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Jlawrence wrote: "And the next meetup is Monday, April 24!RSVP here for bookclub glory
We had a nice round of drinks after the March bookclub, maybe we can do that again..."
Red wine flight is always right!
Fresno Bob wrote: "Jlawrence wrote: "And the next meetup is Monday, April 24!RSVP here for bookclub glory
We had a nice round of drinks after the March bookclub, maybe we can do that again..."
Red wine flight ..."
In hindsight, I should have gone for that.
Robert wrote: "Fresno Bob wrote: "Jlawrence wrote: "And the next meetup is Monday, April 24!RSVP here for bookclub glory
We had a nice round of drinks after the March bookclub, maybe we can do that again......"
next time!
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Note our new start time is 6:30 p.m., to make it a bit easier for people to get there on time from work.
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Jlawrence wrote: "And I hope to see you all at BayCon, too!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
nope, I'll be at Spain-con!
Jlawrence wrote: "And I hope to see you all at BayCon, too!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
I'll be there!
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RSVP here!
Note: I show as a "yes" because I created the event, but I will actually be at Lake Shasta when this meetup occurs. If Fresno Bob attends, please drink extra for me!
No one showed this time except me. I just hung out for an hour. See you all next month.
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No problem, I figured it might be that no one would show. I went anyway since I could and I live pretty close by.
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The next meeting is Monday, August 28!
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May we all shoot as straight as Roland...
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The next meeting is Monday, September 25!
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Jlawrence wrote: "We had a return to form in August, and even a find round of drinks afterwards!The next meeting is Monday, September 25!
RSVP here!
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I even bought this book!
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The next meeting is Monday, September 25!
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I even bought this book!"
:O :D
I dug up my used paperback copy!
I'm on page 25.
But I still plan to be finished by club time!
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I'll make the October meet-up (my new place is walking distance to Caltrain, so trips to and from the city won't be be big burdens.)
Are there any sci fi/fantasy book groups in the San Jose area? I would be grateful for any information...
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So this is the third in the Star Justice series I talked about today. I really feel the cover art captures the entirety of the series though. Zeta Hack
It was great seeing everybody today.
James wrote: "So this is the third in the Star Justice series I talked about today. I really feel the cover art captures the entirety of the series though. Zeta Hack
It was great seeing everyb..."
Oh wow - I knew they had to have terrible covers to match.
I had fun meeting everyone!
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Yes, really fun meeting, thanks for coming, everyone! I'll have the next date up soon.
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James, I hope you've done more reading in the Star Justice series so you can update us on our favorite starfaring weretiger's harem!
Aww nuts, sorry I missed the meeting. I thought it was next week.
Missed you Robert. James, Josh, Joe and I discussed Frankenstein and Star Wars The Last Jedi
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Speaking of which, next meetup is Monday, Feb 26!
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You were missed, Veronica! Hope the headache has been chased away.
We discussed the urban-legend stand-up arcade-game Polybius (and a podcast that pretended to be a documentary about it), our confusion about the end of A Unkindness of Ghosts, if Spielberg can bring it for Ready Player One and (argh) Indiana Jones 5, if the kaiju-bashing and city-destroying of Pacific Rim: Uprising matches the original, and I unintentionally scared away a nice old lady who was eavesdropping on us.
Next meetup in Mon, April 23 at Borderlands Books cafe!
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Also, the Bay Area Book Festival is being held in Berkeley on Sat, April 28 and Sun, April 29. We had a S&L meetup several years ago at the Festival - anyone interested in doing that again?
A ton of the sessions look interesting. Here are some specific S&L-related ones:
- The Art of Science Fiction: Interview with Sylvie Denis
- Gary Snyder & Kim Stanley Robinson
- Women & Speculative Fiction
You can buy a 15$ general pass (all sessions, but not a guaranteed seat) and/or 10$ per session priority seating at a specific session.
I'm definitely going on Saturday and seeing the Gary Synder/Kim Stanley Robinson session at least.
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Since our normal date would fall on Memorial Day, I'm negotiating with Borderlands a different day, and will update the thread once I know.
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RSVP here!
Then we'll back to our regular schedule, meeting on Monday, June 25 to discuss the June book.
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Come back, come baaaaack...
(Veronica did reveal that my forgetting to change the date in the *title* of this thread for the June 5 meeting probably resulted in you missing that one...if so, sorry!)
I'll be in Las Vegas for the 25th, sorry
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Katie and Kaan showed up. They're cool! Thanks for coming guys.
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Please RSVP for the Monday, July 23 meetup!
Jlawrence wrote: "How did Monday's meetup go?The next one is Monday, August 27 -- RSVP here!"
It went well, we had all read the book!!!
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Veronica's on panels Sat and Sun, Tom has a podcasting panel on Sun, and of course both are in the Awards ceremony, S&L up for Best Fancast.
Previously when I visited the WorldCon site, they didn't have day passes, but now they do -- I'm going Sat and Sun.
I will also be there Saturday and Sunday.
I'll be there. Easiest way to identify me is the Steampunk cane.
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