Landlocked fan conventions are soooooo last year. Get with the times and attend a con at sea!

Think about it: The food will be top-notch, you won’ t have to deal with parking and stuffy halls and your “hotel” room is in the same place as the con.

CruiseCons is offering a seven-day sci-fi convention on a luxury liner, while cruising the Western Caribbean. The best part is that joining you on this cruise will be a bevy of celebrities.

This is a series that eventually catches you by surprise.

On the surface it appears to be a sexy bit of sci-fi meant to give nerds something extra to oogle an hour each week. Then it slowly trickles out enough character development, ethical conundrums, hidden agendas, plots twists and double-to-triple entendres to keep it interesting.

All that and you always feel like you missed an episode or two, too. Of course, that’s part of the point…

If you’re a Joss Whedon fan who still hasn’t purchased Firefly, and you happen to own a PS3, you may want to wait until November 11, 2008. The full Firefly series (only 14 episodes), is going to be released on Blu-Ray for $89.98. The Blu-Ray release will include additional episode commentary by Whedon and some of the cast and will also include a Firefly Reunion discussion.

The Blu-Ray Firefly set will also come with some extra features that will entertain fans. There will be two extra Whedon snippets, where Whedon tours the show’s set and where he sings the Firefly theme. There will also be a special piece called “Serenity: The 10th Character”, deleted scenes from episodes, outtakes and Alan Tudyk’s audition.