Dear Gentle Being, 3 DEC 2001

Welcome to the latest update, for events occurring at the SF Discussion Group.

On 12 January we met with Paul Abell who provided info on the hazards of Asteroids. It was a delightful, tho somewhat scary, evening.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, 13 February 2002. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM and ends, officially, at 9:00 PM at the FLIGHTS OF FANTASY BOOKSTORE at 488 Albany-Shaker Road in Loudonville - next to the Rite Aid.

Since we are still talking a little bit about The Fellowship of the Ring, I'm going to try & remember to bring some ancient stuff I have concerning the books and the like.

PAUL ABELL has provided the URL's he mentioned in his talk.

> NEAR Mission (Great images and some good info on NEAs. I was on the NIS/MSI team.) http://near.jhuapl.edu/
> The NEO page of the Minor Planet Center (A bit technical, but has good links.) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/TheNEOPage.html
> The Near-Earth Object Program of JPL (Useful and easy to understand.) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/
> The Near-Earth Asteroids Database of DLR (Germany) (Very technical, but may be of interest to some if they want to see what is known about specific NEAs.) http://pentium.pe.ba.dlr.de/nea/

The next SFDG meetings will be on: Wednesday, 13 March 2002, Wednesday, 10 April 2002 & Wednesday, 8 May 2002

ALBACON meetings will be scheduled for the first Sunday of every month and begin at 2 PM Location: Flights of Fantasy on 488 Albany-Shaker Road, Albany, 12211 NY. The next one will be 3 March. Everyone invited, tho they may end up putting you to work. J

For signings at the Flights of Fantasy Bookstore, 488 Albany Shaker Rd, Loudonville, NY: check http://www.lastsfa.org/lastsfa_calendar.html

Please drop by the LASTSFA web site: http://www.lastsfa.org . It has been recently renovated and has lots of good stuff on it, including a number of neat links & a calendar. Join LASTSFA and help support our efforts to bring in speakers. Your financial support helps make these speakers possible. Talk to us! Send us money! Don't just sit there! Make it happen! Full Membership - $10; Student - $5; Family - $20 LASTSFA, P.O. Box 2085, Albany, NY 12220-0085, USA.


Drop by the ALBACON web site. http://www.albacon.org . You can see some pictures taken at ALBACON 97, 98, 99, Y2K & 01[and soon 02]. Get a look at the great happenings that went on. SF cons are not a spectator sport. Participate in one of the best cons running. Have you joined ALBACON 02? If not, why not? You can go to our web site http://www.albacon.org and register there. DO IT TODAY!!! ALBACON 02 can't succeed without your involvement. ALBACON 02 registration is currently only $30 thru 31 March 2002. Such a deal! Get a friend to come with you! If you are going to a con, bring the ALBACON 02 registration form with you and get someone to join.

Are you a gamer? Well, join us and help with the gaming portion of ALBACON. fcs@klink.net You can join ALBACON 02 for a reduced rate if all you wish to do is game.

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Looking forward to hearing from you.

PS: Do any of you have a copy of A Different Turf by Jon Cleary. I know, it is a mystery, but none of the local libraries seem to have it. J

Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you!

Yours sincerely,

 

jan howard finder

164 Williamsburg Court

Albany, NY 12203-5506, USA

+1-518-456-5242

wombat@sff.net

PS: When the Information Superhighway slows to a crawl or stops, you are experiencing "BYTELOCK!" I coined BYTELOCK on 17 July 1997. Please use BYTELOCK but DO cite the source. I would like to get into the dictionary.

ALBACON 02, 4-7 October 2002, Schenectady, NY, USA; committee@albacon.org The SF Con!

PS: If you are interested, you can find a summary of my travels in Australia up thru its end on 4 FEB 2000 at http://www.lastsfa.org/finder/wombats_wanderings.html