(The Scene: An independent bookstore on the east side of Milwaukee)
Jason: Let's start a science fiction bookclub! We should totally have a science fiction bookclub!
Jocelyn: No argument here. Go for it.
Jason: What book should we pick?
Jocelyn: Who's this "we"?
Jason: You're my partner in crime. You love science fiction and fantasy.
Jocelyn: Well, okay. When will this so-called "In Store SF Bookclub" going to happen?
Jason: Second Monday of every month at seven pm. So the first meeting will be February 8th.
Jocelyn: You'd better get a book selected then.
Jason: (screams, runs around in circles, briefly gets distracted by the new McSweeney's Panorama, then resumes running)
Jocelyn: How about Tim Powers' The Anubis Gates? It's a classic time-travel SFstory. I loved it.
Jason: Hey, great. Let's do it.
Jocelyn: I hope people enjoy awesomely complex stories about werewolves, lost poets, evil secret societies, and Edwardian London.
Jason: Sounds like fun!
Jocelyn: Did I mention that there's a clown in it? An eeeevil clown?
Jason: (screams and runs away)
Please join us for the inaugural meeting of the Boswell In-Store SF/F Bookclub. We'll be reading The Anubis Gates at the first meeting (which is indeed February 8th, at 7 pm). Come even if you didn't read it. Come even if you hated it. We like lively discussion!
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