NOTICES:  ( 5 )

( 1 ) Sadly, Sarah Clemen's cat, N'kosi, passed away on Sep 19th.  Sarah is grateful to everyone who helped with his care and medications through their donations.  If anyone still would like to send a donation in his memory, she would encourage them to send it, instead, to a local shelter.  N'kosi was a shelter cat.)

( 2 )  Check out The Nameless Zine, the new monthly on-line publication from Western Science Fiction Association (WesternSFA) - brand new every month on the 15th at www.thenamelesszine.org Check out this month's interview with James A Owen   Follow us on Twitter for updates https://twitter.com/#!/NamelessZine

( 3 ) Workshop & Book Signing - Gini Koch will be at the Well Red Coyote Bookstore in Sedona on  Saturday, October 6th, from 2-4pm. Gini will be presenting her popular  "Writing from the Hindbrain" workshop and signing Alexander Outland:  Space Pirate, all the Alien series, including Alien Diplomacy, and The  Night Beat. The Well Red Coyote, 3190 W. State Route 89A (@ Dry Creek  Road in West Sedona), Suite #100 (next to Euro Deli), Sedona, AZ 86336  (928) 282-2284 (http://www.wellredcoyote.com/oct-12-events.html)

( 4 ) Workshop -- Gini Koch will be at the Queen Creek Writer's Group in Queen Creek on  Tuesday, October 9th, from 5-8pm. Gini will be presenting "Love ME:  Marketing for Authors" and "Can't We All Just Get Along?" focused on  getting the most out of a critique/beta reading group. Queen Creek  Branch Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, Arizona 85142  
602-652-3000  (http://www.queencreek.org/Index.aspx?page=693&recordid=9152)

( 5 ) Workshop: 7th Annual FREE Writer's Workshop, Saturday, Nov. 10th, 9:30am-4:30pm,  Scottsdale Civic Center Library  (http://www.desertroserwa.org/news/Phoenix-Romance-Writers-Announcements.php#AnnFallWritWrk) presented by Desert Rose RWA featuring Keynote Speaker Jennifer Ashley, Gini Koch, Janeen O'Kerry, and 9 other multi-published authors speaking on all aspects of writing and the publishing  business

SIGNINGS:  ( 8 )

( 1 )  Workshop & Book Signing - Gini Koch will be at the Well Red Coyote Bookstore in Sedona on  Saturday, October 6th, from 2-4pm. Gini will be presenting her popular  "Writing from the Hindbrain" workshop and signing Alexander Outland:  Space Pirate, all the Alien series, including Alien Diplomacy, and The  Night Beat. The Well Red Coyote, 3190 W. State Route 89A (@ Dry Creek  Road in West Sedona), Suite #100 (next to Euro Deli), Sedona, AZ 86336  (928) 282-2284 (http://www.wellredcoyote.com/oct-12-events.html)

( 2 ) Jasper Fforde at Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale on Oct 12 at 7pm.

( 3 ) Book Signing Gini Koch will be participating in the Centennial Authors & Artists  Weekend in Douglas , on Saturday, October 13th, from 10am-4pm, at the  historic Hotel Gadsden. Gini will be selling and signing all her  books, including Alexander Outland: Space Pirate, all the Alien  series, including Alien Diplomacy, and The Night Beat. Hotel Gadsden,  1046 G Avenue, Douglas, AZ 85607  520-234-3901  ( http://hotelgadsden.com/hotel.html)

( 4 )Diana Gabaldon will be signing her new Lord John Grey novel "Trail of Fire" at the Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale on Oct 23rd at 7pm.

( 5 ) Cherie Priest will be signing her new steampunk novel "Inexplicables" at the Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale on Nov 14th at 7pm.

( 6 ) Gini Koch will be at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ from 7-9pm on Tuesday, Dec. 4th, for the release of Alien vs. Alien (Alien/Katherine "Kitty" Katt #6)

( 7 ) Douglas Preston at Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale on Dec 6th at 6pm

( 8 ) Gini Koch will be at Barnes & Noble Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ from  7-9pm on <><>NEW DATE<><> Friday, Dec. 14th, signing Alien vs. Alien (Alien/Katherine  "Kitty" Katt #6) (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3972213)


MEETINGS:

OCTOBER 12 - SECOND  FRIDAY - CASFS Meeting - <><>NOTE CHANGE TO SECOND FRIDAY<><> 8PM at Denny's at 2360 W Northern Ave (Northern Ave just east of I-17 on the north side of the street) Phoenix, AZ 85021. Some people show at 7pm for dinner and conversation before the meeting. - For more info contact info@casfs.org

OCTOBER 16 -  THIRD TUESDAY - CASFS Book Social  7PM at Samurai Comics at 1051 East Camelback Road, Phoenix. This month's book: Mass Effect: Revelation by Drew Karpyshyn   - Synopsis:  Every advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars; the newest interstellar species, struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community.
On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station; smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions. Who attacked this post and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders, the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base-hours before her colleagues were slaughtered?
Sanders is now the prime suspect, but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves. Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can t trust and pursued by an assassin he can t escape, Anderson battles impossible odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy . . . one he won t live to tell about. Or so the enemy thinks.      For more info contact Randall book@casfs.org

OCTOBER 20 - SATURDAY - Doc Con XV - Doc Savage convention -  10am at the Comfort Suites, 9824 W. Camelback Rd, Glendale, AZ  http://www.facebook.com/azdoccon

OCTOBER 20 - THIRD SATURDAY - Moon Society Meeting  third Saturday of the month, 6 to 8PM at Denny's on the southeast corner of US60 and Rural. For more info contact Craig Porter at portercd@msn.com

OCTOBER 20   - THIRD SATURDAY - Open House - Craig and Stephanie's monthly Open House. Conversation, cordials, games, movies, and who knows what else.... 6PM til ?? We will provide something..... WARNING FOR THOSE WITH ALLERGIES - there are cats, turtles and a dog in the house For more info contact Stephanie laetitia@doverkeep.com

NOVEMBER 2 - FIRST FRIDAY - WesternSFA Quarterly Meeting. 7PM at Craig Dyer's house in Phoenix. For more info contact us at info@westernsfa.org
 
NOVEMBER 9 - 11 - FRIDAY - SUNDAY  - TusCon 39 at the Hotel Tucson City Center, 475 North Granada, Tucson AZ 85701. Guest of Honor: S.M. Stirling, Fan Guest: David Lee Summer; Toastmaster: Ed Bryant. Room rates $69 studio, $79 suite, $89 Jacuzzi suite. Hotel phone 520-622-3000. Memberships rates $45 thru 10/31 and $50 thereafter and at the door. Paypal available, More info TusCon, PO Box 2528, Tucson AZ 85702-2528 or email: basfa@earthlink.net or web at http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/

JANUARY 17, 2013 CopperCon 33 presents The Wrath of Khan. Special 30th anniversary showing of the fan favorite Star Trek film at the Pollack Tempe Cinemas (NEC Elliot &McClintock, Tempe AZ) with activities starting at 7PM and the film at 8PM. Tix are $10 for the general public and free to paid members of CopperCon 33.

JANUARY 25-27 - Amazing Arizona ComicCon http://amazingarizonacomiccon.com/

FEBRUARY 22-23, 2013 Phoenix Vul-Con gaming convention at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.vul-con.com

MARCH 8-10, 2013 –Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention at Old Tucson Studios. http://www.wildwildwestcon.com/d/

MARCH 9-10, 2013 Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona campus. http://www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org

MARCH 22-24, 2013 –Con-Nichiwa anime