Dear Gentle Being, 1 JULY 2002

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

On Wednesday, 12 June 2002 we met over at FoF to nosh with Wen Spencer and later hear her read from her new book & talk about what she is working on next.

The next meeting will be ***** Date Change ALERT!!!***** TUESDAY, 9 July 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. Rob Sawyer will be joining us to do a signing & reading. Maybe we can get him to tell us all about his job in South Africa! We will be meeting at FoF at 4:53 PM so we can dodge traffic going across the street to the restaurant for dinner at 5 PM. Y'all are welcome to join us.

*****Crikey! We'll give you the choice of two [2] meetings in the same week. J John Clute one of the most distinguished critics of fantasy and Science Fiction will be our guest at Flights of Fantasy on THURSDAY, 11 July at 7:30 PM. John is the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and the Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Join us for dinner at a nearby restaurant. We will leave Flights at 5:30 PM. [I'm going to get fat(ter) eating out so much.

The following SFDG meeting will be on Wednesday, 14 August. Dawn River Baker will be reading from her novel, The Rise of the Phoenix. This is her first novel. We will be meeting at FoF at 4:53 PM so we can dodge traffic going across the street to the Lainie's restaurant for dinner at 5 PM. Y'all are welcome to join us.

The September SFDG meeting will be on Wednesday, 11 September. Josepha Sherman will make the trek north to Albany for a reading & signing.

There will be no meeting in October. We'll have ALL been to ALBACON the previous weekend. However, on Wednesday, 13 November 2002 we'll be back.

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 ones will be Sunday, 14 July, 4 August, & 8 September 2002. 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

Saturday, 23 November 2002 join us to welcome Jennifer Dunne for a signing. SEX MAGIC is out in June & SHADOW PRINCE is out in paperback in October. We'll most likely be doing lunch or dinner as well.

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. Please 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 $35 thru 6 September 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: Are you something of a Tolkien fan? The Fellowship will gather on Sunday, 22 September 2002. What a fine day for a birthday party. Care to read with us? If there are enough interested persons, we need at least 6 persons, we could spend a couple hours on Sunday afternoons, say from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM or so, reading tLotR aloud. It takes about 7 months. It is a lot of fun. Please contact me. Thain Peregrin II aka The Wombat.

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