August 2007
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Tuesday August 7, 2007
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hillsdale Public Library
509 Hillsdale Avenue
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
201.358.5072
The Rocketeer (1991). Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer
recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of
Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his
mechanic/mentor, Peevee, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.
Stars Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly. Seville Diner follows the movie - 289 Broadway,
Westwood, NJ. (approx. 9:15 to 10:30, sometimes later).
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Monday August 13, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders - Garden State Plaza
2200 Garden State Plaza Way
Paramus, NJ
201-712-1166
intrigue novel. This month's book is The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. Fforde's whimsical fifth
novel, his first not to feature literary detective Thursday Next, is consistently witty, but its conceit—
putting a criminal spin on nursery rhymes—wears a bit thin. Det. Jack Spratt, the dedicated but
underappreciated investigator in the Reading, England, Nursery Crimes Division, is depressed
because the court finds the three little pigs "not guilty of all charges relating to the first-degree
murder of Mr. Wolff." Working with an ambitious young detective, Mary Mary ("Quite Contrary"),
Spratt later takes on the case of "fall guy" Humpty Dumpty. Fforde crafts a police procedural out
of this bizarre alternative universe that prizes, as The Eyre Affair does, literacy (detectives, for
example, garner recognition less for solving crimes than by writing articles about cases for the
likes of Amazing Crime Stories or Sleuth Illustrated). While it can be charming to encounter Mrs.
Hubbard or Tom Thomm or to hear Spratt bemoan "illegal straw-into-gold dens" in this unusual
context, the novel's broad satire overshadows elements like plot, conflict and characterization.
The result is unusually clever. For additional information click http://www.bordersstores.
com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=34.This group meets on the second Monday of each month
to discuss a specific mystery, horror, or
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Wednesday August 8, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders - Garden State Plaza
2200 Garden State Plaza Way
Paramus, NJ
201-712-1166
This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss all things related to comic
books, anime, and manga. This month, discussion on the Superhuman Registration Act will
expand by adding Marvel villains to the mix. The representation of women and various racial
groups in comic books today will also be discussed. For additional information click
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=34.
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Saturday August 25, 2007
2:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Panera Community Room
1300 Rt. 17 North
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201-236-6300
This ongoing Roleplaying Game features the continuing adventures of a group of characters
caught in the swirling chaos of politics and clandestine warfare between a number of hidden
societies. For store information www.panera-nj.com.
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Saturday August 11, 2007
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders - Garden State Plaza
2200 Garden State Plaza Way
Paramus, NJ
201-712-1166
Author Sarah Beth Durst grew up in Northboro, MA, a town in central Massachusetts which (she
claims) was temporarily transformed into a fairy tale kingdom for several days in 1986. These
events later inspired her novel, Into the Wild, as well as her paralyzing fear of glass footwear. For
additional information click http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=34.
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Tuesday August 21, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders - Garden State Plaza
2200 Garden State Plaza Way
Paramus, NJ
201-712-1166
Group meets the third Tuesday of each month to discuss the major works of the greatest authors
of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and related genres. This month: Bards of the Middle Ages
(Beede; Chaucer; Moore; etc) Beowulf will be the featured selection. For additional information
click http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=34.
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Wednesday August 15, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders @ Ramsey Interstate Shopping Plaza
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
Films to Come: Quintessential Movie Discussion Group
This group discusses new and upcoming genre and genre-related films, tv, books and whatever
the moderator throws at us. We've learned not to ask. Please note: this group also meets for
dinner before the event at the store. Join us at the Grand Buffet in Ramsey on Route 17 S, 1/4 mile
south of Borders. (directions are available) around 6:30PM - 7:45. For more information click
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=479.
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Saturday August 18, 2007
2:30 pm - 7:30 pm
REALITY'S EDGE GAME STORE
RIDGE ROAD
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ
The D&D roleplaying game is being DM'ed by Chuck Garofalo and is a great time for all. If you are
interested in joining or observing please let us know. We can expand the game if we know that
you are interested. A related group for those interested in D&D gaming is the Heroes and Rogues
Group listed on the Calendar of events.
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Tuesday August 28, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders @ Wayne Town Center Mall
80 Wayne Town Ctr, Rt 23, S.
Wayne, NJ 07470
973.785.0037
This event meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month to discuss a specific topic in Science
Fiction, Fantasy, and related genres. This month we will be discussing Classics in SF: many SF
stories are adaptations, homages, or blatant rip-offs of literary classics. i.e. the recent SciFi
Channel Grendle - adapted from Beowulf. . Click
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=479 for more information on the
store.
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Friday August 24, 2007
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders @ Ramsey Interstate Shopping Center
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge. A multiple Hugo Award winning author (A Fire Upon the Deep; A
Deepness in the Sky) and former professor of mathematics at San Diego State University, Vernor
Vinge writes as if he's spent some time in 2025. This novel's setting, contemporary with the
author's Fast Times at Fairmont High, is one of instantaneous technology where accomplished
hackers wield profound influence. Reviewers applaud Vinge's avoidance of science-fiction traps
like information dumps and rootless "techno-bedazzlement" in favor of emotional storylines and
plausible—and sometimes frightening—insights into where technology is moving humanity. For
more information click http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=479.
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