Find your inner alien and discover your inner light with a Hugo Award-winning writer and stars from Star Trek, X-Files, Stargate SG-1 and Chuck during Starbase Indy: The 16th Generation.

There are five science fiction themed conventions this weekend, ranging from local SFF events to steampunk cons to a Transformers fest.

Jewel Staite, known best to fans as “Kaylee” on Firefly, will be one of two Celebrity Guests this October at Vulcan Events’ con in Florida.

Gallifrey One, the annual Doctor Who convention for North America, has announced an open call for ideas for their 2012 event.

This August there are quite a few local sci-fi/fantasy (SFF) conventions. So if you’d like to celebrate some speculative fiction one last time before the end of summer here are the events waiting for you.