Dear Gentle Being, 1 July 2004

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

*****Anyone need a ride to & from WORLDCON? I'm driving out on Wednesday, 1 September & returning on Monday, 6 September. Please contact me for info on my outrageous J fee schedule.


On Wednesday, 12 May 2004 at 7:00 PM. we had a nice chat & met a new LASTSFA member over at Flights of Fantasy.

On Wednesday, 9 June 2004 LASTSFA and Flights of Fantasy presented an evening with Sarah Micklem at FoF. Sarah read from Firethorn. We had a loverly dinner & chat with the author followed by the reading & signing at FoF.

On Tuesday, 22 June 2004 LASTSFA and Flights of Fantasy presented an evening with Julie Czerneda at FoF. Julie read from her latest work. We had a loverly dinner & chat with the author followed by the reading & signing at FoF.

On Wednesday, 14 July 2004 at 7:00 PM. we will get together over at Flights of Fantasy to discuss Science Fiction. [I'll be off to the West coast. 1st for WESTERCON where I'll be doing a "show & tell" on my tour of Middle-earth. Then off to Comic-con, where I have this dream of meeting some folk involved with TLOTR. I can dream. J ]

*****July when TROTK shows at Proctors. They are showing all three films with the 1st two being the extended versions. The fun begins 29 July! For the nutters, you can see all of them on Saturday, 31 July, beginning at 0930! MY choice! I'm bringing a sandwich. J The first 2 films will have intermissions. The tickets are on sale NOW! They are expecting them to go quickly.*****

*****On Sunday, August 1, 2004 until Sunday, October 24, 2004, the Museum of Science, www.mos.org/lotr , Boston, will host "The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - Exhibition." The link is for the LOTR exhibit that is touring across the world. It originated in the Te Papa museum, went to London and is now in Singapore. It will be in the USA (Boston, MA) for a few months before visiting our friends in

Sydney, Australia. *****

Mid-August [Date TBA] LASTSFA and Flights of Fantasy will present an evening with Chris Moriarty at FoF. Chris will read from her works. For those interested, please join us for dinner with the Chris at 4:51 p.m. at FoF returning by 7:00 p.m. for the event. Chris has been nominated for the John Campbell Award.

On Wednesday, 11 August 2004 at 7:00 PM. we will get together over at Flights of Fantasy to discuss Science Fiction.


For signings at the Flights of Fantasy Bookstore, 488 Albany Shaker Rd, Loudonville, NY 12211; +1-800-300-READ; fof@nycap.rr.com & http://www.fof.net . Also check: http://www.lastsfa.org/lastsfa_calendar.html


Please drop by the LASTSFA web site at http://www.lastsfa.org . It has lots of good stuff on it, including a number of neat links & a calendar of events. 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 - $25. Send name, address, and check or money order to 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, 02 & soon 03. 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 04? If not, why not? You can go to our web site http://www.albacon.org and register there. DO IT TODAY!!! ALBACON 04 can't succeed without your involvement. ALBACON 04 registration is currently only $40 thru 15 SEP 04. Such a deal! Get a friend to come with you! If you are going to a con, bring the ALBACON 04 registration form with you and get someone to join. It is $50 ATD.

Are you a gamer? Well, join us and help with the gaming portion of ALBACON. Contact Walter Wedenbine at tyger@nycap.rr.com . You can join ALBACON 03 for a reduced rate if all you wish to do is game.

Prydonians of Princeton, meet in Lawrenceville, NJ. For more info contact the Pydonians at prydonians@aol.com or call 609-448-9062.

Philadelphia SF Society meets in Philadelphia, PA. For more info contact PSFS at nemesis@netaxs.com or call 877-656-3914.

Nota Bene: In order to save some costs I need your help. If you are getting this via snail mail, please let me know if you have an eddress. I will send updates to you via the net. On the other hand if you don't wish to receive this at all, please let me know.

Looking forward to seeing you at the meetings.

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

ALBACON 04, 8-10 October 2003, Albany, NY, USA; committee@albacon.org The SF Con!

*****Save the Wombat! http://www.yaminon.org [Listen to the music, see the pics, LEAVE MONEY!*****

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.

If you are interested, you can find a summary of my travels in Australia from 16 AUG 1999 to 4 FEB 2000 at http://www.lastsfa.org/finder/wombats_wanderings.html