantasy thriller set in the
  other New York.\n\nThe Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the 
 pocket universe to New York has vanished\, plunging the city into a deep f
 reeze and the populace are demanding a return to Prohibition and rationing
  as energy supplies dwindle.\n\nMeanwhile\, in 1954 New York\, the politic
 al dynamic has changed and Nimrod finds his department subsumed by a new g
 roup\, Atoms For Peace\, led by the mysterious Evelyn McHale. As Rad uncov
 ers a new threat to his city\, Atoms For Peace prepare their army for a tr
 ansdimensional invasion. Their goal: total conquest – or destruction –
  of the Empire State\n\n“If you’re not careful\, Adam Christopher will
  melt your face off with The Age Atomic: The heat of the prose pairs with 
 searing action. This is fireball storytelling and a rare follow-up that’
 s better than its predecessor.”\nChuck Wendig\, author of Blackbirds \n\
 nThe Forbidden Planet exclusive limited edition hardcovers of SEVEN WONDER
 S and EMPIRE STATE will also be available\, as will the paperback editions
  of all three titles.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/04/launching-adam-christophe
 rs-age-atomic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic in Birmingham\, Croydon &
  Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T115208Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Cro
 ydon and Newcastle Stores.</h3>\n\n<strong>Our Birmingham store is also ru
 nning casual events on a Friday afternoon with FNM starting in May!</stron
 g>\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroydon - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle
  - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be running Standard Tournaments and B
 ooster Drafts with FNM Promos available to win.  Come along and join in th
 e fun at your store whether you are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPle
 ase contact your local store for more information on what is happening nea
 r you this week!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/05/friday-night-magic-birmin
 gham-croydon-newcastle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Doctor Who Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T134044Z
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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Starting at noon\, Forbidden Planet will demonstrate t
 he amazing TARDIS Speaker in our London store on Saturday 6th April\, prio
 r to the official launch later in April.  This great music system needs to
  be seen - and heard - to be believed\, so come on down to get in the Gall
 ifrey groove.</strong>\n\n<strong>Can't make it to our London store?  Don'
 t worry\, we have lots of Who related activities in all of our branches!</
 strong>\n\n<strong>PRIZE DRAW</strong> Drop your name in the box in store 
 to win great Doctor Who prizes.\n\n<strong>GOODY BAGS</strong> Grab a grea
 t goody bag - but get there early\, stocks are limited!\n\n<strong>SALE ST
 ARTS</strong> Look out for bargains as our great Doctor Who sale begins.\n
 \n<strong>TIME LORD TREATS</strong> Free Jammy Dodgers and Jelly Babies - 
 while stocks last.\n\nGoody Bags and Prizes supplied by <b>Pyramid Posters
 !</b>*\n\n<h3><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/log/products/tardis-spea
 ker-system/">Click here to find out more about The TARDIS Speaker.</a></h3
 >\n\n*Prizes per store may vary.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/06/amazing-tardis-speaker-de
 mo-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Ian Whates and Chris Beckett
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130308T113015Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce that we have Ian Wh
 ates and Chris Beckett signing at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury A
 venue\, WC2H 8JR\, on Saturday 6th April 2013.\n\nIAN WHATES brings us ‘
 Growing Pains’\, (PS Publishing)\, nine stories that slip effortlessly b
 etween science fiction and dark\, humanesque fantasy\, and that examine th
 e gaps between reality and the spaces that hide within us all.  The book i
 ncludes the BSFA Award-shortlisted “The Assistant”\, and two stories w
 holly original to this volume. It’s state-of-the art fantastical fiction
 \, guaranteed to entertain and enlighten\, shock and surprise!.\n\nCHRIS B
 ECKETT brings us ‘The Peacock Cloak’ (NewCon Press)\, the latest colle
 ction from one of Britain’s most distinguished and accomplished genre au
 thors. Chris's first short story collection The Turing Test won the presti
 gious Edge Hill Prize\, becoming the first\, and to date the only\, genre 
 collection ever to manage this. In doing so\, the book triumphed over a ve
 ry strong shortlist\, including collections by one Booker Prize winner in 
 Anne Enright and two authors who have been Booker shortlisted in Shena Mac
 kay and Ali Smith (the latter a winner of the Whitbread Prize).\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/06/ian-whates-and-chris-beck
 ett/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mike Carey\, Linda Carey and Louise Carey
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130406T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T114545Z
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DESCRIPTION:MIKE CAREY\, LINDA CAREY AND LOUISE CAREY will be signing thei
 r novel\, CITY OF SILK AND STEEL (Gollancz) at the Forbidden Planet London
  Megastore on Saturday 6th April from 4 - 5pm.\n\nOnce\, in a city known a
 s Bessa\, there was a sultan named Bokhari Al-Bokhari\, who was thrown dow
 n by the zealots of the ascetic Hakkim Mehdad. The sultan\, his wives and 
 children were put to the sword\, while his 365 concubines were sent to a n
 eighbouring caliph as tribute\, Hakkim having no use for the pleasures of 
 the flesh. But a day after the caravan had departed from Bessa\, Hakkim di
 scovered the terrible secret that the concubines had hidden from him. His 
 reaction was swift and cruel.\n\nThis is the tale - or tales - of how a re
 markable group of women fight together to survive both the fury of Hakkim 
 and the rigours of the desert. It is the tale of Zuleika\, whose hidden pa
 st holds the key to their future\, and of Rem\, the librarian whose tears 
 are ink. Of the wise Gursoon\, who defines the group's conscience\, and of
  the silver-tongued thief\, Anwar Das\, who knows when to ignore that cons
 cience.\n\nThe list of credits and titles to Mike Carey’s name is as spa
 rkling as it is long – and the publication of his Felix Castor series of
  novels have proved that he can move format without losing his insight\, s
 kill or passion. For City of Silk and Steel\, Mike’s wife and daughter h
 ave joined him in creative partnership.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/06/mike-carey-linda-carey-an
 d-louise-carey/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: The League Continues in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130407T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130407T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121914Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the Bristol store for the fourth night of our le
 ague and join the action! Standard format deck construction applies\, so y
 ou can use anything from Innistrad to the new Gatecrash cards. Each night 
 you will be pitted against five opponents\, the league will run roughly bi
 -weekly\, and by the end our champion will be crowned. \n\nIt is free to e
 nter and the top players will receive a prize so come along have a laugh a
 nd beat your enemies to a fine paste.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/07/mtg-league-continues-bris
 tol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Jeff Noon signing Vurt
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130411T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130411T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141724Z
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DESCRIPTION:JEFF NOON will be signing VURT (TOR) at the Forbidden Planet L
 ondon Megastore on Thursday 11th April from 6 – 7pm.\n\nWinner of the Ar
 thur C. Clarke Award\, this is a brilliantly innovative and highly enterta
 ining novel from a literary pioneer.\n\nThe 20th Anniversary Edition with 
 a foreword by Lauren Beukes and three fantastic new short stories\, all se
 t in the extraordinary world of Vurt.\n\nTake a trip in a stranger's head.
  Travel rain-shot streets with a gang of hip malcontents\, hooked on the m
 ost powerful drug you can imagine. Yet Vurt feathers are not for the weak.
  As the mysterious Game Cat says\, ‘Be careful\, be very careful’. But
  Scribble isn't listening. He has to find his lost love.\n\nHis journey is
  a mission to find Curious Yellow\, the ultimate\, perhaps even mythical V
 urt feather. As the most powerful narcotic of all\, Scribble must be prepa
 red to leave his current reality behind.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/11/jeff-noon-signing-vurt/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic in Birmingham\, Croydon &
  Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130412T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130412T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T115322Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Cro
 ydon and Newcastle Stores.</h3>\n\n<strong>Our Birmingham store is also ru
 nning casual events on a Friday afternoon with FNM starting in May!</stron
 g>\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroydon - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle
  - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be running Standard Tournaments and B
 ooster Drafts with FNM Promos available to win.  Come along and join in th
 e fun at your store whether you are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPle
 ase contact your local store for more information on what is happening nea
 r you this week!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/12/friday-night-magic-birmin
 gham-croydon-newcastle_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Warren Pleece and Gary Pleece signing Montag
 ue Terrace
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130412T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130412T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130318T123828Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce that WARREN PLEECE 
 and GARY PLEECE will be signing heir graphic novel MONTAGUE TERRACE at the
  Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR.\n\n
 Meet the residents of Montague Terrace: landlocked sailors\, fake pet psyc
 hics\, hounded inventors and randy postmen\, unsuccessful megalomaniacs\, 
 nervous magicians\, 1930s detectives. All under one roof.\n\nIn Montague T
 errace\, nothing is quite what is seems. Within its boundaries live an arr
 ay of strange and extraordinary residents\, including Paul Gregory\, self-
 exiled pop crooner holed up in his Montague hovel for close to forty years
 \, with only fading memories of a semi-successful music career and a bottl
 e of JD for company. Mrs Beatrice Green\, codename Babushka\, an aged form
 er special ops agent fighting a new war against overzealous council offici
 als. Marvo the Magic Bunny and Mystical Marvin\, a pair of down-on-their l
 uck entertainers\, shielding a disturbing past. The Puppeteer\, toiling aw
 ay day and night\, pulling the strings of world events and causing chaos o
 ut of order. \n\nWarren Pleece and Gary Pleece\, legends of the British co
 mics scene\, have been working in comics for almost twenty-five years\, si
 nce the foundation of their indie comics magazine\, Velocity\, in the late
  eighties. Warren has worked as an artist for DC Comics\, alongside Grant 
 Morrison and Neil Gaiman among others.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/12/warren-pleece-and-gary-pl
 eece-signing-montague-ter/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Anything Goes in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130414T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130414T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130404T112221Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to our Bristol store for your chance to play anythi
 ng. That’s right\, anything at all! Bring which ever deck you like\, wit
 h whatever cards you have\, standard\, modern\, vintage\, they are all mor
 e than welcome! Try your hand at Planechase\, destroy all your opponents i
 n Archenemy\, team up for a game of Two-headed giant\, really whatever you
  want to do\, do it. \n\nThis is a great opportunity if you are a new play
 er to come and test yourself\, and learn from some slightly more experienc
 ed players. See you there!!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/14/mtg-anything-goes-bristol
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic in Birmingham\, Croydon &
  Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130419T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130419T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130405T115438Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Cro
 ydon and Newcastle Stores.</h3>\n\n<strong>Our Birmingham store is also ru
 nning casual events on a Friday afternoon with FNM starting in May!</stron
 g>\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroydon - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle
  - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be running Standard Tournaments and B
 ooster Drafts with FNM Promos available to win.  Come along and join in th
