ASFS member Bradford Lyau has had his first book published – The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction: Stepchildren of Voltaire – and you can help him celebrate its release at his first signing!  The non-fiction book has been published as the 24th edition of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy from McFarland & Company.

Come join Lyau 7:00 pm Friday, February 25, as he talks about and signs his scholarly volume at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.
For more information, visit the store’s website: www.page1book.com.

Programming:

Blonde Bombshell by Tom Holt.

Meeting Location:

Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM

Contact Information:

Send us an email.

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Programming:

Time For The Traditional ASFS Auction, hosted by local author Robert Vardeman! VardeBob should update us on his current projects while auctioning off various doodads & mysterious items. Bidding will in be in 50-cent increments up to $6.00, then in whole dollars. Please bring 2-6 items, sci-fi or otherwise, to donate to the cause. (And remember, we can only take payments in cash or check. But we will run tabs until the auction is finished.)

Meeting Location:

GRAN QUIVERA 1 (south end of building, convention area – Gaming during Bubonicon)
Sheraton Albuq Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

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Muppets From Space at the Guild Cinema

Ends Sunday, Jan 30, 11:00 am & 1:00 pm

Dir. Tim Hill – 1999 – 82m – All Seats $5

The film that answers the immortal question: what species is Gonzo?!

One of the better Muppet features in recent years, MUPPETS FROM SPACE begins with Gonzo wondering where he came from and then promptly receiving messages from his alien brethren. Though the rest of the Muppet clan believe Gonzo insane, especially after he announces his revelation on Mrs. Piggy’s talk show, he arouses the interest of an idiotic government official, which leads to his imprisonment. Kermit reluctantly realizes Gonzo is in trouble and brings his fellow Muppets to try and help him escape. This one features a soundtrack made up of mostly 70s funk and introduces a new Muppet – Pepe the prawn, who gets quite a few laughs here.

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com

Muppets From Space at the Guild Cinema

Saturday & Sunday, Jan 29-30, 11:00 am & 1:00 pm

Dir. Tim Hill – 1999 – 82m – All Seats $5

The film that answers the immortal question: what species is Gonzo?!

One of the better Muppet features in recent years, MUPPETS FROM SPACE begins with Gonzo wondering where he came from and then promptly receiving messages from his alien brethren. Though the rest of the Muppet clan believe Gonzo insane, especially after he announces his revelation on Mrs. Piggy’s talk show, he arouses the interest of an idiotic government official, which leads to his imprisonment. Kermit reluctantly realizes Gonzo is in trouble and brings his fellow Muppets to try and help him escape. This one features a soundtrack made up of mostly 70s funk and introduces a new Muppet – Pepe the prawn, who gets quite a few laughs here.

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com

Zenith at the Guild Cinema

Ends Sunday, Jan 29, 9:15 only!

Dir. Vladan Nikolic – 2010 – 93m.  A LOST OBJECT FROM THE FUTURE – THE FILM THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE – THE UNDERGROUND CULT MOVIE SENSATION

ZENITH is a retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity.

Starting from a fictional recreation of Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority experiment, Zenith plunges into exploring multifaceted dimensions of the human experience. The film follows two parallel stories – of father and son – now, and 40 years into the future. Searching for the same elusive conspiracy, both father and son find no answers; instead, their journeys unravel their lives and force them to look deep and hard at themselves and their surroundings. In the end, they are both confronted with the same Faustian bargain – but each one chooses a very different path.

“a brooding science-fiction trip…Nikolic’s lust for paranoid desperation is powerful, and his way with actors is stunningly graceful.” – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

“Imaginative sci-fi thriller…conceptual imagination…a talent to watch!” – Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com

Zenith at the Guild Cinema

Thursday through Saturday, Jan 27–Jan 29, 9:15 only!

Dir. Vladan Nikolic – 2010 – 93m.  A LOST OBJECT FROM THE FUTURE – THE FILM THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE – THE UNDERGROUND CULT MOVIE SENSATION

ZENITH is a retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity.

Starting from a fictional recreation of Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority experiment, Zenith plunges into exploring multifaceted dimensions of the human experience. The film follows two parallel stories – of father and son – now, and 40 years into the future. Searching for the same elusive conspiracy, both father and son find no answers; instead, their journeys unravel their lives and force them to look deep and hard at themselves and their surroundings. In the end, they are both confronted with the same Faustian bargain – but each one chooses a very different path.

“a brooding science-fiction trip…Nikolic’s lust for paranoid desperation is powerful, and his way with actors is stunningly graceful.” – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

“Imaginative sci-fi thriller…conceptual imagination…a talent to watch!” – Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com

Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance at the Guild Cinema!

Friday & Saturday, Jan 21-22, 10:00 pm and Midnight

Dir. Hideaki Anno, Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki – 2009 – 108m – Japan – In English – ALIBI MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS – All seats $7 – Burning Paradise Members $5

The second film in the “Rebuild of Evangelion” tetralogy. Under constant attack by Angels, NERV introduces two new pilots: the mysterious Mari Makinami Illustrious and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Parallel to the incursion, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed the secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com

Welcome 2011 – may it be joyful and full of success for everyone…

The 1st Albuquerque Comic Con continues January 16, 2011, at the Hilton Hotel, southwest corner of Menaul and University NE.

