Programming:
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (Harper Perennial 2007, trade softcover).
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
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Bova at Rio Rancho Library
Come join part-time NM author Ben Bova 6:30-8:00 pm Thursday, September 23, at the Rio Rancho Public Library as he talks on “Why I Write Science Fiction.” The event is free to the public.
The Loma Colorado Main (Rio Rancho) Library is located at 755 Loma Colorado Dr NE. For more information, call 891-5013.
Droids & Dragons Book Group
Programming:
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor 2009, trade softcover), winner of the Locus Award for Best Novel.
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
Albuq SF Society Meeting
Programming:
Australia Worldcon Reports With Pictures: Kevin Hewett and Randi Tinkham will tell us about the Labor Day convention down under, plus their adventures in Australia and New Zealand. If we’re lucky, maybe authors Melinda Snodgrass and Ian Tregillis will join us.
We also will vote on the three club officers for November 2010-October 2011: Moderator, Alternator and Executive Secretary (who does most of the work), plus the “challenge ingredient” for the Dessert Cook-Off in December.
Finally, the Halloween issue of ASFacts should be on hand (deadline is Sunday, October 3).
Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location as it is attached to the restaurant! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…
Meeting Location:
VALLE GRANDE 1, first Ballroom at Southeast end of hotel, -or-
BERNALILLO ROOM (2nd floor, just north of the elevator bank)
Albuquerque Grand 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
S.M. Stirling Signing
National bestselling Santa Fe author S.M. Stirling will be talking about and signing copies of his new Change novel on September 18.
The High King of Montival is the latest in Stirling’s popular Change series, exploring a world deeply affected by the disappearance of the island of Nantucket.
Come join Stirling 3:00 pm Saturday, September 18, as he talks about and signs this novel (and more) at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.
Metropolis Finishes at Guild
The classic silent film Metropolis is at the Guild Cinema Monday, August 30, to Thursday, September 2.
Showtimes: 2:30, 5:15 & 8:00 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/
Metropolis (Remastered) Invades Guild
The classic silent film Metropolis is at the Guild Cinema Monday, August 30, to Thursday, September 2.
Showtimes: 2:30, 5:15 & 8:00 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/
Bubonicon 42 Begins
Bubonicon 42 begins its three days of non-panic, towel-carrying fun, socializing, art appreciation and more at the Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel on Yale Blvd SE, south of Gibson and north of the airport!
Registration opens at 3:00 pm, Dealers Room opens at 3:30 pm.
First programming begins at 4:00 pm.
Art Show, Gaming and Con Suite open at 5:00 pm.
Friday programming goes past midnight, ending whenever the Charity Auction is finished.
B-42 Gofer (Volunteers) Meeting
Time for Bubonicon 42’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized!
7:30 PM Friday, August 20, in the Vista Norte Room of the Albuq Grand Airport Hotel
If you would like to donate 2-10 hours during the Bubonicon 42 weekend to help with set-up, teardown, registration, the art show, the con suite or our dealers table, this is the meeting for you!
We will preview the Bubonicon 42 program schedule and then have gofers sign up for the hours they’d like to work. We also hope to have some nifty movie/book swag to distribute to our volunteers!
All volunteers and donated time are greatly appreciated!
Don’t Forget – We Need You! Bubonicon Is A Community Event, So Come Join The Family!
For more information, please email Gofer Coordinator Julie Pascal.
Meeting Location:
VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Rojo Grill)
Albuquerque Grand 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
Albuq SF Society Meeting
Programming:
Bubonicon Post-Con: The September meeting is a week later than normal in the month so that a full report on how Bubonicon 42 went can be prepared.
We also will vote on the Bubonicon 43 chairperson(s) if there was more than one candidate in August.
Finally, reports on DragonCon and such, plus discussion of the future of Albuquerque conventions.
Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location as it is attached to the restaurant! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…
Meeting Location:
VALLE GRANDE 1, first Ballroom at Southeast end of hotel, -or-
VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Rojo Grill)
Albuquerque Grand 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
Droids & Dragons Book Group
Programming:
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Ian Pears (Riverhead 2000, trade softcover).