 e fun at your store whether you are a new player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPle
 ase contact your local store for more information on what is happening nea
 r you this week!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/19/friday-night-magic-birmin
 gham-croydon-newcastle__1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: The League Ends in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130421T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130421T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T121926Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to the Bristol store for the end of the league\, it
 's all to play for! Standard format deck construction applies\, so you can
  use anything from Innistrad to the new Gatecrash cards. Each night you wi
 ll be pitted against five opponents\, the league will run roughly bi-weekl
 y\, and by the end our champion will be crowned. \n\nIt is free to enter a
 nd the top players will receive a prize so come along have a laugh and bea
 t your enemies to a fine paste.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/21/mtg-league-ends-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching Sarah Pinborough's 'Mayhem'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130426T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130426T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130325T112459Z
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DESCRIPTION:\nSARAH PINBOROUGH will be launching MAYHEM (Jo Fletcher Books
 ) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Friday 26th April from 6 –
  7pm.\n\nGaslit London: while Jack the Ripper’s murders are making headl
 ines\, there’s another madman on the loose in the East End . . .\n\nWhen
  a rotting torso is discovered in the vault of New Scotland Yard\, it does
 n’t take Dr Thomas Bond\, Police Surgeon\, long to realise that there is
  a second killer at work in the city where\, only a few days before\, Jack
  the Ripper brutally murdered two women in one night.\n\nThough just as gr
 uesome\, this is the hand of a colder killer\, one who lacks Jack’s emot
 ion. And\, as more headless and limbless torsos find their way into the Th
 ames\, Dr Bond becomes obsessed with finding the killer. As his investigat
 ions lead him into an unholy alliance\, he starts to wonder: is it a man w
 ho has brought mayhem to the streets of London\, or a monster?\n\nSarah Pi
 nborough was a teacher\, but now writes full-time. She is developing\nan o
 riginal horror screenplay\, Cracked\, and her supernatural crime series\, 
 The\nDog-Faced Gods\, for TV. She has also written episodes for the popula
 r BBC crime drama New Tricks. She lives in West London. Sarah has won the 
 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and Best Novella\, and has been
  shortlisted for Best Novel. She has also been shortlisted for the World F
 antasy and Shirley Jackson Awards\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/26/launching-sarah-pinboroug
 hs-mayhem/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Dragon’s Maze Pre-Rele
 ase Weekend
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130427T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130427T210000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Come to a participating Forbidden Planet Store near you an
 d join us for the Pre-release weekend of the next Magic the Gathering set 
 Dragon’s Maze.</h3>\n\nAll 10 guilds will be represented and it is up to
  you to guide your chosen guild and its secret ally through the Implicit M
 aze that covers Ravnica.\n\nPlayers will receive one of 10 Guild Packs con
 taining 4 Dragon’s Maze booster packs\, 1 Guild Booster Pack of their ch
 osen guild and one secret ally Guild Booster Pack.  Each player will recei
 ve an alternate art foil promo card as well.  Prizes will be awarded to me
 mbers of guilds who complete the maze\, with additional prizes going to th
 e triumphant guild that makes it through the Implicit Maze first.  When th
 e maze is completed\, all participating players will receive a foil basic 
 land promo card.\n\nSeveral of our stores are running events\, please cont
 act your nearest store for more details.  Please note times are subject to
  change.\n\n<strong>Birmingham</strong>\n\n• 16:00 – 20:00 Sealed Dec
 k Pre-release Event\n\n<strong>Bristol</strong>\n\n• 11:00 – 17:00 Se
 aled Deck Pre-release Event\n\n• 18:00 – 22:00 Two-Headed Giant Pre-r
 elease Event\n\n<strong>Croydon</strong>\n\n• 00:01 – 05:00 Midnight 
 Sealed Deck Pre-release Event.\n\n• 09:00 – 15:00 Sealed Deck Pre-rele
 ase Event\n\n• 17:00 – 22:00 Sealed Deck Pre-release Event\n\n<strong>
 Newcastle</strong>\nDate and times to be confirmed\, please contact the st
 ore for more details.\n\n<strong>Southampton</strong>\n\n• 10:00 – 18:
 00 Sealed Deck Pre-release Event\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/27/magic-gathering-dragons-m
 aze-pre-release-weekend/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic The Gathering Dragon’s Maze Pre-Rele
 ase Weekend: Day Two!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130428T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130428T210000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130419T144541Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Come to a participating Forbidden Planet Store near you an
 d join us for the Pre-release weekend of the next Magic the Gathering set 
 Dragon’s Maze.</h3>\n\nAll 10 guilds will be represented and it is up to
  you to guide your chosen guild and its secret ally through the Implicit M
 aze that covers Ravnica.\n\nPlayers will receive one of 10 Guild Packs con
 taining 4 Dragon’s Maze booster packs\, 1 Guild Booster Pack of their ch
 osen guild and one secret ally Guild Booster Pack.  Each player will recei
 ve an alternate art foil promo card as well.  Prizes will be awarded to me
 mbers of guilds who complete the maze\, with additional prizes going to th
 e triumphant guild that makes it through the Implicit Maze first.  When th
 e maze is completed\, all participating players will receive a foil basic 
 land promo card.\n\nSeveral of our stores are running events\, please cont
 act your nearest store for more details.  Please note times are subject to
  change.\n\n<strong>Birmingham</strong>\n\n• 12:00 – 18:00 Sealed Deck
  Pre-release Event\n\n<strong>Bristol</strong>\n\n• 11:00 – 17:00 Seal
 ed Deck Pre-release Event\n\n• 16:00 – 22:00 Sealed Deck Pre-release E
 vent\n\n<strong>Cambridge</strong>\n\n• 12:30 – 19:30 Sealed Deck Pre-
 release Event\n\n<strong>Croydon</strong>\n\n• 09:00 – 15: 00 Sealed D
 eck Pre-release Event\n\n• 17:00 – 22:00 Two-Headed Giant Deck Pre-rel
 ease Event\n\n<strong>Newcastle</strong>\nDate and times to be confirmed\,
  please contact the store for more details.\n\n<strong>Southampton</strong
 >\n\n• Sunday 28th April 10:30 – 16:30 Two-Headed Giant Deck Pre-relea
 se Event\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/28/magic-gathering-dragons-m
 aze-pre-release-weekend_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lauren Beukes launching The Shining Girls
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130429T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130429T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome LAUREN BEUKES\, read
 ing from and signing her latest novel THE SHINING GIRLS at the Forbidden P
 lanet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR.\n\nFrom the win
 ner of last year’s Arthur. C. Clarke award comes a masterpiece of thrill
 er writing\, quite unlike anything else in tone and conception.  It is 193
 1 and Harper\, a violent down-and-out is living a hand-to-mouth existence 
 in the shanty town of Hooverville\, Chicago. After a murder\, he’s hound
 ed out of Hooverville by a vigilante group and find refuge in a mysterious
  house. To the outside world\, this looks like an uninhabitable wreck\, bu
 t inside it is something quite different. It gives him access to different
  times and also offers him a vision – of his ‘shining girls’\, women
  across time who are to become his murder victims. He visits them as child
 ren\, then as teenagers\, then as adults\, when he will kill them and leav
 e anachronistic clues on their bodies. \n\nLauren Beukes ’The Shining Gi
 rls was the big book at Frankfurt 2011.  Bought at a hard fought auction L
 auren comes trailing a cloud of glory. Her second novel ZOO CITY won the A
 rthur C Clarke Award in 2011 was shortlisted for several other awards and 
 was listed as one of the Guardian’s top 10 African Books. \n\n<iframe wi
 dth="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XSit3mju6Xc" fram
 eborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/04/29/lauren-beukes-launching-s
 hining-girls/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nick Spencer and Frazer Irving signing Bedla
 m Vol.1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130416T132214Z
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DESCRIPTION:NICK SPENCER & FRAZER IRVING will be signing BEDLAM VOLUME 1 (
 Image Comics) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 1st Ma
 y from 6 - 7pm.\n\nOne of the hottest new series of the year gets its firs
 t\, new reader friendly-priced collection! Fillmore Press was once Madder 
 Red\, a homicidal maniac and criminal overlord who ruled the city of Bedla
 m. Now he's been cured of his mania\, and says he wants to help protect th
 e place he once terrorized - but can he be trusted? Collects Bedlam #1-6.\
 n\nNick Spencer is a comic book writer best known for his creator-owned ti
 tles at Image Comics. After working in politics and other fields\, Nick su
 ccessfully pitched Existence 2.0 to Jim Valentino at Image\, and the first
  issue was released in July 2009. Nick has also written THE INFINITE VACAT
 ION\, ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN\, CLOAK & DAGGER\, VICTOR VON DOOM\, T.H.U.N.D
 .E.R. AGENTS and THIEF OF THIEVES.\n\nFrazer Irving is a British comic boo
 k artist known for the 2000AD series NECRONAUTS. He studied art at the Uni
 versity of Portsmouth and since breaking into the American market he has w
 orked on a various superhero titles\, including a number with Grant Morris
 on.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/01/nick-spencer-and-frazer-i
 rving-signing-bedlam-1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Al Ewing signing The Fictional Man
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130502T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130502T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130410T082538Z
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DESCRIPTION:AL EWING will be signing his new novel THE FICTIONAL MAN (SOLA
 RIS) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 2nd May from 6 
 – 7pm.\n\n“A disturbing\, self-reflective type of brilliance … cross
  Joe Lansdale with Grant Morrison\, and you start to get close to Ewing”
  – Pornokitsch on Death Got No Mercy\n\n\nIn Hollywood\, where last year
 ’s stars are this year’s busboys\, Fictionals are everywhere. Niles Go
 lan’s therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. Fictionals – ch
 aracters ‘translated’ into living beings for movies and TV using cloni
 ng technology – are a part of daily life in LA now. Sometimes the proble
 m is knowing who’s real and who’s not.\n\nDivorced\, alcoholic and han
 ging on by a thread\, Niles – author of The Saladin Imperative: A Kurt P
 ower Novel and many others – has been hired to write a big-budget reboot
  of a classic movie. If he does this right\, the studio might bring one of
  Niles’ own characters to life. But somewhere beneath the movie – bene
 ath the TV show it was inspired by\, the children’s book behind that and
  the story behind that – is the kernel of something important. If he can
  just hold it together long enough to figure it out... \n\nAl Ewing is a m
 ajor new writer whose work in comics has seen him hailed as the most excit
 ing new voice in the field. His work for Abaddon Books has been equally la
 uded and his unique visions of pulp fantasy have found their home in five 
 different novels for Abaddon Books. This is his first novel for Solaris an
 d is one of the list’s most keenly awaited titles.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/02/al-ewing-signing-fictiona
 l-man/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130503T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130503T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T095015Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new
  player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more inf
 ormation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/03/friday-night-magic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dragon's Maze Launch Weekend
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T080000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T094002Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for a weekend of events
  to celebrate the release of the Magic the Gathering Dragon’s Maze set.\
 n\nThe team will be running two events on Saturday 4th May and one on Sund
 ay 5th May.\n\nTickets available from the Croydon Store\, places are limit
 ed so you will need to register with the store beforehand.\n\nSaturday 4th
  May Booster Drafts\n09:00 – 13:00\n16:00 – 21:00\n\nSunday 5th May Se
 aled Deck\n12:00 – 17:00\n\nPlease note events take place at an external
  venue so please contact the store for directions and more information.  P
 lease show up 20 minutes before the event starts so you can be registered.
