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The NESFA Library

We are in the process of cataloging our library. We have cataloged our videos, young reader fiction collection, main single-author fiction collection, anthologies, non-fiction, art books, graphic novels, and Ace doubles. We are currently working on finishing cataloging our other doubles and audio books. The list of what we have cataloged so far is available at www.tinyurl.com/NESFALibraryCatalog. People interested in helping with cataloging should check the NESFA Events page, but we are cataloging most Wednesdays and Saturdays from Noon to 6 pm.

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NESFA Reading Group

The next NESFA Reading Group discussion will meet via Zoom on Friday, April 4th at 7pm to discuss This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (pseudonym of Melinda Snodgrass)

We may also vote on the book we plan to read for the September 2025 reading group meeting.

Come join us! To be added to the Reading Group mailing list, send an email to postmaster <at> nesfa.org.

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Doctor Who Days

Besides Game and Video Days, NESFA has started having Doctor Who meetups at our Clubhouse. Calling all Whovians, join us for our social & viewings of Doctor Who! We're accessible by MBTA E Green Line Extension at Maguon Station & Buses #'s: 80, 89, and 101. See www.nesfa.org/events or Meetup for more info and future dates.

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The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny Now Available in Ebook Format!

The 6-volume series, The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, has been available in durable hardcover editions since 2009. The NESFA Press is now delighted to provide these books in ebook format.

This series contains all the short science fiction of Roger Zelazny. Each story is enriched by editors' notes and Zelazny's own words, taken from his many essays, describing why he wrote the stories and what he thought about them in retrospect.

File 770 Magazine has run a series of reviews of these books: V1: Threshold, V2: Power & Light, V3: This Mortal Mountain, V4: Last Exit to Babylon, V5: Nine Black Doves, V6: The Road to Amber

To purchase any of our editions of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, click on one of the following: For the EPUB versions // For the MOBI versions // For the Hardcover versions

Or you can visit NESFA Press available books to see all of our books.

For more information, please visit the NESFA Press website or send email to sales@nesfa.org.

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The 2025 Skylark Award

The 2025 Skylark Award was given to Ian Randal Strock writer, editor, publisher, historian, lecturer, and serial entrepreneur. (and also, according to his website): teacher, trivia nut, erstwhile stock trader, occasional space development advocate, serial volunteer, and one-time tour guide.

The 2026 Skylark Award will open for Nominations after our Annual meeting in May, and they will close at 23:59 on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The 2026 Skylark recipient will be announced at the Boskone 63 awards ceremony on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

Regular members may place nominations in the Skylark Award mail box in the clubhouse, or email them to skylark@nesfa.org. Learn more here about the E. E. Smith Memorial Award.

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Public Transportation

Now that the weekend closures of the Medford Branch of the MBTA Green Line have ended for a while, it is worth mentioning that the NESFA Clubhouse is accessible by Green Line as well as by various bus routes.

GREEN LINE INFORMATION

The NESFA clubhouse is about 1/4 mile from the Magoun Square station on the MBTA Green Line. When exiting the station, turn left and walk north on Lowell St toward Medford St. The back door of the clubhouse is accessed via the driveway at 359 Lowell St which is on the opposite side of the street from the MBTA station. You may wish to walk around to the front of the building especially in cold weather as that driveway can get icy.

BUS INFORMATION

The NESFA clubhouse is served by MBTA bus routes 80, 89, and 101 which pass through or near Magoun Square (the intersection of Medford Street & Broadway)—just over a block from the clubhouse.

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The NESFA Clubhouse & Library Open

NESFA is open. Club members are welcome again to browse the NESFA Library collection and check out books, movies, and other circulating items. Video and Game days at the Clubhouse have resumed on many Saturdays and Sundays. For now, NESFA and Boskone Business Meetings will remain via Zoom. On most Wednesdays & Saturdays, we catalog our Library. Non-NESFA members are welcome to help or just stop by to read a book. For more information, please see our calendar on the left side of this web page.