THE STARSHIP LOCAL -- MARCH 2025
Philip De Parto
THE STARSHIP LOCAL
A NEWSLETTER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION OF BERGEN COUNTY
136 MANHATTAN AVENUE * WALDWICK, NEW JERSEY 07463
PHONE: (201) 447 - 3652
Saturday, March 8, 2025
IN PERSON IN UPPER SADDLE RIVER!
6:30 PM: Ice Nine Coolest Genre News Discussion
7:30 PM: Martin Cahill, Author / Book Marketer & Publicist
You are invited to join us at the monthly General Meeting of the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County on Saturday, March 8, 2025. We'll be at the Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church, 318 West Saddle River Road, Upper Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey 07458 at our new 7:30 PM start time. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Author / Book Publicist Martin Cahill will speak and answer questions.
Pre-Meeting Event:
Early Arrivals are welcome to help themselves to the free books and join our Ice Nine discussion at 6:30 PM to share the latest news news and happenings in genre books, comics, movies, and television.
Martin Cahill, Author / Book Marketer & Publicist:
Martin Cahill's short fiction has appeared in CLARKESWORLD, LIGHTSPEED, REACTORMAG.COM, and other venues. His first novel, AUDITION FOR THE FOX, will be published by Tachyon later this year. He is also the Marketing & Publicity Manager for Erewhon Books.
Author Website: <https://martintcahill.wordpress.com/>.
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION:
Meetings of the Association are normally held on the second Saturday of the month and feature talks, slide shows, and other presentations by experts in science fiction, fantasy, and related fields. The Association sponsors online Google and FaceBook discussion groups and a number of in-person and online activities devoted to various aspects of science fiction and similar matters, including events focused on books, movies, television, science, and similar areas of interest. We also produce a monthly newsletter listing talks, conventions, discussion groups, and other activities pertaining to science fiction and kindred genres. We invite you to contact us through our website:
....................https://sites.google.com/view/sfabcorg.
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THE STARSHIP LOCAL.....Volume 24, Number 03......Copyright 2025
.........................................Philip J De Parto
THE STARSHIP LOCAL is the monthly meeting notice of the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County. Its purpose is to communicate basic information about the activities of the organization to devotees of fantasy, horror and science fiction. All Material by Philip J De Parto unless otherwise acknowledged.
We also publish a more extensive newsletter, THE STARSHIP EXPRESS, for the members of our organization. If you are not a member and would like to receive the EXPRESS, mail a check for $ 30.00 made payable to Philip J De Parto, 136 Manhattan Avenue, Waldwick, New Jersey 07463.
MARCH ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE
03/02/25..........Sunday
..........Writers Space Salon
..........Author Craft Discussion
..........Zoom Video Conference, 4:00 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/03/25..........Monday
..........Books From Beyond
..........THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/04/25..........Tuesday
..........Final Frontier
..........Genre Television Discussion
..........Zoom Video Conferene, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/05/25..........Wednesday
..........Writers Space Saloon
..........Critique Experiment - Using Everyone Else's Format
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/06/25..........Thursday
..........Writers Thursday Zoom
..........One or Two Story Critique Session
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/07/25..........Friday
..........Armchair Odyssey Genere TV Mini Binge
..........REAPER Season 2 Episodes
..........Members Home, 7:30 PM
..........Waldwick, New Jersey
03/08/25..........Saturday
..........Ice Nine Discussion
..........Coolest Genre News
..........Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church, 6:30 PM
..........Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
03/08/25..........Saturday
..........SFABC General Meeting - Martin Cahill
..........Author / Book Marketer Talk / Q & A
..........Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church, 7:30 PM
..........Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
03/10/25..........,Monday
..........Special Activity
..........Book & Movie Chat
..........Barnes & Noble, 7:15 PM
..........Paramus, New Jersey
03/12/25..........Wednesday
..........Infinite Images Movie Discussion
..........ROLLERBALL (1975)
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/13/25..........Thursday
..........Films From Beyond
..........Unstructured Genre Movie Discussion
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/17/25..........Monday
..........Writers Monday Zoom
..........One Longer Story Critique
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/18/25..........Tuesday
..........Topic Discussion Group
..........Time Travel, Part Two
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/21/25..........Friday
..........Writers Friday Zoom
..........Two Story Critique Session
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/23/25..........Sunday
..........Writers Sunday Zoom
..........Multi-Story Critique Session
..........Zoom Video Conference, 4:00 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/27/27..........Thursday
..........Across the MultiVerse
..........Unstructured Multi-Media Genre Discussion
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device
03/30/25..........Sunday
..........Writers Sunday In-Person Session
..........Multi-Story Critique Session
..........Members Home, 4:00 PM
..........Waldwick, New Jersey
03/31/25..........Monday
..........Star Stuff in the Night Sky
..........April Astronomy Preview
..........Zoom Video Conference, 7:30 PM
..........Your Internet Device