Guests include Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Gene Ha, Deep Roy, Brian Pulido, Andy Kuhn, Erin Gray, Gil Gerard, Alaina Huffman, Anne Lockhart, Peter Mayhew, Lou Ferrigno and others.

Doors open 10 am-6 pm Sunday. A Full Conference VIP ticket (preferred seating, first in autographing lines) is $50.00, a normal Full Event ticket is $25, Saturday or Sunday-only are $15, and a Child’s All Event ticket is $10.00.

More info at www.albuquerquecomiccon.com.

The 1st Albuquerque Comic Con takes place January 15 & 16, 2011, at the Hilton Hotel, southwest corner of Menaul and University NE.

Guests include Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Gene Ha, Deep Roy, Brian Pulido, Andy Kuhn, Erin Gray, Gil Gerard, Alaina Huffman, Anne Lockhart, Peter Mayhew, Lou Ferrigno and others.

Doors open 10 am-6 pm both Saturday and Sunday. A Full Conference VIP ticket (preferred seating, first in autographing lines) is $50.00, a normal Full Event ticket is $25, Saturday or Sunday-only are $15, and a Child’s All Event ticket is $10.00.

More info at www.albuquerquecomiccon.com.

Have a nice ho-ho-holiday, and try to avoid all viewings of a Star Wars Christmas Special! (You’ll be glad you did.)

Award-Winning Arizona/NM author Diana Gabaldon will visit the Duke City to visit with ASFS, and celebrate her many bestselling books – most recently The Exile (An Outlander Graphic Novel) and An Echo in the Bone.

Come join Gabaldon 2:00 pm Saturday, February 12, as she talks about and signs her novels at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.
For more information, visit the store’s website: www.page1book.com

Programming:

New York Times Bestselling Author Diana Gabaldon visits ASFS for a chat and possible reading! Gabaldon’s most recent time-travel/romance projects are The Exile (An Outlander Graphic Novel) and the softcover release of An Echo in the Bone. She attended Bubonicon in 2009 and is looking forward to seeing NM fandom once again.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. We are asking for $1.00 from ALL newcomers/non-members to help pay our rent. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…

Seating is Limited! Don’t forget that Diana also will be at Page One Bookstore 2:00 pm the next day – Saturday, February 12. The signing at Page One is free and open to the public. Plus plenty of books are on hand for purchase…

Meeting Location:

GRAN QUIVERA 1 ROOM (1st floor, south side of the hotel – usually Gaming during Bubonicon)
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

Programming:

A Group Book Discussion! What Did You Read in 2010? And What Would You Recommend To Others?
+ Please bring 2-4 books to talk about, and explain why you’d recommend them to others in the club. Were they current releases? Were they classics? If not directly genre-related, what makes them appealing to SF fans? This is an audience-participation meeting, so please come ready to share (in a reasonable amount of time).
+ Plus, we’ll discuss and possibly vote on the future ASFS meeting location! Kevin and Craig are investigating your suggestions, and taking pictures of the top possibilities. A new contract needs to be signed for a location starting in March 2011.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food is not permitted, but candy may be shared when you are discreet.

Meeting Location:

VISTA NORTE (PRIVATE DINING) ROOM (north end of hotel, off the restaurant)
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

Programming:

Julian Comstock (A Story of 22nd-Century America) by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor Books 2009).

Meeting Location:

Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM

Contact Information:

Send us an email.

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New Mexico’s Wild Cards authors will be celebrating the release of Wild Cards 1 (version 2.0, which includes new stories) from Tor Books with a mass discussion and signing in time for the holidays!

Attending the WC Event are George RR Martin, Melinda Snodgrass, Daniel Abraham, M.L.N. Hanover, Victor Milan, John Jos. Miller, Ian Tregillis and Walter Jon Williams. In addition to Wild Cards 1, the event also marks the release of the anthology Songs of Love and Death, Hanover’s 3rd book (Vicious Grace), and Miller’s new Wild Cards RPG supplement (Aces & Jokers). Not to mention individual books from Abraham, Snodgrass, Tregillis and Williams!

Come join the WC mafia 3:30 pm Saturday, December 11, as they sign various books at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.  Remember, signed books make excellent gifts…

Programming – Postponed 1 Week:

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Meeting Location:

Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM

Contact Information:

Send us an email.

About Droids & Dragons

Programming:

Our 6th Annual Dessert Cook-Off  +  Short Holiday-Oriented Silly SF Films.
+ The challenge ingredient this year (as chosen at the October ASFS meeting) is “ginger.” Please bring enough of your dish (and we’re happy stretching the definition of dessert) for 16-32 people to sample, plus serving utensils. Please remember that we need to let attendees know of ingredients in the major food allergy groups – peanuts, wheat and other glutens, milk, soy, corn, sugar, onions, etc.
We will provide plates, plasticware and napkins – and will try to remember bowls, too.
As much as possible, there will be prizes!
+ Plus, we’ll screen various short films about the winter holidays from the various vaults of our members! These will tend to be comedies and silly bits.
+ Finally, the annual December issue of SithFacts will be available. Submissions are needed by Sunday, December 5 (email Craig C.).