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/04/mtg-dragons-maze-launch-w
 eekend/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Free Comic Book Day - Discover Comics!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130418T102848Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Want to discover comics and need a place to start? Then vi
 sit Forbidden Planet on Saturday 4th May - Free Comic Book Day!</h3>\n\nFr
 ee Comic Book Day is perfect for fans and newcomers alike – if you love 
 the idea of comics\, these are titles to give you a great taste of what’
 s waiting for you. You can join the comics revolution – discover comics 
 for the first time or return to the fold to see what you’ve been missing
 . \n\nWe have bags of comics to give away that will provide you with a per
 fect jumping-in point – and there will be loads of fantastic and cool ti
 tles to give away throughout the day*\n\nWe’ve got goody bags for kids a
 nd for grown-ups\; characters ranging from <strong>The Walking Dead</stron
 g> to <strong>Mass Effect</strong>\, <strong>Judge Dredd</strong> and <str
 ong>Star Wars</strong> to <strong>Mouse Guard</strong> and <strong>The Tic
 k</strong>\, from <strong>Superman</strong> to <strong>Sesame Street</stro
 ng>!\n\nCheck out the sample of <strong>Killjoys</strong>\, written by My 
 Chemical Romance main man\, Gerard Way\, which continues the themes and ch
 aracters introduced in the band's last album.\n\nGet there early - we'll h
 ave special collectors' editions for early birds containing Walking Dead\,
  Killjoys\, Superman\, and Marvel Gold!\n\n*One bag per customer\, while s
 tocks last. Only comics marked as Free Comic Book Day titles are free of c
 harge.\n\n<h3>Whatever you’re into – get into Forbidden Planet on Free
  Comic Book Day!</h3>\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/04/free-comic-book-day-disco
 ver-comics/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Legends of 2000AD on Free Comic Book Da
 y
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130424T143022Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Want to discover comics and need a place to start? Then vi
 sit Forbidden Planet on Saturday 4th May - Free Comic Book Day!</h3>\n\nFr
 ee Comic Book Day is perfect for fans and newcomers alike – if you love 
 the idea of comics\, these are titles to give you a great taste of what’
 s waiting for you. You can join the comics revolution – discover comics 
 for the first time or return to the fold to see what you’ve been missing
 . \n\nWe have bags of comics to give away that will provide you with a per
 fect jumping-in point – and there will be loads of fantastic and cool ti
 tles to give away throughout the day*\n\nWe’ve got goody bags for kids a
 nd for grown-ups\; characters ranging from <strong>The Walking Dead</stron
 g> to <strong>Mass Effect</strong>\, <strong>Judge Dredd</strong> and <str
 ong>Star Wars</strong> to <strong>Mouse Guard</strong> and <strong>The Tic
 k</strong>\, from <strong>Superman</strong> to <strong>Sesame Street</stro
 ng>!\n\nCheck out the sample of <strong>Killjoys</strong>\, written by My 
 Chemical Romance main man\, Gerard Way\, which continues the themes and ch
 aracters introduced in the band's last album.\n\nAt 11:00am meet writer <s
 trong>David Tallerman</strong>\, who will be signing copies of his comic <
 strong>Endangered Weapon B</strong>.\n\nAt 1:00pm come on down to meet the
  legends of 2000AD - <strong>Dan Abnett\, Al Ewing\, Ben Wilsher</strong> 
 and\, in a very rare signing appearance\, Dredd artist <strong>Ron Smith</
 strong>!\n\n<strong>May The Fourth Be With You!</strong>  All afternoon th
 e shop will be patrolled by Darth Vader\, there to launch <strong>Vader's 
 Little Princess</strong> by <strong>Jeffrey Brown</strong>. <a href="http:
 //forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/04/meet-darth-vader-and-celebrate-rel
 ease-vaders-litt/">Full details here!</a> \n\n<strong>PLUS: Paul Collicut<
 /strong>\, creator of the critically acclaimed <strong><a href="http://for
 biddenplanet.com/88166-the-murder-mile/">Murder Mile</a></strong> graphic 
 novel is on an all day running tour of London bookshops to sign copies!  L
 ook out for him sometime around 2:00pm!\n\n<h3>Whatever you’re into – 
 get into Forbidden Planet on Free Comic Book Day!</h3>\n\n*One bag per cus
 tomer\, while stocks last. Only comics marked as Free Comic Book Day title
 s are free of charge.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/04/meet-legends-2000ad-free-
 comic-book-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet Darth Vader and celebrate the release o
 f Vader's Little Princess
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130504T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130503T144417Z
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DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the release of Vader’s Little Princess (Chronicle 
 Books) on Saturday May 4th – Star Wars Day – at the Forbidden Planet L
 ondon Megastore from 1 - 5pm! Meet Darth Vader and the Imperial Stormtroop
 ers of the 501st Legion. Come down in costume\, have your picture taken wi
 th the Dark Lord himself and win prizes!\n\nWe’ll have Star Wars goody b
 ags to give away\, and you can pick up your brand new SIGNED copy of Vader
 ’s Little Princess (Chronicle Books)\, the hilarious sequel to the inter
 national bestseller Darth Vader and Son\, following the parenting adventur
 es of Darth Vader as he raises his teenage daughter\, Princess Leia.\n\nSm
 art and sweetly funny illustrations by artist Jeffrey Brown give classic S
 tar Wars moments a twist by bringing these two galactic adversaries togeth
 er under one roof. From teaching Leia how to fly a TIE fighter\, to regula
 ting the time she spends talking with friends via R2-D2’s hologram\, to 
 making sure Leia doesn’t leave the house wearing only the metal bra and 
 a slinky skirt from Return of the Jedi\, Vader’s parenting skills are pu
 t hilariously to the test.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/04/meet-darth-vader-and-cele
 brate-release-vaders-litt/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dragon's Maze Launch Continues
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130505T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130505T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T094430Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team for a weekend of events
  to celebrate the release of the Magic the Gathering Dragon’s Maze set.\
 n\nThe team will be running two events on Saturday 4th May and one on Sund
 ay 5th May.\n\nTickets available from the Croydon Store\, places are limit
 ed so you will need to register with the store beforehand.\n\nSaturday 4th
  May Booster Drafts\n09:00 – 13:00\n16:00 – 21:00\n\nSunday 5th May Se
 aled Deck\n12:00 – 17:00\n\nPlease note events take place at an external
  venue so please contact the store for directions and more information.  P
 lease show up 20 minutes before the event starts so you can be registered.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/05/mtg-dragons-maze-launch-c
 ontinues/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Intro Pack Tournament
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130505T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130505T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T092933Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Bristol store for a Dragon’s Maze Intro Deck 
 Tournament.  A great introduction to Magic the Gathering\, the tournament 
 provides an excellent opportunity for new and experienced players to duel 
 on a level playing field.\n\nAll you need to take part is one sealed Drago
 n’s Maze Intro Deck\, available to purchase on the day.  Players will be
  able to modify that deck with the boosters that come in the box and then 
 play will begin!\n\nPrizes will be given to the top players\, so come and 
 test your metal as you experience the latest offering from Magic the Gathe
 ring.\n\nPlease contact our Bristol Store for more details.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/05/mtg-intro-pack-tournament
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Raymond E Feist signing Magician's End
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130506T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130506T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T141752Z
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DESCRIPTION:RAYMOND E FEIST will be signing MAGICIAN’S END (HarperCollin
 s) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Monday 6th May 5 – 6pm.\n
 \nRaymond E Feist’s debut novel\, Magician\, captured the imagination of
  a generation. Since\, legions of fans have been hooked on his Riftwar Cyc
 le\, making Feist a bestseller time after time\, and voting Magician one o
 f the UK’s best loved books ever.\n\nNow\, 31 years later\, they will di
 scover the fate of the original black Magician\, Pug\, as prophecy becomes
  truth in the last book of the Cycle.\n\nRaymond E. Feist is one of the wo
 rld’s leading fantasy writers. Born and raised in Southern California\, 
 Raymond was educated at the University of California\, San Diego\, where h
 e graduated with honours in Communication Arts. He is the author of the cr
 itically acclaimed Riftwar Saga which\, along with his Serpentwar Saga\, h
 ave been global bestsellers for years.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/06/raymond-e-feist-signing-m
 agicians-end/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Sergei Lukyanenko signing The New Watch
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130509T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130509T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130429T104428Z
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DESCRIPTION:SERGEI LUYANENKO will be signing THE NEW WATCH (William Heinem
 ann) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 9th May from 6 
 – 7pm.\n\nWalking the streets of our cities are the Others. These men an
 d women are guardians of the Twilight\, a shadowy parallel world that exis
 ts alongside our own. Each has sworn allegiance to one side\, fighting for
  good\, or for evil. But outside the battles that rage between Day and Nig
 ht now comes a greater peril\, one which threatens their very world …\n\
 nAt Moscow airport Senior Light Other Anton Gorodetsky overhears a child s
 creaming about a plane crash. He discovers that the child is a prophet –
  a supernatural being whose predictions come true if they are heard by hum
 ans. When the catastrophe is averted\, Gorodetsky senses a disruption in t
 he natural order\, one that is confirmed by the arrival of a dark and terr
 ifying predator. \n\nFrom the Night Watch headquarters Gorodetsky travels 
 to London\, to China and across Russia in search of clues\, unearthing as 
 he goes a series of increasingly cataclysmic prophecies. He soon realises 
 that what is at stake is the Twilight itself – and that he alone has the
  power to save it.\n\nSergei Lukyanenko  is the author of over 25 books. T
 he New Watch is the fifth volume of the ‘Night Watch’ series\, which h
 as sold over two million hardbacks. The Night Watch and The Day Watch were
  both made into internationally successful films.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/09/sergei-lukyanenko-signing
 -new-watch/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130510T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130510T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T095130Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new
  player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more inf
 ormation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/10/friday-night-magic_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T130304Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/11/game-club-birmingham/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kieron Gillen signing UBER #1 and UBER #0 (F
 orbidden Planet Variants)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130411T131720Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to bring you a signing for our 
 LIMITED EDIION VARIANTS OF UBER #0 and UBER #1 by writer Kieron Gillen! Jo
 in Kieron at the London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR\, on
  Saturday 11th May 1 - 2pm!\n\nUber #0. 1945. Germany is in ruins. The war
  in the west can only be days away from ending. Threats of "wunderwaffen" 
 to be unleashed by the dying Reich have become laughable. There are no mir
 acle weapons here. It's over. It has to be over. It's not. There's been st
 ories which have mixed enhanced humans and World War 2 before. There's nev
 er been one like this. See super beings in a whole new light as Gillen pre
 sents an epic new series that not only rewrites history\, it redefines the
  genre. From the jaws of defeat\, the Nazi war machine is resurrected by w
 alking battleship superhuman soldiers who turn the tide of World War II.\n
 \nIn Uber #1\, Super soldiers now turn the machinations of the Twentieth C
 entury's greatest madman into reality. The Ubers are here and the world wi
 ll tremble at their feet. But a deeply entrenched spy could be the differe
 nce in seeing the world remade in the Nazi vision and the Allies finding a
  way to stem the tide.\nIn this new\, ongoing comics series\, Superstar wr
 iter Kieron Gillen (Invincible Iron Man\, Uncanny X-Men) delivers a brutal
  alternate timeline tale of super humans first appearing during WW2\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/11/kieron-gillen-signing-ube
 r-0-forbidden-planet-vari/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Freda Warrington signing A Taste of Blood Wi
 ne
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130418T115546Z
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DESCRIPTION:FREDA WARRINGTON will be signing A TASTE OF BLOOD WINE (Titan)
  at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 11th May from 4 - 5p
 m.\n\n“Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years\, but
  one of the finest ever.” – Brian Stableford\n\n1918. A First World Wa
 r battlefield becomes the cosmic battleground for two vampires\, as Karl v
 on Wultendorf struggles to free himself from his domineering maker\, Krist
 ian. 1923. Charlotte Neville meets her father’s handsome new research as
 sistant Karl – it is the beginning of a deadly obsession that separates 
 her from her sisters\, her father and even her dearest friend.\n\nCelebrat
 ed for her epic vampire and supernatural novels\, Freda Warrington has bee
 n nominated for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel Award four times.
