The official announcement of CJ’s Dan Hamman & James Floyd’s Kessel Run puzzle race went up tonight. Dan has long been CJ’s unofficial Game Master, and I have no doubts this will be awesome, so sign up now!
CIV: Start your engines!
Guess who’s blogging?
It’s Helen! The book she co-authored, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, comes out at the end of October.
Hide the rum!
Our own Caitlin (as Elizabeth) and Rogue (as Barbossa) in the award-winning Pirates of the Caribbean Masquerade at the San Deigo Comic-Con. Shiny!
A Club Jade Poll
I polled a number of CJers on the releases of 2005 and here are the results:
Best Movie
Revenge of the Sith came out on top with 45.5% of the vote. Serenity made a strong show for second place with 40.9%, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was third with 27.3%.
Best Fan Parody
No surprise here: it was the Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition that captured the majority vote with 61.9%. In second place, the comic I <3th Darth.
Best Star Wars Fiction
Matt Stover’s Revenge of the Sith novelization was the clear winner with 81.0%.
Best SW nonfiction/reference
With 66.7%, Dressing a Galaxy was our favorite non-fiction publication.
Best genre TV
I admit I slipped up here, forgetting to include at least two shows (Stargate and Stargate:Atlantis) so the majority vote was a tie between Battlestar Galactica and ‘Other’. D’oh.
This completely unscientific poll is still open for members.