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
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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/our-valentines-day-event-joan-brady-and-ghost-mt-soledad URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/our-valentines-day-event-joan-brady-and-ghost-mt-soledad SUMMARY:Our Valentine's Day Event with Joan Brady and THE GHOST OF MT SOLEDAD DESCRIPTION: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.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T043000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dana-stabenow-signs-night-too-dark URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dana-stabenow-signs-night-too-dark SUMMARY:Dana Stabenow signs A NIGHT TOO DARK DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/special-one-book-one-san-diego-event URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/special-one-book-one-san-diego-event SUMMARY:A Special One Book One San Diego Event DESCRIPTION: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.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/james-kakalios-signs-physics-superheroes URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/james-kakalios-signs-physics-superheroes SUMMARY:James Kakalios signs THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES DESCRIPTION:Readers interested in science\, comics\, or just an entertaining evening will want to get to MG via the Batmobile\, webbing\, or flight on Friday\, February 19\, when James Kakalios speaks at 7\:00 PM. Jim’s updated “Spectacular” second edition of The Physics of Superheroes covers a number of classic comic book scenarios\, and discusses the science behind them.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kate-carlisle-signs-if-books-could-kill URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kate-carlisle-signs-if-books-could-kill SUMMARY:Kate Carlisle signs IF BOOKS COULD KILL DESCRIPTION:Mystery readers are also book lovers\, unsurprisingly\, and now have a second Bibliophile Mystery\, If Books Could Kill\, to add to their shelves. Last year’s debut\, Homicide in Hardcover\, found San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright using her specialized knowledge to help solve the murder of her mentor. Brooklyn travels to Scotland for a week at the prestigious Edinburgh Book Fair\, neither expecting to run into her old flame\, Kyle\, nor anticipating that the centuries old controversial manuscript he possesses may be the key to his murder.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/melinda-wells-signs-proof-pudding URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/melinda-wells-signs-proof-pudding SUMMARY:Melinda Wells signs THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING DESCRIPTION:Mystery readers “eat up” Melinda Wells’ Della Carmichael culinary mysteries. Killer Mousse introduced the cooking school owner\, cable television show star\, and amateur detective. Last year’s Death Takes the Cake was one of MG’s bestselling mysteries. Now The Proof is in the Pudding as Della is persuaded to act as a judge for a competitive celebrity cooking show\, but someone is permanently eliminating the contestants.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-february-23 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-february-23 SUMMARY:New Books on sale February 23 DESCRIPTION:New books on sale on the last Tuesday of February including one from MG Co-Owner\, Jeff Mariotte.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T043000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-signs-cats-claw URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-signs-cats-claw SUMMARY:Amber Benson signs CAT'S CLAW DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100226T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T230000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/condor-xvii URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/condor-xvii SUMMARY:ConDor XVII DESCRIPTION:San Diego’s longest running Science Fiction convention welcomes author Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh (Cyteen\, Downbelow Station). The convention will take place at Mission Valley’s Handlery Hotel from Friday\, February 26 through Sunday\, February 28. Mysterious Galaxy will be in our traditional location in the Dealer’s Room. More information on Nancy Holder\, Chris Marie Green\, P.J.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joanne-fluke-signs-apple-turnover-murder URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joanne-fluke-signs-apple-turnover-murder SUMMARY:Joanne Fluke signs APPLE TURNOVER MURDER DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 27\, at 2\:00 PM\, Joanne Fluke returns to MG\, bringing with her a bit of Midwestern murder and mayhem – and chocolate chip cookies! It may not quite be spring in Southern CA\, but it’s summer in Hannah Swensen’s Minnesota\, and the town is bustling with activity in Apple Turnover Murder. The residents of Lake Eden are preparing for a charitable event – not only does The Cookie Jar need to provide goodies for the event\, but also Hannah has been persuaded to act as a stage magician’s assistant.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100302T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale SUMMARY:New Books On Sale! DESCRIPTION:Lots of books go on sale today\, the first Tuesday in March.