  Dracula the Undead won the Dracula Society's 1997 Children of the Night A
 ward and Elfland won the Romantic Times Award in 2009 for Best Fantasy Nov
 el. Warrington is based in Leicester. Like True Blood meets Downton Abbey\
 , A Taste of Blood Wine is a vampire melodrama set in the early twentieth 
 century. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/11/freda-warrington-signing-
 taste-blood-wine/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Hedgewick's World Gift Shop Opens
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130515T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130515T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130515T090737Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>The Hedgewick's World Gift Shop Opens in your local Forbid
 den Planet on Wednesday 15th May!</h3>\n\n<strong>Need a reminder of your 
 visit to the biggest\, best and most wonderful amusement park in the galax
 y?  Take the Spacey Zoomer down to Forbidden Planet to pick up souvenir T 
 shirts\, mugs\, prints and badges.</strong>\n\n<strong>Get there early for
  your FREE guide to Hedgewick's World\, showing the location of all your f
 avourite rides and restaurants - while stocks last.</strong>\n\n<strong>An
 d you can check out our fantastic range of souvenirs - <a href="http://for
 biddenplanet.com/picks/hedgewicks-world/">HERE!</a> </strong> \n\nUnaccomp
 anied Cybermen not admitted.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/15/hedgewicks-world-gift-sho
 p-opens/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching the Adventure Rocketship in London
 !
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130516T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130516T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130423T104131Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Lavie Tidhar as they launch th
 e ADVENTURE ROCKETSHIP at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursda
 y 17th May from 6 – 7pm.\n\nBlasting off for the first time this May\, A
 dventure Rocketship! is a new anthology series steeped in science fiction 
 and geek culture. Mixing interviews\, essays and fiction\, each book is th
 emed\, with the first issue\, Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco\
 , exploring the interface between SF\, music and the counterculture.\n\nTh
 at means\, among other subjects\, it look at how JG Ballard invented post-
 punk (sort of…)\, the strange vistas of cities daubed with digital stree
 t art\, how jungle changed the trajectory of China Miéville’s King Rat 
 and David Bowie\, the alien connection… Cover art is by Stanley Donwood\
 , famous for crafting Radiohead’s album sleeves.\n\nIssue one of Adventu
 re Rocketship! will include:\n• New fiction from Lavie Tidhar\, Liz Will
 iams\, Tim Maughan\, Martin Millar and Nir Yaniv.\n• New essays by Jon C
 ourtenay Grimwood\, David Quantick\, Sam Jordison\, NK Jemisin and Jason H
 eller.\n• Interviews with China Miéville\, Michael Moorcock\, Mick Farr
 en\, The Orb and Bill Nelson.\n\nAdventure Rocketship! will initially be a
 vailable in a limited-edition print run. It’s edited by Jonathan Wright\
 , who has written about science fiction literature for SFX for more than a
  decade now. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/16/launching-adventure-rocke
 tship-london/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T095212Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new
  player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more inf
 ormation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/17/friday-night-magic_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: The Implicit Maze Returns
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T092231Z
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DESCRIPTION:Failed to beat the maze first time round?  Our Southampton sto
 re is offering you the chance to have another go at conquering Magic’s I
 mplicit Maze.  Defeat your opponents to make your way through to become a 
 Champion of the Maze!\n\nThis event will be a sealed deck tournament.  £2
 5 entry gets you 6 boosters to build a deck with\, the store will provide 
 land cards but feel free to bring your own.  Prizes for top placing player
 s and participation promos available while stocks last.\n\nGreat for new a
 nd experienced players.  Help will be on hand for deck building and gamepl
 ay advice.\n\nPlease contact the store for more details.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/18/mtg-implicit-maze-returns
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T150147Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/18/game-club-birmingham_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Launching the Adventure Rocketship in Bristo
 l!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130518T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130423T113625Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Liz Williams\, Tim Maughan and Rob Williams as they launc
 h ADVENTURE ROCKETSHIP! at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Satur
 day 18th May from 1 – 2pm.\n\nBlasting off for the first time this May\,
  Adventure Rocketship! is a new anthology series steeped in science fictio
 n and geek culture. Mixing interviews\, essays and fiction\, each book is 
 themed\, with the first issue\, Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disc
 o\, exploring the interface between SF\, music and the counterculture.\n\n
 That means\, among other subjects\, it look at how JG Ballard invented pos
 t-punk (sort of…)\, the strange vistas of cities daubed with digital str
 eet art\, how jungle changed the trajectory of China Miéville’s King Ra
 t and David Bowie\, the alien connection… Cover art is by Stanley Donwoo
 d\, famous for crafting Radiohead’s album sleeves.\n\nIssue one of Adven
 ture Rocketship! will include:\n• New fiction from Lavie Tidhar\, Liz Wi
 lliams\, Tim Maughan\, Martin Millar and Nir Yaniv.\n• New essays by Jon
  Courtenay Grimwood\, David Quantick\, Sam Jordison\, NK Jemisin and Jason
  Heller.\n• Interviews with China Miéville\, Michael Moorcock\, Mick Fa
 rren\, The Orb and Bill Nelson.\n\nAdventure Rocketship! will initially be
  available in a limited-edition print run. It’s edited by Jonathan Wrigh
 t\, who has written about science fiction literature for SFX for more than
  a decade now. \n\n**Please note that if you pre-order this item\, it will
  come from the LONDON event and be signed by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and La
 vie Tidhar.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/18/launching-adventure-rocke
 tship-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Modern Chaos
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T155706Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of Chaos Magic\; this exclusively multi-pl
 ayer format has a similar feel to Planechase.  Players will be using their
  Modern format deck and compete against each other in all out war.  But th
 ere is a twist! In the centre of the table will be the Chaos Deck. \n\nThe
  player who goes first is the Chaos player\, before that player untaps at 
 the beginning of his or her turn\, that player flips a card from the Chaos
  Deck face up on the table.  That card is considered "in effect" until the
  Chaos player flips a different card after a full series of turns.  Any pl
 ayer may use any abilities granted by the card\, or\, if it has a specific
  effect\, each player immediately resolves the effect.\n\nIt is a fun and 
 quirky format where anything could happen so come along and join the fun! 
  Please contact the store for more details.\n\nPlease note players will ne
 ed to bring their own Modern Format deck for this event.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/19/mtg-modern-chaos/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] World War Z Day!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130513T082400Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>It’s WORLD WAR Z DAY at Forbidden Planet!</h3>\n\nJoin u
 s as Nimba Creations make up artist TOM LAUTEN demonstrates the art of Zom
 bie make-up with two displays of undeath and make up wizardry. The first Z
 ombie make up demo starts at 13:30 and\, while he’s working\, Tom will b
 e talking about his work.\n\nThen\, at 15:30\, Tom will make up a second Z
 ombie!\n\nBut don’t go away! At 18:00 best-selling author MAX BROOKS wil
 l be signing the movie-tie in edition of WORLD WAR Z! Find out more <a hre
 f="http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/23/max-brooks-signing-world-w
 ar-z/">HERE!</a> \n\nCome down dressed as a zombie – make sure you’re 
 in the queue by 6pm and you could be in with a chance to win a fantastic p
 rosthetic face-mask worth over £500!\n\nRunner-up will win a pair of tick
 ets to see World War Z at the Empire Leicester Square!\n\n<h3><a href="htt
 p://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=nimba-creations">Click to see our full range 
 of Nimba Creations make up.</a></h3>\n\n<h3>ZOMBIES HAVE MORE FUN AT FORBI
 DDEN PLANET!</h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/23/world-war-z-day/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Max Brooks signing World War Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130314T124945Z
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DESCRIPTION:MAX BROOKS will signing the movie tie-in edition of WORLD WAR 
 Z at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, WC2H
  8JR.\n\nNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\n\nWorld War Z. It began with rumours 
 from China about another pandemic. Then the cases started to multiply and 
 what had looked like the stirrings of a criminal underclass\, even the beg
 innings of a revolution\, soon revealed itself to be much\, much worse. Fa
 ced with a future of mindless\, man-eating horror\, humanity was forced to
  accept the logic of world government and face events that tested our sani
 ty and our sense of reality. Based on extensive interviews with survivors 
 and key players in the 10-year fight-back against the horde\, WORLD WAR Z 
 brings the very finest traditions of American journalism to bear on what i
 s surely the most incredible story in the history of civilisation.\n\nThe 
 son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft\, Max is a bestselling author for his 
 debut book The Zombie Survival Guide\, providing the public at large with 
 day-to-day tips to stay ahead of the undead.  He is also a former writer f
 or Saturday Night Live and was part of the team for the highly respected M
 ichael Palin travel series for the BBC. He has received hundreds of awards
  and honorary degrees from around the world\, and last year he received th
 e joint Papal and UN citation\, Pro Humanitate.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/23/max-brooks-signing-world-
 war-z/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Games Club in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130416T094637Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to Forbidden Planet Bristol and join Games Club!\n\
 nWe will be playing a variety of board and card games\, you can even bring
  one of your own to show us something you think is awesome.  Enjoy games w
 ith new people in a casual atmosphere\, it’s free to play and all ages a
 re welcome.\n\nPlay will start at 18:00 but new games will be starting thr
 oughout the evening so feel free to drop in any time. \n\nAnd remember the
  first rule of Games Club: you must talk about Games Club! \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/23/gaming-club-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130524T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130524T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T095255Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new
  player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more inf
 ormation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/24/friday-night-magic_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MtG: Dragon’s Maze Game Day in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130513T134011Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Newcastle Forbidden Planet team to celebrate the newl
 y released Magic the Gathering Dragon’s Maze set.\n\nBring along a Stand
 ard deck\, cards from MtG 2013 Edition\, Innistrad Block and Return to Rav
 nica Block\, and some steely determination to crush your enemies to a pulp
 !\n\nEntry is free and we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for first plac
 e\, full-art “Melek\, Izzet Paragon” for the top 8 and full-art “Tro
 stani's Summoner” for everyone while stocks last.\n\nWe welcome all leve
 ls of player\, so please don't be afraid to come along\, even if you've ne
 ver played before.  It's a great way to learn and the other players can gi
 ve you play tips and advice on deck building. And even if you don't win\, 
 you still get a cool promo card just for playing!\n\nPlaces are limited so
  please book your place now.  Contact the store for more details.  Please 
 arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be registe
 red.\n\nYou will need a DCI number to participate in this tournament.  If 
 you don’t already have one then pop in and we can set you up with one.  
 It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/25/mtg-dragons-maze-game-day
 -newcastle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T150301Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/25/game-club-birmingham_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T160629Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/26/game-club-newcastle/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dragon’s Maze Game Day in Croydon
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T170000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130510T121328Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Join the Croydon Forbidden Planet team to celebrate the ne
 wly released Magic the Gathering Dragon’s Maze set.</h3>\n\nBring along 
 a Standard deck\, cards from MtG 2013 Edition\, Innistrad Block and Return
  to Ravnica Block\, and some steely determination to crush your enemies to
  a pulp!\n\nEntry is free and we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for fir
 st place\, full-art “Melek\, Izzet Paragon” for the top 8 and full-art
  “Trostani's Summoner” for everyone while stocks last.\n\nWe welcome a
 ll levels of player\, so please don't be afraid to come along\, even if yo
 u've never played before.  It's a great way to learn and the other players
  can give you play tips and advice on deck building.  And even if you don'
 t win\, you still get a cool promo card just for playing!\n\nPlaces are li
 mited so please book your place now. <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/s
 tores/">Contact the store for more details.</a> Please arrive at least twe
 nty minutes before the start of the event to be registered\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/26/mtg-dragons-maze-game-day
 -croydon/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dragon's Maze Game Day in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T141929Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__547__1369232369.0
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Join the Birmingham Forbidden Planet team to celebrate the
  newly released Magic the Gathering Dragon’s Maze set.</h3>\n\nBring alo
 ng a Standard deck\, cards from MtG 2013 Edition\, Innistrad Block and Ret
 urn to Ravnica Block\, and some steely determination to crush your enemies
  to a pulp!\n\nEntry is free and we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for 
 first place\, full-art “Melek\, Izzet Paragon” for the top 8 and full-
 art “Trostani's Summoner” for everyone while stocks last.\n\nWe welcom
 e all levels of player\, so please don't be afraid to come along\, even if
  you've never played before. It's a great way to learn and the other playe
 rs can give you play tips and advice on deck building. And even if you don
 't win\, you still get a cool promo card just for playing!\n\nPlaces are l
 imited so please book your place now. Contact the store for more details. 
 Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start of the event to be 
 registered.\n\nYou will need a DCI number to participate in this tournamen
 t. If you don’t already have one then pop in and we can set you up with 
 one. It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/26/mtg-dragons-maze-game-day
 -birmingham/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] MTG: Dragon's Maze Game Day In Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T190000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130513T150624Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__516__1368457584.0
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bristol Forbidden Planet team to celebrate the newly 
 released Dragon’s Maze set.\n\nBring along a Standard deck\, cards from 
 MtG 2013 Edition\, Innistrad Block and Return to Ravnica Block\, and some 
 steely determination to crush your enemies to a pulp!\n\nEntry is free and
  we have a Game Day Champion Play Mat for First Place\, Full-Art Melek\, I
 zzet Paragon for the top 8 and Full-Art Trostani's Summoner for everyone w
 hile stocks last! \n\nWe welcome all levels of player\, so please don't be
  afraid to come along\, even if you've never played before. It's a great w
 ay to learn and the other players can give you tips and keep you right. An
 d even if you don't win\, you still get a cool promo card just for playing
 !\n\nPlaces are limited so please book your place now.  Contact the store 
 for more details.  Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the start 
 of the event to be registered.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/26/mtg-dragons-maze-game-day
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] John Matthews signing Faeryland
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130524T162450Z
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DESCRIPTION:JOHN MATTHEWS will be signing FAERYLAND (Abrams) at the Forbid
 den Planet London Megastore on Thursday 30th May from 6 – 7pm.\n\nFrom t
 he author of the bestselling book Pirates and our own How To See Faeries (
 with Brian Froud) comes a wonderful interactive book about Faeries. The bo
 ok includes faeries of the British Isles as well as those of Scandinavia\,
  Germany\, North America and even the Asian\, Arab and African worlds. \n\
 nThe book is divided into 13 sections: among them A Brief History of Faeri
 es\; Who’s Who of Faeries\; Good Faeries vs Bad Faeries\; Faerie Courts\
 ; Faerie Spells\; Faerie Places\, Faerie Sightings\; Faerie Gold\; Faerie 
 Children\; Faerie Good and Bad Fortune\; and Faerie Music. The book is ill
 ustrated with new art from talented faerie artist Matt Dangler as well as 
 other celebrated contemporary artists alongside classic art by William Bla
 ke\, Henry Fuseli\, William Turner and others. \n\nAn important aspect of 
 the package will be the striking memorabilia included: A Handbook for Faer
 y Hunters\; a small manual of how and where to look for fairies\; an envel
 ope of real faery photos\; a 19th century faery pull out map (currently ho
 used in the Library of Congress!) and more.\n\nJohn Matthews is the New Yo
 rk Times bestselling author of Pirates\, which was on the bestseller list 
 for 22 weeks in 2006. He is also well known for his books on history and f
 olklore. He lives in Oxford\, England.\n\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/30/john-matthews-signing-fae
 ryland/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130531T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130531T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T095349Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win.  Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new
  player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more inf
 ormation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/31/friday-night-magic_1_1_1_
 1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] FNM RTR Block Booster Draft
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130531T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130531T210000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T160250Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Join us at Forbidden Planet Bristol for Friday Night Magic
 .</h3>\n\n<strong>Our Bristol Store runs FNM every two weeks\, please cont
 act the store for more details of events.</strong>\n\nThis evening we will
  be conducting a Return to Ravnica block booster draft.  All you need to b
 ring to take part is one Return to Ravnica Booster\, one Gate Crash Booste
 r\, and one Dragon's Maze booster\, and enough mana with which to build a 
 deck.  Boosters will be available from the store if you need to purchase t
 hem before hand.\n\nWe will be separating you into a number of pods\, with
  each player battling for ultimate victory. Rounds will be timed and a rar
 e pull will be conducted at the end with players choosing cards in order o
 f rank within their pod.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/05/31/fnm-rtr-block-booster-dra
 ft/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club In Coventry
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T090110Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Coventry!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Munchkin\, 
 Risk\, Game of Thrones and Fluxx.  So whether you are a long time player o
 r a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and me
 et like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a
  game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!
 \n\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/01/game-club-coventry/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130501T150346Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/01/game-club-birmingham_1_1_
 1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joe Hill signing NOS4R2
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130601T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130321T110252Z
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DESCRIPTION:JOE HILL will be signing NOS4R2 (Gollancz) at the Forbidden Pl
 anet London Megastore on Saturday 1st June 1 – 2pm.\n\nSummer. Massachus
 etts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one s
 erial killer and his lingering\, unfinished business. Anyone could be next
 . We're going to Christmasland...\n\nNOS4A2 is an old-fashioned horror nov
 el in the best sense. Claustrophobic\, gripping and terrifying\, this is a
  story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read\, and lea
 ving the lights on while you sleep. With the horrific tale of Charles Manx
  and his Silver Wraith\, Joe Hill has established himself as the premiere 
 horror and supernatural thriller writer of his generation.\n\nJoe Hill is 
 a recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship and the winner of the A.E. Copp
 ard Long Fiction Prize\, William Crawford\, World Fantasy\, British Fantas
 y\, Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild Awards. His short fiction h
 as appeared in literary\, mystery and horror collections and magazines in 
 Britain and America.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/01/joe-hill-signing-nos4r2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130602T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130602T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T160902Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/02/game-club-newcastle_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Two-Headed Giant MTG in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130602T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130602T210000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T123724Z
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DESCRIPTION:It is Two-Headed Giant night at FP Bristol!\n\nThis format has
  proved increasingly popular with our players\, so come on in and join the
  fun.  All you need to take part is a partner and a Modern Format deck tha
 t obeys the unified deck construction rules.\n\nThe play is very simple\; 
 you and your team mate play as one\, sharing a life total and attacking to
 gether to claim ultimate victory! So whether you are an old pro or a compl
 ete newbie come on in for what will be a really fun night.\n\nPlease conta
 ct the store for more details. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/02/two-headed-giant-mtg-bris
 tol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alastair Reynolds signing Doctor Who: Harves
 t of Time
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130430T112616Z
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DESCRIPTION:ALASTAIR REYNOLDS will be reading from and signing DOCTOR WHO:
  THE HARVEST OF TIME (BBC BOOKS) at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore
  on Thursday 6th June from 6 – 7pm.\n\nFrom award-winning science fictio
 n writer Alastair Reynolds\, a spellbinding new adventure featuring the Th
 ird Doctor.\n\nAfter billions of years of imprisonment\, the vicious Sild 
 have broken out of confinement. From a ruined world at the end of time\, t
 hey make preparations to conquer the past\, with the ultimate goal of rewr
 iting history. But to achieve their aims they will need to enslave an inte
 llect greater than their own...\n\nOn Earth\, UNIT is called in to investi
 gate a mysterious incident on a North Sea drilling platform. The Doctor be
 lieves something is afoot\, and no sooner has the investigation begun when
  something even stranger takes hold: The Brigadier is starting to forget a
 bout UNIT’s highest-profile prisoner. And he is not alone in his amnesia
 .\n\nAs the Sild invasion begins\, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma. To
  save the universe\, he must save his arch-nemesis... The Master.\n\nAlast
 air Reynolds was born in Barry\, South Wales. He gained a PhD in astronomy
  and worked as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency before beco
 ming a full-time writer. His books include Revelation Space (shortlisted f
 or the BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke Awards)\, Chasm City (winner of the BSFA 
 Award)\, House of Suns (shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award)\, Term
 inal World\, and Blue Remembered Earth. He lives in Wales.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/06/alastair-reynolds-signing
 -doctor-who-harvest-time/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Brian Aldiss signing Finches of Mars
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130416T111110Z
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DESCRIPTION:BRIAN ALDISS will be signing FINCHES OF MARS (The Friday Proje
 ct) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 6th June from 6 
 – 7pm.\n\nScience-fiction grandmaster Brian Aldiss has announced the rel
 ease date for his final science fiction novel ever - Finches of Mars. Aldi
 ss started his science-fiction writing career nearly 60 years ago in 1954 
 and he has inspired many of the science fiction and fantasy writers workin
 g today. His influential works include ‘Super-Toys Last All Summer’ fo
 med the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I 
 Artificial Intelligence.  Finches of Mars will mark the end to one of the 
 most illustrious careers in the genre.\n\nSet on the Red Planet\, Finches 
 of Mars follows the stories of a group of colonists and the problems they 
 have in setting up a new society. Life can be sustained by technology but 
 new life will not prosper - the women on the planet only ever give birth t
 o stillborn children. Finches of Mars follows the story of one woman as sh
 e attempts to carry her baby to term. Thought-provoking and moving in equa
 l measure\, Aldiss’s final science fiction novel explores many of the au
 thor’s classic themes and is a landmark novel in any genre.\n\nBrian Ald
 iss\, OBE\, is a fiction and science fiction writer\, poet\, playwright\, 
 critic\, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leavi
 ng the army\, Aldiss worked as a bookseller which provided the setting for
  his first book\, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published scie
 nce fiction work was the story ‘Criminal Record’ which appeared in Sci
 ence Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has written nearly 100 books and over 
 300 short stories.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/06/brian-aldiss-signing-finc
 hes-mars/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Meet the Hollywood Girls\, promoting Stephen
  King's Joyland!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T140000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130603T110038Z
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DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author Stephen King returns June 7th with JOYLAND
 \, (Titan Books) a breath-taking mystery novel set in a 1970s.\n\nAt the a
 uthor’s request\, JOYLAND is only available in bookstores\, in print edi
 tion – and to encourage book-lovers and buyers\, a team of ‘Hollywood 
 Girls’ from the world of JOYLAND will be touring bookstores to give away
  free JOYLAND-branded bags of popcorn. Bookstore shoppers will also be abl
 e to win free books and exclusive JOYLAND prizes by tweeting pictures of t
 he Hollywood Girls - #Joyland @titanbooks\n\nDressed in the costume design
 ed by Glen Orbik for the cover of the book\, four ‘Hollywood Girls’ an
 d their vintage popcorn machine will be at Forbidden Planet Shaftesbury Av
 enue on June 7th from  1 – 3pm.\n\n<iframe width="560" height="315" src=
 "http://www.youtube.com/embed/SXkelkL8yEM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfull
 screen></iframe>\n\nAbout JOYLAND and Hard Case Crime\n\nWith the emotiona
 l impact of King masterpieces such as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Red
 emption\, JOYLAND [Hard Case Crime\, original paperback\, June 7th 2013]\,
  is a whodunit and a heartbreaking tale about love and loss\, growing up a
 nd growing old\, and about those who don’t get to do either because deat
 h comes for them before their time.\n\nTitan Books will be publishing JOYL
 AND in paperback format. Stephen King explained: “I loved the paperbacks
  I grew up with as a kid\, and for that reason\, we’re going to hold off
  on e-publishing this one for the time being.”\n\nJOYLAND is published b
 y the award-winning line of pulp-styled crime novels published by Titan Bo
 oks\, Hard Case Crime.  Stephen King’s last title for Hard Case Crime 
 – The Colorado Kid – was an international bestseller and inspired the 
 TV show Haven\, about to go into its fourth season on the SyFy network.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/07/meet-hollywood-girls-prom
 oting-stephen-kings-joyla/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] More Friday Night Magic!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T125901Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win. Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new 
 player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more info
 rmation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/07/more-friday-night-magic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Alastair Reynolds signing in London
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130607T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130513T081232Z
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DESCRIPTION:ALASTAIR REYNOLDS will be reading from and signing DOCTOR WHO:
  THE HARVEST OF TIME (BBC BOOKS) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore 
