Next Club Meeting is Set For This Saturday, February 10, on ZOOM!

The clubs next meeting is scheduled for this Saturday, February 10!

ATTENTION! IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Regrettably, we were unable to secure confirmation of our requested booking of the Lachine Legion’s meeting hall sufficiently in advance of our selected meeting date this month.
Rather than cancel the meeting outright, we have opted to instead hold our get-together entirely on ZOOM! The meeting will proceed as intended, but only online, as a video-chat on ZOOM.
So take note, we will not be gathering, this month, in our usual physical meeting hall in Lachine. We will be getting together on ZOOM!

THEME: We’ve chosen to attach a Mardi Gras theme to this month’s meeting! Mardi Gras celebrations are now ongoing in New Orleans, and conclude on February 13. SF/F cosplayers can certainly appreciate, and perhaps derive inspiration from the colourful, exquisite costumes of Carnival!

OUR AGENDA INCLUDES:

COLOURFUL, CRAZY MARDI GRAS!—As our meeting theme this month is Mardi Gras, well offer a quick primer on the celebrations, focusing on the colourful, exquisite costuming and decorative flair of New Orleans’ famous Carnival. SF/F cosplayers may well find inspiration here, for everything from a fantasy Masquerade gown to a new Batman villain!

WORST MONSTERS!—We’ll discuss and debate which are the genre’s worst monsters! From the giants of Kaiju to those slimy, slobbering horrors from outer space, from the creations of mad science to the supernatural demons of the underworld, which do you believe are the most frightening, the most feared, and those to be avoided at all costs? In other words, which are the worst monsters? But we’re asking, too, which are the most laughably ridiculous, B-movie examples brought to the screen by cheap, poor-quality special effects? In every sense of the word “worst,” which do you rate as the genre’s worst monsters?

SCI-FI’S LOVABLE ROGUES, AND WHY WE LOVE THEM!—We ask who are the Han Solos of the genre, and why are they so damned compelling, interesting, and appealing, often more so than the ostensible hero of the piece? Are we naturally drawn to the bad boy, or girl, and if so, why?

PROGRAMMING IDEAS!—We’ll be polling MonSFFA’s membership for programming ideas; we want to hear from you, the members of this club, as to the kinds of topics you’d like to see on future meeting agendas! Your suggestions are encouraged and welcome!

So join us on ZOOM this Saturday, February 10. The meeting starts at 1:00PM, but our ZOOM-chat will be open a little in advance for those who wish to log on early.

Club members have received via e-mail the pertinent information needed in order to join in the conversation. Those details will also be posted on our Website (www.MonSFFA.ca) at noon on the 10th, well in advance of our 1:00PM official start-time.

 We hope to see you all online this Saturday, February 10!

Meeting of Feb 10, zoom only

Due to circumstance beyond our control, we will meet February 10 by ZOOM only.  The link will be posted on our website just before the meeting. 

COLOURFUL, CRAZY MARDI GRAS!—Our meeting theme this month is Mardi Gras, aand we offer a quick primer on the celebrations, focusing on the colourful, exquisite costuming and decorative flair of New Orleans’ famous Carnival; SF/F cosplayers may well find inspiration here!

WORST MONSTERS!—We discuss and debate which are the genre’s worst monsters, in every sense of the word “worst”. Got some pictures? We can share your screen!

SCI-FI’S LOVABLE ROGUES, AND WHY WE LOVE THEM!  Who are the Han Solos of the genre, and why are they so damned compelling, interesting, and appealing?

PROGRAMMING IDEAS!—We’ll be polling MonSFFA’s membership for programming ideas; we want to hear from you, the members of this club, as to the kinds of topics you’d like to see on future meeting agendas! Your suggestions are encouraged and welcome!

 

Meeting of February 10: The Raffle Prizes

RAFFLE PRIZES on offer for the Feb 10 meeting

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X-Men set of DVDs

Published January 1, 1981, won the Nebula prize for best non-fiction

Event Leviathan hardcover comic (the whole DC universe)


Awards: British Carnegie Medal, American Newbery Medal,  Hugo Award for Best Novel & Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book

Northguard comics #1 and #2 (Mark Shainblum and Gabrielle Morrissette)

Complete Box of 90 cards by Boris, includes the index.

Animated full length film based on novel by HG Wells

Three young survivors of vicious demon attacks dare to step beyond the crumbling safety of the wards,  risking everything in a desperate quest to regain the knowledge of the protective wards.

Collaborative novel by George RR Martin & John J Miller., a murder mystery set in the Wild Cards Universe.