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Welcome to Mysterious Galaxy -- books of Martians, Murder, Magic and Mayhem (with occasional Masks, Matchmaking, and Munchkins). We are physically a specialty genre store in Southern California with a focus on SF, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense, and Horror. Here on the web we offer a whole world of book choices, some physically on our shelves, some immediately available for your ebook reader, and many more available for special order!
Being a part of your literary community means offering more than just great books. Mysterious Galaxy is committed to regular in-store events with authors, book discussion groups, and other special events and celebrations.
Thu, 05/23/2013 - 4:00pm
Mysterious Galaxy looks forward to seeing readers and authors Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr, Terry Brooks,Peter David, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Leanna Renee Hieber, C.J. Hill, Gini Koch, Tom Leveen, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Shannon Messenger, Mike Mignola,Alexandra Monir, Joseph Nassise, Kris Neri, James A. Owens, Aprilynne Pike, Cherie Priest, Melanie Rawn, Adam Rex, Marsheila Rockwell, Brandon Sanderson, John Scalzi, Janni Lee Simner, Shawn Speakman, Michael Stackpole, David Lee Summers, Sam Sykes, Greg van Eekhout, Suzanne Young, Timothy Zahn and more. Mysterious Galaxy will be in booth #2411.
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Thu, 05/23/2013 - 7:00pm
The San Diego Book Discussion Group is led by Fearless Leader Christine. The May 23rd discussion focuses on Lauren Beukes' Zoo City. Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend – it’s the perfect opportunity for readers to branch out and find new favorites!
Don't forget, attendees receive 20% off the current group selection!
Sat, 05/25/2013 - 12:00pm
Save the last few trees on earth! Please join us for an exciting event at Rob leads us in an exploration of Chris Howard's Rootless, a YA science fiction novel about a world without trees. There will be exciting activities and games for all.
Don't forget, attendees receive 20% off the current group selection!
Sat, 05/25/2013 - 2:00pm
Author and game designer (Game Design Lead at the Institute of Play’s GlassLab) and insightful industry blogger Erin Hoffman returns to her native San Diego for the third and final volume in the Chaos Knight trilogy. The choices made by Vidarian Rulorat in the two previous volumes, including reawakening wild magic and gods in his world of Andovar, have drawn serious negative attention from the Alorean Import Company. In Shield of Sea and Space, Vidarian and his allies strive to guarantee a future that includes them, as the company seeks to exterminate them.
Sat, 05/25/2013 - 2:30pm
Bring your questions and
your notebooks as Dennis Palumbo answers questions in this informal writer’s
workshop, Taking the Mystery Out of Writing Mysteries. Dennis, a
licensed psychotherapist and former Hollywood screenwriter, will also be
signing and discussing Night Terrors, the third entry into the Daniel
Rinaldi Mystery series.
"Palumbo, an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter turned psychotherapist, uses all his
professional experience to craft short, action- and tension-filled chapters and
insightful sketches of people traumatized by...
Our publishers are kind enough to send us Signed First Editions for non-touring authors' works. To see a complete list of Signed First editions, check the menu for signed first editions by genre.
And the Mountains Echoed: a novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
$28.95
ISBN-13: 9781594631764Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 5/2013
Received in Redondo Beach 5/21/13
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Lexicon (Hardcover)
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781594205385Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 6/2013
From Our June Newsletter:
Speculative Fiction
Max Barry’s Lexicon starts off as a slam-bang action thriller. Wil escapes from and is then recaptured by two mysterious kidnappers, only to find himself and his kidnappers chased in turn by another equally mysterious group. The novel takes a fantastic turn: the pursuers include “poets,” people with the power to use language magically to compel others to do things against their will. As Wil watches in horror, a poet compels one of his kidnappers to blow his own head off. Such a terrible power is redolent with moral complications, which Barry explores to terrific effect. What are we to make of Wil, who, as we learn, may also possess the power to kill at his whim? What are we to make of the organization that trains up poets in their deadly arts? To these questions, Barry resolutely leaves us hanging. Reading the novel, we can never be sure just who the “good guy” is. A tour-de-force, and highly recommended.
– David