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
Albuq SF Society
Programming:
Bubonicon Alert! It may be Friday the 13th, but it’s still time for a Preview of the Bubonicon 42 program schedule and the revealing of the t-shirt artwork (by Sarah Clemens).
We also will hear announcements of candidacy for the Bubonicon 43 chairperson(s) for the 2011 convention.
Plus a Fun SF Film screening! Most likely, we will be watching multiple episodes of the BBC miniseries of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in preparation for “Life, the Universe and Everything” at Bubonicon 42…
Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location as it is attached to the restaurant! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…
Meeting Location:
VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Rojo Grill)
Albuquerque Grand 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
Droids & Dragons Book Group
Programming:
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books 2009, trade softcover).
Winner of this year’s Nebula Award for Best Novel, Bacigalupi tells a “grim but beautifully written tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation.”
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
Williams & Vardeman Signing
Bestselling authors Walter Jon Williams & Robert E. Vardeman will be talking about and signing copies of their latest science fiction works on July 24.
The Green Leopard Plague is a collection of Belen author Williams’ short fiction, including two Nebula Award-winning stories. God of War, by Albuquerque’s Vardeman from an outline by Matthew Stover, is the “official novel of the thrilling video game” in which a mortal warrior goes up against Ares…
Come join Williams and Vardeman 3:00 pm Saturday, July 24, as they discuss short stories, novels and their latest projects at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.
Can’t Stop The Serenity Screening
Joss Whedon’s Serenity is at the Guild Cinema Saturday, June 19, for two special charity screenings!
The Albuquerque Browncoats are presenting these special fifth-anniversary benefit party screenings of trailblazing TV producer Joss Whedon’s Serenity, which grew out of his cult series canceled by FOX before its first season ended.
This “Can’t Stop The Serenity” event will benefit Equality Now and the UNM Children’s Hospital. There will be door prizes, raffles, trivia contests and costume contests!
Saturday Showtimes: 10:45 am & 1:45 pm.
All Seats for this special presentation are $9.00 – cash only.
(Advance tickets available from AlbuquerqueBrowncoats.com)
Directed by Joss Whedon. 2005 – 120 minutes, color. In the future, mankind consumes our planet Earth, called “Earth-that-was”, and moves to other planets and satellites. A new order is established with the totalitarian government of the Alliance, which fights and wins a war against their opponents, the independents.
When Dr. Simon rescues his teenager telepathic sister River Tam from the claws of the Alliance, they are sheltered by a group of mercenaries and smugglers in the spacecraft Serenity, leaded by the former war hero Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds. The Alliance sends an assassin to bring River Tam back – while Mal and his crew find out how powerful she is, the truth about the hidden planet Miranda, and the origin of the cannibalistic Reavers.
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/
Carrie Vaughn Signing
It’s a Visit from the North as Colorado author Carrie Vaughn visits Albuquerque’s westside to celebrate the release of two books…
Released in July are Kitty Goes To War and stand-alone fantasy Discord’s Apple.
Come join Vaughn 7:00 pm Tuesday, July 20, as she talks about and signs her current books at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW (just north of Griegos, next to the Flying Star Cafe). For more information, Bookworks 344-8139.
Droids & Dragons Book Group
Programming:
DarkShip Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt (Baen 2010, trade softcover).
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
Albuq SF Society Meeting
Programming:
Time For Summer Fun! Yes, once again, it’s the return of SF Outburst – the Uproarious Game of Verbal Explosions. Two teams of 4-6 players (volunteers from the audience) will take turns guessing 10 answers that fit familiar genre categories. For instance, can you name “10 Things About Scooby Doo“?
Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location as it is attached to the restaurant! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…
Meeting Location:
VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Rojo Grill)
Albuquerque Grand 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
Kuhn & Campbell Comic Signing
Albuquerque Comic Book Artists Andy Kuhn and Aaron Campbell will be signing copies of their comic books during “Free Comic Book Day” Saturday, May 1, at Astro-Zombies.
