Main Presentation:
Author Interview: David Gerrold
Date: Saturday, January, 21 2012
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Interview 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
David Gerrold made his professional debut with the original STAR TREK teleplay, "The Trouble With Tribbles." An early story editor for STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, he also wrote many other episodes for BABYLON 5, LAND OF THE LOST, and SLIDERS. His novels include the first contact novel THE FLYING SORCERERS (written in collaboration with Larry Niven), the sentient-computer novel WHEN HARLIE WAS ONE (1972, which first coined the phrase "computer virus") , and the time travel novel THE MAN WHO FOLDED HIMSELF. David won a Nebula for his novella "The Martian Child," an autobiographical piece about a science fiction writer who adopts a troubled boy; later expanded to a novel, it was the basis of the movie with the same name. David's three continuing series are the STAR WOLF series of space-war novels, the Dingilliad series of young-adult novels that include JUMPING OFF THE PLANET, and his complex, exciting multi-volume WAR AGAINST THE CHTORR series -- which "ended" in a cliffhanger at the end of A SEASON FOR SLAUGHTER in 1992, but is according to David headed for continuation sometime soon.
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Main Presentation:
Book Discussion: Find out what should be on your "Must Read" List.
Date: November, 19 2011
Location: Location: 4979 SW 94 Ave Cooper City, 33328.
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Time: Book Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
“Alien Contact” anthology published by Nightshade Bookswith the short stories “Aliens who knew, I mean
everything”, “To go boldly”, “Maxo signals”, and “I am the doorway”.
The novel “Leviathan” by Scott Westerfeld
(available at the library)
You don't have to read the books to attend the meeting--but we hope you will.
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Main Presentation:
SF/F Movie and TV Update: Find out what should be on your "Must See" List.
Date: October 15, 2011
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
SKYPE Author Interview: Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire (author of FEED and Deadline)
Date: September 17, 20111
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
WorldCon Update
Date: August 27, 2011
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
Join us at The Alper JCC
For the local author event -featuring our
own Brad Aiken and Adam-Troy Castro Book Festival Epilogue
Authors In Our Midst:
Brad Aiken, Mind Fields
Adam-Troy Castro, Z is for Zombie
Kenneth Spiegelman, Standby
Date: FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Location: 11am at the Alper JCC 11155 SW 112th Avenue
Robert Russell Theater
Bagels & Book Signing: $3
go to alperjcc.org, cultural arts, literary and performing artsPLEASE RSVP
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Main Presentation:
WITH A REVIEW OF MOVIES FOR 2011
Date: January 15, 2011
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
One is HUNTER'S RUN by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham.
A petty crook (and pretty rotten human being) on a colonized planet is out in the wilderness, evading police when he discovers aliens camped out with a secret agenda of their own. A literal man-hunt ensues. He becomes a significantly more formidable human human being.
Also 4 short stories from The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century :
Tunesmith by Lloyd Biggle, The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove, Passengers by Robert Silverberg, and
A Clean Escape by John Kessel.
Date: Saturday November 20, 2010
Location: A residence at 4979 SW 94th Ave, Cooper City (just south of Griffin and Nob Hill).
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
The latest Hugo award winner, Paolo Bacigalupi, author of The Windup Girl
Interview via video conference on a big screen! Come and submit questions to the only fellow to tie literary giant, China Melville, for top honors in SF writing for 2009!
Find out what inspired Paolo to write a future where the end of oil and the rise of the third world happens through bioengineering and manual labor.
Come listen and submit your own questions.
Date: Saturday October 16, 2010
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions..
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century"A Saucer of Loneliness," by Theodore Sturgeon."Inconstant Moon," by Larry Niven."Sandkings," by George RR Martin."The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," by Ursula LeGuin.
Date: Saturday August 14, 2010
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
Space Race Presentation:
Long-standing Member George Peterson will give his annual Space Race presentation, catching us up the triumphs and challenges of getting man in space from both the private and public sectors
Date: Saturday July 17, 2010
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
What can fairy tales and science fiction stories reveal about the psyches of individuals and nations?
How does the literature of the fantastic reflect historical periods and preoccupation?
Join us we listen to Professor Eric S. Rabkin, one of the world's foremost authorities on the literature of the fantastic and science fiction as he takes us on a journey to explore
Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind and Literature's Most Fantastic Works.
Date: Saturday June 12, 2010
Location: 4979 SW 94th Ave, Cooper City (just south of Griffin and Nob Hill).
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Time: Discussion 2PM, DVD/Potluck dinner afterwards
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Main Presentation:
Book review Nebula nominees:
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak, Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman, The City & The City by China Miéville, Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, and Finch by Jeff VanderMeer.
Harlan Ellison’s “The Essential Ellison” with the short stories, The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, Strange Wine and Soft Monkey.
Date: Saturday May 8, 2010
Location: Miami, email negelein@hotmail.com or lauraaiken@aol.com for directions.
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Time: Movie (2PM-4PM), DVD and games(4PM-???), Potluck dinner (5PM)
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Main Presentation:
Adam's Coming Attractions: Upcoming SF/F/H Independent and Blockbuster Movies.
Date: Saturday April 17, 2010
Time: Movie (2PM-4PM), DVD and games(4PM-???), Potluck dinner (5PM)
Location: A residence at 4979 SW 94th Ave, Cooper City (just south of Griffin and Nob Hill).
For more information call (786) 361-2225 or email questions to negelein@hotmail.com or sfsfsociety@gmail.com.
Past Meetings and Subjects:
What happens when an astronaut who's spent years looking for extraterrestrial life is upstaged by a first day rookie?
Find out the answer in the "Perfect Planet". Watch the movie on a 53 inch wide screen and then listen to Writer/Director, Brandon Kaplan, about his experiences on making this film.
Brandon Kaplan, a director since preschool Brandon has been known to color outside the lines. An artist at heart, filmmaking has become his medium of choice. The left side of his brain is also happy – he loves the math involved in making a film.
After completing his thesis film at UCF, he moved to L.A. to work on science fiction and horror films. He worked with Charles Band (director of The Puppet Master).
His films include: The Perfect Planet (writer/director/DP/editor - HD short), Bad Reception (writer/director/animator - stop-motion animated short), Bad Tomatoes (writer/director), and has worked in the art department and camera department on these features and TV shows: Creepshow III, Drive Thru, Doll Graveyard, and Saurian.
Recently Brandon moved back to Florida and is in the midst of writing/directing a feature, and of course is always interested in working with other filmmakers on their projects too.
You can see some of his work at his website: www.BrandonKaplan.net.
Time: Movie (2PM-4PM), DVD and games(4PM-???), Potluck dinner (5PM)
Location: A residence at 4979 SW 94th Ave, Cooper City (just south of Griffin and Nob Hill).
For more information call (786) 361-2225 or email questions to negelein@hotmail.com or sfsfsociety@gmail.com.