 on Friday 7th June 6 – 7pm\n\nFrom award-winning science fiction writer 
 Alastair Reynolds\, a spellbinding new adventure featuring the Third Docto
 r.\n\nAfter billions of years of imprisonment\, the vicious Sild have brok
 en out of confinement. From a ruined world at the end of time\, they make 
 preparations to conquer the past\, with the ultimate goal of rewriting his
 tory. But to achieve their aims they will need to enslave an intellect gre
 ater than their own...\n\nOn Earth\, UNIT is called in to investigate a my
 sterious incident on a North Sea drilling platform. The Doctor believes so
 mething is afoot\, and no sooner has the investigation begun when somethin
 g even stranger takes hold: The Brigadier is starting to forget about UNIT
 ’s highest-profile prisoner. And he is not alone in his amnesia.\n\nAs t
 he Sild invasion begins\, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma. To save the
  universe\, he must save his arch-nemesis... The Master.\n\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/07/alastair-reynolds-signing
 -london/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Stephen Lawhead signing The Spirit Well
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130608T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130608T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130328T091459Z
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DESCRIPTION:STEPHEN LAWHEAD will be signing BRIGHT EMPIRES BOOK 3: THE SPI
 RIT WELL (Lion Hudson) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturda
 y 8th June from 1 – 2pm.\n\nIn the third book of Stephen Lawhead’s Bri
 ght Empires series\, Kit Livingstone’s search for the Skin Map – and t
 he secret behind its cryptic code – intensifies. Kit is beginning to mas
 ter the ability to travel across realities using ley lines and has forged 
 a link from the Bone House\, a sacred lodge made of animal bones\, to the 
 fabled Spirit Well\, a place of profound power.\n\nBut there are darker fo
 rces at work in the universe whose agents always seem to be one step ahead
  of him – and they’re all desperate to gain the ultimate prize in this
  treasure hunt.\n\nYet\, what if this prize was not what he thought? What 
 if the true treasure isn’t the map at all... what if the map marks somet
 hing far greater? Something one world cannot contain?\n\nThe race is on to
  be the first to possess the map’s secret – for good or evil.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/08/stephen-lawhead-signing-s
 pirit-well/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130609T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130609T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T161017Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/09/game-club-newcastle_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Man Of Steel Day - Free Superman Comic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130612T080000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130612T110000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130603T140208Z
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DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the summer’s most eagerly anticipated film
 \, DC Entertainment has declared Wednesday\, 12th June to be MAN OF STEEL 
 DAY\, ahead of the film’s release on 14th June.  \n\nVisit your local Fo
 rbidden Planet on MAN OF STEEL DAY to receive a <strong>free</strong> copy
  of ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1 SPECIAL EDITION comic book by Grant Morrison and 
 Frank Quietly.\n\nGet there early - stocks are VERY limited!  <a href="htt
 p://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/">Check here for opening times.</a>\n\nAlso
  launching on 12th June is the first issue of red-hot new comic series\, S
 UPERMAN UNCHAINED\, from bestselling creators Scott Snyder and Jim Lee. Th
 e series promises to elevate the already high-flying hero to new heights a
 s he faces off against foes familiar and new. SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1 includ
 es a bonus two-sided\, tipped-in poster measuring approximately 11” x 18
 ” that can be easily removed for display.  \n\n<strong><a href="http://f
 orbiddenplanet.com/competitions/win-prop-replica-man-steel/">\nClick to en
 ter our fantastic Man Of Steel competiton.</a></strong>\n\n<strong><a href
 ="http://forbiddenplanet.com/?tag=man-of-steel&q=&gtin=&size=90&sort=a-z">
 \nSee our full range of toys\, T Shirts and more from Man Of Steel here.</
 a></strong>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/12/man-steel-day-free-superm
 an-comic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] And More Friday Night Magic!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T134633Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win. Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new 
 player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more info
 rmation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/14/and-more-friday-night-mag
 ic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Nalini Singh signing Heart of Obsidian
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T095544Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome NALINI SINGH signing
  HEART OF OBSIDIAN at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbu
 ry Avenue\, WC2H 8JR on Friday 14th June 6 – 7pm.\n\nThe day of reckonin
 g is here.\n\nStep into New York Times bestseller Nalini Singh’s explosi
 ve and shockingly passionate Psy-Changeling world. From the writer known a
 s ‘the alpha author of paranormal romance’ (Booklist)\, Heart of Obsid
 ian is the most highly anticipated novel of Nalini Singh’s career- a nov
 el blurring the line between madness and genius\, between subjugation and 
 liberation\, between the living and the dead. From the queen of paranormal
  romance comes a rich and delicious new adventure eagerly awaited by Nalin
 i’s fans worldwide.\n\nNalini Singh is one of Gollancz’s bestselling d
 ark fantasy authors. She was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. She s
 pent three years living and working in Japan\, and travelling around Asia 
 before returning to New Zealand - although she's always plotting new trips
 . She has worked as a lawyer\, a librarian\, a candy factory general hand\
 , a bank temp and an English teacher\, not necessarily in that order. Some
  people might call that inconsistency\, but she calls it grist for the wri
 ter's mill.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/14/nalini-singh-singing-hear
 t-obsidian/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Magic in Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130614T210000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T123343Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet Bristol for Friday Night Magic!\n\nTh
 is week we will be running a Standard Format constructed event\, you will 
 need a deck with at least 60 cards made up from the Innistrad Block\, Retu
 rn to Ravnica Block or M13 set only.\n\nPlease contact your local store fo
 r more information on what is happening near you this week!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/14/friday-night-magic-bristo
 l/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130615T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130615T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130610T104922Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/15/game-club-birmingham_1_1_
 1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Bob Baker and K9 at Forbidden Planet Bristol
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130615T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130615T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T085556Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome Bob Baker and K9 sig
 ning K9 STOLE MY TROUSERS at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in Bristol on 
 Saturday 15th June from 1 – 2pm.\n\nA stalwart of HTV\, Bob has worked w
 ith Sir Laurence Olivier\, Leonard Rossiter\, Ron Moody\, Toyah Willcox an
 d Trevor Eve. Among his many TV credits\, Bob wrote episodes of Doctor Who
  with co-writer Dave Martin\, several episodes of Bergerac starring John N
 ettles and the smash hit children's show\, Into the Labyrinth\; Bob also s
 cript edited the popular crime series Shoestring.\n\nHe’s best known for
  his work with Nick Park on Aardman Animations' Oscar and BAFTA-winning sh
 orts\, The Wrong Trousers\, A Close Shave and A Matter of Loaf and Death\,
  and the feature film The Curse of the Wererabbit.\n\nAmong his recent wor
 k\, Bob has just finished the first 26-part series of the regenerated K9\,
  currently showing on the Disney Channel and Channel 5 and is gearing up f
 or a second series in the coming year.\nK9 Stole My Trousers is a tribute 
 to some of the finest talents in TV in the last fifty years\, both people 
 Bob worked with and people he considered himself lucky to know in his pers
 onal life.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/15/bob-baker-and-k9-forbidde
 n-planet-bristol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130616T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130616T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130517T161142Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/16/game-club-newcastle_1_1_1
 /
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Anything Goes magic in Bristol!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130616T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130616T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T123530Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come along to our Bristol store for your chance to play anythi
 ng - that’s right\, anything at all!\n\nBring which ever deck you like\,
  with whatever cards you have\, standard\, modern\, vintage\, they are all
  more than welcome.  Try your hand at Planechase\, destroy all your oppone
 nts in Archenemy\, team up for a game of Two-Headed Giant\, really whateve
 r you want to do\, do it.\n\nThis is a great opportunity if you are a new 
 player to come and test yourself\, and learn from some slightly more exper
 ienced players.  See you there!\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/16/anything-goes-magic-brist
 ol/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Neil Gaiman signing The Ocean at the End of 
 the Lane
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130617T113000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130617T123000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130604T091336Z
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DESCRIPTION:NINJA SIGNING REVEALED! NEIL GAIMAN will be signing THE OCEAN 
 AT THE END OF THE LANE on Monday 17th June from 12:30 - 1:30pm\, at at the
  Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR.\n\n
 THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: 
 moving\, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream\, as delicate as a bu
 tterfly's wing\, as dangerous as a knife in the dark.\n\nIt began for our 
 narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and commit
 ted suicide in it\, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark
  creatures from beyond the world are on the loose\, and it will take every
 thing our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here\, a
 nd menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gath
 ered to destroy it. His only defence is three women\, on a farm at the end
  of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is ocean. The 
 oldest can remember the Big Bang.\n\nNeil Gaiman has spent his adult life 
 making things up and writing them down. He lives more in America than he d
 oes anywhere else. He has written books and films and children's books and
  television. He has a blog over at www.neilgaiman.com. He's won more than 
 his fair share of literary awards\, was voted twenty-first equal on a rece
 nt poll of Great British Authors\, and has no idea where he put his keys.\
 n\nPLEASE NOTE: Neil will ONLY be signing The Ocean at the End of the Lane
 . Depending on the size of the queue\, there may also be also be restricti
 ons on the number of copies per customer. Staff will be on hand to tell yo
 u on the day.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/17/neil-gaiman-signing-ocean
 -end-lane/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Seth Patrick signing Reviver
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130416T111123Z
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DESCRIPTION:SETH PATRICK will be signing REVIVER (Tor) at the Forbidden Pl
 anet London Megastore on Thursday 20th June from 6 – 7pm.\n\nDeath won
 ’t silence them.\n\nRevivers. Able to wake the recently dead\, and let t
 hem bear witness to their own demise. Twelve years after the first reviver
  came to light\, they have become accepted by an uneasy public. The testim
 ony of the dead is permitted in courtrooms across the world. Forensic revi
 val is a routine part of police investigation. In the United States\, that
  responsibility falls to the Forensic Revival Service. Despite his trouble
 d past\, Jonah Miller is one of their best. But while reviving the victim 
 of a brutal murder\, he encounters a terrifying presence. Something is wat
 ching. Waiting. His superiors tell him it was only in his mind\, a product
  of stress. Jonah is not so certain. \n\nThen Daniel Harker\, the first jo
 urnalist to bring revival to public attention\, is murdered\, and Jonah fi
 nds himself getting dragged into the hunt for answers. Working with Harker
 's daughter Annabel\, he's determined to find those responsible and bring 
 them to justice. Soon they uncover long-hidden truths that call into doubt
  everything Jonah stands for\, and reveal a threat that if not stopped in 
 time\, will put all of humanity in danger...\n\nSeth Patrick was born in N
 orthern Ireland. An Oxford mathematics graduate\, he works as a programmer
  in an award-winning games company. He lives in England with his wife and 
 two young children. Reviver is his first novel. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/20/seth-patrick-signing-revi
 ver/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night Midsummer Magic!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130621T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130621T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T130103Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win. Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new 
 player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more info
 rmation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/21/friday-night-midsummer-ma
 gic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Magic: Attack the Block at Forbidden Planet 
 Southampton
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130622T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130622T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130510T122559Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>THREE Sets - TEN Guilds - ONE Winner</h3>\n\n<h3>Can that 
 be you?</h3>\n\nJoin us at Forbidden Planet Southampton for a casual event
  with a difference.  We will be running a Sealed Deck event using all thre
 e sets that make up the Return to Ravnica Block.  However you can manipula
 te which guilds you might end up playing by choosing any combination of 6 
 boosters from Return to Ravnica\, Gatecrash and Dragon’s Maze with which
  to build your deck!  A great event for beginners and experienced players 
