According to the official US Government page\, Labor Day—the first Monday in September—celebrates the contributions
workers have made to the strength\, prosperity\, and well-being of
America.
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Mysterious Galaxy will be celebrating by our booksellers working until 5\:00 PM\, then closing early to enjoy the fruits of our labors and reading and relaxing with family and friends.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100907T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100908T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-7 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale September 7 DESCRIPTION:A selection of books that go on sale Tuesday\, Sept 7.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/brandon-sanderson-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/brandon-sanderson-signs SUMMARY:Brandon Sanderson signs THE WAY OF KINGS DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tea-gail-carriger URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tea-gail-carriger SUMMARY:Tea with Gail Carriger and BLAMELESS DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to join The Parasol Protectorate author Gail Carriger for tea at Mysterious Galaxy on Saturday\, September 11\, at 2\:00 PM\, to celebrate Blameless. Steampunk or Victoriana garb is not required\, but will be appreciated. Gail combines traditional steampunk with monsters in this highly popular series\, a particular favorite of Terry and Linda Rae’s. She describes the books thus\: “The Parasol Protectorate Series books are comedies of manners set in Victorian London\: full of vampires\, dirigibles\, and tea.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/sm-stirling-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/sm-stirling-signs SUMMARY:S.M. Stirling signs THE HIGH KING OF MONTIVAL DESCRIPTION:The saga of the survivors of The Change continues in The High King of Montival\, the new installment in S.M. Stirling’s The Sunrise Lands series. It’s Change Year 24\, a generation after high-energy technology died in a catastrophe most of the human race didn’t survive. The children born after the Change are now starting to take center stage—and Whoever or Whatever was behind the Change itself may be taking a hand in their rivalries.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-14 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-14 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale September 14 DESCRIPTION:A selection of new books for Tuesday\, Sept 14.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeff-lindsay-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeff-lindsay-signs SUMMARY:Jeff Lindsay signs DEXTER IS DELICIOUS DESCRIPTION:Not many reading guides pose questions like “Does Dexter have a soul? Do you?” But the one for the bestselling series about Miami crime scene analyst and serial killer (of serial killers) Dexter Morgan by Jeff Lindsay does. On Tuesday\, September 14\, at 7\:00 PM\, Jeff visits and discusses cannibals (or maybe vampires)\, family\, the Dark Passenger\, and life choices in Dexter is Delicious. Fans of “Dexter” the Showtime series should note that after the first season\, the storylines on the television show diverged from the storylines of Jeff’s novels.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rhys-bowen-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rhys-bowen-signs SUMMARY:Rhys Bowen signs ROYAL BLOOD DESCRIPTION:Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie Rannoch\, a penniless distant cousin of King George V of England\, is better known to readers of Rhys Bowen’s Royal series as Georgie. In Royal Blood\, Georgie is off at the behest of the Queen to a royal wedding in Transylvania. And yes\, there is something crawling up the walls and bending over Georgie’s bed. If you enjoy the vampire genre you’re going to love this funny but scary spoof – Charlaine Harris did.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100917T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100917T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/graham-brown-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/graham-brown-signs SUMMARY:Graham Brown signs BLACK SUN DESCRIPTION:Author Graham Brown is a former pilot\, lawyer and company executive at a small health care company\, as well as holding a degree in Aeronautical Science – all of these experiences and his sense of adventure inspire his books about Covert operations agent Danielle Laidlaw. In Black Rain\, Danielle and a team searched the Amazon for a misplaced Mayan city and its secrets.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T203000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/margaret-coel-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/margaret-coel-signs SUMMARY:Margaret Coel signs THE SPIDER'S WEB DESCRIPTION:It is the time of the annual Sun Dance on the Wind River Reservation\, the ancient sacred ceremony that unites Arapahos in prayer and peaceful renewal. However\, in The Spider’s Web\, that peace is soon shattered\, when an outsider intrudes\, claiming to be engaged to a young Arapaho man with a girlfriend\, who claims no knowledge of the supposed fiancée. When the young man is murdered and the young woman is assaulted at the scene\, suspicion turns on her.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeanne-stein-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeanne-stein-signs SUMMARY:Jeanne Stein signs CHOSEN DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-sina-grace URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-sina-grace SUMMARY:Amber Benson & Sina Grace sign AMONG THE GHOSTS DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-21 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-21 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale September 21 DESCRIPTION:A selection of books on sale Tuesday\, Sept 21.