The Craft (19th Anniversary) at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 7-8 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Andrew Fleming – 1996, 101m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime & Comics, and Bubonicon 47 MEAN GIRLS GOES ALL WITCHES!  Four high school girls discover the secret of witchcraft and band together to form a coven in this teen-oriented horror film. … Continue reading The Craft @ Guild Cinema →

Science fiction authors Melinda Snodgrass and Victor Milan will be celebrating the release of The Edge of Dawn: The Edge Book 3 and The Dinosaur Lords, respectively, with a chat and signing Saturday, August 8! In Snodgrass’ 3rd Edge novel, “Overwhelmed after a series of catastrophic global and personal events, Richard Oort is still determined to save the world from the Old Ones. He goes undercover in a Christian fundamentalist … Continue reading Snodgrass & Milan signing →

The Craft (19th Anniversary) at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 7-8 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Andrew Fleming – 1996, 101m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime & Comics, and Bubonicon 47 MEAN GIRLS GOES ALL WITCHES!  Four high school girls discover the secret of witchcraft and band together to form a coven in this teen-oriented horror film. … Continue reading The Craft @ Guild Cinema →

Programming: It’s a 2-in-1 Month!  Time for the Bubonicon 47 preview of the schedule and the t-shirts.  Plus a visit from Santa Fe author Melinda Snodgrass!  Snodgrass will be talking about her latest novel, Edge of Dawn (book 3 of the Edge series), forthcoming Wild Cards projects, and other writing efforts coming up. Also, time for an announcement about Bubonicon 48 chair candidates.  If there is more than one nominee … Continue reading Albuq SF Society – Preview Month →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, August 17, 2015, at 7:30 pm Pacific Paradise Restaurant, northeast corner of San Pedro & Candelaria NE Side Room (to the left side) of Restaurant – Albuquerque, NM There is No Specific Book for August. Instead, we will go round the circle and each person will recommend 2-4 books they have read in the last 12 months (but not for the book group). Pacific Paradise … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Time for Bubonicon 47’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized! 7:30 PM Friday, August 21, in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (home of the Albuq SF Society) Enter Through the Northside Door (back of church). St. Andrew locks up their courtyard at 5:00 pm these days, so park around back. If you would like to donate 5-16 hours during the Bubonicon 47 weekend … Continue reading B’con 47 Volunteers (Gofers) Meeting →

The Blob & The Thing From Another Planet at the Guild Cinema “Invasion” Double Feature!  Saturday-Sunday, August 22-23 – 12:00 Noon and 2:00 pm only A BUBONICON 47 Co-Presentation!  All Seats $7.00 for both features! THE THING FROM ANOTHER PLANET directed by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby – 1951 – 87m.  12:00 Noon Only! One of the screen’s finest science-fiction films!  The scene is a distant Arctic research station, where … Continue reading The Blob/Thing Double Feature @ Guild →

The Blob & The Thing From Another Planet at the Guild Cinema “Invasion” Double Feature!  Saturday-Sunday, August 22-23 – 12:00 Noon and 2:00 pm only A BUBONICON 47 Co-Presentation!  All Seats $7.00 for both features! THE THING FROM ANOTHER PLANET directed by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby – 1951 – 87m.  12:00 Noon Only! One of the screen’s finest science-fiction films!  The scene is a distant Arctic research station, where … Continue reading The Blob/Thing Double Feature @ Guild →

Bubonicon 47 is here! Pre-Registered folks can pick up their badges & packets 1:00-2:00 pm (before everyone else)… Registration opens at 3:00 pm for the sale of passes… The Dealers Room opens at 3:00 pm… First programming is at 4:00 pm… Art Show & Con Suite open at 5:00 pm… It all takes place at the Albuquerque Marriott Uptown, I-40 & Louisiana Blvd NE (enter from Americas Parkway, west side … Continue reading Bubonicon 47 Begins! →

This is the end, my only 47th con, the end… Bubonicon 47 ends approximately 5:00 pm after Closing Ceremonies.  (Programming starts at 10:00 am.) Long Live, Bubonicon 47! Let the planning for Bubonicon 48 begin… Th-th-that’s all, folks!  Thank you so much.

DARK MATTERS Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy Film Festival Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13, Guild Cinema The darkness is back.  The Truth is it never left… Join us for another trip down the gloomy rabbit hole.  We’ve got ghosts, zombies, demons, space aliens, serial killers, mad scientists, some very strange superheroes and a lot more.  Opening Night Party at Witch’s Brew Friday, Sept 11 – followed by two … Continue reading Dark Matters Film Festival @ Guild →

DARK MATTERS Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy Film Festival Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13, Guild Cinema The darkness is back.  The Truth is it never left… Join us for another trip down the gloomy rabbit hole.  We’ve got ghosts, zombies, demons, space aliens, serial killers, mad scientists, some very strange superheroes and a lot more.  Opening Night Party at Witch’s Brew Friday, Sept 11 – followed by two … Continue reading Dark Matters Film Festival @ Guild →