Andy Kuhn is the co-creator and artist of Firebreather; while Aaron Campbell has done artwork for Sherlock Holmes and Green Hornet: Year One. The store also will be handing out free comic books (limit 3 per person) all day long.
Come join Kuhn and Campbell starting at 11:00 am Saturday, May 1, as they hang out, discuss their comics, and sign books at Astro-Zombies, southeast corner of Central Avenue and Richmond SE (Nob Hill area).
Richelle Mead Signing
New York Times & USA Today bestselling fantasy author Richelle Mead will be talking about and signing copies of her 5th Vampire Academy novel, Spirit Bound, on May 20.
The Vampire Academy series follows the war between two races of vampires, living and undead. Rose Hathaway, a 17-year old half-vampire, is training to be a bodyguard for the living vampires and finds her life complicated by the dangers that involves, as well as an illicit romance with one of her teachers.
In Spirit Bound, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir’s—and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can’t wait for their real lives beyond the Academy’s iron gates to begin. But Rose’s heart still aches for Dimitri, and he’s out there, somewhere. She failed to kill him when she had the chance.
Mead also has written two fantasy series for adult readers – the Georgina Kincaid books, and the Dark Swan series.
Come join Mead 7:00 pm Thursday, May 20, as she discusses her newest novel at Page One Bookstore, southwest corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo NE.
Evil Dead Attack Guild
Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead is at the Guild Cinema Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24.
Saturday Showtimes: 9:00 & 11:00 pm.
All Seats for this Alibi Midnight Madness presentation are $7.00 – cash only.
(Burning Paradise members are $5.00 each.)
Directed by Sam Raimi. 1981 – 85 minutes, color. The original cult classic starring Bruce Campbell is on tour (with t-shirts, posters and other dandy merch) in a new 35mm print!
Long, long before Sam Raimi was known for his Spiderman trilogy, he was celebrated by legions of horror fans as the man who made The Evil Dead, one of the campiest and most cult-classical gore fests of all time. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, the film (and its sequels Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness) has something to do with blood-thirsty demons and a dude who has a chainsaw where his right hand should be…
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/
Evil Dead Invades the Guild
Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead is at the Guild Cinema Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24.
Showtimes: Friday 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 pm. Saturday 9:00 & 11:00 pm.
All Seats for this Alibi Midnight Madness presentation are $7.00 – cash only.
(Burning Paradise members are $5.00 each.)
Directed by Sam Raimi. 1981 – 85 minutes, color. The original cult classic starring Bruce Campbell is on tour (with t-shirts, posters and other dandy merch) in a new 35mm print!
Long, long before Sam Raimi was known for his Spiderman trilogy, he was celebrated by legions of horror fans as the man who made The Evil Dead, one of the campiest and most cult-classical gore fests of all time. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, the film (and its sequels Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness) has something to do with blood-thirsty demons and a dude who has a chainsaw where his right hand should be…
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/
Albuq SF Society Meeting
Programming:
Local author Susan Krinard Visits to Talk about Her Writing Career in fantasy, werewolf fiction and paranormal romance. No matter what the marketing genre label, Krinard’s work always has a fantastical element.
Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our hotel location as it is attached to the restaurant! If you’d like to share candy, please be discreet. We do have a water station for our thirsts…
Meeting Location:
VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Rojo Grill)
Albuquerque Grand 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
Droids & Dragons Book Group
Programming:
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1) by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW 2008, mass market paperback).
Meeting Location:
Page One Bookstore
Montgomery & Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM
Contact Information:
Send us an email.
Tregillis & Snodgrass Signing
It’s a Joint Signing for Two Solo Authors as Santa Fe authors Ian Tregillis and Melinda M. Snodgrass visit Albuquerque’s westside to celebrate the release of individual books…
Released mid-April are Bitter Seeds, the WWII-based debut SF novel from Tregillis; and The Edge of Ruin, the 2nd book in Snodgrass’ series about the struggle between science and superstition.
Come join Tregillis and Snodgrass 3:00 pm Saturday, May 22, as they talk about and sign their current books at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW (just north of Griegos, next to the Flying Star Cafe). For more information, Bookworks 344-8139.