[Basfa] Fwd: SVL: Our Genre Book Group is switching to science fiction!

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

Thought people might be interested. Great opportunity to recruit. 

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> From: Sunnyvale Public Library 
> Date: August 26, 2021 at 10:11:13 PDT
> To: michaelwal...@me.com
> Subject: SVL: Our Genre Book Group is switching to science fiction!
> Reply-To: libr...@sunnyvale.ca.gov
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> Calling all science fiction lovers!
>  
> Our Genre Book Group switches genres every four months, and for September 
> through December, we will be reading science fiction! The Genre Book Group 
> meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
> 
> Here are the current selections:
> 
> Sept. 28: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
> Oct. 26: Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower adapted by Damian Duffy
> Nov. 23: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amar El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
> Dec. 21: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
> Note: This meeting is on the third Tuesday of the month due to the holiday 
> season.
> 
>  
> Genre Book Group: Science Fiction*
> Tuesday, September 28, 7 to 8 p.m.
> Online via Zoom - you will receive the link after registering
> 
> Join your neighbors for a lively discussion as we go over characters and 
> plot. This month's selection is All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Place a hold 
> through the catalog, listen to the audiobook on hoopla or contact the Library 
> to request a reserve copy. 
> 
> Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library.
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> Register for Genre Book Group: Science Fiction.
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Re: [Basfa] Meeting number 1383 Minutes

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

I think that’s supposed to be:

Time for the Stars , 1956 *

Michael

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> On Jan 30, 2017, at 8:59 PM, Ken Patterson via Basfa  
> wrote:
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> Book: Classic reread in Pine for the Stars by Heinlein. 

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Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for September 12

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

I see you’ve unsubbed, but for others:

> It’s a self-add list. Also self-delete.
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> The bottom part allows you to unsubscribe.

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> On Sep 19, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Mark Jansen  wrote:
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> I have accessed all these pages and still do not seem to be able to 
> unsubscribe. Looks like I need a password, which I do not have.
> Shouldn’t be this difficult.
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> Please remove my email from this list!
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> Thanks
> Mark
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> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:36 PM
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> Mark,
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> From: Mark Jansen via Basfa  >
> To: 'melchar' >; 'BASFA list' 
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> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:05 PM
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> Hi there:
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> This is to request deletion of my email from the BASFA list.
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> From: Basfa [mailto:basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org 
> ] On Behalf Of melchar via Basfa
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 12:02 PM
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> Subject: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for September 12
>  
> BASFA Meeting 1363
> September 12, 2016
>  
> Trey Haddad, President
> Ken Patterson, Vice President
> Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
> Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
> Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
> held at the Black Bear Diner
>  
> Began 8 pm, with dessert
> 26 people attended
>  
> we established a party jar
>  
> The minutes of meeting 1362 were accepted as 'Oh no they're not'
>  
> The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.50 in the regular jar & 
> $4.20 in the party jar
>  
> The Vice President reported that the Retrodome kills theatres
>  
> The President greeted Neil W - who was visiting us for the first time because 
> of JC
>  
> Announcements:
> JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast is back, baby & a huge gret of datatude is 
> owed to Steve Nelson & they will be posting 3 podcasts a week for a while.  
> Episode 44, parts 2 & 3 are out now and episode 45 will be out Friday & they 
> will be doing the Convolution Podcast on Saturday of the con & next week is 
> their Hallowe'en tribute
>  
> Adrienne announced that she has 2 boxes of household supplies, some of them 
> opened, for anyone interested &  announced that next Monday is 'Talk like a 
> Pirate Day'
>  
> Steven announced that he has a new podcast = SciFiSciFiSciFi, doing short 
> reivews of books and is on episode 10 and available on iTunes
>  
> Dave C announced that there's a convention coming up, Jan 14-15, Comic 
> Excitement in LA at the Staple Center
>  
> Kaitlyn announced that her music department at Santa Clara High is doing a 
> fund raiser on Oct 2nd, from 10 am till 2pm, selling all sorts of mattresses
>  
>  
> Reviews:
> Carole reviewed a wedding as nice enough in a mildly hokey sort of way
>  
> Fred reviewed a SFinSF event with Robert Silverberg as he really enjoyed 
> hearing about SF fannish history
>  
> John O reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he enjoyed it & thought Harley Quinn 
> steals the show & reviewed 'Kubo' as visually  beautiful, really enjoyable 
> hero's journey, recommended & worth full price
>  
> Gayle reviewed a Finnish fanzine bought at BASFA auction as an interesting 
> read & their website is http://www.finnishweird.net/ 
> 
>  
> Gerry reviewed a TV biopic on Churchill, 'Churchill's Secret' as worth a 
> couple of hours to watch
>  
> Fred reviewed a party where he played fizzball for the first time as a good 
> time was had by all
>  
> we did auctions
>  
> we adjourned at 8:52 pm
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> and the rumor of the week was:  'Huge grets of datatude are better than small 
> ones'
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[Basfa] Fwd: Jerry "Garibaldi" Doyle Dead at 60

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

Sad news ...

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Re: [Basfa] Relocation Survey Closing Soon & Updated Meeting Schedule...

