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Phandemonium Book Club – 2014 Hugo Best Novel
010 years
We’re kicking off our second decade of Phandemonium Book Club with the 2014 Hugo Award winner for Best Novel. This year’s winner was “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie.
We will be meeting at WindyCon 41. The convention is being held on November 14-16, 2014 at…
Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
We’ll be meeting on Saturday (11/15) at 1:00 pm. The room is TBD. Check the Windycon program for final details.
Join us to discuss some good old space opera.
Phandemonium Book Club Evanston – “Lord of Light”
010 years
The September book club will mark the 10th anniversary of our first meeting in 2004. We’ll be discussing “Lord of Light” by Roger Zelazny. This book won the 1968 Hugo for Best Novel. It was also nominated for a Nebula award.
We’ll be meeting on September 21, 2014 at 7:00 pm at our normal location:
Cosi
1740 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL
Join us for this landmark occasion to discuss this award-winning book.
Phandemonium Book Club Elgin – “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
010 years
Phandemonium now has a second book club. It meets at the Blue Box Cafe in Elgin, a very cool Doctor Who themed cafe.
Our next book will be “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne. We’ll be discussing it on August 23, 2014 at 10:00 am.
Blue Box Cafe
176 E Chicago St
Elgin, IL 60120
It’s walking distance form a Metra station and a major Pace Bus hub. There is free parking in a garage on the block north of the Cafe on Chicago Street and some street parking.
Join us and help support this fun new event.
“Galactic Patrol” eBook
010 years
Phandemonium Book Club Evanston will be discussing “Galactic Patrol” by E. E. “Doc” Smith on July 13, 2014. Click here for details. I was able to locate a free eBook copy of this book. You can downloaded it from…
Here for iPhone, iPad, etc.
Here for Kindle
If you have another device that can’t read either of these files, send a note to socialmedia*at*phandemonium.org and I’ll see what I can do.
Phandemonium Book Club Evanston – “Galactic Patrol”
010 years
For July we’ll be discussing “Galactic Patrol” by E. E. “Doc” Smith. This is one of the 1939 Retro Hugo nominees. It’s also part of the classic “Lensman” series.
We’ll be meeting on July 13, 2014 at 7:00 pm at our normal location:
Cosi
1740 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL
Join us for a good discussion and have a good sandwich or soup too.
Phandemonium Book Club Elgin – “The Martian Chronicles”
010 years
Phandemonium is starting a second book club. We’ll meet at the Blue Box Cafe in Elgin. What better place for us to gather than a Doctor Who themed cafe?
Our first book will be “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury. We’ll be discussing it on June 21, 2014 at 10:00 am.
Blue Box Cafe
176 E Chicago St
Elgin, IL 60120
It’s walking distance form a Metra station and a major Pace Bus hub. There is free parking in a garage on the block north of the Cafe on Chicago Street and some street parking.
Join us and help get this new event off to a great start.
Phandemonium Book Club – “The Player of Games”
010 years
In 2013 the science fiction world lost Iain Banks. He will be honored at this year’s WorldCon, Loncon 3.
We’ll be discussing his book, “The Player of Games”, on May 4 at 7:00pm at:
Cosi
1740 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL
Come out and discuss the work of one of the genre’s greats.
Post-Capricon 34 Edition of Goat Droppings
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Capricon 34 was a good time that reaches from the past into the future, when we smile remembering the fun.
But do you find yourself laying awake at night trying to remember who won the Artist’s Challenge? Or Best Party? Well it’s Goat Droppings to the rescue! Here are all the awards, more Out of CON-Text quotes, and important information about Capricon 35. (What does the “R&R” stand for again? “Remote Controls and Rat Creatures”? “Rust and Rebar”? Help us decide!)
Click here to download your copy.
Post Capricon Survey
010 years
Greetings from the future (Or is it the past? (Traveling across the 4th
dimension is confusing)):
By now hopefully you all have had a chance to rest and recuperate after
Capricon. If you’re still making use of the time machine, please
remember to put it back where and when you found it so no one will
notice. We’d like to do something a little different this year, we’d
like to ask your help in making Capricon as enjoyable as possible in the
future. In order to do that we’ve put together a short survey for you to
fill out, to tell us what worked at Capricon this year, what you’d like
to see more of, and some general information about you to help us
understand our membership better. We received some feedback immediately
after Closing Ceremonies, but for those who couldn’t attend, or have
something else to share, this is your chance. If you’d like to
participate, you can do so by taking a short survey.
The information collected will only be
shared with the Capricon Convention Committee and the Phandemonium Board
of Directors, and the survey is anonymous, unless you decide to provide
us with contact information.
If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, or anything
else to do with Capricon for that matter, please feel free to contact me
directly at smof@phandemonium.org.
Thank You,
–Peter Heltzer
Phandemonium Supreme Minister of Fun
Phandemonium Euchre Club – April 2014
010 years
Come demonstrate your Euchre superpowers!
We’ll be meeting on April 6 at 6:00pm at our regular location:
The Grafton Pub
4530 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
Come join the fun!