The convention draws more than 30,000 people each year, making it the largest genre attraction in the Southeast. But Dragon Con founder Ed Kramer says the group that bought his Atlanta convention is cheating him on revenue proceeds, and that the concept is being run into the ground. Kramer filed the suit in a superior court in Fulton County, Georgia, against Robert Patrick Henry. In the suit, Kramer claims Henry’s Las Vegas misfire cost him revenue, and that Henry deceived Kramer, convincing him to sell his majority stake in the convention, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Henry has yet to return a late-night weekend request from Airlock Alpha for comment. Kramer, on the other hand, is demanding a jury trial, and is seeking unspecified damages. However, if the case does go to …

The name of the site isn’t the only thing that has to change as 2009 gets under way. The SyFy Genre Awards, which have been a staple to the science-fiction community for a decade and attracted hundreds of thousands of votes, also is looking for a new name. And instead of depending on the Airlock Alpha staff to do it, they are instead turning to you, the readers. Until March 13, Airlock Alpha is accepting ideas from readers on what to rename the Genre Awards. All anyone has to do is send their ideas to Michael Hinman at mhinman@airlockalpha.com and include their name and where they’re writing from. Submitters can send one name or as many names as they like in a single e-mail. Three random submitters will be selected March 13 to win their very own DVD copy of the “Dead Like Me” telemovie, …

More than a decade ago, I was working for a small community newspaper in a great little town where people were active, and not much was going on. The community was nearly a century old, and many of the traditions and life hadn’t changed much during that time. One morning, however, people were driving into downtown as part of their daily routines when they stopped dead in their tracks. At a small intersection, a circle of sand bags had appeared, and they didn’t know what to do. City Hall was flooded with phone calls … what is up with the sand bags? Was the street flooding? Was it stopping people from driving into a sinkhole? Was the town at war? In the end, the mystery was solved with a single sentence: It’s a roundabout. The intersection it was placed in was just a few feet from another …

Confirming reports dating back to last September when it first closed, CBS/Paramount says it has signed a contract to return “Star Trek: The Experience” to Las Vegas, this time at the Neonopolis Center. “It is a bit premature to talk about it, but I can confirm that a contract has been signed,” Liz Kalodner, an executive vice president and general manager of CBS consumer products, told SciFi Wire. The attraction, which first opened in 1998 but was closed last year when Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. didn’t renew its contract with the Las Vegas Hilton, will reopen at the Neonopolis Center on May 8, the same time “Star Trek XI” is expected to premiere in theaters. The closing of the attraction caught a lot of Star Trek fan, as well as the franchise’s alumni, by surprise, even though rumors …