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

Because PFSFC has no vowels in it.

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> On Apr 28, 2016, at 3:00 PM, John David Galt via Basfa 
>  wrote:
> 
> Why not just change the name of BASFA to the Permanent Floating Science
> Fiction Club? ;-b
> 
> On 2016-04-28 13:27, Ken Patterson via Basfa wrote:
>> Just a reminder to everyone that the Relocation Committee Survey will be 
>> closing this Saturday. Feel free to head on over to 
>> https://www.opavote.com/vote/4756150994075648 to register your preferences.
>> 
>> The winner of the poll will be put forward to a vote on Monday, 2 May at the 
>> Black Bear Diner in Milpitas. If ratified, we will begin our one month trial 
>> of that location beginning on Monday, 16 May.
>> 
>> Here's the current meeting schedule:
>> 
>> May 2
>> 
>> Black Bear Diner
>> 174 W. Calaveras Blvd
>> Milpitas, CA 94035
>> http://blackbeardiner.com/store/milpitas-black-bear-diner/
>> 
>> May 9
>> 
>> Lyon’s
>> 4233 Moorpark Ave
>> San Jose, CA 95129
>> http://www.yelp.com/biz/lyons-restaurant-san-jose
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>> May 16 - June 13
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>> To be voted on at the May 2 meeting
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[Basfa] Fwd: Cool Sci-Fi Event at Kepler's Books

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

Passing along ...

Michael

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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Clayton Moore 
> Subject: Cool Sci-Fi Event at Kepler's Books
> Date: March 10, 2016 at 12:21:49 PM PST
> To: michaelwal...@me.com
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> Hi Michael,
> 
> I've been looking into the sci-fi scene here and discovered BASFA online. 
> We're having a cool event next month I thought your group might like to know 
> about. We're hosting not one but two great sci-fi writers in Kim Stanley 
> Robinson and Paolo Bacigalupi on Wednesday, April 20th at 7:30 pm.
> 
> This event seems like it would be of interest to your community, so we hope 
> you can join us at the event. We'd also love it if you can spread the word 
> about the event through social media, the list or any other available means. 
> Our Twitter handle is @keplers and on Facebook, we're Kepler's Books and 
> Magazines. You can also email or call me with any questions, comments, 
> follow-up, etc. at c...@keplers.com . 
> 
> I've included more information about the event below. Thanks! --Clay
> 
> Clayton Moore,Events Manager
> Peninsula Arts & Letters
> In Partnership with Kepler's Books
> 1047 El Camino Real, Suite 201
> Menlo Park, CA 94025
> c...@keplers.com  /303-827-9491 (cell)
> www.keplers.com/PAL  / @clayatkeplers
> 
> Peninsula Arts & Letters programs are a project of Silicon Valley Community 
> Foundation (SVCF).  SVCF is a nonprofit charity exempt from federal income 
> tax under IRS section 501(c)(3).
> 
> PREMIER EVENT: An evening with Kim Stanley Robinson and Paolo Bacigalupi
> 
> Wednesday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
> 
> Aurora 
> 
> The Water Knife
> 
> Tickets are available at Kepler's and online at Brown Paper Tickets 
> 
> Don't miss your opportunity to see two sci-fi luminaries discuss their major 
> new novels just in time for the paperback release.  
>  
> Stan's Aurora tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar 
> system.  Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a 
> writer at the height of his powers. NPR calls it "[A] near-perfect marriage 
> of the technical and the psychological" and io9 recommends that "If 
> Interstellar left you wanting more, then this novel might just fill that 
> longing."
>  
> Paolo's genre-bending novel The Water Knife has been praised by a diversity 
> of admirers, from John Scalzi who says "Anyone can write about the future. 
> Paolo Bacigalupi writes about the future that we're making today, if we keep 
> going the way we are. It makes his writing beautiful . . . and terrifying" to 
> Kelly Link to Lee Child.  It's a water-wars thriller set in the Southwest in 
> the near future with engagingly unpredictable characters.  
>  
> Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. He is 
> the author of eleven previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy 
> and the critically acclaimed Fifty Degrees Below, Forty Signs of Rain, The 
> Years of Rice and Salt, and Antarctica--for which he was sent to the 
> Antarctic by the U.S. National Science Foundation as part of their Antarctic 
> Artists and Writers' Program. 
>  
> Paolo Bacigalupi is a Hugo, Nebula, and Michael L. Printz Award winner, as 
> well as a National Book Award finalist. He is also a winner of the Theodore 
> Sturgeon Memorial Award, the John W. Campbell Award, and a three-time winner 
> of the Locus Award. His short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy 
> & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, and High Country News. 
> Already at work on a new novel, he is also the author of The Windup Girl, 
> Ship Breaker, The Drowned Cities, and more.   
>
> Event date: 
> Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 7:30pm
> Event address: 
> 1010 El Camino Real
> Menlo Park, CA 94025-4349

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[Basfa] 2016 Oscar SF count

[Michael Wallis via Basfa]

  10 Mad Max: Fury Road
   7 The Martian
   5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
   2 Ex Machina

Michael

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