In his Killer Books review\, Bill Farley of Seattle Mystery Bookstore says\: “In [The Ragtime Fool]\, the concluding volume of Larry Karp’s ragtime trilogy\, it’s 1951. Scott Joplin (The King of Ragtime) is long dead\, but ragtime music is making a comeback. Brun Campbell (The Ragtime Kid) is now an old man\, still obsessed with Joplin’s music. A ceremony is being planned in Sedalia\, MO\, where Joplin got his start\, but the plans are far too humble\, in Campbell’s estimation.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100423T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100423T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jacqueline-winspear-signs-mapping-love-and-death URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jacqueline-winspear-signs-mapping-love-and-death SUMMARY:Jacqueline Winspear signs THE MAPPING OF LOVE AND DEATH DESCRIPTION:Inquiry agent Maisie Dobbs has won bookseller and librarian accolades and genre awards and nominations since she debuted in 2003 in Jacqueline Winspear’s mystery of the same title. Now in The Mapping of Love and Death.\, her seventh outing\, Maisie is hired in 1932 to seek the mysterious missing lover of a young California man who was first reported missing in action in the European theatre in 1916.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/john-green-and-david-levithan-celebrate-will-grayson-will-grayson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/john-green-and-david-levithan-celebrate-will-grayson-will-grayson SUMMARY:John Green and David Levithan celebrate WILL GRAYSON\, WILL GRAYSON DESCRIPTION:See our Community Event page for more information.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jennifer-lee-carrell-signs-haunt-me-still URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jennifer-lee-carrell-signs-haunt-me-still SUMMARY:Jennifer Lee Carrell signs HAUNT ME STILL DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 23\, at 7\:00 PM\, Mysterious Galaxy invites readers to help celebrate the 446th birthday of Wm. Shakespeare with Jennifer Lee Carrell and Haunt Me Still.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100426T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/los-angeles-times-festival-books URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/los-angeles-times-festival-books SUMMARY:Los Angeles Times Festival of Books DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 24\, and Sunday\, April 25\, Mysterious Galaxy will be hosting dozens of authors in our booth on the grounds of the UCLA Main Campus as part of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. We will be in the same location of Zone F\, Dickson Court North\, Booth #614.
The most up to date information on Booth #614 is now available in the pdf at the bottom of the page.
NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher\, introduced in Alafair Burke’s Dead Connection\, returns in 212. Ellie and her partner investigate the murder of a New York University student\, following her reports of a cyberstalker posting threatening messages to an on-line gossip website.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100427T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100428T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/new-books-april-27 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/new-books-april-27 SUMMARY:New Book Tuesday - April 27 DESCRIPTION:New books on sale Tuesday\, April 27!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100428T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100428T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rachel-caine-signs-kiss-death URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rachel-caine-signs-kiss-death SUMMARY:Rachel Caine signs KISS OF DEATH DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join the party on Tuesday\, April 27\, at 7\:00 PM\, when MG celebrates the launch of Kiss of Death\, the new Morganville Vampires novel\, and Rachel Caine’s birthday. Kiss of Death chronicles the “road trip from Hell\,” as vampire musician Michael Glass attempts to cross over to a larger audience in the human world\, with all the attendant problems.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100429T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100429T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ed-lin-signs-snakes-cant-run URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ed-lin-signs-snakes-cant-run SUMMARY:Ed Lin signs SNAKES CAN'T RUN DESCRIPTION:Award –winning author Ed Lin first took readers to the streets of New York City’s Chinatown seen through the eyes of Chinese-American detective Robert Chow the in the mid-1970’s in This is a Bust. Chow\, a Vietnam veteran and alcoholic\, is working reluctantly undercover as a Con Ed worker for the NYPD\, when the murder of two Chinese men gets him reassigned to look into the actions of a ring of snakeheads – human smugglers.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ken-kuhlken-signs-biggest-liar-los-angeles URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ken-kuhlken-signs-biggest-liar-los-angeles SUMMARY:Ken Kuhlken signs THE BIGGEST LIAR IN LOS ANGELES DESCRIPTION:The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles is the newest entry in Ken Kuhlken’s Tom Hickey California Century series. It is set in 1926\, nearly two decides before The Loud Adios\, which won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Best First PI Novel Award. Tom is working as a musician and a meat deliveryman when he receives word of a lynching in Los Angeles\, near the Angelus Temple of infamous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson – a lynching which has not been reported by the police\, or the town’s established media.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100504T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100504T170000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-4 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-4 SUMMARY:New Books on Sale May 4 DESCRIPTION:New books on sale Tuesday\, May 4th.
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Charlaine!!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T190000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-janni-lee-simner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-janni-lee-simner SUMMARY:Spotlight on Janni Lee Simner DESCRIPTION:Janni Lee Simner\, author of last year’s post-apocalyptic fairy tale\, Bones of Faerie\, joins Beth in the spotlight at 11\:00 AM. Janni’s new novel\, Thief Eyes\, is a contemporary fantasy based on the Icelandic sagas\, Njal’s Saga in particular. A teen from Arizonea\, in Iceland to try to find her own answers about the abrupt disappearance of her mother and the secrets her father seems to be keeping about the circumstances is suddenly part of a centuries long family story.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100509T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mysterious-galaxys-17th-birthday-bash URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mysterious-galaxys-17th-birthday-bash SUMMARY:Mysterious Galaxy's 17th Birthday Bash DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 8\, 1993\, a new store opened in Clairemont Square\, dedicated to the staff’s passion for books of “Martians\, Murder\, Magic and Mayhem.”
Today\, that passion continues.