 to have fun and open new cards and build decks.\n\nThe store will provide 
 land cards but feel free to bring your own.   Prizes available for top pla
 cing players\, tickets available in store\, discount for advanced purchase
 .  \n\n<a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/">Contact the store for 
 more details.</a>\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/22/magic-attack-block-forbid
 den-planet-southampton/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130622T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130622T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130610T105015Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/22/game-club-birmingham_1_1_
 1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130623T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130623T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130617T155548Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/23/game-club-newcastle_1_1_1
 _1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Lou Morgan's launching a Rebellion!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130627T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130627T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T115224Z
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DESCRIPTION:LOU MORGAN will be launching BLOOD & FEATHERS: REBELLION at th
 e Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR on 
 Thursday 27th June 6 – 7pm.\n\nDriven out of hell and with nothing to lo
 se\, the Fallen wage open warfare against the angels on the streets. And t
 hey’re winning.\n\nAs the balance tips towards the darkness\, Alice – 
 barely recovered from her own ordeal in hell and struggling to start over 
 – once again finds herself in the eye of the storm. But with the chaos s
 preading and the Archangel Michael determined to destroy Lucifer whatever 
 the cost\, is the price simply too high? And what sacrifices will Alice an
 d the angels have to make in order to pay it?\n\nThe Fallen will rise. Tru
 st will be betrayed. And all hell breaks loose...\n\nBlood and Feathers: R
 ebellion is the follow-up to the storming debut from Lou Morgan. Violent a
 nd incisive\, acerbic and witty\, Morgan draws you into a new world of gun
 -toting angels and timeless battles that will blow you away.\n \n“A hell
  of a ride\, but heaven to read: eerie\, compelling and very funny.” -Mi
 chael Marshall Smith\n \n“Dark\, enticing and so sharp the pages could c
 ut you\, Blood and Feathers is a must-read for any fan of the genre” - S
 arah Pinborough\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/27/lou-morgans-launching-reb
 ellion/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Joanne Hall launching The Art of Forgetting:
  Rider
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130627T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130627T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T095042Z
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DESCRIPTION:JOANNE HALL will be launching THE ART OF FORGETTING BOOK ONE: 
 RIDER at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Thursday 27th June 6 
 – 7pm\n\nGifted and cursed with a unique memory\, the foundling son of a
  notorious traitor\, Rhodri joins an elite cavalry unit. There\, strugglin
 g with his own memories of his father\, he begins to discover a sense of b
 elonging. That is\, until a face from the past reveals a secret that will 
 change not only Rhodri’s life but the fate of a nation.\n\nJoanne Hall l
 ives in Bristol\, England with her partner. A full-time author since 2003\
 , her “New Kingdom” fantasy trilogy was published by Epress Online\, a
 nd was a finalist in both the PLUTO and EPPIE awards.  She has had short s
 tories published in several anthologies\, including “Pirates of the Cumb
 erland Basin” in Future Bristol\, and “Corpse Flight” in Dark Spires
 .  Her short story collection\, “The Feline Queen” was published in Ma
 rch 2011 by Wolfsinger Publications.\n\nShe is the co-editor with Roz Clar
 ke of “Colinthology”\, which also includes her short story “Lukewarm
  in Lynhelm.”  “Colinthology” was published as an ebook in October 2
 012 by Wizards Tower\, and a print edition may be forthcoming.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/27/joanne-hall-launching-art
 -forgetting-rider/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Friday Night June Magic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130628T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130628T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T130021Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come to Forbidden Planet for Friday Night Magic at our Birming
 ham\, Croydon and Newcastle Stores.\n\nBirmingham - 16:00 to 20:00\n\nCroy
 don - 19:00 to 22:30\n\nNewcastle - 15:00 to 18:00\n\nOur stores will be r
 unning Standard Tournaments and Booster Drafts with FNM Promos available t
 o win. Come along and join in the fun at your store whether you are a new 
 player or a seasoned pro.\n\nPlease contact your local store for more info
 rmation on what is happening near you this week!
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/28/friday-night-june-magic/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] George Mann signing The Executioner's Heart
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130629T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130629T120000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130530T115513Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome GEORGE MANN signing 
 NEWBURY & HOBBES INVESTIGATES: THE EXECUTIONER’S HEART at the Forbidden 
 Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR on Saturday 29t
 h June 12 – 1pm.\n\nFrom the writer of The Ghost series of novels and au
 dio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes\, comes the fou
 rth instalment of George Mann’s popular Newbury & Hobbes series of steam
 punk mysteries\, The Executioner’s Heart.\n\nThe Executioner’s Heart i
 s the latest adventure of Sir Maurice Newbury\, gentleman investigator for
  the Crown\, and his feisty assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes!\n\nA serial ki
 ller is loose on the streets of London\, murdering apparently random membe
 rs of the gentry with violent abandon.\n\nThe corpses are each found with 
 their chest cavities cracked open and their hearts removed. It is clear so
 me new and strange contraption is being used to affect this procedure. Cha
 rles Bainbridge\, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard\, suspects an occult si
 gnificance to the crimes and brings Newbury and Veronica in to investigate
 .\n\nGeorge Mann is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost ser
 ies of novels\, as well as numerous short stories\, novellas and audiobook
 s. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor Who and
  Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The So
 laris Book of New Science Fiction\, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy\, and 
 Titan Books’ Encounters of Sherlock Holmes. He lives near Grantham\, UK.
 \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/29/george-mann-signing-execu
 tioners-heart/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130629T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130629T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130610T105102Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__569__1370861462.0
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/29/game-club-birmingham_1_1_
 1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130630T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130630T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130617T155724Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/06/30/game-club-newcastle_1_1_1
 _1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] The Lowest Heaven Signing
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130703T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130703T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T104351Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join David Bryher\, E J Swift\, Lavie Tidhar\, Anne C Perry\, 
 Esther Saxey and Jared Shurin for the paperback release of THE LOWEST HEAV
 EN at Forbidden Planet London on Wednesday 3rd July  from 6 – 7pm!\n\nTh
 e Lowest Heaven is a new anthology of contemporary science fiction publish
 ed to coincide with Visions of the Universe\, a major exhibition of space 
 imagery at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Each story in The Lowest Heave
 n is themed around a body in the Solar System\, from the Sun to Halley's C
 omet. The stories are illustrated with photographs and artwork selected fr
 om the archives of the Royal Observatory\, while the book's cover and over
 all design are the work of award-winning South African illustrator Joey Hi
 -Fi.\nThis wonderful title arrives with a Joey Hi-Fi bookplate exclusive t
 o Forbidden Planet!\n\n"Visually beautiful with an incredibly high quality
  of fiction. Highly recommended." - The List\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/03/lowest-heaven-signing/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club In Coventry
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130706T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130706T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T091850Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Coventry!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Munchkin\, 
 Risk\, Game of Thrones and Fluxx.  So whether you are a long time player o
 r a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and me
 et like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a
  game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!
 \n\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/06/game-club-coventry_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Birmingham
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130706T110000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130706T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130610T105148Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__570__1370861508.0
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Birmingham!</h3> \n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, 
 Gloom and Munchkin every Saturday.  So whether you are a long time player 
 or a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and m
 eet like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\n<img src="h
 ttp://media.forbiddenplanet.com/gameclub.jpg" style="max-width:99%" />\n\n
 If you own a game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, sh
 are the fun!\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n\n<h3><a href="h
 ttp://forbiddenplanet.com/gaming/">Check out our full range on our Game Pa
 ge!</a></h3>
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/06/game-club-birmingham_1_1_
 1_1_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club in Newcastle
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130707T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130707T150000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130617T155826Z
UID:forbiddenplanet.com__574__1371484706.0
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Newcastle!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Fluxx\, Gl
 oom and Munchkin every Sunday.  So whether you are a long time player or a
  newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and meet 
 like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a ga
 me you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!\n\
 nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/07/game-club-newcastle_1_1_1
 _1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Stu Jennett signing Chronos Commandos #1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130710T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130710T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130529T110137Z
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DESCRIPTION:STUART JENNETT will be launching his new comic CHRONOS COMMAND
 OS #1 at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, W
 C2H 8JR on Wednesday 10th July 6 – 7pm\n\nWhen the Allies and Nazis deve
 lop time-diving technology that could see the course of World War II derai
 led by creatures from the Cretaceous period\, only the Sarge and his band 
 of misfit soldiers can save the future by saving history!\n\nDinosaurs! Gi
 ant crocodiles! Time travel! Nazis! Albert Einstein with a machine gun!\n\
 nStuart Jennett started out as a comic book artist for Marvel UK back in t
 he early 90’s (Warheads\, Overkill) before moving into the video games i
 ndustry as a concept\, 3d artist and studio art director.  Now after a lon
 g hiatus from his first love\, Stuart returns with an unapologetic love le
 tter to his youth with Chronos Commandos\, a bullet strewn\, time travelli
 ng\, Nazi stomping adventure serial new from Titan Comics.\n\nStuart\, alo
 ngside his wife\, is also one of the founders and creative directors of Al
 ien Apple Studios Ltd providing design work across the entertainment indus
 try.  \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/10/stu-jennett-signing-chron
 os-commandos-1/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] NEW DATE: Simon Spurrier Signing Numbercrunc
 her # 1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130717T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130717T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T095248Z
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DESCRIPTION:SIMON SPURRIER will be signing NUMBERCRUNCHER # 1 (Forbidden P
 lanet Variant) at our London Megastore on Wednesday 17th July at 6:00pm.\n
 \nA time-twisting romantic thriller-noir metaphysical black comedy from th
 e smash-hit writer of X-Men Legacy and Crossed: Wish You Were Here! \n\nNu
 mbercruncher is the story of a lovesick\, dying Mathematician who cheats t
 he rules of the Afterlife to be reincarnated within his lover’s lifetime
 … and faces the full force of Karmic Accountancy as a result.\nOne Karmi
 c agent - the surly Bastard Zane - must stop the time-twisting romance bef
 ore the Mathematician can escape Existential Justice!\n\nSimon Spurrier wa
 s physically born in the 80’s but profiles an existential/curmudgeonly a
 ge of 103.\n \nWorking as an Art Director for the BBC in the armpit of the
  millennium\, he took an unscripted tangent into the murky depths of Makin
 g Stuff Up On Paper and has since become an award winning author and graph
 ic novelist.\n \nHis latest crime novel\, A Serpent Uncoiled\, was release
 d to great critical acclaim in 2011\, while his comics works includes Judg
 e Dredd\, Crossed\, Gutsville\, Six-Gun Gorilla and the all-new\, all-weir
 d X-Men Legacy – part of the “Marvel Now” initiative.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/17/simon-spurrier-signing-nu
 mbercruncher-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Mitch Benn signing Terra
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130720T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130720T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T103212Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome MITCH BENN signing T
 ERRA at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC
 2H 8JR on Saturday 20th July from 1 – 2pm.\n\nNo-one trusts humanity. No
 -one can quite understand why we're intent on destroying the only place we
  have to live in the Universe. No-one thinks we're worth a second thought.
