| Sue Lange February 12th, 2011 |
Event Recap
A great meeting, with a wonderful presentation by Ms. Lange! She
gave a very entertaining introduction to herself and a marvelous
reading of her short story "Shark Attack." "You want to hear about
Animal Rescue?" Had to be there. A fun and active discussion
followed. Interesting questions from members of our group
abounded. Sue shared her eclectic thoughts on assigning useful
definitions to the many types of fiction, highlighting the term
"slipstream," which is what apparently falls between science
fiction/fantasy and mainstream literary fiction, aka "the fiction of
strangeness." Strangeness - I think our group knows something
about that! You know, the weird stuff you read that kind of
defies strict classification, which in my experience covers most of the
stuff I've heard discussed in our group. So, the overall feel of this
meeting, like many of our meetings, was, shall we say... interstitial -
(to use another term that was bandied about last night - between
the accepted boundaries!)
And... Well Read Books was a well-chosen venue for the meeting.
Owners Bill and Mary Ann Skees were more than friendly and
welcoming. (Gene McGrath)
Absolutely! We had a fantastic time...great location at Well Read,
great guest and really nice turn out.
Well Read was not only beautiful aesthetically, there was a
tremendous variety (LOVED the huge selection of used books -
anything with an orange sticker: 1/2 off the cover price!!), Bill &
Mary Ann were wonderful hosts, coffee, tea, candy...perfection!
Sue Lange was a lot of fun - loved her very funny opening
monologue. Interesting presentation on a topic we've not had
before. The interaction took things to the next level - we didn't just
sit and listen for two hours - we were part of Sue's presentation. Sue
signed and left copies of two of her book titles for those who may
not have been there Saturday. Just ask Bill or Mary Ann - they'll be
happy to help.
Great group. Todd, Thom and BJ did their usual job of pretending to
behave (ask them about spiders & German toys). Thankfully, Sue
was on to them - particularly Todd..she'd heard about his
gladiator-style tactics at book purchasing time - lol! It was too funny
when Sue passed out handouts to the group. She apologized
saying, "I have handouts. Well I have handouts for only ten of you.
I guess Todd will be one." Sure enough...he was. The rest of us
did this thing called sharing.....
Don was a perfect addition to the motley crew! His astute
"self-loathing" observation was Sue's favorite. Welcome Don!
Excellent time.
(AM)
A great meeting, with a wonderful presentation by Ms. Lange! She
gave a very entertaining introduction to herself and a marvelous
reading of her short story "Shark Attack." "You want to hear about
Animal Rescue?" Had to be there. A fun and active discussion
followed. Interesting questions from members of our group
abounded. Sue shared her eclectic thoughts on assigning useful
definitions to the many types of fiction, highlighting the term
"slipstream," which is what apparently falls between science
fiction/fantasy and mainstream literary fiction, aka "the fiction of
strangeness." Strangeness - I think our group knows something
about that! You know, the weird stuff you read that kind of
defies strict classification, which in my experience covers most of the
stuff I've heard discussed in our group. So, the overall feel of this
meeting, like many of our meetings, was, shall we say... interstitial -
(to use another term that was bandied about last night - between
the accepted boundaries!)
And... Well Read Books was a well-chosen venue for the meeting.
Owners Bill and Mary Ann Skees were more than friendly and
welcoming. (Gene McGrath)
Absolutely! We had a fantastic time...great location at Well Read,
great guest and really nice turn out.
Well Read was not only beautiful aesthetically, there was a
tremendous variety (LOVED the huge selection of used books -
anything with an orange sticker: 1/2 off the cover price!!), Bill &
Mary Ann were wonderful hosts, coffee, tea, candy...perfection!
Sue Lange was a lot of fun - loved her very funny opening
monologue. Interesting presentation on a topic we've not had
before. The interaction took things to the next level - we didn't just
sit and listen for two hours - we were part of Sue's presentation. Sue
signed and left copies of two of her book titles for those who may
not have been there Saturday. Just ask Bill or Mary Ann - they'll be
happy to help.
Great group. Todd, Thom and BJ did their usual job of pretending to
behave (ask them about spiders & German toys). Thankfully, Sue
was on to them - particularly Todd..she'd heard about his
gladiator-style tactics at book purchasing time - lol! It was too funny
when Sue passed out handouts to the group. She apologized
saying, "I have handouts. Well I have handouts for only ten of you.
I guess Todd will be one." Sure enough...he was. The rest of us
did this thing called sharing.....
Don was a perfect addition to the motley crew! His astute
"self-loathing" observation was Sue's favorite. Welcome Don!
Excellent time.
(AM)
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| Saturday February 12th, 2011 from 7p to 10p Sue Lange Well Read Bookstore 425 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 This group meets on the second Saturday of each month and spotlights guest speakers from SF and genre related fields of interest. This month we welcome author Sue Lange at a new venue, Well Read Books (www.thewellreadbookstore.com). Ms. Lange (www.suelangetheauthor.com)is the author of Tritcheon Hash, We, Robots, The Textile Planet, and the ebook, "Uncategorized". Bio info: "Awright, here it is: Graduated Western Michigan University sometime last century. Worked at Palisades Nuke Plant in Southwestern Michigan for six years. Moved to New York City. Started a blues/rock band. Quit that. Began writing. Two works of science fiction satire published: Tritcheon Hash and We, Robots. Pick them up at Amazon or Powells. Borders in Wyomissing, PA has them as well as the Book Depot. Bunches of short stories publisher here and there. Joined BookViewCafe.com. Visit her bookshelf there for some free fiction, ebooks, that sort of thing." The owner of Well Read Books has agreed to stay open late for us! New venue, fun guest - be there! |
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