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T043000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dan-simmons-signs-black-hills URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dan-simmons-signs-black-hills SUMMARY:Dan Simmons signs BLACK HILLS DESCRIPTION:Dan Simmons turns his authorial eye to the American West in Black Hills\, the tale of a young Sioux warrior who counts coup on General Custer at Little Big Horn – and is haunted by Custer thereafter. The tale covers the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century\, as Paha Sapa experiences not only visions from Custer\, but also from war chief Crazy Horse\, and Mount Rushmore sculptor Gotzon Borglum.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T213000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/daniel-fox-signs-jade-mans-skin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/daniel-fox-signs-jade-mans-skin SUMMARY:Daniel Fox signs JADE MAN'S SKIN DESCRIPTION:According to his web site\, Daniel Fox is a British writer who first went to Taiwan at the millennium and became obsessed\, to the point of learning Mandarin and writing about the country in three different genres. In Moshui\, the Books of Stone and Water\, Daniel blends the ancient myths and legends of feudal China into a fantasy world of brutal war and brittle passion\, immortal gods and mystical creatures.The first volumes are Dragon in Chains and Jade Man’s Skin\; the third volume will be Hidden Cities.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/linda-thomas-sundstrom-signs-red-wolf-and-wolf-trap URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/linda-thomas-sundstrom-signs-red-wolf-and-wolf-trap SUMMARY:Linda Thomas-Sundstrom signs RED WOLF and WOLF TRAP DESCRIPTION:San Diego author Linda Thomas-Sundstrom joins Chris Marie Green for our fanged and furry mini-version of ConDor on Saturday\, March 6\, at 2\:00 PM. Linda first ventured into the realm of paranormal romance with 2009’s Barbie &\; the Beast. In 2010\, she offers two novels of sexy shapechangers\, Red Wolf and Wolf Trap. In Red Wolf\, werewolf Tory McKidd and human detective Adam Scott team up to rid Miami’s streets of a killer. In Wolf Trap\, Dr.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/chris-marie-green-signs-deep-woods URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/chris-marie-green-signs-deep-woods SUMMARY:Chris Marie Green signs DEEP IN THE WOODS DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 6\, at 2\:00 PM\, we offer a fanged and furry mini-version of ConDor\, with authors Chris Marie Green and Linda Thomas-Sundstrom. Chris will be discussing Deep in the Woods\, the final book in the London Underground story arc of her noir fantasy mystery series\, Vampire Babylon. Hollywood stuntwoman-turned-vampire-hunter Dawn Madison and her colleagues battle teenage vampires from the British infestation and work to rescue Dawn’s vampiric lover from their clutches\, before he succumbs to his own dark nature.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100309T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100310T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-march-9th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-march-9th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale March 9th DESCRIPTION:A selection of new books that go on sale Tuesday\, March 9th.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T050000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/killer-party-time URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/killer-party-time SUMMARY:Killer Party Time! DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kenneth-wishnia-signs-fifth-servant URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kenneth-wishnia-signs-fifth-servant SUMMARY:Kenneth Wishnia signs THE FIFTH SERVANT DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Servant was selected by Indie Booksellers for the February 2010 Indie Notables\: “The bloody body of a young girl is found in the shop of a Jewish butcher in medieval Prague. A Talmudic scholar works against a deadline to solve the murder and save his community from annihilation. The Fifth Servant is dense\, full of philosophy\, history\, and the pulse of a community under siege.” -- Becky Milner\, Vintage Books\, Vancouver\, WA.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100315T010000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tucson-festival-books URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tucson-festival-books SUMMARY:Tucson Festival of Books DESCRIPTION:Come visit us in booths #73 - 75!
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T111120Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100314T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100314T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/blake-charlton-signs-spellwright URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/blake-charlton-signs-spellwright SUMMARY:Blake Charlton signs SPELLWRIGHT DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, March 14\, at 2\:00 PM\, words are magical\, and time is important (it’s the start of Daylight Savings) when Blake Charlton signs and discusses his debut epic fantasy novel\, Spellwright. (See Maryelizabeth’s review below.) Blake offers some background to the creation of his world\: “In writing Spellwright\, one of my primary goals was to create an epic fantasy that added something original\, in the modern sense\, to the tradition of epic fantasy and language.
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