  And certainly no-one is about to let us get off Rrth. That would be a com
 plete disaster.\n\nBut one alien thinks Rrth is worth looking at. Not huma
 nity\, obviously\, we're appalling\, but until we manage to kill every oth
 er living thing on the planet there are some truly wonderful places on Rrt
 h and some wonderful creatures living in them. Best take a look while they
 're still there.\n\nMitch Benn found fame as the singer of spectacularly a
 ngry\, clever and funny songs on the Now Show. He used to be a big\, angry
 \, clever and funny man. Now he is just angry\, clever and funny. He tours
  regularly and is in pretty much permanent residence with his band at the 
 Phoenix Theatre in Bloomsbury. He is married and has two young daughters. 
 He also has over 38\,000 followers on Twitter.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/20/mitch-benn-signing/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Kim Curran and Bryony Pearce
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130725T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130725T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130613T094837Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Kim Curran and Bryony Pearce\, signing their new titles C
 ontrol and The Weight of Souls (Strange Chemistry) at Forbidden Planet Meg
 astore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London SE1 0UP on Thursday 25th July fro
 m 6 – 7pm.\n\nIn Control\, Scott Tyler is not like other teenagers. With
  a single thought he can alter reality around him. And he can stop anyone 
 else from doing the same. That’s why he’s so important to ARES\, the s
 ecret government agency that regulates other kids like him: Shifters.\n\nT
 hey’ve sent him on a mission. To track down the enigmatic Frank Anderson
 . An ex-Shifter who runs a project for unusual kids – as if the ability 
 to change your every decision wasn’t unusual enough. But Anderson and th
 e kids have a dark secret. One that Scott is determined to discover.\n\nIn
  Bryony Pearce’s The Weight Of Souls\, sixteen year old Taylor Oh is cur
 sed: if she is touched by the ghost of a murder victim then they pass a ma
 rk beneath her skin. She has three weeks to find their murderer and pass t
 he mark to them – letting justice take place and sending them into the D
 arkness. And if she doesn’t make it in time? The Darkness will come for 
 her…\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/25/kim-curran-and-bryony-pea
 rce/
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SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] A Signing at the Rue Morgue!
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130727T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130727T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130604T085015Z
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DESCRIPTION:FORBIDDEN PLANET is delighted to be hosting one of our tradema
 rk multi-author signings. At 1:00pm on Saturday July 27th\, Forbidden Plan
 et 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London will be playing host to: - \n\n•	Mike
  Carey\n•	Simon Clark\n•	Paul Kane\n•	Lisa Tuttle\n•	Stephen Volk\
 n\nTo promote the release of the fantastic BEYOND RUE MORGUE anthology (Ti
 tan Books)\, Forbidden Planet has gathered a host of authors into one even
 t – an event to bring writers and fans together. \n\nEdgar Allan Poe’s
  1841 short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue introduced the world to th
 e its first literary detective\, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin\, and estab
 lished many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detec
 tives\, including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Beyond Rue Morgue in
 vites its authors to continue the exploits of Dupin\, while retaining that
  touch of the strange and macabre for which Poe’s work is so well known.
 \n\nThis will be one of our trademark multi-author events\, bringing our g
 uests out from behind their tables and giving their readers a chance to me
 et them and talk to them about their work - and join us afterwards for dri
 nks at the Spice of Life! \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/07/27/signing-rue-morgue/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Tom Pollock launching The Glass Republic
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130802T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130802T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130606T095412Z
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DESCRIPTION:TOM POLLOCK will be launching THE GLASS REPUBLIC\, sequel to t
 he astonishing THE CITY’S SON (Jo Fletcher) at the Forbidden Planet Lond
 on Megastore on Friday 2nd August from 6 – 7pm.\n\nPen’s life is all a
 bout secrets: the secret of the city’s spirits\, deities and monsters he
 r best friend Beth discovered\, living just beyond the notice of modern Lo
 ndoners\; the secret of how she got the intricate scars that disfigure her
  so cruelly – and the most closely guarded secret of all: Parva\, her mi
 rror-sister\, forged from her reflections in a school bathroom mirror. Pen
 ’s reflected twin is the only girl who really understands her.\n\nThen P
 arva is abducted and Pen makes a terrible bargain for the means to track h
 er down. In London-Under-Glass\, looks are currency\, and Pen’s scars ma
 ke her a rare and valuable commodity. But some in the reflected city will 
 do anything to keep Pen from the secret of what happened to the sister who
  shared her face.\n\n‘…nails that spot between utterly normal and bloo
 d-curdlingly weird perfectly’ Jon Courtenay Grimwood\n\nTom Pollock is a
  graduate of the Sussex University Creative Writing Programme\, and a memb
 er of the London-based writers’ group The T-Party. He has lived everywhe
 re from Scotland to Sumatra\, but the peculiar magic of London has always 
 drawn him back.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/08/02/tom-pollock-launching-gla
 ss-republic/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club In Coventry
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130803T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130803T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T091942Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Coventry!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Munchkin\, 
 Risk\, Game of Thrones and Fluxx.  So whether you are a long time player o
 r a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and me
 et like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a
  game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!
 \n\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/08/03/game-club-coventry_1_1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Claudia Christian signing Babylon Confidenti
 al
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130803T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130803T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130411T143236Z
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DESCRIPTION:CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN will be signing BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL (BenBel
 la Books) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 3rd August 
 from 1 – 2pm.\n\nA brutally honest trip through a life of sex\, drugs\, 
 despair\, betrayal\, courage\, humor\, love and triumph. Hold onto your ha
 t!”\n\nClaudia’s candid memoir\, Babylon Confidential: A Memoir of Lov
 e\, Sex\, & Addiction\, is a rollercoaster ride. At 17\, Claudia moved to 
 Hollywood. Caught up in a glamorous\, whirlwind career\, she worked with s
 tars as diverse as Bob Hope\, Faye Dunaway\, George Clooney\, and Charlie 
 Sheen in over 50 films and dozens of TV shows. Her life has been a wild ri
 de filled with heartbreak\, joy\, addiction and\, finally\, a hard-won pea
 ce.\n\nClaudia is an actress\, writer\, singer\, songwriter\, director\, p
 roducer\, and voice-over artist. She landed her first TV series at age 18 
 with NBC’s Berringers and went on to star in studio pictures such as Cle
 an and Sober with Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton\, and in TV shows such
  as sci-fi megahit Babylon 5. Babylon Confidential will captivate\, shock\
 , and enlighten you - all with a healthy dose of humor.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/08/03/claudia-christian-signing
 -babylon-confidential/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Dan Boultwood launching It Came! #1
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130807T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130807T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T082252Z
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DESCRIPTION:DAN BOULTWOOD will be launching Issue #1 of IT CAME! At the Fo
 rbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shaftsbury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR on Wedn
 esday 7th August 6 – 7pm\n\nFans of cult film will love this hilarious B
 -movie romp\, a knowing throwback to the heyday of low-budget SF cinema! I
 n It Came!\, Dan Boultwood has unearthed a lost classic from the forgotten
  Pinetree Studios.\n\nAn enormous alien robot lays waste to the English co
 untryside\, annihilating bunting\, villages\, and diagonally-sliced sandwi
 ches alike! Only the pipe-chomping space scientist Dr. Boy Bret and his as
 sistant Doris Night stand a chance of stopping it from marching all the wa
 y to London!\n\nDan Boultwood is a cartoonist and comics artist\, working 
 on titles like danger Academy\, Hope Falls and the Baker Street Irregulars
 . It Came! is also all his own writing and his very first British B movie 
 pastiche. \n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/08/07/dan-boultwood-launching-i
 t-came-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Toby Frost signing A Game of Battleships
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130808T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130808T180000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T082539Z
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DESCRIPTION:Forbidden Planet are delighted to welcome TOBY FROST signing A
  GAME OF BATTLESHIPS at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore\, 179 Shafts
 bury Avenue\, WC2H 8JR on Thursday 8th August from 6 – 7pm.\n\nIn the 25
 th Century the future of the galaxy rests on a knife-edge. The actions of 
 one man could save the British Space Empire\, or leave Earth at the mercy 
 of deadly legions of ant-people. That one man is Captain Isambard Smith\, 
 and Earth is in a lot of trouble.\n\nAfter blowing up a top-secret base\, 
 Smith and his crew deserve a rest. But their holiday is cut short when for
 ces unknown destroy the robot convoy they were meant to be guarding. Smith
  finds himself in hot pursuit of a mysterious vessel that can pass through
  dimensions\, incurring the wrath of the dreaded Grand Witchfinder of New 
 Eden – which would be so much easier if his pilot wasn’t cowering unde
 r the dashboard and his ship wasn’t infested with man-eating toads.\n\nT
 oby Frost studied law and was called to the Bar in 2001. Since then\, he h
 as worked as a private tutor\, a court clerk and a legal advisor to the mo
 tor industry. Unable to become Great Britain’s foremost space explorer\,
  he is content just to write about space exploration instead. He has also 
 produced film reviews for the book The DVD Stack and articles for Solander
  magazine. He lives in Studham\, Bedfordshire\, LU6.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/08/08/toby-frist-signing-game-b
 attleships/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Game Club In Coventry
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130907T100000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130907T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T092042Z
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>Like Board games?  Come and join in the fun at Forbidden P
 lanet Coventry!</h3>\n\nWe will be demonstrating games such as Munchkin\, 
 Risk\, Game of Thrones and Fluxx.  So whether you are a long time player o
 r a newcomer\, we will have a game for you.  Learn to play for free and me
 et like-minded players in a relaxed\, friendly atmosphere.\n\nIf you own a
  game you think others would like to try\, bring it along\, share the fun!
 \n\nPlease contact the store for more details.\n
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/09/07/game-club-coventry_1_1_1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ForbiddenPlanet.com] Milligan & McCarthy sign The Best Of Milliga
 n & McCarthy
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130914T120000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130914T130000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130514T160729Z
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DESCRIPTION:PETER MILLIGAN and BRENDAN McCARTHY will be signing THE BEST O
 F MILLIGAN & McCARTHY at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday
  14th September at 1:00pm.\n\nOne of comics' most fruitful collaborations 
 gets its due in this deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from Peter Mil
 ligan and Brendan McCarthy.  There is still nothing else like Freakwave\, 
 Paradax!\, Skin\, and Rogan Gosh\, and this volume is the ideal starting p
 lace for new readers! \n\nCollecting twenty years' worth of the pair's fin
 est work from Vanguard Illustrated\, Strange Days\, 2000 AD\, and Vertigo.
 \n\nPeter Milligan is an acclaimed British comics writer and alumnus of 20
 00AD. Milligan was one of the founding writers of DC’s cutting edge Vert
 igo imprint\, and has written a huge array of titles\, including Animal Ma
 n\, Tank Girl\, Shade: The Changing Man\, and X-Force.\n\nArtist Brendan M
 cCarthy has worked for the 2000 AD\, Crisis and Revolver. For Crisis\, he 
 drew the highly controversial Skin\, also created with and written by Pete
 r Milligan. He has worked as designer on the films Highlander\, the first 
 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film\, Lost In Space and The Borr
 owers. His designs also feature in the forthcoming Max Max: Fury Road.\n\n
 This event is Approved By The Spider Of Warning.
URL:http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2013/09/14/peter-milligan-signs-best
 -milligan-mccartthy/
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