Lewisville Science Fiction Book Club Discusses Arthur C. Clarke’s THE CITY AND THE STARS

Louis Barber and the crew will be getting together at the local IHOP Friday January 11th for another discussion of a great book, this one being THE CITY AND THE STARS by Arthur C. Clarke (affiliate link). They meet in the back room and usually will end up talking scifi in general once they’ve discussed the book. Everyone is welcome whether you’ve read the book or not. IHOP is located at 2345 South Stemmons Freeway, Lewisville, TX, and the group meets at 7:30 PM.

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Here’s the list of books that they will be reading for the next few months. Feel free to start reading and join in the discussion.

January                 "City and the Stars"                    Arthur C. Clarke
February                "Patron Saint of Plaques"            Barth Anderson
March                    "Redshirts"                                John Scalzi
April                       "The Devil's Nebula"                   Eric Brown
May                       "The War Against the Rull"         A.E. Van Vogt
June                       "Year Zero"                               Rod Reid

THE CITY AND THE STARS by Arthur C. Clarke is a re-write of an earlier novel called AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT. The story tells of a young boy named Alvin who is the last child born of humanity. He is curious about the outside world but according to the histories, there is no outside world. After finding a rock with an inscription on it, he embarks on a journey to find out about the history of the city and, more importantly, it’s future.

Happy Birthday to “The Professor” and How to Toast Him

On what would be his 121st (twelvety first?), folks are invited to toast JRR Tolkien! The Tolkien Society, an educational charity that encourages and furthers interest into the life and works of JRR Tolkien. Go to their page and add your own toast and read a little about their works.

Have his works had any effect on you after reading them? If so, what have they done for you?

What’s In A Name: A Bee Named Sheldon?

Not quite. But Sheldon Cooper’s catch-phrase is so readily identifiable that there is no denying that it belongs to The Big Bang Theory’s character. As posted by Sam the Mailman over at Red Carpet Crash, a species of bee has been named Euglossa bazinga. Check out the article to read more about the discovery.

Things like this beg to question, if you could have anything unique named after you, what would it be? And would it be named specifically for you or your catch-phrase or something equally unique? Do tell!

Flash Gordon (1980) in 35mm at Texas Theatre

Starting Thursday January 3rd and running through Sunday January 6th, you can get tickets to see the campy 80’s FLASH GORDON in 35 mm at the Texas Theatre. Check the website for show times.

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The Texas Theatre Show Times for FLASH GORDON (1980)

North Texas Comic Book Shows Present THE INCREDIBLE HULK, Lou Ferrigno!

The show is this Saturday and Sunday, January 5th and 6th. Doors open at 9:30 AM on both days and close 5:30 PM on Saturday and 4 PM on Sunday. The first 100 before 10:30 AM get in for just $5 instead of $7. Children under 12 free. A Galaxy Called Dallas will host a table at which you can meet Ronald Dunn, Todd Boddy, and Thomas Branch, all local creatives. Ronald Dunn and Todd Boddy have written Christian scifi novels, THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON and BLUE MOON CHRONICLES: THE EXIT, respectively. Thomas Branch is a local artist who will be displaying some of his creations. Be sure and look for us!


***UPDATE January 3rd, 2012***
Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca of STAR WARS, will be in attendance on Saturday.