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ASFS Meeting

Programming:

Halloween Is Almost Here! So, we’ll have the (not-so-scary) Club Officer elections of 3 positions (Voting rules apply – attendance and dues paid). That’s Executive Secretary, Moderator and Alternator… Also, we’ll select the “challenge” ingredient for December’s Dessert Cook-Off.

Plus Roslee Orndorff will be hosting a Halloween Edition of SF CatchPhrase! We’ll put together two teams of four players each to guess Halloween-themed words and pass off the clue wheel before the buzzer sounds.

Finally, the Fall issue of ASFacts will be out (deadline Sunday, October 4).

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome. Food & Beverages cannot be brought into our new location!

Meeting Location:

VISTA NORTE ROOM (North End of Building, by Restaurant)
Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel
2910 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM

(South of Gibson, north of the Albuquerque International Airport – this is the Bubonicon hotel. Please see map below.)

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

Map to Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel
Map to Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel

Bubonicon 41 Begins

Bubonicon 41 begins its three days of undead and living 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 and the Dealers Room open 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.

Zombies Invade Guild (again)

If you can’t get enough zombies at Bubonicon 41, the Weekly Alibi Midnight Movie Madness will present Dead Snow again 10:15 pm and Midnight Saturday, September 12, at the Guild Cinema.

Dead Snow is a 2008 Norwegian goretastic horror comedy from writer/director Tommy Wirkola that is finally blasting its way onto American screens. A ski vacation in a cabin in the Alps turns horrific when a group of Norwegian medical students is besieged by the unimaginable – a troop of thawed-out Nazi zombies who haunt the hills! There’s nothing left to do but break out the chainsaws, the snowmobiles and the anatomy books!

In Norwegian with English Subtitles, Dead Snow is 91 minutes long and rated R. Entertainment Weekly called it, “Cheery, silly, splattery, and respectful of its elders (and betters, particularly Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead)…[a] bloody/cheesy Scandinavian lark.”

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Ave NE, in the Nob Hill area across from Flying Star Café and Starbuck’s. All seats $7.00, cash only.

www.guildcinema.com / 255-1848

Zombies Invade Guild Cinema

If you can’t get enough zombies at Bubonicon 41, the Weekly Alibi Midnight Movie Madness will present Dead Snow 10:15 pm and Midnight on Friday, September 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Guild Cinema.

Dead Snow is a 2008 Norwegian goretastic horror comedy from writer/director Tommy Wirkola that is finally blasting its way onto American screens. A ski vacation in a cabin in the Alps turns horrific when a group of Norwegian medical students is besieged by the unimaginable – a troop of thawed-out Nazi zombies who haunt the hills! There’s nothing left to do but break out the chainsaws, the snowmobiles and the anatomy books!

In Norwegian with English Subtitles, Dead Snow is 91 minutes long and rated R. Entertainment Weekly called it, “Cheery, silly, splattery, and respectful of its elders (and betters, particularly Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead)…[a] bloody/cheesy Scandinavian lark.”

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Ave NE, in the Nob Hill area across from Flying Star Café and Starbuck’s. All seats $7.00, cash only.

www.guildcinema.com / 255-1848

Lindskold & Nagle Signing

Join local authors Jane Lindskold and Pati Nagle 7:00 pm Thursday, August 20, as they discuss and sign Lindskold’s just-published Nine Gates, and Nagle’s aelven novel, The Betrayal.

Nine Gates is the second book in Lindskold’s “Breaking the Wall” series, which began last November with Thirteen Orphans (now available in mass market paperback). Most likely, refreshments will be served.

The Lindskold & Nagle signing takes place at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW (next to Flying Star on the east side of the street).

4 Authors Signing Party

Come join NM authors Jane Lindskold, Pati Nagle, John Maddox Roberts and Pari Noskin Taichert 1:00 pm Saturday, July 25, as they discuss and sign their books (fantasies, historical fictions and mysteries).

The Lindskold/Nagle/Roberts/Taichert signing takes place atBarnes & Noble in Coronado Shopping Center (southwest corner of Louisiana and Menaul NE).

B-41 Gofer Meeting

Time for Bubonicon 41’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized!
7:30 PM Friday, August 21, at Some Stuff From Huff Studio
If you would like to donate 2-10 hours during the Bubonicon 41 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 41 program schedule and then have gofers sign up for the hours they’d like to work. We also should 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!

Some Stuff From Huff Studio is located at 5900 Domingo NE (one block north of Central Avenue and four blocks west of San Pedro – look for the radio tower).

For more Gofer Information, please email Christie Rice or call her at 480-2481.

