Events

« February 09, 2010 - March 11, 2010 »
 
02 / 9
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

More new books on sale today, including signed copies of Joe Hill's Horns!

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Publishers Weekly’s review of Assassins of Athens begins, “Beware of Greeks bearing grudges, especially when they’re as rich, resourceful and ruthless as the killers who dog Athens Chief Insp. Andreas Kaldis in Siger’s speedboat-paced second mystery.”  Jeffrey Siger, who introduced Kaldis in last year’s popular Murder in Mykonos, which is a best-selling thriller in several countries, including Greece, returns to MG on Tuesday, February 9, at 7:00 PM.

02 / 10
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Book Discussion Group

Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at the store. (Tuesdays during the summer.) Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.

02 / 11
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Do you dream of death or fallen angels? If so, our Thursday, February 11 event is for you! If not, we suspect after meeting Lisa McMann and Becca Fitzpatrick for their 7:00 PM discussion, your dreams will be affected. Gone is the final chapter in the trilogy that includes best-sellers Wake and Fade. Janie believes that Cabal is too precious to risk, and rather than endanger him through their relationship, thinking she knows what the future holds, she resolves to leave.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

02 / 12
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm

Join us on Friday, February 12 when we welcome debut author Beth Hoffman to Manhattan Beach with her warm and wonderful first novel, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. The invitation for this event can be found at the bottom of this page (in pdf format).

Start: 12:00 pm
Start: Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:00pm
End: Sun, 02/14/2010 - 9:00pm

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Bruce Alexander Award Winner Kelli Stanley’s new novel, City of Dragons, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which descried it as a “stunner.” Kelli transports readers back 70 years to San Francisco’s celebration in February 1940. As private investigator, Spanish Civil War nurse and ex-escort Miranda Corbie watches the Rice Bowl Party festivities, she witnesses the murder of a young man.

02 / 13
(all day)
Start: Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:00pm
End: Sun, 02/14/2010 - 9:00pm

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

MG offers an afternoon of chills and horror and fiction as commentary with a duo of authors on Saturday, February 13, at 2:00 PM. Multiple award-winner Michael Shea has two recent books, Hollywood satire novel, The Extra, and Lovecraftian story collection, Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales. The Extra is the first in a trilogy, expanded from his short story of the same name.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

MG offers an afternoon of chills and horror and fiction as commentary
with a duo of authors on Saturday, February 13, at 2:00 PM. Publisher and author Cody Goodfellow will discuss his new collection, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
(not the conspiracy theory document). Cody’s literary contemporary
horror regularly receives acclaim This compilation of 15 short stories,
mostly set in the familiar environs of Southern CA, includes tales of

02 / 14
End: 9:00 pm
Start: Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:00pm
End: Sun, 02/14/2010 - 9:00pm

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

Love is in the air when best-selling romance author Joan Brady visits for a Valentine’s Day book-signing of her mystical new love story, The Ghost of Mt. Soledad. Opera Patisserie will be providing some of their delicious French pastries to sweeten the deal, and beverages will be available! Joan’s best-selling debut novel, God on a Harley, is familiar to many locals.

02 / 15
02 / 16
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

A few of the new books on sale today.

02 / 17
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

A Night Too Dark, the 17th Kate Shugak mystery by Dana Stabenow, explores the change that has come to the local residents, human and otherwise, with the establishment of the Suulutaq Mine. Kate must walk a fine line between her job as a licensed P.I. asked by State Trooper Jim Chopin to investigate the bear-related death of a man from the mine, and her relationship with the mine and its parent company in her role as leader of the local Native Association.

02 / 18
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Warren St. John, the author of Outcasts United, will appear at Isabel's Cantina with special guests from the international Rescue Committee, San Diego.

MG is presenting this event along with fellow local independent booksellers Warwick's, Book Works, and Yellow Book Road.

Your $25 ticket to the event includes a small donation to the One Book One San Diego Program, and a portion of all book sales from the event will also be donated to the program.

 

02 / 19
02 / 20
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

With Melinda Wells.

Details to follow.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

With Kate Carlisle.

Details to follow.

02 / 21
02 / 22
02 / 23
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

New books on sale on the last Tuesday of February including one from MG Co-Owner, Jeff Mariotte.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Amber, the author of Death's Daughter, MG's #1 bestselling paperback of 2009, returns with a new Calliope Reaper-Jones novel. Details to follow.

 

 

02 / 24
02 / 25
02 / 26
Start: 10:00 am
Start: Fri, 02/26/2010 - 10:00am
End: Sun, 02/28/2010 - 3:00pm

San Diegos longest running Speculative Fiction Convention.

Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh.

Details on the convention web site.

Look for Mysterious Galaxy in the Dealer Room.

02 / 27
(all day)
Start: Fri, 02/26/2010 - 10:00am
End: Sun, 02/28/2010 - 3:00pm

San Diegos longest running Speculative Fiction Convention.

Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh.

Details on the convention web site.

Look for Mysterious Galaxy in the Dealer Room.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

Details to follow.

02 / 28
End: 3:00 pm
Start: Fri, 02/26/2010 - 10:00am
End: Sun, 02/28/2010 - 3:00pm

San Diegos longest running Speculative Fiction Convention.

Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh.

Details on the convention web site.

Look for Mysterious Galaxy in the Dealer Room.

03 / 1
03 / 2
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

Lots of books go on sale this, the first Tuesday in March.

03 / 3
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at
the store. (Tuesdays during the summer.) Participation is open to all
readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.

 

MG is delighted to welcome Karl to take part in the discussion of this popular novel, recently rereleased.

03 / 4
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Details to follow.

03 / 5
03 / 6
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm

Daniel is also Chaz Brenchley.

Details to follow.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

Details to follow.With Linda Thomas-Sundstrom.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm

Details to follow. With Chris Marie Green.

03 / 7
03 / 8
03 / 9
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

A selection of new books that go on sale Tuesday, March 9th.

03 / 10
03 / 11
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Our fabulous four author mystery bash.

Details to follow.

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