Calendar

Per B&N's request, we are not having a meeting tonight.

Our R-SPEC meeting on October 6 at the Pittsford Barnes and Noble went very well. Our guest speaker, Alex White, gave a wonderful talk on the realities of combat, class, and culture in the Middle Ages in Europe. Click the title to read a little more and to access a recording available for those who missed the meeting.

Our next meeting is 7 July 2009 at the usual place, the Pittsford Barnes & Noble Community Room, and we'll be doing our own Hugo vote. Thanks to esteemed VP Craig DeLancey for posting the following to the listserv:

The next meeting of R-Spec will be our annual discussion of Hugo
nominated short stories.

What?  Homework!

No, I tell ye.  Here are ALL the Hugo nominated short stories, with
links to podcasts of them being read.  You can listen to them while
ironing or driving or laying on your back being fed grapes by your
slavebots.  Painless!

For all of the links Craig posted, as well as links related to ALL of the nominated works, click the title.

Our next R-SPEC meeting is Tuesday, June 2, at 7pm, at the Pittsford Barnes and Noble. The topic is differences between books and movies based upon them, particularly in the horror genre, but also addressing "weird fiction" and other genre and sub-genre.

Our next R-SPEC meeting is Tuesday, May 5, at 7pm, at the Pittsford Barnes and Noble. IP Attorney Katherine McGuire, Leader of Woods Oviatt Gilman's IP Practice, Licensing, & Technology Group, will speak to the group on the topic of copyright. She will cover the basics and address aspects of online publishing, DRM, and the Google book scanning project. Please spread the word to anyone you know who is interested in these topics and have them come along.

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Member Craig DeLancey posted news that his new full-length play, BUILD, will get a staged reading at Geva Nextstage on Monday May 4, starting at 6:00 p.m. and running till about 8:00 p.m.  Group's Google calendar More information by clicking the post title.

Member and SFWA Member/Volunteer/Committe Chair Steve Carper posted the news that the nominees for the 2008 Nebula Awards are announced. The announcement says both 2008 and 2009, but in discussion it's mostly resolved that this is the 2009 presentation of the 2008 Awards.

This was a tough one to categorize, and its for anyone who is in SL. Because of what is being asked, newbies probably won't be able to help, but it couldn't hurt to ask.

Franja Russell, the person in charge of the Talis Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal, needs help setting up the Portal with the March theme that it, as part of the larger body of Alliance groups, will be adopting. She will be on SL at the following times:

Acclaimed local author Nancy Kress will be reading at the Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main Street, Brockport, New York, at 7pm on Thursday, 26 February 2009.