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Stardate 081210. Fandom Café hosted the Via Astris (Star Trek Philippines) Christmas Party. Links to photos here:
Off topic: Click on image to see Santa’s sleigh explained with technobabble as they do on Star Trek episodes.
Read or Die
Rachel Teng for Bulletin Today
One of the things that Read or Die members have difficulty with is to look for a venue to meet up and talk to one another.
Members are scattered through the metro, with some from the provinces. It’s hard to look for a place where we can just sit and talk all day.
We usually end up in a certain coffee shop in Gateway or Greenbelt where the atmosphere is welcoming. Still, we tend to move around after a while, feeling a little embarrassed to sit there in a group for hours at a time.
This is why we were ecstatic when we found out about Fandom Café. As the name says, Fandom Café is a place where different fans and fandoms can come together to meet up or get together in a fandom activity.
For those who aren’t in the know, fandom is the term used to describe a group of active fans of anything, be in TV series, manga, toys, movies, comics and – you guessed it – books. Finally, a place where we can be bibliophiles without feeling like we’re trolling coffeehouses!
Read the full article here.
Fandom Café presents its bi-monthly book discussion series starting 29th of November 2008. Fandom Café will be hosting a series of intimate gatherings discussing books, authors, poetry ,creative writing and of course…one’s passion for the written word-the love of reading.
This upcoming 29th of November is entitled 30:07:08 or Writing 30 from 2007-2008.The discussion will cover the lives and collective works of Science Fiction Guru Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), Fantasy epic writer Robert Jordan (1948-2007), and most recently, Futurist and techno thriller master Michael Crichton (1942-2008). Discussion will be moderated by Adrian Martinez.
Fandom Café will also be opening its bookshelves with the launch of the New Worlds Library-the largest collection of science fiction and fantasy titles in the Philippines under one roof with 1,300 plus assorted titles and counting. The New Worlds Library is now accepting membership at special rates.
Cover fee is P 150.00 inclusive of food and bottomless drinks.
Fandom Café acquires a new environmental control system for the A/V room, and it can now resume hosting small gatherings for its affiliates. However, since it is operating at a higher capacity (1.5Hp), we are increasing the rental rate to PhP300.00/hour consumable.
Starting November 1, 2008, Fandom Café will be offering a frequent user membership program to its regular users. For only PhP250.00, our regular Internet users may avail of as much as 50% discount on our hourly rates. We will be adding the following packages for this purpose:
We will be adding more packages for this program as you, our regular Internet users, request it. Please don’t hesitate to ask our staff for more information on this program.
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