Phillips/Lassiter/Vardeman Signing

Come join NM authors Scott Phillips, “Karl Lassiter,” and Robert Vardeman 2:30-4:00 pm Saturday, July 18, as they discuss, answer questions and sign Phillips’ short story collection, Tales of Misery and Imagination, and movie-review collection, Unsafe On Any Screen; Lassiter’s novel, Drifter; and Vardeman’s short story collection, Stories from Desert Bob’s Reptile Ranch.

The Phillips/Lassiter/Vardeman signing takes place at Title Wave Books, 1408 Eubank Blvd NE ( northeast corner of Eubank and Constitution).

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

OUR FINAL TIME AT HUFF STUDIO!
It’s All About The Cons & The Club’s Future! We will hear reports on Bubonicon 41 (finances, comments, donations to charity, etc), reports on the Canadian Worldcon from anyone who traveled to the Great White North, and the important Club Business of Voting on a NEW Meeting Location and future Member Dues!
Also, No Election Necessary of the Bubonicon 42 chairpersons for the 2010 convention as Craig Chrissinger & Kristen Dorland were unopposed in August. They were confirmed by everyone attending August 14.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome, seating is limited.
(Please note this meeting is a week later than usual – the 3rd Friday of the month.)

ASFS LOOKING FOR NEW HOME

The Albuq SF Society soon will be losing its home at Huff Studio. If anyone has an idea of a place to meet for 25-40 people the 2nd Friday of most months (we take holidays into consideration) 7:30-10 pm, please let us know. For the most part, we can’t afford much rental fees – so free or fairly cheap is best. You can contact Craig Chrissinger or Kevin Hewett.

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

Bubonicon Alert! Time for a preview of the Bubonicon 41 program schedule and the revealing of the t-shirt artwork (by Peri Charlifu).
We also will hear announcements of candidacy for the Bubonicon 42 chairperson(s) for the 2010 convention.
Plus a Zombie Film screening! Most likely, we will be watching King of the Zombies, a 1941 B&W movie with Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury and comedian Mantan Moreland.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome, seating is limited.

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

Mars Alert! Dr. Larry S. Crumpler of the NM Museum of Natural History and Science will talk on the Latest Adventures of the Mars Rovers, and attempt to provide “some mission nuts and bolts that may be useful for SF writers needing hard science/mission operations information.”

Crumpler is a member of the Mars Exploration Rover science team, and previously participated in the NASA Viking and Pathfinder Mars missions.

Newcomers and orderly guests are welcome, but seating is limited.
(Please note this meeting is a week later than usual – the 3rd Friday of the month.)

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

“This Is Not a Game” Signing

Come join NM author Walter Jon Williams 2:00-4:00 pm Sunday, May 17, as he discusses and signs his near-future thriller, This Is Not a Game, which revolves around online Alternative Reality Games, the vulnerabilities of  international economies to computer attacks, and a series of murders.

The This Is Not a Game signing takes place at Page One Bookstore, 11018 Montgomery Blvd NE ( southwest corner of Juan Tabo and Montgomery).

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

Time For Summer Fun! Yes, 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 Annoying Things That Mundanes Do”?

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

Local author Jane Lindskold stops by to talk about her forthcoming fantasy novel, Nine Gates. This book is the second in her Breaking the Wall series, and will be released August 2009.

Plus, we’ll have candy on hand! Feel free to bring even more snacks…

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

Nagle at Wyoming Library

Come join local author Pati Nagle 2:30-3:30 pm Saturday, March 28, at the Wyoming (Hillerman) Library as she talks about fantasy writing and her novel, The Betrayal. The event is free to the public.

The Wyoming (Hillerman) Public Library is located at 8205 Apache Avenue NE (behind the Wendy’s on Wyoming Blvd, south of Menaul). For more information, call 291-6264.

Nagle & Lindskold: Rio Rancho Library

Come join local authors Pati Nagle and Jane Lindskold 10:00 am Saturday, March 21, at the Rio Rancho Public Library as they talk about fantasy writing and their novels, The Betrayal and Thirteen Orphans. The event is free to the public.

The Rio Rancho Public Library is located at 755 Loma Colorado Dr NE. For more information, call 891-5013.

ASFS Meeting

Programming:

We’re hoping Good Friday is good for The Traditional ASFS/Con 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.

Plus the April issue of ASFacts will be available (deadline Sun, April 5).

Meeting Location:

SOME STUFF FROM HUFF STUDIO
5900 Domingo NE
Albuquerque, NM

(North of Central, 4 blocks west of San Pedro. Look for the radio tower!)
Map

Club Contacts:

Craig C. at 266-8905 or Kevin H

About ASFS

“The Betrayal” Signing

Come join local author Pati Nagle 1:00 pm Saturday, April 11, as she talks about and signs her first Fantasy novel, The Betrayal, the premiere volume of a planned series. Previously, Pati has produced three Civil War-based fiction books.

The Betrayal signing takes place at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Center, southwest corner of Menaul and Louisiana.