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Because we will be serving food, this meeting will be held in the Bernalillo Room on the 2nd floor of the hotel (Bubonicon’s usual hospitality suite).

Meeting Location:

BERNALILLO ROOM (2nd Floor, north of elevator bank)
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

Programming:

Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover (urban fantasy from a New Mexico author).

Meeting Location:

Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM

Contact Information:

Send us an email.

About Droids & Dragons

Critically acclaimed fantasy author Stephen R. Donaldson celebrates the release of his penultimate Thomas Covenant novel by visiting Page One to chat about his epic series.

Against All Things Ending concerns the consequences of Linden Avery bringing Thomas Covenant back to live after his death at the end of the Second Chronicles. His resurrection has awakened the Worm of the World’s End.

Come join Donaldson 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 17, as he talks about Thomas Covenant and the craft of writing, and also signs his current novel at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.

Award-Winning Colorado author Connie Willis will visit the Duke City to visit with ASFS, do some research for a future book, and celebrate the release of the second part of her new time-travel adventure.

Released mid-October, All Clear is the sequel to New York Times Bestseller Blackout (released in February). It continues her focus on time travel, war, and how individual efforts – great and small – can affect history.

Come join Willis 3:00 pm Saturday, November 20, as she talks about and signs her current novel at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.

Programming:

New York Times Bestselling Colorado Author Connie Willis drops down into New Mexico to visit with ASFS and do a book signing! She’s sure to talk about All Clear, the 2nd part of her new time-travel adventure, and research she’s doing in the Land of Enchantment for a future book. Plus whatever she’s watching on TV while traveling lately.

Please Note: This meeting is a week later than normal (the 3rd Friday of November) in order for this special visit from Connie.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…

Meeting Location:

GRAN QUIVERA 1 ROOM (1st floor, south side of the hotel)
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

The classic silent film Metropolis is at the Guild Cinema Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7.

Showtimes: 2:00 and 5:00 pm.

$ 7 General Admission
$5 Seniors 60+, Kids 12 & Under, Students With Valid I.D.
$5 Bargain Matinee First Show Each Day
The Guild Cinema is cash only.
No credit or debit cards are accepted.

Fritz Lang – 1927 – 148m – Germany – In German with English Subtitles

In July 2008, it was announced that an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang’s visionary masterpiece METROPOLIS had been found at the Buenos Aires Museo del Cine in Argentina.  It included not merely a few additional snippets, but 25 minutes of scenes (one-fifth of the complete running time) considered lost for 80 years.  From conception to completion, the restoration took nearly a full year and cost almost $1 million to complete.  This digitally restored footage and Gottfried Huppertz’s magnificent original score provide the closest version to the director’s original vision since its premiere in 1927.

In the future, Metropolis is a bustling city-state where two groups make up the population. The thinkers live above ground and enjoy the fruits of life, while the workers live underground creating the fruits that the thinkers enjoy. When Freder Fredersen, the son of the city leader, journeys underground with Maria, advocate for the workers, he witnesses first hand the horrors that the workers live in. Can he and Maria bring the parties together or will the thinkers further dominate the underground workforce?

The Guild Cinemas is located at 3405 Central Ave NE in the Nob Hill area (across the street from Flying Star Cafe and Starbucks).

More information: http://guildcinema.com/

The classic silent film Metropolis is at the Guild Cinema Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7.

Showtimes: 2:00 and 5:00 pm.

$ 7 General Admission
$5 Seniors 60+, Kids 12 & Under, Students With Valid I.D.
$5 Bargain Matinee First Show Each Day
The Guild Cinema is cash only.
No credit or debit cards are accepted.

Fritz Lang – 1927 – 148m – Germany – In German with English Subtitles

In July 2008, it was announced that an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang’s visionary masterpiece METROPOLIS had been found at the Buenos Aires Museo del Cine in Argentina.  It included not merely a few additional snippets, but 25 minutes of scenes (one-fifth of the complete running time) considered lost for 80 years.  From conception to completion, the restoration took nearly a full year and cost almost $1 million to complete.  This digitally restored footage and Gottfried Huppertz’s magnificent original score provide the closest version to the director’s original vision since its premiere in 1927.

In the future, Metropolis is a bustling city-state where two groups make up the population. The thinkers live above ground and enjoy the fruits of life, while the workers live underground creating the fruits that the thinkers enjoy. When Freder Fredersen, the son of the city leader, journeys underground with Maria, advocate for the workers, he witnesses first hand the horrors that the workers live in. Can he and Maria bring the parties together or will the thinkers further dominate the underground workforce?

The Guild Cinemas is located at 3405 Central Ave NE in the Nob Hill area (across the street from Flying Star Cafe and Starbucks).

More information: http://guildcinema.com/