New Books On Sale Tuesday May 25.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100526T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100526T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mg-summer-reading-gala URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mg-summer-reading-gala SUMMARY:MG Summer Reading Gala! DESCRIPTION:The end of May means that the school year is drawing to a close\, and it’s time to get excited about summer reading options! Mysterious Galaxy celebrates on Tuesday\, May 25\, at 7\:00 PM\, with our Summer Reading Gala. Young Adult Program Coordinator Suzanne Dupree will be the hostess\, and local young adult fantasy author Cindy Pon will emcee our great panel of four tween and teen authors. Cindy will not only perform in the role of Barbara Walters for the evening\, but will also be available to sign copies of Silver Phoenix\: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100528T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100528T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dj-machale-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dj-machale-signs SUMMARY:D.J. MacHale signs MORPHEUS ROAD\: THE LIGHT DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100528T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100531T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/phoenix-comicon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/phoenix-comicon SUMMARY:Phoenix Comicon DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100601T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100602T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-1st URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-1st SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 1st DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 1st
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Given that Tuesday is the 1st of June\, some of these titles may not arrive today\, but are just June new releases in general.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kris-neri-signs-revenge URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kris-neri-signs-revenge SUMMARY:Kris Neri signs REVENGE FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE DESCRIPTION:Teacher\, bookseller (with husband Joe\, she owns Sedona’s The Well Red Coyote) and author Kris Neri joins Dianne Emley on Thursday\, June 3\, at 7\:00 PM. Kris’s High Crimes on the Magical Plane was a Lefty nominee for humorous mystery at the 2010 Left Coast Crime convention. In Revenge for Old Time’s Sake\, Tracy Eaton strives to clear her beloved husband\, Drew\, of the charge of murdering his boss\, while impeded by the good intentions of their family.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dianne-emley URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dianne-emley SUMMARY:Dianne Emley signs LOVE KILLS DESCRIPTION:LAPD homicide officer Nan Vining has mostly recovered from the (briefly) fatal attack and subsequent threats to her and her daughter in the Cut trilogy\, with some residual effects. Nan joins lover and partner Jim Kissick in an investigation among the Los Angeles elite at a private retreat in Love Kills. Los Angeles author Dianne Emley joins Kris Neri on Thursday\, June 3\, at 7\:00 PM for an evening of murder in the City of Angels.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-stevens-signs-fortuna URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-stevens-signs-fortuna SUMMARY:Michael Stevens signs FORTUNA DESCRIPTION:Debut author Michael Stevens\, like Peter May with Virtually Dead\, examines the impact on-line role-playing games can have on their players in the real world in Fortuna. Jason Lind is addicted to playing “Fortuna\,” a game set in Renaissance Florence\, not worrying about the consequences of his avatar’s choices\, or thinking about the real world value of items in the game’s economy\, when he discovers the game has an impact on the real world. Meet Michael on Friday\, June 4\, at 7\:00 PM.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T220000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling SUMMARY:Lynn Flewelling signs THE WHITE ROAD DESCRIPTION:Fantasy author Lynn Flewelling\, safely ashore from her teaching voyage on her Writing on the Waves! Caribbean writing cruise in late May\, returns to MG on Saturday\, June 5\, at 2\:00 PM. The White Road is the latest installment in Lynn’s Nightrunner fantasy / mystery series. Partners Alec and Seregil’s hopes to return to a more peaceful way of life and espionage are disrupted when they become responsible for the care of a mysterious and powerful homunculus. The Nightrunner books have been optioned by an indie film company.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100606T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jane-lindskold URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jane-lindskold SUMMARY:Jane Lindskold signs FIVE ODD HONORS DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, June 5\, at 4\:00 PM\, fantasy author Jane Lindskold visits with the third book in the Breaking the Wall series\, Five Odd Honors. Brenda Morris\, who began to explore her legacy of the powers of the Rat of Chinese mythology\, tries to resume her college studies. But when other members of the Exiles try to return to the Lands Born from Smoke and Sacrifice to restore five lost members\, they discover the lands have been corrupted by a powerful adversary.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100606T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100606T230000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/supernatural-summer-tour URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/supernatural-summer-tour SUMMARY:Supernatural Summer Tour DESCRIPTION:It’s sure to be a most epic afternoon when the Supernatural Summer Tour stops at MG on Sunday\, June 6\, at 2\:00 PM\, with four fabulous young adult fantasy authors.