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September Phandemonium Book Club
Jun 27th
The date has been selected for the September book club. Mark Sunday, 9/25, on your calendars! The book will be selected at the July book club meeting, which is 7/24 for “Little Fuzzy” by H. Beam Piper. Both meetings will take place at the Barnes & Noble in Evanston from 6:30 to 8:30. We’ll be at the…
Bookclub Location – May & July, 2011
May 8th
The Barnes & Noble in Evanston has reserved two tables in the area upstairs for our next two bookclubs. Those are on May 22 for “Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang” by Kate Wilhelm and July 24 for “Little Fuzzy” by H. Beam Piper. Both meetings take place from 6:30 to 8:30. Thanks to Helen for…
Phandemonium Book Club – July 24
Apr 15th
Our book for the July meeting will be “Little Fuzzy” by H. Beam Piper. Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1630 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL This location is tentative. We may be able to reserve a table in the area upstairs. We will update the event information as…
Phandemonium Book Club – May 22
Apr 15th
Our book for the May meeting will be “Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang” by Kate Wilhelm. Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1630 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL This location is tentative. We may be able to reserve a table in the area upstairs. We will update the…
Book Club Announcement
Feb 22nd
The Borders we have met at for the last 6.5 years is one of the ones that is closing. Our March 27 Book Club will meet at Barnes & Noble, 1630 Sherman Avenue, in Evanston at 6:00pm (note earlier than usual start time!). We will discuss options for our new permanent home that evening. Remember,…
Phandemonium Book Club – “In The Garden of Iden” by Kage Baker
Feb 17th
Join us to discuss “In The Garden of Iden” by Kage Baker. Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 6:30pm Location: TBD NOTE: Borders has announced that their Evanston store is scheduled to be closed. Therefore, our traditional meeting place may not be available for this book club. We will announce the location as soon as…
Phandemonium Book Club – “The God Engines”
Dec 4th
There will be a book club meeting at Capricon 31. We’ll be discussing GoH John Scalzi’s novel, “The God Engines”. Capricon 31 is being held from February 10-13, 2011 at the Westin Chicago North Shore, 601 N Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL. The exact date and time of the book club is TBD.
Phandemonium Book Club – “Boneshaker”
Dec 4th
The January book club will be the steampunk novel, “Boneshaker” by Cherie Priest. We will be meeting on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 6:30pm at the Borders Books in Evanston, IL (1700 Maple Ave). We hope to see you there!
Read with us at Windycon!
Nov 9th
So while Capricon is busy throwing a party Friday night to help promote this year’s convention, Escape!, Phandemonium will be busy at Windycon as well. Or more particularly, the Phandemonium Book Club. Come join us at Windy and add to the discussion. The book club will have not one but two sessions over the course…
Book Club at WindyCon
Oct 1st
The next Phandemonium Book Club will be at Windycon 37 (November 12-14, 2010). Traditionally, the next book after the WorldCon is the winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. This year it was a tie, so we’ll be reading both books. The winners were “The City & The City” by China Mieville and “The…
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