We invite you to join us on Saturday\, May 8\, for our annual all day celebration\, featuring some fantastic spotlight authors\, special bargains\, and\, of course\, cake!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T190000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-beth-fantaskey URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-beth-fantaskey SUMMARY:Spotlight on Beth Fantaskey DESCRIPTION:Last year’s debut\, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side\, was a staff favorite (see Terry’s review below). MG is thrilled to kick off festivities at our 17th Birthday Bash with Beth Fantaskey and Jekel Loves Hyde (especially with its fantastic purple and green cover!). High school students Jill Jekel and Tristan Hyde are the subject of jokes about their names before they decide to collaborate on a chemistry experiment recreating the famous Robert Lewis Stevenson story.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T200000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/keith-thomson-signs-once-spy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/keith-thomson-signs-once-spy SUMMARY:Spotlight on Keith Thomson DESCRIPTION:Huffington Post contributor Keith Thomson has been a screenwriter\, a semi-pro baseball player in France\, and an editorial cartoonist for Newsday. His debut thriller\, Once a Spy\, finds gambler Charlie Clark and his father Drummond\, who he thought was a retired appliance salesman\, on the run when it turns out that Drummond was actually a legendary spy. Now various agencies including the CIA are concerned that Drummond\, who suffers from Alzheimer’s\, will spill classified intel.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T200000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-emily-st-john-mandel URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-emily-st-john-mandel SUMMARY:Spotlight on Emily St. John Mandel DESCRIPTION:At noon\, Emily St. John Mandel offers readers a twist on crime novels with The Singer’s Gun. Anton Walker is trying to enjoy a mundane\, non-remarkable\, and above all\, non-criminal life as a middle manager. Unfortunately his past as a forger and his family heritage of criminal activities seems destined to pursue him\, mostly at the instigation of his cousin\, Aria\, who is trying to coerce him into one more big score.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-michael-gruber URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-michael-gruber SUMMARY:Spotlight on Michael Gruber DESCRIPTION:Best-selling thriller author Michael Gruber steps into the spotlight at 1\:00 PM with The Good Son. In The Good Son\, Michael uses the tale of a mother dedicated to the cause of peace\, and a son trained in the art of war\, to examine how culture influences our view of reality\, especially in people raised in two cultures\; how melodrama arises from unexamined assumptions of cultures\, and the consequences of cultural imperialism.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100508T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-charlaine-harris URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/spotlight-charlaine-harris SUMMARY:Spotlight on Charlaine Harris DESCRIPTION:
At 2\:00 PM\, Charlaine Harris continues her tradition of appearing at
MG’s Birthday Bash\, celebrating her 10th Sookie Stackhouse novel\, Dead
in the Family. Following the deadly casualties of the Faery War in
Dead and Gone\, Sookie is trying to recover and heal from her hurt and
anger. But her chance to pursue a relationship with Eric Northman is in
jeopardy from his new ruler\; the Weres and other shifters are in
political turmoil\; and a Fae trapped in the human world is holding a
deadly grudge against Sookie. In addition to her collection of short
New Books On Sale Tuesday May 11
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/robin-hobb-signs-dragon-haven URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/robin-hobb-signs-dragon-haven SUMMARY:Robin Hobb signs DRAGON HAVEN DESCRIPTION:Dragon Haven\, the second volume of the Rain Wilds Chronicles\, continues the tale of Dragon Keeper and the fifteen young stunted and damaged dragons seeking their ancient home and their companions. On Friday\, May 14\, at 7\:00 PM\, Robin Hobb returns readers to the world of her Liveship and Tawny Man epic fantasies.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T203000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/earlene-fowler-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/earlene-fowler-signs SUMMARY:Earlene Fowler signs STATE FAIR DESCRIPTION:Earlene Fowler returns to MG on Saturday\, May 15\, at noon\, with her 14th Benni Harper mystery\, State Fair. This is the first new entry in the award-winning series in three years\, since 2007’s Tumbling Blocks. As any participant can attest\, passions run high over the stakes of State Fair rules and entries\, and the San Celina Mid-State Fair is no exception.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100515T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/thomas-perry-signs-strip URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/thomas-perry-signs-strip SUMMARY:Thomas Perry signs STRIP DESCRIPTION:At 2\:00 PM on Saturday\, May 15\, Thomas Perry treats readers to his new crime novel\, Strip. When a strip club is robbed at gunpoint by a masked man\, a chain of combustible events are set in motion. The owner of the strip club sends out his security to find the robber\, but they tag the wrong man. Meanwhile\, the real robber and his new girlfriend decide to dedicate themselves to further robberies from the owner. And the police detective on the case is juggling bigamy woes.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100516T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100516T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dani-eytan-kollin-sign-unincorporated-war URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dani-eytan-kollin-sign-unincorporated-war SUMMARY:Dani & Eytan Kollin sign THE UNINCORPORATED WAR DESCRIPTION:In The Unincorporated War\, Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin continue to question who an individual will belong to in the future. Justin Cord\, The Unincorporated Man who created a revolution\, is a hero in exile from Earth. To the corporate society that rules the Earth and its neighboring planets\, Justin is the most dangerous man alive\, and they launch a military fleet to attack him and his followers on the outer planets\, kicking off an interplanetary war.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100518T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100519T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-18 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-18 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale May 18 DESCRIPTION:Here's a selection of books that go on sale Tuesday\, May 18.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T180348Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/richelle-mead-signs-spirit-bound URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/richelle-mead-signs-spirit-bound SUMMARY:Richelle Mead signs SPIRIT BOUND DESCRIPTION:A special Vampire Academy event at the San Marcos Library. Details are on our Community Events page.
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Spirit Bound goes on sale on Tuesday. Meet Richelle on Wednesday!
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