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100608T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100609T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-8th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-8th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 8th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 8th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100611T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100611T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn SUMMARY:Carola Dunn signs A COLOURFUL DEATH DESCRIPTION:Carola Dunn returns to the small Cornish town of Port Mayben with A Colourful Death on Thursday\, June 10\, at 7\:00 PM. Eleanor Trewynn’s neighbor\, artist Nick Gresham\, returns from a trip to find his paintings have been destroyed in his studio. When the culprit is murdered\, Nick is the prime suspect – but Eleanor finds that even in a small town\, there are plenty of others who had issues with Nick’s rival artist\, including the members of a local commune. Carola is also the author of 18 Daisy Dalrymple mysteries\, and is planning at least two more in her historical British series.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/vicki-pettersson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/vicki-pettersson SUMMARY:Vicki Pettersson signs CHEAT THE GRAVE DESCRIPTION:Fans of Vicki Pettersson’s Sign of the Zodiac urban fantasy superhero series are eagerly awaiting Cheat the Grave\, following the events of City of Souls\, including Joanna Archer’s sacrificing her immortality and powers to save an innocent. Joanna\, having altered her destiny\, is still a figure of prophecy\, sought both by her former enemies and allies and the target of a death-dealer\, as she takes refuge in Las Vegas’s supernatural underworld. Vicki returns to MG on Friday\, June 11\, at 7\:00 PM. Also watch for a new story from Vicki in the Dark and Stormy Knights anthology in July.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood SUMMARY:Simon Wood signs TERMINATED DESCRIPTION:Everyone’s worked with someone who is never responsible for any of his / her own issues at work – they are always the victim of someone else’s special treatment or malice. In Terminated\, Simon Wood takes that obnoxious co-worker to a dangerous and deadly level. When Gwen Ferris\, recently promoted to Manager of Quality Assurance on her own merits over Stephen Tarbell\, gives Tarbell a poor performance review\, he reacts unreasonably. He begins a campaign of intimidation and terror\, encompassing her job\, her family\, and her life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100615T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100616T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 15th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 15th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group -- THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER DESCRIPTION:Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at
the store. (Tuesdays during part of the summer.) Participation is open to all
readers\; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.
A Bad Day for Sorry\, Sophie Littlefield’s novel introducing the extremely self-reliant Stella Hardesty\, sewing shop owner and friend to abused women in need\, was an Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. Stella is back in A Bad Day for Pretty\, working to help clear her friend\, Nebuchadnezzar Donovan\, of the accusation of murder when a tornado unveils a corpse at the county fairground. Sophie also has new novel Banished coming for young adults this fall. Sophie visits on Friday\, June 18\, at 7\:00 PM\, with partner in crime Juliet Blackwell.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/juliet-blackwell-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/juliet-blackwell-signs SUMMARY:Juliet Blackwell signs A CAST-OFF COVEN DESCRIPTION:Secondhand Spirits\, Juliet Blackwell’s novel introducing witch Lily Ivory and her Haight-Ashbury vintage clothing store\, was a hit among mystery and urban fantasy readers alike last year. In A Cast-Off Coven\, Lily is asked to put her talents to work when the San Francisco School for the Arts reports strange disturbances. Lily is anticipating former dead bodies\, but finds a recent corpse at the foot of a supposedly haunted staircase.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/local-author-shawna-lynn-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/local-author-shawna-lynn-signs SUMMARY:Local Author Shawna Lynn signs LESSONS FROM AN EVIL MIND DESCRIPTION:Local author Shawna Lynn has a personal history that is as intriguing as a novel. At age 29 she suffered an illness that caused her to lose her memory. Today this wife and mother is not only a local author\, but also working on degrees in literature and psychology. Lessons from an Evil Mind\, her first suspense novel\, examines issues of relentless evil\, and determined survival\, as a former captive works to evade recapture and regain her spirit of hope. Shawna Lynn visits Mysterious Galaxy on Saturday\, June 19\, at 2\:00 PM.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100622T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-22nd URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-22nd SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 22nd DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 22nd
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T083812Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jodi-compton-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jodi-compton-signs SUMMARY:Jodi Compton signs HAILEY'S WAR DESCRIPTION:In a note to the staff\, Jodi Compton says of Hailey’s War\, “I learned
Latin for this book\; I read a great deal about both West Point and LA’s
gangs to write it. In one sense\, it’s a variation on the classic
loner-crosses-the-Mob storyline\; in another\, though\, it’s a book about
California and her children\, and very close to my heart.” Intrigued?
Meet Jodi on Tuesday\, June 22\, at 7\:00 PM\, and read about military
academy dropout Hailey Cain\, and her job escorting a recently murdered
gang member’s cousin to Mexico.