April 2009 -- "Pulp" Fiction
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hillsdale Public Library
509 Hillsdale Avenue
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
201.358.5072
This group meets on the first Tuesday of each month to view SF and other genre related films.
This month's selection is The Maltese Falcon (1941). Spade and Archer is the name of a San
Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners,
but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wanderly, walks into
their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd
Thursby. It seems Miss Wanderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who
uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and
feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of
one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these
dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon. Seville Diner usually
follows the movie - 289 Broadway, Westwood, NJ. (approx. 9:15 to 10:30, sometimes later).
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Monday April 13, 2009
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders @ Garden State Plaza
2200 Garden State Plaza
Paramus, NJ 07652
201.712.1166
This group meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss a specific mystery, horror, or
intrigue novel. This month's selection is Chinatown Death Peril: A Novel by Paul Malmont.
Please join us for this special Suspense Central as we are joined by author Paul Malmont! The
Chinatown Death Cloud Peril casts the rivalry between two of pulp fiction's most revered writers
into its own saga, which bursts from the pages with blood, cruelty, fear, mystery, vengeance,
courageous heroes, evil villains, dames in distress, secret identities and disguises, global
schemes, hideous deaths, beautiful psychics, deadly superweapons, cliffhanging escapes, and
other outrageous pulp lies that just might be completely true." "The science fiction story, the
hard-boiled detective, and the superhero were all born on these cheap yellow pages, found
behind blood-drenched covers dripping with sex and violence. Return now to those thrilling days
of yesteryear, enter at your own risk into the dark and dank lair known as the White Horse Tavern,
and meet Walter Gibson, the mind behind The Shadow, and Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage,
as they challenge one another to discover what is real and what is pulp." "For Gibson, writing a
new novel about The Shadow every month is a way to evade his own dark past. For his rival, Dent,
creating Doc Savage is an attempt to bring the light of better days to desperate millions. In their
lives and loves they are as different from one another as the heroes they've created. But now the
hideous murder of the fringe pulp writer H. P. Lovecraft - victim of a mysterious death that literally
makes the skin crawl - will set these two men on a collision course with each other, and face to
face with a terrifying and very real evil that could have sprung from the pages of their own pulps."
For additional information click www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_34.
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Wednesday April 8, 2009
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
New Moon Comics
463 Main Street
Little Falls, NJ
973.81.COMIC or 973.812.6642
This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss all things related to comic
books, anime, and manga. Whether its Golden Age, Silver Age, Manga, or Anime, this group
tackles the ins and outs of art, story, and the graphic media. This month's discusison will focus
on "pulp" comics. For additional information click www.newmooncomics.com.
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Saturday April 25, 2009
2:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Ehrenfels Manor
Rutherford, NJ 07070
directions available upon request/contact Todd
Welcome to the Western Nations of Temnia, a brutal and vicious tyranny ruled by the Immortal
Emperor, the illustrious Naram'tzin, your boss. This game explores life in the far West, where
powerful Samurai serve demon worshipping madmen, and expediency and survival are balanced
by honor and horror. A new day in the Yenxhai Dominions is dawning, and the peaceful nations of
the East should beware!
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Tuesday April 28, 2009
7:00 pm - 8:00pm (Whispers From Beyond) 8:00pm - 10:00 pm (Face The Fiction)
New Moon Comics
463 Main Street
Little Falls, NJ
973.81.COMIC or 973.812.6642
Face the Fiction moves to Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 8p this month to accommodate our guest
Danny Birt at New Moon Comics. Please see Themes of the Fantastic for details.
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Wednesday April 15, 2009
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Borders Books & Music
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
Films to Come: 4-Star Movie Discussion Group
This group discusses new and upcoming genre and genre-related films, tv, books and current
media happenings. Films recently seen by those attending are discussed, rated, recommended
or panned, as well as what people are watching, reading or listening to. If it deals with
entertainment, our Master of Entertainment Moderator will cover it. For more information about the
location visit: www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_479.
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Saturday April 18, 2009
2:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Todd's New Place
Rutherford, NJ 07070
directions available upon request/contact Todd
Join us for terror, monsters, madness and more as GM BJ Pehush explores the city of Arkham MA
with our monthly Call of Cthulu (Chaosium 6th edition) game. Books are available for order at
New Moon Comics.
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Tuesday April 28, 2009
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
New Moon Comics
463 Main Street
Little Falls, NJ
973.81.COMIC or 973.812.6642
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 having a very special event - we will
combine Face the Fiction and Themes to welcome guest Danny Birt (http://www.dannybirt.com/).
Danny has published science fiction, fantasy, and professional works in The Raintown Review,
Strange Worlds of Lunacy, Vadercast.com, and Musica Ficta. His fantasy series “The Laurian
Pentology” is slated to be published through Ancient Tomes Press, starting in early summer 2008
with the book Ending an Ending.
In addition to literary publication, Danny composes classical and filk music, such as his nonstop
hour-long piano solo, “Narcoleptic Pianist,” and the ever-peculiar album “Warped Children’s
Songs.” And get this, how much more SF can you get than someone who went to military
academy in Roswell, NM?! Join us for this very unique guest. For additional information click www.
newmooncomics.com.
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8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Borders @ Ramsey Interstate Shopping Center
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
This group meets on the 4th Friday of each month to discuss various works of "modern" masters
or upcoming talent in SF, fantasy, paranormal, horror and related genres. It also occasionally
explores classics and the 'masters' of the classics. This month we discuss The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett: Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's archetypally tough San Francisco
detective, is more noir than L.A. Confidential and more vulnerable than Raymond Chandler's
Marlowe. In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The
Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off
the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that
betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment. For more information about the location
visit: www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_479.
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