DARK MATTERS Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy Film Festival Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13, Guild Cinema The darkness is back.  The Truth is it never left… Join us for another trip down the gloomy rabbit hole.  We’ve got ghosts, zombies, demons, space aliens, serial killers, mad scientists, some very strange superheroes and a lot more.  Opening Night Party at Witch’s Brew Friday, Sept 11 – followed by two … Continue reading Dark Matters Film Festival @ Guild →

Melinda Snodgrass & Steven Gould Sign Books at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe Bubonicon friends Melinda Snodgrass and Steven Gould will be having a conversation and signing books September 17 in Santa Fe.  Snodgrass will be reading from and signing The Edge of Dawn (hardcover), the third book in her Dawn series, while Gould will talk about and sign Exo in mass market paperback. The event starts at … Continue reading Snodgrass & Gould in Santa Fe →

Programming – Meeting 1 Week Late! It’s All About The Cons on Sept 18!  Time for reports on Bubonicon 47 and the Spokane Worldcon. Plus Dragoncon if anyone local goes to Atlanta! Also, If Needed the election of the Bubonicon 48 con chair.  ASFS voting rules will apply if there is more than one candidate (solo or team) for the 2016 chair. Newcomers are welcome with a $1.00 contribution to … Continue reading Albuq SF Society – 1 Week Late →

New Mexico author (and Bubonicon friend) S.M. Stirling will talk about and sign his latest speculative fiction effort in the popular Change series, The Desert and the Blade, on September 19. In his Novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.” Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, … Continue reading S.M. Stirling signing →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, September 21, 2015, at 7:30 pm Pacific Paradise Restaurant, northeast corner of San Pedro & Candelaria NE Side Room (to the left side) of Restaurant – Albuquerque, NM The September 2015 book for discussion is The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven & Matthew Joseph Harrington (Tor mmpb, 2014). Pacific Paradise closes at 9:00 pm, so we try to keep our individual reviews short and to … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

New Martian Meteorites and What They Tell us about Mars – a Talk by Carl B. Agee, Ph.D (director, Institute of Meteoritics) 7:00-8:30 pm Thursday, September 24 The only samples of Mars that we have on Earth are a small number of meteorites. A meteorite formally named NWA 7034 (and informally called Black Beauty) was found in the western Sahara in 2011; and this meteorite has changed some of our … Continue reading Mars Meteorites Talk @ Nat. Hist. Museum →

RiffTrax presents Miami Connection Two Nights Only for Autumn! Thursday, October 1 – 7:00 pm only at the Century Rio, Century Downtown and Regal Cottonwood.  Encore presentation 7:30 pm Tuesday, October 6. Original Film Directed by Richard Park & Y.K. Kim – 1987. 2015 Riffing/Commentary provided by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett – approximately 120m. The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back in select cinemas … Continue reading RiffTrax gets “Miami Connection” →

Dawn of the Dead (1978 Original Version) at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 2-3 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by George Romero – 1978, 127m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime & Comics, and Bubonicon 48 IN CONJUNCTION WITH ZOMBIE KRAWL! In 1968, director George A. Romero brought us Night of the Living Dead. It became the definitive horror … Continue reading Dawn of the Dead @ Guild Cinema →

Dawn of the Dead (1978 Original Version) at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, October 2-3 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by George Romero – 1978, 127m. An Alibi Midnight Madness Presentation – All seats $8.00 Door Prizes courtesy of Lobo Anime & Comics, and Bubonicon 48 IN CONJUNCTION WITH ZOMBIE KRAWL! In 1968, director George A. Romero brought us Night of the Living Dead. It became the definitive horror … Continue reading Dawn of the Dead @ Guild Cinema →

William Gibson Talks & Signs Books at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe Science fiction author William Gibson will be in Santa Fe 7:00 pm Tuesday, October 6, to talk about and sign copies of his newest novel, The Peripheral. Gibson is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History, and Distrust That Particular Flavor. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife. … Continue reading William Gibson in Santa Fe →

Mars Fiesta on October 8 Celebrate Mars and meet the REAL Martians working in New Mexico 1:00-3:00 pm Thursday, October 8 at the NM Museum of Natural History and Science.  Visit the Museum’s Space Science wing and revel in everything about Mars with hands-on activities for all ages and lots of Mars information and images to take home.  Meet New Mexico scientists who are working on Mars Missions, including the … Continue reading Mars Fiesta @ Nat. History Museum →

Programming: Time for Club Elections, the Choosing of December’s “Theme” for our Cook-Off, and a Talk on “The Mystery of the Chupacabra” from local writer/skeptic Benjamin Radford! Club Elections are for executive secretary, moderator and alternator for January-December 2016. Also, we will choose the “Theme” for December’s Dessert Cook-Off!  And, last but not least, Bubonicon 47 science speaker Benjamin Radford will be on hand to repeat his “Chupacabra” talk for … Continue reading Albuq SF Society →

Melinda Snodgrass Signs Books at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Center Bubonicon friend Melinda Snodgrass will be talking about and signing The Edge of Dawn (hardcover), the third book in The Edge series, October 10 at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Center. She also will sign trade paperback editions of the first two books in the science-vs-superstition series, partially set in Albuquerque. The event starts at 2:00 pm Saturday, October … Continue reading Melinda Snodgrass signing →