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T033000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/smart-chicks-kick-it-tour URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/smart-chicks-kick-it-tour SUMMARY:Smart Chicks Kick It Tour -- Encinitas County Library DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T200000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/southern-californai-writers-conference-presents-weekend-words URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/southern-californai-writers-conference-presents-weekend-words SUMMARY:Southern California Writers' Conference presents a Weekend for Words DESCRIPTION:Writers in progress should join MG at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Writers’ Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach from Friday\, September 24 to Sunday\, September 26. Founded and run by professional writers\, the SCWC provides veteran and emerging talent authoritative guidance to help distinguish material that is ready for market consideration\, having facilitated nearly $4 million worth of first-time authors’ book and screen deals. Instructors at this year’s intensive workshop convention include\: Gregg Hurwitz\, Ellen Bryson\, Ernessa Carter\, Claire LeZebnik\, Steven M.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/william-kent-krueger-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/william-kent-krueger-signs SUMMARY:William Kent Krueger signs VERMILION DRIFT DESCRIPTION:Multiple multiple award-winner William Kent Krueger continues his stellar suspense series about Minnesota P.I. Cork O’Connor with Vermilion Drift. Publishers Weekly called it “superlative” in a starred review\, noting “Rock-solid proose combines with effective characterizations and a logical if complex plot for a thrilling read. The book succeeds on every level.” Cork is hired ot provide security when When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/wendy-hornsby-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/wendy-hornsby-signs SUMMARY:Wendy Hornsby signs THE PARAMOUR'S DAUGHTER DESCRIPTION:Wendy Hornsby\, the Edgar Award-winning author of the Maggie MacGowen mysteries\, returned to the mystery community after a 12 year absence with last year’s In the Guise of Mercy. Fortunately readers do not have to wait another 12 years for her new novel\, The Paramour’s Daughter\, or to visit with Wendy\, returning on Saturday\, September 25\, at 2\:00 PM. When a strange woman accosts Maggie and claims to be a long lost relative\, bearing an inheritance\, Maggie dismisses her claim\, as many of us would.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-28 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-september-28 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale September 28 DESCRIPTION:Lot of new books on sale\, this last Tuesday of September. Here's a partial list.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ilona-andrews-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ilona-andrews-signs SUMMARY:Ilona Andrews signs BAYOU MOON DESCRIPTION:Ilona Andrews’ website proclaims\, “I write stories about chicks in leather and monsters who love them.” This applies both to both Andrews’ Kate Daniels post-magical apocalypse urban fantasy series\, and The Edge “rustic fantasy” series. Ilona writes with husband Gordon\, and both will be on hand on Tuesday\, September 28\, at 7\:00 PM\, to sign Bayou Moon\, the second Edge novel\, hot on our shelves!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/diana-gabaldon-gillispie-school URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/diana-gabaldon-gillispie-school SUMMARY:Diana Gabaldon signs THE EXILE at a special off-site joint event at the Gillispie School DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author of the Outlander series\, Diana Gabaldon\, will be discussing and signing her new graphic novel\, The Exile\, at a special joint offsite event at the Gillispie School with Mysterious Galaxy and Warwick's on Wednesday\, September 29th at 7\:00 PM.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T070000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/banned-books-week URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/banned-books-week SUMMARY:Banned Books Week\: Celebrating the Freedom to Read! DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 25\, through Saturday\, October 2
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From the American Library Association website\:
Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the
freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the
number of challenges to books in schools\, bookstores and libraries. More than a
thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in
every state and in hundreds of communities.
San Diego’s Fall Science Fiction convention welcomes author Guest of Honor Robert J. Sawyer (WWW.Watch\, WWW.Wake\, etc.). Other guests include\: Mario Acevedo\, Dani and Eytan Kollin\, Todd McCaffrey\, Greg van Eekhout\, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom\, Amy Berner\, Kathleen Bradean\, John De Chancie\, Lynn Flewelling\, Jean Graham\, Samantha Henderson\, Kirsten Imani Kasai\, Shweta Narayan\, Lisanne Norman\, and Vernor Vinge. The convention will take place at the Town and Country Resort Hotel in San Diego from Friday\, October 1 through Sunday\, October 3.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/maria-snyder-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/maria-snyder-signs SUMMARY:Maria Snyder signs INSIDE OUT DESCRIPTION:END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/orange-county-childrens-book-festival URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/orange-county-childrens-book-festival SUMMARY:Orange County Children's Book Festival DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lee-carroll-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lee-carroll-signs SUMMARY:Lee Carroll signs BLACK SWAN RISING DESCRIPTION:
Debut urban fantasy author “Lee Carroll” is actually the pseudonym for Hammett Award winning mystery novelist Carol Goodman and her poet husband\, Lee Slonimsky. Both Lee and Carol will visit MG on Sunday\, October 3\, at 2\:00 PM\, to discuss Black Swan Rising. Garet James\, a New York City jewelry artist\, uses her skills to open a mysterious sealed box at the request of a local antiques dealer. Doing so unleashes a powerful force\, and catches her up in a world of prophecy and the fey previously unknown to her.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T045728Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101006T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-october-5 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-october-5 SUMMARY:New Books on Sale October 5 DESCRIPTION:A selection of books that go on sale Tuesday\, October 5th.
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