General Meeting, April 12, 2019
Business Meeting at 8:00 pm, Speaker Josiah Bancroft at 9:00 pm.
The Rotunda - 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA (First Floor, Rear)
His contributions to the science fiction field include novels, short stories and novelettes, magazine articles, book reviews, two terms as vice president of Science Fiction Writers of America, three years as Eastern Regional Director of SFWA, and approximately fifteen years of volunteer work for PSFS and Philcon, including stints as president and treasurer.
He started reading science fiction in 1950 and sold his first story in 1957, just before he turned twenty-one. In the last thirty years, he has produced a string of novelettes and short stories that has mostly appeared in Asimov's, with reprints in anthologies such as the best of
he year books edited by David Hartwell and Gardner Dozois. Ian Strock's Fantastic Press has published two collections of his Asimov's stories: Lovers and Fighters, Starships and Dragons & Romance on Four Worlds, A Casanova Quartet.
Outside of science fiction, his literary output includes magazine articles, essays, science writing, brochures on home decorating, and an educational comic book on vocational safety distributed to several million vocational students under the sponsorship of the US Air Force.
For the last thirty years, he has pursued a sideline as a classical music critic and arts journalist, writing for several Philadelphia publications, most recently for the
Broad Street Review. He lives in center city where he devotes himself to a continuous round of urban pleasures and entertainments.
Upcoming Meetings
General Meetings
General Meetings are open to the public and are held at International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, at 8:00 p.m.; or at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA at 8:00 p.m.
Social gathering begins at 7:30 p.m.
The Business Meeting begins at 8:00 p.m.
The Program usually begins at 9:00 p.m.
| Date | Speaker or Program | Location |
| April 12, 2019 | Tom Purdom | The Rotunda |
| May 17, 2019 | Alex Shvartsman | International House |
| June 14, 2019 | Mark Wolverton | International House |
| July 26, 2019 | Hugo Review Panel | International House |
| August 9, 2019 | International House |
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