Albuquerque Science Fiction Society

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Albuquerque Science Fiction Society

This club meets for panel discussions, guest speakers such as authors and scientists, films, misc. programming, and socializing.

Albuquerque’s oldest science fiction club, ASFS is literary-oriented and sponsors Bubonicon each year.

06/13/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! ABQ author Robert E. "VardeBob" Vardeman reminds us that the first meeting of the ABQ SF Society took place in June 1965 - that means our lit'l club is 60 years old this month! Pretty amazing considering ASFS started with 6-10 people gathering in people's houses.
--This month - Friday the 13th at 7:30 pm - we will be having our Annual Summer Movie Night with a "monster at the beach" B&W film from the 1960s. And we'll have a couple of three-ring binders full of ASFS history for folks to peruse.
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-summer-film-8

11/11/2024

Thank You to JON SANCHEZ (Jonito) and JEREMY MONTOYA for their presentation on movie poster artwork and screen printing at last Friday's ABQ SF Society meeting! It was a fun and informative evening.

10/11/2024

Tonight - 7:30 pm Friday, October 11 - BENJAMIN RADFORD will give a presentation on "Mysterious Menaces and Sinister Syringes: The 2021 Needle Spiking Panic." And then we will do our annual club elections of officers for 2025 and deciding on what we'll do at our December holiday party - a cook-off or just a plain potluck.
ASFS is open to newcomers with a suggested $1.00 donation to help us pay rent at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (just off San Mateo, between Comanche & Montgomery). Park in the back, enter through the North door.
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-radford-elections

06/14/2024

Tomorrow Night - Friday, June 14 at 7:30 pm - It's time for Summer Movie Night at the ABQ SF Society. This year's movie is in B&W, features a creature, a beach and an actress who was a pin-up model. Plus a cartoon short, of course. $1.00 to newcomers to help pay our rent at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (off San Mateo between Comanche and Montgomery Blvd).
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-summer-film-7

05/21/2024

SAD NEWS ON THE Local Front -- Word has reached us that Frederick "Rick" Walter and Duke McMullan, both ABQ SF Society members and Bubonicon attendees, passed away recently. RICK WALTER, who wrote "The Annotated Ring Cycle: The Rhine Gold (Das Rheingold)" and translated Jules Verne, died Saturday, May 11. DUKE McMULLAN, who was a caving enthusiast and worked on the Bubonicon Art Show staff for many years, died Monday, May 20. Both will be missed. We are awaiting more information...

05/10/2024

Tomorrow - Friday, May 10 - at 7:30 pm, JEFF BENHAM of 7000 BC visits the ABQ Science Fiction Society to talk about "Truth, Justice, and the American: How Comics Animate Culture.” --
"Modern comics are generally considered to have risen from sociopolitical cartoons around the turn of the twentieth century. Despite their ‘grown-up’ inception, comics quickly came to be considered merely ‘kid stuff.’ Reflection on their actual history reveals comics to not only offer up a mirror of our fears and beliefs, but to in fact be an active force in the evolution of our culture."
ASFS meets in the Activity Room (enter through door on northside of church)
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE
(just of San Mateo Blvd near Erna Ferguson Library, between Comanche & Montgomery). We ask newcomers for a suggested $1.00 donation to help pay the rent. https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-comics-culture

03/08/2024

Tomorrow evening - 7:30 pm Friday, March 8 - is the club's annual Auction to raise funds for the church rental, newsletter copying, the holiday party and such. Auctioneers are Patricia Rogers and author Robert Vardeman. We'll do bids in 50-cent increments to $5.00, then whole dollars only. Cash/Check Only! The club is so small that it can't do credit cards (sorry). We're in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (off San Mateo Blvd, between Comanche & Montgomery). Park on the backside of the church and enter through the North door.
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-auction-6

(photo is a stock image - we're usually not quite as dapper)

10/13/2023

This Friday - October 13 - 7:30 pm at the ABQ Science Fiction Society - Skeptic author Benjamin Radford visits to talk on "Friday the 13th: Curses, Luck, and Superstitions.“
Radford says, "Friday the 13th is said to be an especially unlucky day, combining fears about Fridays and concerns over the number 13. Obviously it’s been a boon to horror film franchises, but for many who believe in curses and superstitions it’s serious business. Many people around the world believe in some form of luck, whether cursings or blessings. Join Benjamin Radford as he discusses some of the cultural and psychological origins of superstitions, from four-leaf clovers to the evil eye. ”
ASFS meets in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (just east of San Mateo, between Comanche & Montgomery). Newcomers welcome with a suggested $1.00 donation to help pay our rent at the church.
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-radford-club-elections-2

09/22/2023

Hey Kids! Comics! The ABQ COMIC BOOK SHOW is tomorrow - Saturday, September 23 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Shrine Ballut Abyad Center, 6600 Zuni Rd SE (between San Pedro and Louisiana). FREE admittance! 30+ comic retailers, plus comic book creators and cosplayers. Looks like a great way to celebrate the 1st day of Fall, so stop on by!

09/15/2023

Hey, you like numbers and percentages? We like numbers and percentages. You like rats and laboratory mice? We like rats and laboratory mice! Now combine the two 7:30 pm tomorrow - Friday, Sept 15 (a week later than usual) - for this month's ABQ Science Fiction Society meeting. We'll go over BUBONICON 54 results, and see whether anyone else wants to report on any Fall convention they attended.
A donation of $1.00 is appreciated to help pay our rent in the Adult Education Room (use East door) of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (just off San Mateo, between Comanche & Montgomery)...
https://www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-1-week-late-5

08/11/2023

Tonight at the ABQ Science Fiction Society, there will be a preview of the Bubonicon 54 programming schedule and t-shirt art - plus Troy Stull gives a presentation on the history of sci-fi. It all starts 7:30 pm in the Activity Room at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (off San Mateo, between Comanche & Montgomery)
Newcomers welcome with a suggested $1.00 donation.
https://www.bubonicon.com/.../abq-sf-society-bcon-preview

06/09/2023

This Friday - June 9 - at 7:30 pm, DEVIN O'LEARY, film reviewer, actor and writer, talks to the ABQ SF Society about writing scripts for low-budget films (often shot in New Mexico) such as "Coyote Cage," "Rotgut" and "Stiffed" - and also the old-fashioned pulp-style short stories he's been writing for www.scifishorts.co.
Meeting at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (off San Mateo, near Erna Ferguson Library). Newcomers welcome with a suggested $1.00 donation to help pay for the rental of the Activity Room of the church.
www.bubonicon.com/calendar/event/abq-sf-society-10

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St Andrew Presbyterian Church 5301 Ponderosa Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM

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7:30pm - 10pm

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http://bubonicon.com/?page_id=10

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