July 4, 2016 Meeting

First Friday Fandom has a long tradition of holding a 4th of July barbecue and potluck. Breaking tradition, the meeting will be held on July 4th, which isn’t even a Friday! We’ll meet in the afternoon around 2pm at our usual location at 1245 Allegheny Drive, with the plan of grilling in the early evening. … Read more

June 3, 2016 Meeting

First Friday Fandom will be meeting at 8pm on June 3rd at our usual location at the home of Kent Bloom and Mary Morman. This month’s book will be another novel that didn’t win the Hugo when it was nominated. We’ll be reading Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. Mckillop, which lost to The … Read more

May 6, 2016 Meeting

First Friday Fandom will be meeting at 8pm on May 6 to discuss another of our “Hugo Losers”. We don’t want to imply that the books are losers, because every one of them was nominated for a Hugo. They just happened to be up against stiff competition in the year they were eligible. This month … Read more

April 1, 2016 Meeting

It’s no joke — the next meeting of First Friday Fandom will be at 8pm on April 1st, despite it being an “A” month. Continuing with our theme of books nominated for the Hugo that didn’t actually win, we will be reading James Schmitz’ The Witches of Barres. This book lost to The Moon is … Read more

March 4, 2016 Meeting

For March we will meet at the home of Kent Bloom and Mary Morman at 1245 Allegheny Drive. Click the Directions tab for a map to their house. Our theme for books this year is books that were nominated for the Hugo Award, but didn’t win. It includes some great novels that were up against … Read more