BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Events at Forbidden Planet Megastore PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100107T180000 DTEND:20100107T190000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Joe Mad launching THQ's DARKSIDERS DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4909835/ ] On Thursday 7th January\, comics legend Joe Mad will be launching the fantastic THQ game DARKSIDERS at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London. Featuring the kind of extreme combat featured in titles such as Devil May Cry\, Darksiders begins with the End of the World – and you are War\, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse\, battling the forces of both Heaven and Hell. Use spectacular supernatural powers\, journey across wastelands and through the demon-infested dungeons of the decimated Earth – and destroy all who stand in your way in your search for vindication. The 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 influential comic artists of all time’ Joe’s work has also included computer games such as Dungeon Runners and cover art for multiple gaming magazines. This 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. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4909835/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4909835/ DTSTAMP:20091216T035257 LAST-MODIFIED:20091216T035257 CATEGORIES:Media ORGANIZER;CN=Danacea:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/177099/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/94302/":Forbidden Planet Megastore @ 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, England WC2H 8JR UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100114T180000 DTEND:20100114T190000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Paul Hoffman signing The left Hand of God DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953303/ ] PAUL HOFFMAN will be signing The Left Hand of God at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2h 8JR on Thursday 14th January 6 – 7pm. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a lie – as it holds neither. It’s a vast and desolate place\; for years\, its occupants have endured a brutal regime of cruelty and violence – in the name of the One True Faith. Thomas Cale is one such occupant – he’s strange and secretive\, witty and charming\, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He’s so used to the cruelty that he seems immune\, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave\, or die. His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis\, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful\, infinitely Godless\, and deeply corrupt. Paul Hoffman is a writer whose work explores the relationship between genius\, madness\, obsession and creativity. Once president and publisher of the Encyclopedia Britannica\, he’s written twelve books\, presented more than a hundred science shows on channels from CNN to the BBC and created elaborate puzzles under the pseudonym Dr. Crypton. He was also the recipient of the first National Magazine Award for feature writing. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953303/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953303/ DTSTAMP:20091218T031503 LAST-MODIFIED:20091218T031503 CATEGORIES:Media ORGANIZER;CN=Danacea:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/177099/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/94302/":Forbidden Planet Megastore @ 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, England WC2H 8JR UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100118T130000 DTEND:20100118T140000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Jasper Fforde signing Shades of Grey DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953300/ ] JASPER FFORDE will be signing Shades of Grey at the Forbidden Planet Megastore\, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London WC2H on Monday 18th January from 1 – 2pm. From the bestselling author of Thursday Next - a brilliant new novel about a world where social order and destiny are dictated by the colors you can see. Part social satire\, part romance\, part revolutionary thriller\, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming 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 low-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 must be colorized by artificial means. Stunningly imaginative\, very funny\, tightly plotted\, and with sly satirical digs at our own society\, this novel is for those who loved Thursday Next but want to be transported somewhere equally wild\, only darker\; a world where the black and white of moral standpoints have been reduced to shades of grey. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953300/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4953300/ DTSTAMP:20091218T030644 LAST-MODIFIED:20091218T030644 CATEGORIES:Media ORGANIZER;CN=Danacea:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/177099/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/94302/":Forbidden Planet Megastore @ 179 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, England WC2H 8JR UK END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR