XPost: phl.media   
      
   Appearing at the August  _Philadelphia Fantastic_,   
      
   Victoria McManus and Tom Purdom   
      
   The Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series   
    invite you to join us   
    and meet authors Victoria McManus and Tom Purdom,   
    reading from their work.   
      
   The time is Friday, August 26, 2005,   
     at 7:30 PM,   
    the place is Barnes and Noble Booksellers,   
     1805 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA.   
      
      
   Victoria McManus, assistant editor for Read,   
    majored in classical and Near Eastern archaeology   
     as an undergraduate   
      and completed her master's degree in anthropology,   
    all of which has turned out to be extremely useful   
     for writing sf and fantasy.   
      
   She serves as a reviewer for sfrevu.com.   
    Her other nonfiction includes interviews   
     with authors Gregory Frost and Ann Tonsor Zeddies   
    for Strange Horizons.   
      
   She has published a media tie-in story   
    as well as science fiction.   
   She will be reading from a work with an adult theme,   
    so leave the kiddies at home for this event.   
      
      
   Tom Purdom's fiction spans a career   
    which started with "Grieve for the Man",   
    published in the August, 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe   
    and continues as strong as ever to the present day.   
      
   His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog,   
    The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy,   
    Amazing and various anthologies.   
      
   His novels, _I Want The Stars_, _The Treelord of Imeten_,   
    _Five Against Arlane_ and _The Barons of Behavior_   
     appeared under the Ace imprint   
      and _Reduction in Arms_ under the Berkley imprint.   
      
   Tom edited one anthology, "Adventures in Discovery"   
    a collection of specially commissioned articles on science   
    by Asimov, Silverberg, Anderson   
    and other leading science fiction writers.   
      
   His nonfiction has appeared in Worlds of Tomorrow, Kiwanis,   
    American Education, American Libraries   
     and The Philadelphia Inquirer.   
      
   His music criticism has appeared in The Welcomat,   
    other Philadelphia weeklies, Seven Arts,   
    Culturefinder, a national on line guide   
    and a regional guide on CitySearch.   
      
   He was recently honored   
    as the Special Guest at the 2004 Philcon.   
      
      
   PHILADELPHIA FANTASTIC   
      
   Philadelphia Fantastic presents a series   
    of readings and informal discussions   
    by and with   
    local and regional writers and editors of speculative fiction   
    on the fourth Friday of the month.   
      
   In September,  we will feature Judith Berman.   
      
   For further information about   
    the Philadelphia Fantastic reading series,   
    contact Oz Fontecchio - OFontecchi@aol.com   
    for news of upcoming events.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)